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11 Mar 2024

Goldenvoice to Launch a Wavey New Daytime Party Series During Coachella 2024: See the Lineups

If attending Coachella itself isn’t quite enough for you, festival organizer Goldenvoice is adding another party to the mix during both weekends of the 2024 event.

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On Monday (March 11), the company announced Goldenvoice Surf Club, a new daytime party series that will feature a host of DJs playing poolside at The Palm Springs Surf Club. The venue is located roughly 20 miles down the road from the festival site in Indio, Calif.

Weekend one of Goldenvoice Surf Club will happen Saturday, April 14, and features a lineup curated by local promoter Desert Air. The bill includes a DJ set by Bicep, rising U.K. star Barry Can’t Swim, Billboard 2023 one to watch Salute and Mia Moretti. (All of these artists are also playing Coachella itself, on both the festival stages and the Do Lab area.)

The party continues on Sunday, April 14, with a lineup curated by Los Angeles’ Sound nightclub be announced in the coming weeks.

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For weekend two, Surf Club will host sets by U.K. dubstep pioneers Skream b2b Benga, along with Australian producer Mall Grab b2b Skin on Skin, Kettama b2b Partiboi69 and Dylan Brady of 100 Gecs. Day two will feature DJ sets by Jungle, Neil Frances and Los Angeles-based producer Juliet Mendoza. (Like weekend one, nearly all of these artists are also playing Coachella itself.)

Single day GA tickets start at $40, and weekend passes start at $75. Tickets for the 21+ parties go on sale this Thursday, March 14.

A water park has existed on the site of the Palm Springs Surf Club since 1986, with the club itself opening this past January after an extensive renovation. The complex is a 21-acre watery oasis featuring an amphitheater stage with grass, a wave-pool for surfers of all skill levels, a lazy river and water slides.

See the lineup below:

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11 Mar 2024

Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Tops Billboard Global Charts for Fourth Week Each

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” remains the biggest song in the world, as it adds a fourth week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

Meanwhile, “End of Beginning” by singer-songwriter/actor Djo bounds to the top 10 of the Global 200 (15-6) and Global Excl. U.S. (20-7), while FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” jumps to the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (19-10).

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Boone Leads Global 200, Djo Hits Top 10

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” released on Night Street/Warner Records, logs a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 77.6 million streams (up 9%) and 16,000 sold (down 46%) worldwide March 1-7.

Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s “Carnival,” featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, rebounds to its No. 2 Global 200 high, from No. 3; Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” drops 2-3, two weeks after spending a frame at No. 1; Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” keeps at its No. 4 best; and Tate McRae’s “Greedy” rises 7-5, after two weeks on top beginning in November.

Plus, Djo’s “End of Beginning” vaults 15-6 on the Global 200. The first global chart entry by the singer-songwriter and actor – real name Joe Keery, who has starred in Netflix’s Stranger Things and FX’s Fargo, among other roles – drew 47.3 million streams (up 43%) and sold 1,000 (up 57%) worldwide.

On Global Excl. U.S., the track soars 20-7, led by 33.6 million streams (up 54%) outside the U.S.

‘Beautiful Things’ Rules Global Excl. U.S., 2 New Top 10s

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” posts a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 54.2 million streams and 6,000 sold (up 11% in each metric) outside the U.S. March 1-7.

Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” holds at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best; Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” repeats at its No. 3 high; Tate McRae’s “Greedy” climbs 7-4, after five weeks at the summit beginning in December; and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” dips 4-5, after hitting No. 3.

Additionally, FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” hits the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, surging 19-10 with 33.7 million streams (up 20%) outside the U.S. The song is the first top 10 on the chart for both Chilean artists, and leads the Chile Songs chart for a fourth week.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 16, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 12. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

11 Mar 2024

Tank Promises Upcoming R&B Money Tour With Keri Hilson, Carl Thomas Will ‘Make a Lot of Memories’

R&B hitmaker Tank is springing back into tour mode. The singer-songwriter-producer will launch his R&B Money Tour in New Orleans on May 10. Joining him for the tour’s 25-city itinerary — including stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Houston — will be fellow hitmakers Keri Hilson (“Turnin Me On” featuring Lil Wayne, “Pretty Girl Rock”) and Carl Thomas (“I Wish,” “Emotional”).

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“The R&B Money Tour will be a movie!” Tank tells Billboard. “I can’t wait to celebrate with the fans and take them on this musical journey with two amazing artists, Keri Hilson and Carl Thomas. We will make a lot of memories on this tour.”

The tour announcement follows on the heels of Tank’s latest single, “Before We Get Started” featuring Fabolous. Released through Tank’s R&B Money label and Atlantic Records, the nostalgia-tinged contemporary R&B song was written by Dirk Pate and produced by Bizness Boi and Derelle Rideout. Its accompanying video, described in the tour release announcement as a “vibrant homage to the genre’s rich esthetic and enduring allure,” was directed by Taj & Dre.

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“Think of ‘Before We Get Started’ as a contemporary classic, capturing the spirit of 2024 while paying homage to the magic of ’90s R&B,” Tank further explains to Billboard. “The fusion with hip-hop creates a timeless musical experience, reminiscent of the authentic vibes from that era.”

In addition to his upcoming tour, Tank — whose hits include “Maybe I Deserve,” “Please Don’t Go,” “When We” and “Can’t Let It Show” — will appear at the Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas on May 4. He’ll be joining a performer lineup that includes Usher, Janet Jackson and Mary J. Blige. Tank also co-hosts the popular “R&B Money Podcast” with J. Valentine.

Tickets for the R&B Money Tour will become available on March 15 at 10 a.m. local time. Visit the tour’s website for more information.

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11 Mar 2024

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Carnival’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” rebounds to its No. 2 Hot 100 high, from No. 5. It also jumps 3-1 for a second week atop Digital Song Sales (26,000, up 230%, sparked by a cappella and instrumental mixes released March 1 and a “Live at the Ryman” version, with Freak Freely, released March 5, while 11 versions of the song were discounted to a 69-cent sale price during the tracking week).

Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, following six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, as it notches an eighth week atop the Radio Songs chart (76.5 million, down 4%).

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3.

Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” falls to No. 5 after two weeks atop the Hot 100. It leads the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a fourth week.

Tate McRae’s “Greedy” rises 8-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, keeps at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut last September. It tops the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a 28th week each.

SZA’s “Snooze” bumps 9-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it rules the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 31st week – surpassing her own “Kill Bill” for the longest command by a woman dating to the tally’s 2012 start.

Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, lifting 12-9, after hitting No. 7.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” holds at No. 10, following four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in October.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Billboard’s social accounts, and all charts (dated March 16), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 12).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

11 Mar 2024

The Top Rap Song of Every Year Since 1989

Since Billboard first began its national survey of song sales in the 1940s, the ever-changing musical landscape has necessitated a growing portfolio of charts that capture the methods, sounds, and places around the nation – and then the world – where music is consumed.

Thirty-five years ago on March 11, 1989, Billboard debuted its first rap chart – Hot Rap Singles, with The Stop the Violence Movement’s “Self Destruction” crowning the initial list. With the genre’s national profile firmly established thanks to acts such as Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J, the first rap-dedicated chart arrived partly, as the list’s first manager, Terri Rossi wrote, to, “give proper credit to the performers, writers and producers who make this music so successful.”

While Hot Rap Songs was originally conceived as a bi-weekly sales chart, the rapid popularity and interest in the genre forced a change to a weekly sales recap before the chart reached its first anniversary. Call it prophetic: The increasing consumption of rap music and growing appetite for hip-hop culture set the stage for the genre’s explosive impact in the coming decades.

Since that first ranking, Billboard has monitored and reported popular tastes through every chapter of rap’s history: the East Coast beginnings, G-Funk’s rise, women MCs getting their proper due, regional rival pockets popping up throughout the U.S., features helping R&B singers – and then pop stars – update their sounds and images, crunk, trap, SoundCloud, drill and the list goes on. The chart’s methodology has also kept up with the times. Beginning as just a sales list, Hot Rap Songs switched to an airplay-only ranking in June 2002 amid the declining number of physical single releases.

“A number of rap’s biggest hits were never released to stores, and thus were absent from our chart,” Geoff Mayfield, Billboard’s then-director of charts, noted. “This change will yield a more relevant chart.”

Updates have since continued, with sales’ return and streaming’s addition to the formula in October 2012.

To recap the chart’s 35th anniversary, Billboard looks at the best of the best – the No. 1 year-end titles on the Hot Rap Songs chart for its entire existence. Together, the annual leaders offer snapshots of rap music’s history, with a range of artists, regions and techniques – samples, cadence and the like – that reveal rap’s expansion from block-party entertainment to an unparalleled influence over mainstream music for the last generation.

11 Mar 2024

Elton John AIDS Foundation Raises Nearly $11 Million at Annual Academy Awards Party

While plenty of musicians made headlines at Sunday night’s (March 10) Academy Awards ceremony, one star managed to make a big difference.

During its annual Academy Awards viewing party on Sunday, the Elton John AIDS Foundation raised $10.8 million dollars for AIDS research. The money from the event will go toward the organization’s Rocket Fund, a fundraising initiative meant to “redouble the fight against AIDS everywhere,” according to the organization’s website.

“So far, this has been an extraordinary year beyond my wildest dreams, including the honor of achieving the EGOT, but it’s tonight’s gathering that is the ultimate highlight,” John said in a statement following the event. “I’m so grateful to everyone who comes out each year to have a lot of fun and do a whole lot of good together. We’ve been loud and proud about showing compassion and ending the dreadful stigma that follows HIV, and we won’t stop until we achieve our mission.”

The annual party — hosted this year by John, David Furnish, Tiffany Haddish, David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris — featured a star-studded guest list that included Sharon Stone, Donatella Versace, Danny DeVito and plenty more. During the evening, a multimillion-dollar live auction saw the organization sell off a number of luxury items, including a bedazzled Yamaha piano signed by John, two pinball machines, two pairs of Chopard earrings and a custom-made Rolex for John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

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At the night’s close, John performed alongside the evening’s musical guests, R&B-pop trio Gabriels, to his 1989 hit “Are You Ready for Love,” recreating an iconic moment from Glastonbury 2023 when Gabriels lead singer Jacob Lusk joined John onstage for the track.

“Every year, our iconic Oscar Party just gets bigger and better, a testament to the unwavering support of our passionate supporters,” Furnish said in a statement. “In such worrying times with the rise of discriminatory laws against the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S., it’s so important to stand up and raise awareness for the people who need our support the most. The funds raised tonight are helping us enhance access to vital health resources such as HIV testing and medication, making a tangible difference in countless lives. We couldn’t have done it without such a great showing of support.”

11 Mar 2024

7 Songs You Didn’t Know PartyNextDoor Wrote & Produced

Billboard‘s newest cover star PartyNextDoor hasn’t just established himself as an alternative R&B auteur over the last decade, but he’s also cemented himself as one of pop music’s most sought-out hitmakers.

After becoming the first recording artist signed to Drake‘s OVO label in 2013, Party has made hit after hit with The Boy. He provided background vocals on “Own It” and “Come Thru” on Drake’s 2013 album Nothing Was the Same, and he co-wrote and produced “Legend,” “Preach” and “Wednesday Night Interlude” on 2015’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, while also serving as a featured artist on the latter two songs. “Preach” earned PND his first Billboard Hot 100 entry in 2015. And he earned an album of the year Grammy nomination in 2017 for contributing to Views (he has a co-writing credit on “U with Me?”).

He’s also been behind some of Rihanna‘s biggest hits, like the nine-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Work,” featuring Drake, and DJ Khaled‘s seven-week No. 2 “Wild Thoughts,” featuring Bryson Tiller. Donald Glover recently called “Sex With Me” — another ANTI track Party co-wrote — the “GOAT” Rihanna song. And some fans and critics have argued that his leaked reference tracks for those songs sound better than their final versions.

When it comes to demos, Party told Billboard, “I’m just trying to get these ideas out. And if I took the time to record it, that’s when I don’t give the record out. [If] I did all the background vocals, I sang it properly like a vocalist, that’s when it’s harder to give it away. So it’s easier to give it away while it’s just a skeleton and you’re just talking through things.”

Billboard rounded up seven songs PartyNextDoor co-wrote and/or -produced, which other artists recorded.

11 Mar 2024

Sabrina Carpenter & Barry Keoghan Make Their Public Debut at 2024 Oscars Afterparty

Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan have officially made their public debut as a couple, stepping out together at the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty Sunday night (March 10).

Though the “Feather” singer and Saltburn star didn’t pose side-by-side on the red carpet, they did walk it at the same time, occasionally sneaking looks at each other. Videos captured Carpenter, wearing a see-through black gown, exchanging smiles with Keoghan before the two stepped in front of cameras. After they finished going down the line, the Eras Tour opener walked briskly over to the actor and took his hand.

At one point during the party — which went down just after the 2024 awards ceremony wrapped up at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles — the pair snapped a photo together off the carpet, covering the bottoms of their faces with their hands. With Carpenter’s arm around his shoulders, Keoghan flashed his “Sabrina” friendship bracelet.

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Keoghan and the Girl Meets World alum first sparked dating rumors at the beginning of this year. At a recent Taylor Swift concert in Singapore, fans spotted Carpenter running into the Dublin native’s arms after finishing her opening set, wrapping him in a tight hug before walking with him into the wings.

This year, Vanity Fair’s annual afterparty was attended by Justin Timberlake, Usher, Camila Cabello, Ellie Goulding, Kylie Jenner, Ice Spice, Jennifer Lawrence, Sydney Sweeney and more stars. Ahead of the shindig, Jimmy Kimmel helmed the Oscars ceremony, which featured performances from Billie Eilish, Ryan Gosling, Becky G, Jon Batiste and Scott George and the Osage Singers, as well as presentations from Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Bad Bunny and more.

See photos and videos of the couple at the 2024 Oscars afterparty below.

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Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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11 Mar 2024

Sawyer Hill Went Viral on Instagram — And Everyone Wants to Know How

Like many modern artists, Sawyer Hill is constantly scrutinizing the social media platforms that impact music discovery. In January, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter sensed a shift in the digital winds. 

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“I used to scroll through TikTok and my whole feed was musicians,” he says. “And then I started noticing all my videos on Instagram were getting distributed at a way greater rate — for the same video, the ratio of likes to views was way higher on Instagram than it was on TikTok.” 

This was true despite the fact that Hill was treating Instagram Reels as an afterthought at the time — often just re-posting TikTok clips there, as many artists do. “I wonder what would happen if I really put effort into an Instagram video,” Hill remembers thinking. He started promoting his 2023 single “Look at the Time” – a caustic, grungy rocker delivered in somber baritone – on the platform, and it rose to No. 1 on Spotify’s Viral 50 chart in the U.S. in February. 

This sort of breakthrough would be an exciting moment for any musician. Hill’s story has also taken on additional weight at a time when the music industry is casting around for marketing alternatives to the app that’s been ground zero for pop virality for a half-decade now. Some artists are unable to use TikTok to promote their recordings since negotiations between the platform and Universal Music Group fell apart at the end of January.

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Historically, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels have not been able to match TikTok’s impact on streams, so most artists and marketers have not prioritized them to the same degree. (Even with the success of “Look at the Time,” Instagram users’ passion hasn’t led to the type of streaming explosion enjoyed by TikTok favorites like Djo’s “End of Beginning.”) Some optimistic marketers believe that, in a world where TikTok is no longer an option for many acts, artists will finally be able to figure out effective strategies to use elsewhere. It’s like a point guard being forced to tie his right hand behind his back to build strength dribbling with his left.

“Focusing on one or two platforms instead of three could result in better impact,” says Johnny Cloherty, co-founder of digital marketing company Songfluencer.

This climate helps explain why, after “Look at the Time” began to take off on Reels, “all these people on the industry side were like, ‘this is unbelievable,’” Hill says. 

Virality was far from Hill’s mind when he started playing guitar as a kid in Fayetteville, Arkansas, using an instrument abandoned by his brother. By the time he was a freshman in high school, he was good enough to join a band full of seniors. “Whenever they all graduated, they’re like, ‘We’re playing bars now, so you’re either going to do that with us or hit the road,’” Hill recalls. 

The choice was easy: He started playing bars around the age of 15. “I was always hanging out with 30- and 40-year-olds at the bar who were telling me their whole life story,” Hill says. 

But he eventually realized there was a ceiling on the local circuit. “We’ve been playing all these bars for years, and it hasn’t really gotten us very far,” Hill remembers feeling. “We want to play for the masses. And the only real way we saw to do that was through social media.” 

He started with TikTok, since “all music-related things were extremely TikTok-specific at that point.” It didn’t come to him easily. “I started out feeling what a lot of musicians do: ‘These social media platforms are lame, and it seems so fake,’” he says. 

But the imperative to reach a wide audience eventually overruled the cringey moments. “There are people making their careers on these platforms,” Hill says. He wanted to be one of them: “I became borderline obsessed with figuring out these platforms.” 

His first popular video was popular for the wrong reasons; users were making fun of his singing. Hill remained calm. “One day you can have thousands of people in your inbox telling you that you’re the worst thing in the world, and then the next day you have thousands of people in your inbox telling you that you’re the best in the world,” he says. 

His equanimity was rewarded not long after, when he posted a live performance video of “Look at the Time” that was well received on TikTok. (At the time, he had not recorded the song.) After a few more successful videos, Hill caught the attention of AWAL, a label services company acquired by Sony in 2021, where he signed last year. When he turned his attention to Reels earlier in January, he wanted to push “Look at the Time” again because he already knew it was “super reactive.”

Many artists who benefit from a sudden surge of attention on social media and get record deals then have to go and learn how to perform. For Hill, this is not a problem. “I’m so grateful for having spent my teenage years playing all these bars,” he says.  “We’re ready to take advantage of the moment and to go on tour.”

His advice to others hoping to crack the code on Instagram promotion boils down to “try hard” and stay flexible. “They’re pushing musicians like crazy on Instagram for now,” Hill says. “But that can change in one software update.”

11 Mar 2024

Watch How Bad Bunny’s Star-Studded ‘Acho PR’ Came to Life in New Music Video

For his 30th birthday on Sunday (March 10), Bad Bunny unleashed the official music video for “Acho PR,” almost five months after the track dropped as part of his Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana album. 

In true Bunny fashion, the video came as a surprise to fans when the artist shared the YouTube link on his Instagram Stories. The nearly 12-minute-long clip captures how the star-studded collaboration featuring Ñengo Flow, Árcangel and De La Ghetto came to life in a recording studio in New York City. 

All four artists, joined by some of Bunny’s longtime collaborators including Tainy and MAG, appear in the homemade video, where they are sharing ideas, recording their verses and overall having a good time. “Let’s do this, d–n it — no one is leaving here today,” Ñengo jokes at the beginning of the clip. 

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At the end of the music video, Bunny also shared a recap of some of his latest career highlights — including winning artist of the year at the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards — and wraps the clip by announcing two dates in Puerto Rico as part of his 2024 Most Wanted Tour. He’s set to perform June 7 and 8 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico.  

“Acho PR” — which debuted in the Hot Latin Songs and Hot 100 charts in October — is an ode to life in the barrio in Puerto Rico, with its parties and its music, its crime and excess. “Real G for life, the movement is still solid […] straight from Bayamón, the most powerful mafia,” the lyrics go in part.

The official video arrived on the day Bunny presented an award at the 2024 Oscars alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Watch the visual below: