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12 Apr 2023

Hailey Bieber Launches Cooking Show

Hailey Bieber is heading from the bathroom to the kitchen. Following the success of her YouTube interview series Who’s In My Bathroom?, the Rhode founder launched on Wednesday (April 12) the first season of What’s In My Kitchen?

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The six-episode installment features the model sharing recipes for her favorite dishes, including chicken wings and an at-home version of her popular Erewhon Skin Smoothie. “What’s In My Kitchen? was a natural spinoff to Who’s In My Bathroom? because our audience was ready for us to stop eating in the bathroom!” Bieber said in a press statement, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve loved cooking and sharing meals with friends on my social channels for years, and I can’t wait to bring this experience to the fans of our network with OBB and HexClad. Creating new formats and IP for my channel has been really empowering, as my team and I get to truly create everything from concept to screen, and I can’t wait for everybody to see what’s next.”  

The show will also give back, as Bieber will source her cooking ingredients from Village Market Place from Community Services Unlimited, which works to “address the inequalities and systemic barriers that make sustainable communities and self-reliant life-styles unattainable,” according to their website. Hexclad will also make a donation to the Accion Opportunity Fund, which allows female-owned and POC-owned small businesses in the food industry to leverage $100,000 in microloans.

Watch the first episode of What’s In My Kitchen? below.

12 Apr 2023

A$AP Rocky, Jonas Brothers, Arcade Fire & More Added to Something in the Water Lineup

Something in the Water festival is returning to Virginia Beach at the end of this month, and on Wednesday (April 12), Pharrell Williams unveiled a wave of special guests and performers added to the lineup.

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A$AP Rocky, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul and M.I.A. have all been added to Pharrell’s Phriends set at the festival, which will take place in Virginia Beach, Va., between April 28 and April 30.

The festival has also announced additional performers including Third Eye Blind, Jonas Brothers and Arcade Fire, which comes less than a year after sexual misconduct allegations against Arcade Fire’s frontman Win Butler. 

Last year, the festival took place in Washington, D.C., after the Grammy-winning artist and producer voiced his disappointment in his hometown’s handling of his cousin’s death the year before. Sponsored by AirBnB and Walmart, this year’s star-studded lineup features Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, The Clipse, Summer Walker, Grace Jones, Lil Uzi Vert and Kehlani, among others.

Pharrell’s team-up with Walmart also aims to impact communities in Virginia. “Strengthening local communities is core to Walmart’s DNA,” said Cedric Clark, executive vice president of store operations for Walmart U.S., in a press release. “By investing in our associates and in the communities we serve, we help build a foundation where people can live their full potential every day. We’re excited to team up with Something in the Water, returning to a special place to Walmart, Virginia’s Hampton Roads, to help celebrate and empower this community we’re so proud to be a part of.”

Three day passes to Something in the Water are still available for purchase here. Can’t make it to the festival? YouTube will be livestreaming the event all weekend on Pharrell’s YouTube channel.

12 Apr 2023

The National & Phoebe Bridgers Drop ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’ Video

The National unveiled a music video for “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend,” their new single with Phoebe Bridgers, on Wednesday (April 12).

On the track, Matt Berninger and the Punisher singer harmonize as they intone, “Don’t you understand?/ Your mind is not your friend again/ It takes you by the hand/ And leaves you nowhere/ You are like a child/ You’re gonna flip your lid again/ Don’t you understand?/ Your mind is not your friend” on the wistful chorus.

In an interview with Hanuman Welch on Apple Music 1, the frontman explained how the collab came together, saying, “This one came later in the phase when I was kind of climbing out of a long phase of writer’s block and depression and just kind of self-disgust. I didn’t even want to write or think about myself for a long time, and my wife was repeating to me over the course of that long period, telling me that ‘This is just a phase. This is not really you.’”

Berninger also praised Bridgers’ contribution to the final product, adding, “I kind of felt like it needed that presence of another voice or another person, and Phoebe jumped in. She was just perfect for that. And because her voice is just such a tender just warm hug, and so it added that sort of dimension to it, which was crucial for it to work.”

“Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” follows “Tropic Morning News,” “New Order T-Shirt” and “Eucalyptus” as the fourth single from The National’s latest album First Two Pages of Frankenstein. Bridgers, meanwhile, just released Boygenius’ The Record with pals and bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus and will join Taylor Swift next month as an opener on The Eras Tour.

Watch the music video for “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” below.

12 Apr 2023

Yandel & Feid’s ‘Yandel 150’ Reaches No. 1 on Latin Airplay & Latin Rhythm Airplay Charts

Yandel once again rules a Latin airplay chart as “Yandel 150,” his collaboration with Feid, ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts (dated April 15), lifting 2-1 on both rankings.

“Yandel 150” leads with a 28% increase in audience impressions, to 12.5 million, earned in the U.S. March 31 to April 6, according to Luminate.

The new champ gives Yandel his 15th No. 1 among 34 chart appearances on the all-genre Latin Airplay chart. He returns to the summit following the one-week lead of “Déjà Vu,” with Tainy, in 2021. His longest-leading champ was “Encantadora,” which held atop the chart for three weeks.

Feid, meanwhile, claims his third No. 1 just a month after his featured turn in Ozuna’s “Hey Mor” ruled the March 4-dated list.

The collaboration ousts another pairing, Myke Towers and Daddy Yankee, after one week in charge for “Ulala.”

“Yandel 150” is the fourth single from Yandel’s Resistencia, his seventh studio album as a soloist, released Jan. 13 via Sony Music Latin. The 17-track set, jam-packed with reggaetón vets and newcomers alike, including his longtime collaborator Wisin, earned the Puerto Rican an eighth straight top 10 on Latin Rhythm Albums (March 23-dated list).

Further, “Yandel 150” leads in its ninth week on Latin Airplay, tying with “Hey Mor” as the third song to rise to the summit in nine weeks or fewer among Yandel’s 15 champs. Only two other tracks climbed faster: “Como Antes,” featuring Wisin, led in its second week, while “Se Acabó El Amor,” with Abraham Mateo and Jennifer Lopez, conquered in its sixth week.

Elsewhere, Yandel also takes his 15th No. 1 on Latin Rhythm Airplay, while Feid picks up his fourth champ.

12 Apr 2023

Granger Smith Reveals He’s Leaving Country Music to Pursue a Career in Ministry

Singer-songwriter Granger Smith‘s upcoming summer tour will be his last. Smith recently took to social media to announce that following the tour, he will be leaving his country music career behind to pursue a career in ministry.

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“I have felt a strong desire to pursue ministry,” he told fans via social media on Tuesday. “This doesn’t mean I’m going to start a church or a crusade, or a revival. It means me and my family are going to serve our local church. We’re going to pour into that church as members, and have my pastors and elders pour into me and disciple me and teach me, as I sit under their wise teaching. Hopefully one day they can affirm me into the next steps of what that might look like, to glorify God best from my platform.”

Smith added that he has been pursuing a master’s degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “This is a time of growing and learning for me…that may explain to some of you why I may have seemed distant, especially to music, lately,” he said.

In the caption for the video, Smith wrote, “I am so encouraged and hopeful and excited and joyful about the next chapter, but to a large extent, I have no idea what it will look like. I just want to glorify God the best way that I can.”

Smith earned a No. 1 hit on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart in 2016 with “Backroad Song” and a top 10 hit on the same chart in 2017 with “If the Boot Fits.” “Backroad Song” was also honored with a BMI Award in 2016.

On Aug. 1, Smith will release the book Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward After Loss and Heartache, which offers a look into how Smith and his family relied on their faith as they navigated grief and healing after the death of his 3-year-old son River, who drowned in a swimming pool accident in 2019. Granger and his wife, Amber, are also parents to daughter London and sons Lincoln and Maverick.

Smith’s farewell Like a River Tour will launch April 13 in Wisconsin and will run through Aug. 26 in Texas.

12 Apr 2023

Melanie Martinez & Boygenius Rule Billboard Rock Album Charts

Melanie Martinez and boygenius snag the top debuts on Billboard’s rock and alternative album charts dated April 15.

Martinez’s Portals opens at No. 1 on both Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums thanks to 142,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 99,000 units are via album sales, while 42,000 come from streaming units, with the remaining 1,000 from track equivalent albums.

The sales and streaming counts are the best for any album on Top Rock & Alternative Albums in 2023.

Martinez notches her first No. 1 on the chart since it shifted to a model allowing for alternative-leaning albums not necessarily within the rock genre. On Top Alternative Albums, Portals becomes her third ruler, following K-12 in 2019 and Cry Baby in 2015.

On the all-genre Billboard 200, Portals starts at No. 2, Martinez’s best rank, surpassing the No. 3 debut and peak of K-12. She also earns her first leader on Top Album Sales.

Meanwhile, boygenius – the rock group consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – starts at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums with its debut full-length The Record. It snagged 67,000 units, with 53,000 from album sales and 14,000 from streaming units.

The Record is boygenius’ first Top Rock Albums leader as well as the first No. 1 visit for any of the individual band members on the list. Baker boasted the previous best, with 2021’s Little Oblivions having debuted and peaked at No. 4.

The trio’s LP also starts at No. 2 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums, behind Martinez, as well as No. 1 on Americana/Folk Albums. Baker previous led the lattermost list with Little Oblivions.

On Vinyl Albums, The Record launches at No. 1 with 45,000 vinyl copies sold.

Both albums spur multiple appearances on the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, paced by Martinez’s “Void,” which vaults 40-5 in its second week on the tally. In the March 31-April 6 tracking week, “Void” earned 8.7 million official U.S. streams and 100,000 radio audience impressions and sold 1,000 downloads. The former count gets Martinez onto the all-format Streaming Songs list for the first time, at No. 42.

In all, 13 Martinez songs reach Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, with the top debut of the group being “The Contortionist” at No. 10 (5.4 million streams).

Boygenius, meanwhile, sports four appearances on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, led by “Not Strong Enough” at No. 33 (2.1 million streams, 952,000 audience impressions, 1,000 sold). “Strong” also rises into the top 10 of Adult Alternative Airplay at No. 10, marking the threesome’s first top 10, and 40-36 on Alternative Airplay.

12 Apr 2023

Demi Lovato Says ‘This Generation Is Hungry’ for the Emo Music She Grew Up With

Demi Lovato‘s latest album Holy Fvck feels like a rebirth for the pop star — and for good reason. Speaking with CBS Mornings, the Disney Channel alum revealed that making the LP put her more in line with the emo music she loved as a teen.

“I grew up listening to this music and so I wanted to go back to my roots,” she said of the genre in an interview during the segment, aired on Wednesday (April 12). “Whether you’re going through depression of having fun with your friends, there’s so many emotions in this music. I think this generation is hungry for it.”

Lovato continued, “Whether its angst, whether it’s falling in love, sadness…I’ve always just made music to be an inspiration to other people while also doing what I love. I’m definitely in a really good place. I don’t know what I’m going to write about on my next album because I’m so happy. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

Released on Aug. 19, Holy Fvck debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. Elsewhere, the album topped the Top Rock, Top Alternative and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts.

Watch Lovato talk about making emo music in the video above.

12 Apr 2023

Rod Wave Takes ‘Fight’ to Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Rod Wave nabs his seventh top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Fight the Feeling” opens at No. 7 on the list dated April 15. The song also begins at the most-streamed rap song of the week and returns him to the top 20 of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in two years.

“Feeling” traces its strong start largely to 17.4 million official U.S. streams in the tracking week of March 30 – Apr. 6, according to Luminate. The nine-figure sum generates the single’s No. 2 debut on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart and No. 1 entrance on Rap Streaming Songs. On the latter, “Feeling” is Rod Wave’s second career champ, after “Tombstone” led for one week in 2021.

While streaming plays the main role behind the “Feeling” debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the track also sold 1,000 downloads in the same tracking week to earn a No. 15 start on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales. It also registered 56,000 audience impressions across all formats, a low sum due to the single not having been officially promoted to radio formats during its debut week.

As “Feeling” becomes Rod Wave’s newest top 10, here’s a recap of the rapper’s full collection on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart:

Song Title, Peak Position, Peak Date
“Rags2Riches,” featuring ATR Son Son, No. 7, Aug. 22, 2020
“Tombstone,” No. 5, April 10, 2021
“Street Runner,” No. 9, April 10, 2021
“By Your Side,” No. 10, Dec. 11, 2021
“Cold December,” No. 9, Feb. 5, 2022
“Alone,” No. 7, Aug. 27, 2022
“Fight the Feeling,” No. 7 (to date), April 15, 2023

Elsewhere, “Feeling” begins at No. 3 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, where it secures the rapper/singer’s ninth top 10 placement, and at No. 16 on the Hot 100. The latter’s debut ends a two-year gap for Rod Wave inside the Hot 100’s top 20, as he ranks inside the region for the first time since the April 10, 2021-dated chart.

12 Apr 2023

Rosa Linn Reigns on Top TV Songs Chart After ‘Shrinking’ Synch

Rosa Linn’s “Snap” crowns Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, for March 2023 after its appearance in Apple TV+’s new series Shrinking.

Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of March 2023.

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“Snap” can be heard in Shrinking’s eighth episode, which premiered March 10. It was directed by Zach Braff, a previous collaborator of Bill Lawrence, who is one of the series’ co-creators and executive producers.

In March 2023, “Snap” received 13.3 million on-demand official U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads, according to Luminate. The synch sparked a modest boost for the song on the March 25-dated Alternative Digital Song Sales chart, where it re-entered at a new peak of No. 9.

It’s one of four songs from Shrinking that appear on the March 2023 survey. Fred again..’s “Dermot (see yourself in my eyes)” follows at No. 3 thanks to 597,000 streams.

The highest non-Shrinking appearance belongs to Faces’ “Ooh La La,” which enters at No. 2. Heard in the fourth episode of the first season of Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & the Six, the song earned 4.3 million streams and 1,000 downloads.

Daisy Jones also sports an appearance at No. 4 thanks to “Dancing Barefoot” by the Patti Smith Group, from the show’s premiere episode. It received 613,000 streams and 3,000 downloads, and it made a Billboard chart for the first time when it reached the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart, eventually peaking at No. 11 on the April 8 tally.

See the full top 10, also featuring music from Mayor of Kingstown, The Blacklist and Ted Lasso, below.

Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)
1. “Snap,” Rosa Linn, Shrinking (Apple TV+)
2. “Ooh La La,” Faces, Daisy Jones & the Six (Amazon Prime Video)
3. “Dermot (see yourself in my eyes),” Fred again.., Shrinking (Apple TV+)
4. “Dancing Barefoot,” Patti Smith Group, Daisy Jones & the Six (Amazon Prime Video)
5. “Can’t Find My Way Home,” Blind Faith, Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+)
6. “Free,” Florence + the Machine, Shrinking (Apple TV+)
7. “Modern Love,” David Bowie, Shrinking (Apple TV+)
8. “Shame on You,” D Smoke, Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+)
9. “Chess,” KS Rhoads, The Blacklist (NBC)
10. “Out of My Head,” Fastball, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

12 Apr 2023

Cardi B Gives Fans a Peek Inside Her ‘Regular Day as BELCALIS’

A day in the life! On Tuesday (April 11), Cardi B took to social media to show off the mundane moments in between her responsibilities as a superstar rapper.

“Hey yall …..A glimse of a regular day as BELCALIS and not CARDI B!!” she captioned the TikTok, explaining via hushed voice-over in the two-and-a-half-minute video that “my fans have been wanting me to do more TikToks, so here I am — I’m gonna give you what a regular day is in my life as a regular person.”

According to Cardi, that “regular” day involves sneaking off to get ready before her two kids realize she’s awake (“because boom, once they notice I’m up, they won’t leave me alone”), watching 4-year-old Kulture play with her shoes and making lunch for the family since her personal chef is currently on spring break.

From there, she brings Kulture along to the gym, where lately she’s been working out for two hours each day. “A lot of people are so ignorant, like, ‘Why are you working out? You have a lipo?’” she says. “But this is a thing called visceral fat, and visceral fat is the fat that surrounds your organs that you cannot lipo. And that’s why sometimes girls with lipo might have a snatched waist with a gut. And that’s because they’re not working out their visceral fat, they just keep eating and eating… That’s why you gotta work it out.”

After the workout, the Grammy winner spends another hour stretching, saying, “My real goal is to be as stretchable and flexible as I was when I was a stripper but hoo! Can’t build Rome in a day. But can you?” The video then ends with Cardi making a totally relatable trip to Target, bringing pizza home for dinner and celebrating the fifth anniversary of Invasion of Privacy with a cake before she heads to the studio for a nighttime recording session.

Earlier this week, Cardi also used social media to warn parents about the dangers of child predators in a pair of passionate tweets.

Watch Cardi take viewers through a day in her life below.