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Toby Gad unveiled the music video for “Run (Piano Diaries),” his previously unreleased collaboration with the late Donna Summer, exclusively to Billboard on Friday (June 13).
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The Queen of Disco’s voice shines as she delivers the ballad’s powerful message, singing, “You can sit it out, wait until you see your chance/ Try your luck, you can dare to dance/ Dream away your life and never live your dream/ Or breathe every breath you get and run with it.”
Meanwhile, the music video features Gad accompanying Summer’s vocals on the piano as 13-year-old dancer London! performs an emotional lyrical routine over a montage of archival footage of the late “MacArthur Park” dance floor diva, who passed away in 2012 at the age of 63.
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Gad and Summer originally worked on the song for the disco legend’s final studio album, 2008’s Crayons, which also earned the pair a No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart with fourth single “Fame (The Game).”
Though “Run” ultimately didn’t make the cut for Crayons‘ final tracklist, Gad is now releasing the ballad as special part of his ongoing Piano Diaries project, reimagining some of the greatest hits in his catalog with new artists.
“Donna was funny, such a warm spirit — we instantly connected,” Gad tells Billboard. “I was a little nervous at first working with such an icon, but unlike Madonna, who enjoyed testing my character for several days before letting me into her world, Donna opened up to me immediately as I showed her my first ideas. She loved to crack jokes and had such an immediate sense of humor. She enjoyed big hugs and on the first day it felt like she had already decided that I was part of her family.”
The songwriter behind hits like John Legend’s “All of Me” and Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy” went on to recall, “Donna was not only an amazing singer who was totally in charge of her voice, much like Beyoncé when I worked with her, [she] was also a great songwriter, intuitively finding words that are honest, authentic and have emotion.”
Watch Gad’s emotional music video for “Run (Piano Diaries)” below.
Haim finally released the full tracklist for their upcoming album I Quit on Thursday night (June 12), slowly revealing the 15 song titles in videos on their Instagram stories become compiling the whole thing in a single post (see below). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news While […]
Swifties the world over have been rushing to scream “Take me to Florida” as Taylor Swift and partner Travis Kelce were seen in the southeast for the Stanley Cup Finals. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Turning up for Game 4 on Thursday (June 12), the pair […]
Just weeks after teasing their latest era, Twenty One Pilots have shared both the lead single from their forthcoming album and a run of North American tour dates.
Dubbed “The Contract,” the single is the Ohio group’s first piece of new music since the release of their seventh album, Clancy, in May 2024. The track is so far the only taster of their upcoming record, Breach, which is scheduled for release in September.
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Breach was teased by the band in a social media post in May, indicating that the album’s content would thematically continue the narrative arcs which the band have focused on across the past decade. “Hello Clancy. Hello Blurryface,” they wrote on social media. “Let’s finish this.”
Referencing the titular characters of their 2024 and 2015 LPs Clancy and Blurryface, respectively, the record will ostensibly wrap up the narratives that have also continued across records such as 2018’s Trench and 2021’s Scaled and Icy.
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Though the specific release date of Breach is yet to be announced, the record’s arrival will be paired with a run of North American shows, which launch in Cincinnati in September and will keep the pair on the road until late October.
Much like their latest global trek in support of Clancy, the naming of their upcoming run as The Clancy Tour: Breach seemingly confirms a sense of continuation from their last studio effort, with further specifics expected to arrive in the coming months.
Listen to “The Contract” below:
Twenty One Pilots – The Clancy Tour: Breach 2025
Sept. 18 – TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, OHSept. 20 – Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ONSept. 23 – American Family Insurance Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WISept. 24 – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, ILSept. 27 – Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PASept. 28 – The Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PASept. 30 – XFINITY Theatre, Hartford, CTOct. 1 – Maine Savings Amphitheater, Bangor, MEOct. 4 – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NYOct. 5 – Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VAOct. 7 – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VAOct. 8 – PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NCOct. 10 – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FLOct. 11 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FLOct. 14 – The Wharf Amphitheater, Orange Beach, ALOct. 15 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GAOct. 17 – Coca-Cola Amphitheater, Birmingham, ALOct. 19 – Walmart AMP, Rogers, AROct. 20 – Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TXOct. 23 – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CAOct. 25 – BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Love at first sight can be a dangerous thing. j-hope is back to heat up the summer with his lust-filled “Killin’ It Girl” single, which finds the BTS member joining forces with Memphis’ own GloRilla on Friday (June 13). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news j-hope delivers […]
Billie Joe Armstrong has paid tribute to Brian Wilson by sharing a cover of the Beach Boys‘ 1964 classic “I Get Around.” The Green Day guitarist and vocalist shared his rendition of the song on Instagram on Wednesday (June 12), hours after the news of Wilson’s passing broke. “Thank you Brian Wilson,” Armstrong wrote. “I […]
On Thursday (June 12) evening in New York City, The Beach Boys legend Mike Love was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The massive honor for the veteran singer-songwriter came in the wake of huge loss to fans of the Beach Boys: just one day prior to the induction ceremony, news broke that Brian Wilson, one-time leader of the peerless pop-rock group, had died at 82. Wilson and Love were not just bandmates, but co-writers on some of the biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits of the ‘60s – not to mention cousins.
So when John Stamos – the Full House alum who has been performing with his beloved Beach Boys for four decades now – took the stage to introduce Love, he took a pause to mention the loss. “I’d like to take a moment and acknowledge the heartbreaking loss of Brian Wilson,” said Stamos. “A genius whose melodies shaped millions of dreams, including those in this room.”
Of Love, Stamos noted that the new inductee was the main man behind many of the Beach Boys’ most recognizable hooks, and said his induction was “long overdue.”
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Love, wearing a dapper blue blazer and Beach Boys call cap, paid tribute to his departed co-writer and fellow Beach Boy during his acceptance speech, too.
“Gratitude is the main emotion I feel,” Love told the Songwriters Hall of Fame audience. After thanking his wife, children, band and crew, Love added, “I especially want to thank my cousin, Brian Wilson. I believe he’s here with us.
“He’s my first cousin but brother in music together,” Love continued, noting that their partnership “set the stage for some of the most successful collaborations all time.”
“I do feel his presence,” Love said. Sharing “gratitude, love and peace” with the crowd, he added, “I pray that through music, art and kindness, the world heals and love prevails.”
After that, Love sauntered over to the mic to perform (with Stamos on guitar!) a number of his best-loved co-writes, smash hits for the Beach Boys such as “Good Vibrations,” “Kokomo” and “I Get Around.” Needless to say, damn near the entire room was on its feet, singing along.
RIP Juelz. Snoop Dogg announced the sad news that his beloved French bulldog had died on Thursday (June 12). “Miss my dogg @juelzbroadus,” the rapper wrote on Instagram alongside a slideshow of both sweet and funny memories with the pup. Set to the heartbreaking strains of Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s 2015 tearjerker “See You […]
Alex Warren surprised fans by revealing the high-profile guest feature for his upcoming single “On My Mind.”
The TikTok sensation took to the platform that first made him famous to tease the song, writing, “I promise you won’t guess who’s featuring on this…” over a video of himself mouthing along to his own lyrics.
“But right now, I just need you to know/ Maybe the way the clouds are painted/ A perfect shade of yellow, all across the sky,” Warren lip-syncs as none other than ROSÉ hesitantly peeks into the frame, only revealing a sliver of her face to the camera before silently disappearing again. (Fans listening closely can also hear the BLACKPINK idol’s crystalline vocals mixing with Warren’s gruff timbre in the clip.)
ROSÉ slyly hyped up the genre-busting collaboration as well, winkingly deadpanning in the comments section, “can somebody tell me who that is.”
While Warren has yet to publicly set a release date for “On My Mind,” he also revealed in the post’s caption that the single may be arriving sooner than many fans might expect, writing, “would be CRAZY if we drop it this month…”
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Whenever the forthcoming duet does arrive, it will follow in the wake of “Bloodline,” Warren’s recent collaboration with Jelly Roll, which debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week (chart dated June 7, 2025). The singer’s breakout hit “Ordinary” reached the summit of the all-genre tally the same week “Bloodline” dropped, and currently remains at No. 1 for its second consecutive week.
All three songs are expected to be included on Warren’s recently announced LP You’ll Be Alright, Kid. The LP, which will add 10 new tracks to his 2024 project You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1), is set to be released July 18 via Atlantic Records.
Meanwhile, ROSÉ just commemorated the six-month anniversary of her debut studio album, Rosie, which set the record as the highest-charting album by a female K-pop artist in Billboard history upon its December 2024 release and featured global smash “APT.” with Bruno Mars and follow-up singles “Number One Girl” and “Toxic Till the End.”
Watch Warren announce his musical team-up with ROSÉ below.
The controversial cover of Sabrina Carpenter‘s new album Man’s Best Friend has gotten people talking, including the women on The View.
On Thursday (June 12), the ladies shared their takes on whether the artwork — which features the pop star down on all fours, pawing at a man who holds a fistful of her hair — is subversively feminist or just plain sexist. For Alyssa Farah Griffin, it’s the former.
“Oh, boo-hoo,” she began of the criticism surrounding Carpenter’s visual. “If you listen to her music, she’s a feminist. It’s all about women’s empowerment. Her newest single, ‘Manchild,’ is literally just about men who are useless who refuse to grow up.
“It reminds me of Britney Spears in the ’90s … are we still doing that?” Griffin added.
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Sunny Hostin, on the other hand, isn’t convinced. “I’ll admit, I don’t know who she is,” she said of Carpenter. “I had never heard of her music. I don’t know anything about her, but I don’t know. I think imagery is important, and even if her lyrics are strong and she’s a feminist, I think about young girls seeing that who may not understand.”
The women’s conversation echoes a much broader discussion happening online about the Man’s Best Friend cover, which Carpenter unveiled Wednesday while announcing that the new LP would drop Aug. 29. The two-time Grammy winner has long had a reputation for being cheeky and a little risqué in her lyrics and performances, from her NSFW “Nonsense” outros to the striking of various sex positions while performing the explicit track “Juno” on her Short n’ Sweet Tour.
But while the Internet is torn over whether Carpenter’s submissive position on the Man’s Best Friend cover is funny or degrading, Whoopi Goldberg was more concerned with something else. “I would’ve bit him,” the actress said of the singer’s pose on The View. “If you’re down there, you bite.”
As for the Girl Meets World alum, Carpenter has her own thoughts on leaning into her sexuality through her pop persona. “It’s always so funny to me when people complain,” she told Rolling Stone in a recent cover story. “They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this.’ But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it.”
Watch the women of The View debate Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend cover below.
SABRINA CARPENTER ALBUM COVER SENDING WRONG MESSAGE? ‘The View’ co-hosts weigh in after some were unhappy with the pop star’s upcoming album cover for ‘Man’s Best Friend’ where she’s on all fours next to a man who has her by the hair. pic.twitter.com/ny4IvFGaKA— The View (@TheView) June 12, 2025
