Justin Timberlake paid a virtual visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night (Jan. 29), and he dropped some details about new music.

While Timberlake was mainly making an appearance on The Tonight Show to promote his new film Palmer, the conversation with Fallon turned to his and Jessica Biel’s new baby — “Nobody’s sleeping, but he’s so cute” — and his next album.

“Can we say? Is there a possibility that there’s going to be a new Justin Timberlake album in the works?” Fallon prompted the pop star.

“Yeah, we can say that,” said Timberlake with a smile. “There is a possibility.”

“Let’s go with yes. I’ve been in and out of the studio working on stuff. I played you a few tunes,” he reminded Fallon.

Timberlake last released a full-length album in 2018, Man of the Woods. More recently, he collaborated with Ant Clemons on the song “Better Days,” which was performed at the primetime Celebrating America concert on Jan. 20, following the inauguration of Joe Biden.

Looking toward the future, Timberlake told Fallon he’d love to one day work with Kendrick Lamar or Travis Scott. He also joked that he’d allow Fallon in on a track.

Watch the clip below.

Hilton Valentine, an English musician who was a guitarist and founding member of  The Animals, has died. He was 77.

His death was revealed by the record company Abkco Music & Records on Friday (Jan. 29).

“Our deepest sympathies go out to @HiltonValentine’s family and friends on his passing this morning, at the age of 77,” the company wrote on Twitter. “A founding member and original guitarist of The Animals, Valentine was a pioneering guitar player influencing the sound of rock and roll for decades to come.”

No cause of death was provided.

Valentine was born in 1943 in Northumberland, England, and joined The Animals, which was led by frontman Eric Burdon, in the early 1960s. Starting with The Animals in 1964, the group released numerous albums and had many rotating members over the years.

Their hits include “The House of the Rising Sun” and “We Gotta Get Out of This Place.”

The band’s final album was Ark in 1983. In 1994, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Later in Valentine’s career, he resided in California and worked on solo projects including the album All in Your Head and Skiffledog on Coburg Street.

Survivors include Valentine’s wife, Germaine.

This story first appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Morgan Wallen, “This Side of a Dust Cloud,” “Bandaid on a Bullet Hole”

In case the 30 tracks on Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album have left you thirsting for even more, today, Wallen released the two tracks that had been exclusive to Target. Both mid-tempo tracks deal with Wallen being left behind by a woman and both are lyrically strong, with the slight edge going to “Dust Cloud.” Also added is a piano-only version of Wallen singing album opener, “Sand In My Boots.” Listeners continue to benefit from Wallen’s heartache.

Jay DeMarcus, “Music Man”

When Rascal Flatts’ bassist DeMarcus lost his father last year, his thoughts turned to how to memorialize him. “”The night he passed, I sat down at that piano, and the lyrics to this song just poured over and spilled out of me,” he says. Though the gentle ballad is a personal tribute to his father, like many songs about loss, the themes here are universal.

Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley “Freedom Was a Highway”

A standout track from Allen’s Bettie James EP, “Highway” has the casual, nostalgic feel of a breezy summer day. In the best possible way, “Highway” is the kind of wistful song that Keith Urban has built a career on, so there’s no reason to think that Allen and Paisley won’t see similar success with this engaging mid-tempo track that, of course, includes a blazing guitar solo from Paisley.

Niko Moon & Shaggy, “Good Times”

As Moon’s original of “Good Times,” sits comfortably in the Top 10, it gets a snappy remake courtesy of Shaggy who joins Moon on a reimagining that transports the song from Anywhere, USA to a Caribbean island. The shuffling beat gets reinvigorated with a reggae, island feel, then Shaggy adds his distinctive patois to a verse about enjoying every moment.

Margo Price, “Hey Child”

Price channels her demons on the video for the track, originally written in 2012 after the loss of her child, and featured on her current album, That’s How Rumors Get Started. From snorting coke in the dressing room and going on stage under the influence to ending up in jail, Price is extremely affecting as she stares straight into the camera, telegraphing her grief.

Southerland, “Little Bit of You,” “Along Those Lines”

Following the twangy toe-tapper, “Thing Is,” the duo of Matt Chase and Chris Rogers return with two tunes with every man themes. “Little Bit Of You” celebrates clocking out and counting the minutes until you’re reunited with the one you love at the end of a long day, while “Along Those Lines” heralds small town life, and shows off their pleasing harmonies.

Heath Sanders, “Common Ground”

Straight out of the Hank Williams Jr. school of country rock that lifts up patriotism, God and mama— not necessarily in that order— newcomer Sanders embraces those virtues on “Old School’s In,” the opening track to his four-song EP. On emotional ballad, “Can’t Undo I Do,” about sticking with a marriage no matter how hard it gets, the Arkansas native shows off his gruff, heavily accented vocals, whereas the title track displays his keen observational skills with a clever twist and is a unifying tale with attention. Closer “Love Needs Makin’” is a sunny, accessible ode to romance.

Lauren Weintraub, “She’s Mine”

Emerging singer/songwriter Weintraub taps into the acute pain of seeing an ex with someone new. “Is her kiss one you could stop time with/do her lips fit better than mine,” she asks as she tries to work her way through to the other side, knowing full well for now that the thoughts of her beau’s new love are going to be what keeps her up at night.

Olivia Ooms,”Hideaway”

Teenager Ooms has a maturity that belies her age on “Hideaway,” her alluring single about not bottling up secrets. The enigmatic lyrics are wrapped around an organ bed that adds to the mystique. Produced by Jamie O’Neal, best known for her 2000 No. 1 hit, “There Is No Arizona.” O’Neal also sings harmony on the track.

Kesha is no stranger to uplifting anthems, with songs like “High Road” and “Praying” under her belt. On Friday (Jan. 29), the singer teamed up with Dutch DJ and producer Sam Feldt for the powerful new song, “Stronger.”

As the title suggests, the accompanying video finds Kesha fighting herself in a boxing ring, with Feldt as the judge and announcer. As the two well-dressed warrior Keshas battle it out, the rounds get increasingly intense, culminating with the duo shooting each other in a classic duel.

“You gotta take it day-by-day / Keep moving forward, no matter what they say / And when the thieves try to steal your faith / Keep pushin’ through ‘em ’cause there ain’t no other way / If you wanna get stronger,” the singer proclaims against a sultry dance production.

“Back in the days I listened to all Kesha’s track [sic], so when she approached me with the idea for the track Stronger I was very excited,” Feldt wrote in the video’s description. “The message Kesha sends with the track is really inspiring and super relevant in these turbulent times. That’s why I knew I had to be part of this message. I started on the production right away and tried to create the right balance between the emotional but so inspiring message and the uplifting and hopeful beat.”

Watch below.

Justin Timberlake’s last album, 2018’s Man of the Woods, featured high-profile collaborations with Alicia Keys, Chris Stapleton and Pharrell. And it looks like his next album just got its first collaborator: vocals from none other than Jimmy Fallon.

The Grammy-winning singer catches up (virtually) with his longtime pal on Friday night’s (Jan. 29) episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they jokingly discuss the possibility of a Fallon feature.

“Listen, I’ll happily put you on a record if you want to be on a record,” Timberlake insists in this preview clip, exclusively on Billboard. “You want to sing backgrounds?”

Jimmy looks off-camera, shocked, before saying (obviously), “Yeah!”

“OK, done,” Timberlake said.

“What? Did this just happen? We can’t edit this out! We have to leave this in the show!” Fallon says.

“But I’m going to treat you the same way that I did right before we did the first Bee Gees sketch we ever did,” Timberlake says of their beloved “Barry Gibb Talk Show” skit on Saturday Night Live.

Watch the clip below to see exactly what that means, and you can watch the full interview on NBC at 11:35 p.m. ET on The Tonight Show, where Ozuna and Anuel AA are the night’s musical guests.

Universal is set to open Dear Evan Hansen, its adaptation of the Broadway musical that stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore and Amandla Stenberg, on Sept. 24, 2021.

The Stephen Chbosky-directed movie, which also has Ben Platt reprising on screen his Broadway character of Evan Hansen, will take the place of an Untitled Universal event movie amid a Hollywood release date shuffle sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, Universal also said it will give another untitled event film a wide release on Sept. 16, 2022.

The screenplay for the Dear Evan Hansen adaptation was written by Steven Levenson, with music and lyrics by the songwriting team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

Dear Evan Hansen is produced by Marc Platt and Adam Siegel and is executive produced by Michael Bederman, Levenson, Pasek and Paul.

Universal Pictures will distribute the film in all territories.

This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.

Summer Walker has released the long-awaited video for her 2019 Over It track, “Body,” and it’s the breath of fresh air to kick of 2021.

The black-and-white vignette shows the singer, who is expecting her first child with producer London on da Track, glowing in the sunlight against a mountainous and beachy California landscape. “Baby, I’m talkin’ crazy / I need you right in my space, but I / Need it, baby, I’m late, but I /Still can check in with you,” she muses in the sultry chorus.

The star announced her pregnancy via Instagram in November, with a since-deleted photo cradling her baby bump. She captioned the snap with six angel emojis.

Watch the “Body” music video below.

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