Nearly a year after his death, Ozzy Osbourne is set to return — as an AI-powered avatar.

The news was revealed at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas on Wednesday (May 20), when Osbourne’s son, Jack Osbourne, announced the project during a discussion about the future of Ozzy’s brand that also included Ozzy’s widow, Sharon Osbourne.

“It’s kind of scary how it’s really very accurate,” said Jack at the event, according to a recap from Licensing Expo organizer License Global. “He will exist digitally as himself for as long as we have computers. Technology has come such a long way to where it’s almost drag and drop. You could shoot a template for a commercial … literally prompt what you want Digital Ozzy to do in that commercial and you just drop it in. It’s that simple now.”

The Ozzy avatar is the result of a partnership between Hyperreal — which describes itself as a “digital human technology company” that uses patented “Digital DNA” technology to create digital avatars — and Proto Hologram, described as a “hologram and AI spatial compute platform in entertainment, healthcare, education, finance, retail and more.”

According to Hyperreal, its Digital DNA technology will allow Ozzy’s avatar to “have conversations with fans and move, speak, and respond as Ozzy would.” The company tells Billboard the Ozzy avatar will begin appearing in Proto Luma units — essentially life-sized, interactive touchscreens — in the U.S. and U.K. beginning late summer of 2026.

“Every element of this avatar was built exclusively from authenticated, approved source material: curated, consented, and controlled by the people who love him most,” said Hyperreal CEO Remington Scott in a statement sent to Billboard. ”This is a living performance, not a rendering; and it draws from nothing that wasn’t given willingly. We have the enthusiastic participation of Ozzy’s family, and that changes everything about what this can be.”

“It’s an honor to be trusted to bring one of true gods of rock back to the world to continue to connect with fans — thank you Sharon and Jack!” added David Nussbaum, founder of Proto Hologram. “We wouldn’t do it if we didn’t know both of our company’s technologies will create an experience that truly extends Ozzy’s presence, his heart and soul, into the future.”

This isn’t the first time Hyperreal has created a digital avatar of a celebrity. In the past, the company has debuted avatars of notable figures including The Notorious B.I.G., soccer star Lionel Messi and Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee.

Charli xcx is on a “runway that goes straight to hell” for her new “SS26” song and music video, which arrived Thursday night (May 21).

For the music video — directed by Torso from a concept by Charli — the singer/songwriter walks the Paris runways in a series of high-fashion looks as she sings lyrics about both style and substance. “Spring Summer ’26/ When the world is gonna end, no hope for any of it/ Yeah, we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell/ Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion, or film.”

In the second verse, Charli has some fun with the cancel-culture news cycle, singing, “I was hacked, it got taken out of context, obviously/ But I didn’t do it, even if I did, wrote a really good notes app apology.”

Watch the music video below:

“SS26” arrives two weeks after the release of “Rock Music,” the first taste of Charli’s seventh studio album, which doesn’t yet have a title or release date. Following her buzzy comeback with 2024’s Brat album, Charli announced her intent to pivot away from the dance genre on “Rock Music,” singing: “I think the dance floor is dead/ So now we’re making rock music.” This seemed to catch the attention of Madonna, whose own dance album Confessions II arrives on July 3. The Queen of Pop declared in an Instagram post this week: “If your Dance floor feels dead, maybe you’re playing the wrong music.”

“Rock Music” and “SS26” will both be included on Charli’s yet-untitled next album.

There were two bosses on The Late Show, as Bruce Springsteen stopped by and paid tribute to outgoing host Stephen Colbert.

Springsteen always seems to show up at the precisely the right time. And so it was, again, on Wednesday night (May 20) as the legendary rocker gave a rousing pro-democracy speech and performed “Streets of Minneapolis” on what was Colbert’s second-to-last show.

“I am here tonight to support Stephen, because you’re the first guy in America who lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke,” he remarked, while at the mic. “And because Larry and David Ellison (the new owners of Paramount, feel the need to kiss his ass to get what they want.”

That second jab was aimed at the Ellison family, led by billionaire Larry Ellison and his son David, who now own and controls Paramount Global following their $8 billion merger with Skydance Media. That arrangement gave them ownership of CBS, the broadcaster for Colbert’s left-leaning program, which regularly punishes Trump’s administration and his MAGA movement with razor-sharp comedy footwork that would make Muhammad Ali proud.

“Stephen, these are small-minded people,” Springsteen added. “They’ve got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about.”

And with that Springsteen dedicated “Streets of Minneapolis” to Colbert. The Boss’s choice of song was a poignant one. He wrote and recorded the anti-ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement) song following the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January amid Operation Metro Surge, during which undocumented immigrants have been targeted and apprehended by ICE.

Then, he premiered the song live in Minneapolis Jan. 30 during the Tom Morello-helmed Defend Minnesota benefit concert. “Streets of Minneapolis” went on to be the highest-selling song in the United States, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart dated Feb. 7, even though it was available for just two days of the tracking period.

Colbert’s final episode of The Late Show will air on Thursday, May 21, drawing curtains on an 11-year run. CBS announced the cancelation in July 2025, citing financial losses. Many observers, however, aren’t buying it, with figures like Senator Elizabeth Warren claiming the axing was political censorship, coming just days after Colbert publicly criticized CBS’s parent company, Paramount, over their $16 million legal settlement with Trump.

Watch Springsteen’s speech and performance here and below.

Not for the first time, Moby is swinging out with frustration at Donald Trump’s administration.  

“The U.S. is being run into the ground by a staggeringly incompetent and corrupt administration,” the veteran electronic music artist writes in a social post. “Unbelievably dark dark times.”

Moby expands further with a video, in which he reminds the world outside of the United States that he and many others are as confused as they are.

“So a lot of my friends who live outside the United States keep asking me, ‘what the hell is going on in the United States? And the truth is, we don’t know,” he explains. “The United States is being run by the most corrupt, evil, incompetent administration. And nobody knows what’s going on. It’s dark dark times in the U.S.”

Moby’s voice is part of a growing chorus of artists who’ve used their platforms to criticize Trump and MAGA, a list that includes Bruce Springsteen, Jack White, Eminem and Billie Eilish.

Earlier this year, Moby posted a statement to social media offering advice on how people can respond following the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis. “The question is not whether we should be outraged and horrified at what’s happening in the United States,” Moby says in the clip, posted Jan. 26, “but rather what are we going to do about it.”

The artist activist also outlined a solution, telling people to protest as it’s a “constitutionally established right and it’s a right that Trump and his administration are trying to take away from us.”

Ultimately, he insisted, get out and vote, “not just in the upcoming midterms, although that’s very important, but in all of the special elections that happen throughout the year.” He also advises to “stop supporting the scumbag corporations who support Trump and ICE. We all know who they are. Boycott them.”

His latest comments come as the U.S.  justice department announces an almost $1.8bn fund to compensate allies of Trump who allege they were unfairly investigated, and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, forcing up gas prices worldwide, after the U.S. and Israel launched military campaigns against Iran in late February, without U.S. Congressional approval.

Watch Moby’s latest video below.

Bruno Mars makes a comeback to the Billboard Latin charts with “Lo Arriesgo Todo,” the Spanish-language version of his latest single “Risk It All.”

The track, his first Spanish-language studio recording, was released May 8 on Atlantic Records. “Lo Arriesgo Todo” debuts at No. 20 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, claims the No. 1 spot on both the Hot Latin Pop Songs and Latin Digital Songs Sales charts, and bows at No. 6 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart (dated May 23).

“Risk It All” was issued in its original English version on Mars’ The Romantic album, released on Feb. 27.

Meanwhile, “Risk It All” — combining all versions of the song, both English and Spanish — re-enters the top 10 on the overall Billboard Hot 100 chart (rising 15-8), climbs 11-9 on the all-format Radio Songs ranking and 5-3 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart and holds at its No. 9 high on Pop Airplay. Following the Hot 100 No. 1 hit “I Just Might,” “Risk It All” is the second single from The Romantic, which gave him his second chart-topper on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart in March.

On the Hot Latin Songs chart — which incorporates streams, airplay and sales of the Spanish version of the track into its formula — “Lo Arriesgo Todo” debuts at No. 20, fueled by activity across all three metrics. According to Luminate, in the week ending May 14 in the United States, the track generated 1.6 million official streams, earned 1.9 million airplay audience impressions and sold 1,000 downloads. The latter yields Mars’ first entry, and No. 1, on Latin Digital Song Sales.

The debut marks a notable return to the chart for Mars after a decade and secures his highest-charting entry to date. His previous peak arrived through his featured role on Bad Meets Evil’s “Lighters,” which climbed to No. 22 in 2011. Plus, “Lo Arriesgo Todo” becomes his first and only Spanish-language track among his seven career entries on Hot Latin Songs. Before October 2012, the chart was solely based on radio airplay, prior to its evolution into a multimetric system combining streams, airplay and sales.

On the Latin Pop Airplay chart, the No. 6 start for “Lo Arriesgo Todo” marks Mars’ second top 10, following his featured turn on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk,” which peaked at No. 8 in 2015.