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Can’t stop mouthing the words to “Good 4 U”? Celebrate the launch of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Tour with a collection of T-shirts, stickers, sweatshirts and other merch available on Amazon.
Rodrigo’s official tour merch can be found on her website and in venues hosting her tour, which kicked off in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday (April 5), but you might have trouble finding your size as things tend to sell out quickly. The good news? Rodrigo’s official Amazon Store carries shirts and more items that tend to cost less than most of the stuff on her official website.
Whether you’re buying something for yourself or picking up a gift for someone else, Amazon has a decent selection of apparel inspired by the “Drivers License” singer. And if you’re an Amazon Prime member you get free delivery within a few days on most items.
To save you some time, we took the liberty of rounding up some of the items for you. Shop them below and for more Rodrigo gear, check out these limited-edition iPhone cases from Casetify.
SOUR Tracklist Classic Tee
What’s your favorite song from Sour? Available in sizes S-XXL, this classic cotton T-shirt showcases the album track list, including “Brutal,” “Traitor” and “Déjà vu.”
Sour Tote Bag, Natural
Carry your essentials around in this exclusive, all-purpose tote bag from Rodrigo’s Amazon store. The bag measures 13.5 inches wide and 16 inches long.
Olivia Rodrigo Stickers Pack of 50 Vinyl Waterproof Stickers
Stickers anyone? Designed to go on your water bottles, laptops or other hard surfaces, this 50-pack set of vinyl stickers will make a cute little gift idea for younger fans.
Sour Classic Hoodie
Spring has sprung, but that doesn’t mean you need to put the hoodies away just yet. This lightweight, cotton-polyester blend hooded sweatshirt comes in sizes S-XXL.
Sour Album Classic Tee
If you’re looking for another shirt color, check out the classic black tee featuring the Sour album artwork on the front. The cotton shirt comes in sizes S-XXL and is designed for all genders (like all the merch on our list).
Sour Classic Long Sleeve Shirt
Make a fashion statement in this powder-blue long-sleeve shirt featuring a Sour graphic on the front. The classic fit shirt is available in sizes small up to 2X.
A lot has been made of the social-media diatribes that Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) has gone on over the past few months — especially when he posts his unfiltered thoughts about estranged wife Kim Kardashian, how she’s raising their four children, or moving on with her new boyfriend Pete Davidson. But as Kardashian told ABC News’ Robin Roberts for an interview that aired Wednesday night (April 6), she’ll never tell him to stay quiet.
“You wanna take the high road, and sometimes it’s hard, but I think that at the end of the day everyone has their own way of communicating,” Kardashian says in ABC’s prime-time The Kardashians interview special, which also includes sit-downs with her mom Kris Jenner and sisters Khloe and Kourtney. “I’ve always been a champion of him speaking his truth, and I would always want that.”
She’s also keeping the lines of communication open with her kids — 8-year-old North, 6-year-old Saint, 4-year-old Chicago and 2-year-old Psalm — about their parents separating and the public chaos that surrounds the family.
“I’m really open and honest with them,” she says. “You know, the younger ones don’t understand much, but as far as with my two older ones, they know what’s going on, and you have to just really be there for them, no matter what. Even in this crazy life that we live — you have to just have a really open dialogue with your children.
“Kanye and I have had conversations,” she adds. “We have to talk daily for the kids. I hate that it had to play out like that, but when it comes to family, Kanye and I will always be family. At the end of the day, I just want my kids to be happy and healthy and think the world of their dad — and they do.”
In The Kardashians special, Kourtney Kardashian also opens about how her relationship with Travis Barker went from friendship to engagement (and now a license-free wedding).
Watch Kim Kardashian discuss co-parenting with Kanye in the clip below:
.@KimKardashian on co-parenting with Kanye West: “I hate that it had to play out like that but when it comes to family Kanye and I will always be family.” #TheKardashians https://t.co/CjtdW38HO8 pic.twitter.com/0IRVG421Y6
— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 7, 2022
Jon Batiste took home the Grammy for album of the year on Sunday night (April 3), beating his fellow nominees Kanye West, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Doja Cat, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, H.E.R., and Justin Bieber.
In celebration of Music’s Biggest Night, Billboard‘s Andrew Unterberger ranked every single album of the year winner — yes, all 64 of them — from worst to best, but we want to know what your top album was.
Let us know your favorite album of the year winner since 2000 by voting in the poll below.
Members of Congress are once again taking aim at Spotify’s controversial Discovery Mode feature, which allows artists and labels to receive a lower royalty rate on select tracks in exchange for higher priority in the platform’s algorithms.
In a letter obtained by Billboard, dated March 29, 2022 and addressed to Spotify founder, CEO and chairman Daniel Ek, Reps. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA) and Tony Cardenas (D-CA) – co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Multicultural Media – express concerns that Discovery Mode “lacks transparency” for both artists and consumers and ask the company to publish “on a monthly basis the name of every track enrolled in the program” and the agreed-upon discounted royalty rate for each. Variety first reported on the letter.
“Choosing to accept reduced royalty payments is a serious risk for musicians, who would only benefit if Discovery Mode yields more total streams for an artist across their entire catalogue, not just the track covered by the program,” the letter reads. “And if two competing artists both enroll their newest track in the program, any benefit could be cancelled out, meaning that the only profit goes to your company’s bottom line.”
Without transparency, the letter continues, Spotify is “asking artists to make a blind choice, and it represents a classic prisoner’s dilemma,” adding that Discovery mode has potentially harmful potential for “artists of diverse backgrounds, who often struggle to access capital.”
For consumers, the letter also questions whether Discovery Mode – which Spotify says is still in the testing phase – amounts to “misleading native advertising,” stating that the program “seems identical” to promotional social media posts or sponsored search results that fail to alert users to the fact that they’re ads.
“We understand that relevant FTC guidelines disclosures of paid content to be ‘clear and conspicuous,’” the letter continues. “Among the factors considered under this standard are whether disclosure is prominent and unavoidable, and nothing we see on your website or any interface you’re your service meets those criteria. Why does Spotify not comply with these federal guidelines, put in place to protect consumers?”
In response to the letter, a Spotify spokesperson sent the following statement to Billboard: “Artist and label teams have told Spotify for years that they want more agency in reaching new listeners and driving meaningful connections on our platform – Discovery Mode, in its early phase, delivers just that. We have been transparent about the use of Discovery Mode and the commercial considerations associated with it to our users and partners by publicly discussing this test in many forums and describing its use within the user experience. On the whole, the response to Discovery Mode from our listeners and partners has been incredibly positive and we will continue to be transparent about how it is working.”
First unveiled by Spotify in November 2020, Discovery Mode previously attracted concern from Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Hank Johnson Jr. (D-GA), who in June 2021 sent a letter to Ek voicing worries that the feature “may set in motion a ‘race to the bottom’ in which artists and labels feel compelled to accept lower royalties as a necessary way to break through an extremely crowded and competitive music environment.”
In a written response to that initial letter, Spotify head of global affairs and chief legal officer Horacio Gutierrez claimed Discovery Mode “has an overwhelmingly beneficial effect” and said the program had grown participating artists’ number of listeners by over 40%, “with artists in the earlier stages of their careers seeing the greatest success.” He added that because Discovery Mode doesn’t require an upfront cost, it allows artists “at any stage in their careers access to the same promotional opportunities as established artists with cash marketing budgets at their disposal.”
Regarding the program’s transparency, Gutierrez noted that Spotify provides participating artists with “detailed metrics showing Discovery Mode’s impact” for their music “across the Spotify platform, including on numbers of streams, listeners, track saves, and playlist adds.”
In further efforts to tout the alleged benefits of Discovery Mode, Spotify has published successful case studies of artists who took advantage of the program, including Natalie Perez, mehro, ODIE and Terrace Martin. Several distributors, including Believe CEO Denis Ladegaillerie, Distrokid CEO Philip Kaplan and Tunecore CEO Andreea Gleeson, have also released statements in support of the program.
By contrast, music industry critics of Discovery Mode have said the program “tilts what had been a level playing field for artists” and “misleads listeners,” with others citing Spotify’s alleged “pattern of devaluing music” in calling the program into question.
Nicki Minaj dropped her fourth song in less than two months with “We Go Up” featuring Fivio Foreign.
“We Go Up” is the latest in a rapid fire series of singles from the “Chun-Li” artist, whose track “Blick Blick” with Coi Leray arrived just last week. Before that came “Do We Have a Problem?” and then “Bussin,” both of which feature Lil Baby.
If you need a guide to follow along with Nicki Minaj and Fivio Foreign’s “We Go Up,” find the lyrics below:
New York, stand the f— up (yeah)
You know what’s goin’ on, n—a
Fivio, Barbie
Fivio Foreign, Nicki Minaj, n—a
(That’s Fivio Foreign, Nicki Minaj, p—y) (Papiyerr)
Touch my crown again, bi—
You bi— a—n—as (bi— a—n—as)
It’s only one king, it’s only one queen (it’s only one king, it’s only one queen, n—a)
That’s two crowns, n—a
Baow, grrt (ayo)
This week, ‘Rari (‘Rari), next week, Lambo (Lambo)
Bi—, I’m fly (fly), I don’t land though (land though)
This they funeral (funeral), start the service (service)
Say my name, make ’em nervous
Uh, you bi—es is salty, I give them pressure (I give them pressure)
Uh, you bi—es is salty, pass me the pepper (pass me the pepper)
Uh, you bi—es be jackin’ me like the Ripper (me like the Ripper)
Uh, I am a hustler, I can sell water to Flipper (sell water to Flipper)
Uh, I know they tea baggin’, bi—es is testy
Get you a vacuum, bi—es is messy
Let’s see
After all of that surgery, you are still ugly
And that is what gets me
This sh– ain’t new to me, sh– is just new to y’all
I wish a bi— would upon a shootin’ star
You thought you witnessed my final coup de grâce
(Brrt) look up, we shootin’ stars
Sitting in the back of the Benz and my feet go up
Bi—es don’t come outside when the beef go up
But I love the way they mob when we roll up
These bi—es bums, when I see them, they make me throw up
I wish a bi— would spin, I’m like, “Please show up” (show up)
When you talk to me, please don’t bring a cheap ho up (ho up)
You keep talkin’ ’bout a bi— for the streets, grow up (grow up)
‘Cause you the type to say that sh– and knock a freak ho up (uh)
I’m ’bout to make you regret you chose me as a enemy, bi— (bi—)
Southside Jamaica we mobbin’ them bricks, so pull up with the blicks (blicks)
Some of the best shooters out of New York, they don’t play with the Knicks
Ayo, that ain’t Fivio Foreign, that’s Barbie new foreign, bi—
These? Nah, that ain’t Reebok
We back on that Ewok
Percocets got a detox
Firearms gon’ get restocked
Shooters hittin’ that G-spot
Bi—es imitate, please stop
Suck his dick like a freeze pop
First he gotta give me top (brrt)
Louis bag, oh, that Louis bag
More colorful than a peacock (peacock)
Weak n—as gotta get the boot
Gotta get the boot with no treetop (no treetop)
He was like, “Who that? She bad”, I was like, “Oh, that’s bestie”
I could be all the way covered and still givin’ sexy
I know they sleepin’ on me, bi—es got epilepsy
I don’t do coke, little bi—, I don’t even do Pepsi, let’s see
How you don’t like me but tryna do everything like me?
That is what gets me
Sitting in the back of the Benz and my feet go up (get money)
Bi—es don’t come outside when the beef go up (take money)
But I love the way they mob when we roll up (haha)
These bi—es bums, when I see them, they make me throw up
I wish a bi— would spin, I’m like, “Please show up” (Rockaway)
When you talk to me, please don’t bring a cheap ho up (yo, Dan, what up?)
You keep talkin’ ’bout a bi— from the streets, grow up
‘Cause you the type to say that sh– and knock a freak ho up
Yeah, look (grrt)
Go on a drill and I make it look good to you
I’ll tell my shooter to bully you (I’ll tell my shooter to bully you)
Huh, yeah (yeah)
That n—a gon’ kill you as soon as I look at you (baow, baow, baow, baow)
(Kill you as soon as I look at you, n—a)
Huh, yeah
I never say what I wouldn’t do (I’ll never say what I wouldn’t do)
(I never say what I wouldn’t do)
Huh, yeah, look
Open the door and I shoot out the bulletproof (brrt)
Look, I’m with a baddie, she love the aggression
I’m with a demon, he wanna get reckless
I’m showin’ them growth and I’m teachin’ ’em lessons
Now watch how I’m movin’ ’cause I’m the investment
F— her all night and I go and get breakfast
I don’t do paperwork or confessions (nah)
I don’t do internet shows or textin’ (nah)
Shoot up the party, that’s sendin’ a message (baow) (baow, baow)
Them n—as started us (them n—as started us)
The bulletproof was like a guarded truck (yeah, skrrt)
Ain’t no blicky with me, I got Nicki with me (nah)
And she Barbie dolled up (lil’ bi—) (yeah)
When we see ’em, we shootin’ the party up (grrt)
We ain’t squashin’ sh–, don’t try to “Sorry” us (nah)
I got rich friends and they be ‘Rari’d up (skrrt)
If they want to, they shootin’ the Garvey up (baow, baow, baow)
Fivi’ (Fivi’), spazzin’ (spazzin’)
Two shows (two shows), backend
Fendi (Fendi), fashion (fashion)
Fendi (yeah), fashion (look, huh)
I’ll put your brains on a napkin
And I tell my demons to whack him
My n—a died, then that n—a died
Look, I don’t even know how it happened
Pink Rolls truck and my feet go up (get money)
Bi—es don’t come outside when the beef go up (take money)
But I love the way they mob when we roll up (grrt)
Bums, when I see them, they make me throw up
I wish a bi— would spin, I’m like, “Please show up” (baow)
When it come to Queen Sleaze, all the fees go up (baow) (what happen?)
I said we out, you can’t breeze with us (baow)
And my wrist always on ice time, freeze, it’s up (baow)
Mmm
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Anthony Woart Jr., Joshua Goods, Konrad Zasada, Maxie Ryles, Onika Maraj, Szymon Swiatsczak
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