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Say hello to LISA‘s Alter Ego. After months of buildup, the BLACKPINK star has at last unveiled her debut solo album, complete with 15 new tracks and collaborations from Megan Thee Stallion, Future, Tyla and more.
Featuring the previously released singles “Rockstar,” “New Woman” featuring Rosalía, “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” and “Born Again” with Doja Cat and RAYE, Alter Ego finds LISA channeling a quintet of different personas: Roxi, Kiki, Vixi, Sunni and Speedi. “It represents five characters of me as well, like I feel related with them,” she told Sean Evans on Hot Ones one day prior to the LP’s release.
“It feels like I can express myself in a different version of me, and it’s fun,” she continued “I can’t wait for my fans to listen to this album, to really enjoy this album and see a different side of LISA.”
Leading up to Alter Ego, the Thai rapper had only released two proper solo singles: 2021’s “LALISA” and “MONEY,” both of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. That same year, she also appeared sans her bandmates on DJ Snake’s “SG” with Ozuna and the “HISS” rapper, who features on an Alter Ego track titled “Rapunzel.”
LISA is just the latest BLACKPINK member to release a set of solo songs in recent months. ROSÉ dropped her first-ever solo album, rosie, in December, two months after which JISOO unveiled an EP titled AMORTAGE. JENNIE will follow suit March 7, with the Idol actress’ debut LP Ruby scheduled to arrive one week after Alter Ego.
The foursome will soon get back together, though, with BLACKPINK announcing a summer 2025 world tour earlier this month. It’ll mark the ladies’ first trek together since 2022-2023’s Born Pink World Tour, which supported Billboard 200-topper Born Pink.
In her November Billboard cover story, LISA said that she “can’t wait” to reunite with her bandmates. “We know each other so well and know how much energy we have to put into every single project,” she added of their time apart spent working on solo music. “So we want to support and say, ‘You did really well!’ … They’re like family. I’m just so happy that they’re releasing something. This is what we all wanted to do, so I just wanted to say that I really do love their songs.”
Listen to LISA’s Alter Ego below.
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Garbage are back, announcing their first new album in almost four years.
Dubbed Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, the new LP will be their eighth, and follows on from the release of 2021’s No Gods No Masters and a pair of EPs in recent years. Their new record arrives on May 30 via Stun Volume.
“Our last album was extremely forthright. Born out of frustration and outrage – it had a kind of scorched earth, pissed off quality to it,” singer Shirley Manson explains in a statement. “With this new record however, I felt a compulsion to reach for a different kind of energy. A more constructive one. I had this vision of us coming up out of the underground with searchlights as we moved towards the future.
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“Searching for life, searching for love, searching for all the good things in the world that seem so thin on the ground right now. That was the over-riding idea during the making of this record for me – that when things feel dark, it’s best to try to seek out that which is light, that which feels loving and good.
“When I was young, I tended towards the destruction of things,” Manson adds. “Now that I’m older I believe it’s vitally important to build and to create things instead. I still entertain very old romantic ideals about community, society and the world. I don’t want to walk through the world creating havoc, damaging the land and people. I want to do good. I want to do no harm.”
Recorded in a number of locations – including Los Angeles’ Red Razor Sounds, Butch Vig’s Grunge is Dead studio, and Manson’s bedroom – the album’s announcement notably hasn’t been accompanied by a lead single. Rather, the band have promised that a preview will arrive “in the coming weeks”.
The new record also arrives following a few months of downtime for the band, with Garbage announcing in August they were forced to cancel the remainder of their 2024 tour dates due to Manson requiring “surgery and rehabilitation” for an undisclosed injury suffered while on tour in Europe. The group are slated to return to the road in March for a run of South American tour dates.
The impending release of Let All That We Imagine Be the Light will also become Garbage’s fourth album since they resumed activity in earnest in 2010, following a five-year period of hiatus.
Their debut self-titled album, Garbage, released in 1995, achieved double-platinum status and peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200. Their follow-up album, Version 2.0, released in 1998, reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and further cemented their reputation as one of the leading bands of the era.
Garbage have remained busy with musical projects in recent years, including 2021’s, No Gods No Masters. The album debuted at No. 95 on the Billboard 200 and included tracks like “The Men Who Rule the World.” They also collaborated with artists like Screaming Females and Brody Dalle on a special edition of the album, and toured with Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill anniversary tour in 2022.
Beabadoobee has used her recent time Down Under to share a cover of a beloved New Zealand classic, covering Bic Runga’s “Sway” for Like a Version, the long-running segment from Australian radio station triple j.
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Recorded during the 24-year-old singer’s latest trip to Australia as part of the Laneway Festival, Beabadoobee offered up two performances for the session, including her original “Beaches” and a take on Runga’s 1997 single “Sway”.
Originally released on Runga’s debut album Drive, “Sway” peaked at No. 7 on the local New Zealand charts and has since gone on to be considered as one of the country’s most beloved songs. In 2001, the track was ranked at No. 6 on APRA’s (the Australasian Performing Right Association) list of the top 100 New Zealand songs of all time.
“ I chose to cover this song because my mum used to play it a lot when I was growing up and I mean, she’s badass,” Beabadoobee explained in a post-performance interview. “It was just really nice seeing an Asian woman kind of playing indie music like that.
“I was scared I wasn’t gonna do it justice,” she added. “But I love this song so much and if anything, I’m doing it for my mum and she doesn’t know that I’m actually covering this song so I’m really excited. Every cover I’ve done in my career has been for my mum, so I hope she likes this one too.”
Indeed, this isn’t the first cover that Beabadoobee has delivered in recent months. Back in October, she joined the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to share her take on Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste,” blended with a little bit of The Corrs’ “Breathless.”
The BBC performance also included a performance of “Beaches,” which was featured on Beabadoobee’s third album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves. The record has been her most successful to date, becoming her first to top the U.K. charts, and even reached No. 34 on the Billboard 200. It also hit No. 6 on the Independent Albums and Top Album Sales charts, and snuck into No. 10 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart.
Beabadoobee is also up for British artist of the year and best alternative/rock act at the Brit Awards, which will be handed out on Saturday (March 1).
Justin Timberlake has canceled his show in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday night (Feb. 27), due to the flu. The star took to his Instagram Stories shortly before doors were scheduled to open at the Nationwide Arena to share a statement. “You guys. I’m heartbroken,” he wrote. “I have to cancel the show tonight. I went […]
Kendrick Lamar continues a historic campaign on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as his single “Luther,” with SZA, ascends to the No. 1 spot on the list dated March 1. The track replaces the rapper’s own “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay, after its three-week reign. As another SZA collaboration, “30 for 30,” pushes 2-3 and his former leader “Squabble Up,” repeats at No. 4, the quartet gives Lamar a second straight week of dominating the chart’s top four spots.
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With his performance on Rhythmic Airplay, Lamar is just the second artist to simultaneously occupy the top four ranks on any Billboard airplay chart. He joins his rival Drake, who managed the feat for 11 separate weeks on the Rap Airplay survey, for seven frames in March-April 2013 and four in May-June 2018. As Drake’s runs all involved at least one song where he was in a featured role on a track by another lead artist, Lamar is the first artist to complete the achievement in all lead or co-lead capacities.
“Luther,” which concurrently rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, captures the Rhythmic Airplay crown as the most-played song on U.S. panel-contributing radio stations in the week of Feb. 14-20, according to Luminate, a 5% gain from the previous week.
“Luther” gives Lamar his ninth No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay. A full third have come in 2025 alone, with “Squabble Up” reigning for two weeks in January and “TV Off” leading the ratings for three weeks in February.
Here’s a review of the rapper’s entire chart-topping collection on the radio chart:
“Humble.,” three weeks at No. 1, beginning June 6, 2017“Loyalty.,” feat. Rihanna; one, Sept. 30, 2017“Love.,” feat. Zacari; one, Dec. 30, 2017“Pray for Me,” with The Weeknd; two, April 18, 2018“Like That,” with Future and Metro Boomin; four, May 18, 2024“Not Like Us,” 12, June 15, 2024“Squabble Up,” two, Jan. 18, 2025“TV Off,” feat. Lefty Gunplay; three, Feb. 8, 2025“Luther,” with SZA, one (to date), March 1, 2025
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For SZA, “Luther” adds a seventh Rhythmic Airplay No. 1 to her account and first since “Saturn” landed at the top last May. Here’s a recap of her leaders:
“Kiss Me More,” Doja Cat feat. SZA; two weeks at No. 1, beginning June 26, 2021“I Hate U,” one, March 19, 2022“Kill Bill,” three, March 4, 2023“Snooze,” two, July 15, 2023“Rich Baby Daddy,” Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA; two, Dec. 2, 2023“Saturn,” one, May 11, 2024“Luther,” with Kendrick Lamar; one (to date), March 1, 2025
Lamar and SZA are in prime position to improve to a 10th and eighth champ, respectively, and replace themselves at the summit. Their other current collaborative single, “30 for 30” (billed to SZA with Kendrick Lamar), advances to the runner-up spot with a 14% surge in weekly plays.
Beyond the top tracks, both Lamar and SZA cement their stranglehold with more titles on Rhythmic Airplay. SZA’s third tune in the top 10, “BMF,” pushes 12-10 (up 9% in plays), while Lamar has a fifth, the AzChike-assisted “Peekaboo,” which debuts at No. 37.
Lola Young may be “Messy,” but she’s been climbing the chart with her breakthrough, viral single.
“Messy” hit No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart, dethroning Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True.” The track also peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“What I’m realizing about myself as an artist is that I’m not about the glitz and the glam — I don’t scream ‘Hollywood’,” the rising star previously told Billboard of her musical journey. “For a long time, I wanted to represent this ideal of Westernized beauty – but then I realized I’m not that. I now choose to give realness and truth. I’ve got a bit of a belly out, I f–cking swear a bunch and I have fun. And that’s what people are resonating with.”
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Below, find the lyrics to Lola Young’s “Messy.”
You know I’m impatientSo why would you leave me waiting outside the stationWhen it was like minus four degrees? And II get what you’re sayin’I just really don’t wanna hear it right nowCan you shut up for like once in your life?Listen to me, I took your nice words of adviceAbout how you think I’m gonna die, lucky if I turn thirty-threeOkay, so yeah, I smoke like a chimneyI’m not skinny and I pull a Britney every other weekBut cut me some slack, who do you want me to be?
‘Cause I’m too messy, and then I’m too f—ing cleanYou told me, “Get a job”, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?And I’m too clever and then I’m too f—ing dumbYou hate it when I cry unless it’s that time of the monthAnd I’m too perfect ’til I show you that I’m notA thousand people I could be for you when you hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate, you hate
It’s taking you agesYou still don’t get the hint I’m not asking for pagesBut one text or two would be nice andPlease, don’t pull those facesWhen I’ve been out working my a– off all dayIt’s just one bottle of wine or two, but, heyYou can’t even talk, you smoke weed just to help you sleepThen why you out getting stoned at four o’clockAnd then you come home to me?And don’t say hello ’cause I got high againAnd forgot to fold my clothes
‘Cause I’m too messy, and then I’m too f—ing cleanYou told me, “Get a job”, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?And I’m too clever and then I’m too f—ing dumbYou hate it when I cry unless it’s that time of the monthAnd I’m too perfect ’til I show you that I’m notA thousand people I could be for you when you hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lot
Oh, and I’m too messy, and then I’m too f—ing cleanYou told me, “Get a job”, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?And I’m too clever and then I’m too f—ing dumbYou hate it when I cry unless it’s that time of the monthAnd I’m too perfect ’til I show you that I’m notA thousand people I could be for you when you hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ing lotYou hate the f—ng lot
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WRITERSLola Young, Conor Dickinson
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“I thought we had something good in our hands,” Damiano David sings on his new single, “Next Summer.” But what fans actually have is something good in our ears.
The song — the third single from the Måneskin frontman’s upcoming debut solo project — arrived on Thursday (Feb. 27) and finds the Italian musician continuing on his pop journey, this time with a notable ache and jealousy in his voice.
“Call me when he breaks your heart next summer/ Baby, I’ll be waiting here/ Call me when you’re all f–ked up, my lover, and I’ll be there to lick your tears/ You had to throw away our love to find out nothing’s as good as us/ So call me when he breaks your heart next summer,” he sings, full of longing on the tender chorus.
While the song may seem like it’s about a spurned lover bitter about the end of his relationship and eager to rekindle the snuffed flame, David says there’s much more to it.
“I put down in words a moment I lived during the summer,” he tells Billboard of the track that he wrote while he was in Los Angeles last fall. “I guess it was a way, as I always do with my music, to cope with my experiences in life and feelings.”
“The lyrics are very simple, quite childish. So I’ve asked myself why I ended up with this kind of lyrics, and I guess it’s because what I tried to do was tell a more intense and complicated feeling in the easiest way possible,” he explains. “It’s about not dealing with yourself and being stuck in your own limits without really understanding why things happen. It’s about not being able to face our mistakes, and instead, in a cowardly way, wishing that your mistakes could be someone else’s.”
Ahead of “Next Summer,” the musician released a cover of Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson’s “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” as a Spotify Single for Valentine’s Day. From his own upcoming project, he dropped the peppy “Born With a Broken Heart” in October as his second solo single, and “Silverlines” in September for his debut song.
Speaking to Billboard at the time about going his own way musically and introducing listeners to the solo Damiano David via “Silverlines,” he shared of the vulnerable and melancholic track, “It’s basically describing my whole journey.” He added, “The goal of this song is not topping the charts. I’m introducing myself to the world … But I’m just very glad I have the opportunity to do this, and the results will come.”
What’s also coming for the singer is a 33-date world tour, with multiple shows already sold out. That includes the tour-opening performance Sept. 11 in Warsaw, followed by dates in Berlin, Paris, London and Rome before the trek heads to Australia, Japan and South America, and finally landing stateside in Seattle Nov. 21. The tour is slated to end Dec. 16 in Washington, D.C.
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Tate McRae went viral on social media with yet another single, this time the whisper-filled “Sports Car.”
The song is featured on her recently released album, So Close to What, and peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
Below, find the lyrics to Tate McRae’s “Sports Car.”
(Illegal)(Illegal)
Hey, cute jeans (jeans)Take mine off me (me)Oh, golly gee (gee)I can’t take no more, I’m goin’ weak in my kneesWhere’d you put those keys?We can share one seat (seat)We can share one seat
In the alley, in the backIn the center of this roomWith the windows rolled downBoy, don’t make me chooseIn the alley, in the backIn the center of this roomWith the windows rolled downBoy, don’t make me choose
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I think you know what this isI think you wanna uhNo, you ain’t got no Mrs.I’ll bet you got a sports carWe can uh-uh in itWhile you drive it real farYeah, you know what this isYeah, you know what this is
Pretty blue streetlights (lights)And my hazel eyes (eyes)And if it feels right (right)We could go again like three, four timesSo my type (type)Got butterfliesSo good it hurts (hurts)Thinkin’ ’bout what we did before this verse
On the corner of my bedOh, and maybe on the beachYou could do it on your ownWhile you’re lookin’ at me
I think you know what this isI think you wanna uh (think you)No, you ain’t got no Mrs.I’ll bet you got a sports carWe can uh-uh in it (we can uh)While you drive it real farYeah, you know what this isYeah, you know what this isI think you know what this is (oh)I think you wanna uh (you wanna)No, you ain’t got no Mrs.I’ll bet you got a sports carWe can uh-uh in it (uh-uh, uh-uh, mm)While you drive it real farYeah, you know what this isYeah, you know what this is
Oh my guyYou don’t wanna waste my time (my time)Let’s go ride (let’s go)Let’s go ride (come on)Oh my guyYou don’t wanna waste my time (no)Let’s go rideLet’s go ride
I think you wanna, wanna (oh)Bet you got a sports car (oh)While you drive it real far(Ah) yeah, you know what this is
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WRITERSRyan Tedder, Julia Michaels, Grant Joseph Boutin, Tate McRae
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Katy Perry is leveling up from women’s world to women’s outer space. Shortly after it was announced that she’d be joining the first-ever all-female space flight as part of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin expedition, the pop star gushed about the honor in a heartfelt post on Instagram. “If you had told me that I would […]