Doja Cat has announced the tracklist and release date for her third studio album, Planet Her. Arriving on June 25th, the 14-song set features Ariana Grande, the Weeknd, Young Thug, J.I.D, and SZA. The follow-up to 2019’s Hot Pink includes Doja Cat’s previously released collaborative track with SZA, “Kiss Me More.” …
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What Is happening to streaming’s superstars? That was the big question asked in this very column two months ago. The answer, delivered by a myriad of game-changing stats: they’re getting squeezed. New data now shows that this trend isn’t going away – and is, in fact, calcifying. Industry monitor Nielsen …
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Ariana Grande surprised the burgeoning Filipino boy band TNT Boys, joining them for a performance of the Dreamgirls torch song, “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” on The Late Late Show Tuesday. Over the past few years, TNT Boys have solidified their viral status with performances of hit songs …
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Two weeks ago, the singer-songwriter Victoria Monét made a trip to Disneyland with her friend and longtime collaborator Ariana Grande. “We go often, and there are always fans,” Monét says. “But this particular time, she was [like] Michael Jackson. Security was like, ‘no pictures please, thank you,’ and a fan …
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If anyone told you this time last year that Ariana Grande would drop a song that simultaneously samplesThe Sound of Music and jacks Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag,” would you have believed it? We’ve come a long way from the bubblegum-R&B of her early years. “7 Rings” is a sexy, …
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