As the title of their latest music video to hit a billion views may suggest, nobody can drag One Direction down — even all these years later.

The music video for the group’s “Drag Me Down,” which was released in 2015, has officially passed the milestone of one billion views on YouTube, seven years after its release. The song was the group’s first music video without Zayn Malik, who left the group in March 2015.

In the “Drag Me Down” video, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne explore NASA. Zayn gave his former band the stamp of approval. “Proud of my boys the new single is sick,” he tweeted.

“Drag Me Down” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart on August 22, 2015, two days after the video was released. The song spent 20 total weeks on the chart. Made in the A.M., One Direction’s first album as a foursome, featured “Drag Me Down” as well as fan favorites “Olivia,” “Perfect” and “History.” The album made No. 8 on the 2016 year-end Billboard 200 albums chart. 

The billion views milestone for “Drag Me Down” comes just four years after the group’s debut music video for “What Makes You Beautiful” also joined the billion views club.

Soak in the nostalgia for the good ol’ days of 1D and watch the “Drag Me Down” music video below.

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Ye’s “Life of the Party” music video has arrived.

Ye, aka Kanye West, dropped the new video on Mother’s Day (May 8). The visual brings childhood photos of Ye to life, with young Kanye rapping the verses in a selection of edited clothing.

On the deluxe edition of Donda, the track is a collaboration with André 3000.

A television commercial for Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga, featuring the “Life of the Party” visual, was set to debut at the same time as the new video, according to a press release. The collection marks the first limited release between Ye and Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia. It debuted online in late February, and the upcoming drop will be available for purchase on May 25.

Watch “Life of the Party” below.

It’s a happy first Mother’s Day for Priyanka Chopra, husband Nick Jonas and their baby, Malti Marie Chopra Jonas, whom they welcomed via surrogate in January.

On Sunday (May 8), the couple announced that their child is finally home from the hospital after spending more than 100 days in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU).

“On this Mother’s Day we can’t help but reflect on these last few months and the rollercoaster we’ve been on, which we now know, so many people have also experienced. After 100 plus days in the NICU, our little girl is finally home,” Jonas wrote on Instagram, where he shared the first public family photo with their infant, whose face was blocked with a heart for privacy.

“Every family’s journey is unique and requires a certain level of faith, and while ours was a challenging few months, what becomes abundantly clear, in retrospect, is how precious and perfect every moment is. We are overjoyed that our little girl is finally home, and just want to thank every Doctor, nurse and specialist at Rady Children’s La Jolla and Cedar Sinai, Los Angeles, who were there selflessly every step of the way. Our next chapter begins now, and our baby is truly a bad—. Let’s get it M! Mommy and Daddy love you,” he said.

Jonas then took a moment to show appreciation for mothers, especially his wife. The pair have been married since December 2018.

“Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible mothers and care takers out there, but I want to take a minute to say a special Mother’s Day wish to my incredible wife @priyankachopra on her first Mother’s Day,” the singer wrote. “Babe, you inspire me and every way, and you are taking to this new role with such ease and steadiness. I am so grateful to be on this journey with you. You are already an incredible mother. Happy Mother’s Day. I love you.”

“there is no one I’d rather do this with than you. Thank you for making me a mama @nickjonas I love you,” Chopra wrote on her own Instagram post.

See the sweet family photo on Instagram.

Bad Bunny‘s new album Un Verano Sin Ti tops this week’s new music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (May 6) on Billboard, choosing Bad Bunny’s latest studio album as their favorite music release of the past week.

The 23-track Un Verano Sin Ti, released via via Rimas Entertainment on May 6, was co-produced by Tainy and MAG, alongside longtime engineer Beto “La Paciencia.” Check out Billboard Latin editors’ picks for the top highlights from the summer-ready set here.

Following its release, Un Verano Sin Ti became the most-streamed album in 2022 so far on Spotify and Bad Bunny became the most-streamed artist globally in one day on the streaming service with 183 million streams, Spotify announced.

Un Verano Sin Ti brought in more than 48% of the vote in this week’s new music poll on Billboard.

Trailing behind were Taylor Swift‘s “This Love (Taylor’s Version),” the re-recorded take from her 1989 album, with almost 35% of the vote and Jack Harlow‘s Come Home the Kids Miss You album with 6% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

With just days to go until the release of new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar surprise dropped a new song Sunday night (May 8).

A music video was released alongside the track. The clip, directed by Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, has Lamar’s face morphing into the likes of O.J. Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, Kobe Bryant, Will Smith and Nipsey Hussle.

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Lamar’s fifth studio album, follows his Pulitzer Prize and Grammy-winning project DAMN., which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2017.

Lamar’s new album is set to be released on May 13.

Watch his “The Heart Part 5” music video below.

U2 frontman Bono performed in a Kyiv subway station that serves as a bomb shelter on Sunday (May 8), showing his support for Ukrainians trying to fend off the Russian invasion.

The Irish singer has tweeted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do.”

Bono, alongside guitarist the Edge, sang the Ben E. King song “Stand by Me” in the Khreschatyk metro station. He was joined by another singer in Ukrainian military fatigues.

He also visited Bucha, a town outside Kyiv where hundreds of bodies were found after Russian troops withdrew last month. The town is considered a possible war crimes site.