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JENNIE is continuing the roll-out of her debut solo album, Ruby, with another A-list collaboration. The BLACKPINK star teamed up with Grammy winner Doechii for the confident new single, “ExtraL,” which arrived on Friday (Feb. 21). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Do my ladies run this?” the […]
Madonna has shared her latest thoughts on the current activities of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Queen of Pop’s latest comments on Trump came following a controversial post from the official White House X account on Wednesday (Feb. 19). Sharing a fake Time magazine cover, the title was altered to feature Trump’s name, while a caption reading “long live the king” appeared above a smiling of the President, adorned with a crown.
The post, which was shared after his administration ordered New York to end congestion pricing, was also accompanied by a quote attributed to Trump, “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING.”
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Understandably, the post drew swift criticism from those who recognized the irony of the White House’s reference to Trump as a monarch, given the very circumstances upon which America was first founded. Madonna was one of those very people, who took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday (Feb. 20) to criticize the post.
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“I thought this country was built by Europeans, escaping living under the rule of a King, to establish a New World governed by the people,” she wrote. “Currently, we have a president who calls himself our King. If this is a joke, I’m not laughing.”
This is far from the first time that Madonna has responded negatively to actions from the Trump administration. Following Trump’s first inauguration in Jan. 2017, the musician addressed a crowd of over 500,000 women and men at the Women’s March on Washington, with her expletive-laden speech airing uncensored on C-Span, CNN and MSNBC.
“Welcome to the revolution of love, to the rebellion, to our refusal as women to accept this new age of tyranny, where not just women are in danger but all marginalized people, where being uniquely different right now might truly be considered a crime,” she told the gathered masses. “It took this horrific moment of darkness to wake us the f— up.”
More recently, Madonna responded to Trump’s myriad executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion positions within government branches and agencies, and numerous orders repealing protections for LGBTQIA+ individuals and members of other marginalized communities.
“It’s so sad to watch our new Government slowly dismantling all the Freedoms we have been fighting for and WON over the years,” she wrote, accompanying her post with a pride flag and a broken heart emoji. “Don’t give up the Fight!”
Stranger Things star Joe Keery and his Djo project have taken on Haim’s “Gasoline” during his recent visit to Australia.
The performance took place as part of an appearance on Like a Version, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j. Keery was in the country over the past few weeks performing as part of the long-running Laneway Festival, which featured Charli XCX, Clairo, and Beabadoobee atop the bill.
The two-song session was launched with a rendition of Djo’s original track “Basic Being Basic,” which was issued in late January as the lead single from his upcoming third album, The Crux. For the customary cover, the focus was then shifted to Haim’s “Gasoline,” originally featured on their 2020 album, Women in Music Pt. III, and hit No. 30 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart,
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“Love that album, I think they’re such great artists,” Keery said of the original in a post-performance interview. “I love that they’re sisters and they’re making music together. I’ve got a big family, and the other song that we played, ‘Basic’, my sisters are singing on that. So I thought it’d be sort of cool to pay homage to them for that reason.”
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“It was a fun experience to me, and I hope they like it,” he added. “Shout out to them. I hope they’re making new music soon because we deserve another album from them. We’re overdue.”
Currently, Women in Music Pt. III serves as Haim’s most recent record, though the familial trio provided a video update in 2023 to reveal they were working on their fourth album. That same year also saw the release of “Home”, which was included on the soundtrack to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.
This isn’t the first time Djo’s music has been the focus of the Like a Version studio, either. In May 2024, Canadian quartet The Beaches covered “End of Beginning” for their own appearance on the segment. Originally released on the 2022 album Decide, the track gained traction in 2024, resulting in both a peak of No. 11 on the Hot 100, and a top rock song nomination at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
“To see that was really kind of a cool and a crazy experience,” Keery reflected. “I’ve never met them, but they did such a cool cover and to hear someone else’s interpretation of a song that I wrote was a really unique experience and something I’ll always remember.”
Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process.
Selena Gomez is ready for the rebound in her breezy new single, “Call Me When You Break Up,” released in collaboration, funny enough, with her fiancé Benny Blanco and featuring Gracie Abrams. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The track, which was released on Thursday (Feb. 20), opens […]
The guys of Big Time Rush are bringing their Nickelodeon show on the road, with Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson and Carlos PenaVega unveiling plans to perform every song from every episode of their 2010s TV series on a world tour announced Thursday (Feb. 20).
Four years after reuniting in 2021, the In Real Life World Tour will kick off July 9 in Birmingham, Alabama, and see BTR traveling throughout the United States — stopping in Florida, New York, Texas, California and more — through the end of August. In November, the quartet will then take the trek overseas for a month in Europe, setting up shop in Germany, Italy, Spain, France and more before closing out Dec. 14 in Athens.
Also joining the guys as support are Katelyn Tarver and Stephen Kramer Glickman, who played Jo and Gustavo on Big Time Rush during the show’s run from 2009 to 2013. More international dates will be announced at a later date.
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“We truly have the best fans in the world, and when we sat down to plot this tour we wanted to give them everything they have always asked us for and dreamed of,” Big Time Rush said of the trek in a joint statement. “That’s the reason we are so excited to be going on the road all over the world to play every song from every episode of the TV show. We know how many of our fans hold these songs close to their hearts having first heard so many of them watching our show.”
“We couldn’t be more excited to also be bringing our dear friends from the TV show, Katelyn Tarver and Stephen Kramer Glickman, who we have never gotten the chance to tour with before,” the group added. “We have so many surprises in store for our Rushers for the In Real Life Worldwide tour and can’t wait to see everyone on the road very soon!”
And when Schmidt, Maslow, Henderson and PenaVega say every song from the series, they truly mean every song from the show’s four seasons. That includes deep cuts in addition to Billboard Hot 100 hits such as “Boyfriend” and “Halfway There.” During Big Time Rush‘s run, the foursome dropped three albums: BTR, Elevate and 24/7, all of which charted on the Billboard 200.
Shortly after the show ended, Big Time Rush went on hiatus before coming back together in 2021, taking over the band’s name from Nickelodeon and releasing music of their own. Most recently, the group dropped single “Only One” last summer.
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Kendrick Lamar has reached a new milestone on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart. Keep watching to see how he’s dominated this week! Tetris Kelly: Kendrick Lamar dominates the chart this week, while a throwback becomes our only top 10 debut. “Not Like Us” not only returned to the top of the Hot 100, it […]
Lady Gaga and her dancers bring the magic on camera and off! Fans were blown away by the dance-heavy “Abracadabra” music video the pop superstar released earlier this month, and a new rehearsal video for the track shows just how hard the team worked on the choreography. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news […]
LISA may have delivered some serious drama for her “Born Again” music video featuring RAYE and Doja Cat, but a new behind-the-scenes clip released on Thursday (Feb. 19) shows a fun and smile-filled day of filming. In the two-minute clip, the 27-year-old K-pop superstar is glowing as she gets glam for the music video, visibly […]
Exactly three years after the death of Jane “Nightbirde” Marczewski, her music and legacy live on, with her family issuing the posthumous album Still Got Dreams on Thursday (Feb. 20).
Marczewski, who died of cancer at age 31 in 2022, rose to widespread fame in June of the previous year when she performed her original song “It’s OK” as part of the 16th season auditions for America’s Got Talent. The singer revealed during the audition that she had a 2% chance of survival from cancer that had spread to her lungs, spine and liver. The video garnered millions of views on YouTube and her performance warranted a standing ovation from all four judges.
She would exit the show just weeks later to focus on her ongoing cancer battle, with a virtual update in August seeing Judge Howie Mandel labeling her the “poster human for courage in the face of adversity.”
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Following her death in 2022, Marczewski’s family have continued to share her work, with a handful of singles arriving in recent months ahead of the release of her posthumous album, Still Got Dreams. The Geoff Duncan-produced release comprises tracks written by Marczewski, and interwoven with “nuggets of wisdom” from the late singer.
Singles such as “Gold,” the Konata Small-featuring “Empire,” and the record’s title track (which features uplifting vocals from the Mzansi Youth Choir) showcase the songwriting talent of Marczewski, while the lyrics offer a powerful insight into the singer’s enduring wisdom.
Notably, the songs featured on the album were unable to be recorded before Marczewski’s untimely death. Determined to bring her musical vision to life, the Nightbirde Estate, Nashville Unsigned and Duncan turned to the use of “ethical AI” vocal production to complete the project.
Per a press release, the team trained an AI voice model on her tone, style and emotional delivery to craft a 360-degree mapping of her voice, resulting in the late artist being given a chance to realize the music she was unable to record herself. The release also notes that only “specific pieces of AI vocal production” were utilized for the record, with the remainder of the project being “built entirely from the ground up” by Duncan.
The album also sees Marczewski’s estate positioned as the only artist estate to have used AI vocal production in a way that is legal, ethical and undertaken with full authorization.
All proceeds from the record (alongside Nightbirde’s art, books, merchandise and licensing) benefit the Nightbirde Foundation, which aims to uplift and support women battling breast cancer.
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