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While Justin Bieber stays busy recording the long-awaited follow-up to his 2021 Justice album, his backing gorup, We the Band, dropped their debut single on Friday morning (June 13). The Earth, Wind & Fire-esque slow-burn R&B jam “One & Only” showcases the group’s smooth, soulful vocals and retro ’70s funk style. The slick accompanying performance […]
While Jonas Brothers fans await the release of the sibling band’s Greetings From Your Hometown studio album on Aug. 8, they can keep their summer cool with a live LP that dropped on Friday (June 13). Live From the O2 London is a 24-track collection recorded at the iconic London venue last year, featuring such […]
Toby Gad unveiled the music video for “Run (Piano Diaries),” his previously unreleased collaboration with the late Donna Summer, exclusively to Billboard on Friday (June 13).
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The Queen of Disco’s voice shines as she delivers the ballad’s powerful message, singing, “You can sit it out, wait until you see your chance/ Try your luck, you can dare to dance/ Dream away your life and never live your dream/ Or breathe every breath you get and run with it.”
Meanwhile, the music video features Gad accompanying Summer’s vocals on the piano as 13-year-old dancer London! performs an emotional lyrical routine over a montage of archival footage of the late “MacArthur Park” dance floor diva, who passed away in 2012 at the age of 63.
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Gad and Summer originally worked on the song for the disco legend’s final studio album, 2008’s Crayons, which also earned the pair a No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart with fourth single “Fame (The Game).”
Though “Run” ultimately didn’t make the cut for Crayons‘ final tracklist, Gad is now releasing the ballad as special part of his ongoing Piano Diaries project, reimagining some of the greatest hits in his catalog with new artists.
“Donna was funny, such a warm spirit — we instantly connected,” Gad tells Billboard. “I was a little nervous at first working with such an icon, but unlike Madonna, who enjoyed testing my character for several days before letting me into her world, Donna opened up to me immediately as I showed her my first ideas. She loved to crack jokes and had such an immediate sense of humor. She enjoyed big hugs and on the first day it felt like she had already decided that I was part of her family.”
The songwriter behind hits like John Legend’s “All of Me” and Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy” went on to recall, “Donna was not only an amazing singer who was totally in charge of her voice, much like Beyoncé when I worked with her, [she] was also a great songwriter, intuitively finding words that are honest, authentic and have emotion.”
Watch Gad’s emotional music video for “Run (Piano Diaries)” below.
Haim finally released the full tracklist for their upcoming album I Quit on Thursday night (June 12), slowly revealing the 15 song titles in videos on their Instagram stories become compiling the whole thing in a single post (see below). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news While […]
The controversial cover of Sabrina Carpenter‘s new album Man’s Best Friend has gotten people talking, including the women on The View.
On Thursday (June 12), the ladies shared their takes on whether the artwork — which features the pop star down on all fours, pawing at a man who holds a fistful of her hair — is subversively feminist or just plain sexist. For Alyssa Farah Griffin, it’s the former.
“Oh, boo-hoo,” she began of the criticism surrounding Carpenter’s visual. “If you listen to her music, she’s a feminist. It’s all about women’s empowerment. Her newest single, ‘Manchild,’ is literally just about men who are useless who refuse to grow up.
“It reminds me of Britney Spears in the ’90s … are we still doing that?” Griffin added.
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Sunny Hostin, on the other hand, isn’t convinced. “I’ll admit, I don’t know who she is,” she said of Carpenter. “I had never heard of her music. I don’t know anything about her, but I don’t know. I think imagery is important, and even if her lyrics are strong and she’s a feminist, I think about young girls seeing that who may not understand.”
The women’s conversation echoes a much broader discussion happening online about the Man’s Best Friend cover, which Carpenter unveiled Wednesday while announcing that the new LP would drop Aug. 29. The two-time Grammy winner has long had a reputation for being cheeky and a little risqué in her lyrics and performances, from her NSFW “Nonsense” outros to the striking of various sex positions while performing the explicit track “Juno” on her Short n’ Sweet Tour.
But while the Internet is torn over whether Carpenter’s submissive position on the Man’s Best Friend cover is funny or degrading, Whoopi Goldberg was more concerned with something else. “I would’ve bit him,” the actress said of the singer’s pose on The View. “If you’re down there, you bite.”
As for the Girl Meets World alum, Carpenter has her own thoughts on leaning into her sexuality through her pop persona. “It’s always so funny to me when people complain,” she told Rolling Stone in a recent cover story. “They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this.’ But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it.”
Watch the women of The View debate Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend cover below.
SABRINA CARPENTER ALBUM COVER SENDING WRONG MESSAGE? ‘The View’ co-hosts weigh in after some were unhappy with the pop star’s upcoming album cover for ‘Man’s Best Friend’ where she’s on all fours next to a man who has her by the hair. pic.twitter.com/ny4IvFGaKA— The View (@TheView) June 12, 2025
K-pop quintet LE SSERAFIM announced the dates for their first-ever North American tour on Thursday (June 12). The eight-date outing by KIM CHAEWON, SAKURA, HUH YUNJIN, KAZUHA, and HONG EUNCHAE as part of their Easy Crazy Hot world tour is slated to kick off on Sept. 3 with a show at Newark, N.J.’s Prudential Center and feature stops in Chicago, Grand Prairie, TX, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Las Vegas before winding down with a Sept. 23 show at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.
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Tickets for the North American shows will go on sale starting with the FEARNOT membership pre-sale, which kicks off on June 24 at 4 p.m. KST, followed by a general on-sale on June 25 at 4 p.m. KST; click here for full pre-sale information.
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The North American swing will be the capper to the group’s world tour in support of their 2024 EP trilogy, Easy, Crazy and Hot, all three of which debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart. According to a release, the run of shows that kicked off in March in South Korea, “weaves together the unique concepts and narratives from each album into one spectacular experience.”
During a string of shows in Japan, the group shared a loving message with their FEARNOT fan group, saying, “Let’s make this moment we share hot, fun, and unforgettable!” Before arriving in North America, LE SSERAFIM will wrap up shows in Japan before moving on to Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore.
Along with the new tour dates, the group is gearing up to release an English-language version of their first original Japanese single, “DIFFERENT” (English Ver.) on Friday (June 13). Check out a teaser of the song here.
Check out the dates for the 2025 LE SSERAFIM Easy Crazy Hot North American tour below.
Sept. 3: Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Sept. 5: Chicago, IL @ Wintrust Arena
Sept. 8: Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Center
Sept. 12: Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
Sept. 14: San Francisco, CA @ The Theater at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Sept. 17: Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Sept. 20: Las Vegas, NV @ Michelob ULTRA Arena
Sept. 23: Mexico City, MX @ Arena CDMX
It’s been a week of “Weird Al” on Billboard.com. Our recent cover star and indie spirit award recipient comes to us at a fascinating place in his career, where despite having recorded only sporadically over the past decade, he’s in many ways at a career peak — culturally ubiquitous, about to embark upon the biggest […]
Love is in the air, and wedding bells are in the future. Dua Lipa has revealed that she’s engaged to Callum Turner.
Engagement rumors began to heat up around Christmas time last year when the British pop star was seen sporting a dazzling rock around her finger, but Dua Lipa confirmed that the Fantastic Beasts actor put a ring on it in an interview with British Vogue published on Thursday (June 12).
“Yeah, we’re engaged. It’s very exciting,” Dua said. “This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don’t know, be best friends forever – it’s a really special feeling.”
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Turner got some help from the singer’s closest friends, as well as Dua’s sister, Rina, with designing the custom ring. “I’m obsessed with it,” Dua gushed about the diamond. “It’s so me. It’s nice to know the person that you’re going to spend the rest of your life with knows you very well.”
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For now, there’s no rush for wedding plans with the Grammy-winning star currently on a world tour and Turner shooting for a movie.
“I want to finish my tour, Callum’s shooting, so we’re just enjoying this period,” she explained. “I’ve never been someone who’s really thought about a wedding, or dreamt about what kind of bride I would be. All of a sudden, I’m like: ‘Oh, what would I wear?’”
Dua and Turner were first publicly linked in January 2024 when the couple was spotted together at an afterparty for the Masters of the Air premiere. The singer says they actually first met at The River Cafe in London after being introduced by the restaurant’s co-founder. Lipa explained that they had so many friends in common, and about a year later, they ran into one another at another restaurant, this time in Los Angeles.
By chance, they both had been reading the same book, Trust by Hernan Diaz, which made Dua feel they were “1,000 percent” destined to eventually be together.
Dua Lipa continues her Radical Optimism Tour with shows in Belgium before returning to London next week, when she’ll take over Wembley Stadium.
Just hours after BTS’ Jung Kook was officially discharged from his mandatory military service, a Chinese woman was taken into custody for allegedly attempting to break into the singer’s residence in Seoul. According to authorities at the Yongsan Police Station, the suspect — a Chinese national in her 30s — went to Jung Kook’s home […]
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