TWICE Share Energized Performance on ‘Cry For Me’ on ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’: Watch

Put away the tissues, and get with the program.

TWICE stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Show on Tuesday (April 27) for an energized performance of their new release, “Cry For Me.”

The seven-strong outfit turned it on with a thrilling, non-stop round of choreography, framed by billowy props. As performances go, you might say it was twice as nice.

After a 2015 debut on the K-pop scene, the girl group has pumped out a string of hits. Their latest, “Cry For Me,” dropped in December 2020 and led Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart earlier this year.

Watch the performance below.

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Live Twitter Spaces Discussion Will Break Down 2021 Billboard Music Awards Finalists

Billboard will host a live discussion about the 2021 Billboard Music Awards finalists Thursday (April 27) on Twitter Spaces — and you can get in on the conversation.

Hosted on Billboard’s official Twitter account, senior director of music Jason Lipshutz, senior editor Lyndsey Havens, R&B/hip-hop charts manager Trevor Anderson, Billboard News host Tetris Kelly and staff writer Heran Mamo will participate in the Twitter Spaces conversation Thursday at 4 p.m. ET.

Selected finalists for the 2021 BBMAs will be announced Wednesday: NBC’s Today show will reveal finalists in the top Hot 100 artist category live in the Pop Start segment in the 8 a.m. hour ET/PT, while E!’s Daily Pop will reveal finalists in the top Latin male artist category starting in the 11 a.m. hour ET/PT and Access Hollywood will reveal finalists in the top rap female artist category live starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Finneas and Maggie Baird, Luis Fonsi, Jon Batiste, Tate McRae and Verzuz creators Swizz Beatz and Timbaland will help announce all the 2021 BBMAs finalists during Billboard Music Awards – The List Live, which will stream Thursday starting at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT on both Billboard and Billboard Music Awards’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. The show will be hosted by Access Hollywood’s Zuri Hall and comedian LaLa Milan.

Billboard Music Awards – The List Live will also feature appearances by Anitta, Bretman Rock, Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry, Chris Sullivan, Jay Pharoah, Kandi Burruss, Kyle Richards, Leslie Jordan, Lisa Rinna, the New Voices Bay Area TIGQ Chorus, Nick DiGiovanni, Paris Hilton, Rob Gronkowski, Tanya Rad and Brad Goreski, Tika the Iggy, Tim Anderson, Wisdom Kaye and more.

The 2021 Billboard Music Awards are set to air Sunday, May 23, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The show will air live across the country.

Billboard Music Awards finalists and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including MRC Data. This year’s awards are based on the chart period of March 21, 2020 through April 3, 2021. Fan-voted categories this year include top social artist and top collaboration.

The 2021 Billboard Music Awards are produced by dick clark productions. Barry Adelman and Robert Deaton are executive producers.

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Porter Robinson Shares His Set From Secret Sky Virtual Fest, Announces Fall Bay Area Show

April 24 might as well been named Porter Robinson Day on Twitter, with the platform going wild in the wake of the producer dropping Nurture, his seven-years-in-the-making sophomore album. Artists including G Jones, Rezz, Jai Wolf and more dropped into the feed to congratulate Robinson on the album, which has already garnered millions of streams and many glowing reviews.

The festivities continued the following day, with Robinson playing the album during the second iteration of his virtual festival, Secret Sky. Robinson’s set launched with him on the piano, then jumping around onstage and singing the album single “Something Comforting.” (While the vocals are pitched up, Robinson was in fact singing live, with his voice being adjusted in real time.) Watch the complete set below.

Robinson’s moment continued Monday (April 26) with the announcement that the second edition of his IRL festival, Second Sky, is taking place in the Bay Area this fall. Produced by Goldenvoice, the show will happen at Berkeley’s Cesar E. Chavez Park on September 18-19, with Robinson as the headliner and additional artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

While the event has not yet addressed COVID protocols, a press release notes that Second Sky 2021 moved to a larger venue after the debut 2019 event sold out quickly. Second Sky debuted in June 2019, with a lineup featuring Robinson, Anamanaguchi, Cashmere Cat, Nina Las Vegas, Madeon and others.

Robinson has been working on the live show for Nurture for the better part of the year, telling Billboard that while he initially intended to make the show a bit melancholic to match the tone of the album, “as I started putting the show together, perhaps purely as a consequence of having been in quarantine and seeing no live shows for the previous year, I kept cranking up the fun. I couldn’t stop. I made everything into a more fun version of itself.”

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Cam Anthony Shines With ‘Flawless’ Performance on ‘The Voice’: Watch

Cam Anthony had his game face on when he faced off against Connor Christian on Monday night’s (April 26) Knockouts round of The Voice.

Christian opened with a decent performance of 5 Seconds of Summer’s “Youngblood.” Then Anthony stepped on up for a brutal knockdown with a rendition of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good.”

The Team Blake sensation had Kelly Clarkson out of her seat at one point, and yelling “oh my god” as the performance wrapped.

“You should be proud,” Nick Jonas later told Christian. Anthony’s performance, however, was “flawless, creative and kinda…otherworldly.”

Legend is a fan of Anthony and his talents. “I really believe in you, I think that you have the ability to be a true artist, beyond this show,” he enthused.

Blake Shelton praised Anthony. “You have a gift, and I’m very happy for you.” There was no surprise who won this bout. Anthony, the 19-year-old Philadelphia-born, Los Angeles-based hopefully got the win and moves forward in the show.

Watch the performance on NBC’s The Voice below.

Cam Anthony performs Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” against Connor Christian singing 5 Seconds of Summer’s “Youngblood” during The Knockouts on The Voice.

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Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker Heat Up Their Desert Baecation With Cheeky PDA Pic

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker shared a steamy and cheeky update from their current desert vacation.

On Monday (April 26), Kardashian shared a picture of the two getting hot and heavy, with the shirtless blink-182 drummer holding up the bikini-clad Keeping Up With the Kardashians star in the middle of the desert, her legs wrapped around his waist. Her “Just Like Heaven” caption references the song by The Cure, which hit the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.

Barker, who commented “EVERYTHING” underneath her post, posted the song on his Instagram Story, which Kardashian later reshared on hers. Blink-182 performed a cover of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” in 2018 during KROQ’s Weenie Roast music festival.

The two took a skiing trip to Utah with both of their families earlier in April, but it looks like these two might get some alone time this time around.

Barker shared another PDA-filled tribute to his girlfriend on her 42nd birthday April 18. “I F—ING LOVE YOU! YOU’RE A BLESSING TO THIS WORLD,” he captioned the series of NSFW snapshots from their relationship over the last three months.

See Kardashian and Barker’s latest PDA-packed picture below.

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