Along with her new album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Billie Eilish is feeding fans with the video for "LUNCH."
The clip finds the "bad guy" artist dancing in a variety of outfits against a background of shifting colors as she bounces along to the song's bassline and lyrics like "I could eat that girl for lunch."
You can watch the "LUNCH" video, which Eilish directed herself, streaming now on YouTube.
HT ME HARD AND SOFT, Eilish's third album and the much-anticipated follow-up to 2021's Happier Than Ever, is out now. Billie will launch a North American tour in support of the record in September.
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John Mayer recently wrote a letter to The Hollywood Reporter complaining that an interviewer had insinuated that people don't understand how he, a straight rock star, could be friendly with Andy Cohen, a gay TV personality. And Andy Cohen, for one, is thrilled about it.
John's letter, in part, read, "Quite simply, if someone is dubious of a platonic relationship between a straight man and a gay man, I don’t think that shallow a view deserves clarification by anyone with self respect, be it Andy or your publication. Reinforcing the idea that any gay/straight relationship needs qualification that it’s not sexual devoids everyone involved of their dignity."
Now, in the new episode of his podcast Daddy Diaries, Andy describes how happy he was that John spoke out. "I love that sentiment and this should now put an end to anyone asking us, ‘What’s the deal with you two? Explain it,'” Andy says. "It is demeaning to ask a gay guy about being friends with a straight guy … It does assume a gay guy can’t be friends with a straight person without them having sex.”
"I cheered when John said that," Andy continues. "And I said to John, 'Y'know what this really shows is what an ally you are, that you care enough about this trope being lazy and dumb and you would write this letter.'"
"I really just love that he did that, and I applaud him for wanting it published,” the Bravo star concludes. "Thank you, John, for going on the record about that. I thought it was really, really cool.”
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ZAYN admits he didn't allow himself to enjoy his stint in One Direction that much while he was actually a member of the band, but now, he looks back on it a bit more fondly — especially since it's given him a certain status among the younger members of his family.
Speaking to Apple Music 1's Zane Lowe, ZAYN says, "Now, when I look back at [1D] as a grownup man, I see that there was missed opportunity there for me to have more fun, but I also look at it and think, 'I did have a lot of fun too.' And I'm really grateful for the experience I had with the lads in the band, and I think we did some amazing things that I'm really proud of in my life."
"And also, with having a daughter, and now I've got a niece and I've got a nephew, my niece is four years old, and she loves One Direction," he continues.
"She watches all of our old stuff, and she just thinks I'm the coolest person ever because I was in One Direction," notes ZAYN. "So, to me, I'm like, 'Yo, this has got a whole new level of cool street cred with the young ones.' So, I'm really grateful, man, and proud that I was involved. Do you know what I mean? I look at it in a different way now."
ZAYN has just released his new album, Room Under the Stairs, as well as a video for one of its tracks, "Stardust." On Friday, May 17, he'll have his first-ever live solo performance at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire. On May 21, he'll do his first TV performance in eight years on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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You probably wouldn't be surprised to hear that Post Malone performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards — after all, he's been moving into country for a while now. But did you expect Dua Lipa to show up?
Dua was a surprise performer at the May 16 awards ceremony, which streamed on Prime Video. She joined country superstar Chris Stapleton for a duet on his latest hit, "Think I'm In Love with You." Another surprise performer was Noah Kahan, who was making his awards show debut. He teamed up with Kelsea Ballerini to perform her song "Mountain with a View" and his song "Stick Season."
Other pop stars making the scene at the show, which streamed live from Dallas, Texas, included Gwen Stefani, who sang "Purple Irises" with her husband Blake Shelton, and Avril Lavigne, who joined rising country star Nate Smith for his song "Bulletproof." As for Posty, he sang a ballad called "Never Love You Again" and performed his recent single, "I Had Some Help."
Lainey Wilson was the night's big winner, and one of the categories she won was Music Event of the Year for "Save Me," her hit duet with Jelly Roll. Jelly also performed — he did a new song called "Liar" — and so did Kane Brown. Luke Combs' "Fast Car" was named Single of the Year.
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The new musical biopic Back to Black tells the story of Grammy winner Amy Winehouse’s life.
Marisa Abela plays the beloved pop star in the film, and she tells ABC Audio Winehouse’s music has always loomed large in her life.
“I was so aware of her and her music,” Abela said. “But as a 10-year-old, you don't know what you're singing when you're singing ‘Tears Dry on Their Own’ or ‘Love is a Losing Game.’”
While she’s always been a fan, Abela said preparing for the film gave her a better picture of who Winehouse truly was.
“As a grown woman, to come back and revisit her music — not just as an artist and as a singer, but as a songwriter,” Abela said. “The person that took all of these experiences in life and, like, squished them into these songs that will live forever as some of the most vulnerable and authentic pieces of storytelling that there are, just creates a sort of new level of admiration for Amy as an artist.”
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson said she hopes the film conveys just how complex Winehouse truly was.
“I felt like she'd just become this tragic figure, and I wanted to really go back to the music and go into the lyrics and understand really how deeply she felt everything and the pain and the love,” Taylor-Johnson said.
Taylor-Johnson also hopes to have honored Winehouse’s legacy.
“It's tough making a film about somebody real. But also, my feeling was to uphold and celebrate her without judgment,” Taylor-Johnson said.
Black to Black is available to watch in movie theaters everywhere on Friday, May 17.
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Maroon 5 returns to Dolby Live at Park MGM Las Vegas on Thursday for the first 2024 dates of their residency show, which launched last year. Guitarist James Valentine says fans who come to the shows might get to see a side of Adam Levine they've never seen before.
Most Las Vegas residency shows are strictly timed and the set lists don't change that much, but James notes there are definitely moments built into the show that allow them to let loose.
"We always get to inject a little bit of creativity and spontaneity within every song, and there's certain moments in the set that are certainly engineered for that," he tells ABC Audio. "And Adam also gets to sort of explore his Vegas lounge performer side."
He laughs, "We never know what he's going to be saying onstage. We're always as surprised as the audience."
Maroon 5's Vegas set list may change slightly from last year's shows, but it'll still include their biggest hits, from "Moves Like Jagger" and "Girls Like You" to "Sunday Morning," "This Love" and one of James' personal favorites.
"It was really fun to play 'She Will Be Loved' [in Vegas] because we got to go out in the audience, me and Adam," he says. "Y'know, I'd strap on my acoustic guitar ... and we'd go walk around the audience. And so that was a pretty special moment every night. I really enjoyed doing that."
However, James says that moment caused a slight problem.
"Sometimes when you are in the audience, people are excited, which I understand," he says. "And so we did have some aggressive selfie taking. Our security had to explain, 'Hey, they are performing' and 'back off a little bit.'"
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Billie Eilish's new album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, is out now, and to promote it, she's doing a takeover of the platform that she says is "the only reason I'm anything, 100%": SoundCloud.
Billie was discovered on SoundCloud in 2015 when she uploaded her song "Ocean Eyes" and it racked up 10,000 plays in a few hours. Two years later, she had a record deal. She's now teamed up with SoundCloud to pay tribute to the fans who've been with her since day one.
There's a special landing page that features a new logo designed by Billie, with her name replacing the name SoundCloud. There are also user profile photos of Billie's "first fans" on the platform, and a timeline charting her career from 2015 to her current superstar status.
Plus, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is fully available to all SoundCloud users, instead of just the ones with paid subscriptions, which is how it usually works.
Billie previewed the new album, her third, at a special in-person fan listening event at New York's Barclays Center Thursday. There will also be a listening event at AMC movie theaters across the country Friday.
Speaking to Rolling Stone about HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Billie said, “I feel like this album is me. It’s not a character ... it feels like my youth and who I was as a kid."
She added, "This whole process has felt like I’m coming back to the girl that I was. I’ve been grieving her. I’ve been looking for her in everything, and it’s almost like she got drowned by the world and the media. I don’t remember when she went away.”
Here's the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT track list:
"SKINNY"
"LUNCH"
"CHIHIRO"
"BIRDS OF A FEATHER"
"WILDFLOWER"
"THE GREATEST"
"L’AMOUR DE MA VIE"
"THE DINER"
"BITTERSUITE"
"BLUE"
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Did you watch The Idea of You on Prime Video and come away from it wishing the film's boy band was real? Well, luckily for you, that band — called August Moon — has released the music video for their song "Guard Down." The track features lead vocals from Nicholas Galitzine and was produced by Savan Kotecha.
It seems Sabrina Carpenter ships Colin and Penelope on Bridgerton. Her hit song "Espresso" even features their ship name, albeit spelled a bit differently. "@bridgertonnetflix season 3's about to dream come true it for Polin shippers," @teamsabrina captioned a video filled with some of Colin and Penelope's most memorable scenes. "Use #ComeAndGetThisPolin on videos of ur fav moments from this season!" the caption reads.
While out and about in LA on Thursday, Justin Bieber was spotted sporting a vintage R.E.M. T-shirt from the band's 1989 Green World Tour. The band gave their approval on social media. "Nice t-shirt!" R.E.M's official HQ page wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
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One of Ed Sheeran's favorite things to do is drop in on schools unexpectedly and meet with music students. But on May 16, he went one step further during a surprise visit to The Sheffield College in Northern England.
During his visit to the campus of the music career-focused college, Ed walked onstage during a workshop that was being held in the theater and performed with several students. Nineteen-year-old Lol Bailey was singing Ed's hit "Shape of You" when the singer appeared.
“It really threw me off when Ed Sheeran walked on stage but it was brilliant,” Bailey told The Star.
Another student, 18-year-old Brad Lyne, got the chance to rap alongside Ed. He told The Star, "It was so cool. He’s a global superstar and an absolute legend but he was a normal dude who gave us some great advice. It made me think if he can achieve success, we can too.”
You can watch footage of both performances on Instagram. According to the college, Ed also performed "Castle on the Hill" during his visit and answered students' questions about the music industry.
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