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17 Apr 2024

Tyla Talks About Creating ‘Water,’ the Journey to Her Debut Album, Grammy Win & More | Billboard Cover

Billboard cover star Tyla talks about creating her viral hit “Water,” the journey to creating her recently released debut album ‘Tyla,’ the diverse collaborations from Becky G, Tems, Gunna and Skillibeng, how her sound has evolved from R&B and pop to more Ampiano focused, how she feels to be the first artist to win a Grammy in the new African Music Performance category, how the South African dance Bacardi dance style inspired the viral “Water,” dance, canceling her highly anticipated Coachella performance and tour due to injury and more.

Tyla
People are gonna see me everywhere. So if you don’t like me, I’m sorry.

Tyla
The making of “Water,” I was wrapping up the album. And I was looking for sounds that I was missing. And I really felt like I was missing like a summer, banger, vibey type song. So I ended up working with these people that we call the Fantastic Four, which is Ari, Corey, Mocha and Sammy Soso and, we came up with literally the exact song I had envisioned. And we recorded it in a bedroom, literally. And I just remember repeating it and repeating it and playing it for whoever would listen and people that I played for loved it had a really good feeling I started performing it before it was out. And the response was so good that I was like, Wait, this could be the song. But obviously the challenge and everything took a like to the wall.

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17 Apr 2024

Myke Towers Surprises Mic Check Contest Winner | Rockstar Energy | Billboard

Myke Towers surprises GiL, the winner of Rockstar Energy Presents: Mic ‘Check con Myke Towers.’ See her dreams become reality as the mentorship kicks off at the studio.

Myke Towers: Is this my camera?

Producer: Yes it’s that one.

Myke Towers: I’m doing a “bit,” I’m joking-. Come in closer, I have a little something to tell you. I came here to meet for the first time, GiL, the official contest winner of “Rockstar Energy Presents: Mic Check con Myke Towers” baby. Sha has no idea that I’m coming to meet her. So keep an eye out and join me, so you can be a part of this moment please. Be ready! Follow me. Well I teamed up with Rockstar Energy for this new campaign to discover a new Latin star, and from there we found GiL. When I saw GiL, I thought, “she has it all.” I’m going to surprise her and see her reaction. I’ve never done anything like this, so I think I may be a little more nervous than her. Join me please.Young King baby!

GiL: My name is GiL and I’m the winner of “Rockstar Energy Presents: Mic Check con Myke Towers” and I still can’t believe it! Myke Towers is one of my favorite artists of all time. He has inspired me in a big way because I also grew up in the barrio, you feel me? Myke Towers has a different energy. There are days when you just wake up and you don’t feel so good, but then I put on my headphones, I play the song “Girl” by Myke Towers-

Myke Towers: What other one? Which other song do you play?

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16 Apr 2024

DJ Premier & Snoop Dogg ft. Daz Dillinger “Can U Dig That?,” Meek Mill “Big Boy” & More | Daily Visuals 4.16.24

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DJ Premier and Snoop Dogg have decades in the game under their belt and though the two have only collaborated in handful of times in that time frame, the Hip-Hop icons have reunited to give the heads something they can bop to.

Linking up for the Daz Dillinger assisted visuals to “Can U Dig That?” Premo and Snoop Dogg make an East to West connection while Snoop blazes on come Chronic as he spits his bars and Premier shows why’s he’s a legend on the 1’s and 2’s.

Back in Philly, Meek Mill keeps on doing his thing as his name continues to get slandered on social media for various reasons and in his clip to “Big Boy,” the embattled rapper shows that he’s going to live his best life and turn up with his homies regardless of what’s being said on the mean streets of Twitter. It’s downright vicious out in the social media jungle for him these days.

Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from That Mexican OT featuring Drodi and Slim Thug, October London featuring Latoiya Williams, and more.

DJ PREMIER & SNOOP DOGG FT. DAZ DILLINGER – “CAN U DIG THAT?”



MEEK MILL – “BIG BOY”



THAT MEXICAN OT FT. DRODI & SLIM THUG – “BULL RIDING”



OCTOBER LONDON FT. LATOIYA WILLIAMS – “MULHOLLAND DRIVE”



4TUNAT – “CITY LIGHTS”



FINESSE2TYMES – “LETTER TO THE DEVIL”



JABBA RACKS – “LETTER TO RELL”



XANMAN – “OH YEAH!”



16 Apr 2024

Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Are Busy Ahead of ‘TTPD’ Release, Courtney Love Disses Beyoncé & Lana, Dua Lipa’s Creativity Behind “Illusion” & More | Billboard News

It’s Tuesday, April 16th and Courtney Love is dissing Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, and more big artists. The Kid LAROI officially confirms his relationship status with Tate McRae, Coi Leray wants to change her stage name and the Department of Justice is putting Live Nation & Ticketmaster in the hot seat. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are about to be busy with Taylor releasing ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ this week, she’s giving her fans all the clues prior to its release. Travis Kelce is officially named the host of ‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?,’ what can’t this power duo do? Richy Jackson spills into what it’s like working with Lady Gaga & JoJo Siwa, Dua Lipa explains her creativity behind ‘Illusion’ and more!

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Rania Aniftos:
Courtney Love isn’t here for Beyonce, Taylor or Lana. Travis and Taylor are booked and busy Tate and LAROI are official, Coi wants to lose Leray and the DOJ is going after Live Nation. Choreographer Richy Jackson stops by our studio and Dua Lipa gives us all the details on her new single. Welcome back to another episode of Billboard News. I’m Rania Aniftos, it’s Tuesday, April 16 and we got to kick off the show with Courtney Love getting real about some of your faves. Courtney Love did not hold back when she talked about Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and more. Let’s break it down. Courtney Love does not shy away from sharing her opinions while promoting her eight part audio series on the BBC, Courtney Love’s Women, The whole front woman actually admitted to not liking some women’s music. She told the Atlantic she likes the idea of Beyonce doing a country album because she’s a black woman in a commonly white space, but she doesn’t like her music. Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are the biggest women in music at the moment, but Courtney doesn’t think Taylor’s important. Love said “she might be a safe space for girls and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.” Speaking on Madonna Courtney simply said “I don’t like Madonna and she doesn’t like me.” She also talked about Lana Del Rey.

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16 Apr 2024

Dua Lipa on Creative Vision of ‘Illusion,’ Lyrics & Music Video | Billboard News

In this episode of How It Went Down, Dua Lipa talks about an illusion she faced during the talking stage of a relationship, how it led to the creation of her new track “Illusion” and the Spanish twist in her music video.

Dua Lipa:
Hey, this is Dua Lipa, and this is How It Went Down with my song “Illusion” for Billboard.

The songwriting process, it always starts with a “Yap,” how we like to call it with Caroline. I was in a studio in London, where I spent pretty much most of my year and a half writing for this record. Every morning I would go in and I’d have a cup of tea and I would sit with Caroline. And we basically like … it’s a sofa and there’s a little table and we would sit on the floor, in between the sofa and the table, and just start talking about everything that was happening.

I was in, I guess, the “milkshake” of singledom. It’s just like, this crazy roller coaster of just funny stories. And I think it just makes for really good writing. And so I’d go in, and I’d sit with Caroline, who I’ve been working with since my first album. I mean, we’re so close, so I can tell her anything. And we were sitting down and talking.

It’s funny when someone thinks that they can trick you — or they can be an illusion of some sort. And you see right through it, but you choose to, like, play along because it’s just more funny. But you, you know, all the way through, I guess it’s just part of the dating thing, where you’re just kind of just texting at this point, because you’re bored.

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16 Apr 2024

Richy Jackson Talks About Working With Lady Gaga, JoJo Siwa’s ‘Karma’ & More | Billboard News

Famed choreographer Richy Jackson shares his favorite moments of working with Lady Gaga on some of her most iconic music videos such as “Bad Romance,” “Telephone,” “Stupid Love,” and how they prepared for her Super Bowl performance; what working with JoJo Siwa was like for her song “Karma” and how he helped her matured into this new era; “Rain on Me” being used in Fortnite and what makes the collaboration with Fortnite one of a kind. He also teaches our host Tetris Kelly some of his famous choreography and more!

Tetris Kelly:
Hey, it’s Tetris with Billboard News, hanging out with choreographer extraordinaire Richy Jackson. What’s up, man?

Richy Jackson:
How’s it going?

Tetris Kelly:
It is going well. I’m so happy to get into this dance conversation with you and maybe dance a little bit as well.

Richy Jackson:
Yes, we got to do that, Tetris.

Tetris Kelly:
Let’s talk about Fortnite, Lady Gaga, this whole experience. Talk to me as if I’m an idiot. What is Fortnite and how do we incorporate Lady Gaga into this game?

Richy Jackson:
OK, so truth be told, this is my first time ever experiencing Fortnite.

Obviously, I’ve heard about Fortnite — it’s been a thing. I just never played it. My assistant, Ian, was literally laughing when this whole, like, experience happened because he said, “You don’t know what you’ve done. Like, you don’t even know what you’ve done right now.” And I was like, “I don’t,” so I was like, “I have to least play the game.”

So I played the game and it was interesting just, like, to see the skins of Lady Gaga and understand, like, the wrap — which are the weapons — and then I was like, “OK, when’s the dance happening?” So I’m watching the dance happen I’m like, “OK, yeah, this is it.” But Ian tells me, “Well, just letting you know that when you dance, you can’t dance safely because you can still get shot.”

Watch the full interview above!

15 Apr 2024

Coachella Weekend 1 Recap, J Balvin’s Out Of This World Coachella Set, Metro Boomin & Future Top Hot 100 | Billboard News

It’s Monday April 15th, Billboard counts down the top 10 on the Hot 100, we’re running down all the headliners and special guest performers and some notable audience members that went down at the first weekend of Coachella, J Balvin gives us a behind the scene tour of his out of this world Coachella set, that featured a special guest appearance from ‘Men In Black’ star Will Smith and more!

Tetris Kelly
We’re going backstage with the headliners. Taking you to all the big sets, plus partying with the stars at Coachella and revealing this week’s Hot 100. Happy Monday after Coachella! It’s April 15th and this is Billboard News. We’re recapping the whole weekend. So let’s dive in. Billie Eilish Shakira, Will Smith, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift. From huge K-Pop acts and Latin Kings. We’re breaking down the biggest Coachella events and the best parties in the desert in Billboard All Access.

Tetris Kelly
On day one, before knowing we’d be surprised by Shakira and Billie Eilish, we got energized with Celsius who brought out T-Pain and the festival packed lots of surprises. Sabrina Carpenter debuted brand new track “Espresso.”

Tetris Kelly
With Shakira joining Bizarrap and announcing a tour.

Tetris Kelly
ATEEZ brought all the energy to Sahara tents.

Tetris Kelly
Peso Pluma did the same on the main stage and Lana Del Rey was of course the queen of the night she was joined by Billie Eilish.

Tetris Kelly
The night was ruled by Nylon where guests like Becky G and Megan Fox could still get pampered and party and Tao’s Desert Nights kept it going as always. So Friday was a total vibe, but Saturday along with some epic parties took it up a notch.

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15 Apr 2024

Keith Sweat “Lay You Down,” Paul Wall ft. That Mexican OT “Covered In Ice” & More | Daily Visuals 4.15.24

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After decades of dropping R&B hits but never really getting his flowers, Keith Sweat is looking to remind everyone that he’s still capable of making that OG baby making music in 2024 and in his latest offering he brings back that smooth 90’s style that led to many a Plan B’s being used.

In his latest visuals to “Lay You Down” the OG R&B crooner returns as sleek as ever and sits on an all-black leather throne while a gang of young women groove to his sounds and seduce the camera without having to twerk a single cheek. We miss this old school style of love making music. Just sayin.’

On the rap side, another OG is out to show and prove he’s still got it and in the visuals to “Covered In Ice,” Paul Wall links up with That Mexican OT to drop some impressive bars while flossing some equally impressive diamond pieces. Paul Wall still that dude, man.

Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from Yelawolf, Larry June, and more.

KEITH SWEAT – “LAY YOU DOWN”



PAUL WALL FT. THAT MEXICAN OT – “COVERED IN ICE”



YELAWOLF – “NEW ME”



LARRY JUNE – “IMPORTED COUCHES”



POIISON FT. STYLES P – “BIG BOYS”



TINK – “CHARGED UP”



BIG BOOGIE & DJ DRAMA – “PERSONAL SESSION”



15 Apr 2024

J Balvin Takes Billboard Behind Otherworldly Coachella Set With Will Smith | Billboard News

J Balvin shows Billboard’s Tetris Kelly the exclusive behind-the-scenes setup of his out-of-this-world Coachella set from this weekend, featuring a special guest appearance by ‘Men In Black’ star Will Smith.

J Balvin
I need Will Smith in the show. I need the ‘Men In Black.’

Tetris Kelly
From Big Willy to an alien landing and an out-of-this-world performance. You won’t believe where we are — we’re taking you behind the scenes of J Balvin’s epic Coachella set right here at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Mi gente, let’s go!

Tetris Kelly
How are you feeling heading out to the desert now?

J Balvin
Man, can’t wait to see this UFO, you know, landing in Coachella.

Tetris Kelly
How do you feel fans are gonna react?

J Balvin
I think they’re gonna go crazy, but they have no idea, no clue. Like, not even my friends, don’t come to rehearsal, nothing.

Tetris Kelly
Just come straight to the show.

J Balvin
Even my wife!

Tetris Kelly
She doesn’t know?

J Balvin
Yeah, she’s like, ‘Can I come?’ I was like, ‘Nope!’

Tetris Kelly
So I’m seeing you up in the air and all this stuff — are you nervous about that part at all?

J Balvin
When I started doing this part here, you know that goes to the UFO, I was shaking the first day, I can’t lie, because you know from this height, you fall, you’re done, right? If we go viral… but that’s not important.

Tetris Kelly
But we don’t want that, right?

Watch the full video above!

15 Apr 2024

Billboard Hot 100 Countdown for April 20 | Billboard News

Will Metro Boomin, Future and Kendrick Lamar stay hot at No.1? How high will J. Cole’s diss track land? Hozier reaches a new high with “Too Sweet.”

Tetris Kelly:
With Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole constantly exchanging bars, how will it affect the charts? This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated April 20.

Back in the top 10 is Noah Kahan.

“Type Shit” is up a spot to No. 9, while Ariana is up to No. 8

“Lovin on Me” is at No. 7

J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” debuts at No. 6

“Texas Hold ‘Em” is down to No. 5

“Lose Control” is sitting at No. 4, as Benson Boone stays at No. 3

Hozier hits a new No. 2 peak

And for the third straight week, “Like That” is at No. 1

Watch the full video above!