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07 Nov 2025

The New Video for This 2013 Daft Punk Classic Is an Animated Voyage Through Space

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Daft Punk is making contact.

As part of the new collaboration with Fortnite, the French duo has released a new video for track “Contact,” the epic closer of its 2013 Grammy-winning album, Random Access Memories.

The new animated clip finds the robots careening through space and borrows imagery from Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, the 2003 anime film created as a companion piece for the duo’s 2001 album, Discovery.

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The new music video also uses a trimmed version of the song, which in this video version clocks in at four minutes and 48 seconds, down from the six-minute and 23 second original.

Created by Epic Games and Magnopus, the visual comes as part of the new Daft Punk Experience that launched in Fortnite in September. The experiences includes 31 songs from the duo’s catalog featured throughout several interactive rooms in the game. Users can also create song mashups, make their game avatars dance at a “Daft Club” featuring footage from the band’s Alive tour and Alive 2007 live album, and make Lego music videos featuring the band.

In what was perhaps an Easter egg for this new video, Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter played “Contact” in his October set in Paris at Because Beaubourg, a retrospective exhibition of French label Because Music. The performance, during which Bangalter played alongside Ed Banger founder Busy P, electro titan Erol Alkan and phenom Fred again.., was the Daft Punk member’s first public DJ set in 16 years.

Watch the new video for “Contact” below.

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07 Nov 2025

Leon Thomas Leads the Pack of 2026 Grammy R&B Nominations

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After winning his first Grammy this year for best R&B song with SZA’s “Snooze,” Leon Thomas could sweep almost every R&B category at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, as the nominations were announced Friday morning (Nov. 7).

While the continued success of his Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit “Mutt” has proven Thomas is no underdog anymore, its “Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk” version is up for best R&B performance. (The original version was commercially released on Aug. 8, 2024, during the eligibility period for the 2025 Grammy Awards, and it was submitted for consideration then. Thomas released the 5-song Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk) EP on Aug. 15, 2025, which qualifies for next year’s ceremony.) Its parent album, which shares the same title, is nominated for best R&B album, while its tracks “Vibes Don’t Lie” and “Yes It Is” are up for best traditional R&B performance and best R&B song, respectively.

Following Thomas, Durand Bernarr has the second most nominations in the R&B field with three: best traditional R&B performance (“Here We Are”), best R&B song (“Overqualified”) and best progressive R&B album (Bloom). He only scored his first Grammy nod ever this year in the best progressive R&B album category. “Folded,” arguably the biggest song of Kehlani’s career to date, has earned her her first Hot 100 top 10 hit and No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs (charts dated Nov. 8), and now two Grammy nods for best R&B performance and best R&B song. While Kehlani has yet to win a Grammy, they’re poised to take home the gold for the first time next year.

“I’m not big [on letting] any award validate how great your art is. But it’s nice when the system in place or the hierarchy of what you’re doing in art recognizes that what you’re doing is great,” Kehlani told Billboard earlier this year while reflecting on her debut commercial mixtape You Should Be Here, which earned the star her first Grammy nod 10 years ago for best urban contemporary album.

Ledisi could snag her first best traditional R&B performance win in five years with “Love You Too,” the lead single from her 12th studio album The Crown, which is up for best R&B album. After the deluxe edition of 11:11 won best R&B album this year, Chris Brown returns to the best R&B performance field one year later with “It Depends,” featuring Bryson Tiller, which is also up for best R&B song. This week, “It Depends” rose to the No. 1 spot on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and spends a fifth week atop Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. And one week before Summer Walker’s third studio album Finally Over It drops, its lead single “Heart of a Woman” earns two nomination for best R&B performance and best R&B song.

Five years ago, Teyana Taylor called out the Recording Academy for the male-dominated best R&B album category after she dropped her third studio album The Album. “Y’all was better off just saying best MALE R&B ALBUM cause all I see is d–k in this category,” she wrote on X. Now, she’s up for her first Grammy ever in this female-dominated category, with Escape Room coming alongside Ledisi with The Crown and Coco Jones with her debut album Why Not More? Bilal’s first album in nine years, Adjust Brightness, earns the dynamic singer/songwriter/musician his first Grammy in 10 years for best progressive R&B album. After their “Peaches” collaboration with Daniel Caesar scored Justin Bieber and Giveon a hefty sum of nominations at the 2022 Grammy Awards, where both lost in every category they were up in, both could avenge themselves in the R&B field, as Bieber is up for best R&B performance (with “Yukon”) for the first time since “Peaches” and Giveon is up for best R&B album (for Beloved) for the first time since Take Time scored a nod in 2021.

U.K. R&B acts like kwn and Odeal have made a lot of noise from across the pond this year, but FLO is the only one nominated for a Grammy next year, as the girl group earns its first nod for best progressive R&B album with its debut album Access All Areas. And after five songs from SZA’s blockbuster 2022 album SOS earned Grammy nods at the 2024 awards ceremony, where SZA was the most-nominated artist with nine total nods, one more is added to her collection: “Crybaby,” from the deluxe Lana edition of SOS, is up for best traditional R&B performance.

While Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. welcomed The Weeknd back with open arms during the ceremony earlier this year, where he performed “Cry for Me” and “Timeless” with Playboi Carti, Grammy voters did not. His repeat shut out includes “Baptized in Fear” from his sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow not being included in the best R&B song slate. Ravyn Lenae also surprisingly received zero nominations despite her R&B/pop crossover hit “Love Me Not” reaching No. 5 on the Hot 100 and, as Billboard’s awards editor Paul Grein put it, being “played on every pop radio station in America every hour on the hour during the voting period.” While “Love Me Not” competed in the pop field, “Love Is Blind” from the same Bird’s Eye album was submitted for best R&B song, and received no love.

Drake and PartyNextDoor’s “Somebody Loves Me” is nominated for best melodic rap performance, but its parent album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U isn’t up for best progressive R&B album as some might’ve expected. Mariah the Scientist’s breakthrough year isn’t captured by the 2026 nominations either, as “Burning Blue,” her first Hot 100 top 40 hit and first Rhythmic Airplay chart-topper, is looked over for both best R&B performance and best R&B song, and its parent album Hearts Sold Separately, her highest-charting Billboard 200 album (No. 11), isn’t up for best R&B album.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 1 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, airing live on CBS and Paramount+ Premium at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

07 Nov 2025

‘Wicked: For Good’ Star Jonathan Bailey Shares ‘Crazy,’ Last-Minute Dressing Room Audition Tape He Made for Film

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There’s a reason we love all those stories about iconic rock and pop hits that were dashed off in five minutes, or nearly tossed on the trash heap before being rescued and surging to the top of the charts. People‘s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive Jonathan Bailey clearly knows this, and on Thursday night (Nov. 6) the co-star of Wicked: For Good unleashed an all-time classic version of that tall tale during NBC’s Wicked: One Wonderful Night prime-time special.

“I’d sent a tape… crazy tape,” Bailey said of his self-tape audition for the movie as some of his castmates — Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Michele Yeoh and Ethan Slater — sat around discussing the film during the two-hour show. “I did ‘Dance Through Life,’” he said of his karaoke bid to land the role of Fiyero; Bailey performed the song in last year’s first part of the two-part Wizard of Oz-inspired film.

“But I did it at the five-minute call when I was doing a play. I’m worried about this sub-section – now we’re going to subtly cut to it,” he said as producers did just what he anticipated and bumped to the lo-fi dressing room karaoke-style tape in which Bailey croons the song while waving around a pair of sunglasses. At one point, the super-relaxed-seeming Bailey belts a line and then gets a “five minutes” call alert that he is expected on stage momentarily for a performance of the 2022 revival of the play Cock on London’s West End.

“I can’t believe you did it on your five-minute call. How on Earth did you even have the [time]?” fellow stage veteran Erivo wondered. “Well, you know, it’s such a… it’s like, you sort of go, ‘it’s now,’” Bailey responded. “Let’s play it. Let’s just do it. And I sang it, and it was the only way I was going to be able to do that tape.” Watch Bailey talk about his audition here.

The NBC special was accompanied by a just-released soundtrack, Wicked: One Wonderful Night (Live) — The Soundtrack, which features 10 live recordings from Erivo, Grande, Goldblum, Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode and others singing such iconic songs as “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “The Wizard and I” accompanied by a 37-piece orchestra.

Wicked: For Good will hit theaters on Nov. 21.

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07 Nov 2025

The Deals: GoDigital Announces $230M in New Financing; Thin Lizzy Co-Founder’s Estate Teams With Primary Wave

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Another day, another flood of music industry deals. How does one keep track? In an effort to provide an overview of the latest acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, licensing agreements and more, Billboard publishes a list of all of the latest pacts that have hit our radar every other Thursday.

Intellectual property rights management company GoDigital announced financing of $230 million from Bank of America, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, East West Bank, First Horizon, Fifth Third and Flag Star, bringing the company’s capital raised to date to more than $1 billion. The announcement coincides with the rebranding of GoDigital from GoDigital Media Group to three distinct divisions: GoDigital Music, Networks and Brands. Additionally, the company’s Cinq Music is currently undergoing a rebrand that will include a new name. GoDigital will also develop “multiple other genre-specific imprints,” according to a press release.

According to GoDigital, its music division has a catalog of more than 80,000 assets, including those of record label Beluga Heights, which boasts catalogs including Jason Derulo, T.I., Daddy Yankee and producer-songwriters José Ángel Hernández (aka Flow La Movie) and Jimmy Robbins (who recently contributed to Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem album).

“GoDigital is a powerful brand because its vision and purpose are anchored in inspiring happiness by sharing creativity,” said Jason Peterson, chairman & CEO of GoDigital, in a statement. “This financing, led by Bank of America, further validates GoDigital Music’s strategy of focusing on durable culturally significant artists and repertoire from large and fast growing markets around the world.”

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Primary Wave Music/Phil Lynott Estate

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Primary Wave Music partnered with the estate of Thin Lizzy co-founder and songwriter Phil Lynott. Under the deal, Primary Wave will offer marketing support across Lynott’s catalog, including all songs he wrote over the course of his career as well as his recording interests, including his work with Thin Lizzy, solo work and collaborations with other artists. The Lynott estate will have access to Primary Wave’s licensing/sync, content and branding teams. Lynott wrote such Thin Lizzy classics as “The Boys Are Back In Town” and “Dancing in the Moonlight.”
VENU Holding Corporation/Primary Wave Music

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VENU Holding Corporation struck a partnership with Primary Wave Music to bring “artist-inspired experiences” to VENU’s network of venues in the U.S. Primary Wave is home to artists and artist estates including Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston and James Brown. According to a press release, VENU has three new outdoor amphitheaters set to open in 2026 and plans to scale to 40 total locations by 2030.
bemyfriends/Dreamus Company

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Bemyfriends, which operates the global fandom platform b.stage, signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Dreamus Company. Through the deal, bemyfriends will integrate Dreamus’ music streaming platform FLO with b.stage. “Specifically, bemyfriends plans to strengthen synergies for fandom business expansion based on Dreamus Company’s music distribution, production, and concert infrastructure,” according to a press release. “Furthermore, the company plans to build innovative services enabling one-stop access from music listening to fan communication, merchandise purchases, and concert bookings by integrating b.stage’s core features — 1:1 fan-artist communication, community, membership, and merchandise commerce — with FLO.” The release notes that bemyfriends has built more than 300 fan platforms across K-pop, esports and more, including the upcoming official fan community for the Netflix blockbuster KPop Demon Hunters. Bemyfriends completed the Dreamus acquisition via a partnership with Korean private equity firm Midas.
Too Lost/Xposure Music

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Music distribution and publishing platform Too Lost and music financing company Xposure Music formed a commercial partnership aimed at acquiring and distributing music catalogs. Under the terms of the deal, Too Lost will distribute and co-fund catalog acquisitions sourced and underwritten by Xposure, which “plans to deploy tens of millions of dollars in upcoming catalog acquisitions,” according to a press release. The release adds that the partnership has “already deployed millions of dollars” across multiple deals, including catalogs from indie creators such as Tskinz, Fukkit, Fly Rich Double, FLVME and Secret!.
un:hurd music Funding Round

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Un:hurd music, the music marketing platform that caters to independent artists, completed a funding round through which it saw reinvestment from Kobalt Music founder and chairman Willard Ahdritz, Trapital’s Dan Runcie, Hazel Savage and Leansquare VC. New investors include Mindset Ventures Music Tech. According to a press release, un:hurd now boasts more than 185,000 users globally.
Virgin Music Group/GR6

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Virgin Music Group extended its partnership with Brazilian indie label GR6 (Perera DJ, Nilo, MC PH and DJay W) “well into the next decade,” according to a press release. GR6 has been with Virgin since 2020.
Warner Music Live/Nelonen Media Live

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Warner Music Live, a division of Warner Music Finland, and Finland-based festival producer Nelonen Media Live signed a deal through which Warner Music Live will handle program planning, artist acquisitions and contract negotiations for Nelonen Media Live’s festivals. The two companies will also co-produce major standalone concerts.
Downtown Artist & Label Services/Polaris Records/Enarma Records

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Downtown Artist & Label Services renewed deals in the Brazilian phonk and electronic funk genres with two companies: U.K.-based Polaris Records and Australia-based Enarma Records.
MNGRS.AI Funding Round

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MNGRS.AI, an AI-powered artist management service launched by French startup Global Music Community, raised $1 million from investors including French soccer players Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid), Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona) and Mike Maignan (AC Milan). MNGRS.AI was founded by former MIDEM and Universal Music executives Alexandre Denote and Thomas Quenoil.
Proper Music Distribution/Hospital Records/Heavenly Recordings

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U.K. physical distributor Proper Music Distribution struck new fulfillment partnerships with Hospital Records and Heavenly Recordings. According to a press release, Proper will use its “flexible IT infrastructure to facilitate Official Charts Company (OCC) eligibility” and fulfillment “for all physical music sales via Bandcamp” for the two indie labels, as well as Hospital’s own online store.

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07 Nov 2025

Friday Dance Music Guide: The Week’s Best New Tracks From Charlotte de Witte, Illenium, Romy & More

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This week in dance music: Bunt.’s manager Nick Groff talked about using emerging technology to turn phones back on fans during shows during Billboard’s Live Music Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 3.

Diplo reflected on his ex Katy Perry and her new boyfriend, the former prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau. Demo Lovato’s new dance album It’s Not That Deep bumped Tame Impala’s Deadbeat out of the number one spot on Top Dance/Electronic albums and the co-writer of Deadbeat’s star single “Dracula” Sarah Aarons told us about the production process and the procrastination that brought the song to life.

“It was like, ‘Cool, this mix is due in 45 minutes,’” Aarons recalled of finishing “Dracula.” “When you know you have a deadline, your brain just goes, ‘This is the right thing.’ [Kevin Parker] called me and he went, ‘What about this melody?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah! How did we not do that melody already? It totally fits the song.’ We’d written lyrics so many times, we already had so many lyrics floating around our brains. We had so much of what we knew the song was that it kind of clicked.”

Meanwhile, Fred again.. continued his 10 shows/10 songs/10 weeks run in Dublin (and in fact released three songs this week), we celebrated the 20 year anniversary of Madonna’s disco-laced Confessions On a Dancefloor and Calvin Harris announced a 2026 Las Vegas residency at Wynn Nightlife, the property where the Scottish producer had his first ever Vegas residency back in 2011.

The Avicii Estate and Pophouse released the first of a three-part documentary series about the making of the late artist’s 2015 album Stories and Above & Beyond released their own documentary about the making of their July album Bigger Than All of Us. Plus, Grammy season kicked off with the nominations announced today, with Skrillex, PinkPantheress and Fred again.. leading the dance/electronic fields with two noms each.

Is there more? You bet there’s more. These are the best new dance tracks of the week.

Charlotte de Witte, Charlotte de Witte

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After releasing 25 EPs over the last ten years, techno star Charlotte de Witte presents her eponymous debut album today (Nov. 6) via her own label, KNTXT. The Belgian producer has said she went back through her own personal history in techno and the history of the genre at large for inspiration, with the LP thus functioning in sort of autobiographical fashion as she conjures moods of both partying and hypnotic spirituality, often finding the commonality between the two. The 11 track-set includes the ravey and undeniable single “Heads That Know” and the eight-minute epic “Hymn,” which brings Gregorian chant to the club, as well as collaborators including Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, Welsh rapper Comma Dee and poet and visual artist Alice Evermore.

Charlotte de Witte is out on KNTXT. Listen to it here.
Illenium & Ryan Tedder ‘With Your Love’

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The Illenium machine is fully firing up the engines via the release of “With Your Love,” the third single from the producer’s forthcoming album Odyssey, which he today announced will be released Feb. 6, almost exactly a month before he begins his residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. A collaboration with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, the track is a classic Illenium future bass chest-thumper, and one we can easily imagine creating a moment of teary-eyed euphoria when played live at Sphere. Meanwhile Illenium’s schedule for the end of the year includes a grip of festival dates including his own Ember Shores event happening Dec. 5-7 in Riviera Maya, Mexico, the lineup for which also includes Seven Lions, Crankdat, Wooli and Jessica Audiffred.

“With Your Love” is out on Republic Records. Listen to it here.
Solomun & Anyma, ‘Till I Die’

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The first ever collaborative single from titans Solomun and Anyma, who played a handful of buzzy b2bs this year, finds them meshing their signature styles — Solomun’s muscular and always deeply cool work and Anyma’s darkly underground but accessible melodic techno — into a track that punches hard and doesn’t miss. “Till I Die” bumps along hypnotically, with the airy vocals juxtaposing some lightness and femininity to the undeniable peaktime heater.

“Till I Die” is out on Diynamic Music. Listen to it here.
Romy, ‘Love Who You Love’

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“Finally I found peace/ And I won’t feel guilty/ I feel a change in me/ Don’t care if the world can see/ That shame don’t belong to me,” Romy sings on her new one-off single “Love Who You Love,” delivering lyrics that would be profound even if they weren’t set to music. But layered over a gentle yet deep production by the producer/singer alongside her xx bandmate Jamie xx and Bloodpop, the track is a genuinely moving declaration about the beauty of queer love, and the victory of having the freedom to drop any guilt or shame and just love you who love.

“My new song ‘Love Who You Love’ is a proudly queer love song” Romy says in a statement. “It was also really important to me to acknowledge that the world is still such a challenging place for so many of us to show our love openly in the LGBTQ+ community. In reaction to that I wanted to write a song that not only celebrates and uplifts love as well as calls for change. The history of resilience and togetherness in the face of unbelievable challenges within the community is so powerful. Personally, finding friends, family and people I look up to and learn from – through queer clubbing has made me feel so much less alone and braver in so many aspects of life. These experiences and the people I’ve met, continue to be so inspiring to the music I’m making and this song intends to be a love letter of visibility and pride. No one can take the love you feel away from you — it’s yours.”

“Love Who You Love” is out on Young and comes with a thoughtful video starring Romy and directed by her creative and life partner Vic Lentaigne. Listen to it here.
Sam Gellaitry, Anywhere Here Is Perfect

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Do not sleep on Anywhere Here Is Perfect, the fully no-skips debut album from longtime dance darling Sam Gellaitry. The Scottish producer balances lightness and heft on the 12-track album, bringing a pop buoyancy paired throughout with layered, atmospheric (and in instances deliciously ’80s synth-inspired) productions that conjure moods of love and sophistication, without every losing a spirit of fun.

Anywhere Here Is Perfect is out on Major Recordings. Listen to it here.
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Bringing along a crew of collaborators including Travis Scott, Stray Kids, Peso Pluma, Don Toliver, Dillon Francis and Amadaou & Miriam, the mighty DJ Snake returns with his third studio album, Nomad. The 17-track projects is signature Snake, which is to say its slinky, sophisticated and just the right amount of raunchy, al the elements that have made him a key dance architect for more than a decade. Blending influences from around the world (hence its title), the project demonstrates Snake’s dexterity across genres, and his ability to also make any genre his own.

“I grew up surrounded by people from India, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East,” the artist says in a statement. “That mix shaped everything I heard. Nomad is a tribute to that upbringing… always moving, always learning, always blending what the world has to offer. Nomad goes beyond an album tracklist. It’s a cultural statement.”

Nomad is out on DJ Snake Music Productions Limited/Interscope Records. Listen to it here.

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07 Nov 2025

Nicki Minaj Says She’s ‘Happy to See’ Ye ‘Take Accountability’ by Meeting With Rabbi to Apologize

Nicki Minaj showed love to Ye (formerly Kanye West) for taking accountability for his hurtful actions against the Jewish community after meeting with a rabbi.

West met with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto on Tuesday (Nov. 4), during which he expressed remorse and apologized for his previous antisemitic remarks about the Jewish community.

“So happy to see Kanye publicly take accountability for the pain his words may have cause to so many,” she wrote to X on Thursday (Nov. 6), praising West. “Standing with our Jewish brothers & sisters.”

Footage surfaced of West’s meeting with Rabbi Pinto when an Instagram account for Pintoposted the exchange on social media on Thursday.

“I feel really blessed to sit here and take accountability,” West began. “I was dealing with various issues. I was dealing with bipolar also, so I would take the ideas I had and forget about the protection of the people around me and myself. So I wanted to take accountability.”

Ye added: “So it’s like if you left the house and you left your kid at the house and your kid went and messed up the kitchen and messed up the garage and messed up the living room. Then when you get back, it’s your responsibility because that’s your job. That’s the way I look at it. It’s like I gotta go clean up the kitchen, I gotta clean up the living room, I gotta clean up the garage.”

West saw his meeting with Rabbi Pinto as the “first steps” in rebuilding “brick by brick” for the “strong walls” as far as his damaged relationship with the Jewish community goes.

Rabbi Pinto appeared to accept Ye’s apology. “A person is not defined by his mistakes, but by the way he chooses to correct them,” he replied in a translated statement. “This is the true strength of man: The ability to return, to learn, and to build bridges of love and peace.”

The Chicago rapper has been slammed for his repeated antisemitic rhetoric over the last few years, which includes a tweet saying he was going to go “death con 3” [sic] on Jewish people in 2022, and again praising Hitler on X in February this year.

As a result, just about all of his business deals vanished, as companies such as Universal Music Group, Balenciaga, Adidas and Gap ended their partnerships with the rapper.

07 Nov 2025

Madonna Drops Digital ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor Twenty Years Edition’ Featuring B-Sides & Remixes

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Madonna headed back to the club on Friday (Nov. 7) with the release of Confessions on a Dance Floor Twenty Years Edition, an expanded version of the pop queen’s beloved 2005 electropop dance record featuring such beloved hits as “Hung Up,” “Sorry” and “Get Together.”

The digital deluxe edition expands the original 12-track LP with eight additional b-sides, remixes and promo-only tracks including: “Hung Up (Chus & Ceballos Remix),” “Sorry (PSB Maxi-Mix),” “Get Together (Jacques Lu Cont Mix),” “Jump (Axwell Remix)” and “Hung Up (Archigram Remix).”

The original album was released in Nov. 2005 and featured the singer collaborating with producers Mirwais, Stuart Price and Bloodshy & Avant on a seamless collection that was strung together like a DJ set, with the anniversary edition tapping the vibe by including the original cross-faded continuous mix in a digital version for the first time.

The anniversary digital refresh of Confessions comes nearly two months after Madonna announced that she is returning to her original label home, Warner Records, after nearly two decades away. Not only that, but in an Instagram post announcing the deal she also teased that she is working on a sequel to the original Confessions album.

“Almost 2 decades later — And it feels like home with Warner Records! Back to music, Back to the Dance Floor, Back to where it all began! COADF – Pt. 2 2026,” Madonna teased back in September. The expanded Confessions LP comes amid a year of looking back for Madonna, which has included the release in July of her long-rumored Veronica Electronica album, a collection of eight rare and unreleased remixes of songs from her beloved 1998 Ray of Light album, as well as the upcoming revamp of her 1994 Bedtime Stories album on the upcoming (Nov. 28) eight-track Bedtime Stories — The Untold Chapter EP.

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07 Nov 2025

Chase Matthew Scores His First No. 1 on Country Airplay Chart With ‘Darlin’ ‘

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Chase Matthew lands his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Darlin’.” The single tops the ranking dated Nov. 15 with a 3% gain to 31.3 million audience impressions Oct. 31–Nov. 6, according to Luminate.

The Sevierville, Tenn., native cowrote the song with four others, including Jake Angel and Alex Maxwell, who also share producer credits. It’s Matthew’s third charted single and follows his first top 10, “Love You Again,” which reached No. 9 in September 2024.

The coronation of “Darlin’” marks another breakout moment for the relative newcomer, highlighting both his growing fan base and rising momentum at radio. Matthew recently wrapped a special guest run on Keith Urban’s High and Alive World Tour, which closed in Nashville late October, and has his own dates booked through next year.

Matthew becomes just the second artist this year to earn a career-first Country Airplay No. 1, after Corey Kent with “This Heart” in July. Not since Jelly Roll and Nate Smith in 2023 have so few artists done so. Last year saw nine first-time leaders, including five collaborations. Since the start of 2016, 51 artists have scored their first No. 1s on the chart; narrowing that list to solo performances puts the number at 33 (among 299 total leaders in that span).

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Washington state-born Tucker Wetmore breaks into the Country Airplay top 10 for a second time as “3, 2, 1” rises 11-10 (17.6 million, up 1%). His “Wind Up Missin’ You” reached No. 2 in January.

The single also delivers a breakthrough for Summer Overstreet, who cowrote it alongside veteran hitmakers Josh Miller and Jordan Reynolds. The Nashville native — daughter of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Paul Overstreet, who penned hits of his own and for many others beginning in the 1980s — earns her first top 10 on Country Airplay as a writer.

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07 Nov 2025

Listen to Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Sing New ‘Wicked’ Songs ‘Girl in the Bubble’ & ‘No Place Like Home’

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The music of Wicked as we know it has been changed for good, with Jon M. Chu and Stephen Schwartz adding two brand new numbers to the score for the live-action films, snippets of which were shared Thursday (Nov. 6).

Performed by leading ladies Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the ballads are named “No Place Like Home” — a nod to the musical’s source material, The Wizard of Oz — and “The Girl in the Bubble.” In a 30-second preview of the first, Elphaba reflects on happier times with her friends at Shiz before being banished from Oz and sings, “Why do I love this place that’s never loved me?”

In the second, we see Glinda looking over her riches and fame and realizing that she yearns for something more. “Isn’t it high time for her bubble to pop?” she sings gently.

Both songs were written for the Wicked films by Schwartz, who composed the music for the Broadway musical on which the screen adaptation was based. Last year, he told The Messenger, “The storytelling required it, and therefore they were created.”

The snippets come just a few weeks ahead of the Nov. 21 premiere of Wicked: For Good, which will close out the two-part saga that first kicked off in November last year. The first Wicked film broke box-office records and reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with its soundtrack, not to mention earned Academy Awards for best costume and production design.

In the lead-up to the finale’s release worldwide, the main Wicked cast has kicked off a promo cycle involving numerous international premieres. The run started in São Paulo — which Grande was forced to miss due to a “safety issue” with her flight — and will continue throughout the month with screenings in Paris, London and Singapore.

The film leads also got fans hyped for part two by performing a number of Wicked tracks live for a concert special, which premiered Thursday (Nov. 6) on NBC and Peacock.

Watch Erivo and Grande perform parts of “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble” Below.

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07 Nov 2025

Rod Stewart Extends One Last Time Tour With 15 Additional 2026 U.S. Dates

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Sir Rod Stewart has extended his globe-hopping One Last Time tour yet again. After taking the greatest hits outing across Europe, Asia and North and South America over the past year and a half, the pop icon announced another round of shows in the U.S. next spring and summer on Friday morning (Nov. 7).

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The 15 freshly added stops on the Live Nation-produced tour are slated to kick off on March 13 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and feature gigs in Knoxville, Houston, Phoenix, Hollywood, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati and Cleveland before winding down on Aug. 15 at the Morton Amphitheater in Kansas City, Mo. on Aug. 15. Howard Jones and Richard Marx will serve as opening acts on the new shows.

Tickets for the new dates will go on sale first with an artist pre-sale beginning on Monday (Nov. 10) at 10 a.m. local time, with additional pre-sales running throughout the week ahead of a general on-sale beginning on Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. local time here.

Stewart, 80, kicked off the One Last Time tour in 2024, serving up his typical high-energy, soccer ball-booting revue of classic hits, including, “You Wear It Well,” “Maggie May,” “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy,” “The First Cut is the Deepest,” “Tonight’s the Night,” “Every Picture Tells A Story,” “Forever Young,” “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” and others.

Check out the dates for Rod Stewart’s 2026 One Last Time U.S. dates below.

March 13: Uncasville, Conn. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Apr. 15: Knoxville, Tenn. @ Food City Center %
Apr. 17: Huntsville, Ala. @ Orion Amphitheater %
Apr. 19: Houston, Texas @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion sponsored by Huntsman %
Apr. 22: Rogers, Ark. @ Walmart AMP %
June 8: Phoenix, Ariz. @ Mortgage Matchup Center ^
June 10: Hollywood, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl ^
June 12: Chula Vista, Calif. @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre ^
June 15: Morrison, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
June 19: Salt Lake City, Utah @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre ^
July 31: Wantagh, N.Y. @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater ^
Aug. 1: Virginia Beach, Va. @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach ^
Aug. 9: Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center ^
Aug. 11: Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Arena ^
Aug. 15: Kansas City, Mo. @ Morton Amphitheater ^

% with Howard Jones

^with Richard Marx

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