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22 Mar 2024

Ricky Martin Reflects on Giving Channing Tatum His Big Break in the ‘She Bangs’ Music Video

Where would Channing Tatum be without Ricky Martin? Luckily for fans of Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street and She’s the Man, the world will never know.

The actor got his start in the Latin pop star’s iconic “She Bangs” music video back in 2000, playing a bar tender serving a group of rowdy partygoers, including Martin. Nearly a quarter-century later, the singer opened up about his chance collaboration with Tatum in an interview on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen alongside his Palm Royale costar Kristen Wiig on Thursday (March 21).

“I think he said thank you for the first opportunity,” Martin began. “Super cool.”

“In Miami, I just told the people from the production of the video to go out scouting and invite everybody to the Bahamas,” he continued. “And that’s what happened, and there he was.”

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Tatum shouted out the project in a 2022 Wired video with Sandra Bullock, with whom he starred in The Lost City. “My very first job ever was a Ricky Martin video,” he revealed, to which Bullock admitted she was “fangirling.”

“I was a bartender with face paint and a mohawk,” he added at the time. “It was fun, it was great.”

Released in 2000 on Martin’s Sound Loaded album, “She Bangs” peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, a little over a year after the Puerto Rican superstar ruled atop the chart for five weeks with “Livin’ La Vida Loca.” The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Watch Martin open up about working with Tatum above.

22 Mar 2024

Olivia Rodrigo Says She’s ‘So Proud’ of ‘Guts’ Deluxe Tracks & Reveals Her Favorite

Olivia Rodrigo‘s Guts got a second wind Friday (March 22) with the release of her sophomore album’s deluxe edition featuring five additional tracks: “Obsessed,” “Stranger,” “Girl I’ve Always Been,” “Scared of My Guitar” and “So American.”

And though she says she’s “so proud” of all the new tunes, she did reveal on Instagram that one of them is definitely her favorite.

“GUTS (spilled) is out!!!!!” the pop star wrote, sharing photos from the “Obsessed” music video, which dropped just a few hours ahead of the deluxe album. “I made obsessed with @dan_nigro and @st_vincent almost 3 years ago (?) and I’m so stoked it’s finally out in the world. it’s always been one of my favorites and it’s been so fun to play live every night on tour.”

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“I’m so proud of the songs stranger, girl I’ve always been, and scared of my guitar as well and especialllyyy excited about so american,” she added. “hope you guys dig!!!!!! the GUTS have been spilled!!!!”

The “Drivers License” singer also posted a screenshot of “So American” on her Story and confirmed, “this one is my fav,” adding three winking emojis.

Why the winks? Fans have already come to the conclusion that “So American” is a love song about Rodrigo’s rumored boyfriend, English actor Louis Partridge. “I’d go anywhere he goes/ And he says I’m so American,” she sings on the track. “Oh God, I’m gonna marry him/ If he keeps this s–t up/ I might just be in love.”

The Grammy winner first confirmed that the Guts deluxe edition was coming at her Chicago Guts World Tour show, where she held up a piece of paper bearing the news during “Get Him Back!” Her backup dancers also held up signs displaying the titles on the extended tracklist.

Released in September, the original Guts set features 12 tracks, including the Billboard Hot 100-topping “Vampire.” The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

See Olivia Rodrigo’s post about Guts‘ deluxe edition below:

22 Mar 2024

Paul Rudd Doesn’t Just Take His Daughter to Taylor Swift Shows, He’s Also a Hard-Core Swiftie: ‘I Think She’s Great’

Paul Rudd has proudly talked about being a good dad and taking his teenage daughter Darby to see Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour last summer. During an interview with MTV this week to promote his starring role in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Rudd was asked if he was a true Swiftie, or just a Swiftie “by proxy” due to his unabashed love for Taylor’s favorite NFL team — as well as his own — the Kansas City Chiefs.

“No, I think she’s really very good. I think she’s great,” said Rudd, one of many celebs who has pulled up to stadiums to check out the Eras spectacle. When the question came up about whether Rudd joins in on the mass sing-alongs that are the staple of any Swift show, he said, well yeah, of course. “Yeah. I am [singing along] on a lot of those,” he said. Which songs does he like singing to the most? “Mastermind” from Midnights, as well as “Cruel Summer,” he added, “like everyone else.”

The list kept going, with Rudd shouting out 2019’s Lover track “The Archer,” as well as “August” from the pandemic Folklore album. “I’m just going through the A’s now,” Rudd joked.

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While Rudd is on happily on the Taylor train, during a visit to The Late Show last week, host Stephen Colbert one-upped him on Swiftian allegiance. Remembering the time he took his daughter Madeline — 14 at the time — to the Grammys in 2008, Colbert said, “Taylor was so nice to her that, to this day, I would murder for her if she wanted me too… “I’m like, ‘Whatever you want, my queen. I will murder for you.’”

Though Rudd didn’t profess to being murderously loyal, he told Colbert that the fact that Swift is dating KC tight end Travis Kelce and putting the world’s attention on his lifelong favorite NFL team is definitely a bonus. “This whole thing is very exciting,” Rudd said. “I see those stories about the dads and their daughters, and their interests in watching the games together. I get all choked up watching it.”

Watch Rudd’s Taylor talk (beginning at 11:52 mark) below.

22 Mar 2024

Friday Music Guide: New Music From Future & Metro Boomin, Shakira, Olivia Rodrigo and More

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. 

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This week, Future and Metro Boomin make magic together, Shakira is still on fire, and Olivia Rodrigo has a few more bangers for the faithful fans. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Future & Metro Boomin, We Don’t Trust You 



Allow the early headlines about We Don’t Trust You, the new collaborative album from Future and Metro Boomin, to focus on Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on “Like That,” which features some house-torching bars and some thinly veiled shots aimed at the J. Cole-Drake partnership. That’s understandable, and deserved. Yet don’t overlook the fact that We Don’t Trust You features Future’s most complete end-to-end performance on a project in a half-decade: with Metro’s all-star run of cinematic beats stretching longer, Future sounds reinvigorated, lurking underneath heavy bass at moments and pouncing on his doubters over widescreen drums.

Shakira, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran 



Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran marked one of Shakira’s most successful eras even before its release, thanks to a bevy of hit singles, from the Internet-smashing “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” to the blockbuster Karol G collaboration “TQG,” both of which returned the icon to the top 10 of the Hot 100. The album is divided into two halves — the first is fully new material, the second is the slew of recent releases — but that opening eight-song run includes plenty of exciting new tunes, including “Puntería,” a Cardi B team-up in which Shakira locks in on the production shimmer and scoops up another undeniable melody.

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Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS (spilled) 



Olivia Rodrigo has already scored major hits, competed at the Grammys and kicked off an arena tour in support of sophomore album GUTS, limiting the incentive to unveil more new songs as part of a deluxe edition of the album — but the five new tracks comprising the GUTS (spilled) release are a hearty thank-you to her many fans, and include plenty of moments worthy of her top-notch second LP. “So American” is a jittery rock jam that builds upon the guitar alchemy of “Bad Idea Right?,” while “Obsessed” features a Rodrigo vocal take dripping with attitude, and deserves to be another radio staple.

Tyla, Tyla 



Tyla’s smash hit “Water” was another commercial win for the Afrobeats and amapiano sounds that have helped define global pop this decade, but Tyla represents something even more meaningful — a front-to-back excellent full-length that should immediately rank among the strongest crossover bids that those coalescing movements have ever produced. The South African star knows exactly how to blend American pop and R&B into amapiano, resulting in breathtaking tracks like “Truth or Dare” and “ART” that sound unique to Tyla’s skill set while also bridging continents and generations.

Pearl Jam, “Running” 



Listen to the way Eddie Vedder absolutely howls in the final 25 seconds of “Running” — his voice quivering with emotion, his words possessed with repetition, until he (and the song) seemingly collapse. Urgent moments like that have defined Pearl Jam’s towering discography, and showcase that Vedder and co. are still going strong all these years later: “Running,” which previews next month’s Dark Matter, is a mangy rocker with a galloping pace, like a more menacing version of “The Fixer” with a bigger payoff.

Editor’s Pick: Matt Champion, Mika’s Laundry 



Brockhampton has produced a fair amount of notable solo releases since the groundbreaking rap collective splintered, but Mika’s Laundry, the debut full-length from Matt Champion, sounds less like an offshoot than its own galaxy, an expansive look at the talented multi-hyphenate’s prodding worldview. Champion croaks out hooks at some points, and lets his voice soar at others; he mumbles rhetorical questions over collapsing production, then speeds up into pop warmth (like on the JENNIE collaboration “Slow Motion). Whatever he’s up to, Mika’s Laundry depicts an artist working through a mountain of ideas in provocative, engrossing fashion.

22 Mar 2024

Rhiannon Giddens Slams ‘Problematic’ Backlash to Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’: ‘That’s Just Racism’

Beyoncé‘s forthcoming Cowboy Carter LP is already much talked about — and it’s not even out yet. Slated to hit digital streaming platforms at midnight on March 29, the superstar’s new set marks the culmination of her foray into country music. Ahead of the album’s release, “Texas Hold ‘Em” banjo player Rhiannon Giddens joined IMPACT x Nightline to talk about racism in country music, pop crossovers in the genre and the backlash against Cowboy Carter in the episode airing March 28, and Billboard has an exclusive sneak peek.

Giddens — a singer and scholar who has dedicated her life to extolling the Black history of the banjo and country music — believes Cowboy Carter is a massive step toward genuine mainstream recognition of the genre’s roots.

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“It’s been really interesting,” Giddens tells IMPACT x Nightline‘s Janai Norman of the resounding success of catchy country-pop track “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which Beyonce dropped during the 2024 Super Bowl alongside the rousing, reflective ballad “16 Carriages.” “I have been on … a slight roller-coaster ride of … exposure of my music, TikToks being danced to my banjo sound– that’s been really, really, really amazing. It feels like a real pure moment of discovery.”

“Texas” has experienced notable commercial success: It not only topped the Billboard Hot 100, but has appeared on nine different Billboard airplay charts and earned Beyoncé the distinction of being the first Black woman to top Hot Country Songs and the first Black woman to summit the Hot 100 with a country song. Despite that, the superstar faced considerable backlash for her hard pivot into country music. One Oklahoma radio station initially refused to play “Texas” (it later reversed its decision), and, upon revealing the Cowboy Carter album cover, Beyoncé was immediately embroiled in discourse surrounding the intricacies of the dynamic between Black Southern identities and Americana imagery.

In Giddens’ conversation with IMPACT x Nightline, the musician — who is a time-time Grammy winner — stresses that Cowboy Carter is more about Beyoncé exploring her family’s roots than crossing over for the sake of crossing over. “People can do what they wanna do,” she points out. “They wanna make a country record? Make a country record. Nobody’s askin’ Lana Del Rey, ‘What right do you have to make a country record?’ You know what I’m sayin’? Everybody has the opportunity to explore their roots, to go back there, like, ‘This is my life too. I wanna … I wanna do this.’”

“The ‘Stay in your lane,’ the, ‘Well, that’s not real country,’ that’s just racism,” argues Giddens. “People don’t wanna say it’s because she Black. You know? But they use these … these coded terms, you know? And that’s problematic.”

The March 28 episode of Impact x Nightline will examine Beyoncé’s Hoston roots, and features interviews with Giddens and fellow Houstonian and previous collaborator Bun B. The show will also hear from rising Black country artists within the Nashville machine, such as Adell, for their thoughts and enthusiasm on Beyoncé’s impact on contemporary country music.

Watch Billboard’s exclusive clip of the Cowboy Carter-centric IMPACT x Nightline episode above. Stream the full episode when it arrives on Hulu March 28.

22 Mar 2024

The Veronicas Crank the Temperature on ‘Gothic Summer’: Stream It Now

Pour out a cold one, turn up the air-con: The Veronicas’ Gothic Summer has arrived.

Spanning eight sweaty, high-energy pop-punk and party tunes, Gothic Summer is the Australian duo’s first international album release in ten years and the first through John Feldmann’s Big Noise Music Group.

Feldmann, singer and guitarist with Goldfinger, produced the new collection for which the Aussie act recruited a list of top-flight collaborators including Travis Barker, Sierra Deaton, Ryan Linville (Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan), Zhone (Troye Sivan, Kim Petras) and Chris Collins (Royel Otis, Matt Corby).

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“This time feels like a celebration of music, perspective and life,” the Veronicas tell Billboard via email. “Creating ‘Gothic Summer’ was an unexpected creative journey, and we can’t wait to bring the tour to the U.S.A. and reconnect with so many of our international fans.”

The Brisbane-raised act, identical twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, cracked the ARIA top 10 with each of their previous five studio albums (their self-titled third studio album from 2014 is the last to get a full-scale international release).

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The Veronicas have led the Australian singles chart several times, including 2007’s “Hook Me Up,” 2014’s “You Ruin Me,” and 2016’s “In My Blood.”

With 2007’s “Untouched” (via EngineRoom/Sire), the Veronicas enjoyed a U.S hit when it cruised into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.

In support of the new release, the Veronicas will embark on a 22-date U.S. headline tour from April 3 to May 5. The Gothic Summer trek will stop in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and more, marking the group’s return to U.S. stages after almost a decade.

Gothic Summer houses the previously-released album opener “Perfect” and the neo-disco belter “Here to Dance.”

Stream it in full and check out the U.S. tour dates below.

The Veronicas ‘Gothic Summer’ Headline Tour:
April 3 — The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
April 5 — The Showbox, Seattle, WA
April 6 — Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR
April 9 — The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
April 10 — Summit, Denver, CO
April 12 — Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
April 13 — The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
April 14 — House of Blues, Chicago, IL
April 16 — St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
April 17 — Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
April 19 — Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
April 20 — The Fillmore, Washington, D.C.
April 21 — Royale, Boston, MA
April 22 — Irving Plaza, New York, NY
April 24 — The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
April 26 — Revolution Live, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
April 27 — House of Blues, Orlando, FL
April 28 — The Ritz Ybor, Tampa, FL
April 30 — The Echo, Dallas, TX
May 1s — White Oak, Houston, TX
May 4 — House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
May 5 — The Fonda, Los Angeles, CA

22 Mar 2024

Tyla Drops Self-Titled Debut Album: Stream It Now

Tyla finally delivered her self-titled debut studio album Friday (March 22) via FAX and Epic Records.

The 14-track project includes her breakout hit “Water,” its Travis Scott remix that just got a music video, and more collaborations with fellow South African DJ/producer Kelvin Momo (“Intro”), Tems (“No. 1”), Gunna and Skillibeng (“Jump”) and Becky G (“On My Body”). Tyla also features previously released tracks “Truth or Dare,” “On and On” and “Butterflies” — which had been bundled as a Tyla EP at the end of 2023 — as well as her 2022 single “To Last.” She also gave BLACKPINK‘s Lisa the “first listen” of the 10th track, “A.R.T.”

Tyla’s lead single “Water” reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the inaugural Grammy award for best African music performance this year. The singer was also featured on Billboard‘s 2024 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists to Watch list.

The 22-year-old South African popiano singer had been gearing up to take her eponymous debut album all over the world with her first headlining tour starting March 21, but she had to push back those dates and cancel her Coachella performance because of “an injury that has tragically worsened.”

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“I am absolutely heartbroken to have to say this but as of right now I won’t be able to proceed with the tour,” she wrote in an Instagram letter earlier this month addressed to her fanbase, the Tygers. “In consulting with medical professionals it’s become increasingly clear that continuing any festival or tour dates would jeopardize my long-term health and safety.”

Stream Tyla below.

21 Mar 2024

Olivia Rodrigo Is Little Miss ‘Obsessed’ in New Music Video Ahead of ‘Guts’ Deluxe: Watch

If there was a contest for girls obsessed with their exes, Olivia Rodrigo would be a shoo-in for the crown. The 21-year-old pop star unveiled the music video for her new single “Obsessed” Thursday night (March 21) — just hours ahead of her Guts deluxe release — featuring the singer as the black sheep in a herd of picture-perfect pageant queens.

In the visual, Rodrigo rocks a black dress, jagged bangs and deep red lipstick, sticking out in a group of debutantes sporting delicate white gowns. While she wears a sash that reads “Miss Right Now,” the other girls boast the titles “Miss Thought She Was the One,” “Miss Also Thought She Was the One,” “Miss 2 Summers Ago” and more.

“I’m so obsessed with your ex/ I know she’s been asleep on my side of your bed,” the former Disney star belts on the punk rock-infused track. “I’m starin’ at her like I wanna get hurt/ And I remember
Every detail you have ever told me, so be careful, baby.”

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“Obsessed” will appear on Rodrigo’s upcoming set of Guts deluxe tracks, which arrives at midnight Friday (March 22), as will three other “secret” tracks that appeared on a variety of the musician’s vinyl releases — “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger” and “Girl I’ve Always Been.” The expanded version will also feature a new song, “So American,” recorded after Rodrigo’s Billboard 200-topping sophomore album dropped in September last year.

The Grammy winner first confirmed that the Guts deluxe edition was coming at her Chicago Guts World Tour show, where she held up a piece of paper bearing the news during “Get Him Back!” Her backup dancers also held up signs displaying the titles on the extended tracklist.

Watch the “Obsessed” music video below.

21 Mar 2024

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Guts’ Are Fully ‘Spilled’ With Deluxe Album: Stream It Now

Olivia Rodrigo’s deluxe edition of her sophomore album Guts arrived on Friday (March 22), and we’re obsessed.

The 21-year-old, Grammy-winning star announced the news of Guts (Spilled) during the first night of her two-show stand at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday night (March 19), surprising the crowd by unfolding a sign that read “Guts Deluxe Out Friday.”

The expanded version of the 2023 collection features five more songs, including a new one, “So American,” which was recorded after the original album dropped last year. The other four songs on the expanded version were the “secret” tracks that appeared on a variety of GUTS vinyl releases: “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger” and “Girl I’ve Always Been.”

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Rodrigo’s Guts, the follow-up to her 2021 debut album Sour, was released in September 2023 and featured her Hot 100 chart-topping lead single, “Vampire.” The album also topped the Billboard 200 albums chart dated September 23, 2023.

“The experience tested my confidence and patience. It taught me some important lessons about songwriting in terms of focusing on your craft rather than just waiting for inspiration to strike,” she told Variety magazine of writing the album. “You can never sit down at the piano and try to write something that everyone will like; that always results in a really bad song. It taught me that I write songs that I want to hear.”

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In February, she kicked off her global Guts World Tour, which will find her making stops across North America and Europe for the next five months before she closes out with four shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Listen to Guts (Spilled) in full below.

21 Mar 2024

Lady Gaga Is Teasing That She’s Working on New Music

Lady Gaga‘s new musical era is seemingly on the way.

The superstar took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday (March 21) to share a photo of audio waves on a screen, implying that she’s recording new music. However, Gaga has yet to confirm any more information about an album or release date.

Fans have been hoping for new music since Gaga’s last album, 2020’s Chromatica, but the 13-time Grammy winner has been spending the past three years on plenty of other projects that she’s been passionate about. Gaga’s recently relaunched Haus Labs makeup brand has been viral all over TikTok, continually coming out with inventive new products, from foundations and illuminating blushes to colorful lip crayons, glosses and everything in between.

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In June, the superstar teased that she’s working hard on numerous artistic projects, including an edit for a movie based on her 2022 headlining concert tour. “I prepared for months developing my character for Joker, I filmed [Joker: Folie à Deux] for many months (a very introspective time),” Gaga wrote in a lengthy message. “I have been running my start-up Haus Labs, doing philanthropic work, and additionally have been working on The Chromatica Ball film edit.”

Earlier this week, the singer announced that she will be back on the stage at the Dolby Live theater at Park MGM for eight shows between June 19 and July 6. Her most recent Jazz & Piano show was in October and since then she has performed a private show at the Fontainebleau in Vegas last month, as well as a Fortnite: Battle Royale gig during the 2024 Fortnite Festival on Feb. 22.

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