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Willow Shares 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Her New Song ‘Big Feelings’ | Billboard News

Willow shares five things you didn’t know about her new single, “Big Feelings,” including the inspiration and personal connection behind it.

Willow:
Hey, this is Willow, and these are five things that you didn’t know about my new single, “Big Feelings.”

No. 1: I shot the visual at the same place that I shot “Transparent Soul,” which is actually really crazy.

No. 2: I made the song with two of my really, really good friends — beautiful musicians Zach Tenorio and Chris Greatti.

No. 3: The composition of the song took it took a good amount of time before I could get the lyrics on, before we even did any, you know, thinking about lyrics. There was mathematics. It was like that meme. You know what I’m saying, where there’s the math.

And then No. 4: The idea of “Big Feelings” — the song title — “big feelings” was in my head for, like, a week and a half. And I had had opportunities to record that song. And every time I had an opportunity, I was like, “No, it’s not the time. No, it’s not the time.”

No. 5: “Big Feelings” is my favorite song that I’ve ever recorded to this date. It’s the craziest song, the vocals, the specific, you know, the pocket that I’m in, and just the composition is, to me, it’s just one of the best compositions that I’ve I’ve ever sang on or yeah. It’s just I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it. And peace and love.

Pop Culture Rewind: Macklemore, Ryan Lewis’ 2013 Chart Takeover With ‘Thrift Shop’ & ‘Can’t Hold Us’ | Billboard News

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took over the Billboard charts in 2013 with their tracks “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us.” Songs from Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience were all over the charts, and P!nk and Nate Ruess topped the Billboard Hot 100 with their electric hit “Just Give Me a Reason.”

Narrator:
It was the year of boy-band reunions, unexpected Sharknado and everyone was letting it go.

But who dominated the charts in April of 2013? We take you back in today’s Pop Culture Rewind presented by Wendy’s new Orange Dreamsicle Frosty.

P!nk and Nate Ruess just gave us a reason to jam out to their hit when it topped to the Hot 100 — so did Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, not only with “Thrift Shop” at No. 2, but also “Can’t Hold Us” at No. 5.

Justin Timberlake also held two spots: No. 6 and No. 7.

But of course, it wouldn’t be an early 2010s chart if it didn’t include a little Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Pitbull or Drake.

Which of these hits made your playlist in 2013? And which of them are you still jamming out to today?

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The Black Keys on New Album ‘Ohio Players,’ Collaborating With Juicy J & More | Billboard News

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney reflect on their 20-year journey as The Black Keys. The duo elaborates on the various collaborations of their new album ‘Ohio Players,’ including Juicy J, Noel Gallagher from Oasis, Lil Noid and more. They also share some insight into their upcoming tour, what the fans can expect on the setlist and more!

Patrick Carney:

One night we were working here at Sunset and there’s a, there was, a very rare record that Dan wanted on eBay. 

Dan Auerbach:

I had been waiting a year and a half to get it. 

Patrick Carney:

He didn’t know that I knew that it was on eBay, and like, there was three minutes left, and it started jacking the price up. I was like watching him sweat because- 

Dan Auerbach:

He was behind me laughing. I didn’t know what he was laughing at and I was just freaking out because somebody else was bidding so heavy on this thing. I’ve been waiting like six days for this auction. 

Dan Auerbach:

Hey, I’m Dan.

Patrick Carney:

I’m Patrick, we’re The Black Keys and you’re watching Billboard News.

Lyndsey Havens:

Hey, I’m Lyndsey Havens for Billboard News. And we are here with the legendary hitmaking duo The Black Keys. What’s up, guys? 

Patrick Carney:

What’s up? How are you?

Lyndsey Havens:

Album came out just a few weeks ago, how are we feeling? 

Patrick Carney:

We’re stoked. We’re very happy with the album. We’re excited for the year ahead. 

Lyndsey Havens:

So this is your 12th album, obviously, a long road to get here. Do you have any rituals before you release an album at this point? Or does it all sort of feel the same?

Patrick Carney:

I heard that Chris Martin like … when he prepares to write, he likes to isolate himself and read all the bad reviews.

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Drake Uses AI for New Diss Track, Taylor Swift Breaks Records, Rihanna Teases New Album & More | Billboard News

It’s Monday, April 22nd, and we’re starting off the week with fiery disses and records breaking. Drake released an AI track further digging at Kendrick Lamar. The track, ‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ uses AI to emulate the voices of icons Tupac Shakur & Snoop Dog. Taylor Swift once again breaks records with the release of her double album ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ The Spice Girls reunited over the weekend for Victoria Beckham’s, Posh Spice, 50th birthday bash where they rejoined for a brief dance routine to one of their own songs. Rihanna finally gives her fans a clue as to when she’ll be releasing a new album. Who tops this week’s Hot 100? Keep watching to find out. J Balvin shares behind the scenes of his out of this world Coachella set. We shine a light on the Nova music festival exhibit in New York City.

Tetris Kelly:

Taylor’s big day of sales, Spice Girls reunite and Rihanna talks music-ish? Drake uses AI to diss Kendrick Lamar. We take you behind the scenes of J Balvin’s epic Coachella set. Run down who’s on top of the Billboard Hot 100, we take you inside New York’s Nova Festival Exhibit. Happy Monday, I’m Tetris, it’s April 22, and I’m so happy to be here to bring you Billboard News. Today is full of all the biggest names making headlines. So let’s get right into it with Drake? Drake drops a diss track featuring AI versions of Tupac and Snoop Dogg and everyone’s unsure on how to react. Drake continued his feud with Kendrick Lamar with his diss track, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which starts off with an AI Tupac Shakur addressing the rap beef. It made quite a few people online uncomfortable considering Tupac is dead and can’t consent to his voice in the song, but it’s not the only AI voice on the track. Drake also used AI to put Snoop Dogg in the song and Snoop reacted to it on IG. If you’re wondering about the title of the track, well he does shout out T-Swift. While we are here for the Kendrick-Drake rivalry, a lot are not here for the use of AI. What do you think of the diss track and its use of AI? Well, let us know in the comments. And that may be a heck of a story, but there’s still more news.

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Usher Ruled the Billboard Charts in 2004 With ‘Yeah’ and ‘Burn’ | Pop Culture Rewind | Billboard News

Usher ruled the Billboard charts in 2004 with “Yeah” and “Burn,” other notable artists that saw success in 2004 include Alicia Keys with “If I Ain’t Got You,” Beyoncé with “Naughty Girl,” Jay-Z with “Off Your Shoulder,” and Maroon 5 with “This Love.”

Narrator:
It was the year of the plastics, the Razr phone and the last one. We take you back in today’s pop culture rewind presented by Wendy’s new Orange Dreamsicle Frosty. Usher, Ludacris and Lil Jon had everyone doing the A town stomp when “Yeah!” it was the No. 1 song on the Hot 100, but it wasn’t his only song in the top 10. “Burn” sat at No. 4 with other R&B artists like Alicia Keys claiming the eighth spot and Beyoncé’s “Naughty Girl: climbing to six, Bey’s future hubby also made the chart at No. 9. But it wasn’t just Hip-Hop and R&B killing it in April 2004. Maroon 5 made their mark with “This Love” at No. 5, which of these hits made your playlist in 2004 and which of them are you still jamming out to today?

J Balvin Takes Billboard Behind the Scenes of His Coachella Set | Billboard News

J Balvin takes Billboard behind the scenes of his out of this world Coachella set. The Latin superstar shared his creative vision, a closer look at his alien space ship, bringing the aliens to life, getting Will Smith to make a guest appearance and more on this episode of Tour Stop.

J Balvin:
You know, finally we see that they do exist, you know it’s an official UFO. For the people that are gonna be on mushrooms, they’re gonna enjoy that s–t so bad. Gonna be the best mushrooms of their life.

Cassie Bartho:
Never a dull moment.

J Balvin:
Hey, what’s up? I’m J Balvin, and welcome to my tour stop. Let’s go!

We did Coachella for the first time: 2018 was with Beyoncé. Shout out, Beyoncé! Love you, queen. 2019 we did our show — it was great. And the story it’s once again is the same: I invest all my love, I invest everything, I had to give the people the best.

Ashley Evans:
We’ve done Coachella before with Jose …

J Balvin:
Listen.

Ashley Evans:
This is my time!

J Balvin:
I know it’s your time. But you know, I just want to let you know that this guys are from another planet. That’s his dad right there. He’s an alien.

Tetris Kelly:
Do you trust him with your set?

J Balvin:
1,000%. It probably wouldn’t be the same stage or show without him.

Ashley Evans:
Our concept for the show was to take people to outer space. We wanted to come up with a message that Jose is from another planet and he’s landed here at Coachella, and he’s got one message for the entire world and the entire festival. It’s like, ‘Let’s f–king party.’

J Balvin:
As a kid, I was have this feeling that aliens do exist in the universe … [it’s] too big. And we got to be too selfish to think that we just the only ones in this universe.

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Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown For April 27th | Billboard News

Tetris Kelly:
Can fresh tracks from Sabrina Carpenter and Hozier hold off four former No. 1s from the top? This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated April 27th.

SZA is back in the top 10 with “Saturn.”

“Sticks Season” rises a spot to No. 9.

Ariana stays put at No. 8.

“Espresso” debuts at No. 7.

Jack Harlow is strong at No. 6.

“Texas Hold ‘Em” is still at No. 5, while Teddy holds on to No. 4.

“Beautiful Things” stays put at No. 3, while Future, Metro (Boomin) and Kendrick fall to No. 2.

And grabbing his first Hot 100 No. 1 is Hozier with “Too Sweet.”

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Chief Keef & Mike WiLL Made-It ft. Sexyy Red “DAMN SHORTY,” Rod Wave “Numb” & More | Daily Visuals 4.19.24

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Rod Wave In Concert - Detroit, MI

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For a while now Sexyy Red has been the talk of the town for a bevy of reasons, and though she tends to be overlooked due to the popularity of other female rappers such as Ice Spice and Megan Thee Stallion, Red continues to do her thing and steal the spotlight any chance she gets.

Lending her talents to Chief Keef and Mike WiLL Made-It for their visuals to “DAMN SHORTY,” Sexyy Red and company hit the streets in some exotic automobiles before hitting up a fancy restaurant where they take in an elegant meal while smoking on some bud much to the “delight” of the waiters and host. Who’s telling them they can’t smoke indoors?

On the R&B tip, Rod Wave looks to spend some time with the homies and in his clip to “Numb” hosts a poker night with the fellas where they play cards and sip on some potion before hitting the Waffle House for some munchies.

Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Mozzy, Gloss Up featuring Jacquees, and more.

CHIEF KEEF & MIKE WILL MADE-IT FT. SEXYY RED – “DAMN SHORTY”



ROD WAVE – “NUMB”



MOZZY – “RED NOSE BULLY”



GLOSS UP FT. JACQUEES – “RIDE HOME”



LOLA BROOKE – “NEIGHBORHOOD HERO”



KAMAIYAH – “CAN’T LOSE”



JHONNI – “BE DAT”



COUSIN STIZZ – “ON THE MUSCLE”



AJ TRACEY – “JOGA BONITO”



Taylor Swift Surprises Swifties With Double Album, ATEEZ Talks Coachella, Peso Pluma & DJ Snake Drops New Single & More | Billboard News

It’s Friday, April 19th, and there’s been a ton of new singles dropped by some of your favorite artists! Taylor Swift announced “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, as her lead single prior to the release of her new double album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ Nicki Minaj released her new single, “FTCU Remix” and after previewing “Teka” at Coachella, DJ Snake & Peso Pluma collab on a new single today. Let’s start off with Taylor dropping not one, but two albums today running a total of 31 songs spanning over 2 hours. ATEEZ talks about performing at Coachella. Dwayne Johnson stars in a new music video alongside country artist Chris Janson for his new song “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get.” Afrobeat artists Bnxn & Ruger sit down with us to talk about their online “beef,” New Album ‘RnB’ and more! 

Tetris Kelly:

We’re breaking down Taylor’s new albums and all the hottest new music, talking to ATEEZ ahead of Coachella weekend two, and chatting with besties Chris Janson and Dwayne Johnson plus Bnxn and Ruger stopped by our studio. It’s Friday, April 19, and let’s get started with our Friday Music Guide. Taylor unleashed “The Tortured Poets Department’ and at 2am announced it was a double, anthology album. The first single of 31 songs is “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. And our Taylor coverage doesn’t stop there. We’re breaking down ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ After Taylor Swift gifted Swifties with her Post Malone first single and a surprise double album, the Internet exploded with theories of who and what it’s all about, with even Kim Kardashian catching a stray. We break down what they’re saying. After her breakup with six year boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, Swifties thought they’d hear the pop star sing all about it on the album as they think you do on songs like “So Long London” and “loml” which can mean love of my life but also d*mn girl. But is “loml” about Joe? The real d*mn girl, most of the songs seem to be about her dating stint with Matty Healy.  Swifties have decoded lyrics about typewriters and even concluded she was disappointed in fans and the media for making her turn on him. Also check the spelling on “thanK you aIMee” and Swifties are obsessed with this lyric and the

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ATEEZ Talk About Being the First K-Pop Boy Band to Perform at Coachella & More | Billboard News

ATEEZ talk about being the first K-pop boy band to perform at Coachella. The boys discussed their preparation and confidence in their performance and how they were inspired by other artists’ sets they watched, including Ice Spice, Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat and J Balvin.

Tetris Kelly:

Hey, it’s Tetris with Billboard News hanging out with ATEEZ. What’s up? I know it’s been a minute. Being the first ever K-pop boy group to play Coachella, how was it?

San:

It was really hard, but we’re gonna just show ourselves and that’s what we’ve been doing so far. And we are 100% confident about it. It was really cool. It was really cool. It was really an honor to us, and we will do more and more.

Hongjoong:

We just do our things continually. Many, many good artists and many good K-pop artists … go to huge festivals continually.

Tetris Kelly:

And then I heard you over there talking about Ice Spice — did you guys get to go see anybody else’s set while you were there?

Hongjoong:

Yeah, some of our members went to Ice Spice’s set, but it was crazy. We were really surprised with every moment.

San:

A few members watching Coachella at other artists’ stage and they were really crazy. J Balvin and Doja’s and The Rose, we really learned from them.

Hongjoong:

Yes, I think Tyler, the Creator and Doja and J Balvin in the three stages gave me big inspiration. So after that, I just make music after going back to the hotel.

Tetris Kelly:

Oh, I love it. You were right back to work! Yeah, that’s cool. Have you guys been on TikTok lately? Because you’re all over TikTok. 

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