Music notes: Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and more
Soon, you’ll be able to wear Billie Eilish‘s skin as you play a bad guy in Fortnite. The video game collaboration goes live on April 23 when Billie takes the Fortnite Festival main stage. You’ll be able
Rihanna’s “Diamonds” is now Diamond-certified
Neil Mockford/WireImage Rihanna’s “Diamonds” is living up to its name. Roc Nation announced Monday that the song has officially reached Diamond status from the Recording Industry Association of America. That means it has sold 10 million equivalent
BTS teams with UNICEF for new #OnMyMind initiative
Photo Courtesy of UNICEF In 2017, BTS and UNICEF started working together on the Love Myself charity campaign. Now, they’ve renewed the partnership and launched a new initiative called #OnMyMind. In the launch video, BTS member RM
Subjects of some of Taylor Swift’s many ‘TTPD’ shout-outs react
Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, name-checks quite a few people, places and things, from a song by the Scottish band The Blue Nile to Stevie Nicks. Many of those entities are now reacting to
Madonna sued by fans for starting DC show late, allegedly lip-synching
Live Nation Madonna‘s already been sued by fans over the fact that she started her Brooklyn, New York, show in December 2023 two hours late. Fans in Washington, D.C., have now filed a similar complaint. In the complaint,
Jennifer Hudson shares inspiring message 20 years after ‘American Idol’ elimination
Disney/Randy Holmes Jennifer Hudson is sharing a reminder to “never give up on your dreams” on the 20th anniversary of her American Idol elimination. The 42-year-old singer, who has gone on to be one of the most
Hozier’s first Hot 100 #1 hit is “Too Sweet”
ABC/Paula Lobo If your church is the top of the Billboard Hot 100, there’s no need to take Hozier to it — he’s already there. The Irish artist’s viral single “Too Sweet” has hit #1 on the
Youth parks program gets $300K
Local kids can frolic in the great outdoors more than ever now thanks to a bonanza for Sonoma County Regional Parks. The parks’ YES (Youth Exploring Sonoma) Parks program last week received a nearly $300k grant from
Imagine Dragons announces new album + US tour
KIDinaKORNER/Interscope You no longer have to imagine a new Imagine Dragons album. The sixth studio effort from the “Radioactive” outfit is called Loom and will arrive June 28. It’s the follow-up to the two-part Mercury, which was released
Taylor Swift explains meaning behind ‘TTPD’ songs in Amazon Music’s track-by-track experience
Courtesy Amazon Music You don’t have to wonder what Taylor Swift‘s new songs are about anymore: She’s telling us, as part of a new feature on Amazon Music. Taylor’s recorded what’s being described as a “track-by-track experience,”