Reneé Rapp lit up the 2025 American Music Awards on Monday night (May 26) with the live debut of her brand new single, “Leave Me Alone.”

Introduced by pal Jake Shane, the Mean Girls star kicked off the performance in front of a crowded, makeshift bathroom mirror with three of her dancers before kicking down the set to reveal the stage at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

“Got my hair tied up, phone on don’t disturb/ Leave me alone, babe, I wanna have fun/ I wear my jeans so low, show my my little back dimple/ Leave me alone, babe, I wanna have fun/ Even line my lips just to match my nipples/ Leave me alone, babe, I wanna have fun,” Rapp swaggered on an edited version of the track’s opening verse.

Later, she climbed the steps of the set to join her backing band — all of whom wore white T-shirts emblazoned with the bold statement “I WOULD DIE FOR RENEÉ RAPP” in all caps.

“Leave Me Alone” serves as the lead single for Rapp’s upcoming sophomore studio set, Bite Me, which is slated for release on Aug. 1 viva Interscope Records. (The song’s lyrics also happen to cheekily reference the wait between 2023’s Snow Angel and the star’s forthcoming follow-up, with her rapping, “Manager called me, said, ‘Where’s that single?’/ Leave me alone, babe, I wanna have fun/ ‘Oh you’re breaking up, babe, I don’t got no signal!’”)

Ahead of the album’s summertime release, Rapp will join the likes of Mariah Carey, Lola Young, KSI, Busted vs. McFly, Zara Larsson, Dasha, Jessie J and fellow AMAs performer Benson Boone on the lineup of Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2025 at London’s Wembley Stadium on June 15.

The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.

Marking the latest stop on his extraordinary rise to pop stardom following the success of “Ordinary,” Alex Warren has made his award show debut by performing the breakthrough track at the American Music Awards on Monday (May 26).

Taking the stage in Las Vegas late in the show, the TikToker expertly built up the momentum while singing live for the first time ever on an award show, starting out soft as he tenderly crooned the romantic ballad while joined by a gorgeous harp accompaniment. As the song crescendoed, a large choir appeared behind him on stage, adding body to the song before a wall of fiery sparks lit up the background in sync with the track’s most climactic moment.

“You’re taking me out of the ordinary/ I want you laying me down ’til we’re dead and buried,” Warren sang, passion showing in his facial expressions. “On the edge of your knife, staying drunk on your vine/ The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowing we found/ Something so out of the ordinary.”

The performance comes as “Ordinary” is spending its third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, a feat that reflects just how much the track has taken the world by storm in recent months. It also reached a new peak at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated May 10.

While riding the success of “Ordinary,” Warren has been preparing his next album, which will feature new song “Bloodline” featuring Jelly Roll, which dropped May 22. The duo first premiered the track at the country star’s Stagecoach set in April.

This year, the AMAs were hosted by Jennifer Lopez, featuring awards such as artist, song and album of the year. Kendrick Lamar had the most nominations with 10 total, followed by Post Malone with eight, and Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey with seven.

The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley posed arm in arm on the red carpet for the first time on Saturday (May 24) in Rome, Italy, where the couple attended a dinner event together at the Palazzo Barberini.

Hurley shared a photo from their night out on Instagram, captioning the moment with “Roma” and several pink heart emojis; Cyrus commented on her post with red heart emojis. In pictures from the event, the actress — who wore a hot pink gown with sleeves that draped over her arms like a cape — is seen smiling brightly, with Cyrus by her side.

Also attending the event, which celebrated the opening of the new Valentino Garavani cultural space in Rome, was Hurley’s model son, Damian, who posed with his mom and Cyrus on the red carpet.

Cyrus and Hurley made their relationship Instagram official in April, when they shared a photo of a kiss on Easter Sunday. Since then, they’ve made more appearances together on social media and have talked about each other in interviews with the media.

The couple were both part of the cast of the 2022 Lionsgate comedy Christmas in Paradise, alongside Kelsey Grammar.

“We did very few scenes together but the couple times we were in the same scene there was a chemistry there,” Cyrus said on Apple Music’s The Ty Bentli Show the week after Easter. “We just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing a lot.”

After filming wrapped, they reconnected over text message when Hurley unexpectedly reached out to tell the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer, who was going through a difficult period in his personal life, “You’ve got a friend in your corner.” Cyrus recalled, “Of all the people to reach out to me in that second that maybe I needed most… this friend who made me laugh.”

“She’s so impressively brilliant,” he said of Hurley. “She reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton. She’s a very smart businesswoman. If you can laugh together, you can make it through everything.”

Later in the Apple Music interview, Cyrus shared, “It’s been a long time since I’ve been this happy.”

On May 13, Hurley fielded a question from Entertainment Tonight about the relationship, smiling as she told the outlet, “Billy’s a very, very fabulous person. He’s a very gentle man, very nice. We’re very happy.”

MGK‘s “Cliché” tops this week’s new music poll.

In a poll published Friday (May 23) on Billboard, music fans chose the rocker’s latest single as their favorite new release of the past week.

“Cliché” brought in 38% of the vote, edging out fresh offerings from a range of artists, including Joe Jonas (Music For People Who Believe in Love), Burna Boy featuring Travis Scott (“TaTaTa”), Karol G (“Latina Foreva”) and Alex Warren with Jelly Roll (“Bloodline”), among others.

The melodic new track marks MGK’s fourth single of 2025, following “Your Name Forever,” “Come Pick Me Up” and his recent cover of the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” featuring Julia Wolf.

Shortly after “Cliché” dropped on Friday, the artist formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly shared a video on Instagram of his elated reaction to landing the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist.

“For the first time in my career…CLICHÉ!!” he captioned the post, adding a teary-eyed emoji and prayer hands while tagging Spotify and Spotify for Artists. In the video, MGK excitedly FaceTimes his 15-year-old daughter, Casie Colson Baker. “Princess, I’m hyped right now! … Your sister’s asleep so I can’t scream, but I wanna scream so loud,” he said.

Coming in a close second in the poll was Joe Jonas’ Music For People Who Believe in Love, which received nearly 33% of the vote. The 14-track project is Jonas’ first solo album since 2011 and features collaborations with his younger brother Frankie Jonas, Sierra Ferrell, Louane, Tiny Habits, Luísa Sonza, and more.

Speaking to Billboard in April, Jonas shared the personal nature of the album. “The music I’ve been making felt really personal,” the Jonas Brothers member said. “And I selfishly didn’t want to share it with other people. This needed to come from my voice in particular.”

Check out the full results of this week’s poll below and visit Billboard’s Friday Music Guide for more must-hear releases.

Laura Segura, executive director of MusiCares, has departed the organization after five years as executive director, according to an email sent to staff by Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares.

The memo announced a “key leadership transition” heading into Memorial Day weekend, revealing that Segura is “no longer with MusiCares” — and that Theresa Wolters, who’s been serving as MusiCares’ head of health and human services, “is stepping into the role of interim executive director.”

No reason or details regarding Segura’s departure were given. Billboard reached out to the Recording Academy and MusiCares on Saturday (May 24) for comment.

The leadership and staff directory on MusiCares’ website no longer includes Segura’s name and lists Wolters as interim executive director.

Segura was named executive director at MusiCares in 2020, after serving as vp of membership and industry relations at the Recording Academy.

She was honored at Billboard‘s Women in Music, which recognizes top executives in the industry, in both 2022 and 2023.

Segura and Wolters, who is now MusiCares’ interim executive director, co-penned a guest column for Billboard, “Health Insurance Isn’t Enough — Music Also Needs a Financial Safety Net,” published in March.

MusiCares, founded by the Recording Academy in 1989, provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music community. The U.S. based, independent 501(c)(3) charity offers financial grant programs, support resources and crisis relief.

Earlier this month, MusiCares reported that nearly $10 million raised for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts during the 2025 Grammy Awards was distributed to recipients across the region. As of May 2, $6,125,000 was disbursed to more than 3,100 music professionals across L.A, and $3,969,005 had been directed to the community-based organizations California Community Foundation, Direct Relief and Pasadena Community Foundation.

An additional $16 million was raised by MusiCares and the Recording Academy during Grammy weekend with the MusiCares Fire Relief campaign and its annual Persons of the Year gala. $6 million of that amount was allocated to longterm fire relief efforts, and $10 million will go toward the organization’s year-round mission delivery.

“What moved us most in the days following the Grammy telecast wasn’t just the scale of support, it was the spirit behind it, Segura said in a statement on May 2. “Thousands of people gave what they could, and together, their generosity became a lifeline for those in crisis, which reached far beyond our industry. That’s why we partnered with trusted community organizations who are helping Angelenos across the region access the care, resources and support they need to rebuild.”