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13 Dec 2024

Greatest Pop Stars Podcast: 2024 Honorable Mentions, Rookie and Comeback of the Year & Best of the Rest

We’re done recapping the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century — find all of our past episodes for that series here — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still plenty of Greatest Pop Stars Podcast discussion to be had, as we begin to dive into our annual top 10 Greatest Pop Stars of the Year list for 2024!

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As we begin with our 2024 rollout, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard staff writer Kyle Denis and magazine features senior editor Eric Renner Brown to talk about all the most important pop stars of 2024 who didn’t quite make the cut for our top 10. First, we zoom out on 2024 in general and talk about what made it such a special year for pop music — comparing it to some of the other greatest years in modern pop history, and looking at the factors that combined to make this such a fun 12 months for music fans to live through.

Then, we do a quick run through the four artists who made our top 10 for 2023 but couldn’t quite make our proper list or our runner-ups this year, before discussing all 10 of our Honorable Mention picks for 2024. We go through each of their cases, offer some dissenting opinions, and talk about what they might have to do to either return to the top 10 or make it for the first time next year. Then, we also remember the year in Shaboozey and Hozier, our respective Rookie and Comeback of the Year artists, and analyze what their pop prospects might be like moving forward. Finally, we talk about some of the honorable-mentions-to-the-honorable-mentions — some artists who it killed us to have to leave off, and some who aren’t really in the discussion yet, but we expect (and/or hope) to be elbowing their way in there soon.

Check it all out above, and be sure to check back next week as we start to recap the artists who did make our top 10 — truly, the most stacked year for pop star greatness that we can remember — before revealing our brutally difficult decision for the top two Greatest Pop Stars of 2024 on Monday, Dec. 23.

13 Dec 2024

Watch All the 2024 Billboard Music Awards Performances

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From Linkin Park 2.0’s BBMA debut to Teddy Swims, Jelly Roll, Coldplay, Fuerzo Regida and Stray Kids, we’ve got all of Thursday night’s (Dec. 12) sets here for you.

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Thursday night’s (Dec. 12) 2024 Billboard Music Awards was a glittering showcase for the artists who lit up our playlists, and the charts, all year. From the rebooted, 2.0 version of Linkin Park to K-pop superstars Stray Kids and SEVENTEEN, country stars Jelly Roll, Shaboozey and Megan Moroney, R&B singers Tyla and Teddy Swims and Coldplay, the night had a bit of everything for everybody.

And, of course, a whole lot for Taylor Swift, who did not perform, but did become the winningest act in the show’s history when she took home 10 more awards, including top artist. Just behind her were Zach Bryan with five, Morgan Wallen with four and four artists with three each: Shaboozey, Bad Bunny, Drake and Elevation Worship.

If you missed any of the performances, or want to re-live them one more time, check out all the 2024 BBMA sets below.

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Shaboozey – ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’

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The country star’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has turned him into an international sensation after spending a record-tying 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Posted up a bar in the W Hotel, ‘Boozey slow-walked to the stage in a white suit with sparkly brown fringe, descending a white staircase to join his band in the lobby for a two-step through his inescapable hit as fans clapped along to the railroad beat and swung napkins overt their heads in unison.
Megan Moroney – ‘Man on the Moon’

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Moroney was up-close-and-personal with her fans, performing “Man on the Moon” from her breakthrough Am I Okay? album under a bridge while surrounded by her denim, cowboy hat and boot-wearing faithful and rocking one of her signature glittery ensembles.
Shaboozey – ‘Highway’

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Shaboozey also performed his more ruminative single “Highway” while seated on a chair and strumming his guitar.
Jelly Roll – ‘I Am Not Okay’

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As part of the capper to his massive year, Jelly did a slow walk to the stage through the crowd, kissed his wife, podcaster Bunnie XO, and brought a hush over the crowd with a moving, camera light-waving ramble through his power ballad “I Am Not Okay.” The best part? The performance came just after Jelly won his first-ever BBMA, for top hard rock song for “All My Life,” his collaboration with Falling in Reverse.
SEVENTEEN – ‘Love, Money, Fame’

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The K-pop boy band’s slick moves were in full effect during their dynamic run through “Love, Money, Fame,” which opened with the 13 members making their way down sun-splashed Wilshire Blvd. and busting out choreo on the sidewalk before hopping in a pick-up truck and transporting to a concert stage on the beachside boardwalk.
Jelly Roll – ‘Liar’

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Jelly Roll was back later in the night for another emotional performance, this time of the ballad “Liar.” He told the crowd, “I see people crying and I see strangers wrapping their arms around them and spreading the love all throughout the building. I can feel the pain, and I can feel the healing happening.” Then, after shouting “the devil is a liar!,” the country singer dove into the quicktime acoustic rocker about the forces of evil trying to keep him down.
Fuerza Regida – ‘Pero No Te Enamores/Nel’

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Mexican American powerhouse group Fuerza Regida brought their signature swagger to Thursday’s show, playing a medley of their Jersey corridos “Pero No Te Enamores” and “Nel” in a swanky club-like setting filled with dancers in glitter-covered outfits. Bucket hat-wearing singer JOP then walked out onto a thrust stage in the middle of the audience and got the crowd dancing and singing along to the strains of the more uptempo, dance-ready tune.
Tyla – ‘Push 2 Start/Shake Ah’

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South African singer Tyla tore the club up on Thursday night with a medley of her bangers, “Push 2 Start” and “Shake Ah,” which took her from a tile-lined, neon-lit bathroom where she was joined by a group of gyrating dancers to a packed club, where she was got an assist from Optimist Music ZA, one of the featured artists on “Shake.”
Stray Kids – ‘Chk Chk Boom/JJAM’

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The K-pop boy band proved their 2024 chart dominance was no fluke with a spirited, futuristic run through their hits “Chk Chk Boom” and “JJAM.” Dressed in all black leather military-style gear for the rap-heavy first part of the performance, the eight-man group did a quick change into more casual street gear as the beats heated up and the stage was bathed in neon lights for the second portion of the high-energy medley.
Coldplay – ‘All My Love’

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Chris Martin and Co. beamed in from one of their stadium gigs in Australia to perform a moving version of their Moon Music single “All My Love,” with their Aussie fans helping out on the swaying chorus in the band’s BBMA’s performance debut.
Teddy Swims – ‘Lose Control’

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It was a good night for Teddy Swims, who won Top Hot 100 song and Top Radio Song for “Lose Control,” which he also memorably performed. Dressed in all-black leather and Elvis-style shades, Teddy crooned the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit while surrounded by a group of swaying fans hanging in the shadows behind him.
Teddy Swims – ‘Bad Dreams’

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Teddy picked up the pace earlier in the night for his ramble through the mid-tempo soul rocker “Bad Dreams.”
Linkin Park – ‘The Emptiness Machine’

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Linkin Park topped off their huge comeback year with a run through their propulsive hit single, “The Emptiness Machine.” Lead singer Mike Shinoda and new co-vocalist Emily Strong got the massive arena crowd to shout out the song’s lyrics as if it was one of the veteran band’s chart classics — the song debuted at No. 21 on the Hot 100 when it was released in September, becoming LP’s biggest hit in 15 years.

13 Dec 2024

Friday Music Guide: New Music From Stray Kids, Bossman Dlow, Snoop Dogg & 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, Stray Kids earn another victory lap, Bossman Dlow keeps rising and Snoop Dogg links back up with an old friend. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Stray Kids, Hop

Five months after scoring another No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Ate, and one day after taking home the 2024 Billboard Music Award for Top Global K-Pop Artist, Stray Kids’ dominant run continues with Hop, which is highlighted by a sound branded as “SKZHOP” — the group’s personalized riff on hip-hop — and starts rolling with opener “Walkin on Water,” packing in ample record scratches and chest-thumping rhymes in two-and-a-half minutes.

Bossman Dlow, Dlow Curry

Few rappers have had bigger breakout years than Bossman Dlow, the Miami rapper whose springy drawl is often applied to tales of effortless success; Dlow Curry, his official debut album, arrives before the end of the year to both reflect on a major 2024 and set the MC up for an even more significant 2025, with assists coming from Ice Spice, Lil Baby and GloRilla and the previously released tracks flowing nicely within this new-school trap opus.

Snoop Dogg, Missionary

Missionary is billed as the first Snoop Dogg album that’s also a full-length collaboration with Dr. Dre as a producer since Doggystyle 30 years ago, and while the album is a guests-packed, samples-heavy showcase for Snoop with Dre hopping on just a few tracks as a rapper, hearing the West Coast legends and longtime friends link back up with some old cohorts — Eminem and 50 Cent also swing by “Gunz N Smoke” — makes for a satisfying return to a proven formula.

GloRilla with Kehlani, “Xmas Time”

“This as merry as I’m gettin’, swear to God,” GloRilla spits on “Xmas Time,” a singular holiday single on which Kehlani croons about cold nights and time with family in between Glo’s verses about getting iced out in the winter and figuring out which guys are on her naughty and nice lists; the result is disarmingly sweet, with two mega-talented performers joining forces for a Christmas cut that doesn’t sound like any other.

Fred Again.., Two More Days

After releasing his album Ten Days in September, Fred Again.. decided that that number simply couldn’t stand before 2024 closed out — so we’ve got Two More Days, a pair of singles (the hypnotic “Light Dark Light” featuring Angie McMahon, and the tropical-tinged “Little Mystery” with John Martyn) that lets the superstar producer shimmy into the new year on a high note.

Editor’s Pick: Olly Alexander, “Archangel”

As Olly Alexander continues moving through a solo career following his start as the leader of Years & Years, new single “Archangel” is a promising step toward a more established pop identity: the delicate synth-pop and fluffy melodies recall Alexander’s previous heights, but the track contains more danceable vibrancy and lyrical personality than his previous solo oeuvre, and sets up a promising future.

13 Dec 2024

Mariah Carey Cancels 2 More Holiday Tour Shows Due to Flu: ‘I’m Really Devastated’

Mariah Carey is still out of commission as she battles a tough case of the flu, with the superstar announcing Friday (Dec. 13) that she needs to cancel two more shows on her holiday tour as she recovers.

In a message posted to X and Instagram Stories the morning of her slotted performance in New Jersey, Carey wrote, “Newark and Belmont – I wish I had better news but unfortunately I’m still sick and have to cancel the shows tonight and on Sunday.”

“I’m really devastated about it and appreciate your support,” she added. “Love, MC ?”

The “Obsessed” musician had been scheduled to take the stage in Newark Friday, two days after which she would’ve performed in Belmont Park, N.Y. She now has just one show left on the lineup: Dec. 17 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., three days after which she’ll star in a pre-taped special ahead of the NFL’s Christmas Day doubleheader broadcast on Netflix.

The two scrapped shows add to Carey’s previously canceled Dec. 11 performance at PPG Paints Arena, which she pulled out of just hours beforehand. “Pittsburgh, I am sorry to say, I’ve come down with the flu,” she wrote at the time. “It breaks my heart that I unfortunately have to cancel tonight’s show. I love you all so much.”

It’s undoubtedly difficult news for the Queen of Christmas to share. Mimi had been excitedly planning the trek for months prior, telling Entertainment Tonight in early October, “It is going very well. We just finished up working on my setlist, getting the whole stage together, the ensembles, the fits — all of it.”

Carey’s evergreen seasonal hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is also back at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 14, marking the song’s 15th collective week at No. 1 on the chart.

See Carey’s tweet below.

Newark and Belmont – I wish I had better news but unfortunately I’m still sick and have to cancel the shows tonight and on Sunday. I’m really devastated about it and appreciate your support. Love, MC ?

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 13, 2024

13 Dec 2024

Another ‘Taste’ of Success: Sabrina Carpenter Earns Fourth Pop Airplay No. 1

Sabrina Carpenter claims her fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart – all earned in 2024 – as “Taste” tops the radio ranking dated Dec. 21.

The song, released on Island Records and promoted to radio by Republic, follows Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” which led Pop Airplay for two weeks in September; “Espresso” (three weeks, July); and “Feather” (one week, April).

Carpenter joins only Doja Cat and Lady Gaga in having scored four Pop Airplay leaders in a single year, dating to the chart’s 1992 launch. Doja Cat reigned in 2022 with “Need to Know,” “Woman” and “Vegas” and as featured on Post Malone’s “I Like You (A Happier Song).” Gaga dominated in 2009 with “Just Dance” (featuring Colby O’Donis), “Poker Face,” “LoveGame” and “Paparazzi.”

Carpenter this year and Gaga in 2009 are the only artists with as many as four Pop Airplay No. 1s in a single year all in lead roles.

“Taste,” meanwhile, is the third Pop Airplay No. 1 from Carpenter’s LP Short n’ Sweet. The album, released in August, is the first to spin off at least three Pop Airplay leaders since Selena Gomez’s Revival in 2016, and the 10th to achieve the feat in the chart’s history.

Albums With 3 or More Pop Airplay No. 1s:
Artist, Album, No. 1s, Year(s)

Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet: “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” “Taste” (2024)
Selena Gomez, Revival: “Good for You” (feat. A$AP Rocky), “Same Old Love,” “Hands to Myself” (2015-16)
Justin Bieber, Purpose: “What Do You Mean?,” “Sorry,” “Love Yourself” (2015-16)
Maroon 5, Overexposed: “Payphone” (feat. Wiz Khalifa), “One More Night,” “Daylight” (2012-13)
Katy Perry, Teenage Dream: “California Gurls” (feat. Snoop Dogg), “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” “E.T.” (feat. Kanye West), “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” “The One That Got Away” (2010-12) (*The album’s The Complete Confection reissue generated an additional No. 1, “Wide Awake.”)
Lady Gaga, The Fame: “Just Dance” (feat. Colby O’Donis), “Poker Face,” “LoveGame,” “Paparazzi” (2009)
Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds: “SexyBack,” “My Love” (feat. T.I.), “What Goes Around…Comes Around,” “Summer Love” (2006-07)
Avril Lavigne, Let Go: “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “I’m With You” (2002-03)
Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill: “Ironic,” “You Learn,” “Head Over Feet” (1996)
Ace of Base, The Sign: “All That She Wants,” “The Sign,” “Don’t Turn Around” (1993-94)

“I called it Short n’ Sweet for multiple reasons,” Carpenter mused to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe ahead of the album’s release. “It was not because I’m vertically challenged [‘5 feet, to be exact,’ per ‘Taste’]. It was really, like, I thought about some of [my] relationships, and how some of them were the shortest I’ve ever had, and they affected me the most.”

All charts dated Dec. 21 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Dec. 17.

13 Dec 2024

Which Performance at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards Was Your Favorite? Vote!

The 2024 Billboard Music Awards presented by Marriott Bonvoy are in the books, with multiple artists taking home awards in between memorable performances from Stray Kids, Jelly Roll and more.

Shaboozey was the first star to take the stage at the ceremony Thursday night (Dec. 13) — a fitting kickoff considering his single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” dominated the Billboard charts this year. The country star got the crowd in a party mood by performing the track — which spent a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this year — after which Megan Moroney treated fans to a live rendition of “Man on the Moon” and Tyla brought the heat with “Push 2 Start” and “Shake Ah.” The “Chk Chk Boom!” boy band and SEVENTEEN both brought the house down with high-energy dance numbers, while Teddy Swims, Fuerza Regida and “Son of a Sinner” singer each performed two numbers a piece.

Plus, Coldplay tuned in live from their Music of the Spheres Tour, while Linkin Park shredded on “The Emptiness Machine.”

Hosted by Michelle Buteau, the 2024 BBMAs aired Thursday on Fox and Fire TV channels, as well as on-demand on Paramount+. Performances are available to watch back on Billboard.com and via @BBMAs and @Billboard social channels.

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Which performance at the 2024 BBMAs was your favorite? Cast your vote below.

13 Dec 2024

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Remembered: 25 Best Moments From the Pop Star’s Historic Trek

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In honor of the singer’s 35th birthday, Billboard is looking back on the tour that changed everything.

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 04, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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In the blink of a crinkling eye, Taylor Swift‘s global Eras Tour trek has concluded after two years on the road, spanning five continents, 51 cities and more than 10 million audience members.

Ending just five days before the pop superstar’s 35th birthday Friday (Dec. 13), the two year run was the culmination of nearly two decades of musical and cultural dominance, with the singer-songwriter spending more than three hours each night on stage dazzling city after city with selections from all 10 of her albums — which turned into all 11 following the release of her The Tortured Poets Department in April. Countless celebrities made appearances in the audience — Stevie Nicks! Paul McCartney! Flavor Flav! Prince William! — while fans from all over the world made friendship bracelets by hand, painstakingly put together costumes and started their very own grassroot traditions, from DIY-ing “Willow” orbs to match those held by Swift’s dancers during the Evermore set to holding up their phone flashlights to pay respects to the musician’s late grandmother every time she sang “Marjorie.”

The Eras Tour will go down in history for multiple reasons, from being anchored by Swift’s ongoing Taylor’s Version re-recording project to its effect on local economies, its impact on the discussion surrounding ticket pricing and its status as the first concert tour to ever gross more than $1 billion. But at the heart of the trek will always be how it made Swifties feel just to make memories and sing along on the stadium grounds, from opening night on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz., to closing night on Dec. 8, 2024, in Vancouver, B.C.

In honor of Swift’s birthday, Billboard has rounded up the 25 best moments from the superstar’s historic trek. Reflect on the Eras Tour highlights as we say goodbye to the Eras Tour, in chronological order, below.

Opening Night

Date: March 17, 2023

Venue: State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

One of the most exciting 24 hours in Swiftie fandom history, opening night was an adrenaline-filled rush of Which songs will be on the setlist? What will she wear? How can she possibly fit all her eras into one show?

When the star popped up on stage in her sparkly leotard for the first of 149 shows that evening, Swift took fans on a truly unpredictable wild ride that answered all their questions and more, delivering a three-hour-plus show full of glitter, musical catharsis and eye-popping visuals that was beyond their wildest dreams. It was rare, Glendale Swifties were there … and it officially set into motion one of the most historic concert tours of all time.
The Janitor Cart Mystery

Date: April 2, 2023

Venue: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex.

It didn’t take long for Swifties to figure out how the pop star was covertly traveling from the wings of each stadium to the backstage area without being spotted. Three weekends into the Eras Tour’s first leg, a fan was able to snap video evidence of Swift exiting a suspiciously large custodial cart after being wheeled in by two crew members — something that made looking out for the cart’s entrance minutes before show starts a fundamental part of the Eras experience.
The Hand Injury

Date: April 22, 2023

Venue: NRG Stadium in Houston

There were several bloopers throughout the two-year tour that proved Swift can handle any unexpected obstacle onstage — honorable mentions go to the broken high heel and malfunctioning piano — but her gnarly hand injury in Houston has to be the most impressive case. The star didn’t even flinch when she had to perform her Reputation set with an exposed gash on her palm, which she covered with bandages later on in the night, something fans couldn’t believe in the moment.

Shortly afterward, Swift explained on Instagram, “PS for those asking how I cut my hand, I’m totally fine and it was my fault completely – tripped on my dress hem and fell in the dark backstage while running to a quick change – braced my fall with my palm.”
“Nothing New” With Phoebe Bridgers

Date: May 5, 2023

Venue: Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

While serving as an opener for Swift on a limited run of Eras stops, Phoebe Bridgers also got to sing “Nothing New” — the pair’s melancholy Red (Taylor’s Version) duet — with the headliner at a select few shows. The first crowd to experience it, though, was the May 5 group in Nashville, for whom the emotionally charged live music moment was anything but nothing new.
Taylor Defends a Fan

Date: May 13, 2023

Venue: Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia

Swift proved that she doesn’t play about her fans when she sternly scolded a security guard for giving concertgoers a rough time during “Bad Blood.” “She’s fine! She wasn’t doing anything!” the musician yelled, coming to the fan’s defense in a now viral moment that fans still quote on the regular. “Hey! Stop!”
The “Rainiest” Rain Show

Date: May 20, 2023

Venue: Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Rain shows have become a sacred experience for Swifties over the course of the star’s career, and the Eras Tour had several where the skies poured on fans for some or all of the 3.5 hours Swift was on stage. But the “rainiest rain show that ever rain showed,” as the “Karma” artist described it, went down in Foxborough, after which she wrote on Instagram, “This was a full on deluge that never let up, I just want to thank that iconic crowd!!”
“Karma” With Ice Spice

Date: May 26-28, 2023

Venue: MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Ice Spice was present at all three of Swift’s shows in New Jersey — right next to the “Munch” rapper’s native New York — to help perform their remix of “Karma.” And, given that the Midnights anthem serves as the finale song on the Eras setlist, Ice coming out on stage to close out the show those nights was extra thrilling for those at MetLife.
“Getaway Car” With Jack Antonoff

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Date: May 26, 2023

Venue: MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Fans at the first night of MetLife got an extra special surprise song performance when Jack Antonoff came out on stage to duet on Reputation‘s “Getaway Car” — for which he and Swift also paid homage to a fan-favorite video of the pair creating it with rapid speed in the studio years prior. The collaborators would perform the song again in August 2024 at Wembley Stadium in London, fully recreating the beloved clip.
“You All Over Me” With Maren Morris

Date: June 3, 2023

Venue: Soldier Field in Chicago

Swift and Maren Morris treated fans at Soldier Field to the first-ever live performance of “You All Over Me,” a Vault track from Fearless (Taylor’s Version) featuring the “My Church” singer. The duet made for a gorgeously delicate moment accompanied by both women playing guitars, after which Morris wrote on Instagram, “We finally got to play ‘You All Over Me’ and I won’t ever be shutting up about it.”
“I Miss You, I’m Sorry” With Gracie Abrams

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Date: July 1, 2023

Venue: Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati

Gracie Abrams’ set may have been rained out earlier in the night July at Paycor Stadium, but Swift made sure the opener got her moment. During the surprise song section, the pop star invited the star on stage to perform Abrams’ breakthrough track “I Miss You, I’m Sorry” with the Pennsylvania native on guitar and Abrams on piano.

Abrams and Swift would later release a duet together titled “Us,” which they have performed at two Eras Tour shows since: June 23, 2024, at Wembley Stadium in London and Nov. 16, 2024 at Rogers Centre in Toronto. At the penultimate Eras show in Vancouver on Dec. 7, the pair performed Abrams’ “I Love You, Im Sorry” and Swift’s “Last Kiss.”
The “I Can See You” Video Premiere

Date: July 7, 2023

Venue: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Miss.

Fans who witnessed the “I Can See You” music video premiere in Kansas City are in rarefied air. Not only did they get to be the very first people to see the action-packed video, but they also got to see Swift’s costars Taylor Lautner — who backflipped down the catwalk — Joey King and Presley Cash join the singer on stage.
“No Body, No Crime” With HAIM

Date: July 22, 2023

Venue: Lumen Field in Seattle

Similar to “Nothing New” with Bridgers, “No Body, No Crime” was temporarily incorporated into the Eras Tour set list while the HAIM sisters were serving as a supporting act during Swift’s first U.S. leg. Those who got to revel in the boot-stomping tongue-in-cheek ode to small-town murder live can count themselves lucky — and expect a lot of envy Evermore stans — especially those who were there for the first performance of the song July 22.
The Swift-quake

Date: July 22-23, 2023

Venue: Lumen Field in Seattle

Seattle Swifties made headlines when Western Washington University geology professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach found that the seismic activity at Lumen Field during Swift’s performances there was on par with a low-grade earthquake. The “Swift-quake,” as it’s been called, clocked in at a 2.3 on the magnitude scale.

Almost a full year later, scientists again documented comparable seismic activity from Swifties at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.
The First “Karma Is the Guy on the Chiefs”

Date: Nov. 11, 2023

Venue: Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires

Unofficially, Travis Kelce is a core part of the Eras Tour. After all, it was his attempt at meeting Swift during a show in Kansas City — where he tried and failed to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it — that sparked their romance in the summer of 2023, and the tight end was a consistent presence at many performances later that year and the first half of 2024 when his football schedule allowed it.

He’s so much a part of it that Swift even started implementing a lyric change whenever he was in the audience: “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs,” as opposed to the original “Karma is the guy on the screen.” When she first made the switch, the tens of thousands of people in the crowd exploded with joy — shortly after which Swift was spotted running into Kelce’s arms and planting a big kiss on his lips.
The “Labyrinth” Sorcery

Date: Nov. 13, 2023

Venue: Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires

In a moment of supernatural timing, a large aircraft descended right over the heads of the crowd at Estadio River Plate during a surprise-song performance of “The Labyrinth,” right when Swift was singing the lyric, “Thought the plane was going down/ How’d you turn it back around?”

Later sharing a video of the moment on TikTok, Swift wrote, “Never beating the sorcery allegations.”
Christ the Swiftie

Date: Nov. 17-20, 2023

Venue: Estadio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro

Swifties in different cities all over the world executed some of the biggest fan-led movements ever to celebrate the Eras Tour coming to town, but the one that takes the cake is arguably Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue sporting a projected Swift-themed “Junior Jewels” T-shirt to welcome the pop star to Brazil. To see a global landmark — and a 98-foot one at that — welcoming Swift’s to the area was truly a thing to behold.
The Mashups Begin

Date: Feb. 17, 2024

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne

The surprise song section changed forever when Swift started mashing up her own songs, combining tracks so that fans were no longer limited to two acoustic songs per show. Though “Out of the Woods” / “Is It Over Now?” in Buenos Aires was technically the first combo deal Swift served up, the mashups didn’t start in earnest until she performed “Getaway Car” / “August” / “The Other Side Of The Door” in Melbourne.

Soon after that, the mashups would become an expected part of the Eras program.
“Coney Island / White Horse” With Sabrina Carpenter

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Date: Feb. 23, 2024

Venue: Accor Stadium in Sydney

Like Abrams, opener Sabrina Carpenter joined Swift for the surprise song section on more than one occasion. Her first time was in February when she assisted the headliner in singing “White Horse” and / “Coney Island” on piano, eight months after which the “Please Please Please” artist returned for a surprise appearance to sing her smash hit “Espresso” with Swift.
The ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Debut in Paris

Date: May 9, 2024

Venue: La Défense Arena in Paris

All eyes were on Paris night 1 in May, with Swift finally returning to the Eras Tour stage after a break — and for the first time since she dropped her Billboard 200-topping album The Tortured Poets Department. Fans knew that they were about to see an entirely different set of songs performed live for the first time, but no one was fully prepared for the majesty of Swift debuting the UFO abduction-inspired “Down Bad” visual, the levitating platform for “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” and the high-energy “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” sequence.
“Castles Crumbling” With Hayley Williams

Date: June 22, 2024

Venue: Wembley Stadium in London

After Paramore opened for the very first Eras Tour show (in Glendale, Ariz.), as well as supported Swift all throughout the European leg, it was only right that Hayley Williams join her longtime friend on the surprise song stage. On piano, the pair finally performed their Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) Vault track “Castles Crumbling” at Wembley Stadium on June 22, with the rock band frontwoman’s signature vocals commanding the entire stadium.
The Travis Kelce Cameo

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Date: June 23, 2024

Venue: Wembley Stadium in London

Fans couldn’t believe their eyes when a tall guest in a suit on stage during the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” sequence turned out to be Kelce, who joined Swift’s backup dancers in “forcing” her to get back to performing even after she’s collapsed following the emotional turmoil of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” another Tortured Poets track. At one point, the New Heights podcaster picked Swift up from the floor and effortlessly carried her over to a couch upstage, after which the Grammy winner wrote on Instagram, “I’m still cracking up/swooning over @killatrav’s Eras Tour debut ?.”
The Hilltop Crowd

Date: July 27-28, 2024

Venue: Olympiastadion in Munich
“Everything Has Changed / End Game” With Ed Sheeran

Date: Aug. 15, 2024

Venue: Wembley Stadium in London

One of the biggest surprise-song moments came when Ed Sheeran joined his longtime friend and duet partner on stage at Wembley Aug. 15, performing a mashup of two of their collaborations — “Everything Has Changed” and “End Game” — and “Thinking Out Loud,” Sheeran’s 2014 smash.
“Florida!!!” With Florence + The Machine

Date: Oct. 18-20, 2024

Venue: Hard Rock Stadium in Miami

They had to do it. Florence + the Machine was on hand for all three of Swift’s shows in the Sunshine State to perform their aptly named Tortured Poets duet, “Florida!!!” — a uniquely personal touch for the many Florida natives in the audience.
The Final Bow

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Date: Dec. 8, 2024

Venue: BC Place in Vancouver

For one last time, Swift took the stage and closed out the biggest undertaking of her entire career, soaking in the glory as tens of thousands of fans thundered with applause. When the show was finally over — complete with a tear-jerking surprise-song mashup of “Long Live” and “New Year’s Day” — she and her dancers went in for an emotional group hug while Swift took one last bow. It was the end of an era … but the start of an age.

13 Dec 2024

The Wanted’s Max George Says He’ll Be Spending Christmas in the Hospital Due to ‘Issues With My Heart’

The Wanted‘s Max George told fans that, unfortunately, he’ll be spending Christmas in the hospital. The 36-year-old singer posted an image of himself giving a thumbs up and smiling from a gurney on Thursday (Dec. 12) along with a lengthy message explaining his condition.

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“Yesterday I felt really unwell and was taken in to hospital. Unfortunately after some tests they’ve found that I have some issues with my heart,” George wrote. “I have a lot more tests to determine the extent of the problems and what surgery I will need to get me back on my feet.”

George predicted that he was facing a “difficult few weeks,” possibly months under a doctor’s care and that “Christmas in a hospital bed wasn’t exactly what I had planned! But, as always, I’m surrounded with love and support from my wonderful partner Maisie [Smith], her family, my family and friends.. and I’m 100% in the best place.”

The singer said that though his undisclosed diagnosis was a “huge shock” and setback, he vowed to attack the ailment with everything he’s got. “I count myself very lucky that this was caught when it was,” he wrote, apologizing in advance if he bores his 370,000 followers with updates over the next few months. “[But] I’ve probably got a month in a bed and there’s not THAT much to do,” he added with a laughing crying emoji.

British boy band The Wanted –which also includes Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness, Siva Kaneswaran and the late Tom Parker — went on indefinite hiatus in 2014. After Parker’s death from a brain tumor in 2022 the living members reunited to re-record their song “Gold Forever” in his honor. George and Kaneswaran got together earlier this year to form The Wanted 2.0, with the duo touring the U.K. this summer, with another run of English dates planned for 2025.

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13 Dec 2024

Taylor Swift Turns 35 Today: Here’s What Other Megastars Were Up to at That Age

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Some had peaked commercially, but many had big chapters still to come.

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Taylor Swift Eras Tour Vancouver — Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at BC Place on Dec. 6, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Taylor Swift turns 35 on Friday (Dec. 13), which means she’s old enough to be elected president of the United States. (I wouldn’t put it past it her, would you?)

Few artists have accomplished so much over the course of their careers, much less by their 35th birthdays. Swift has notched 14 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and 12 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She just completed the most successful tour in history, one that grossed more than $2 billion and sold more than 10 million tickets.

She has won 14 Grammys, including a record four awards for album of the year. She’ll be competing for a record-extending fifth award in that category at the Grammys on Feb. 2.

She has won a record 49 Billboard Music Awards, including a record four awards for artist of the year. (This counts 10 awards she won just last night.) She’s also won a record-tying 30 MTV Video Music Awards, including a record five wins for video of the year.

As lyricist Marilyn Bergman said to composer Marvin Hamlisch when he won his third Oscar of the night in 1974, “Marvin, it’s positively obscene how many of these you have.”

We decided to take a look at where some of Swift’s peers were in their careers as they turned 35. All had accomplished much in their careers at that point and many had big triumphs still ahead of them. But few, if any, were as red-hot this deep into their careers as Swift is today. Take a look.

Elton John

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Turned 35: March 25, 1982

What Was He Up To: John’s 1972-75 streak of seven consecutive No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 was long behind him, but he was holding his own on the charts, with big hits such as 1980’s “Little Jeannie” and milder hits such as 1982’s “Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnnie),” a tribute to his pal, John Lennon. John had many big successes still to come, notably The Lion King soundtrack in 1994, his mega-selling tribute to Princess Diana, “Candle in the Wind 1997,” the 2019 biopic Rocketman and oh yeah, an EGOT.
Mariah Carey

Turned 35: March 27, 2004

What Was She Up To: Carey was at a low point. Her most recent albums, Glitter and Charmbracelet, were duds (at least by her standards). But her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi would lead to a major comeback. And a holiday ditty she had introduced 10 years earlier would take on a life of its own.
Madonna

Turned 35: Aug. 16, 1993

What Was She Up To: Her most recent studio album, 1992’s Erotica, had peaked at No. 2, breaking a string of three consecutive leaders. But she would score major successes in coming years, including “Take a Bow,” her longest-running No. 1 hit on the Hot 100, and her Golden Globe-winning performance in Evita. There’s a reason they call her the Queen of Pop.
Barbra Streisand

Turned 35: April 24, 1977

What Was She Up To: She was at a peak, having just won an Oscar for best original song for co-writing “Evergreen (Theme From A Star Is Born).” That ballad was featured on the A Star Is Born soundtrack, which topped the Billboard 200 for six weeks, a personal best for Streisand. The entertainer would return to No. 1 with such albums as Guilty and The Broadway Album, both Grammy-nominated for album of the year. She also conquered her fears and became a winning live performer.
Michael Jackson

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Turned 35: Aug. 29, 1993

What Was He Up To: Jackson’s world was caving in. That month, Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse by a 13-year-old boy, Jordan Chandler, and his father. In January 1994, Jackson settled with the family out-of-court for a reported $23 million. The police never pressed criminal charges. Jackson never fully emerged from that cloud, though he would top the Billboard 200 with two more albums in his lifetime, HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book I and Invincible. His death in 2009 triggered one of the biggest posthumous sales explosions in music history.
Stevie Wonder

Turned 35: May 13, 1985

What Was He Up To: He had just won an Oscar for the sentimental “I Just Called to Say I Love You” and was gearing up to release “Part Time Lover,” a No. 1 hit on the Hot 100 and one of his catchiest singles ever. That was his ninth and last solo No. 1, though he teamed with Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Gladys Knight for the heartfelt charity single “That’s What Friends Are For,” which also reached No. 1. Today, Wonder is every bit as much a legend as the greats he sang about in a 1977 smash: “Basie, Miller, Satchmo and the king of all, Sir Duke.”
Whitney Houston

Turned 35: Aug. 9, 1998

What Was She Up To: She was doing well, coming off a series of hit movies (all of which spawned hit soundtracks) – The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher’s Wife. She was about to release her R&B-focused My Love Is Your Love. But her good fortune wouldn’t last. Her 2009 album I Look to You topped the Billboard 200, but also showed that years of hard living had taken a toll on Houston’s glorious voice. The singer died in 2012.
Paul McCartney

Turned 35: June 18, 1977

What Was He Up To: He was coming off the successful Wings Over America Tour, which was chronicled in a Billboard 200-topping live album. Wings’ 1976 studio album Wings at the Speed of Sound had topped the Billboard 200 for seven weeks (a McCartney post-Beatles record). The album’s lead single, “Silly Love Songs,” may have been a tad lightweight, but it was a smash, topping the Hot 100 for five weeks.
Janet Jackson

Turned 35: May 16, 2001

What Was She Up To: All for You had just become her fifth consecutive studio album to top the Billboard 200. In 2004, she was booked to play the Super Bowl halftime show opposite Justin Timberlake, one of the few male pop stars at her level of fame and success. What could go wrong?
Elvis Presley

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Turned 35: Jan. 8, 1970

What Was He Up To: He was coming off a major comeback, with a legendary 1968 TV special and one of his very best singles, “Suspicious Minds,” which in 1969 became his final No. 1 hit on the Hot 100. He would have still more triumphs, including another strong single with “Burning Love” (No. 2 in 1972) and a global satellite concert in 1973 which spawned a Billboard 200-topping album. But then things turned darker. Presley died in 1977 at age 42.
Prince

Turned 35: June 7, 1993

What Was He Up To: He was grasping, having just released The Love Symbol Album. In 1993, Prince formally adopted the unpronounceable “Love Symbol” as his stage name, leading him to be referred to as “the Artist Formerly Known as Prince” or just “the Artist.” His reputation as a creative genius was intact, but his days as an every-time-out hitmaker were behind him. Prince died in 2016 at age 57.
Billy Joel

Turned 35: May 9, 1984

What Was He Up To: He was at his peak, coming off one of his most successful albums, An Innocent Man. The album rode the Billboard 200 for more than two years and spawned six top 30 hits on the Hot 100, including “Uptown Girl.” In 1993, he released his 12th studio album, River of Dreams, which topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks. In the more than three decades since, he has released just one more studio album – Fantasies & Delusions, a 2001 collection of classical compositions. Joel’s 2014-24 residency at Madison Square Garden became legendary.
Garth Brooks

Turned 35: Feb. 7, 1997

What Was He Up To: He had landed four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 – three studio albums and a hits-studded 1994 compilation, The Hits. He would have five more No. 1 albums after turning 35. He won his third entertainer of the year award at the CMA Awards in September 1997 and subsequently won four more before he graciously pulled himself out of the competition.
Eminem

Turned 35: Oct. 17, 2007

What Was He Up To: Eminem was coming off the success of his 2005 compilation, Curtain Call: The Hits, which became his fourth album to top the Billboard 200. Seven more No. 1 albums would follow, including Recovery, which stayed on top for seven weeks in 2010, and this year’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
Bruce Springsteen

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Turned 35: Sept. 23, 1984

What Was He Up To: He was at his peak, having just released Born in the U.S.A, which would top the Billboard 200 for seven weeks. It was his second No. 1 album and would bring him his first Grammy, for “Dancing in the Dark.” Still to come: nine more No. 1 albums, 19 additional Grammys and an Oscar win for “Streets of Philadelphia.”
Neil Diamond

Turned 35: Jan. 24, 1976

What Was He Up To: Diamond was on the verge of releasing Beautiful Noise, which was produced by Robbie Robertson, then with The Band. Still to come: “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” his Hot 100-topping duet with Barbra Streisand, and the 1980 movie The Jazz Singer. The movie bombed, but the soundtrack was a smash, spawning three top 10 hits on the Hot 100, including the July 4 perennial, “America.”
Celine Dion

Turned 35: March 30, 2003

What Was She Up To: Dion’s four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 were all behind her, but she was moving in a new direction, where she would rule just as impressively as she had on the Billboard charts: She began her first Las Vegas residency, “A New Day…,” on March 25, 2003 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. It ran through Dec. 15, 2007. A second residency, “Celine,” ran from 2011-19.
Aretha Franklin

Turned 35: March 25, 1977

What Was She Up To: The Queen of Soul was not especially hot in 1977, though her previous album, 1976’s Sparkle, had gone gold. She would have a major comeback in 1985 with the irresistible “Freeway of Love.” That comeback peaked in 1987 with the Hot 100-topping “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” a collab with George Michael. Franklin died, still and always the Queen, in 2018.
Lionel Richie

Turned 35: June 20, 1984

What Was He Up To: He was at his peak, riding the success of his Billboard 200-topping Can’t Slow Down, which spawned five top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and would go on to win the Grammy for album of the year. Richie had other peaks to come, winning an Oscar in 1986 for “Say You Say Me.” His career dipped in the 1990s, but in recent decades he has assumed the status of legend and elder statesman of pop.
Beyoncé

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Turned 35: Sept. 4, 2016

What Was She Up To: Beyoncé was basking in the success of Lemonade, her sixth studio album in a row to enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1. Finally, it was thought, she would win the Grammy for album of the year. She didn’t. Nor did she win for her next album, Renaissance. She’s nominated again this year with Cowboy Carter. Earlier this month, Billboard named Beyoncé the Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century.
Diana Ross

Turned 35: March 26, 1979

What Was She Up To: Ross was in the midst of her extended reign. She was about to release “The Boss,” a terrific single written and produced by Ashford & Simpson, which became a top 20 hit on the Hot 100. She then scored two massive No. 1 hits in 1980-81 with “Upside Down,” which was written and produced by the masterminds of Chic, and “Endless Love,” a silky duet with Lionel Richie. Ross’ two-decade run of hits ended rather abruptly in 1985, but she’s still a legend and still The Boss.
Bob Dylan

Turned 35: May 24, 1976

What Was He Up To: The legend’s 1976 album Desire had logged five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, more than any other album of his career. Still to come: a long-overdue Grammy album of the year win for Time Out of Mind, and an Oscar win for “Things Have Changed,” and a current biopic, A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet.
Donna Summer

Turned 35: Dec. 31, 1983

What Was She Up To: Summer was coming off one of her biggest and best hits, “She Works Hard for the Money,” which she would perform as the opening number on the 1984 Grammy telecast. Summer’s album of the same name was her ninth consecutive studio album to go gold or platinum. It was also her last. Summer’s association with disco may have shortened her hit streak, but her reputation as one of the best singers of her era is intact.
Linda Ronstadt

Turned 35: July 15, 1981

What Was She Up To: Ronstadt’s 1980 album Mad Love was her sixth studio album in a row to reach the top five on the Billboard 200. But she was restless and wanted to experiment. In January 1981, she opened on Broadway in The Pirates of Penzance. In 1983, she recorded What’s New, the first of three collaborations with Nelson Riddle. She would also record a pair of country albums with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, a children’s album, two Mexican-American albums, a tropical Latin album and more.
Barry Manilow

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Turned 35: June 17, 1978

What Was He Up To: He was at his peak. His most recent album, Even Now, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. He had four top 20 hits on the Hot 100 in 1978, more than in any other year. Manilow made an impressive comeback in the 2000s, landing a second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and winning a second Primetime Emmy.
James Taylor

Turned 35: March 12, 1983

What Was He Up To: The singer’s most recent studio album, Dad Loves His Work, cracked the top 10 on the Billboard 200 and spawned one of his finest singles, “Her Town Too,” a collab with J.D. Souther. In 2010, he and Carole King reunited for Live at the Troubadour. In 2015, he would top the Billboard 200 for the first time with Before This World. And then there’s this: In 1989, a Pennsylvania couple would name their daughter Taylor in his honor.
Tim McGraw

Turned 35: May 1, 2002

What Was He Up To: McGraw’s 2001 album, Set This Circus Down, had reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, part of a string of 14 consecutive top five studio albums that would extend through 2017. In 2006, he would inspire the first single by a precocious 16-year-old country singer.
Ye (Kanye West)

Turned 35: June 8, 2012

What Was He Up To: Ye’s five most recent studio albums had all topped the Billboard 200. In 2009, his brash behavior at an awards show prompted a president not known for expletives to call him a “jackass.” Ye’s more recent statements and actions have made him an even-more-controversial figure than he has been since virtually the start of his career. But his success has continued, with six more No. 1 albums under his belt since he turned 35.

13 Dec 2024

Sabrina Carpenter Compares Meeting Pop Hero Paul McCartney to Visiting the Upside Down: ‘Like Entering an Alternate Universe’

Musical inspiration comes from so many different places. And while many pop musicians will tell you that some portion of their desire to write songs stems from an obsession with the Beatles, not many of them cite the country jamboree “Rocky Raccoon” as their guiding light.

“When I was very, very young, my dad played me ‘Rocky Raccoon’ for the first time and I was so mesmerized by that song and the songwriting of it all that I fell in love with Paul McCartney,” Sabrina Carpenter told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Thursday night (Dec. 12). “I was convinced that was my husband, my future husband,” she added of the now-82-year-old pop icon.

“But he was quite old and I was so young I didn’t understand that he was much older than me because I was looking at all these photos,” she recalled thinking. “No, he’s young, he’s only like 10 years older than me. I didn’t understand math… I was a child.”

Then, when she grew up, Carpenter said she fell in love with McCartney’s songwriting, and, eventually, she met Sir Paul, as evidenced by an awards show candid of the two Colbert pulled out from behind his desk. So, Colbert wondered, what was it like meeting her lifelong musical hero.

“I just formed tears in my eyes and he was just so normal and casual and was so charming,” she said. “It felt like I was entering an alternate universe… like the Upside Down vibes? Like Stranger Things, but a lot happier than Stranger Things.” What isn’t strange, Carpenter noted, is that in every room McCartney enters he makes everyone feel “seen and heard,” which was inspiring to see from someone she’s “obsessed” with.

To celebrate Carpenter’s six Grammy nominations, Colbert offered the singer an espresso martini in honor her Billboard Hot 100 No. 3 hit “Espresso,” which was nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance; her No. 1 hit “Please Please Please” was nominated for song of the year and her album Short n’ Sweet is up for best pop vocal album and album of the year and she is also nominated for best new artist.

“I would love that,” Carpenter said as Colbert read off the list of noms and she challenged him to a boozy caffeine chugfest. “This truly is my first time [attending the Grammy Awards]. I always told myself I never wanted to go until I was nominated and I didn’t think it would be for all those categories, which is really special. So I’m excited.”

Carpenter said that, for now, she’s just trying to “vibe it out” and enjoy the ride, but predicted that “in five years [I’ll] look back on this moment be like ‘wow, so much happened at once.’ It’s hard to process it in the moment.” That said, Carpenter, 25, added that she feels incredibly lucky because music is all she’s ever wanted to do. “Writing songs is my favorite thing in the world, so the fact that I could do it and people listen is sentimental but it’s a gift so I’m very grateful,” she said.

Talk eventually turned to Carpenter’s entertaining new Netflix holiday special, A Nonsense Christmas, with Lord of the Rings obsessive Colbert mentioning that none other than Samwise Gamgee — actor Sean Astin — plays Santa in the singer’s holiday variety show. “Do you know him as Samwise Gamgee?” Colbert asked as Carpenter covered her face and blushed.

“Have you ever seen a Lord of the Rings movie? Answer the question,” Colbert asked with rising alarm. “Do you want to know how I know him? From Stranger Things,” Carpenter giggled. “For me he’s Bob… So for me, I was like, ‘Bob wants to be Santa?! That’s epic.’ But you are from a different generation,” she added as Colbert threw his head back and guffawed, grabbing Carpenter’s hand for a sweet kiss.

Watch Carpenter on The Late Show below.

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