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Lizzo’s back! The superstar is launching her new album era with a brand new single, “Love in Real Life,” released on Friday (Feb. 28). She teased the song just a few days prior to its arrival, with a cinematic teaser over which she narrates: “Everything was so much simpler, and that’s exactly what I need. […]
Say hello to LISA‘s Alter Ego. After months of buildup, the BLACKPINK star has at last unveiled her debut solo album, complete with 15 new tracks and collaborations from Megan Thee Stallion, Future, Tyla and more.
Featuring the previously released singles “Rockstar,” “New Woman” featuring Rosalía, “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” and “Born Again” with Doja Cat and RAYE, Alter Ego finds LISA channeling a quintet of different personas: Roxi, Kiki, Vixi, Sunni and Speedi. “It represents five characters of me as well, like I feel related with them,” she told Sean Evans on Hot Ones one day prior to the LP’s release.
“It feels like I can express myself in a different version of me, and it’s fun,” she continued “I can’t wait for my fans to listen to this album, to really enjoy this album and see a different side of LISA.”
Leading up to Alter Ego, the Thai rapper had only released two proper solo singles: 2021’s “LALISA” and “MONEY,” both of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. That same year, she also appeared sans her bandmates on DJ Snake’s “SG” with Ozuna and the “HISS” rapper, who features on an Alter Ego track titled “Rapunzel.”
LISA is just the latest BLACKPINK member to release a set of solo songs in recent months. ROSÉ dropped her first-ever solo album, rosie, in December, two months after which JISOO unveiled an EP titled AMORTAGE. JENNIE will follow suit March 7, with the Idol actress’ debut LP Ruby scheduled to arrive one week after Alter Ego.
The foursome will soon get back together, though, with BLACKPINK announcing a summer 2025 world tour earlier this month. It’ll mark the ladies’ first trek together since 2022-2023’s Born Pink World Tour, which supported Billboard 200-topper Born Pink.
In her November Billboard cover story, LISA said that she “can’t wait” to reunite with her bandmates. “We know each other so well and know how much energy we have to put into every single project,” she added of their time apart spent working on solo music. “So we want to support and say, ‘You did really well!’ … They’re like family. I’m just so happy that they’re releasing something. This is what we all wanted to do, so I just wanted to say that I really do love their songs.”
Listen to LISA’s Alter Ego below.
Anna Lunoe has joined forces with pop icon Melanie C for “Girl,” a high-energy dance track that fuses Lunoe’s signature production with the former Spice Girl’s powerhouse vocals. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The song, which first surfaced during Lunoe’s set at London’s Drumsheds last year, marks […]
Justin Timberlake has canceled his show in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday night (Feb. 27), due to the flu. The star took to his Instagram Stories shortly before doors were scheduled to open at the Nationwide Arena to share a statement. “You guys. I’m heartbroken,” he wrote. “I have to cancel the show tonight. I went […]
Lola Young may be “Messy,” but she’s been climbing the chart with her breakthrough, viral single.
“Messy” hit No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart, dethroning Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True.” The track also peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“What I’m realizing about myself as an artist is that I’m not about the glitz and the glam — I don’t scream ‘Hollywood’,” the rising star previously told Billboard of her musical journey. “For a long time, I wanted to represent this ideal of Westernized beauty – but then I realized I’m not that. I now choose to give realness and truth. I’ve got a bit of a belly out, I f–cking swear a bunch and I have fun. And that’s what people are resonating with.”
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Below, find the lyrics to Lola Young’s “Messy.”
You know I’m impatientSo why would you leave me waiting outside the stationWhen it was like minus four degrees? And II get what you’re sayin’I just really don’t wanna hear it right nowCan you shut up for like once in your life?Listen to me, I took your nice words of adviceAbout how you think I’m gonna die, lucky if I turn thirty-threeOkay, so yeah, I smoke like a chimneyI’m not skinny and I pull a Britney every other weekBut cut me some slack, who do you want me to be?
‘Cause I’m too messy, and then I’m too f—ing cleanYou told me, “Get a job”, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?And I’m too clever and then I’m too f—ing dumbYou hate it when I cry unless it’s that time of the monthAnd I’m too perfect ’til I show you that I’m notA thousand people I could be for you when you hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate, you hate
It’s taking you agesYou still don’t get the hint I’m not asking for pagesBut one text or two would be nice andPlease, don’t pull those facesWhen I’ve been out working my a– off all dayIt’s just one bottle of wine or two, but, heyYou can’t even talk, you smoke weed just to help you sleepThen why you out getting stoned at four o’clockAnd then you come home to me?And don’t say hello ’cause I got high againAnd forgot to fold my clothes
‘Cause I’m too messy, and then I’m too f—ing cleanYou told me, “Get a job”, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?And I’m too clever and then I’m too f—ing dumbYou hate it when I cry unless it’s that time of the monthAnd I’m too perfect ’til I show you that I’m notA thousand people I could be for you when you hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lot
Oh, and I’m too messy, and then I’m too f—ing cleanYou told me, “Get a job”, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?And I’m too clever and then I’m too f—ing dumbYou hate it when I cry unless it’s that time of the monthAnd I’m too perfect ’til I show you that I’m notA thousand people I could be for you when you hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ng lot
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WRITERSLola Young, Conor Dickinson
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“I thought we had something good in our hands,” Damiano David sings on his new single, “Next Summer.” But what fans actually have is something good in our ears.
The song — the third single from the Måneskin frontman’s upcoming debut solo project — arrived on Thursday (Feb. 27) and finds the Italian musician continuing on his pop journey, this time with a notable ache and jealousy in his voice.
“Call me when he breaks your heart next summer/ Baby, I’ll be waiting here/ Call me when you’re all f–ked up, my lover, and I’ll be there to lick your tears/ You had to throw away our love to find out nothing’s as good as us/ So call me when he breaks your heart next summer,” he sings, full of longing on the tender chorus.
While the song may seem like it’s about a spurned lover bitter about the end of his relationship and eager to rekindle the snuffed flame, David says there’s much more to it.
“I put down in words a moment I lived during the summer,” he tells Billboard of the track that he wrote while he was in Los Angeles last fall. “I guess it was a way, as I always do with my music, to cope with my experiences in life and feelings.”
“The lyrics are very simple, quite childish. So I’ve asked myself why I ended up with this kind of lyrics, and I guess it’s because what I tried to do was tell a more intense and complicated feeling in the easiest way possible,” he explains. “It’s about not dealing with yourself and being stuck in your own limits without really understanding why things happen. It’s about not being able to face our mistakes, and instead, in a cowardly way, wishing that your mistakes could be someone else’s.”
Ahead of “Next Summer,” the musician released a cover of Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson’s “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” as a Spotify Single for Valentine’s Day. From his own upcoming project, he dropped the peppy “Born With a Broken Heart” in October as his second solo single, and “Silverlines” in September for his debut song.
Speaking to Billboard at the time about going his own way musically and introducing listeners to the solo Damiano David via “Silverlines,” he shared of the vulnerable and melancholic track, “It’s basically describing my whole journey.” He added, “The goal of this song is not topping the charts. I’m introducing myself to the world … But I’m just very glad I have the opportunity to do this, and the results will come.”
What’s also coming for the singer is a 33-date world tour, with multiple shows already sold out. That includes the tour-opening performance Sept. 11 in Warsaw, followed by dates in Berlin, Paris, London and Rome before the trek heads to Australia, Japan and South America, and finally landing stateside in Seattle Nov. 21. The tour is slated to end Dec. 16 in Washington, D.C.
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Tate McRae went viral on social media with yet another single, this time the whisper-filled “Sports Car.”
The song is featured on her recently released album, So Close to What, and peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
Below, find the lyrics to Tate McRae’s “Sports Car.”
(Illegal)(Illegal)
Hey, cute jeans (jeans)Take mine off me (me)Oh, golly gee (gee)I can’t take no more, I’m goin’ weak in my kneesWhere’d you put those keys?We can share one seat (seat)We can share one seat
In the alley, in the backIn the center of this roomWith the windows rolled downBoy, don’t make me chooseIn the alley, in the backIn the center of this roomWith the windows rolled downBoy, don’t make me choose
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I think you know what this isI think you wanna uhNo, you ain’t got no Mrs.I’ll bet you got a sports carWe can uh-uh in itWhile you drive it real farYeah, you know what this isYeah, you know what this is
Pretty blue streetlights (lights)And my hazel eyes (eyes)And if it feels right (right)We could go again like three, four timesSo my type (type)Got butterfliesSo good it hurts (hurts)Thinkin’ ’bout what we did before this verse
On the corner of my bedOh, and maybe on the beachYou could do it on your ownWhile you’re lookin’ at me
I think you know what this isI think you wanna uh (think you)No, you ain’t got no Mrs.I’ll bet you got a sports carWe can uh-uh in it (we can uh)While you drive it real farYeah, you know what this isYeah, you know what this isI think you know what this is (oh)I think you wanna uh (you wanna)No, you ain’t got no Mrs.I’ll bet you got a sports carWe can uh-uh in it (uh-uh, uh-uh, mm)While you drive it real farYeah, you know what this isYeah, you know what this is
Oh my guyYou don’t wanna waste my time (my time)Let’s go ride (let’s go)Let’s go ride (come on)Oh my guyYou don’t wanna waste my time (no)Let’s go rideLet’s go ride
I think you wanna, wanna (oh)Bet you got a sports car (oh)While you drive it real far(Ah) yeah, you know what this is
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WRITERSRyan Tedder, Julia Michaels, Grant Joseph Boutin, Tate McRae
PUBLISHERSLyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
With the Oscar’s coming up this Sunday, the musicals ‘Wicked’ & ‘Emilia Pérez,’ have taken the internet by storm. From fans creating memes to them siding who they think will win at the Oscars. Keep watching to see how the two musicals stack up against each other! Who do you think will win on Sunday? […]
Katy Perry is leveling up from women’s world to women’s outer space. Shortly after it was announced that she’d be joining the first-ever all-female space flight as part of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin expedition, the pop star gushed about the honor in a heartfelt post on Instagram. “If you had told me that I would […]
Justin Bieber let fans in on his smoke break Thursday (Feb. 27), with the star sharing a carefree video of himself enjoying what appears to be a blunt or cigar while jamming out to Don Toliver on Instagram Stories.
In the clip, Bieber keeps his face close to the camera while inhaling thick clouds of smoke and exhaling straight into the lens, giving a couple of cheeky smiles. All the while, he bops along to the Houston-born rapper’s “Hardstone National Anthem,” which appears on Toliver’s Hardstone Psycho. Released in June, the album reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
The “Peaches” singer has worked with Toliver in the past, appearing on the latter’s 2023 Love Sick track “Private Landing” alongside Future. The “Bandit” musician also joined Bieber on the 2022 single “Honest.”
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Bieber’s Thursday afternoon smoke sesh comes two days after he posted a different video of himself vibing to music on Instagram, that time hanging out with a friend and freestyling a silly rap: “High like a fly guy/ I fly high like a magpie/ I go high like a bad guy.” Doechii commented, “me asf lmaaooo.”
The clips follow shortly after a rep for Justin and his wife, model Hailey Bieber — with whom he welcomed his first son, Jack Blues, in August — disputed speculation that the musician is using hard drugs in a statement shared with TMZ Feb. 23. Calling the rumors “exhausting and pitiful,” the spokesperson said that the misconception “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”
The rep also added that this past year has been “very transformative for him as he ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him.”
Justin has been notably more active on social media recently, though not all of his posts have been as unserious as his latest video. Earlier this month, he posted an earnest note on Instagram Stories declaring that it’s “time to grow up,” adding, “changing is about letting go!”
“Are you tired of trying to follow all of the rules in hopes to get the results you crave?” he continued in the Feb. message. “Ive found love to be more powerful than rules. I tried to follow the rules. Im not good at it. But u dont need to follow rules to enter into a life of love. U just receive so enter love living! God always grants us love! … Today im letting go and remembering the weight isnt on me to change. The weight is on God. So I give all my insecurities and my fears to him this morning. Because I know he gladly takes it.”