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Chappell Roan has admitted that her “dream” collaboration would be with SZA.The former NME Cover star made the admission after she was asked who her “dream artist to collaborate with” would be on the latest episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.SZA took to her Instagram Stories yesterday (March 26) to share a snippet from the podcast, writing: “Actually didn’t believe this quote when I saw it written til I saw it come out her mouth [just] now ’cause DEAD A– SAME.”She continued, “pls we must,” with a string of sparkle emojis.SZA has been a longtime fan of Roan, often gushing over her on social media. After the singer performed at Lollapalooza last summer, SZA wrote: “She makes me wanna keep making new music n art forever.”It comes after SZA also revealed earlier this week that Taylor Swift “was open” to writing something together.“It’s so interesting to me,” she said.

SZA has revealed Taylor Swift “was open” to writing something together.Last night (March 21), the ‘Snooze’ singer made an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, and touched on a time the two had spoken at the Grammy Awards, hinting at a potential collaboration.“It’s so interesting to me,” SZA said. “Every time she walks up to me or approaches me, I’m just like, ‘All right, this is happening, because that’s fully Taylor Swift’. I think what I mentioned was that I would love to write with her and love to build some things together.”“I love her storytelling.

SZA has played Catwoman in an advert for US company State Farm, co-starring Jason Bateman.In the two-minute commercial, set in the world of DC comics, a narrator talks about how using any other company would be like “having Bate Man instead of Batman”.It then shows a montage of the Arrested Development character trying to solve crimes as Bate Man, only to be completely unprepared until The Dark Knight comes along.Confronting many of Batman’s famous enemies, SZA appears as Catwoman as Bateman tries to stop her during a jewellery heist.She says “nice fanny pack” to her co-star, kicking him to the ground and foiling his rescue attempt. The genuine Batman is seen turning up in other scenes to save the day.

Lizzo has revealed that she and SZA almost formed a rock band called Pussy Lasers, alongside another, unnamed artist.The ‘Good As Hell’ singer shared the story during a Twitch stream on Friday (February 14), where she was recalling recording SZA’s song ‘F2F’ from her 2022 album ‘SOS‘.“We just always been friends, and it’s a sacred space for me in this industry. We [had] this little period of time where we were just linking up in the studio,” Lizzo said on the stream.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA have added two extra dates to their ‘Grand National’ 2025 stadium tour. Check out the details below.The news of the new stadium dates arrived earlier this week, just hours after the Compton rapper took to the stage as the performer for the massive Super Bowl Halftime show, and was joined by SZA for two tracks.Dubbed the ‘Grand National Tour’, the upcoming shows arrive on the heels of their North American tour, and initially included four stops in the UK.

Kendrick Lamar headlined the 2025 Halftime Show, his showcase has been named the most-watched Super Bowl performance in history.On Monday (February 10), the Compton rapper made history by becoming the first solo rapper to headline the coveted Halftime Show.Following the head-turning performance – which NME has ranked the third best in Super Bowl history – it has now been revealed that Kendrick Lamar’s showcase is now the most-watched Halftime Show ever, per Apple Music and Roc Nation.Lamar’s Halftime Show clocked in a whopping 133.5million viewers live during the event, and has since amassed over 38million views on YouTube and countless other views across social media since the performance wrapped.A post shared by Roc Nation (@rocnation)The title of most-watched Halftime Show was previously held by Usher, who raked in 129.3million viewers, beating out previous title-holder Rihanna for 121million viewers.However, despite the record-breaking viewership, Lamar’s performance hasn’t been unanimously acclaimed. Fans are split down the middle, with some calling it “a masterpiece”, while others are hailing it as the “worst Super Bowl performance in the last decade”.Oasis‘ Noel Gallagher has slammed Lamar’s performance, saying he “had to switch it off.

Kendrick Lamar has announced a joint tour with SZA, which will take place across the UK and Europe later this year.Announced today (February 10), the new run of stadium dates come just hours after the rapper took to the stage as the performer for the massive Super Bowl Halftime show, and was joined by SZA for two tracks.Dubbed the ‘Grand National Tour’, the upcoming shows arrive on the heels of their North American tour, which will span between April and June. New international dates commence with an opening night at the RheinEnergieSTADION in Cologne on July 2.From there, another show is planned for the Deutsche Bank Park venue in Frankfurt on July 4 before the two head over to the UK for the first two of their shows here.

Coming off the high of the 2025 Grammys and being one of Kendrick Lamar's special guests at his 2025 Super Bowl halftime performance, SZA has released a deluxe version of LANA with four new songs. They include a new version of fan-favorite "Joni" featuring Don Toliver, a SZA-only version of "Open Arms," and unreleased songs "Take You Down" and "PSA." Just last weekend SZA took home her fifth-ever Grammy award for Best R&B Song for "Saturn," a single from LANA.

Kendrick Lamar‘s dance crew was chased and escorted off the field during the rapper’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show – find out more below.During Kendrick Lamar’s history-making performance, the rapper was joined by a 400-strong cast of dancers and models. Towards the end of the performance, the majority of the cast were seen all across the field in the New Orleans Superdome as Kendrick rapped along to ‘TV Off’ with DJ-producer Mustard.The vast majority of the cast donned all-black attires.

Kendrick Lamar legendarily performed “Not Like Us” five times in a row at his Juneteenth Pop Out concert at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.And he probably could’ve done it at least three times in a row for the whole 13 minutes of his Super Bowl halftime-show set — and everybody would’ve been happy.That’s the kind of hype energy that “Not Like Us” brought to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans midway through the Super Bowl LIX showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.After all, attendees were all Serena Williams — bopping along to her fellow Compton-native as a surprise backup dancer.Although there had been some talk that Lamar might not perform the controversial Drake diss track that even had the “God’s Plan” rapper sue Universal Music Group — the umbrella record company that he and Lamar share — really there was just about as much of a chance of him not doing the battle rap classic as Taylor Swift not showing up to cheer on Travis Kelce.Lamar didn’t shy away from taking aim at Drake, as he even rocked a blinged out “a” chain for the mic-drop lyric “Try to strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.” But he did avoid the single most damning word where he calls him a “pedophile.”On this night, “Not Like Us” had come to symbolize more than the epic Drake beef, with a universal appeal — and a sickeningly infectious beat by DJ Mustard — made for Super Bowl-sized consumption.Of course, Lamar is bigger than one song. And with Samuel L.

Kendrick Lamar has delivered a fiery performance at the Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show – check it out below.Today (February 10), Lamar hit the field at the New Orleans Superdome to perform for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, making him the first-ever solo rapper to headline the massive honour.While he had previously confirmed that SZA would be joining him, Kendrick Lamar also brought along several major guest surprises, with Samuel L. Jackson narrating the rapper’s as Uncle Sam performance while Serena Williams made an appearance to dance..@SamuelLJackson! #AppleMusicHalftime pic.twitter.com/cTb7yRoEzu— NFL (@NFL) February 10, 2025 Lamar kicked off his set with an unreleased verse before before transitioning to ‘Squabble Up’, ‘HUMBLE.’, ‘DNA.’ and ‘Euphoria’.Throughout the set, Kendrick took several shots at Drake and even poked fun at the latter suing Universal Music Group for promoting ‘Not Like Us’.

Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show – see what they had to say below.Kendrick Lamar made history with his Halftime Show performance, becoming the first solo rapper to headline the massive showcase. During the performance, he was joined by SZA for two songs, and featured Serena Williams and Samuel L.

the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, but made one big and telling change to the song’s lyrics. Taking the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, Lamar, 37, elated fans when he performed the song that has come to define his feud with Drizzy, 38, during the show.The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper teased the song throughout the performance, saving it for the end of his time on the field.“I want to play their favorite song, but you know they love to sue,” K-Dot spat at one point, undoubtedly alluding to Drake’s legal actions against their shared record label, Universal Music Group.

performs at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show — and later goes on tour with Drake’s rival, Kendrick Lamar.Likely an even closer pal of SZA’s, Lamar, 37, walked onto the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for the Kansas City Chiefs’ face-off with the Philadelphia Eagles just days after his Drake diss track “Not Like Us” earned him five Grammys. Here’s a timeline of what you need to know about SZA’s relationship with 38-year-old Drake.Drake and the R&B singer — whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe — dated for an unknown period of time either in 2008 or 2009. It wasn’t until a decade later that Drake revealed the pair had a romance.

SZA has confirmed the release date of the extended edition of ‘Lana’.The album came out in December after almost a year of speculation about its release. Rather than a standalone album, it exists as a deluxe version of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’.Shortly after the release of ‘Lana’, SZA confirmed that “updated mixes” alongside “new songs” from the album would be added to streaming services on January 6 – when staff at her record label returned from their Christmas vacation.

Kendrick Lamar to be the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show headliner.In fact, it seemed as if his moment to play the biggest stage in the game had already come and gone in 2022’s Dr. Dre-led hip-hop extravaganza also featuring Eminem, Mary J.

ITV and ITVX in the UK on Sunday, February 9. Coverage begins from 10.45pm, with kick-off scheduled for 11.30pm GMT.The match will also be available on Sky Sports NFL, with coverage starting at 10pm GMT.The halftime show is expected to start at 1am GMT on Monday, February 10, although it could be delayed.

Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show on Sunday (February 9), the Grammy winner filmed a conversation between himself and Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet.The pair share a Bob Dylan connection, as Chalamet plays the singer in biopic A Complete Unknown, while Lamar’s mega-hit ‘Not Like Us’ samples a Ray Charles song that Dylan sampled in his track ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’.In a three-and-a-half-minute clip shared by The NFL on X (formerly Twitter), the actor enthused about the rapper’s success, and professed to being an admirer of his work. “Just being a fan of your music forever and knowing like, look where you’re at now, man” he said. “It’s just crazy, Super Bowl halftime show.

Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the halftime show, with various special guests including SZA. Lamar previously joint-headlined the event in 2022, alongside other hip-hop legends Dr.

Billie Eilish was among a host of stars who hailed Doechii‘s Grammys 2025 performance in LA last night (February 2).The hip-hop artist won the coveted Best Rap Album at the awards ceremony with her mixtape ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’, beating out the likes of Eminem, J. Cole and Future.

according to The Numbers.The animated comedy, based on Dav Pilkey’s children’s graphic novel series of the same name, is expected to take home a total of $35.3 million this weekend.The Universal Pictures family film — which The Wrap said “will delight young fans and entertain tolerant parents” — features the voices of Pete Davidson, Isla Fisher and Ricky Gervais.It’s already made history as the second largest opener for a January animated title ever after 2016’s “Kung Fu Panda 3,” Deadline reported.The horror sci-fi flick “Companion” eek-ed its way to second place, with sales of just over $4 million.It centers around a couple, played by Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid, who are on a weekend trip with friends at a cabin, when it is revealed that Sophie is, in fact, a companion robot.The film, which The Guardian called an “empty sci-fi thriller” that “short-circuits too quickly,” is slated to earn $8 to $10 million this weekend.The female buddy comedy “One of Them Days,” starring Keke Palmer and singer SZA, moved down a notch to third, earning $1.635 million.This week, the film, which reportedly cost $14 million to make, surpassed the $25 million mark at the domestic box office.“Mufasa: The Lion King” fell down a spot to fourth, with a $1.34 million-dollar take.