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20 Sep 2023

Taylor Swift Welcomes Fall In a Houndstooth Coat: Shop Her Look & Similar Pieces

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Taylor Swift has officially deemed it fall in the trendiest way, and in what is arguably one of her best Swift outfits. On Monday, the Midnights singer met up with Barbie movie director Greta Gerwig as well as actresses Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz for a dinner that boasted stardom and style.

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Swift opted to wear a chic-yet-cozy houndstooth coat from Vince that’s also available on Amazon — and is still in stock! How did she style the look? She paired the staple piece with black knee-high Christian Louboutin boots and a black dress.

The “Cruel Summer” singer has been spotted in New York City debuting the most stylish outfits showing her ability to not only dominate the Billboard Hot 100, but our closets as well. This latest look is no exception and already has us pinning it to our Pinterest fall fashion mood boards.

It’s currently priced at a splurge-worthy $845, but if you’re balling on a budget don’t worry we found some wallet-friendly alternatives.

brown plaid wool coat on model wearing matching top and pants

Vince

Vince Houndstooth Long Classic Coat

$845

The Swift-approved long coat comes in an elegant houndstooth print that’s made from a recycled wool and polyester material for added warmth without sacrificing trendiness. The front comes with two on-seam hip pockets and should be dry cleaned only for the best care, according to the brand.

Keep reading to check out the similar styles we found.

brown and black long coat with notched collar

Abercrombie & Fitch

Wool-Blend Dad Coat

$220

Abercrombie wasn’t messing around with its Dad Coat as it features a more relaxed fit you can dress up or down. It’s made with a wool-blend material to help keep you warm as the temps cool down and features a back vent for added comfort.

brown, red and black trench coat over a white sweater

Amazon

Chouyatou Plaid Wool Blend Long Trench Coat

$65.99

Looking for something under $100? Amazon has a long trench coat that comes with a timeless plaid pattern and button front closure you can customize to your needs. If you’re a Prime member you can take advantage of Amazon’s one-day shipping, which gets you the coat faster without having to wait the standard seven day shipping timeline.

Not already a member? Take advantage of Amazon’s 30-day free trial and enjoy free one-day shipping as well as Prime Try Before You Buy, which allows you to try on eligible clothing for up to seven days before having to buy them.

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Amazon

Levi’s Relaxed Blazer Coat, Multi Houndstooth

$200.00

Levi’s is proving they’re not just stellar jean makers, but also know how to make luxurious outerwear too. Their Relaxed Blazer Coat comes with a more oversized fit designed with two front pockets decorated with flaps and a chic collar.

green and black houndstooth long coat with pockets

Madewell

The Carlton Coat in Houndstooth

$318

If you’re willing to splurge a little bit on a new coat, Madewell’s houndstooth version brings the timeless pattern in a green and black shade you can pair with jeans and a turtleneck or a comfy sweater dress. It’s completed with two front open pockets and notched lapels for added style.

model wearing light and dark brown plaid long jacket with black top

Amazon

Tanming Long Plaid Wool Blend Peacoat

$49.99

This long peacoat isn’t just under $50, but features a classic plaid pattern made from a soft wool blend material you won’t want to take off.

For more product recommendations, check out our roundups of the best parkas and puffers, affordable varsity jackets and denim dresses.

20 Sep 2023

Megan Thee Stallion Is ‘So Down’ to Release a Joint EP & Tour With Cardi B

When Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B hop on a track together, they make magic. The pair’s 2020 track “WAP” took the world by storm, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and their latest team-up “Bongos” is off to a top 20 start on this week’s chart.

So it’s no surprise that Thee Hot Girl Coach wouldn’t mind collaborating with Cardi, she revealed in a new interview with Complex.

“I literally think that’s the route that we’re going,” she said. “So I’ve done two songs for her. And now I feel like I’m in a space where I know exactly what songs I want her to do for me. So we’re really building a little EP already. We’re gonna have enough music that we need to go on tour together. Me and [Cardi] going out on together will be so amazing. We are already so cool. And I feel like we got similar fans. So if she wanted to do a little EP, I would definitely be so down to do that, but we are making enough music to already have that.”

In Megan’s recent interview with Billboard, she shared that Cardi is easy to work with because “she literally just let me do me. This is the second time she’s sent me a song, and I’ll be like, ‘Friend, can I do whatever I want to do on the beat? I’m finna put two verses on here, all right?’ She always let me do whatever I want to do creatively. I just appreciate that so much because sometimes people try to give you a direction and they want you to do what they want you to do.”

As for solo music from Megan, the Hotties need not worry about if her next album on the horizon. “It’s definitely coming very soon,” she promised.

“Bongos” arrived on Sept. 8, marking Megan’s first song to be released in 2023. The track debuts on the Sept. 23-dated Hot 100 at No. 14.

20 Sep 2023

Can Rod Wave Shore Up His Third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 This Week? 

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 Sept. 23), one of rap’s most self-contained stars aims for his third straight No. 1 on the Billboard 200 – though one of the summer’s biggest new releases still stands in his way.  

Rod Wave, Nostalgia (Alamo): Florida singer-rapper Rod Wave continues to quietly build his case as one of the most consistently successful artists in popular music. Without any major breakout Hot 100 hits – he’s reached the top 30 seven times to date, but still never the top 10 – Wave has nonetheless hit the Billboard 200’s top 10 with each of his five official sets so far, and topped the chart with his last two albums: 2021’s SoulFly and 2022’s Beautiful Mind.  

Two of those top 30 Billboard Hot 100 hits (the No. 16-peaking “Fight the Feeling” and the No. 26-debuting “Call Your Friends”) arrived in advance of his new LP, Nostalgia, which was released on Friday (Sept. 15). As has traditionally been the case with Wave’s albums, the 18-track Nostalgia is relatively short on big-name features – though he does get one major lift from guest rapper 21 Savage on “Turks & Caicos.”  

The album’s performance will rely solely on its digital performance, as it is not yet available for any kind of physical purchase. However, Wave has been regularly dominant on streaming since his breakthrough at the end of the 2010s, and Nostalgia appears to be no exception so far — five days after its release, the album still claims 15 of the top 18 spots on Apple Music’s real-time chart. It’ll need robust numbers to get by Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts in its second week, though: The 302,000 units that album debuts with on this week’s Billboard 200 was the year’s fourth-biggest total so far, and the set remains strong in streams and sales.  

Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans): Indie darling Mitski made a huge jump into the mainstream at the beginning of the decade, becoming a massive favorite on TikTok over the pandemic and cashing in on her newfound visibility with a top five Billboard 200 debut for her Laurel Hell album in early 2022. She looks to keep that momentum going with this month’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, which is available in four vinyl variants (as well as on cassette and CD), and which eschews the sparkling synth-pop of its predecessor’s singles for the dustier singer-songwriter balladry of some of its deeper cuts. It’s already paid off with one breakout hit: “My Love Mine All Mine” climbs to a new high of No. 50 on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA chart today.  

Dan + Shay, Bigger Houses (Warner Bros. Nashville): After nearly breaking up following their tour in support of 2021’s Good Things, the hitmaking country duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney make a big return this week with their Bigger Houses album. The set, released in five variants on vinyl and two on CD (with signed copies available in both formats), should sell well – but it might not be as big a performer on streaming as past sets, since none of the advance songs have really taken off there yet (“Save Me the Trouble” has been the highest Hot 100-charter so far, at a modest No. 84.). The duo has a streak to protect with Houses: Each of their four full-lengths to date have reached the Billboard 200’s top 10. 

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Diddy, The Love Album: Off the Grid (Love/Motown): Diddy’s long-awaited Love Album is his first solo release in 17 years, and his first major release of any kind since 2010’s cult classic Last Train to Paris set as part of Diddy – Dirty Money. The new album has no advance hits to support it, but it does have volume on its side: both with its length (23 tracks) and a robust guest list that includes such big-name guests as The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Justin Bieber, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, Swae Lee, Mary J. Blige, Summer Walker and Babyface.  

Sleepy Hallow, Boy Meets World (Winners Circle/RCA): Two years after hitting the Billboard 200’s top 20 with debut album Still Sleep?, New York rapper Sleepy Hallow returns with sophomore set Boy Meets World. The set includes a handful of the one-offs he’s released over those two years (like 2022 Hot 100 hit “Die Young”), as well as new collabs with hitmakers Fivio Foreign and Doechii – the latter on “Anxiety,” which has already found some early success on TikTok.  

Thirty Seconds to Mars, It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day (Concord): One of the biggest rock bands of the late ‘00s and early ‘10s, the Jared Leto-led 30STM scored their best Billboard 200 debut in 2018, with their America album. That set finally gets its follow-up this month with the more pop- and electronic-influenced It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day, with 13 separate vinyl variants available to attract the kind of sales that powered America’s debut. Beautiful Day won’t have the advantage its predecessor did of being able to count concert ticket/album sale redemption offers towards its final tally, though, with such bundles being removed from BB200 calculations in July 2020.  

20 Sep 2023

‘The View’ Co-Host Claims Taylor Swift Is ‘Doing More for the Economy’ Than Joe Biden & Whoopi Goldberg Has Thoughts

We’re still more than a year out from the 2024 U.S. presidential election, but one particularly unlikely name seems to have The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin’s vote.

During a heated Wednesday morning (Sept. 20) roundtable discussion about the imminent government shutdown, Griffin controversially claimed that Taylor Swift is doing more for the economy than President Joe Biden.

The remark came after co-host Joy Behar expressed her admiration for the breadth of Swift’s audience. “I want to give a shout-out to Taylor Swift, because Taylor Swift is really rallying the young people,” she said. “That girl appeals to I think 100 million people — that’s one-third of the United States population.”

Griffin then added, “[Taylor’s] doing more for the economy than Joe Biden’s agenda, but that’s neither here nor there.”

A visibly stunned Whoopi Goldberg clapped back with, “I’m sorry, untrue, but that’s OK.”

While Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour is poised for a potentially historic gross — and the tour’s impact on local economies has been well-documented — Goldberg took issue with the statement that she’s doing more for the overall U.S. economy than the president himself.

Swift has an easy enough time staying in the political conversation without Griffin’s help. On Tuesday — which was also National Voter Registration Day — Swift posted a message encouraging fans to harness the full extent of their political power. “I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year!” she said. “Register to vote in less than 2 minutes at vote.org/nvrd.” Earlier in the summer (Jul. 17), the “Anti-Hero” singer shared an Instagram Story reminding her Nashville fans to participate in early voting for their local elections.

Also on Wednesday, Swift announced the five new vault tracks slated to appear on 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which is set for an Oct. 27 release: “Is It Over Now?,” “Now That We Don’t Talk,” “Say Don’t Go,” “Suburban Legends” and “SLUT!”

20 Sep 2023

Here Are 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Mýa | Billboard

Mýa reveals five things you didn’t know about her to Billboard.

Mýa:
Hey, it’s Mýa! And here are five things you don’t know about me.

First job: First hustle — graffiti art.

Insomniac.

I do my makeup very well. I love doing makeup!

I did my hair today. Aren’t you proud of me?

The last thing you don’t know about me: I can throw down in the kitchen. My signature dish is vegan crab cakes. Yes.

And those are five things you didn’t know about me.

Watch the full video above!

20 Sep 2023

3 Stray Kids Members Involved in Minor Car Accident, Upcoming Concert Schedule Adjusted

Stray Kids‘ upcoming schedule has been modified after three members of the group were involved in a minor car accident.

JYP Entertainment revealed the news on Wednesday (Sept. 20) in a statement noting that on their way back home the night prior, Lee Know, Hyunjin and Seungmin were involved in a “minor car collision” and were taken to the hospital and “received a thorough medical examination.” Thankfully, according to a translation of the Korean statement, “none of the members and accompanying staff in the vehicle were seriously injured.

The note continues, “As they have sustained mild muscle pain and bruises, medical professionals have advised that they receive conservative treatment for the time being.”

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As a result of the incident, two of the group’s upcoming appearances have been canceled, including Milan Fashion Week and Seungmin’s Birthday YouTube Live. The band’s upcoming performance at Global Citizen Festival on Saturday (Sept. 23) will now feature Bang Chan, Changbin and HAN performing as 3RACHA.

See the full statement, as well as Global Citizen Festival’s announcement below.

20 Sep 2023

*NSYNC Tease the Aftermath of Their ‘Hot Ones’ Episode: ‘Tearin’ Up My Heartburn 2024 Tour’

*NSYNC are keeping things spicy as their buzzy reunion marches on, teasing their upcoming appearance Thursday on the YouTube series Hot Ones.

In a new clip, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone show the aftermath of eating unbearably hot chicken wings, resulting in them taking various antacids to keep the heat at bay. Timberlake gives the camera a deadpan expression while preparing to chug Pepto Bismol, while Bass and Chasez take turns sharing Tums tablets.

The spiciness of the wings brings Kirkpatrick to tears, which he dabs away with a red napkin. Fatone, perhaps the least fazed, quickly downs a tall glass of water. “Preheating,” Timberlake captioned the video, shared to his personal Instagram. (The “SexyBack” singer appeared on Hot Ones solo back in 2020.)

Bass kept it real in the comments section, writing: “Tearin’ Up My Heartburn 2024 tour: sponsored by Pepto, Tums and Milk.”

*NSYNC fans have a lot to be excited about in the coming weeks. After the group’s appearance at the 2023 MTV VMAs — which took place last week on Sept. 12 and saw the quintet present Taylor Swift the best pop award — rumors of a tour or new music together started to swirl. The music part is true: The boy band will drop the Trolls Band Together song “Better Place,” their first single since 2002, on Sept. 29. The single was announced in a new trailer for the movie that arrived the day after the VMAs. Timberlake voices Branch in the animated movie series.

*NSYNC’s Hot Ones episode will premiere on on Thursday (Sept. 21) at 11 a.m. ET. See the teaser video below.

20 Sep 2023

Polo G Surprised ‘Barely Holdin On’ Music Video Cast by Gifting Them $10,000 

Polo G is spreading the love.

The rapper gifted each cast member of his emotional “Barely Holdin’ On” music video with $10,000, according to People. “It was an emotional roller coaster for many,” said director Arrad in a press statement. “Nobody was expecting to get the cash at the end. It was a huge surprise and everyone was in complete denial!”

He added, “Polo was very generous and wanted to make sure he could thank each and every person — he expressed his gratitude multiple times and gave them all the cash at the end. It was extremely nice and heartwarming of him.”

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The poignant “Barely Holdin’ On” music video, released last month, features an array of real people opening up about struggles ranging from single parenthood and medical troubles to gun violence and addiction. “This life gets scary as it goes on / Burdens while we carry on / I ain’t perfect, spare me if I’m wrong / Hope my secrets get buried when I’m gone,” Polo G muses in the chorus.

The track peaked at No. 23 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. Watch the full “Barely Holdin’ On” music video below.



20 Sep 2023

Wisin On Meeting Yandel, Starting La Base Music Group Label | Growing Up

Wisin was interested in music at an early age. That early passion helped him achieve long-running success as part of the iconic reggaeton duo Wisin y Yandel. In our new episode of Growing Up, the superstar reflects on his almost three-decade career, his La Base Music Group record label and his upcoming album.

20 Sep 2023

BE:FIRST’s ‘Mainstream’ Bows at No. 1 on Japan Hot 100

BE:FIRST’s “Mainstream” debuts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Sept. 20, tracking the week ending Sept. 17.

The fourth single by the seven-member boy band sold 169,197 CDs in its first week, which is 12,890 more than their previous single “Smile Again” that launched with 156,307 copies. “Mainstream” hits No. 2 for physical sales, while being campaign-propelled to No. 1 for downloads (54,835 units), radio, and video views. The track also hits No. 5 for streaming with 7,550,928 weekly streams, also powered by a campaign offering stickers and other goodies to winners. The popular BMSG group is set to perform live for the first time on Music Station’s three-hour special next week (Sept. 29), and will be premiering the song’s performance on the long-running music program. 

YOASOBI’s “Idol” rises 4-2 on this week’s chart after being crowned the first No. 1 song on Billboard Japan’s inaugural Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan chart unveiled Sept. 14, which ranks popular Japanese songs outside of Japan. The record-breaking mega-hit that sat atop the Japan Hot 100 for 21 weeks returns to No. 1 for streaming with 10,676,391 streams, while coming in at No. 6 for downloads (6,411 units), No. 45 for radio, and No. 4 for video views.

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Ado’s “Show” jumps 8-3 after dropping digitally Sept. 6. While downloads slipped 2-3 with 11,222 units, streaming rose significantly from No. 15 to No. 3 with 8,691,618 streams. The latest track by the “New Genesis” singer is collecting points in a balanced way, coming in at No. 2 for video and No. 6 for radio.

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

See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Sept. 11 to 17, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.