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Trending on Billboard Sunny day! Elmo and his friends are inviting the world to come and play at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina in Italy. As announced Tuesday (Oct. 28), the furry red monster is bringing Cookie Monster, Grover and more muppet pals to the Games in February to help with NBCUniversal’s […]
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K-pop quintet LE SSERAFIM stopped by the Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday morning (Oct. 28) to play some games and perform their spicy new single, “Spaghetti.” Though their collaborator, BTS’ J-Hope, was not on hand to lend his vocals to the track that dropped on Friday (Oct. 24), KIM CHAEWON, SAKURA, HUH YUNJIN, KAZUHA and HONG EUNCHAE had no problem heating up the stage for the studio audience without him.
With the video screen behind them featuring a floating galaxy of veggies, the women, dressed in a wild riot of colorful, mismatched tops and bottoms, wiggled, popped and locked across the stage as they sang the funky bilingual lyrics. “I serve looks like spaghetti/ I serve looks like bon appétit/ All my girls hot and ready/ Eat it up, eat it up,” they sang in unison as the chorus flashed in giant font behind them and the studio audience screamed every time they handed the vocal baton over to a bandmate.
LE SSERAFIM released their J-Hope collab last week, marking the BTS member’s first feature on a track by a K-pop girl group. They also just wrapped the North American leg of their EASY CRAZY HOT world tour, which kicked off in their native South Korea in April.
The women also hung around to play a game of “This or That” with JHud in which they answered a series of (not so) probing questions about their preferences. “I hope you guys know we want to learn as much as we can about you, right?” Hudson asked the super psyched audience before launching into the first softball query: sneakers or heels?
After conferring, the group all agreed on sneakers, also easily choosing late night over early mornings. But when she asked if they’re rather eat spaghetti with their hands or sip soup with a straw, the answer was, naturally, the very on-brand spaghetti. The questions were all pretty easy until Hudson asked them to choose one in a classic fantasy scenario: be invisible or be able to read minds?
“This is a tough one, huh?” Hudson said, as the women appeared to opt for invisibility, arguing “it’s better to not know anything.” And, even though its spooky season, asked to choose between a haunted house and a roller coaster, the group definitely opted for amusement park thrills over ghoulish chills.
Watch LE SSERAFIM perform “Spaghetti” and play “This or That” on the Jennifer Hudson Show below.
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The wins keep coming for RAYE. The singer shared that her stolen car has been recovered, with her songwriting books “untouched.”
In an Instagram post last fall, the south London-raised artist revealed that the vehicle containing the books had been stolen on her birthday, adding, “there would be no second album anytime soon.” She shared the news along with a picture of a cake with the words “sorry ur car got stolen” written on it.
At the time, RAYE (real name Rachel Keen) had been working on the follow-up to her multi-BRIT Award-winning debut, My 21st Century Blues, released in 2023. The incident led her to press pause on her recording plans.
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Speaking to Capital FM host Will Manning on Oct. 27, RAYE explained that the car has now been recovered. “So it was a rollercoaster journey,” she began. “But what I didn’t tell everyone is that the police called me, maybe like two, three months ago, and they were like, ‘We found your car.’
“Not only did I get it back, not one thing had been taken out of the car. All my songwriting books were there, untouched.” She continued, “Everything ended well. Never give up hope.”
Details for the 28-year-old’s second album, including a title and release date, have not yet been released, though it’s been confirmed it will drop sometime in 2026. Fans can pre-order the record, currently dubbed Album 2, via her official website.
RAYE released the first preview of material for Album 2 on Sept. 19. “Where Is My Husband!” is billed as the record’s lead single, and debuted during her performance with a brass band on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage earlier in the summer.
The track peaked at No. 3 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart and No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. To accompany its release, RAYE announced a tour titled This Tour May Contain New Music, which is scheduled to pass through the U.K., Europe and North America in early 2026.
The trek will encompass six nights at London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena. RAYE spoke about the residency to Billboard UK at the Ivors Academy Ceremony in September, saying that she “hadn’t quite digested” the achievement yet.
“That’s a big job — six nights? I’ve got to deliver,” she said at the time. “I remember when my tours used to be six nights long! But my mind is like, ‘We need to deliver the best show we can possibly deliver.’ My mind is worrying, but I’m really grateful.” Watch the interview clip below.
Billboard’s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, visit the event’s website.
Trending on Billboard Queen Latifah loves her some Megan Thee Stallion. The “U.N.I.T.Y.” rapper joined The Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday (Oct. 28), where she gushed about what Megan’s been able to accomplish and how Latifah ended up on stage alongside the Houston Hottie at Coachella earlier this year. “She’s so cool, she’s so fun, […]
Trending on Billboard Jung Kook’s new Calvin Klein campaign is so steamy, it could melt butter. The BTS star’s latest campaign with the fashion brand launched Tuesday (Oct. 28), complete with a series of eye-catching photos shared with Billboard as well as new ad spot. In the video, Jung Kook zips through city streets on […]
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As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are going to great lengths to avoid accountability. So much so that House Majority Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana is now attempting to lie to the public, claiming the Democratic Party is at fault in a press conference.
Johnson, flanked by other Republican members of the House of Representatives on Monday (Oct. 27), told reporters that the shutdown is the fault of Democrats despite President Donald Trump and Senate and House Republicans refusing to meet with them. “The Democrats are required to open the government,” Johnson began. “They keep saying Republicans are in charge of government. We aren’t. Not in the Senate. Sixty votes control the Senate. Not a bare majority. And so point number one, Democrat votes are required to open the government.”
The fact is, the Republicans control the White House, Senate and the House of Representatives. They also have the ability to bypass the filibuster, which is how they managed to install 48 nominees for the Trump administration, who were stalled by Democratic opposition, which was done in one simple majority vote in September.
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Johnson’s refusal to even meet for talks for a short-term government funding bill also means that he is not officially swearing in the newest member of the House, Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, after she won a special election. Her win brought the number of Democrats in the House to 214 – it also ensures the final signature on a petition to force the full release of government files on disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The House Majority Speaker is also eagerly doing the bidding of President Trump on the issue of the administration’s refusal to provide funding for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). “I got a summary of the whole legal analysis, and it certainly looks legitimate to me. The contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now,” he said in answer to a question on the issue.
Johnson’s move has reinforced ideas that he is subservient to President Trump, who has joked about it. “I’m the speaker and the president,” he recently said, according to sources who shared it with the New York Times. It has also shown some growing rifts in the GOP, with some vulnerable congresspeople like California Representative Kevin Kiley staging solo protests to get everyone back to work.
Bad Bunny attracted the ire of many once it was announced that the Puerto Rican superstar would be the featured performer at next year’s Super Bowl halftime set. Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation has helped put together the highly coveted performance slot, addressed the dustup around Bad Bunny in quick fashion.
TMZ reports that Jay-Z made a brief statement countering all the criticism regarding the decision to have Bad Bunny perform at Super Bowl LX. After the outlet asked Hov his thoughts on the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop and business icon initially didn’t want to have a conversation, but gave a quick soundbite.
“They love him, don’t let them fool you,” Jay-Z said regarding the singer and all the backlash Bad Bunny has received.
Jay-Z was clearly on the way to another destination, but graciously signed autographs while remaining tight-lipped about how Roc Nation and the NFL came to their decision.
The pushback against having Bad Bunny perform at Super Bowl LX has been high, with many decrying the fact that he’s a Spanish-speaking artist despite being an American citizen. Turning Point USA, the organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, is reportedly putting together a countering halftime show featuring artists that they feel line up with what the country wants.
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Trending on Billboard As a longtime ally for the LGBTQ+ community, Hilary Duff knows how important her new music is for her queer fan base. In an interview with Variety published on Monday (Oct. 27), Duff spoke about her upcoming return to music after the announcement that she had signed to Atlantic Records in September. […]
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Hampshire’s Boomtown Festival has unveiled its lineup for 2026’s event, featuring names from all across the musical spectrum.
Next year’s edition will take place at the Matterley Estate in the south of England on Aug. 12-16. Since its inception in 2009, the festival has annually built itself around an overarching “Chapter” that plays out via themed on-site installations, with next year’s theme being “Chapter 5: Radical Redesign.”
Kneecap, Scissor Sisters, Skrillex, Four Tet, Ashnikko, Faithless, Scooter and Shaggy lead the way among the first names announced for 2026, alongside ska icons Madness and rapper Eve.
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Joining them on the lineup will be Antony Szmierek, Bad Manners, Big Special, Brutalismus 3000, Groove Armada, High Vis, Princess Nokia, Sampa the Great, Shy FX, Skindred, Vengaboys, Wilkinson and more.
Public transport tickets go on sale via Boomtown’s official website on Oct. 30, with general entry tickets going live the following day. More announcements are set to be made about the lineup and across the festival’s theater and immersive art offerings.
Previous performers at the event have included Maribou State, Overmono, The Prodigy, Peaches, Gorillaz and Ezra Collective.
In a press release, Boomtown cofounder Luke Mitchell spoke about the festival’s pivot toward a genre-spanning bill, whereas in the past, it focused on largely booking drum n’ bass acts. “While bass music has dominated in recent years and will always be at our core, we’re making a conscious move to keep Boomtown musically diverse and unpredictable,” he said. “Expect more live bands and more cross-genre adventures. That’s where Boomtown began, and it’s what keeps us on the truest path forward”
Kneecap released its debut album, Fine Art, in 2024 via Heavenly Recordings, and has since gone on to play major festivals including Glastonbury and Coachella. On Sept. 18, the Irish rap trio headlined London’s Wembley Arena, where it was joined by Massive Attack.
Scissor Sisters, meanwhile, are in the midst of a comeback campaign that has seen the group hit up arenas in the U.K. and Ireland, as well as take a co-headline tour with Kesha across North America this past summer.
See the 2025 Boomtown lineup below:
Billboard’s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, visit the event’s website.
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Right before undergoing surgery, Tina Knowles got a live serenade from her two favorite singers: Beyoncé and Solange.
While speaking to People on Monday (Oct. 27) at the 27th Annual Angel Ball in New York City, the designer recalled the sweet way her two daughters cheered her up just before she had her procedure late last year to remove a tumor in her left breast. “Right before I was wheeled in to get the surgery, my girls sang a gospel song,” Knowles shared.
The mogul went on to reveal that the tune her two girls sang was called “Walk With Me,” which “I absolutely love,” Knowles said.
Bey and Solange also had their mom going into surgery in good spirits by showing her the highly quotable viral video of TikToker Jools Lebron reminding followers to always be “very demure, very mindful.”
“There was this woman who was saying, ‘You have to be demure,’ and they just kept saying this and showing me that video,” Knowles told the publication. “I went in there laughing and feeling so blessed — like everything was going to be OK. And it was. It so warms my heart.”
The Cécred cofounder has been open about her journey fighting cancer, both in interviews and in her April memoir, Matriarch. She’s also previously shared how present her daughters were throughout the process, writing in her book, “My girls became my team.”
“[Beyoncé] took it well, staying positive … I could already feel her mind racing, focusing on this as a task to tackle with precision,” Knowles also recalled in Matriarch of telling her daughters about her breast cancer diagnosis.
In an interview with People around the time the book came out, Knowles emphasized the importance of never skipping mammogram appointments. “You cannot play around with that,” she said. “I think as women, sometimes we get so busy, and we get so wrapped up and running around, but you must go get your test. Because if I had not gotten my test early, I mean, I shudder to think what could have happened to me.”
