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One of the earliest known CDs of Taylor Swift‘s songs sold at auction over the weekend for $12,505. According to Goldin Auctions, the disc — which features a picture of a tween Swift on it as well as a phone number, email address and website for interested music executives — was burned by the now […]
Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Rauw Alejandro have been tapped to headline this fall’s 2024 Global Citizen Festival. On Tuesday morning (June 18), the world’s leading organization seeking to end extreme poverty announced the initial details for this year’s event, which will take place on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 28, with additional performers to be announced in the upcoming weeks.
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The concert will be hosted by Global Citizen Ambassador actor Hugh Jackman, with planned appearances from UN Messenger of Peace, Jane Goodall Institute founder and legendary primatologist Jane Goodall, as well as Global Citizen festival curator Coldplay singer Chris Martin.
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In a statement announcing the initial lineup for this year’s event, the organization noted, “the hunger crisis continues to grow, infectious diseases are still spreading, debt is on the rise, and last year was the hottest on record. Meanwhile, governments everywhere are reducing their contributions to foreign aid, with more than half of G7 countries having proposed cuts this year. Despite the emerging gap between what the world needs and what seems politically possible, the plight of the world’s most vulnerable communities is more urgent than ever. This is a critical year for the global community to support frontline organizations, invest in lifesaving solutions, and act today, to save tomorrow.”
“It’s been a few years since I was last on the Global Citizen Festival stage in Paris, and I’m excited to join forces with Global Citizen once again in Central Park this September to drive as much action as we can to make the world a better place,” said Doja Cat in a statement. “We all have a part we can play to help end extreme poverty and stand up for equity. I’m looking forward to being part of this major evening of positive change.”
As usual, tickets for the event are free and can be earned by taking action on the Global Citizen app or website, where fans can demand change from governments and private sector leaders. Among the calls to action this year are ones asking the G7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the U.K. and the U.S. — to increase their support for anti-poverty programs worldwide, as well as one calling for businesses, governments and philanthropic organizations to protect and restore the Amazon rainforest by investing $1 billion to help support indigenous communities while pledging to set timelines for phasing out coal, oil and gas to ensure a transition to green energy. The third action point is Global Citizen’s plea for world governments to commit at least $5 billion to equitable access to nutritious food, stronger health systems and quality education around the world.
Jackman added, “As a longtime supporter of Global Citizen and its mission, I am thrilled to be returning as host of the Global Citizen Festival this fall. For over a decade, Global Citizen has driven life-saving impact for nearly 1.3 billion people around the world, and we’ll gather once again on Sept. 28 to help end extreme poverty, defend the planet, and demand equity. I can’t wait to see you all on Central Park’s Great Lawn to collectively call for change on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable communities.”
Last year’s festival featured performances from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Conan Gray, Stray Kids and BTS’ Jung Kook, as well as Ms. Lauryn Hill, who staged a surprise Fugees reunion with former bandmates Wyclef Jean and Pras.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER are always innovative, and the group is entering the technological future once again by announcing their first-ever virtual reality concert. HYPERFOCUS : TOMORROW X TOGETHER VR CONCERT will take place throughout five different cities over the next few months (dates below) and will feature members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai delivering […]
06/17/2024
We’ve compiled a full timeline of Swift’s political evolution, from endorsing candidates and speaking out against injustices to encouraging her fans to vote.
06/17/2024
Charli XCX is a student of pop, as demonstrated on her acclaimed new album Brat. And in her expert opinion, only one pop singer rules them all — followed closely by Rihanna.
The “360” singer was asked to rank some of the world’s biggest pop stars in a TikTok video interview posted Monday (June 17). First, she chose Rihanna over Lady Gaga — and her answer didn’t change throughout most of the hilarious clip, even against Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Lorde, Phoebe Bridgers, Troye Sivan, Lily Allen, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles and Camila Cabello.
“I’m so scared for this whole thing,” Charli confessed at the beginning, laughing.
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Some of the other stars named by the interviewer did earn special consideration, even if Charli didn’t say they measured up to the Fenty Mogul. Of Sabrina Carpenter, she said, “I really do love ‘Espresso,’” and Chappell Roan is “obviously God tier” in Charli’s eyes.
“I do really love Doja Cat’s record, and I love her whole, like, what she’s doing,” Charli added when the rapper’s name was thrown into the mix. “But it’s still Rihanna.”
Rih even came out on top when Charli was asked about The 1975, the drummer of which, George Daniel, is the “Boom Clap” artist’s fiancé. “I’m the biggest Rihanna stan ever,” she concluded, laughing.
It was only when the interviewer asked Charli to choose between Rihanna and Sky Ferreira that the former’s answer finally changed. “It’s really tough,” she said, ultimately choosing Ferreira. “That didn’t come lightly. I really love Sky. She’s one of a kind.”
The interview, of course, was all in good fun, with Charli actually touching on the pressures of being compared to other female artists on her Brat track “Girl, So Confusing.” “In the music industry, it was distilled into this idea that if you support women, and you like other women, then you’re a good feminist,” she told The Guardian of the song earlier this month. “The reverse of that is, if you don’t like all other women who exist and breathe on this Earth then you’re a bad feminist … That’s just such an unrealistic expectation of women.”
Watch Charli demonstrate her almost-unstoppable love for Rihanna below.
It’s been six months since RM enlisted in his mandatory South Korean military service, and the BTS superstar took to social media network Weverse on Saturday (June 15) to reflect on the process thus far.
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“It was [BTS’] 11th anniversary not long ago, but I couldn’t leave even a short post because I was busy,” he wrote in the post, which was shared in Korean. “‘Comeback To Me’ came out a month ago, and RPWP came out three weeks ago. Last April, I postponed my plan to enlist with [J-Hope] and ended up joining hands with my younger siblings. I think I spent the last 23 years just drinking and working. I’m jealous of my friend’s sergeant’s badge… but I have no regrets. (lol).”
He continued, “This is my first work where I haven’t been able to share my thoughts in person. There’s a lot I want to say, but it’s all written in the album… This is just an album in which I struggled to be honest with myself. I hope you read it over and over again for a long time.”
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He also reflected on his fellow BTS member Jin, who completed his service last week and marked the occasion by reuniting with his bandmates, who were all given leave to celebrate. In the sweet moment, accepted a bouquet of flowers and laughed as RM greeted him with a performance of the their Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Dynamite” on saxophone at the military base in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi province. “I brought a saxophone to play for fun, but in reality, I had mixed feelings,” he wrote. “I wonder if it would have been very lonely and difficult to go first.. what would it have been like? One year and six months is fair to everyone here.”
The global superstars are expected to officially reunite in June 2025 after all members are released from service. “Jin always used to talk about it. I miss the members so much,” RM wrote. “I bet you do too. Now that I am scattered and living somewhere in Gangwon-do, I understand deeply. When we actually talked face to face, I realized again the things that never change, the place I had to return to, and what kind of person I was… It was a meaningful and precious time for all of us.”
He concluded by noting that he’s “looking forward to next summer” writing, “I just realized that many people still haven’t forgotten us and are waiting for us and loving us. Overflowing love. As always, I will just think of the members and spend each day well.”
See his full post here.
06/17/2024
Our favorite LPs from a year that’s wasted no time getting busy with the big releases.
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Katie Atkinson, Katie Bain, Dave Brooks, Eric Renner Brown, Hannah Dailey, Stephen Daw, Kyle Denis, Angel Diaz, Frank DiGiacomo, Thom Duffy, Griselda Flores, Josh Glicksman, Elias Leight, Joe Lynch, Heran Mamo, Taylor Mims, Jessica Nicholson, Danielle Pascual, Isabela Raygoza, Kristin Robinson, Jessica Roiz, Dan Rys, Michael Saponara, Damien Scott, Andrew Unterberger, Christine Werthman
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Normani is getting a ton of love from her former Fifth Harmony bandmates. After years of teasing that her debut record was on its way, Normani’s Dopamine finally arrived on June 14 — complete with collaborations from Gunna, Cardi B, James Blake and more. The star shared a celebratory post on Instagram, writing in the caption, “Thank you […]
Earlier this year, Sabrina Carpenter partnered with SKIMS for a sultry campaign that many fans — including the singer’s boyfriend, Barry Keoghan — went wild for. Others, however, weren’t so happy with her choice to partner with a brand founded by Kim Kardashian, given the reality star’s famous feud with Taylor Swift.
But in a new interview with Rolling Stone published Monday (June 17), Carpenter gave assurances that the superstar — with whom she became close while opening for Swift’s Eras Tour in the spring — was totally fine with the arrangement. “As much as people want to believe you’re tuned into every little thing, I’m not because I’m constantly working,” the “Espresso” singer said.
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“In that scenario, I’ve been very, very communicative with her about that situation, and I just love her so much and support her till the end,” she continued. “So it was no weirdness for me, but I know people will just say things because that’s all they have time to do.”
Carpenter also made sure to sing Swift’s praises in the interview. “I could never compare my life, my career, my trajectory to anything close to what she’s done,” Carpenter noted.
“She always puts out music at a time where I didn’t realize I needed those songs,” she added of The Tortured Poets Department. “We’re very, very verbal with each other about our mutual love and admiration. … She played me ‘But Daddy I Love Him’ before it came out, and that’s also one of my favorites.”
Though it seems Swift gave her blessing to Carpenter’s SKIMS campaign, the “Anti-Hero” singer has been very clear about where she personally stands with Kardashian. In her December TIME Person of the Year interview, she even called out the shapewear mogul by name, noting that 2016’s “Famous” debacle with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) “took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before.”
“You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar,” she added at the time.
In April, Swift also appeared to call out Kardashian again by capitalizing the letters K, I and M in the title of her The Tortured Poets Department track “thanK you aIMee.” On the song, the 14-time Grammy winner compares her subject to a high-school bully and sings, “I can’t forgive the way you made me feel … But I can’t forget the way you made me heal.”
Miley Cyrus has a legendary history on Billboard‘s charts under her own name, but she’s also charted with two of her fictional characters.
Her classic Hannah Montana character charted 20 songs on the Hot 100 in 2006-10, including the No. 10-peaking “He Could Be the One” in 2009.
Hannah Montana also charted eight albums on the Billboard 200 (some were billed to Hannah Montana, while others are billed as a soundtrack or to Cyrus herself), including three No. 1s: Hannah Montana in 2006, Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus in 2007, and Hannah Montana: The Movie in 2009.
Hannah Montana aired four seasons on Disney Channel from 2006-2011. The character also starred in the films Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), and the TV film Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana (2009). She also starred in multiple video games.
In the Hannah Montana universe, Hannah Montana is the musical alter ego of Miley Stewart, a middle schooler who has a secret identity as a pop star. Cyrus’ real dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, also played her TV father, as Robby Ray Stewart.
Over a decade later, in 2019, Cyrus charted with her Ashley O character from Black Mirror. Ashley O appears in the third and final episode from the show’s fifth season, “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too.” The episode follows Ashley O, a pop singer, whose career is stifled by her controlling aunt and cousins. Ashley O performs her song “On A Roll,” an adaptation of Nine Inch Nails’ 1989 song “Head Like A Hole,” in the episode, which later reached Billboard‘s charts.
“On A Roll” peaked at No. 3 on Dance Club Songs and No. 39 on the Digital Song Sales chart.
After launching her solo career, Cyrus charted 40 additional songs under her own name (as of June 2024), including the No. 1s “Wrecking Ball” and “Flowers.”