The Queen has arrived.

Beyoncé made her first appearance at the Met Gala in 10 years — and she showed up looking like royalty. The legendary singer arrived in a fully bejeweled gown designed to look like a skeleton, paired with a matched jeweled headpiece and a large feather shawl.

Beyoncé is more than just a Met Gala guest: She co-chaired this year’s event alongside Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. The singer turned the gala into a family affair, walking the red carpet with her husband, Jay-Z, and eldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Blue Ivy is notably one of the youngest people in attendance at the event; since 2018, the Met Gala has implemented an 18+ rule for its attendees, though it looks like they made an exception for the co-chair’s daughter, who is just 14 years old. Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy stopped for photos on the red carpet together, posing as a family unit.

Making what was already a momentous occasion even bigger, Beyoncé gave a rare interview with red carpet host La La Anthony.

“This is the moment that everybody’s been waiting for,” Anthony said in introducing Queen Bey, before asking the singer how it felt to be back at the gala for the first time since 2016.

“It feels surreal because my daughter’s here,” Beyoncé replied. “She looks so beautiful. It’s incredible to be able to share it with her.”

Beyoncé shared that what she’s most excited for is being able to see the gala through her daughter’s eyes, and for being able to relax. She also shared what excites her most about her beautiful look.

“I’m wearing Olivier Rousteing, who is someone that has been so loyal to me, and I’ve done so many incredible, iconic looks with him,” the star said of the designer, who served as the creative director for Balmain for 14 years before leaving the fashion house in 2025. “So it’s really about representing him.”

Anthony and Beyoncé also expressed their excitement to celebrate diverse bodies — a large part of The Met Costume Institute’s spring exhibition theme of “Costume Art.”

“The different juicy, curvy, thin, tall, whatever. Just celebrating whatever God gave you,” Beyoncé said.

With Beyoncé’s appearance at this year’s Met Gala, many online are speculating that she may use the event as an opportunity to announce Act III, the rumored capper to an expected album trilogy that started with Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. However, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too high: The singer’s longtime publicist responded to an X post by a fan account speculating that the Met Gala will launch the singer’s Act III era by saying, “This is unequivocally false!!” At the time of publication, Beyoncé herself has not yet shared anything about the album.

Madonna is gearing up to return to the dance floor on July 3 with Confessions II, but on Monday (May 4), the Queen of Pop brought witchy wonders to the 2026 Met Gala red carpet in Manhattan.

Flanked by four women holding her grey veil trains, Madonna, imperious as ever, walked the red carpet wearing a black outfit with a gossamer, old-timey seacraft fixed to the top of her head. With the veils surrounding her headpiece, the effect was of a storm-tossed ship at sea. Designed by Anthony Vaccarello, it was a custom Yves Saint Laurent look inspired by British-Mexican painter Leonora Carrington’s painting The Temptation of St. Anthony, per Harper’s Bazaar. Centered around the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit “Costume Art,” the Met Gala dress code this year is “Fashion Is Art,” so Madonna’s campy, surrealist look is right on theme (as she always is at the Met Gala).

Madonna recently teased Confessions II with the release of “I Feel So Free” and lead single “Bring Your Love,” a duet with Sabrina Carpenter that dropped last Friday, following Madonna’s surprise appearance during Carpenter’s headlining set during Coachella weekend 2. The Man’s Best Friend singer also walked the Met Gala red carpet, draped in a gown made out of film strips taken from 1954’s Sabrina, a romantic comedy starring Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn, which Carpenter called “one of my favorite films of all time.”

Beyoncé is one of the 2026 Met Gala co-chairs; for her red carpet look, she brought out daughter Blue Ivy and husband Jay-Z, making her appearance a family affair. To see what other musicians hit the 2026 Met Gala, check out this photo gallery.

SZA might have a song called “Saturn,” but at the Met Gala, she embodied the sun.

The singer hit the red carpet in a vibrant yellow dress and jeweled floral headpiece designed with Emily Adams Bode Aujla of Bode. The gown included a corset, structured skirt and a long train in various shades of yellow. In an interview with red carpet host La La Anthony, SZA shared the fascinating story behind the dress’ creation.

“This entire look is made with reworked pieces purchased on eBay,” the star explained. “This is like my ethereal body. This is how I see myself.”

SZA went on to share that the look represents “the divine feminine,” pointing out different details, such as the cowries, pieces of saris bought from the secondhand marketplace and the real flowers on her head.

“It just wanted to express joy,” she said.

The star then made a joke about her bust in the dress, saying, “I was looking at how big my boobs look on this camera.” SZA followed by telling Anthony what makes her want to be fearless with fashion.

“I just love a character and I love playing and I love attention,” SZA said, showing off the crystals incorporated into her outfit. “I just love expressing our culture. And I just love celebrating all cultures.”

In a story on SZA’s sustainable look, Vogue shared that the fashion publication and eBay teamed up with Bode to create the look.

“SZA’s look for this year’s Met Gala is both tied to her own whimsical personal narrative and has an art-based historical significance,” the designer told Vogue.

BLACKPINK members JENNIE, JISOO, LISA and ROSÉ all hit the Met Gala red carpet on Monday (May 4), walking the red carpet individually and flaunting distinct fashion sensibilities.

For her Met Gala debut, JISOO was decked out in a sparkly pink floral gown, which she told Vogue red carpet co-hosts Ashley Graham and Cara Delevingne was a custom Dior by Jonathan Anderson. “It’s my first Met Gala. I’m so excited and a little nervous too,” JISOO told them with a laugh. “We’re trying the flowers,” she said. “It’s so exciting.”

In addition to the Dior fit, she was wearing a vintage Cartier necklace. The BLISOO boss told Graham and Delevingne the outfit took “four to five hours” to pull together, which they acknowledged was more than worth it.

ROSÉ spoke to Vogue red carpet co-host La La Anthony about her look, an Yves Saint Laurent dress with an avian theme. ROSÉ explained she was talking with celebrity stylist Law Roach about fashion and art ahead of the Met Gala and “the bird stood out because of the theme of the Met Gala this year,” she said, referencing the “Fashion Is Art” dress code for the “Costume Art” exhibit. “It helped [to] do my homework and learn the history of Yves Saint Laurent. It was a privilege to learn the inspiration YSL had with art,” she said, referencing the Georges Braque painting The Birds on the ceiling of the Louvre in Paris, which inspired her dress.

LISA arrived at the Met Gala red carpet in a sculptural look designed by Robert Wun. “I’m just so happy to showcase myself in an art form like this,” LISA said, explaining that the arms winding around her veiled gown were her own arms recreated via 3D printer. She also teased her upcoming Las Vegas residency. “It sold out!” she beamed. “I can’t wait to show my fans what I prepared.”

JENNIE was the last member of BLACKPINK to hit the Met Gala, strolling down the carpet in a shimmery, silver Chanel dress by Matthieu Blazy. JENNIE told Vogue‘s Anthony her dress was made out of 15,000 sequined leaves. “I feel like a mosaic art work come alive,” she said, adding she was excited to see her BLACKPINK bandmates inside the Met Gala.

“Bring Your Love,” Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter‘s new song release, tops this week’s best new music poll.

Listeners voted in a poll published Friday (May 1) on Billboard, choosing the superstar team-up as their favorite music release this week.

“Bring Your Love” rose to the top in a week that also delivered new music from Zara Larsson, Kacey Musgraves and Bella Poarch, plus the new soundtrack accompanying the box office hit The Devil Wears Prada 2. At the poll’s closing time on Sunday, Madonna and Sabrina had amassed an overwhelming 88.99% of the vote.

Interestingly, there was a Madonna and Devil Wears Prada crossover over the weekend in movie theaters, where a teaser for Madonna’s upcoming Confessions II album played ahead of the film. The promo spot featured Madonna and Vogue‘s Anna Wintour, who’s ready to hear the confessions to come on July 3.

But first, it’s time for “Bring Your Love” to shine.

The Madonna x Sabrina duet is meant for the dancefloor, or at least meant to put your mind in that transcendent space.

The pair debuted the single in Madonna’s surprise guest appearance during Carpenter’s recent Coachella set, then officially unleashed the studio version of the song on Friday. With it came a vibrant visualizer that puts the lyrics of “Bring Your Love” front and center, in bold text. On the track’s verses, the two artists make declarations like “Don’t comment on my ideas/ I don’t want your judgment or your expectations” and “Don’t rely on my moral compass/ Or my discretion, I have a confession.”

The chorus: “Bring your love ’cause you cannot shake me/ Bring your love ’cause you’ll never break me/ Bring your love ’cause you cannot take me down.”

Madonna co-produced “Bring Your Love” with longtime collaborator Stuart Price, who worked with her on 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor and has maintained the musical director position on several of the star’s tours.

Among the new releases trailing behind “Bring Your Love” on the poll this week are Bella Poarch’s “Ribcage,” Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun: Girls Trip album, Kacey Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere album and the soundtrack for The Devil Wears Prada 2; the sequel to the original 2006 film leads the box office this weekend, opening with $77 million in North America and $156.6 million overseas, for a global total of $233.6 million.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

Great news for the Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers has turned out to be not so great for Bruce Springsteen fans. After the Sixers advanced to the second round of the NBA finals by beating the Boston Celtics in a playoff series for the first time in 44 years — besting their rivals 109-100 in game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series on Saturday (May 2) and becoming just the 14th team in league history to come back from a 3-1 deficit — The Boss and the E Street Band have reshuffled their Land of Hope & Dreams North American tour.

“Due to the NBA and NHL playoff schedule, the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert at Xfinity Mobile Arena has been rescheduled for May 30,” the band wrote on Instagram over the weekend. Tickets for the original date, May 8, will be honored on the new date.

The announcement came as both the Sixers and the city’s NHL team, the Flyers, have advanced in the 2026 playoffs. The Sixers will be back at Xfinity on May 8 to play the New York Knicks in game three of their series, followed by the Flyers, who will face the Carolina Hurricanes at home on May 7 and May 9.

The original E Street Band date was squeezed in between a run of New York shows, including a show on Tuesday (May 5) in Elmont, N.Y. bookended by the first of two shows at Madison Square Garden on May 11 (with a second one on May 16) and a stop at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on May 14. The Philly show will now come after what was supposed to be the E Street Band’s May 27 finale at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

The latter date was a pointed booking, as it would have wrapped the tour on the doorstep of Springsteen’s frequent target during the tour’s run: President Donald J. Trump. The Boss launched the tour in Minneapolis on March 31, the site of the killing of two American citizens by Trump’s immigration enforcement agency during a surge in the city earlier this year. The routing was a clear rejoinder to Trump’s actions in the Twin Cities, which Springsteen also reacted to with the flash-release of the searing protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” which the Boss debuted at a show by fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tom Morello at the legendary First Avenue club in the city on Jan. 30, less than a week after the track was written and recorded.

Donald Trump is claiming that his dance moves to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” helped drive a resurgence of the song on the Billboard charts.

During a speaking engagement at The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday (May 1), the U.S. president took credit for the 1970s smash hit topping Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart in late 2024, more than four decades after its original release.

“That song was No. 5 32 years ago, and it went to No. 1 32 years later,” Trump incorrectly stated during his speech. “It went to No. 1 for months during the last months of the campaign.”

The ubiquitous disco-era track — described by Trump as the “gay national anthem” — was frequently used during his 2024 presidential campaign and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Top Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart that November. Following its original release in late 1978, “Y.M.C.A.” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In December 2024, Village People founder Victor Willis spoke out about why he allowed Trump to use “Y.M.C.A.” at rallies and events leading up to his election win. The musician originally asked Trump to stop using the song in 2020 but later reconsidered after realizing that the politician seemed to “genuinely like” it and was “having a lot of fun” with “Y.M.C.A.,” he wrote in a lengthy Facebook post in late 2024. Willis also noted that the dance tune has only “benefited greatly” in terms of chart placements and sales since Trump incorporated it into his campaign.

“Therefore, I’m glad I allowed the President Elect’s continued use of Y.M.C.A.,” Willis wrote. “And I thank him for choosing to use my song.”

During his speech on Friday, Trump also noted that his wife, Melania Trump, isn’t a fan of his onstage reaction to “Y.M.C.A.” “She hates when I dance to what is sometimes referred to as the gay national anthem,” the president said. “She hates it.”

He added, “We love that song. But [Melania] goes, ‘Darling, please.’ You know, she’s a very elegant woman. She goes, ‘Darling, please don’t dance. It’s not presidential.’ I said, ‘It may not be presidential, but I’m leading by 20 points in the polls or something.’ ”

Trump ended his speech by showcasing his signature dance — featuring fist pumps and hip shakes — as “Y.M.C.A.” played at the close of his address at the Florida retirement community.

Olivia Rodrigo playfully reflected on some of her career highlights during her Saturday Night Live monologue.

The 23-year-old pop star pulled double duty on May 2, serving as both host and musical guest on the late-night sketch comedy show.

In her opening monologue, Rodrigo said it had always been her dream to host SNL before poking fun at her age.

“I grew up watching the show, and they say your favorite SNL cast is the one you watched as a teenager,” the singer said, rattling off several current cast members. “Mine is Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson and Chloe Fineman. And they all came back this week just to cheer me on. How sweet is that?”

She then plugged her upcoming album, joking about its unusually long title.

“My last two albums were called Sour and Guts, and this new one is called You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” Rodrigo said. “I’ve learned more words, guys. Yay!”

You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, her third studio album, is scheduled for release on June 12.

The “Drop Dead” hitmaker also revisited her early acting days on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, where she starred alongside her former co-star Jake Paul.

“When I was 13, I was on a Disney show called Bizaardvark, and we had an incredible cast, which included acting legend Jake Paul,” Rodrigo said. “And we’d always talk about our futures, me and Jake. I’d say, ‘I really wanna create music that explores the complexities of girls my age,’ and he’d say, ‘Well, one day I really wanna beat up old guys on Netflix.’”

The joke references Paul’s 2024 boxing match against Mike Tyson, which streamed on Netflix. “And we both did it, hooray!” she added.

Rodrigo closed her monologue with a parody of her 2021 breakout hit “Drivers License,” which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The updated version found Rodrigo singing about getting her real ID instead of a driver’s license.

“You know, a lot has changed for me since my first single ‘Drivers License,’ which was about the biggest event in my life when I was a teenager. And now that I’m older, I decided to write a new song about the most recent big event in my adult life, and I really hope it speaks to you,” she said before launching into the parody.

“I got my real ID last week, showed up at the DMV. I sat there waiting 14 hours, with 9 forms to prove it’s me,” Rodrigo sang while seated behind a piano.

Elsewhere in the episode, Rodrigo performed her previously released track “Drop Dead,” which has already become her fourth No. 1 on the Hot 100, and debuted the new song “Begged.”

Watch Rodrigo’s SNL monologue below.

Connor Storrie made an unexpected appearance on Saturday Night Live to introduce Olivia Rodrigo’s new song.

The 26-year-old Heated Rivalry star — who previously hosted the late-night comedy show in late February — stepped in during the May 2 episode to present Rodrigo’s latest track “Begged,” which will appear on her upcoming album.

Dressed in an all-denim look, Storrie was met with loud cheers from the live audience as he welcomed Rodrigo back to the stage for a second time that night. In addition to serving as musical guest, Rodrigo also hosted the episode.

Storrie, who did not appear in any other sketches during the broadcast, had taken on hosting duties himself earlier in the year, making his SNL debut as host on the Feb. 28 episode.

During her performance of “Begged,” Rodrigo delivered the mournful ballad while seated on a swing. The track will appear on her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, set for release on June 12.

Earlier in the evening, the singer-songwriter was introduced by Blondie’s Debbie Harry for an energetic performance of “Drop Dead,” the lead single from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, released April 17. The track has already become Rodrigo’s fourth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The episode marks Rodrigo’s third overall appearance on SNL but her first time hosting. She previously appeared as musical guest in May 2021, performing songs from Sour, and again in December 2023 promoting Guts.

Watch Storrie’s surprise SNL appearance in the video below.