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Attention, ROSÉ stans — your No. 1 girl has a new solo single on the way.
As announced Tuesday (Nov. 19), the 27-year-old musician is dropping a song titled “Number One Girl” this Friday (Nov. 22). Sharing what appears to be the track’s cover art — a photo of ROSÉ staring wistfully off to the side while modeling a shirt with the song’s title printed on it — the BLACKPINK star wrote on Instagram, “this one’s for my number ones. ❤️”
“Number One Girl” will follow ROSÉ’s chart-topping duet with Bruno Mars, “APT.,” which has spent four weeks and counting at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. Released in October, the track also debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the New Zealand native’s first top 10 solo hit.
Prior to “APT.,” ROSÉ announced her debut solo album, rosie, with a heartfelt post on Instagram. “I have poured my blood and tears into this album,” she wrote Oct. 1, two months ahead of the 12-track project’s Dec. 6 release date. “I cannot wait for you to listen to this little journal of mine. Rosie – is the name I allow my friends and family to call me. With this album, I hope you all feel that much closer to me.”
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At the time, ROSÉ also may have subtly teased the title of her new single by specifically thanking her “number ones” for their support. She did the same during her recent appearance on Hot Ones, closing the show by saying, “love you, number ones.”
The star isn’t the only member of BLACKPINK who’s been rolling out a solo era this year. LISA has also shared a slew of independent singles — “Rockstar,” “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” and Rosalía duet “New Woman” — and announced her own solo album, Alter Ego, on the same day ROSÉ shared the news about “Number One Girl.”
The foursome — which also includes JENNIE and JISOO — is expected to reunite for full-band activities in 2025. But in the meantime, ROSÉ says she’s pursuing her solo efforts with advice from none other than Taylor Swift in mind.
“As soon as she met me, she’s like, ‘Spill, let me help you out,’” ROSÉ recalled of meeting the “Karma” artist recently. “I’m really grateful for her, because I was at a moment where I was drowning a little. She is literally the coolest, and she’s such a girl’s girl. She was telling me – ‘make sure to take care of this, this and this’ – like, logistics. She was trying to protect me.”
See ROSÉ’s “Number One Girl” announcement below.
While her October performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall was a one-night-only affair, Dua Lipa wants to make sure that her performance doesn’t go “Houdini.” On Tuesday (Nov. 19), the pop star announced the release date for her first-ever live album, Dua Lipa Live From The Royal Albert Hall. Recorded during her Oct. 17 performance […]
Apple Original Films has unveiled plans for a new definitive documentary chronicling the legendary Fleetwood Mac.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Frank Marshall, a five-time Academy Award nominee and winner of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the project marks the first fully authorized documentary about the band.
For the first time, Fleetwood Mac members will narrate their own extraordinary story, supported by exclusive interviews, archival footage, and unseen material, including tributes to the late Christine McVie.
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The film promises to delve into Fleetwood Mac’s meteoric rise and the personal and professional dynamics that shaped their legacy.
From the band’s formation in 1967 to their groundbreaking albums and record-breaking tours, the documentary will explore the unique alchemy between Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie that produced some of the most enduring music of the modern era.
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Fleetwood Mac’s impact on the Billboard charts underscores their legendary status. The band has charted 25 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, with nine Top 10 hits, including their sole No. 1 single, “Dreams,” which spent 19 weeks on the chart during its original release in 1977. On the Billboard 200, the band has placed 30 albums, with four reaching the summit: Fleetwood Mac (1975), Rumours (1977), Tusk (1979), and The Dance (1997).
Their 1977 masterpiece Rumours achieved an extraordinary 31 weeks at No. 1 and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 40 million copies sold globally, with over 20 million copies being in the US alone.
In a statement, director Frank Marshall reflected on the band’s cultural significance, saying, “I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about. Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real-time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”
Producer Nicholas Ferrall added, “We are thrilled to continue our creative partnership with Frank and the talented team at Kennedy/Marshall. Fleetwood Mac are a musical phenomenon, their alchemy almost beyond comprehension. White Horse is grateful and humbled by the extraordinary opportunity to produce a documentary that dives deep into both the talents of each band member individually and the magic that is Fleetwood Mac as a whole. And to do this with the support and reach of Apple is quite wonderful.”
The documentary, which is yet to be titled, joins Apple Original Films’ prestigious catalog of projects, including the Academy Award-winning CODA and the Emmy-winning STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie.
Two of the biggest names in country are hitting the road together next year. On Tuesday morning (Nov. 19), Post Malone announced the dates for his 2025 BIG ASS Stadium Tour, a 25-date spring/summer run that will team the “I Had Some Help” singer up with Jelly Roll for a run of baseball/football stadiums slated to kick off on April 29 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT.
The Live Nation-produced North American tour, Posty’s biggest headlining outing to date, will also feature support from Sierra Ferrell on select dates. After launching in SLC, the tour will hit Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and the Alamodome in San Antonio, before moving on to Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, New York, Miami, Denver, and Portland before winding down on July 1 at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
In his Instagram post announcing the tour, Malone included a poster with two other dates not featured in the official press release on April 13 and 20 in Indio, California, which coincides with the two weekends of the 2025 Coachella Festival and will not include Jelly or Ferrell; the lineup for next year’s Coachella has not yet been announced and spokespeople for Malone and Coachella had not returned a request for comment on the April dates at press time.
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Both Malone and Jelly are former rappers who’ve found great success in country music, with Malone hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart earlier this year with his feature-packed debut country album, F-1 Trillion, which has been nominated for a best country album Grammy award.
Fans in the U.S. and Canada can register for an artist presale now here, with the artist presale slated to begin on Friday (Nov. 22). Tickets will also be available first through a Citi presale in the U.S. beginning on Wednesday (Nov. 20) at 12 p.m. local time through Nov. 25 at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. Additional presales will take place ahead of the general onsale that kicks off on Nov. 26 at 12 p.m. local time here.
In addition, tour sponsor T-Mobile is giving customers exclusive access to preferred tickets on every U.S. date — even sold-out ones — with details available here.
The team-up with Malone comes just weeks after Jelly Roll wrapped up his biggest tour to date, the Beautifully Broken outing, which hit arenas across the U.S. on a bill featuring Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay.
Check out the dates for 2025’s Post Malone Presents: The Big Ass Stadium Tour:
April 29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rice-Eccles Stadium^
May 3 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium^
May 7 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome^
May 9 – Dallas, TX @ AT&T Stadium^
May 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium^
May 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium^
May 18 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field^
May 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium^
May 22 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field^
May 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park^
May 26 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre^
May 28 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium^
May 29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park^
May 31 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium
June 2 – Washington, DC @ Northwest Stadium
June 4 – New York, NY @ Citi Field
June 8 – Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium*
June 10 – Orlando, FL @ Camping World Stadium
June 13 – Ridgedale, MO @ Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
June 15 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High
June 21 – Glendale, AZ @ State Farm Stadium*
June 24 – Boise, ID @ Albertsons Stadium
June 26 – Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park
June 28 – Portland, OR @ Providence Park
July 1 – San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
*Without Jelly Roll
^With Sierra Ferrell
In the wake of a presidential election that saw calls to its crisis hotline increase by nearly 700%, The Trevor Project is taking a moment to celebrate some good news, courtesy of pop star Dua Lipa. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On Tuesday (Nov. 19), the […]
BLINKs already know LISA — now get ready to meet her alter ego. After weeks of teasing, the BLACKPINK star has finally announced that her debut solo album is on its way, and it’s coming in just a few months.
On Tuesday (Nov. 19) — a date fans have been impatiently counting down to alongside a cryptic timer on LISA’s website — the 27-year-old performer shared that her first-ever LP independent from her famous girl group is titled Alter Ego and slated to arrive Feb. 28. She also unveiled the project’s cover art, which features a sleek photo of a hooded LISA showing off her spiky black nails and staring down the camera.
On her LLOUD YouTube channel, the Thai singer-rapper further hyped up fans by dropping a three-minute album trailer, which expands on the teaser she dropped a few days prior to the announcement. With her eyes changing colors through the landscapes, the video finds LISA traveling from a black rock structure to a cyberpunk outer-space catwalk, an enchanted garden, a green laser-beam motorcycle track and a volcanic red runway.
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According to the press release, the five locations represent the five characters LISA emulates on the LP, “each representing a unique personality.” “They are represented by the five points on a star, which has become a key emblem in the campaign,” the description adds.
Alter Ego will follow a run of three LISA singles in 2024, beginning with “Rockstar” — which reached No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 — and followed by “New Woman” with Rosalía and “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me).” The star has been prepping the album for months for a release ahead of BLACKPINK’s planned reunion in 2025, and in her Billboard cover story, she opened up about her perfectionism when it came to the project.
“I’m trying to figure it out, the tracklist and everything, what I can change in there,” she told Billboard. “Everything’s there. I think they’re going to be shocked at how capable I am [at] doing so many things.”
The star also gushed about her BLACKPINK bandmates ROSÉ — who has simultaneously been forging her own solo music era this year — JENNIE and JISOO in her cover story. “We know each other so well and know how much energy we have to put into every single project,” LISA said. “So we want to support and say, ‘You did really well!’ Like, JENNIE and Rosie just released their own songs, and we’re on texts, we’re on FaceTime. They’re like family.”
Watch the Alter Ego teaser and see the album cover below.
Cynthia Erivo is doing a lot of press to promote her turn as Elphaba in Wicked. And in addition to always showing up for her interviews wearing an outrageously fierce outfit, the singer/actress is also sporting her signature long, lacquered fingernails.
Which brings us to this week’s episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, in which the actor asked Erivo the one question he thought everyone was dying to ask, but only he was uncouth enough to actually throw out there: how do you wipe with those long nails?
“Can I see your hands?” Shepard asked Erivo. “I couldn’t tell if it was your nails were so long or if you were wearing some kind of hand thing.” Once Erivo assured him that nothing was going on with her hands and that she just naturally has “very long fingers” and that her nails happen to be “very long” right now, the Buddy Games star wondered if he could ask a “really crazy question [that’s] inappropriate.”
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“Go on,” Erivo told him.
“When you’re wiping your butt…” he began as Erivo laughed, “I knew you would ask that question.”
“Everyone’s afraid to ask it,” Shepard responded. “No, no one’s afraid to ask it!” Erivo responded. “Everybody asks that question, and my answer is nobody uses just their fingers to wipe their backside. You use tissue, correct? And you wipe!”
“I guess my question is does the tissue go on the tip of the fingernails or do you try to get the tissue…,” Shepard asked, getting into the nitty gritty of the toileting habits of the actress who is an Oscar short of becoming an EGOT winner.
“Pads of the fingers,” Erivo confirmed.
“Great, great, great, we’re getting somewhere,” a somewhat embarrassed-sounding Shepard responded as he tried to get things back on track before his baser instincts bubbled up one more time. “And then you’re just feeling a little tickle of the nails on the crack of your butt sometimes?”
Erivo once again promised him that that was not the case, because the tissue is on the job, which led to Shepard — who said in 2021 that he and wife Kristen Bell sometimes don’t bathe their daughters for “five, six days” — proposing that if he had such formidable talons he would wrap his whole hand in TP to make a kind of bathroom “mitten.”
Showing remarkable patience, Erivo explained, “I fold.” Saying she was not offended by the question, but rather “annoyed,” she added, “I get it, but also, I’m a functioning adult and I’ve never walked around smelling like… you know… Here’s the thing, there are people who do not have nails who need to check how they’re wiping.”
The first part of Wicked opens in theaters on Friday (Nov. 22).
Listen to Erivo talk about nailing it in the loo below.
Denzel Curry will spend most of 2025 on the road. The “Hot One” MC announced the dates for his extensive Mischievous South 2025 world tour on Monday (Nov. 18), which will kick off in Australia and New Zealand in February, beginning with a Feb. 21 show at the Tivoli in Brisbane before moving on to Sydney and Auckland, NZ, then on to Wollongong and Melbourne, Australia before winding down in Perth at Metro City on March 4.
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The outing with support from Kenny Mason, 454 and Clip will then move over to North America, kicking off on March 31 at the Van Buren in Phoenix, before hitting Albuquerque, Dallas, Tampa, Atlanta, Nashville, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver and Oakland and winding down on May 9 at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
The rapper will keep the party going in Europe next summer when he takes the stage at Melkweg Max in Amsterdam on June 3, then hitting Barcelona, Prague, Munich, Berlin, London, Dublin and Vienna and wrapping up in Hamburg, Germany on July 9 at the Grosse Freiheit.
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Tickets for the tour in support of Curry’s new album, King of the Mischievous South, Vol. 2, will go on sale on Friday (Nov. 22); click here for details on North American dates. Check out Curry’s tour announcement here.
Check out the dates for the 2025 Mischievous South world tour below:
Feb. 21 — Brisbane, AUS @ The TivoliFeb. 22 — Sydney, AUS @ The Hordern PavilionFeb. 27 — Auckland, NZ @ Shed 10March 1 — Wollongong, AUS @ Yours & Owls FestMarch 2 — Melbourne, AUS @ Palace ForeshoreMarch 4 — Perth, AUS @ Metro CityMarch 31 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van BurenApril 1 — Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey TheaterApril 3 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music CenterApril 4 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek AmphitheaterApril 5 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep EllumApril 8 — Tampa, FL @ Jannus LiveApril 10 — Atlanta, GA @ The EasternApril 11 — Raleigh, NC @ The RitzApril 12 — Nashville, TN @ The PinnacleApril 14 — Washington, DC @ The Fillmore Silver SpringsApril 16 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5April 17 — Boston, MA -@ RoadrunnerApril 18 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music HallApril 20 — Toronto, Ontario @ HISTORYApril 21 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AEApril 22 — Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live!April 24 — Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music TheatreApril 25 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt ShedApril 26 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore MinneapolisApril 28 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown TheaterApril 30 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The ComplexMay 2 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDoMay 3 — Vancouver, British Columbia @ PNE ForumMay 4 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal BallroomMay 6 — Oakland, CA @ Fox TheaterMay 9 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo HallJune 3 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg MaxJune 5 — Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera SoundJune 9 — Prague, Czech Republic @ RoxyJune 10 — Munich, Germany @ TheaterfabrikJune 11 — Berlin, Germany @ HuxleysJune 18 — London, England @ O2 Academy BrixtonJune 20 — Glasgow, England @ O2 Academy GlasgowJune 23 — Dublin, Ireland @ National StadiumJuly 1 — Frankfurt, Germany @ ZoomJuly 2 — Cologne, Germany @ Carlswerk VictoriaJuly 3 — Vienna, Austria @ GasometerJuly 7 — Vilnius, Lithuania @ Lukiskes PrisonJuly 9 — Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit
The priest who okay’d the filming of a controversial Sabrina Carpenter music video at his Williamsburg, Brooklyn church has been relieved of his duties. According to the Associated Press, Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was stripped of his position on Monday (Nov. 18) after church officials said an investigation revealed other evidence of mismanagement.
Bishop Robert Brennan said in a statement issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn that Gigantiello was relieved of “any pastoral oversight or governance role” after an investigation found that Gigantiello made unauthorized financial transfers to a former top aide in embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, which is being investigated on charges of corruption.
The investigation was sparked following outrage over the bloody video for Carpenter’s “Feather” shot at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish in Williamsburg, in which the singer facilitates the deaths of a number of obnoxious men who are attempting to hit on her. The final scene, filmed at the church, found Carpenter dancing around the sacred space at the men’s funerals while wearing a short black dress and veil and posing with religious items on the altar, including a coffin with a sign that reads, “RIP B–ch.”
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Gigantiello was relieved of his administrative duties last November after the video’s release, with Brennan saying at the time that the parish did not “follow diocesan policy regarding the filming on church property, which includes a review of the scenes and script.”
Following Gigantiello’s sanction, Carpenter told Variety that her team got “approval in advance,” and besides, “Jesus was a carpenter.” Her comments came after Gigantiello posted an apology on the Church’s Facebook page, in which he said he approved the filming of the video and did not find anything negative about Carpenter online, green-lighting the shoot in an effort to “further strengthen the bonds between the young creative artists who make up a large part of this community.”
He also said that he reviewed the video’s funeral scene plan and noted that the actual final scene shot was “not what was initially presented to me.”
In his statement announcing Gigantiello’s sanction, Brennan said, “I am saddened to share that investigations conducted by Alvarez & Marsal and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP have uncovered evidence of serious violations of Diocesan policies and protocols at Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Annunciation Parish. In order to safeguard the public trust, and to protect church funds, I have appointed Bishop Witold Mroziewski as administrator of the Parish.”
Though Mroziewski will now have “complete authority over the parish, Gigantiello will still be allowed to say Mass with Mroziewski’s approval. In addition, Brennan dropped Gigantiello from his fundraising duties as vicar of development for the diocese as a broader review uncovered other instances of administrative impropriety, including an ongoing investigation into Gigantiello’s use of a church credit card for “substantial” personal expenses.
During a Madison Square Garden show in September, Carpenter appeared to make light of the “Feather” dust-up, just days after Adams became the first New York Mayor to be indicted while in office. “Damn, what now?” she asked the crowd. “Should we talk about how I got the Mayor indicted?”
Sabrina Carpenter unveiled the trailer for A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter on Netflix during the final night of her Short n’ Sweet U.S. tour in L.A. on Monday night.
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“Christmas is coming early this year,” the pop star says at the beginning of the teaser. “I wouldn’t count on a silent night.”
Netflix previously announced plans for the special in September. The musical spectacular will feature a star-studded list of guests, including Chappell Roan, Tyla, Shania Twain, Kali Uchis, Quinta Brunson, Cara Delevingne, Kyle Mooney, Nico Hiraga, Megan Stalter, Sean Astin, Owen Thiele and Jillian Bell.
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“It’s a nonsense holiday and we’re so here for it,” the logline reads, an homage to Carpenter’s famous song, “Nonsense.”
“In this special with musical guests, pop icon Sabrina Carpenter will perform songs from her holiday EP fruitcake and other iconic chart-topping holiday covers,” the release continues. “This special will also feature show-stopping music performances, comedic guests, unexpected duets, plus many more surprises and fun cameos.”
Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet tour began in September with a performance in Columbus, Ohio. Though U.S. leg concludes Monday night, it will start up in Europe next March.
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter premieres on Netflix on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. The show is produced by OBB Pictures and At Last Productions and directed by Sam Wrench. Nikki Boella is the showrunner.
Carpenter is hitting new heights on the Billboard charts. Her latest album, Short N’ Sweet, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 362,000 equivalent album units in its first week, marking her first chart-topping album. The album’s success extends to the Hot 100, where all 12 tracks charted, including standout singles “Taste” at No. 2, “Please Please Please,” and “Espresso.”
Notably, Carpenter joins the elite ranks of Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande by landing three songs in the top five simultaneously. Across the Atlantic, she made U.K. chart history as the female solo artist with the most combined weeks at No. 1 in a calendar year.
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter here.
