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Jason Derulo is in need of approval for his latest music video, “Hands on Me” with Meghan Trainor — released on Wednesday (Dec. 13) — and Paris Hilton is in the label executive seat with judging eyes.

The video kicks off with Derulo making an impassioned plea to the suited “Stars Are Blind” singer about putting unique spins on beloved classics, some of which include his and Trainor’s own material.

“Picture this — Hollywood goes country. From billy trucks to tractor trucks. From “All About That Bass” to mud on your face, from “Wiggle Wiggle” to stroking my fiddle. Form “It girl, to s–t girl,” he tells Hilton, who replied, “Remakes are huge right now. Okay Jason, let’s see it.”

The video then enters a sitcom like format, with Derulo and Trainor having to adjust to life on a farm. Derulo quickly becomes smitten with the next door neighbor, who invites him in to unclog her toilet which is so filthy, it causes him to vomit. On the other side of the fence, Trainor gets up to more glamorous activities and applies makeup to her face while watching Derulo milk a cow, and takes her mini tractor — which she later crashed into a tree — out for a daytime spin.

“So, baby, put your hands (Hands) on me (On me)/ Both your hands (Hands) on me (On me)/ Right now (Right now), you’re the only (You’re the only) one I need,” the duo sings, a nod to Ben E. King’s 1961 classic “Stand By Me.”

The video ends up being a hit with Hilton in the end — she gives the visual a thumbs up with not one, but two of her signature catchphrases: “Loves it. That’s hot.”

Watch the video for “Hands on Me” above.

Singles are front and center at this week’s new music Friday, with one-off releases from Karol G, Lil Baby, and a team-up track between Megan Thee Stallion and Reneé Rapp.

Karol G gives 2023 one final kiss-off with the newly released “Que Chimba De Vida.” The track starts off unsuspectingly with guitar licks before fully delving into Mexican music inspired production, proving that her upbeat energy — exhibited in Mañana Será Bonito and its follow up Bichota Season — will continue to flourish well into 2024 (though unclear where the track will live in relation to her previous releases).

Lil Baby comes in hot with not one, but two new tracks, “Crazy” and “305.” “Crazy” sees the rapper employing a crooning flow to discuss self doubt and lapses in confidence, while “350” goes for the introspective — the tracks hint at a possible release for 2024, that is, if fans are lucky.

Megan Thee Stallion and Renee Rapp tickled fans pink after dropping Mean Girls movie musical soundtrack single, “Not My Fault.” Opening up with Lindsay Lohan’s now-iconic line “It’s not my fault you’re like, in love with me, or something!,” the track’s lyrics are from Regina George’s point of view and as such, boasts rhymes ripe for your next social media post (see: Megan’s witty line, “I run s–t, to be a bad b–ch is a sport!”)

Nicki Minaj also continued her Pink Friday 2 rollout by releasing the deluxe edition of the album, Pink Friday 2 (Gag City Deluxe), also on Friday, but which release is your favorite? Vote — or enter in your own selection — in Billboard‘s poll below.