Olivia Rodrigo‘s new song “Drop Dead” just, well, dropped.
On Friday (April 17), the pop star shared her first single in years to kick off her You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love album era. The track is one of 13 that will appear on the June-slated LP, her first full-length since 2023’s Billboard 200-topper Guts.
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“Drop Dead” also gives fans their first look at the concept behind Rodrigo’s new album, which she explained in a recent interview with British Vogue. “I realized all my favorite romantic love songs were beautiful because they had a tinge of fear or yearning in them,” she said, revealing that You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is full of “sad love songs.”
“Falling in love, [I thought] that the second I’m in a really great relationship, I’m gonna start feeling good about myself, and this stuff is going to fall into place. But it just doesn’t work like that,” she continued at the time. “I’m definitely a lover girl. Like, I want to be in something committed and so in love. And yeah, it’s hard these days.”
Leading up to the track’s release, the Grammy winner shared videos on social media teasing “Drop Dead.” “I hope you never finish that beer,” she wrote over a video of herself sipping a Guinness, paired with a wispy, buoyant snippet of the single.
In another clip, she gazes out the window of a moving train. “it’s feminine intuition,” reads pink text over the video.
So far, both of Rodrigo’s lead singles to her past two albums have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. First, “Drivers License” made her a global superstar ahead of the release of debut LP Sour, after which “Vampire” topped the chart ahead of Guts.
Now that it’s finally out, listen to “Drop Dead” below.
Rihanna doesn’t appear to have babies on the brain at the moment.
RiRi seemed to throw some cold water on pregnancy rumors with her response to a content creator on Wednesday (April 15).
Krissy Clemons, who runs the @EverybodyHateKrissy account on IG, posted a video surrounding speculation of Rihanna being pregnant with baby No. 4 at the moment, which made its way onto the Fenty mogul’s radar, as Rih hopped into the comment section with a word.
“Is the baby in the womb with us?” she quipped.
Fans had a laugh at Rih’s cheeky response, which has compiled 250 likes. “And the only voice that matters in this situation has spoken,” one person wrote.
Another chimed in: “They won’t let your womb alone bruh!”
Rihanna looks to have changed her tune a bit from the top of the year, when she insinuated she had baby fever for 2026. Back in January, Love Island alum Montana Rose Brown posted a video about how she’s ready for another baby this year, which drew the superstar’s attention.
“Deciding whether to get hot and sexy or get pregnant in 2026,” Brown wrote. Rih commented back: “Wait! So I’m not crazy then?”
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcomed daughter Rocki in September, their third child together alongside RZA (3) and Riot Rose Mayers (2).
It remains to be seen if the Grammy-winning singer will have baby No. 4 with Rocky, who’s set to embark on a global tour this year, later in 2026. Her last pregnancy reveal came in elegant fashion while attending the Met Gala last May.
On the music side, the Navy is still patiently waiting for R9, as Rihanna’s last album, Anti, celebrated its 10th anniversary in January.
You’ve experienced the album, more than once. Sung its title track loudly with besties. And how you wished you’d seen it performed live.
Now, Pink Floyd is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here with a sportswear tie-in that you never saw coming.
The prog-rock masters have teamed up with Italian soccer giants FC Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan) and Sony Music Italy for another round of Pink Floyd Football Club (PFFC), with a new capsule inspired by the friendly team founded by the band in the 1970s.
The PFFC collection includes two exclusive, limited-edition goodies, including the “anthem jacket” (priced at $290.10), one of just 400 numbered pieces with exclusive packaging which the Nerazzurri will wear prior to the team’s match again Cagliari at San Siro on Friday, April 17. Fans can also snap-up a bundle consisting of an original T-shirt and an exclusive blue vinyl, limited to 1,908 copies (and priced at $64.70), plus retro PFFC jerseys, scarves, plectrums, drumsticks, tote bags and more.
PFFC kicked off the start of the ‘70s, a squad that played during breaks from touring and featured David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, the late Richard Wright and crew.
The iconic PFFC photo by Kim Gottlieb-Walker “inspires the collection,” reads a statement. Look closely at the groovy blue-and-white retro jersey, which carries the PFFC lettering at its center as a tribute to the shirt worn in the original photograph. The back is emblazoned with 50th anniversary logo of “Wish You Were Here,” adapted for the club, and the sleeves are embellished with the Inter logo and the iconic Pink Floyd burning man handshake symbol.
The PFFC merch is available at the official Inter online store and at Inter Stores Milano, Castello, and San Siro.
Wish You Were Here is here to stay. The album was the U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 last year, five decades after it first hit the top spot. A new digital and physical reissue of the 1975 LP features several previously unreleased alternate versions and demos of songs such as “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” and its title track. It was Floyd’s second No. 1 album of the 2025 after the re-release Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, a live show from 1971, hit the top spot in May.
“Wish You Were Here” is one of eight curated classics from 1971-79 that will appear on Pink Floyd 8-Tracks, a new compilation album due out June 5. The tracklist includes hits “Money,” “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2,” “Time,” “Comfortably Numb” and an exclusive full version of “Pigs On The Wing,” previously available on the 1977 Animals 8-Track cartridge release.
The music and merch lives on, but Pink Floyd is no longer active. “I’m done with it,” Gilmour told Classic Rock magazine in 2015, a year after the release of what turned out to be the British band’s final album, The Endless River.
KATSEYE’s wild week adds another chapter with the announcement of a visit next month to Australia.
To celebrate what will be the international girl group’s first trip to these parts, fans will have the chance to attend an exclusive fan Q&A experience in Sydney on May 6.
Fan can enter here for the chance at a golden ticket, and by pre-ordering their forthcoming EP WILD. Universal Music Australia is behind the contest, the winner of which will receive flights, accommodation and a double pass to the Q&A in Sydney. Also, 29 runners-up will receive a double pass for the session.
KATSEYE is on the express elevator, going up. After releasing new single “Pinky Up” and delivering an eye-catching performance for the first weekend of Coachella, the pop singers announced WILD would arrive on Aug. 14 via HYBE x Geffen Records.
According to a statement, WILD “leans into something more euphoric and untamed. Rooted in self-discovery and self-determination,” and the group “embraces every version of themselves, resulting in a project that feels open, boundless, and entirely their own.”
Members Daniela, Lara, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae celebrated the new-music announcement by sharing a cute video on Instagram of themselves backstage at Coachella.
The new collection will mark KATSEYE’s first EP since last year’s Beautiful Chaos, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and features Billboard Hot 100 hits “Gnarly” and “Gabriela.” In Australia, “Gabriela,” “Touch” and “Gnarly” are all certified platinum, while “Debut” and “Gameboy” are certified gold.
It’ll also be the group’s first multitrack project since HYBE announced that bandmate Manon would be taking a hiatus to “focus on her health and well-being.” When the “Pinky Up” music video dropped on April 9, Manon was absent from the visual, and she didn’t perform at Coachella (though she was spotted at the festival).
KATSEYE will return to the California desert for weekend two of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 17. Fresh off their main stage spot, KATSEYE dropped a hoodie collection including six styles designed by each member of the group, through an ongoing partnership with Gap.
Jessie Ware is going large with her forthcoming tour in support of Superbloom.
The British pop artist’s trans-Atlantic tour is said to be her biggest to date, and includes her first-ever U.K. arena run. The Superbloom Tour gets underway in Toronto on Oct. 6, and includes stops in Toronto, New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, before heading to Mexico City’s Teatro Metropolitan.
Then, in November, the jaunt heads to Continental Europe before culminating in a U.K. arena stretch with a hometown date at London’s The O2 Arena, and concerts in Glasgow and Manchester.
“I am so excited to be performing my biggest shows ever. We made it to arenas,” she comments in a statement. “I am playing iconic venues around the world and I couldn’t be happier. The Superbloom Tour will be filled with celebration, dancing, theatre, cowboys and goddesses and of course a LOT of singing. Can’t wait to step into my garden where we all shall bloom!”
The presale starts next Tuesday, April 21 at 9am local time, and the general on sale follows on Thursday, April 23 at 9am local time.
But first, the release of Superbloom on Friday, April 17 via EMI Records. It’s the followup to 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? and 2023’s That! Feels Good!, both of which peaked at No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. The London-born singer and songwriter announced her arrival with with her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album from 2012, Devotion, the first of five consecutive U.K. top 10 appearances.
According to a statement, the new collection “erupts into a glittering rush of Studio 54-inflected groove-pop, exploring themes of pleasure, intimacy, connection and transformation,” and houses the previously-released singles “I Could Get Used To This,” “Ride,” and “Automatic.”
Ware personally shaped the sound of the record, “firmly maintaining creative control,” reps say. Collaborators include Ford, Barney Lister, Karma Kid, Jon Shave (Charli XCX), and Stuart Price, while Ben Baptie (Sault, Little Simz, Adele) mixed the album.
“I’ve been trying out this fantasy world and escapism,” she enthuses. I’m not the most by-the-book ‘pop star’, but I do like to play with dress-up, glamor, and fun, While I love dance music, I wanted to dig deeper with this record; to connect with real relationships and appreciate the love I have, and the fears I have of losing it.”
Pre-order Superbloom here.
The ‘Superbloom Tour’ 2026
Oct. 6 — HISTORY Toronto, Toronto, ON
Oct. 8 — Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Oct. 10 — The Anthem, Washington, DC
Oct. 11 — The Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 13 — Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Oct. 16 — The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
Oct. 20 — The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 22 — Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City, MX
Nov. 10 — Casino de Paris, Paris, FR
Nov. 12 — SaSaZu, Prague, CZ
Nov. 13 — Inside Seaside Festival, Gdansk, PL
Nov. 14 — Compensa Concert Hall, Vilnius, LT
Nov. 16 — Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, DE
Nov. 18 – K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, DK
Nov. 20 — Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE
Nov. 21 — AFAS Live, Amsterdam, NL
Nov. 28 — The O2, London, UK
Dec. 1 — 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, IE
Dec. 4 — OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
Dec. 5 — Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
Is Boards of Canada about to end its 13-year-long hibernation? If a cryptic poster run by Warp Records is anything to go by, maybe.
The beloved British independent label dropped a bombshell for BoC’s long-suffering fanbase, with a string of puzzling images that raise more questions than offer answers.
The posters, which are captured in a post shared on Warp’s official social channels, without comment, depict zombified children, an image that ties in with the artwork for BoC’s magnum opus from 1998, Music Has The Right to Children. And each image is stamped with a brand that invokes the electronic act’s Hexagon Sun logo.
The easter eggs don’t end there. New York and London phone numbers can be seen among the images, the edge of a “City of Westminster” street sign is visible in one, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame can be spotted on another.
What it all means, only time will tell.
Boards of Canada is the Scottish electronic music duo of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin, a universe-building pair that is both enigmatic, secretive and adored by connoisseurs of minimal electronic music.
The siblings rarely give interviews and have performed only a small handful of live shows, mostly in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their fourth and most recent album release was 2013’s Tomorrow’s Harvest. That collection peaked at No. 7 in the U.K., for their first top 10 entry, and at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, their first appearance on the all-genres U.S. albums chart, and a top 40 debut on Australia’s ARIA Chart. That release, too, enjoyed a subtle promotional push with a string of clues drip-fed for fans to gobble up.
In 2019, a comeback of sorts with “XYZ,” a previously-unreleased tune from their Peel Session of July 1998, which appeared on a new Warp Records 30th anniversary package, WXAXRXP Sessions.
BoC’s impact, however, can’t be measured in hits, or streams.
Warp’s teaser could allude to a Record Store Day exclusive, appearing just days out from the annual celebration of vinyl record stores. BoC’s most recent Instagram post dropped 34 weeks ago, announcing the 30 years anniversary of their first publicly-available vinyl mini album Twoism and a new batch available on wax.
A book acknowledgement is one of the greatest honors an author can bestow upon a loved one, and Lena Dunham just did so for Taylor Swift.
Actor, producer and author Dunham released her second memoir Famesick on Tuesday, and toward the end of the book, add a list of acknowledgements to the most important people in her life who helped her get the memoir published. Included in the names is Taylor Swift, who Dunham refers to as “TayTay.”
“TayTay — you sing the songs I wrote this book to, the stories that pulled these stories out of me, the music that makes the whole world feel seen,” Dunham writes. “And yet somehow, miraculously, you also pick up every desperate call at every desperate hour.”
Dunham continues the heartfelt message by telling Swift, “I love you so much and forever, for the reasons that everyone does and for reasons all my own.”
The actor-singer duo have been friends for more than a decade. Dunham has taken to social media several times to praise Swift’s music and has spoken about the Grammy winner in interviews. In a 2024 interview with The New Yorker, the Girls creator talked about how, even prior to their friendship, she was a fan of Swift’s music. In the same interview, Dunham also shared that she is ” always very careful to be protective of [Swift] in every single way.”
Swift received another major honor from Dunham when she served as a bridesmaid for the actress in 2021 when Dunham married musician Luis Felber. In the years since, Dunham has continued to express her love for her friend and support her music, including attending The Eras Tour.
Duran Duran is stepping away from the darkness of Halloween and shimmying into disco — with the help of long-time collaborator Nile Rodgers.
The new wave legends tease “Free to Love,” a snippet of which features a glittery disco ball and the musicians wearing their sparkly best. With its thick synth bass line, and Simon le Bon’s vocals heavily manipulated with effects, the new track seems to sit in a lane parallel to the modern disco revival.
Check out the teaser below.
Duran Duran and Rodgers have a special hit-making relationship that dates back to 1984, when the New York City-born guitarist, producer and co-founder of seminal disco-era band Chic sprinkled gold dust on the band’s Seven And The Ragged Tiger opener “The Reflex.” His contribution converted the song into a global smash, giving Duran Duran their first leader on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rodgers was a hero to the members of Duran Duran long before they got to work together, and their connection would stay tight through the years, including collaborations across multiple shows and studio projects, including “Wild Boys,” plus the Notorious, Astronaut, Paper Gods albums and, most recently, 2023’s Halloween-themed collection Danse Macabre.
The Rock Hall-inducted British band is locked in for a run of 2026 shows, including a residency next month at Bleaulive at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, arena and festival spots in North America and across Continental Europe, and a headline date July 5 at BTS Hyde Park.
Rodgers, too, has a busy itinerary in the months ahead with concerts booked for the U.K. and Europe, North America and elsewhere.
Duran Duran is one of the great survivors from the early stages of the ‘80s, a period of music that was scythed by the time grunge made its move. Along the way, the band has collected every conceivable award, including the Brit Awards’ Lifetime Achievement, two Ivor Novellos, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two Grammy Awards, and, in 2022, long-overdue induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In 2024, Le Bon was been named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by King Charles, a salute to his services to music and charity.
Duran Duran’s “Free to Love” featuring Nile Rodgers is due to drop April 23.
American artist and producer Oliver Tree has released a new music video for his track “All You Ever Wanted.” The video was filmed at the Didgori Battle Monument in Georgia.
The track was written, produced and directed by the artist himself. With his signature sense of humor, the artist introduced the clip as an “official unofficial music video.” In the YouTube description, he wrote: “Another $0 budget music video. Filmed at the Didgori Battle Monument in the beautiful country of Georgia.”
Oliver Tree is a multimedia artist from California. He is a singer, songwriter, producer, rapper and director. He gained international fame with hits like “Life Goes On” (2021) and “Miss You” (2022). He has released three studio albums: Ugly Is Beautiful (2020), Cowboy Tears (2022) and Alone in a Crowd (2023).
In 2024, Oliver Tree performed his first concert in Tbilisi, Georgia. Before the show, he expressed his love for the country on social media, saying, “I’m performing in Tbilisi, which is one of my favorite places in the world with the best food. I can’t wait to see you.” He even shared a video of himself “flying” toward Tbilisi’s Mother of Georgia statue while wearing a Georgian flag symbol on his chest.
The location of the music video, the Didgori Battle Monument, is one of the most famous Georgian historic sites. It honors the Battle of Didgori in 1121, where King David the Builder defeated the army of the Seljuk Empire. Historians call this victory the “Miraculous Victory,” as it freed the country and began Georgia’s “Golden Age.” The memorial features a central monument surrounded by massive stone swords, pillars and bells. Every year on Aug. 12, Georgians gather there to celebrate the traditional holiday called “Didgoroba.”
This article originally appeared on Billboard Georgia.
Ye has postponed his upcoming Marseille, France concert “until further notice,” the hip-hop artist confirmed via X, marking the latest disruption to a planned European run.
The announcement arrives just one week after Wireless Festival, where Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — had been slated to top the bill, but was cancelled after the U.K. Home Office denied him entry into the country on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to public good.
Ye had been slated to headline three nights of Wireless in July. Multiple U.K.-based Jewish organizations spoke out against the event’s decision to book the 48-year-old, along with the U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer and London major Sadiq Khan, who criticized the move.
The artist released a statement on April 7 about his goals to bring “unity, peace and love” to London and showed an openness to meet with leaders of the Jewish community in the U.K., but the ban stood. “My only goal is to come to London and present a show of change, bringing unity, peace and love through my music,” he said ahead of the cancellation.
“I would be grateful for the opportunity to meet with members of the Jewish community in the U.K. in person, to listen. I know words aren’t enough — I’ll have to show change through my actions. If you’re open, I’m here.”
Per a recent AFP report, French officials had already been weighing action ahead of the June 11 date at Marseille’s Orange VÉLodrome, with French interior minister Laurent Nunez exploring options to block the performance. Nunez had reportedly started the process to block Ye from traveling to France to perform while discussing the matter with the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, during a visit earlier this month.
“After much thought and consideration, it is my sole decision to postpone my show in Marseille, France until further notice,” Ye wrote on X. In a follow-up message, he added, “I take full responsibility for what’s mine but I don’t want to put my fans in the middle of it. My fans are everything to me. Looking forward to the next shows.”
The postponement comes amid ongoing fallout from a series of antisemitic and pro-Nazi remarks made by the rapper on social media and podcasts in recent years, which have sparked widespread backlash and impacted his live appearances. In May 2025, Ye released a song called “Heil Hitler” and sold T-shirts featuring swastikas.
Under French law, Nazi ideology, symbols, and the denial of the Holocaust are illegal.
In January, Ye issued a lengthy apology in The Wall Street Journal, stating, “I am not a Nazi or an antisemite,” and attributing past behavior in part to struggles with a brain injury and bipolar disorder.
As of Wednesday (April 15), Ye’s official website still had him listed to perform in several other European countries throughout the summer, including Turkey, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. He is also scheduled to play in New Delhi, India, in late May.
Ye returned with his Bully album on March 28, which charted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. He performed a pair of sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 1 and April 3.