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Lorde Thistle Brown Lorde‘s new album Virgin is chock-full of the rawest, most vulnerable songs she’s ever written. And in a post celebrating the project three days after its release, the pop star revealed which of those tracks was by far the most difficult to create (while also appearing to tease a deluxe version of...
Maesic Courtesy of Helic Records Maesic had been making electronic music for the better part of a decade when he met Diplo at a club in France. The French producer later DM’d Diplo, asking if he could send over his unreleased music who told Maesic to pass it to his A&R. Maesic sent the files,...
Kendrick Lamar and SZA Andre D. Wagner Last week, Billboard staff unveiled its favorite songs of 2025 so far. Now, it’s your turn. With year-defining hits from Kendrick Lamar and SZA, Doechii, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and dozens more artists, it’s difficult to choose. So many tracks have made statements in 2025, from...
Olamide Dara Banjo Shortly after Olamide presented EMPIRE founder and CEO Ghazi with the Clive Davis Visionary Award at Billboard‘s first Global Power Players event in London last month, the YBNL label boss didn’t rest on his laurels and continued refining his craft on his 11th studio album, Olamidé. The Nigerian rap legend taps in with...
Beyonce attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2025 in Paris. Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images Beyoncé handled her flying car’s technical mishap during her recent Cowboy Carter Tour stop like a pro, and is playing it off with a spot-on song. She posted a tour reel...
Sabrina Carpenter at the Dior Homme show as part of Paris Men’s Fashion Week on June 27, 2025 in Paris, France. Swan Gallet Sabrina Carpenter‘s work with PLUS1 has been anything but stupid, slow and useless, as the pop star has now raised more than $1 million for mental health initiatives, LGBTQ+ rights and animal...
Rihanna attends the “Smurfs” Global Premiere at Mont des Arts on June 28, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Rihanna strutted the blue carpet of the Smurfs movie premiere in Brussels, Belgium, on June 28, but it’s not the only “blue” thing she’s loving. U.K. radio network Capital asked the superstar...
Louis Partridge (L) and Olivia Rodrigo celebrate the Venice International Film Festival World Premiere of the Apple TV+ limited series “DISCLAIMER” at Harry’s Dolci on August 30, 2024 in Venice, Italy. “DISCLAIMER” will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on October 11, 2024. Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ via Getty Images Louis Partridge is obsessed after Olivia Rodrigo‘s...
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend the “Smurfs” Global Premiere at Mont des Arts on June 28, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images A$AP Rocky and Rihanna are expecting their third child — but will the bundle of joy be another brother for RZA and Riot Rose, or a baby girl? The rapper may have...
BTS BIG HIT BTS fans just received permission to dance along to the band’s concerts all over again, with label Big Hit announcing Monday (June 30) that a new live album is arriving later this summer. Marking the K-pop phenomenon’s first-ever live album, Permission to Dance On Stage — Live is set to drop July...
