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13 Sep 2023

Taylor Swift Reveals Exclusive Bonus Track on Tangerine ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Vinyl

Taylor Swift is continuing the rollout for 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which is set to release on Oct. 27, and the star announced on Wednesday (Sept. 13) that an exclusive bonus track will be available on the tangerine edition of the vinyl.

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The vinyl and three Deluxe Poster Edition CDs with unique photos inside will be available for purchase only at Target and is available to pre-order here.

The announcement of the Tangerine Edition vinyl comes just a few weeks following a string of other non-Target exclusive vinyl announcements, including aquamarine green and yellow “Sunrise Boulevard” versions.

Swift announced 1989 (Taylor’s Version) during her last show at Los Angeles SoFi Stadium on August 9. The album was originally released in 2014 and topped the Billboard 200 albums chart for 11 weeks.

1989 (Taylor’s Version) will be Swift’s fourth “Version,” since announcing her re-recording project in 2019. The previous three all logged time at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) with two weeks in 2021, Red (Taylor’s Version) with one week in 2021, and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) with two weeks in 2023.

In other Taylor news, the star won a whopping nine awards at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night (Sept. 12), bringing her career total to 23, second only to Beyoncé (30 wins) on the all-time VMAs leaderboard.

13 Sep 2023

Your Wildest Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ Movie Dreams Came True: Cinemark Offering Private Swiftie Party Theater Rentals

Cinemark just seriously upped the game for the upcoming roll-out of the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert doc. The chain announced on Wednesday (Sept. 13) that it is offering Swifties an exclusive audience with the superstar in the form of Private Swiftie Parties.

Swifties can reserve an entire auditorium for themselves and their friends at Cinemark theaters across the U.S. for up to 40 people for $795 (plus taxes and fees, where applicable, or around $19.89 per person).

“We are excited to offer fans the ultimate Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film VIP experience in their own private Cinemark auditorium,” said Cinemark chief marketing/content officer Wanda Gierhart Fearing in a statement. “We are wonderstruck by this event’s sensational ticket sales and are thrilled to add a new era to our fan-favorite Private Watch Parties with our Private Swiftie Parties. Our larger-than-life screens and captivating surround sound deliver a most enchanting environment to sing and dance along with friends and family to the concert of the decade.” 

The movie hits screens on Oct. 13 and Cinemark is offering the opportunity to reserve a private auditorium beginning on Oct. 19, with fans encouraged to dress up in their best Eras attire, with friendship bracelets strongly encouraged, of course; click here for details on booking a Private showing. If you have more than 40 Swifties in your crew you can get a quote for a Premium Private screening as well. Cinemark loyalty members can also enter into a Private Swiftie Party Sweepstakes for a chance to win their own private screening.

Like the record-setting Eras tour, the Eras film ran up a record $26 million in presale tickets, setting a one-day sales high mark for AMC Theatres, the film’s official distributor and world’s biggest theater chain. CNBC reported that opening weekend projections for the nearly three-hour movie are running at around $100+ million, which could instantly give the Eras movie one of the year’s biggest opening weekends to date and instantly make it the top-grossing music concert film ever.

The film will be available in AMC theaters in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, as well as certain other movie operators that AMC is working as distributor for in those three countries (Cinemark, Cineplex and Cinepolis). Every U.S. AMC Theatre location will run the movie at least four times per day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays while it’s showing; click here for information on how to get tickets here.

13 Sep 2023

TOMORROW X TOGETHER & Anitta Take Center Stage in ‘Back for More’ Video Teaser: Watch

The arrival of TOMORROW X TOGETHER‘s music video for “Back for More” featuring Anitta is imminent! The K-pop group — which consists of members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai — released a teaser for the track on Wednesday (Sept. 13) to drum up excitement for MOA.

The teaser kicks off by panning to a marquee above a stage door, which reads “TOMORROW X TOGETHER ‘Back For More’ 2023. 09.15 #MOMENTSOFALWAYSNESS,” reveals when the track and the full video arrive. The video then pans over to the actual stage, where Anitta strikes a pose and her silhouette is illuminated by stage lights. The boys of TXT then come into the frame, each of them expertly hitting choreography as they lip-synch to the track’s lyrics. The teaser then cuts to the song’s name in bold blue letters, with the Sept. 15 release date below it.

TXT, who made their debut at the MTV VMAs on Tuesday night (Sept. 12), performed “Back for More” alongside Anitta during the ceremony. The performance marked the official debut of the track, which is set to be the pre-release single ahead of the group’s new studio album, The Name Chapter: FREEFALL, which arrives Oct. 13

“Back for More” will have more releases later throughout the month, including a performance version of the track, which also arrives on Sept. 15. “Back for More (TXT Ver.),” a house remix and an Afrobeats remix, will be released on Sept. 18.

Watch the music video teaser for “Back for More” in the video above.

13 Sep 2023

2023 MTV VMAs Performances: Watch Them All

Tuesday night’s (Sept. 12) 2023 MTV Video Music Awards had a little something for everyone, from Olivia Rodrigo‘s explosive “Vampire/Get Him Back!” medley to the night’s emcee, Nicki Minaj, previewing an unnamed Pink Friday 2 track and performing “Last Time I Saw You,” to Karol G‘s neon-drenched “Oki Doki/Ta OK” performance, Doja Cat‘s spooky “Attention/Paint the Town Red” trifecta and the show-closing all-star hip-hop 50th anniversary tribute featuring DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne and Minaj.

The long, long night swung from country to hip-hop, pop, Latin and rock, with Kelsea Ballerini performing the world premiere performance of “Penthouse,” Fall Out Boy playing their updated Billy Joel cover of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Shakira‘s mind-bending, hip-shaking medley of hits before accepting her landmark Video Vanguard Award and a strong showing from K-Pop acts Stray Kids (“S-Class”) and Tomorrow X Together with Anitta (“Back For More”).

Peso Pluma represented for Regional Mexican music with an arresting run through his track “Lady Gaga,” NLE Choppa roped in Nelly for a medley of his “Ain’t Gonna Answer” and his take on the St. Louis legend’s “It’s Getting Hot,” while Metro Boomin’ flooded the zone with Future, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Swae Lee and Nav for the first broadcast performances of “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)” and “Calling.”

Italian rockers Måneskin returned to the VMA stage with slightly more clothes to rip through their new single, “Honey (Are U Coming?),” while Lil Wayne stacked up his new single, “Kat Food,” with a medley that also featured “Back That Azz Up” and “Uproar” and Global Icon Award winner Diddy presented a medley of his biggest hits, including “I’ll Be Missing You/Bad Boys For Life/I Need a Girl.”

Speaking of killer career overviews, Demi Lovato previewed her new Revamped album, with rocked-up versions of “Heart Attack/Sorry Not Worry/Cool For Summer,” on a night when Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performed their new NSFW single “Bongos” live for the first time and Anitta danced across the stage to “Used to Be/Funk Rave/Grip.”

Check out all the night’s main stage performances below.

NLE Choppa feat. Nelly — “Ain’t Gonna Answer/It’s Getting Hot”


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Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire/Get Him Back!”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=OFNt5OvGt98&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Anitta — “Used to Be/Funk Rave/Grip”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=TWFcZ70aeSw&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Lil Wayne — “Back That Azz Up/Uproar/Kat Food”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=sClzbBIkJeU&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion — “Bongos”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=XaK2vYOFXps&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Demi Lovato — “Heart Attack/Sorry Not Sorry/Cool For Summer”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=N4q5Ez1QJuw&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Doja Cat — “Attention/Paint the Town Red/Demons”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=8PbHkuy03g8&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Shakira — “She Wolf/Te Felicito/TQG/Objection (Tango)/Hips Don’t Lie/Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAxmn4ihqNg&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Nicki Minaj — “Last Time I Saw You” (plus snippet of unnamed new song)


https://youtube.com/watch?v=SIxDmeiexpk&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Diddy (feat. King Combs, Keyshia Cole)– “Ill Be Missing You/It’s All About the Benjamins/Last Night/Mo’ Money, Mo Problems/Bad Boys For Live/I Need a Girl”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=9EKhDTBfalI&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Stray Kids — “S-Class”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=ES9sGfEgelg&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Peso Pluma — “Lady Gaga”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCOJEnZEmAo&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Metro Boomin feat. Future, Swae Lee, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Nav — “Superhero/Calling”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4MQkJMxyy0&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Karol G — “Oki Doki/Tá Ok”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=y52O69VCOR4&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Fall Out Boy — “We Didn’t Start the Fire”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8sVt6FhV9Q&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Tomorrow X Together feat. Anitta — “Back For More”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=VskZNUqQM_Y&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Måneskin — “Honey (Are U Coming?)”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=iRcneQeZHlU&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Kelsea Ballerini — “Penthouse”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=_RmzBvBUZlA&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary Medley feat. Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J, Run-DMC, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh and Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five


https://youtube.com/watch?v=RqZXOsFa3B0&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

13 Sep 2023

When Taylor Met Justin: Check Out Footage of Taylor Swift Freaking Out During 2023 VMAs *NSYNC ‘Pop Personified’ Moment

Taylor Swift had a record-setting night on Tuesday (Sept. 12) at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, where she won nine moonpeople, just one short of the all-time single-night record of 10 held by Peter Gabriel from 1987.

The hardware was great, but judging by the videos and photos from the night, the real highlight for Taylor was when *NSYNC surprised the crowd inside the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (as well as viewers at home) by reuniting on stage to present her with with the best pop video award for “Anti-Hero.”

Swift — whose awards show surprised face reactions are legend, truly could not calm down when her childhood icons called her up to accept the night’s first award. As the quintet walked out on stage, Swift was immediately on her feet, screaming and covering her face with her hands as Justin Timberlake did a “we’re not worthy” bow to the audience.

JT did the honors, announcing “the unstoppable Taylor Swift” as the winner, prompting the singer to take a deep breath and hug seatmate Ice Spice and the rest of her team before slapping fan hands on the way to stage. Once there, she hugged the men of *NSYNC — JT, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez and Lance Bass (who gave her a friendship bracelet) — and admitted, “I’m not doing well pivoting from this to this.”

“Like, I had your dolls… are you doing something? What’s going to happen now?” she wondered, saying she needed to know what was next for the idols, who she dubbed “pop personified.” The moment was so sweet, even Timberlake posted a clip of Taylor’s reaction.

Watch the full video, and some Twitter clips of the special moment, below.

13 Sep 2023

Olivia Rodrigo Is Taking Her ‘Guts’ on a World Tour: Here Are the Dates

Definitely not a bad idea, right? Olivia Rodrigo announced the Guts World Tour on Wednesday (Sept. 13) in support of her sophomore album — and she’s hitting arenas for the first time.

“Soooo excited to announce the GUTS world tour!!!!” the pop star captioned an Instagram post with the tour dates, which are set for 2024.

The 57-date trek — which is produced by Live Nation — kicks off Feb. 23 at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, Calif. She’ll perform in North America through April, where she’s scheduled a pair of dates for April 5 and 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, then heads overseas, beginning her international dates on April 30 in Dublin, Ireland. The pop star returns to the United States with a July 19 show in Philadelphia, and wraps her world tour with two concerts at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Aug. 13 and 14.

The Breeders, PinkPantheress, Chappell Roan and Remi Wolf are scheduled to open on select dates.

If you don’t see your city on the list of tour dates yet, don’t despair. “Stay tuned for more dates coming soon!!!” Rodrigo teased in the caption of her announcement.

Fans are encouraged to register for tickets now through Sept. 17, 10 p.m. ET, on Ticketmaster.com in order to help ensure that tickets aren’t going to scalpers. After registration closes, fans will be randomly selected to receive codes that will give them access to tickets, which will allow them to purchase tickets Sept. 20-21. American Express card holders can also register for early access on Ticketmaster’s website. Amex’s early access begins Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. local time.

The 20-year-old singer-songwriter first teased the Guts World Tour in the lyric video for “Making the Bed,” which dropped Sept. 8, the same day as second album Guts. In the visual, next to the lyrics written on a sheet of notebook paper was what appeared to be a general admission concert ticket with the label “Guts World Tour.” The tour tease even noted the kickoff city — “Palm Springs, CA, USA.”

See the tour dates below.

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13 Sep 2023

Madonna Thanks Pepsi For Realizing the ‘Genius of Our Collaboration’ After Canned 1989 Ad Airs During 2023 MTV VMAs

It took more than three decades, but on Tuesday night (Sept. 12), Madonna’s once-controversial Pepsi ad finally ran during the 2023 MTV VMAs. It’s hard to believe now, but the anodyne 30-second spot in which Madonna teases, “go ahead, make a wish,” and then proceeds to dance on a city street to her then-new single, “Like a Prayer,” with a large group of back-up dancers as she watches herself from a screening room caused a major upset back in 1989.

“34 years ago I made a commercial with Pepsi to celebrate the release of my song ‘Like a Prayer,’” Madonna wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). “The commercial was immediately canceled when I refused to change any scenes in the video where I was kissing a black saint or burning crosses. So began my illustrious career as an artist refusing to compromise my artistic integrity.”

Along with a link to the refreshed ad celebrating the cola brand’s 125th anniversary — which ends with the message “celebrating 40 years of disrupting the status quo” — Madonna added, “artists are here to disturb the peace.”

The heavily hyped 1989 ad was part of a $5 million deal Pepsi signed with Madonna, whose “Like a Prayer” was slated to soundtrack an ad promoting the singer’s fourth studio album of the same name. The day after the Pepsi ad was released, though, a number of religious organizations, including the Vatican, protested when the song’s official video was released.

In the clip, Madonna sees a white woman being assaulted by a group of white men, later cutting to a Black man getting arrested for the crime after he tries to help the victim. Madonna flees to a church in an attempt to shore up her strength to come forward and tell the truth in the clip rife with religious imagery from the pop icon whose envelope-pushing mash-up of Catholic iconography and provocative images have been a hallmark of her career.

In the clip, Madonna once again fueled outrage with images including her spontaneous stigmata, a scene of the crucifix-wearing singer dances in front of a field of burning crosses and a dream in which she kisses the Black saint/wrongfully arrested man (actor Leon Robinson), who was portraying Saint Martin de Porres, the patron saint of justice and racial harmony.

Though the ad footage was uncharacteristically tame, the spot was promptly shelved due to its association with the hot-button video, with Madonna keeping her huge payday anyway.

Watch the Pepsi ad and the “Like a Prayer” video below.

13 Sep 2023

Nope, Megan Thee Stallion Didn’t Beef With Justin Timberlake at 2023 MTV VMAs, She Was Just Excited to Meet Him

A lot of things happened during MTV’s mini-series-length 2023 Video Music Awards on Tuesday night (Sept. 12). But one of the the buzziest moments from the show at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ didn’t even take place on camera during the official feed, it was a blink-and-you-missed-it event backstage when Megan met Justin.

As seen in a widely circulated viral clip, Justin Timberlake and the reunited members of *NSYNC were walking behind the scenes as they strolled by Megan Thee Stallion getting a hair and makeup touch-up. On the surface, it looks like a heated Meg is wagging her finger in an agitated manner as JT smiles and greets her and bandmate Joey Fatone laughs in what some commenters said appeared to be an argument, but according to a source who was there, the interaction was all love.

A source close to the situation who witnessed the old school-new school superstar summit tells Billboard that Megan was actually so excited to meet JT and company that she was actually asking for a proper introduction and re-do in a less chaotic situation. “Meg loves Justin. She was saying, ‘No, no, no, we’ve never met before. It was their first time meeting, and she was excited,” the source says.

ET reported that a source said Timberlake told the “Sweetest Pie” rapper, “‘It’s so nice to meet you,’” with Megan replying, “No, no, this don’t count, this don’t count, we gotta meet proper.’”

At press time spokespeople for Megan and Timberlake could not be reached for comment on the incident. Both artists had a big night on Tuesday, with Timberlake reuniting with his fellow boy banders for a surprise best pop prize presentation to an equally gobsmacked Taylor Swift and Megan taking the stage later in the night with Cardi B for the live debut of their salacious new single, “Bongos.”

Check out the viral video of the interaction below.

12 Sep 2023

*NSYNC Together Again, For One Night Only: What’s Next After MTV VMAs Moment?

*NSYNC returned to a stage that they know well on Tuesday night (Sept. 12), making an unannounced appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards to present an award to Taylor Swift.

There was a lot of buzz ahead of the awards show about what the group’s reported appearance could entail. Some fans wondered whether they might perform a new song from Trolls Band Together, the upcoming threequel in which Justin Timberlake’s character has a storyline about his brothers reuniting their teenage boy band.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we’re talking all about the highly anticipated reunion and what could lie ahead for the blockbuster boy band after this VMAs moment.

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Doja Cat secures her second No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart as “Paint the Town Red” jumps 3-1; how Zach Bryan locks in another week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, becoming the first rock album in seven years to spend its first two weeks at No. 1; and how Dua Lipa logs her fifth No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart as her Barbie soundtrack song “Dance the Night” shimmies to the top of the chart.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)

12 Sep 2023

Olivia Rodrigo Wreaks Havoc in ‘Get Him Back!’ Music Video

Olivia Rodrigo wants to “Get Him Back!” and she painted the chaos of her revenge against a tragic ex in her new music video released on Tuesday (Sept. 12).

The Jack Begery-directed clip was filmed in Los Angeles, and features multiple versions of the 20-year-old superstar as she dreams up the ultimate revenge scenario, included smashing car windows, whipping out knives and throwing household objects. he fast-paced visuals using the crash zoom technique were achieved with the new 5x Telephoto camera on iPhone 15 Pro Max, per a press release. “I wanna get him back / I wanna make him really jealous, wanna make him feel bad,” Rodrigo and her clones chant in the song’s chorus.

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“Get Him Back!” is the third music video Rodrigo released from her freshly unveiled sophomore album Guts, following “Vampire” and “Bad Idea Right?” On Tuesday (Sept. 12), Rodrigo will perform at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. This year, the “Traitor” singer boasts six nominations, including video of the year, song of the year and best pop (all for “Vampire”). “Vampire” became Rodrigo’s third to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, and has since spent nearly every week post-release in the chart’s top 10. 

Watch the “Get Him Back!” music video below.