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Miley Cyrus came out of nowhere and didn’t give no warning when she made a surprise appearance at Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter concert at the Stade de France stadium in Paris on Thursday (June 19). The “Flowers” singer shared a video of the on her social media pages, showing the two vocal powerhouses delivering the live […]
Mötley Crüe recruited Dolly Parton for a duet version of their classic single “Home Sweet Home,” streaming now. Parton joins in on the chorus of the power ballad, and takes the lead on the second verse.
The reimagined “Home Sweet Home,” released Friday (June 20) and available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and more here, will be featured on From the Beginning, an upcoming Mötley Crüe singles collection spanning four decades of music to be released via BMG on Sept. 12, 2025 — the date that also kicks off the group’s 10-show residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas, which runs through Oct. 3.
At 12 p.m. ET on Friday, a music video for “Home Sweet Home” paying homage to the original visual premieres on YouTube.
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In a joint statement about the collaboration with country queen Parton, the band writes, “‘Home Sweet Home’ was first released in 1985 as a single from our Theatre of Pain album. For an icon like Dolly Parton to sing on a song that has not only meant so much to us but to all the fans through the years, is a career high that means a lot to us. We couldn’t be happier to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ‘Home Sweet Home’ in this special way, and we’re excited to share this version of the song with all the Dolly and Mötley fans around the world.”
A portion of proceeds from Mötley Crüe and Parton’s new “Home Sweet Home” will benefit Covenant House, a nonprofit organization that provides safe shelter, meals, hope and more to youth who are experiencing homelessness.
“That we were able to unite with Dolly to raise awareness for homeless youth and the amazing work of Covenant House, which provides them safe housing and care, makes it even more special. We hope you’ll enjoy ‘Home Sweet Home’ featuring Dolly Parton as much as Dolly and we enjoyed creating it,” Mötley Crüe says.
Mötley Crüe feat. Dollay Parton, “Home Sweet Home”
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“It was an honor and a joy working in the studio on Mötley Crüe’s 40th Anniversary re-release of ‘Home Sweet Home,’” says Parton. “I was so pleased that they would ask me to sing on such a classic.”
From the Beginning will be released on Sept. 12 via streaming services in standard audio and Dolby Atmos audio and can be pre-saved here. It’ll also be out on standard CD, a two-LP set alongside the CD, plus two-LP exclusive variants at Walmart, Target and Amazon.
See the album track list and cover below.
1. “Live Wire”2. “Take Me to the Top”3. “Shout at the Devil”4. “Looks That Kill”5. “Too Young to Fall in Love”6. “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”7. “Home Sweet Home”8. “Girls, Girls, Girls”9. “Wild Side”10. “Dr. Feelgood”11. “Without You”12. “Kickstart My Heart”13. “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”14. “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)”15. “Primal Scream”16. “Afraid” *LP ONLY17. “Saints Of Los Angeles”18. “The Dirt (est. 1981)” 19. “Dogs Of War”20. “Cancelled” *LP ONLY21. ?Home Sweet Home” (feat. Dolly Parton)
Mötley Crüe, ‘From the Beginning’
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Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
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This week, Karol G explores Latin history, Benson Boone’s Heart beats loudly, and Cardi B is ready to take the gloves off. Check out all of this week’s picks below:
Karol G, Tropicoqueta
In the lead-up to Tropicoqueta, Karol G has been candid when discussing how 2023’s smash hit Mañana Será Bonito and its coinciding world tour left her wondering what the best next step would be for her long-term future; it turns out that the answer was in the past, as Tropicoqueta reveals more of Karol’s backstory while also exploring and celebrating different strands of Latin music, creating a curious, wholly absorbing new chapter.
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Benson Boone, American Heart
If “Beautiful Things” changed the trajectory of Benson Boone’s pop career, then American Heart, his new album released more than a year after his breakthrough smash, represents the crystallization of everything we’ve learned about the backflipping, big-voiced singer-songwriter in the interim: the 10-song project is relatively short but full of theatrical spunk, as Boone prowls across each song with feeling and determination.
Cardi B, “Outside”
A long-awaited new Cardi B track titled “Outside,” released on the cusp of summer, might be perceived as a new warm-weather anthem from an artist who’s had a few of them — but the single is instead a cutthroat diss track at an estranged romantic partner, with Cardi using her clout and cunning (“Favorite player from your favorite team, he in my DMs!” she exclaims) to move on personally and artistically.
Haim, I Quit
By releasing a new album every four years, Danielle, Alana and Este Haim have been able to take their time expertly crafting the pop-rock melodies that they’ve always traded in, and the overarching themes of the full-lengths that house them. With I Quit, 2021’s masterful Women In Music Pt. III receives a follow-up full of airtight compositions, housed within a full-length statement about moving on from unnecessary details in order to appreciate our limited time on Earth.
Sombr, “We Never Dated”
“I can’t make you love me,” Sombr repeats on new single “We Never Dated,” approaching a time-honored theme in pop songwriting with Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies and a modern sense of tenacity; with breakthrough hits “Undressed” and “Back to Friends,” the teen star was able to reinvigorate a classic alternative sound for 2025, and “We Never Dated” continues that balancing act with aplomb.
Megan Moroney, “6 Months Later”
Megan Moroney’s songwriting has rapidly sharpened over the past few years, as a line like “What doesn’t kill you calls you six months later” on her new single makes for a devastatingly funny eye-roll toward an ex — but the real attraction here is Moroney’s voice, full of weariness when recalling a breakup and packing smoky, sarcastic personality in each syllable, on a song that the rising country star soundly commands.
Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax, “Victory Lap”
After playing a surprise show together in Brooklyn earlier this week, Fred again.. and Skepta have commemorated the unexpected team-up with a summer-ready single: “Victory Lap” is a restless, scorching dance cut, with the fusion of Fred and Skepta’s respective energies producing a slickly rhymed, garage-adjacent banger that does not stop moving.
Editor’s Pick: Lorde, “Hammer”
The third and final pre-release single from Lorde’s Virgin begins with what sounds like out-of-focus chatter, before the pop star’s voice barges in to provide clarity: “There’s a heat in the pavement, my mercury’s raising / Don’t know if it’s love, or if it’s ovulation.” Lorde has long been a wry, literary songwriter, and throughout “Hammer” — the album track, which she described as “an ode to city life and horniness” — she once again captures universal feelings in striking, singular fashion.
Sam Fender has teamed up with Olivia Dean on a new version of his People Watching track “Rein Me In.”
The collaboration received its live debut earlier this month (June 6) at Fender’s sold-out show at the 82,500-capacity London Stadium, where Dean was supporting him. The pair also performed it the following week at Newcastle’s St. James Park.
“Lots of you asking for this one after we played it at the stadium shows so here we go!!,” Fender captioned an Instagram post announcing the release, featuring him and Dean embracing on stage. Listen to their fresh take on “Rein Me In” below.
People Watching is the best-selling British album of 2025 so far, taking the No. 1 spot on the Official U.K. Albums Chart upon release with 107,000 units sold across physicals and streaming. Over the course of the summer, Fender is scheduled to support the album with more headline outdoor shows in Manchester and across Europe.
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In February, the Official Charts Company confirmed that Fender became one of only nine acts to top 100,000 sales in a week this decade, joining Taylor Swift, Adele, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Take That, ABBA and Arctic Monkeys. His third U.K. No. 1, People Watching is also the fastest selling vinyl record for a British solo act this century.
Dean, meanwhile, is also reaching new heights. The north London-raised vocalist released the sprightly track “Nice To Each Other” earlier this month (June 12), which has since reached No. 18 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart – her highest placing to date.
26-year-old Dean dropped her debut album Messy in 2023, which made the Mercury Prize shortlist that year as well as landing her a series of BRIT Award nominations. She is currently gearing up for the release of its follow-up The Art Of Loving (due Sept. 26 via Capitol), with pre-orders open now.
Yungblud is back with his boldest statement yet. The British rocker released his fourth studio album, Idols, on Friday (June 20), delivering a genre-blurring, emotionally expansive project that marks the start of a two-part body of work.
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The 12-track release arrives ahead of the artist’s headline performance at his second annual Bludfest on Saturday, held at the Milton Keynes National Bowl. Idols is out now via Locomotion/Island Records.
Described by Yungblud as his “most ambitious” effort to date, Idols was written and recorded near his hometown of Doncaster, with longtime collaborator Matt Schwartz and bandmates Adam Warrington and Bob Bradley. By working in Leeds with a small, trusted team, Yungblud intentionally stepped away from mainstream writing camps to create something raw and personal.
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Lead single “Hello Heaven, Hello” premiered on BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record segment in March, clocking in at over nine minutes. The Independent praised the track for showcasing “a newfound maturity in songwriting and production.” Follow-up single “Lovesick Lullaby” brought chaos to the iconic Hawley Arms pub, where Yungblud surprised fans by bartending to celebrate the release. BBC News described the song as “combining Liam Gallagher’s sneer with Beach Boys’ harmonies.”
“Zombie,” the most recent single, featured a powerful visual collaboration with actress Florence Pugh and paid tribute to British healthcare workers. It has been widely considered one of the most poignant tracks in Yungblud’s catalog to date.
The album’s focus track, “Ghosts,” is a stark piano ballad laced with operatic grandeur. “It’s about comprehending mortality,” Yungblud said of the song. “We’re gone in the blink of an eye, and life is precious and fast. Don’t forget to live it.”
Of the track’s sweeping outro, he added, “It’s inspired by opera, specifically The King and I. Everyone thought I was crazy when I referenced that in a rock recording session. But f—k it. That’s Idols.”
The new LP follows Yungblud’s 2022 self-titled album, which debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart and cracked the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Album Sales tally. His two previous albums, Weird! and 21st Century Liability, also made strong U.K. chart debuts, with Weird! landing at No. 1.
In addition to music, Yungblud launched his own festival, Bludfest, and recently released his first book, You Need to Exist: A Book to Love and Destroy, which debuted at No. 1 on The Sunday Times Best Seller list.
Calum Hood, best known as the bassist for 5 Seconds of Summer, has officially made his solo breakthrough.
As a member of 5SOS, Hood has already topped the Australian charts five times, with all five of the group’s studio albums reaching No. 1 — from their self-titled debut in 2014 to 5SOS5 in 2022. With ORDER Chaos ORDER, Hood continues the band’s winning streak, this time as a solo artist.
The 29-year-old features in the latest issue of Rolling Stone AU/NZ, where he opened up about the band’s enduring creative engine. “The 5SOS cog in the music world never stops,” he said.
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“There’s always people dreaming up things — ‘What if we do this, what if we do that?’ So fear not, because there’s always something going on.”
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It’s a huge week for homegrown talent on the ARIA Albums Chart. Western Sydney drill group ONEFOUR entered at No. 2 with Look At Me Now, their first full-length release. Meanwhile, psych-rock veterans King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard debuted at No. 5 with Phantom Island, continuing a prolific streak that now includes 27 studio albums and 19 ARIA top 10 entries. Despite that, a No. 1 album still eludes the band.
“Three Aussie debuts in the Top 5 is an absolutely massive result,” ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said in a statement. “Congratulations to ONEFOUR and King Gizz, but particularly to our new No. 1 Calum and his team for delivering a breakthrough hit album and proving that new Australian music absolutely can cut through.”
Elsewhere in the top 20, Spacey Jane’s third LP If That Makes Sense climbs 21-13 in its sixth charting week, as the band continues its Australian headline tour.
On the ARIA Singles Chart, California-based singer Alex Warren logs a 13th consecutive week at No. 1 with “Ordinary.” The track now ties for the fifth-longest reign in ARIA chart history. However, no Australian songs appear in the current top 50.
Lorde has dropped the “Hammer,” giving fans the final taste of her upcoming fourth album before its official arrival next week.
With Virgin scheduled for release on June 27, Lorde took to social media earlier this week to reveal that one final single would be dropping in the lead-up – joining the recently-released cuts “What Was That” and “Man of the Year.”
On Instagram Wednesday (June 18), Lorde explained that the new song would be titled “Hammer.” “First song on the album,” she wrote in her caption. “An ode to city life and horniness tbh.”
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Arriving on Friday (June 20), the euphoric new single features co-production by Lorde and Jim-E Stack, and launches with an electronic passage which has drawn similarities to Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” by some online commentators.
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Lyrically, the track also references Lorde’s previous comments surrounding the forthcoming recording, including that of rebirth, and also of her relationship toward gender – as evidenced in the line, “Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man.”
The line echoes the singer’s recent comments about fostering a close friendship with Chappell Roan in the past year, with the pair also discussing Lorde’s changing relationship with gender. “[Chappell Roan] asked me this … She was like, ‘So, are you nonbinary now?’” Lorde recalled.
“I was like, ‘I’m a woman except for the days when I’m a man,’” the singer continued. “I know that’s not a very satisfying answer, but there’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up.”
Gender is one of several topics Lorde has promised to explore on Virgin, which drops June 27 via Republic Records featuring additional production from Fabiana Palladino, Andrew Aged, Buddy Ross, Dan Nigro and Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. The singer-songwriter has also said that the album was informed by her experiences with disordered eating, quitting birth control and breaking off a longterm relationship.
“THE COLOUR OF THE ALBUM IS CLEAR,” she described the project when announcing it back in April. “LIKE BATHWATER, WINDOWS, ICE, SPIT. FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE LANGUAGE IS PLAIN AND UNSENTIMENTAL. THE SOUNDS ARE THE SAME WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I WAS TRYING TO SEE MYSELF, ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTED MY FEMININITY: RAW, PRIMAL, INNOCENT, ELEGANT, OPENHEARTED, SPIRITUAL, MASC.”
The release of “Hammer’ will also be accompanied by a Renell Medrano-directed music video, which will premiere via YouTube at 9am ET on Friday, June 20.
Listen to “Hammer” below.
Cardi B is back. The Bronx bombshell returned on Friday (June 20) with her thumping “Outside” single, as she’s ready to take over the summer. Cardi announced plans for the song on Tuesday (June 17). “We OUTSIDE this Friday,” she wrote on Instagram, which sent the Bardi Gang into a frenzy. She also unveiled the […]
Irish rockers Inhaler have offered up a re-imagining of Kavinsky’s “Nightcall” as part of their recent appearance on Like a Version, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j.
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The group’s cover was recorded during their most recent visit to Australia earlier this month – their second trip Down Under, having only made their debut in the country last year. As part of their session, the group launched into proceedings with a rendition of their original track “Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)” – as featured on their third studio album, Open Wide.
Ahead of their Like a Version set, triple j alerted listeners to an apparent rumor that had overtaken their social media feed in which an unnamed individual had spread the claim that Inhaler would be covering Benson Boone‘s “Mystical Magical.”
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While the rumor resulted in “hundreds of people are flooding our dms mad at us,” there turned out to be little truth in the allegation, with Inhaler instead choosing Kavinsky’s “Nightcall.”
Originally released in 2010 and later featured on the French musician’s debut album, 2013’s OutRun, “Nightcall” also features production work from Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
While never impacting the Hot 100, it became something of a cultural touchstone thanks to its appearance in the title sequence to Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film Drive, and would later gain enough attention for Kavinsky to perform the track at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“I think because it was a movie soundtrack that kind of felt different to covering just a normal pop song,” Inhaler’s Elijah Hewson explained in a post-performance interview. “So that kind of made us kind of lean into it a bit.”
“I snuck it into our pre-show playlist, and that was kind of a nice kind [way of] testing the waters,” added Robert Keating. “So I’m kind of hoping that all our fans have already got it ingrained in their memory.
“We all agreed on it as well. [It’s the] same reason we’re called Inhaler. When you can all agree on something in a band, it usually means that all a good sign.”
Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process.
View Inhaler’s cover of “Nightcall” below:
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