Love means never having to say sorry about the furniture. In a preview clip from Wednesday’s (Feb. 4) pre-Super Bowl New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce admitted he did something bad when he laughed so hard at a joke older brother Jason Kelce made about dog shows that he leaned too far back in his chair and snapped some of fiancée Traylor Swift‘s furniture in half.

The wood-splitting fall caused his camera to shake as the three-time Super Bowl winner was sent tumbling backwards and then covered his blushing face in embarrassment as he busted out laughing and Jason asked, “Oh s–t! Are you alright Trav?”

“We’re good,” Travis responded as the brothers both grinned about the mishap, with the Kansas City tight end worrying, “Taylor’s gonna kill me!” At that point Jason just absolutely lost it, howling in laughter at the thought of his future sister-in-law taking Travis to the wood shed for splintering her settee.

The caption to the preview warned, “This week’s episode is dangerously funny,” promising that the full ep will feature a Super Bowl preview with two unnamed special guests.

While Travis and Taylor are both enjoying some well-deserved time off after, respectively, finishing the roughest season of his NFL career and wrapping up the promotion of promotion of her The Life of a Showgirl album, this isn’t the first time the baller has worried that his beloved might get homicidal over one of his slip-ups.

Last month, Travis worried that Taylor would “kill him” for not getting a listener’s sly joke about the size of Trav’s manhood in the Life of a Showgirl song “Wood.” The brothers initially seemed confused when reading a comment from a fan who suggested that they should start selling a “New Heights of ‘manhoodie’” as merch. “What’s a man-hoodie? Is that a thing?” Jason wondered.

When their producer reminded the brothers that the comment was reference to “Wood” — on which Swift sings, “New heights of manhood/ I ain’t gotta knock on wood” — Travis laughed. “I didn’t understand that,” he admitted. “Taylor’s gonna kill me for not knowing that!”

This week’s New Heights episode featuring former New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman and Super Bowl-bound Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp posts at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Check out Travis’ furniture faux pas below.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Spotify has exclusively shared with Billboard the list of chart-topping hits with romantic themes whose lyrics were the most shared by users around the world. Coming out on top was Conan Gray‘s Billboard Hot 100 No. 46 hit “Heather,” followed by the Walters’ “I Love You So,” Coldplay‘s breakthrough 2000 single “Yellow,” Ed Sheeran‘s 2017 No. 1 Hot 100 smash “Perfect” and another Coldplay, track, “Sparks.”

Spotify, which expanded access to view real-time song lyrics for users on its free tier two years ago, also revealed on Wednesday morning (Feb. 4) which chart-topping hits’ lyrics were most viewed globally. That roster was topped, no surprise, by Taylor Swift‘s 2025 Hot 100 No. 1 “The Fate of Ophelia,” followed by “End of Beginning” by Djo, “Golden” by KPop Demon Hunters‘ HUNTR/X, “La Perla” by Rosalía and Yahritza Y Su Esencia and “Die on This Hill” by Sienna Spiro.

In addition, Spotify said fans are definitely checking out the lyrics to some of the most popular songs on the internet, from viral hits to stone-cold classics, with Raye’s “Where Is My Husband” coming out on top. That Hot 100 No. 13 charter was followed by “I Thought I Saw Your Face Today” by She & Him, Radiohead’s 1993 breakthrough classic “Creep,” sombr’s “Back to Friends,” KATSEYE’s “Gabriela” and 2026 best new artist Grammy winner Olivia Dean’s “Lover, You Should Come Over.”

Among the other lyric upgrades rolled out by Spotify on Wednesday are the expansion of lyrics translation worldwide after the service was initially rolled out in more than 25 markets around the globe last year. Translations will appear for both free and premium tier patrons based on the device’s language, with users easily able to switch back to the original lyrics anytime they want.

In addition, lyrics for tracks downloaded for offline listening will automatically be saved as well with no service required in a global perk for premium users and lyric previews will now appear directly beneath the album artwork or short Canvas clips as a song plays. Users can still share their favorite lyrics directly on social platforms from the New Playing view, with lyric previews rolling out globally for both free and premium users on mobile (iOS and Android) and tablet.

Kevin Parker is no deadbeat.

Just hours after the Tame Impala mastermind collected his second Grammy Award for best dance / electronic recording, another win as details emerged on Parker’s smashing start in the electronic instruments industry.  

Parker is co-creator of Orchid, the synthesizer designed for musicians and producers to explore new ideas. In year one, the synth generated A$12 million in sales, according to Charl Laubscher, CEO and co-founder of Telepathic Instruments, the Australian startup behind it.

The first batch of 1,000 Orchids (priced at about $549) hit the market in December 2024 and sold out in 3 minutes, reps say. That number lifts to 10,000-plus units shifted across 60 countries in its first full year on sale, with the likes of Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, Fred Again, Benny Blanco, Dua Lipa, Don Toliver, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, Crowded House, Childish Gambino and Janelle Monáe getting their hands on its keys.

Designed by Telepathic Instruments co-founder Ignacio Germade, Orchid largely operates as a chord generating system — a cheat code for Parker to bypass his own limitations as a keyboard player. Here’s where the fun starts. The operator can choose a root note from its single-octave keyboard, and utilize its eight “chord-type selecting and chord modifying keys”.

Put simply, hitting the “E” on the keyboard and the “Minor” chord modifying key will provide an E minor chord, with the ability to modify it further. A patent is said to be pending on a key component of its  “chord logic system,” and a major new drop is penciled in for April.

“There have been no paid endorsements, no influencer contracts, and no artist sponsorship deals,” remarks Laubscher, in a statement. “Orchid has spread through the music industry the old fashioned way, passed from artist to artist, studio to studio because it’s a product artists actually love working with.” 

On Sunday, Feb. 1, Parker snagged the golden gramophone for “End of Summer,” the lead track from Tame Impala’s fifth album, Deadbeat. The title peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, just one off the No. 3 peak for his project’s best-charting album, 2020 predecessor The Slow Rush. Deadbeat topped at least six Billboard charts and landed three songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

Tame Impala won a first-ever Grammy Award last year for its work on Justice’s “Neverender,” which also won in the best dance/electronic recording category. This 2026 win, however, is Tame Impala’s first Grammy win as solo act.

Parker won’t give away all his musical secrets. Speaking with Forbes Australia, he remarks: “I don’t like to tell people what music I’ve written on the Orchid, but, you know, if I didn’t use the thing that I’d been longing for so much and put so much time and effort and money into creating, it would have been kind of a failure.” But, he continues, “anyone with a keen ear should be able to hear it.”

Tame Impala, Sia, Amyl and The Sniffers, Ninajirachi, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers and 20 other acts will duke it out for the peer-voted APRA Song of the Year, the top honor at the annual APRA Music Awards.

Announced this week, the top 25 songs in the peer-voted category include a slew of debutant shortlisted artists including Ecca Vandal, Emily Wurramara, Folk Bitch Trio, Liam Bell (Playlunch), and Ocean Alley.  

They join shortlist alumni Angie McMahon, Bernard Fanning, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kasey Chambers, Missy Higgins, Nick Cave, Troye Sivan, Genesis Owusu and others.  Ahead of the big night, the top 25 is whittled down to five nominees, with each of those songs performed — and often reinvented — by another artist.

As previously reported, APRA is this year celebrating its 100^th anniversary. The celebrations will get underway at the APRAs for a ceremony that should be “the biggest yet,” organizers say, and will be presented for the very first time at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday, April 29.

For its milestone anniversary, the awards has tallied its highest ever number of votes cast by APRA members.

Formed by six music publishers a century ago this month, the Australasian Performing Right Association now represents over 128,000 music creators. The APRA Music Awards is heading into its 44^th edition, and is one of the most beloved events on the Australian industry calendar, celebrating excellence in contemporary music, and those songwriters and publishers who have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields. 

For more information, visit apraamcos.com.au/apramusicawards2026 and check out the song of the year shortlist here.

SYDNEY, Australia — Claire Mooney is the new music director at triple j, the first female to land the top job in the Australian broadcaster’s 50-year history.

With her promotion, Mooney becomes one of the most important leaders in the country’s music scene, guiding a youth broadcaster that connects music fans with new music and domestic talent with an impressive strike rate.

She’s just the fourth person to nab the position, following the late Arnold Frolows, Richard Kingsmill and Nick Findlay, who is now triple j’s manager, music programming.

Mooney joined the triple j family in 2017 as the Australian music producer at Unearthed, and has gone on to work across the triple j music team in several capacities, including group music programmer & producer. In 2021, she climbed the ranks as assistant music director, and last year, she moved into the music director position at the affiliated Unearthed service, where she continued “to build upon an iconic legacy of discovering and platforming new local talent,” reads a statement.

“What a privilege it is to step into this new era of triple j as our first female music director,” Mooney comments in a statement. “I feel so honored and excited to continue the legacy that’s been built by my mentors. We are so lucky to have a station like triple j exist in this country: one that authentically celebrates music, art and culture, and reflects and soundtracks the lives of young people around the country.”

She continues, “I’d like to think there is no place more obsessed with Australian music, and I can’t wait to help shape, support and champion the next generation of artists, alongside our passionate, hard-working triple j team and every listener who comes along for the ride.”

Mooney’s appointment follows triple j’s first-ever open job search for the role, and is announced just days after the network’s Hottest 100 countdown, for which more than two million votes were cast.

Six months early, triple j premiered the inaugural Hottest 100 of Australian Songs to celebrate the network’s milestone anniversary. That poll raked in more than 2.655 million votes.

“Claire lives and breathes new music and has an incredible passion for breaking Australian talent, which we saw time and time again in her recent role as music director during her tenure at Unearthed,” comments triple j’s Nick Findlay.

“As triple j’s new music director, Findlay continues, “she will lead the music that soundtracks the lives of young people in Australia well into the future.”