Four years after their first hit collaboration, "The Middle," Maren Morris has again joined forces with Zedd along with Beauz. They released a new single and video on Thursday (August 18th) called "Make You Say."
Maren teased the collaboration on social media several days ago by posting a picture of her and Zedd writing, "Round 2?"
Maren's Humble Quest Tour continues out west with multiple shows this week in both Washington and Oregon.
At one of their concerts this week in Asia, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas found they have big fans in K-Pop supergroup BTS.
RM and J-Hope were among the 25,000 audience members. Fans caught them on video dancing through-out the show and jumping up and down and throwing their hands in the air to the music.
One video captures them moshing to Eilish's 2018 hit "You Should See Me In a Crown," and another shows them bopping along to an album cut from Happier Than Ever.
After the show, RM and J-Hope ended up backstage and later posted photos and videos from the night.
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Jack Harlow, LL Cool J, and Nicki Minaj will all split emceeing duties at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
The trio will replace a traditional host as seen in the past, and they'll introduce the night's biggest moments, performers, presenters, and winners.
LL Cool J last appeared as a presenter in 2000 and three years earlier he received the Video Vanguard Award. Five-time VMA winner, Minaj is set to receive that same award this year.
Harlow is up for seven trophies this year and will make his VMA solo performance debut.
The show takes place on August 28 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey and will air on MTV.
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Cardi B has a new tattoo and it's on her face.
A video was posted online of her on a tattoo bed, getting red ink done along her jawline, just below her left ear.
Robinson De Los Santos, the tat artist who gave her the ink, shared a selfie with Cardi to his own Instagram.
It's unclear exactly what the tattoo says. Fans believe that she might have gotten her son's name, Wave, inked on her face. Back in January, she wrote in a tweet that she wanted to do that. She posted, "Random but ….I'm 1% close too tatting my sons name on my face….I really really wanna do it!"
Cardi B and her husband, Offset also have a four-year-old daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus.
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Mariah Carey is looking to trademark the title "Queen of Christmas," but she's getting some pushback.
Singers Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chan, who each have their own valid claim to the crown are looking to prevent a monopoly on the term.
After Carey's March 2021 trademark claim was recently made public, Chan filed a formal declaration of opposition in court, and Love has hinted at doing the same, especially since she was given that title on The David Letterman Show.
Chan exclusively composes and performs Christmas music and she was first dubbed the "Queen of Christmas" by All Access in 2014. The New Yorker has also called her that.
Chan isn't looking to legally stake claim to the moniker, but rather prevent Carey from solely holding it herself.
Chan said, "Christmas is for everyone. It's meant to be shared; it's not meant to be owned." She went on to explain it with clarity: "It's not just about the music business. She's trying to trademark this in every imaginable way… Clothing, liquor products, masks, dog collars, it's all over the map. If you knit a ‘Queen of Christmas' sweater, you should be able to sell it on Etsy to somebody else so they can buy it for their grandma. It's crazy that it would have that breadth of registration."
Back in 2019, her classic song "All I Want for Christmas Is You" reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 25 years after its release. Since then, it has become the first holiday song to reach one billion streams on Spotify.
Along with "Queen of Christmas," Carey also filed for exclusive rights to three other titles "Princess of Christmas," "QOC," and "Christmas Princess."
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Selena Gomez announced online that she has a new collaboration on the way with REMA. She posted a black-and-white snapshot of herself smiling ear to ear with the rising Nigerian star. The only detail she gave up was that it would be "Coming soon."
SEVENTEEN's Dino has tested positive for Covid and had to step away from the groups appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday evening (7-18). He's experiencing a mild sore throat and is under self-quarantine and will skip upcoming concerts. Dino's positive result marks the fourth case of the coronavirus to hit the K-pop group this year.
BTS has reached yet another career milestone with 70 million YouTube subscribers. That number surpasses Justin Bieber, making them the second most followed artist page on the streaming platform.
The #1 act right now is BLACKPINK, the group has nearly 77 million subscribers.
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Demi Lovato says her new album is filled with songs she wrote about personal experiences. 2021 was a difficult time for her and was also the year she completed a rehab program. Those times inspired the album titled, Holy FVCK.
At the time, she was dealing with lingering effects of an overdose from 2018 and said. "I had all of this unresolved trauma that I hadn't dealt with, or that I started to deal with in treatment. And then, when I came out, I was like, 'It's OK to be angry and feel those things.' I had a lot of anger, and I think it showed in a lot of the songs.
Her new single, "29" was just released and the album will be out this Friday, August 19.
In other Demi Lovato news… Her boyfriend is no longer just a rumor. People.com reports that she was photographed leaving a restaurant with him for the first time. His name is Jutes and he's a musician.
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After keeping the specifics of her relationship quiet for months, Adele has opened up about boyfriend Rich Paul. In an interview with Elle Magazine, she said she is as happy as she'll ever be and totally in love.
She also put an end to the unrelenting rumors that she and the high-profile sports agent, who manages Labron James, have no plans to tie the knot.
It was only after being asked flat out whether or not she was engaged several different times that Adele finally gave the publication a straight answer and said no, they are not engaged. She did admit that she's totally obsessed with him.
They have been dating since May of last year.
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Kid Cudi says it would take a miracle for he and Kanye West to be friends again. He told Esquire, "I've watched so many people throughout the years that are close to him be burned by him doing some f**ked-up sh*t. And then they turn around and forgive him. And there's no repercussions. You're back cool with this man. He does it over and over."
He continued, "I'm not one of your kids. I'm not Kim. It don't matter if I'm friends with Pete or not friends with Pete. None of this sh*t had anything to do with me. If you can't be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That's not my f**king problem. You need to own up to your sh*t like every man in this life has. I've lost women, too. And I've had to own up to it. I don't need that in my life. I don't need it."
He continued, "With all due respect, I'm not Drake, who's about to take a picture with him next week and be friends again, and their beef is squashed. That's not me. What I say, I mean. I will be done with you. It's gonna take a motherf**king miracle for me and that man to be friends again. I don't see it happening. He gon' have to become a monk."
KID CUDI SUFFERED A STROKE
Meanwhile, Cudi also revealed that he suffered a stroke two weeks in rehab back in 2016. He said that his speech and movement were slowed down for a time as a result. He explained, "Everything was f*cked."
Kid Cudi's new visual album and animated series, Entergalactic, streams on Netflix on September 30th.
TMZ reports that despite earlier stories, Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are still together. They were spotted in public having lunch in Brentwood, California on Tuesday (8-16).
Sources close to the couple say they're doing just fine -- no big issues. They obviously can't be together 24/7 because both of them work and have kids, but they're solid.
Suspicions began when Megan started posting pics online without MGK. And their last upload together was way back in June. She also didn't show up to his hometown show in Cleveland over the weekend, and that fueled the breakup rumors.
At the concert, MGK told the audience that he just talked to Megan before he got on stage, calling her his wife.
And in what seems to becoming a habit of his, earlier in the show, he got so amped up that he smashed a wine glass on his face, creating a bloody mess.
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Mark Hoppus says he's open to all possibilities concerning a Blink-182 reunion.
His battle with cancer brought him back in touch with former Blink singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge, who split with the trio in 2015.
During his illness, the two of them along with member, Travis Barker, got together for the first time in five years. That was just before he started his regimen of chemotherapy.
Hoppus told Billboard, their relationship is good, "It's actually better than it used to be. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very - back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room."
Hoppus continues to write new music and is open to the next phase of Blink and is very hopeful for the future. He said, "I'm just d*** glad to be here."
Hoppus has been cancer free for almost a year.
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Joe Jonas has no shame about staying young with a bit of injectable assistance.
He told Allure in an interview published Tuesday (August 16th) that he wants to break down the stigma associated with men wanting to maintain their appearance with cosmetic procedures.
The DNCE frontman says he started using injectables "when I noticed I was starting to see more frown lines" and added that the results gave him the "confidence boost that I was looking for."
Olivia Rodrigo will induct Alanis Morrissette into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The ceremony, which takes place at Toronto's Massey Hall on September 24th, celebrates Canada's most prolific musical talent.
Along with the induction, musicians Alessia Cara, JP Saxe, and Ruby Waters will perform covers of Morissette's hits.
In the press release, Rodrigo shared her admiration for the "You Oughta Know" singer, saying, "I remember hearing Alanis for the first time when I was about 13. I was in the car with my parents when Jagged Little Pill came on. I heard ‘Perfect,' I was like, ‘Oh, my God...You can write songs like that?"
Meghan Trainor released an acoustic version of her newest single "Bad For Me" featuring Teddy Swims on Tuesday (Aug. 16th).
A video for the stripped back track shows the pair performing the song together live in a recording studio.
Trainor's anxiously awaited fourth full-length album, Takin' It Back will drop October 21st.
BLACKPINK dropped the latest teaser for "Pink Venom" Tuesday (Aug. 16th). The 24-second trailer, featuring hooded figures illuminated by pink light, precedes the Friday (August 19th) release of Born Pink's lead single and a #PinkVenomChallenge on YouTube Shorts.
Kanye West was dragged for displaying his new Yeezy Gap collection in trash bags. According to Complex, an eyewitness tweeted a photo, along with the caption, "This is how they are selling Yeezy GAP."
The eyewitness continued,"The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had his clothes on hangers" because "this is how he wanted it."
The eyewitness added, "They won't help you find your size. you just have to just dig through everything."
Another Twitter user wrote, "It's everything that is wrong with billionaires/ They no longer see the plight of people, they don't see humans that are suffering, they see opportunities to be ‘edgy' and profit from it…it's disgusting."
While another tweeted,"This gotta be a social experiment."
Panic! At The Disco dropped the new song "Don't Let The Light Go Out" Tuesday (August 16th).
The black and white video, directed by Brendan Walter, shows singer Brendon Urie singing as he drives with the specter of a woman in the back seat.
The new track is the latest single from the forthcoming album, Viva Las Vengeance, out Friday (August 19th).
Cancelling her Las Vegas residency was the "worst moment" in Adele's career.
The singer told Elle, "It was the worst moment in my career, by far. By far. I was so excited about those shows. It was devastating."
The "Easy On Me" artist added, "There was just no soul in it. The stage setup wasn't right. It was very disconnected from me and my band, and it lacked intimacy."
She recently announced that the residency has been rescheduled for November.
The Jonas Brothers are extending their Las Vegas residency.
The trio announced on social media Monday (August 15th) that they'd be returning to the Dolby Live at Park MGM for three more shows on November 10th, 11th and 12th.
They wrote on Instagram, "Just like last time, we will be playing a different set list every single night."
General onsale starts Friday (August 19th).
BLACKPINK, Jack Harlow, Lizzo and Måneskin are the have been added to the lineup for the 2022 VMAs.
The K-Pop sensations will make their U.S. award show debut with the first U.S. performance of "Pink Venom."
Maneskin will also make their VMA debut, while Jack Harlow will hit the MTV stage for his first solo performance.
Lizzo, who is up for four awards this year, will perform "2 Be Loved."
They will join previously announced acts, Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! At The Disco live from Prudential Center on Sunday, August 28th at 8PM ET/PT.
Dua Lipa turned down a marriage proposal during a recent stop on the Future Nostalgia tour.
A TikTok video uploaded by the @dulapeepguy account shows the singer peering into the audience when she noticed a man wearing a shirt that said, "Will you marry me, Dula Peep?"
Lipa said, "Unfortunately I can't marry you, But I can dedicate this song to you if you like." She then playfully dedicated the song, "Good In Bed" to her suitor.
Michelle Branch has filed for divorce from Patrick Carney, a move that comes days cheating allegations and the singer's arrest for domestic assault.
Court documents obtained by TMZ show that Branch filed for divorce on Friday (August 12th) in Tennessee. She states irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
The "Everywhere" artist is asking for child support and for custody of their two young children.
Lizzo revealed that she ignored her manager's call about her Emmys nomination because she was busy editing a TikTok video.
The rapper told Deadline, "I ignored the call and kept editing. 'I gotta finish this TikTok before I get on this plane.' Then he called my assistant, and he was like, 'Put her on the phone now!' I found out that way. So that was pretty awesome."
She continued, "I think I'm more excited about what I'm going to wear. Like, it's just a big deal to be there. This is going to be my first Emmys, my first Emmys carpet. I want to feel like the belle of the ball. So, I think I'm more excited about planning my look than a speech."
Lizzo received six nominations for her Amazon Prime series Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.
