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Sam Smith and Alicia Keys have joined forces for a duet of Smith’s ‘I’m Not The Only One’ – watch it below.Smith was celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’, which went on to make Smith the only artist to sell one million albums in the US and UK.To commemorate the anniversary, Smith hosted a karaoke party at NYC’s gay bar Julius’, with drag queen Lady Bunny serving as the night’s emcee and DJ. Smith also unveiled a surprise duet with Alicia Keys, which they called “a dream come true.”In response, Keys said: “This is amazing.

Normani has spoken out about the pressure to release her delayed debut album.The former Fifth Harmony member has been teasing her debut since 2018, but struggled to produce her highly-anticipated debut album for fans. She even alluded to the long wait time when teasing the album earlier this year in her website address, ‘wheresthedamnalbum.com’.Now, the singer has spoken out on the reasons for its lengthy delay, partially owing to both her parents being diagnosed with cancer.In a new interview withThe Guardian, Normani shared that her mother Andrea was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, 19 years after remission.

Taylor Swift has debuted a surprise mashup of Calvin Harris‘ ‘This Is What You Came For’ and ‘Gold Rush’ in Liverpool – watch it below.The superstar was playing her second night at Anfield Stadium, where she arrived at the surprise song portion of her billion-dollar grossing ‘Eras’ tour.Speaking to the crowd, Swift then said: “Every single time I have an acoustic set, I’m always trying to think of things you might want to hear — maybe things that might be a little bit unexpected,” the pop superstar told the crowd. “Let’s see how we did tonight.”She went on to debut Harris’ ‘This Is What You Came For’, which she helped co-write when they were dating at the time.

Tove Lo and SG Lewis have teamed up for a new collaborative EP ‘Heat’ – inspired by their fans in the queer community. Check out our interview with the duo below.Released yesterday (June 14), the four-track dance project came with four interlinked music videos directed by David Wilson, who has previously worked with Lady Gaga and Christine And The Queens.

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Rihanna opened up about an unexpected side effect of motherhood – postpartum hair loss.

Rina Sawayama has announced a new single ‘I’m Free’, a collaboration with Paris Hilton, set to be released next month.News of the song was revealed in a post on Hilton’s Instagram account, which showed a video depicting a text conversation between the two singers. The post is captioned: “’I’m Free’, out June 21st.”The first text in the video is from Hilton, with an audio recording titled ‘Free’ and a message saying, “Hey sis! Been working on something…”“Paris!! Obsessed,” is the reply from Sawayama.

Jennifer Lopez is proving to be a dedicated stepmomma — despite marital woes with Ben Affleck!

“I was a really shy kid, but the people who knew me knew I wasn’t really shy,” Zsela tells me from across a coffee table on the final day of May. She’s just arrived at The FADER office, decked out in denim, hair in long, golden braids.

Bebe Rexha is coming for G-Eazy!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer It’s been a very long, very arduous road for Normani to release her debut album “Dopamine.” On social media, the Nation — her anointed fandom name — pleaded for the record for so many years that when the former Fifth Harmony member finally announced it in February, she did so with a wink-nod, rolling it out with the accompanying website wheresthedamnalbum.com. But in a career plagued so often by delays and false starts, the path from that announcement was characteristically uneven.

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Bring Me The Horizon have spoken about their surprise collaboration with AURORA on ‘Limousine’, revealing it was very nearly another popstar.Frontman Oli Sykes sat down with NME to talk through the Sheffield band’s new record ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘. There, he explained the choices behind some of his collaborators on the rexord, including AURORA’s surprise appearance on ‘Limousine’.“I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME.

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Bebe Rexha has hit out at her former collaborator G-Eazy, calling him a “stuck-up ungrateful loser”.The Albanian-American singer called out the Californian rapper on social media for not directly asking her to shoot social media content with him. The duo have previously worked together on their 2015 hit ‘Me, Myself and I’, which was released on G-Eazy’s second album ‘When It’s Dark Out’.Rexha shared a now-deleted Instagram story of a screenshot with the request, with her writing underneath: “G-Eazy you have my number. Why don’t you text me and ask me yourself you stuck up ungrateful loser.“You’re lucky people are liking you again.

Shakira is opening up about the way she handled her split from Gerard Piqué — and how some in her inner circle tried to hold her back!

Spice Girls reunion could be imminent.The former girl group were last seen giving a surprise performance of their 1998 single ‘Stop’ at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party in April, and the event led many to speculate that a comeback could be happening.The former England captain posted the clip on his official Instagram account, showing Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Geri Halliwell and Mel B joining Victoria as they sang and danced along to ‘Stop’.However, Victoria’s husband has now said that another return isn’t on the cards.https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6AWKeaoENX/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=9fce6f54-43ae-4969-8312-69d748fded0a“Unfortunately, that’s not happening,” he told Variety magazine. “Victoria was so pleased to see the girls, and it was a massive part of her life, but obviously, all the girls have got their own things going on,” he said.

Coldplay’s Romania gig this week was booed for singing manele.The group, who are due to headline Glastonbury later this month, invited Romanian manele singer Babasha to perform alongside Chris Martin during their first concert in Bucharest on June 12.However, the moment was met with boos from the audience and was followed by much controversy afterwards. Manele is a controversial music genre in Romania because some of the content of the songs can have negative connotations.Before inviting him on stage, Coldplay’s Martin said he chose him after hearing him sing on the street recently.“When I landed yesterday, well, two days ago, I wandered the streets and heard this man singing so beautifully on the street.

Paul Weller has covered Billie Eilish‘s hit single ‘What Was I Made For?’ – listen below.The soloist and former Jam frontman delivered a stripped-back rendition of the Grammy-winning Barbie track during a live Sofa Session on BBC Radio 2 earlier this week (June 12).Explaining his decision to cover Eilish’s song to Jo Whiley, Weller said: “I heard it through my youngest daughter, Nova. She’s a big fan of this next artist…”Weller then performed his take on ‘What Was I Made For?’, which featured delicate keys and haunting synth textures.

Kylie Minogue is having a moment and looks unrecognisable in an adorable snap from her childhood. The 56 year old Australian songstress is sweetly resting her head on her hand, looking at the camera with an enigmatic smile, her long, blonde tresses reaching her shoulders in the unearthed black and white snap. From her recent sell-out Las Vegas residency to her Global Icon BRIT award and that surprise performance with Madonna, she’s currently surfing the crest of a career wave.

Taylor Swift has confirmed that her long-running ‘Eras’ tour will come to a close later this year – find out what the singer had to say below.While performing in Liverpool last night (June 13), Swift celebrated playing her 100th show of the tour.