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Maria Becerra, Paulo Londra and XRoss’ “Ramen Para Dos” leads the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart for a second week on the chart dated (May 31). Two weeks ago, when the song debuted at No. 1, it became producer XRoss’ first champ and entry since the tally began in 2018. Explore See latest videos, charts […]
The last time SB19 headed out on an international trek was for the Pagtatag! World Tour in 2023, where the Filipino-pop group played 18 shows throughout four countries across the Philippines, United States, Canada, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates. Following the release of the group’s Simula at Wakas EP, which saw lead single “DAM” score them their first No. 1 on a U.S. Billboard chart earlier this year, the quintet is gearing up for an even bigger worldwide tour.
As Billboard exclusively revealed in February, SB19 set 19 dates on the Simula at Wakas World Tour, spanning cities in the Philippines, Taiwan, the U.S., Singapore, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE this year. In addition to playing some of the biggest venues of the group’s career, SB19 teased more cities and shows to be announced soon, with visits to Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong on the horizon.
Pablo, Josh, Ken, Stell and Justin previously told Billboard that their fans, known as A’TIN, should “stay tuned for new genres and performances, plus fresh arrangements of our older tracks,” adding how that “from our last tour they have seen more of our individuality but this time, we will be coming stronger.”
A stronger, bigger tour naturally requires a stronger, bigger setlist. So, before the group plays the first dates across Asia this spring, and returns to the U.S. in July, here is Billboard’s dream setlist for the upcoming Simula at Wakas World Tour, which will hopefully include most, if not all, of these global hits.
“DAM (Extended Ver.)”
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Metro Boomin wants to add WWE entrance theme composer to his already long résumé. The St. Louis producer, who’s a big wrestling fan, tweeted this week about wanting to produce entrance theme music for WWE wrestlers. “Would love to produce some WWE entrance themes. It’s a lifelong goal of mine,” he wrote. Would love to […]
Shakira‘s show scheduled for Thursday night (May 29) at Boston’s Fenway Park was canceled just hours before it started “due to unforeseen circumstances,” the stadium announced on social media. Jason Aldean and Brooks & Dunn’s concert set for Friday night at the ballpark has also been called off. “The Shakira and Jason Aldean and Brooks […]
Weirdness reigned once again at Lightning in a Bottle 2025.While the event — which marked its 22nd edition this past weekend, May 21-25 — has alternately been called a transformational festival, a wook gathering and a symposium of psychedelic culture, what’s definitely true is that despite its growth and demographic shifts over the years, the SoCal indie fest still manages to feel not just authentic but a reflection of a fairly specific culture, no small feat in the age of corporate mega-festivals.
In this case, that culture is one interested in art, pleasantly goofy outfits, myriad vibration raising activities and loads of electronic music. (It’s also one that will be recognized by fans of jam bands and attendees of spiritually adjacent festivals like Burning Man and Michigan’s Electric Forest.)
As such, this year’s LiB schedule was populated with activities such as “transformative grief rituals for conscious living and dying” and “high vibe breakfast: tacos for energy & longevity.” There was bingo, there was many varieties of yoga, there was a bar selling exclusively pickle juice, there was a roller skating rink and a drum circle for the kids.
Amid the high heat of the weekend, many attendees could be seen floating on various whimsical inflatables in Lake Webb, located at the center of the site in the Buena Vista Recreation Area 25 miles outside of Bakersfield. Here, tens of thousands of attendees erected their tents and rolled up in their RVs for the event, which is produced by the Do Lab.
Of course, more than any other element, there was music. The 2025 lineup was a mighty one featuring headliners like LiB regular Four Tet, returning star Jamie xx and John Summit, who embraced his self-proclaimed wook side with a Sunday night set on the mainstage and then played a surprise (but not too surprising) b2b with friend and fellow headliner Subtronics.
A flurry of other big and rising stars played across LiB’s six-plus stages, tents and art cars, with the music going until the early hours of the morning. A Saturday night party from L.A.’s legendary A Club Called Rhonda Party series even featured a set by Parris Goebel, who recent work includes creating the choreography for Lady Gaga’s brilliant Coachella 2025 performance and who lit up the Crossroads tent with her high energy show.
And while there were all the typical lights and lasers, arguably the biggest light show of the weekend happened on Saturday night, when a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returning from the International Space Station created a golden streak of light across the sky.
See photos from Lightning in a Bottle 2025 below.
Latto doesn’t think fans should take her lyrics about body count that seriously.
The Atlanta rapper recently made an appearance on Complex’s 360 With Speedy Morman, where she was asked about the debate she spurred online about how many sexual partners a woman has, between her past lyrics and an appearance on TheTylilShow Live.
“Be a boss. Don’t let everybody put their hand in that cookie jar, period,” she said in reference to having too many sexual partners. “It’s literally not that deep. I’m pushing, like, ‘Be a boss. Don’t let everybody have access to you.’” She then added that her view on body count also applies to men. “I think men should be like that too. Y’all just be slangin’ that mother—-er around.”
Speedy then asked why she felt proud about having a low body count, after she claimed that she never said having multiple partners were a bad thing.
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“It’s not necessarily like a number that I’m proud of,” Latto responded. “It’s more so, everybody ain’t touched this, everybody ain’t had their hands on this mother—-er, you feel me?”
The “body count” drama started when Latto and her younger sister Brooklyn were making a social video to promote her single “Somebody” and Latto asked Tylil if he cared how many partners his girlfriend has had. “Do you care how many bodies your girl got?” she asked before the popular streamer replied with, “Nah, hell no, that don’t got nothing to do with me” and asked why she always mentions body count in her raps and if she thinks fans believe her. “I don’t give a f— if they believe me; my n—a believe me,” she fired back.
Latto has mentioned body count on songs like “Sunday Service” and “Somebody,” where she raps, respectively, “Anyway, body count so low, I might say I’m a virgin” and “I don’t care about your bodies.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Latto was asked about her net worth reportedly being $5 million, and while she claimed that specific number is off, she also said having money isn’t as fun as some might think.
“It’s kinda boring,” she said after being asked what it feels like to be able to buy whatever she wants. “For me? I was a millionaire at 21, so you grow up fast already being in the industry at a young age, and then you get a lot of money at a young age too. I think I get the most fun spoiling everybody around me now. I spend more money on other people than I do myself. I be so stingy with my money for myself.”
You can watch the full interview below.
Audra McDonald has responded to Patti LuPone‘s recent disses. Shortly after LuPone said that her fellow Broadway legend was “not a friend,” citing a past “rift” between them, McDonald told Gayle King for CBS Sunday Morning, “If there’s a rift between us, I don’t know what it is.” “That’s something that you’d have to ask […]
Offset is now demanding that his estranged wife Cardi B pay him spousal support after their split is finalized, according to new court filings in their divorce case.
The Migos rapper filed an updated answer to Cardi’s divorce petition in New Jersey’s Bergen County Superior Court earlier this month, as first reported by TMZ. The amended filing adds a request for an unspecified amount of alimony, but remains unchanged otherwise.
A representative for Offset and an attorney for Cardi did not immediately return a request for comment.
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After six years of marriage, Cardi filed for divorce from Offset in August, seeking primary custody of their 5-year-old daughter Kulture, 2-year-old son Wave and then-unborn baby. According to Cardi’s rep, the divorce filing was “not based on any one particular incident, it has been a long time coming and is amicable.”
Except it has been anything but. In anugly social media exchange in December, Offset claimed Cardi “look[ed] like the hoe” and was “focus[ed] on d—.” She immediately fired back: “So dating because I’m single means I’m just worried about d—?? You sound like a dummy,” before later adding: “F— off and sign the papers TODAY.”
In February, Offset filed his response to the divorce case, seeking joint custody of the children and that her home be the kids’ primary residence.
The current case is actually the second time Cardi has filed for a divorce. The “WAP” star previously filed in Georgia court to end their marriage in September 2020. At the time, she said it wasn’t “because of cheating” — although rumors of infidelity plagued their relationship for years.
Within a month, Cardi revealed that the couple had reconciled, and she later withdrew the case. “It’s hard not to talk to your best friend,” she said on Instagram Live of the rekindling. “It’s really hard not to talk to your best friend. And it’s really hard to have no d—.”
Over the next four years, their romance survived a few more rough patches — more cheating rumors, plus a social media squabble between the spouses — before Cardi finally confirmed that they had split once more. “I’ve been single for a minute now,” she said on Instagram Live in December 2023. She formally filed for divorce on Aug. 1.
In some aspects of life, being delusional isn’t typically looked at as a positive quality. But Tyler, the Creator believes delusion is a must for artists and creatives across the board.
Tyler participated in a “Tyler Talk” panel for Converse in London while on tour earlier this week, which saw him harp on the importance of having delusion when creating, and how artists need a solid team around them to align with their vision.
“To make stuff, you gotta be delusional,” he said around the 26-minute mark. “And when you’re delusional, you need people around you that trust you. Because what the f–k they gon’ trust? You say some normal stuff like, ‘The sky is blue.’ Yeah, you don’t need people to trust you to say that. I’m delusional, but I knew what I wanted to do since I was five years old.”
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Tyler later recalled a girl asking him about what career he would’ve pursued if he didn’t do music, but there was never another option for the Grammy-winning artist.
“My imagination doesn’t even go that far because this is the only thing I was supposed to do,” he explained. “Like, I was legit the 12-year-old delusional kid like, ‘So I’mma get a Grammy.’ and n—-s was like, ‘Shut up, Charizard just beat Pikachu.’ So, just be delusional.”
Tyler is gearing up to reunite with Converse to launch the 1908 Program. The California native put a modern spin on the Naut-1 and the Coach Jogger silhouettes, while still maintaining authenticity to the Converse legacy.
Fans around the globe can shop the archival collection on Converse’s website come June 20, while Los Angeles natives will be able to attend the 1908 Pop-Up shop on June 12 to get a first look at Tyler’s vision.
Tyler is still trekking across the globe as part of his 2025 Chromakopia: The World Tour, which will land in Glasgow for a pair of shows this weekend.
Watch the full Tyler Talk below:
The Jonas Brothers went back to their roots for every part of their forthcoming new album Greetings From Your Hometown, including its cover art. As unveiled on the band’s Instagram Thursday (May 29), the LP’s front features a cozy photo of Kevin, Nick and Joe clinking wine glasses while dining at a restaurant. On the […]
