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12 Sep 2023

*NSYNC Reunion Rumors, Maluma Catches a Crutch, Cardi B Talks Lil’ Kim Collab & More | Billboard News

After multiple members of *NSYNC were spotted in NYC, fans are hoping they will reunite at the VMAs. Cardi B stopped by Watch What Happens Live and opened up about potentially working with Lil’ Kim, her thoughts on returning to reality TV and more. Plus, Maluma caught a crutch thrown at him while he was on stage!

Rania Aniftos:
A possible *NSYNC VMAs reunion has Millennials losing it online. Cardi B wants to collab with a legend. Maluma catches a crutch on stage and Renee Rapp reveals what’s on her playlist.

Welcome back to Billboard News. It’s Tuesday, Sept. 12. I’m Rania Aniftos, in for Tetris because he’s on his way to New York City chasing a certain rumor about an *NSYNC reunion. The boys of *NSYNC have been spotted in New York City, and it has fans speculating that they may reunite for the VMAs. Here’s what we know: *NSYNC first performed at the VMAs in 1999 with the help of Britney Spears, and the last time Justin Timberlake, J.C. Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick all performed together was the 2013 VMAs.

So with most of the boyband members being seen around the Big Apple, fans think that the VMAs would be the perfect setting for the group to reunite. Justin posted pics from the Museum of Modern Art, Lance had dinner with a friend in Manhattan, Joey was spotted by fans in the streets and J.C.’s manager posted a pic of him on a private plane. That just leaves Chris. Has anyone seen him around the tri-state area?

It’s been rumored that *NSYNC recorded new music for Justin’s movie Trolls Band Together, the third installment of the franchise where his character reunites with his childhood boyband.

Trolls Band Together trailer:
“We’re not *NSYNC. We’ve gone from Boys II Men, and now there’s only One Direction for us to go: the Backstreets.

Rania Aniftos:
And the promo even features music from *NSYNC. Fans have been begging for a full reunion after the band — minus JT — joined Ariana Grande on stage at Coachella in 2019. So at this point, we’ll take anything we can get.

Watch the full video above!

12 Sep 2023

Reneé Rapp Shares What’s on Her Playlist | Billboard

Reneé Rapp chats with Billboard and shared what’s currently on her playlists.

Reneé Rapp:
What’s up? My name is Reneé Rapp, and this is my playlist.

My road-trip playlist would be a song called “Colorado” by the very cute blonde girl named Reneé — pretty hot song. It’s all about exploring. Another song on there actually, the whole Golden Hour album by Kacey [Musgraves] is gonna be on there, and then “Top of the World” by The Carpenters will be on there, and so that is my road-trip playlist.

My shower playlist is as follows: “1+1” by Beyoncé, “Bootylicious” Destiny’s Child and “In Love With Another Man” by Jazmine Sullivan.

My workout playlist is the straight-gay icon Charli XCX — right now it’s “Speed Drive.” She’s so hot and so cool and super talented. Anything Megan Thee Stallion, I love to work out to. Oh, probably anything Nicki Minaj, like “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” things like that, like old Nicki I think would be really nice. Also, depending on what kind of mood I’m in, I could work out Taylor Swift. I’d run a mile to “Enchanted.” I’m going fast as f–k.

So yeah, that’s my playlist!

Watch her talk about her playlists above!

11 Sep 2023

ZEROBASEONE Talk About Being Formed on ‘Boys Planet,’ Their Successful Debut, First KCON & More | Billboard

New K-pop boy band ZEROBASEONE talk about being formed on Mnet’s reality show Boys Planet, their debut success so far, first time being at KCON and more at KCON LA 2023.

Tetris Kelly
Hanging out at KCON with ZEROBASEONE — first of all, guys, I’m very jealous. I don’t have a jacket. These are so cool. They look really nice. Yeah. Now the fans have been asking for you guys since yesterday. Everybody’s so excited to see you guys. So how’s it feel to get all the love at KCON this year?

Seok Matthew
Honestly, it’s our first time at KCON LA and it’s just a really unique experience. And I think going overseas and just traveling all the way here and hearing all this support and these fan chants, it just means so much. And so we just, we love you guys from the bottom of our hearts. You guys are the best. You guys keep us motivated. We love you.

Tetris Kelly
And I mean, you guys are new. You just debuted recently and already have over a million pre-orders for your album. That’s crazy. So how’s it feel to be kind of like a newbie here in the game?

Kim Tae Rae
As you said, like, we just have you and we just saw another team from YouTube, we’re seeing them backstage — it’s so new to us. And it’s an interesting thing to experience.

Tetris Kelly
Thank you so much. And then also, what was really cool about you guys is that you won a reality show. So tell me how that makes it different for you than a lot of the other groups in K-pop.

Watch the full interview above!

11 Sep 2023

Doja Hits No. 1, Is Olivia’s Song About Taylor?, What to Expect From VMAs & More | Billboard News

Olivia Rodrigo hides four new tracks in Guts vinyl records and fans are convinced her new track “The Grudge” is about Taylor Swift. The 2023 MTV VMAs are almost here and it is looking to be a memorable one. Nicki Minaj is back to host the show, Shakira is being honored with the Video Vanguard Award, TXT and Anitta are debuting a new track, and more! After spending four weeks climbing the charts, Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” hits No. 1 on the Hot 100 and becomes the first rap Hot 100 topper in over a year. And more!

Tetris Kelly
Olivia Rodrigo’s new album is killing it, but she is she singing about Taylor Swift? The VMAs are gearing up to be a show for the books. Doja Cat ends the country streak atop the Hot 100. Ed Sheeran cancels his Vegas tour stop. Welcome to another week of Billboard News. I’m Tetris Kelly, it’s Monday, September 11th, and we start the show off with a little drama. Well, maybe. Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts has been trending since Friday and fans are picking apart her lyrics, but could some of them be about Taylor Swift?

Tetris Kelly
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘The Grudge’ has a lot of fans thinking that she could be singing about Taylor. There’s been a long-standing rumor that Olivia and Taylor have a feud due to copyright issues on Olivia’s song “Deja Vu.”

Tetris Kelly
Olivia says she was inspired by Taylor’s “Cruel Summer” and retroactively added Swift as a co-writer to the song, so you can see why some fans would think the lyrics — “You have everything and you still want more” — could be about Taylor, but this isn’t the first time fans speculated Olivia was talking about Ms. Swift.

Tetris Kelly
When her Hot 100 No. 1 “Vampire” came out, some fans were sure the song was about Taylor, but Olivia said she was surprised to hear the fan theories. As for her writing style, she said to SiriusXM, “Lots of the time I write something that’s kind of like an amalgamation of lots of different people or write a lot of songs out of fantasy sometimes, too.” We’ll probably never really know what “The Grudge” is about. But at least we have a great album to listen to. Speaking of Olivia Rodrigo, you’ll get to see her perform her new music on MTV tomorrow night.

Watch the full video above!

10 Sep 2023

WayV Talks Being a Global Group, Upcoming Music & More | Billboard

Chinese NCT sub-unit WayV‘s members talk about how they see themselves as a global group, the upcoming music their fans can expect from them and more at KCON LA 2023.

Tetris Kelly:
Hanging out with WayV guys at KCON now. The good thing about KCON is it also has so many other ethnicities and stuff here, so how’s it to be Chinese in the K-pop world?

Ten:
Oh, I think we will call us, like, global group because we do sing in Chinese, in Korean, English and like possible, like all the language, too, if we get a chance too. Yes. But it’s very nice because we get to, like, learn different culture, and then get to sing different languages all around the world. Yeah.

Tetris Kelly:
And I don’t want to, you know, blow your head up or anything, but I’ve talked to a lot of fans today and a lot of people out there are excited to see you guys. So how does it feel to be performing in front of fans that are so ready to see you?

Hendery:
I feel like because it’s our first KCON ever, so the fans look forward a lot to us, and also, we prepared a lot of crazy stages today. So I hope our WayZenNies nice love it, and also, like, for other people who don’t know us yet. I hope you guys enjoy our show too.

Tetris Kelly:
And then, what can we expect from new music from you guys?

Ten:
So we are preparing our new, like, full-length album very soon this year. So I hope you guys can listen to our new song because like this, like album, like the concept, and like the sounds are different from the last one, so I feel like guys gonna, like, love it.

Tetris Kelly:
Well, we can’t wait to hear thank you guys so much for speaking with us!

WayV:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Watch Billboard’s interview with WayV above.

10 Sep 2023

XIKERS Talk Topping Billboard Emerging Artists Chart, Being a Fan of ATEEZ & More | Billboard

New K-pop boy band XIKERS talk about how they felt being on top of the Billboard Emerging Artists chart, how much they love their fellow labelmates ATEEZ and more at KCON LA 2023.

Tetris Kelly
As you guys can see, I’m a Blink. You guys did a dance cover of “Kill This Love,” right? Yeah, that was incredible to see you guys do it.

Hunter
Thank you! We actually took quite a long time to prepare for it because it was a cover that’s like — it was an honor to cover Blackpink’s “Kill This Love.” And we also had our own dance break at the end. So I hope you guys enjoyed our cover with it. We worked really hard for it.

Tetris Kelly
And then we’re Billboard. So you guys were No. 1 on our Emerging Artists chart, which is really cool. So tell me how it feels to be on a Billboard chart.

Hunter
Yeah, it’s actually an honor to be on such a huge chart like Billboard. I mean, we’re still rookies and we’re just really thankful for every opportunity. And we’ll just keep striving and try our best.

Tetris Kelly
And you’re here killing it at KCON. So tell me what’s great about being here at this event?

Minjae
Sure, so like we’re really nervous to come back as XIKERS in LA for KCON. But for now, I think we’re going to burn a whole stage. So please look for it. It’s our stage. And also we prepared a special stage for roadies and kick corners. So please enjoy. Thank you.

Watch the full interview above!

09 Sep 2023

NCT’s Taeyong Talks About Being a Soloist, New Music & More | Billboard

Taeyong from NCT talks about being a soloist, new upcoming music, his Elle cover, music and fashion, and more at KCON LA 2023.

Tetris Kelly:
First of all, your hair is amazing. Now, I want to know what inspired you to do the blue and the purple and the pinkish. I feel like there’s a lot of flavor going on right there.

Taeyong:
Yeah. Actually, this idea is my stylist’s. … She is really brilliant for this kind of job.

Tetris Kelly:
Well, yeah, you look amazing! And also you dropped your debut solo album. … How’s it feel to now be standing up for yourself, representing only you? How’s it been?

Taeyong:
It’s a little bit … I have some pressures. But I really really, I really, really excited and I can’t wait anymore. I want to go to stage, and I want to perform right now.

Tetris Kelly:
Well, they’re excited to see you perform! And you were giving your stylist some credit, but also you’re on the cover of Elle. So you have a lot of fashion yourself. So how’s it feel to do fashion and music kind of at the same time? How do they complement each other?

Taeyong:
Oh, I thought I thought that is like similar. I thought is music and fashion is really similar. And I really like it both. And I don’t know why, but I just like how to fashion and hairstyle or accessory is like that.

Tetris Kelly:
And then you’ve been hanging out in L.A. at KCON. So how’s the L.A. experiences been? What have you been doing in your free time?

Taeyong:
Oh, actually my favorite tattooist he’s living in L.A. And when I was when I was visiting in LA, I just tattoos in … you know what I mean?

Watch the video above to see if he got any new tattoos!

09 Sep 2023

CRAVITY Talks About 6th Mini Album ‘Sun Seeker,’ Favorite Summer Songs & More | Billboard

CRAVITY tells Billboard all about the group’s 6th mini album, Sun Seeker, their favorite memories from tour, songs of the summer and more at KCON LA 2023.

Tetris Kelly:
Hanging out with my friends CRAVITY. How are you guys doing?

CRAVITY:
We’re doing good.

Tetris Kelly:
Well, your sixth mini album is about to come out. Yes. You know, I know this information! Yeah. So how’s it gonna be different than your previous projects?

Allen:
We have some new appearances, some new hair stylings … just clothing and different sounds. Oh, and this time we’re doing something that we haven’t done before, which is releasing two lead singles.

Tetris Kelly:
Oh, wow!

Allen:
“Cheese” and “Ready or Not.”

Tetris Kelly:
OK. I hope they’re ready for it. And you guys just finished touring Puerto Rico, the States. So what’s been the most exciting part of all of that?

Taeyoung:
I think in L.A., L.A. hotel. The health club is very good. So that gym is very good. So that’s a really memorable thing.

Tetris Kelly:
And then what’s your guys’s favorite song this summer?

Woobin:
It’s definitely CRAVITY’s “Stay,” “Ready or Not.”

Wonjin:
Hey for me, Jung Kook’s “Seven.” Yes, I love that song.

Tetris Kelly:
All right, cool. Thank you guys. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Watch the interview above.

09 Sep 2023

Monsta X’s Shownu & Hyungwon Talk About Their Sub-Unit, Biggest Inspirations & More | Billboard

Shownu and Hyungwon from Monsta X talk to Billboard about what the differences between performing as their sub-unit and performing as Monsta X, their biggest inspirations, plans in L.A. and more at KCON LA 2023.

Shownu:
Oh, BTS ARMY?

Tetris Kelly:
Yes, don’t call me out. He’s like, “You’re a fanboy! You’re ARMY.”

Hanging out with my guys from Monsta X. So this is your first time debuting as a sub-unit live. Have you heard from the other members? How do you feel tonight?

Shownu:
It feels very little excited, and because they’re scream and they give so many energy, so I’m gonna do my best to the stage.

Tetris Kelly:
Nice! And what has been different about being a sub-unit than when you’re with the group?

Shownu:
The most thing is we’re really choosing concept. So before, we have all the members [before] we’re doing anything, but we’re only two members — we’re more thinking about our concept.

Tetris Kelly:
And the fans are super excited to see you guys out there. So how’s it feel to take them on this journey? They’ve been with you guys for so long, so what is your connection like with your fans?

Hyungwon:
We always think connecting — connect with our fans, so we always develop what is best. What is most important thing is love with our fans, so we always develop and that is our lizard in fan with our member.

Tetris Kelly:
And then of course you’re at KCON in L.A. What are you doing outside of KCON? Are you guys hanging out? Did you get to see the city?

Shownu:
We just arrived last night, so we didn’t enjoy yet, but after the concert! We maybe some drink.

Watch the full video above!

08 Sep 2023

Reneé Rapp Talks About Her Debut Single ‘Tattoos,’ First Album, ‘Mean Girls’ & More | Billboard News

Actress, rising pop singer and musical theater star Reneé Rapp tells Billboard senior editor Lyndsey Havens about her debut single “Tattoos,” her first album (Snow Angel), playing Regina George in Mean Girls: The Musical, her favorite quote from the movie and more!

Reneé Rapp:
Everybody’s like, “Reneé, it’s a slow burn, and enjoy the journey — not the destination.” And I’m like, “Jesus, f–k the journey!” But honestly, I’m into it right now — the journey’s cute.

Hey, what’s up! I’m Reneé Rapp, and this is Billboard News.

Lyndsey Havens:
Hey, I’m Lyndsey Havens for Billboard News, and we are here with the multitalented, fast-rising pop star, I think it’s safe to say! Reneé Rapp, welcome.

Has that settled in yet? “Pop star”?

Reneé Rapp:
It feels weird if I were to say yes, ’cause then I think I would just hate myself if I said yes. So no.

Lyndsey Havens:
Maybe after this album comes out.

Reneé Rapp:
Hopefully!

Lyndsey Havens:
So your debut single was “Tattoos.” Came out last year. How did you know that was the song to introduce that side of you with?

Reneé Rapp:
Oh my God, I didn’t. I absolutely didn’t. That was a time in my life where I was so hungry and so desperate to be seen. And I really wanted to get signed so bad. It was like such a big dream of mine ever since I was a kid, like to like, get signed to this like grandiose way and like have it be this moment. And I really liked “Tattoos,” and I thought it was good. I thought I had songs that I liked more. But that ended up being the song that I like, posted on the internet and ended up being a huge catalyst for like my career, and then how I did inevitably get signed.

Yeah, and I understand. And I hear the argument that is like, you know, “Hey, the internet is crazy, and it’s changed the music business and X, Y and Z.” And I don’t disagree. However, I think it’s really f–king cool, because it gave me a really big opportunity. And the right visibility that I needed to get into that space that I don’t know that I would have gotten a different way.”

Watch the full interview above!