Both Laufey and Clairo are in their touring eras — and now, they’re looking back on the Eras Tour superstar Taylor Swift to figure out which of her albums they think are the best.

In the latest episode of Hot Ones Versus, the two pop singers asked each other increasingly difficult questions. If the other chose not to answer, they would have to eat one of the extremely spicy wings in front of them. In one such question, Clairo asked “massive Swiftie” Laufey to rank four of Swift’s albums — Fearless, Red, 1989 and Lover — from best to worst.

“I would do that order: Fearless is my favorite, Red is my second favorite, 1989 and Lover.” Clairo mostly agreed, though added that she might put 1989 in second place over Red, before pointing out why it felt odd that Lover was at the bottom of her ranking: “My favorite Taylor Swift song is ‘False God’ on Lover, so it feels weird having it be so low.”

The two then continued opining about their other favorite Swift albums, specifically shouting out the singer’s Folklore and Evermore in the process. “I’m a big Folklore and Evermore fan,” Laufey said. “Evermore is my favorite, I think. But I don’t know if that’s just me wanting to like the one that’s less popular.”

For those who came to watch these two pop stars eat spicy wings, the duo didn’t disappoint. Earlier in the video, Laufey asked Clairo to choose which of her fellow pop star friends — Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa or Charli XCX — she would not want to go on tour with. “I would tour with all of them … Wait, so I have to eat one because I love them all?” an incredulous Clairo asked before sinking her teeth into a wing. “Honestly, whatever. If I just pretend that nothing is wrong, then nothing will be wrong.”

Watch the full challenge between Laufey and Clairo above.

John Fogerty is set to receive BMI’s 2025 Troubadour Award at a private event at BMI’s Nashville office on Sept. 8. According to BMI, “This accolade recognizes a songwriter who has made a profound impact on the creative community and whose work continues to set the pace for generations to follow.”

“John Fogerty has written and recorded some of the most distinctive and beloved rock songs of the 20th century,” Clay Bradley, BMI vp, creative, Nashville, said in a statement. “His music is unequivocally the sound of America, with timeless lyrics wrapped in unforgettable melodies that continue to resonate with generations of fans around the world. We’re thrilled to honor John with the BMI Troubadour Award and celebrate his creative achievements and his songs, which have become the soundtrack of so many lives.”

Fogerty’s songwriting canon includes classics such as “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Born on the Bayou,” “Bad Moon Rising” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.” As the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty helped shape the sound of American music, blending blues, country, pop, rockabilly, R&B and swamp boogie.

CCR was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, in its first year of eligibility; Bruce Springsteen did the honors. Fogerty was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and the American Music Honors in 2025. again introduced by Springsteen. He received a a special honor for his song “Centerfield,” making him the only musician ever honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Since his affiliation with BMI in 2005, Fogerty has been named a BMI Icon in 2010 and was presented with the BMI Board of Directors Award in 2023. He’s also received 13 BMI Million-Air certificates, recognizing his songs that have surpassed over one million radio airplays, which collectively have had over 64 million broadcast performances.

Fogerty topped the Billboard 200 twice with CCR (Green River in 1969 and Cosmo’s Factory in 1970) and once as a solo artist (Centerfield, 1985). Fogerty’s most famous song, “Proud Mary,” made the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 twice, for CCR in 1969 and in an utterly revamped version for Ike & Tina Turner in 1971.

On Aug. 22, Fogerty will release his new album Legacy, a 20-track collection of newly recorded versions of his biggest hits. For the first time in his career, Fogerty fully owns the rights to his groundbreaking CCR catalog.

BMI’s invitation-only Troubadour Awards will include tribute performances and speeches by special guests during a cocktail reception and dinner. Falling on the eve of AMERICANAFEST, this ceremony will serve as a homecoming for BMI’s Americana family of songwriters.

Here’s the complete list of winners of BMI’s Troubadour Award.

A dream cast put on a live production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl over this past weekend, when Cynthia Erivo as Jesus went toe-to-toe with Adam Lambert as Judas — not to mention Hamilton‘s Philippa Soo as Mary Magdalene, John Stamos and Josh Gad sharing the role of King Herod, Raúl Esparza as Pontius Pilate and more legends of stage and screen.

Unfortunately for anyone who wasn’t in the house Friday, Saturday or Sunday in Los Angeles, those are the only three nights planned for this star-studded cast — but what if the show could go on? On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Keith tells Katie all about being in the house for the final night of the show and pitches the possibility of a live cast recording being released for all of us who have been watching every fan-shot clip on social media.

Listen to our conversation now:

Also on the show, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a ninth nonconsecutive week, while TOMORROW X TOGETHER, YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Tyler Childers debut in the top 10. Meanwhile, on the Billboard Hot 100, Alex Warren hits a ninth week atop the list, while another KPop Demon Hunters track, “Your Idol,” hits the top 10 for the first time.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)

La La Anthony starred front-and-center as the love interest in Drake’s “In My Feelings” video, and seven years later, she’s reflecting on the memorable cameo.

Anthony joined 360 With Speedy recently, during which she recalled her friendship with Drake leading to the role in the No. 1 hit’s visual. “I mean, I love Drake,” she said. “I’m a huge Drake fan and he’s a great friend. And I was like, yeah, this is cool. Like, Kiki, do you love me? That was a big, big deal back then.”

She continued: “I have been saying I wanted to do a video, but I wanted it to mean something, or be acting in a video, not just kind of like standing there or whatever.”

Eventually, Drake came back with an idea of La La playing the love interest he’s attempting to win back. “So he’s like, ‘I think I got something for you.’ I was like, ‘What is it?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, this good,’” she added.

La La still hears about her appearance in the video from fans to this day. “We had so much fun shooting that in New Orleans and people still talk about that video,” she told Speedy. “Last I checked, I haven’t checked in a while, but I was like, I don’t remember the number, but it was something crazy. I was like, this video has like, I don’t know, it was like 400 million, something crazy.”

Anthony’s not far off, as the video has nearly 300 million views on YouTube. The Scorpion bounce-fused track topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks.

Watch the “In My Feelings” video and La La Anthony’s interview with Speedy below.

CBS and its owner Paramount may given in to the Trump administration’s demands, but South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone — who just inked a reported $1.5 billion deal with the studio — are not following suit.

The first episode of the wildly popular animated series 27th season savaged President Donald Trump by putting him in a deteriorating romantic relationship with Satan — who the creators previously paired with Saddam Hussein — and endowing the president with a miniscule manhood. And the show’s continuing to poke at the twice-impeached commander in chief, his policies and supporters.

A promo for the the second episode, which airs on Aug. 6, promised more of the same mockery when the teaser arrived July 29. The teaser once again depicts the president with reluctant lover Satan, but this time also involves ICE as well as a woman who appears to be Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Comedy Central revealed on Tuesday (Aug. 5) that the episode is titled “Got a Nut,” with the description explaining that Mr. Mackay — South Park Elementary’s counselor — has lost his job and is “desperately” trying to “find a new way to make a living.”  (That’s him pulling up his face mask while in what appears to be an ICE truck in the promo.) One of the images released from the episode Tuesday also shows a gun-toting woman resembling Noem in an ICE vest.

The cable and streaming network also reported that the first episode of season 27, “Sermon on the ‘Mount” — which ended with an internet-breaking PSA of Trump trudging across a desert — was the top telecast across all cable, racked up its biggest season premiere share on Comedy Central since 1999, up +68% vs. last season’s first episode, attracted nearly 6 million cross-platform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central and trended on X for over 12 hours, five of them at No. 1.

The Trump White House slammed the South Park season 27 premiere the day after it aired. “The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end – for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ [sic] content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement to Variety, claiming that the long-running animated comedy continues to “hit record lows” and that it “hasn’t been relevant in 20 years.”

Parker and Stone’s production company, Park County, is also slated to release, Like That, a live-action movie starring rap superstar Kendrick Lamar in March 2026.

South Park airs Wednesdays on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. ET, and streams on Paramount+ the next day.