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19 Apr 2023

Kanye West Deactivates Instagram Account

Kanye West has bid farewell to Instagram.

The rapper took to the social media platform on Tuesday (April 18) to share a screenshot of the Instagram deactivation page, with the confirmation on temporarily removing his account ready to be submitted. Shortly after his announcement, the account was deactivated.

Ye has had ups and downs with Instagram over the past few years. In March 2022, he was  suspended from Instagram for 24 hours, after some of his posts violated the platform’s policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment. Leading up to the suspension, Ye posted repeated racial slurs underneath a screenshot of Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s Google page.

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Additionally, he had countless posts dedicated to targeting Pete Davidson, who was dating West’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian at the time. He wrote that the Saturday Night Live comedian, whom he refers to as “Skete,” “will get my kids mom hooked on drugs He’s in rehab every 2 months.”

Ye was suspended again in October 2022 following a string of antisemitic remarks, before returning in March 2023 to declare that he “likes Jewish people again” after watching Jonah Hill’s performance in 21 Jump Street.

19 Apr 2023

20 Questions With Fever Ray: Loving Cyndi Lauper, Being ‘Too Shy to Karaoke’ & Celebrating Latest Album With a ‘Queer Reunion’

In March, Fever Ray released their first new album in over five years, Radical Romantics. The project arrived as a welcome return for the artist, also known as Swedish singer Karin Dreijer (half of the sibling duo The Knife), as they explore the idea of love by questioning, deconstructing and rebuilding the concept in their own intriguing way.

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Filled with 10 metallic synth-pop tracks, which see-saw between atmospheric and industrial, Radical Romantics follows Fever Ray’s 2017 album, the acclaimed Plunge. In support of the new set’s release, Fever Ray will set out on the There’s No Place I’d Rather Be Tour, their first trek since 2018. The U.S. leg kicks off May 1 in Washington, D.C.

In the latest edition of Billboard’s 20 questions, Fever Ray discusses their most memorable recent show at “a wonderful punk venue,” how they celebrated the album’s release (and who they dressed up as… spoiler: it’s from one of their music videos) and much more.

1. What’s the first piece of music you bought for yourself, and what was the medium?

The first record I bought was a 7” with Cyndi Lauper’s “All Through the Night.” I thought it was the best thing I’ve ever heard. I still like it.

2.  What was the first concert you saw?

I don’t remember — my dad took me to some, I guess. But I went to my first festival when I was 15, Hultsfredsfestivalen, in 1990. 22 Pistepirkko I remember [them playing]. That was a great show.

3.  Who made you realize you could be an artist full-time?

I guess I realized it myself when I started to make money out of it. I’ve done it the past 20 years now. Before that I had other jobs as well.

4. What was your first job?

I was cleaning hotel rooms.

5.  Whose career path continues to inspire you most?

I think I get inspired by people who are passionate about what they do, who keep on learning new things, who understand how to combine work with relationships, friends, family and manages to take care of themselves. It can be in any profession.

6. How did your hometown shape who you are?

I lived in the same place from 6 to 18 — it was sort of out in nowhere, outside Gothenburg. There were small streets with the same exact houses in straight rows. Only houses and a lot of forest around. There was a tennis hall, too, so everybody played tennis. Except our family, although my sister started to do that later. I guess music was a way to find a space where I could be me, a way to understand that there’s something else than this.

7. If you could see any artist in concert, dead or alive, who would it be?

I would have loved to see Eurythmics around the Savage album. And Cyndi Lauper when she released “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.”

8. What’s the best or favorite concert you have seen so far this year, why?

I haven’t seen so many unfortunately, cause I’ve been working too much with the tour. But I saw Sarah Parkman a few weeks ago in Gothenburg. She has an incredible voice, it was a great show.

9. What’s the last album you listened to in one sitting?

Bendik Giske’s Cracks, I love it.

10. What’s your favorite album of all time?

Around the World in a Day with Prince.

11. How did you celebrate the release of your third album, Radical Romantics?

We had a big party in Stockholm with many great DJs and performances — people said afterwards it was like a queer reunion after the pandemics. I was there as Demonalisa from the “Even It Out” video.

12. What song on the album was particularly challenging to write?

I think writing is always a mix of easy and light — some days everything is clear and some days everything’s a struggle. I work office hours, mostly. I think routines are the best way to get things done, even though routines also van be a struggle. Days when you don’t get ideas, you just practice — practice a new instrument, practice vocals, practice a new plug-in. You just have to stay in it.

13. You’ve long worked with your brother, and he’s a co-writer on several tracks here. What’s the key to working with family?

I have no idea. I’ve never thought of it like that. I don’t think of family as something blood-related either; family are the people you keep close. It’s six years between Olof and I, so we didn’t share much as kids. I had a strong urge quite early to break out from there, I moved out when I was 18. So it was later we started to do things together — he had started making music by the computer and we played around with it one summer. That’s how it started.

14. If you had to pick one lyric that you have thought about or revisited most since the album released, which one would it be and why?

I think they all mean a lot to me. It’s interesting to perform them live now — you have to learn to live with them. When you write them and record them, you just think about how to tell this specific story, once. But now, you have to make friends with them in another way.

15. What’s your karaoke go-to?

I am too shy to karaoke.

16. What show of yours stands out as being particularly moving or memorable?

My recent one was den Atelier in Luxemburg. We didn’t have any expectations — it’s a bit of a strange city, very clean and a lot of money. Then we played at a wonderful punk venue and the audience was just amazing, we had such a good time.

17. What’s your favorite book?

My oldest kid made me re-read Kathy Acker lately, who I love.

18. What’s your favorite film or TV show?

I love so many films. Those by John Waters are new favorites.

19.. What’s one piece of advice you would give to your younger self?

You have to make friends with yourself. Treat yourself like your own best friend.

20. What remains at the top of your professional bucket list?

I am very grateful of everything that’s happened already. When finishing an album I always think of the last album I’ve made like the very last I will make, that I might do something completely different next time. I don’t have a professional bucket list. I’d like to keep working and collaborate with fun people, there’s a lot of things that needs to be widened and explored.

19 Apr 2023

Erykah Badu Slates 25-City ‘Unfollow Me’ Tour

Erykah Badu is joining the 2023 summer concert circuit with her “Unfollow Me” tour. The 25-city outing, which kicks off in San Antonio on June 11, will feature hip-hop icon Yasiin Bey.

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The predominantly arena tour, produced by Outback Presents, will make its way to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., before wrapping in Grammy winner Badu’s hometown of Dallas on July 23.

Tickets go on sale Thursday. For additional information, visit unfollowmetour.com. 

Here’s the full itinerary for the “Unfollow” Me tour:

June 11 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
June 13 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
June 15  – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
June 16 – Las Vegas, NV – Michelob ULTRA Arena
June 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
June 20 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
June 21 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
June 23 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theater
June 26 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
June 28 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
June 30 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
July 1 – Chicago, IL – United Center
July 2 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
July 7 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
July 8 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
July 9 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann
July 11 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
July 12 – Norfolk, VA – Chartway Arena
July 13 – Washington, D.C. – Capital One Arena
July 15 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
July 16 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
July 18 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
July 19 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at the BJCC
July 21 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
July 23 – Dallas, TX -American Airlines Center

19 Apr 2023

13 Taylor Swift Songs That Are Way More Heartbreaking Following Joe Alwyn Split

Swifties are still in mourning following news that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn, have broken up.

The shocking turn of events was first reported in an exclusive April 8 piece from ET, followed by additional confirmations from other news outlets citing sources close to the situation. Neither Swift nor Alwyn have addressed the situation, but if those sources are to be believed, the split was perfectly amicable.

So why are fans, who’ve helmed an outpouring of social media grief-posts since then, so sad?

Well, Swifties are particularly invested in the happiness of one Taylor Alison Swift. Longtime fans have been at Swift’s side throughout her self-professed “hopeless romantic” search for true love for 17 years. Alwyn’s steadfast presence for six years felt like the end of a full circle journey for those who’ve been with her since the beginning (as well as younger fans who have experienced the ups-and-downs of her romantic life by listening to the visceral love songs in her back catalog).

That being said, there’s nothing wrong with being sans a significant other, no matter who you are. But the sweetness of lyrics like “My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue / All’s well that ends well to end up with you” starts to taste a little salty in lieu of a breakup.

With a heavy heart, Billboard rounds up 13 of the most heartbreaking Taylor Swift songs to revisit post-Alwyn (and no, they aren’t all from Lover). Read them below, but have tissues ready.

19 Apr 2023

YOASOBI’s ‘Idol’ Rules Japan Hot 100 in Week With Six Debuts in Top 10

YOASOBI’s “Idol” rules this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Apr. 19, coming out on top among six songs that bowed on the chart this week.

The lineup of the top 10 changed dramatically in a rare week in which the top six tracks were debuts. In particular, the top three songs respectively earned more than 9,000 total points and any of them could have taken the top spot.

YOASOBI’s “Idol” won this close race, racking up points mainly through streaming with 8,868,810 weekly streams and video views with 4,334,923 views, ruling both metrics. The opener for the anime series Oshi no Ko also launched at No. 2 for downloads and No. 22 for radio airplay.

Spitz’s “Utsukushii Hiré” (“Beautiful Fin”) — the theme of the latest Case Closed (Detective Conan) movie Kurogané no Submarine — follows at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100, ruling radio and coming in at No. 3 for downloads, No. 4 for sales, No. 7 for streaming, and No. 13 for video. With a new album set for release in May, the veteran four-man pop-rock band is off to a great start with its first collaboration with the beloved series.

At No. 3 is SixTONES’s “ABARERO,” launching with 434,274 singles to rule sales and coming in at No. 2 for radio and No. 10 for video. The six-man Johnny’s group’s ninth single sold approximately 35,000 copies more than its previous single, “Good Luck!” (398,252 copies), indicating the band’s growing popularity.

Bowing at No. 4 is MAN WITH A MISSION × milet’s “Kizuna no Kiseki,” the opener of the highly anticipated latest Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV series, depicting the Swordsmith Village story arc of the popular manga. The collaboration between the anonymous wolf-masked band and enigmatic singer came in at No. 1 for downloads with 38,843 units, No. 20 for streaming with 4,105,630 streams, and No. 12 for radio.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.

Check out the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from to Apr. 10 to 16, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.

19 Apr 2023

Can Metallica Rock Morgan Wallen Out of the Billboard 200 No. 1? 

The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming charts dated April 22), one of the biggest rock bands of all-time hopes to score their seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 – but it still has to get through today’s top country artist to do so.  

Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened): Metallica’s first original album in seven years arrives with no shortage of hype or promotion. The band released four songs in advance of the 12-track set’s April 14 release (including the Mainstream Rock Airplay-topping lead single “Lux Eterna”), held a four-night residency on Jimmy Kimmel Live! during its release week, and even launched a Metallica Logo Generator website last Thursday, which allowed fans to make versions of the cover titled after themselves to share on social media.

And of course, as one of the best-selling bands in rock history, Metallica has no shortage of physical options available for 72 Seasons. There are six vinyl variants for purchase, including standard black, an midnight violet-colored indie store exclusive, a red smoke-colored Target exclusive, a yellow and black swirl-colored Walmart exclusive, and both a smoky black-colored yellow and a black splatter-colored fan club exclusive. There are also two cassette options: a widely available transparent yellow variant, and a smoky black-colored Spotify exclusive.

Will it all be enough to unseat Morgan Wallen’s reigning five-week No. 1, One Thing at a Time – which earned 167,000 equivalent album units in its sixth week atop the chart? It may be close: Metallica should have a clear sales advantage, but without a major streaming hit on the set, it will of course be lagging behind Wallen’s juggernaut in that area (which also has 36 tracks to stream, rather than 72 Seasons‘ 12). The metal gods do have history on their side – their last six official studio albums have all topped the Billboard 200, dating back to their 1991 self-titled blockbuster.

IN THE MIX

Yung Bleu, Love Scars II (Moon Boy University / EMPIRE): Yung Bleu broke out at the beginning of the 2020s as one of the most promising rising singer-rappers, thanks to the Drake-assisted hit “You’re Mines Still” from his successful Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions EP. Three years and a couple studio albums later, he’s back with that mini-set’s sequel – this time a 15-track effort with features from Chris Brown, Ty Dolla $ign and Tink, as well as an Acoustic Deluxe edition featuring four unplugged bonus cuts.

Waterparks, Intellectual Property (Fueled by Ramen): They’ve never had conventional hit singles on radio or streaming, but pop/rock trio Waterparks have been one of the more consistently performing rock acts of the past decade, notching three consecutive albums in the Billboard 200’s top half. This month’s Intellectual Property looks to make it four for four, with four different vinyl variants, four different CD releases and even a pair of cassette options looking to help its cause.  

Ice Spice, Like..? (10K Projects/Capitol): Rap phenomenon Ice Spice’s debut EP has been a fixture on the Billboard 200 since debuting at No. 7 in early February, ranking at No. 187 on this week’s chart (dated April 22). The six-track set should make a sizable jump this week, however, following the Nicki Minaj-assisted remix to Like..?’s “Princess Diana,” which has been one of the best-selling and best-streaming new songs since its Friday release — metrics that will count towards the EP’s totals.  

19 Apr 2023

Niall Horan’s Soothing Rendition of Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Ceilings’ Will Ease All Your Troubles

Niall Horan joined the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on Tuesday (April 18), where he blew fans away with a soaring cover of Lizzy McAlpine‘s viral hit, “Ceilings.”

He performed the track on an acoustic guitar, and his soft vocals amplified the emotion of the song as his backup singers provided ethereal harmonies. “Ceilings” marks the 23-year-old singer-songwriter’s first Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at No. 54 on the all-genre songs chart.

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Horan also delivered his own recent single, “Heaven,” which is set to appear on the former One Direction crooner’s third studio album, The Show, which will be arriving on June 9. “Doesn’t get, doesn’t get better than, better than this/ God only knows where this could go/ And even if our love starts to go out of control/ And you let me go up in flames/ Heaven won’t be the same,” Horan sings on the track, again playing acoustic guitar.

“Heaven” marks Horan’s first release since singles “Our Song” and “Everywhere,” his 2021 collaborations with Anne-Marie. Heartbreak Weather, Horan’s previous LP, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in March 2020.

Watch his BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge “Heaven” performance below.

19 Apr 2023

Drake’s ‘Search’ Finds No. 1 Spot on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Drake’s historic dominance on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart adds another chapter to the story this week as his latest song, “Search & Rescue,” extends his record for the most No. 1s in the chart’s history. The track opens atop the list dated April 22 and secures the superstar his unprecedented 27th champ.

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart blends streaming, airplay and sales data to rank the 50 most popular R&B/hip-hop songs of the week in the U.S.

“Search & Rescue,” released April 7, storms in as the genre’s most-streamed song of the week, with 33.8 million official U.S. streams in the week ending April 13, according to Luminate. That translates into Drake’s record-extending 19th leader on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart, which reaches its 10th anniversary this week. (He nearly bookends the first decade of the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart, having ranked at No. 2 with “Started from the Bottom” on the first published edition, dated April 20, 2013.)

The new track, likewise, is the genre’s top-selling tune for the week, with 4,000 downloads sold in the same period. As “Search & Rescue” begins atop the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, Drake acquires a – yes, record-extending – 24th No. 1.

Drake teased “Search & Rescue” in the days before its release, with an audio snippet making the rounds on social media, while it was also previewed on Sirius XM Canada’s The Fry Yiy Show. The song drew most attention for including audio from an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians of Kim Kardashian discussing her reasons for divorcing Kanye “Ye” West. The song’s cover art, too, generated chatter for featuring a Kim lookalike.

In addition to its strong streaming and sales starts, “Search & Rescue” also finds some activity in the third metric – radio airplay – that factors into the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In the radio realm, the song registered 70,000 audience impressions across all formats. (All airplay, regardless of radio genre format, contributes to a song’s rank on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). The rhythmic and R&B/hip-hop formats have adopted the new cut most readily: “Search & Rescue” enters at No. 31 on Rhythmic Airplay and at the anchor slot, No. 40, on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.

As Drake rewrites the leaderboard again, here’s an updated look at the artists with the most No. 1 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart since it became an all-encompassing genre recap in October 1958:

27, Drake
20, Aretha Franklin
20, Stevie Wonder
17, James Brown
16, Janet Jackson
15, The Temptations
13, Marvin Gaye
13, Michael Jackson
13, Usher

Notably, “Search & Rescue” marks Drake’s ninth No. 1 without any unaccompanied acts, and his first in two years and one month, since “What’s Next” launched at the summit on the chart dated March 20, 2021. Additionally, the new No. 1 marks Drake’s 11th of his 27 chart-toppers to premiere directly in the top slot. It joins this crew of his other instant champs:

Song Title, Artist (if other than Drake), Date Debuted at No. 1
“Work,” Rihanna featuring Drake, Feb. 13, 2016
“Summer Sixteen,” Feb. 20, 2016
“God’s Plan,” Feb. 3, 2018
“Nice for What,” April 21, 2018
“Toosie Slide,” April 18, 2020
“What’s Next,” March 20, 2021
“Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future & Young Thug, Sept. 18, 2021
“Wait for U,” Future featuring Drake & Tems, May 14, 2022
“Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, July 2, 2022
“Rich Flex,” with 21 Savage, Nov. 19, 2022
“Search & Rescue,” April 22, 2023

19 Apr 2023

Tyler Hubbard, Trisha Yearwood, CeCe Winans & More to Participate in Nashville Event to Support Teachers

Tyler Hubbard, Trisha Yearwood, Lauren Daigle and CeCe Winans will take part in an upcoming free event set for May 1 in Nashville, aimed at providing home and comfort to Nashville-area teachers and staffers in public and private K-12 schools, as well as universities.

“Hope and Healing for Heroes” will be hosted by the Onsite Foundation and will take place at Belmont University’s The Fisher Center. Tickets will be free and open to educators and staff across Metro Nashville public schools, private schools and universities on a first-come, first-serve basis.

In addition to the performers, the evening’s programming will also include a panel of experts and speakers who will discuss mental health and working through trauma, grief, and fear, in light of the recent school shooting at Nashville-area private school The Covenant School on March 27. Three children and three staffers were killed during the incident, as was the shooter.

Onsite chairman Miles Adcox will emcee the May 1 event, while teachers from the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. will offer their stories and encouragement, as well as Brittney Thomas, a survivor of the 1997 Heath High School mass shooting in Paducah, Ky., and Crystal Woodman Miller, a survivor of the 1999 mass shooting in Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo.

“The dramatic increase in the number of school shootings–and now having one in our hometown—has taken its toll on each of us. As a father and mental health professional who has been part of initiatives directly supporting hundreds of mass shooting survivors around the country, now is the time to come together in support of our community as we start the healing process,” Adcox said via a statement. “We must acknowledge the unique stress and pressure our teachers and educators are carrying. We created this event in hopes of coming alongside them with support and resources while celebrating their vital role in leading the next generation.”   

Other guest speakers include:

  • Sissy Goff, M.Ed, LPC-MHSP, CCATP – Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling, author of twelve books including a book on anxiety, and co-host of the popular podcast “Raising Boys and Girls”
  • David Thomas, L.M.S.W. – Director of Family Counseling at Daystar, author of ten books including the best-selling Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys and Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son can Build on for Life and co-host of the “Raising Boys & Girls” podcast 
  • Madison Lawn, MSCMHC, CET-II – Group leader at Onsite, crisis counselor with experience facilitating groups for grieving children and providing weekly therapy to students in a university counseling center  
  • Carlos Martinez, M.Div., MSMHC, LPC, ACS, CET-II – Lead Clinician at Onsite and Onsite Foundation’s Triumph Over Tragedy workshop, the nation’s first trauma-informed program for survivors of mass shootings 
  • Carlos Whittaker – Author, speaker, host of the Human Hope podcast as well as People’s Choice Award winner & social media storyteller

The event has been organized and produced by Nashville-area entertainment marketing agency FlyteVu, with a donation from Tyler and Hayley Hubbard.

“As someone who has lost a loved one due to trauma from a mass shooting, I know firsthand the long-lasting effects of these school tragedies,” said Laura Hutfless, CEO of FlyteVu and former Board President of The Onsite Foundation, via a statement. “As a new mom, I want to equip the teachers in our community who are leading our children through an unprecedented time with tools, hope, and confidence to step back into the classrooms and thrive.”

Nashville-area educators and staff members can claim a free general admission ticket beginning Friday, April 21 at 10 a.m. CT at hopeforheroes.com. Event doors will open at 5 p.m. CT on May 1, with programming beginning at 6 p.m. CT.

19 Apr 2023

Jesy Nelson Slams Media Coverage of Little Mix Feud: ‘I Think It’s Disgusting’

Jesy Nelson took to social media on Tuesday (April 18) to vent about media speculation over her falling out with Little Mix.

“What’s really s–t about this f–king music industry is that when you’re going in to do an interview and you think you’re going to be talking about your music, and the video, and actually talking about something that’s really important to you, that went on in your life and has happened to women around you — domestic violence — which is what my music video was about,” she said through tears in an Instagram Story. “It’s really s–t to then, you know, obviously get asked a question about Little Mix. Which is inevitable, I was in Little Mix for 10 years.”

“So naturally, people are gonna be curious, like, are we still speaking?” she continued. “I said, ‘No, we haven’t spoke for two years but I honestly wish them all the best. We’re all on our solo journeys, it’s such an exciting time for us all right now.’ And yeah, honestly that was all I said.”

However, the former girl group member didn’t take kindly to the simple sound byte become the headline of virtually every story about the interview, rather than the focus being on her latest single “Bad Thing.”

“It’s just f–king bulls–t, ’cause I just feel like women just get pitted up against each other 24/ 7 in music,” Nelson added. “And I hate it, I think it’s disgusting, and it’s just really frustrating that when you’re actually going in there to talk about something that’s really close to my heart and means something to me, it’s then all taken out of context.”

Since departing from Little Mix in late 2020 shortly after the group released their sixth studio album Confetti, Nelson has launched a solo career laden with controversy — dropping her debut single “Boyz” in 2021 featuring Nicki Minaj and facing a barrage of accusations of “Blackfishing” in the song’s accompanying music video.

Watch Nelson’s tearful thoughts on Little Mix and her new music below.