2024 NFL Opening Weekend: Sunday Football Schedule & How to Stream Games Live on Sling TV

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The final countdown! NFL opening weekend is upon us, with more than a dozen games on the roster for Sunday, Sept. 8 — and you can stream them all on Sling TV.  

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Keep reading for a roundup of everything you should know about NFL football on Sunday, including what teams will be playing opening weekend, plus how to watch and stream football games from anywhere.  

Sunday Football: Start Time, Teams & Channel Lineup  

What time does Sunday football start? Mark your calendar and set your alarm clock! The first eight Sunday football games are scheduled for 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Sept. 8.  

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Which teams will be playing on Sunday during opening weekend? The schedule will include the Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts.  

Football fans can expect a packed slate on Sept. 8, with 13 games airing across NBC, FOX and CBS. Want to watch every game? Read on to learn more about Sling TV!  

How to Watch NFL Sunday Football on Sling TV: Best Streaming Packages    

The NFL Sunday football schedule can be a bit tricky to follow, but we’ve put together a comprehensive list to help you prepare for football season.  

And it doesn’t hurt that Sunday is the best day to enjoy football games. Not to take away from Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football, but there’s something special about football on the weekend. With over 13 games on Sunday’s schedule, NFL fans will be flipping channels to watch a full day of football, but Sling TV gives you front-row access without leaving home.  

Watch football games on FOX, NBC and other live sports channels, along with your favorite shows and more on Sling TV. Right now, Sling TV is offering a prepay deal that includes the Orange & Blue package and the Sport Extra plan for $199. New and former subscribers, who prepay for four months, will get the Orange & Blue and Sports Extra packages for just $199.

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The packages includes access to must-watch channels on multiple devices and DVR storage — in case you want to record football games and other programs to watch on-demand.  

Sling Blue is also a great streaming package for football lovers at a bargain-friendly price, plus you get three device streams and DVR. You can access up to 45 channels, including 18 exclusive news and entertainment channels. Sling Orange has 35 channels and eight sports and family channels. The Orange + Blue plan has all 46 channels, including 22 exclusive channels offered in each package.  

How can you maximize your streaming options? Subscribe to Sling’s prepay offer. For the ultimate football fan, the limited deal gets you four months of prepaid access to Sling Orange & Blue and Sport Extra, which includes NFL Redzone, NFL Network, ESPN, FOX, ABC, NBC, SEC, ACC, FS1, FS2 and more for $199 (a savings of $92). Sling’s best football streaming deal isn’t just for NFL games. College football fans can enjoy the prepay offer which to stream ESPN, ESPNU, SEC, ACC, Big Ten and other channels.     

Or, subscribe to a cheaper streaming package. Plans start as low as $20 for the first month to stream up to 35 channels.

Outside of sports networks, Sling features local channels like ABC, FOX and NBC in select DMAs, and cable channels such as TNT, TBS, FX, Bravo, TLC, USA, E!, TruTV, HLN, A&E, ID, CNN, MSNBC, History Channel, Nick Jr., AMC, Comedy Central, ravel Channel, Cartoon Network, AXS TV and Vice.

Sling allows you to stream football and other sports, news, TV shows and movies on your smart TV or computer. To watch NFL Sunday football on mobile, download the Sling TV App and stream games on your phone.  

You can also access Sling on Chromecast, Roku, FireTV, Vizio, Xfinity, Apple TV, Apple IOS, Android TV, AirTV mini, LGTV and other devices (see a full list of supported devices here).  

Ready to watch football? Click the buy below to launch your subscription to Sling TV.  

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See below for the NFL Sunday football schedule. Note: CBS is only available with an OTA antenna if the customer’s house can get the signal. 

NFL Football Sunday Schedule (Week 1, Sept. 8): 

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on FOX 
Arizona Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bills at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on CBS  
Tennessee Titans vs. Chicago Bears at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on FOX  
New England Patriots vs. Cincinnati Bengals at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on CBS  
Houston Texans vs. Indianpolis Colts at 1 p.m. ET/ 10 a.m. PT on CBS  
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Miami Dolphins at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on CBS  
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on FOX 
Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on FOX 
Las Vegas Raiders vs. Los Angeles Chargers at 4:05 p.m. ET/1:05 p.m. PT on CBS 
Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks at 4:05 p.m. ET/1:05 p.m. PT on CBS  
Dallas Cowboys vs. Cleveland Browns at 4:25 p.m. ET/1:25 p.m. PT on FOX  
Washington Commanders vs. Cincinnati Buccaneers at 4:25 p.m. ET/1:25 p.m. PT on FOX  
Los Angeles Rams vs. Detroit Lions at 5:20 p.m. ET/1:20 p.m. PT on NBC 

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Jennifer Lopez Is Glowing in Cut-Out Disco Ball Gown at TIFF

Jennifer Lopez arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival in a jaw-dropping look.

The star, who attended the premiere of the film, Unstoppable, on Friday (Sept. 6), rocked a stunning metallic silver Tamara Ralph gown that was open on the sides, tied together with oversized black velvet bows. She paired the look with long, straight hair, Dolce and Gabbana platform heels and Hassanzadeh jewelry. Lopez also took to Instagram to show off the outfit.

Unstoppable follows the story of real-life wrestler and 2011 NCAA national champion Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg. Lopez appears in the film as Anthony’s mother, Judy, and she also co-produced the biopic with her ex-husband Ben Affleck under his and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity production company. Affleck was notably not in attendance at the premiere.

Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck last month, on Aug. 20, after two years of marriage. The documents list the date of separation as April 26, 2024, but were filed on the two-year anniversary of their wedding ceremony in Georgia.

The duo first began dating back in 2002 after meeting on the set of Gigli, before getting engaged. The couple delayed their planned 2003 wedding before calling it quits in 2004. They rekindled their romance in July 2021 and the couple officially tied the knot in Las Vegas a year later. Shortly after, Bennifer celebrated their marriage in August 2022 in front of family and friends at their home in Riceboro on the Hampton Island preserve outside of Savannah, Georgia.

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Linkin Park Announces New Female Vocalist & New Album Along With Tour | Billboard News

After a seven year hiatus after the death of their lead singer, Linkin Park announced their comeback with a new album and a new tour. Keep watching for all the details on their new vocalist and new music.

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Billboard cover stars, Linkin Park, have recruited a new singer. After the tragic death of Chester Bennington in 2017, Linkin Park entered a hiatus period. Seven years later, they’ve made their surprise comeback with a new singer. Emily Armstrong joins Mike Shinoda as co-vocalist of the chart topping band. She told Billboard,  “I’m on cloud nine, but then it hits you that there’s a lot of work to be done and going into these [older] songs, by a singular voice that’s beloved by so many people — it’s like, ‘How do I be myself in this, but also carry on the emotion and what he brought in this band?’” You may know EMily from the band, Dead Sara. Not only will she cover Chester’s vocals on tour starting next week, their new album, ‘From Zero,’ is due November 15th. Fans got a taste of what’s to come with “The Emptiness Machine.” For the full story, head to Billboard.com

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David Gilmour Talks Making His New Album ‘Luck and Strange’ a Family Affair

David Gilmour raised some eyebrows during the summer. In an electronic press kit shared with press, the Pink Floyd guitarist commented that his new album, Luck and Strange, is “the best album I’ve made since Dark Side of the Moon, since 1973.”

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That’s certainly a bold comparison — though in subsequent conversation Gilmour notes that Dark Side‘s successor, Wish You Were Here, is actually his favorite Pink Floyd album. But it nevertheless made clear how happy he is with his fifth solo album, and first in nine years.

“The album feels like a solid body of cohesive work,” Gilmour, 78, tells Billboard via Zoom from the Astoria Recording Studio, in a houseboat docked on the Thames in London that he bought in 1986. “It’s the cohesiveness of the whole thing — the writing, the work, the thrill it still gives me to listen to it all the way through as an album. There’s a consistency of thought and of feeling that runs through it that excites me in a way that makes me make those comparisons.”

The nine-track Luck and Strange is, he adds, the product of a “liberation” he felt going into the studio.

Gilmour was working on new material when the pandemic hit in 2020, bringing the world to a stop — but also opening some new vistas for him and his family. Gilmour’s wife and frequent lyricist Polly Samson published a novel, A Theatre For Dreamers, the week of lockdown, which scotched planned promotional appearances. Their son Charlie came up with the idea of doing livestreams, during which Gilmour would play some songs by Leonard Cohen, who was a character in the book.

“It started pretty much only on Holly’s book as a focus,” Gilmour recalls, “but then it became broader. We got our daughter Romany to sing along and play with me, and that showed me that we have got that lovely sort of family tonality that happens — Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, other people. These artists that we loved in the past. All these things came together to create a different mood and a different feeling for the making of this album. It left me feeling I don’t need to stick with any pre-rule book or anything that’s gone before. I can be freer to do anything I feel like. That became emphasized for me.”

As he set out to make Luck and Strange in earnest, Gilmour veered from previous collaborators such as Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Chris Thomas and Bob Ezrin and brought in a new (and younger) face with Charlie Andrew, a Music Producers Guild Award winner who worked with alt-j on its Mercury Prize-winning An Awesome Wave, James, Bloc Party and others. One of his first questions — “Do we need another guitar solo here?” — made clear that Gilmour was open to fresh input this time out (though rest assured there are plenty of guitar solos on the album).

“His lack of being over-awed by my reputation was a big plus for me,” Gilmour says. “Pink Floyd wasn’t one of his influences…but (Andrew) liked the music I was working on, and I liked him. Polly liked him very much; she found him, really, and my acceptance of what he was showing me and the direction he was proffering was an interesting and exciting way for us to be moving forward.”

“I didn’t specifically know a lot of his previous work, and I purposefully didn’t immerse myself in it as I just wanted to come at it with a fresh angle,” Andrew tells Billboard. “All I tried to do is keep it coherent as a body of work and make sure that there’s a flow to it. When we started out one of the first things I asked David was, ‘What are we making this for?’ For me, there’s more to it than ‘here’s a bunch of songs’ and just release them. I think it should be a bit more of one whole thing. I know David thinks the same.”

Luck and Strange — recorded primarily at Mark Knopfler’s British Grove Studios — also features drummers Steve Gadd, Adam Betts and Steve DiStanislao and keyboardist Roger Eno and Rob Gentry, along with longtime bassist Guy Pratt, who started playing with Pink Floyd in 1987 and has remained by Gilmour’s side ever since. (He’s also part of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets band.)

“It felt much more like a family,” Gilmour says, “much more like a group of people working toward a common end than I’ve felt for quite awhile.”

While not a concept album, Gilmour acknowledges that themes of mortality and retrospection unite Luck and Strange’s mostly midtempo songs — two of which, “Black Cat” and “Vita Brevis,” are instrumentals, and one a cover of the Montgolfier Brothers’ “Between Two Points,” sung by daughter Romany. She plays harp on the album as well, while son Gabriel Gilmour provides some backing vocals. “You discover the record as you work on it,” producer Andrew notes. “You don’t start it knowing exactly what it’s going to be. I really wanted to understand what the lyrics were focusing on, and Polly has been an incredible help in that regard, taking me and the musicians through the lyrics and what they mean.”

Particularly poignant is Luck and Strange‘s title track, which began in 2007 and includes the late Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright, who was part of Gilmour’s touring band at the time.

“It’s wonderful to have a track that he’s actually a part of,” says Gilmour, who included a lengthy “barn jam” version of “Luck and Strange” as a bonus track. “Rick’s unusual playing style pours out of it and makes me sad that he’s not around to take more part in what I’m doing. Obviously, I worked on it later to add in these bridges and choruses and things. I don’t know why, in 2015 or ’14, that I didn’t listen to that track and go, ‘Yeah, let’s go,’ but this time it demanded to be heard and worked on, so we did.”

As Luck and Strange comes out Gilmour is gearing up for a tour, his first in eight years, that begins Oct. 9 with the first of six shows at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall. He’ll also play four Los Angeles area dates — starting Oct. 25 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., and moving to three concerts at the Hollywood Bowl — and five at Madison Square Garden in New York, wrapping up Nov. 10.

“I’m thinking more modern times than old times,” Gilmour says of the setlist, “but there’ll be some songs from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s. All the way through, there’ll be some stuff, but I’m focusing perhaps a bit more on the new album and the newer material.” And, he hopes, there will be more new material in less than the nine years he took before making Luck and Strange.

“My intention is to gather some of these people together and get back and start working on something else in the new year,” Gilmour says. “What you want is a few things to get started with and hope it all starts flowing, and that’s what I’m hoping will happen.”

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This $38 Cooling & Brightening Eye Balm Has Reviewers ‘Feeling More Awake’: Get Yours Now

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If you’re a skincare enthusiast and want to upgrade your morning routine, consider adding this bestselling Tula Cooling and Brightening Eye Balm. This TikTok favorite under eye balm is known for its cooling effect and brightening properties, helping reduce puffiness and refresh tired eyes. It’s a popular choice for adding an extra boost to your skincare routine.

One TikTok user said, “It makes me feel a little bit more awake.” Another TikTok user described it as “the most refreshing.” So, if you’re looking to add a subtle glow while achieving a hydrating feel to your under eye area, consider incorporating this easy-to-apply eye balm to your morning routine.

According to the brand, you can apply this eye balm under or over your makeup and reapply it anytime you feel like you need a little boost of glow. Its compact size makes it easy to take with you wherever you go. If that’s not enough, it also works as a highlighter. The brand recommends applying it on your cheekbones, cupid’s bow, and nose.

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This eye balm may also enhance skin smoothness and contribute to firmer and tighter skin. The brand says it may also help diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

One Target customer said, “Feels great, looks great. Friends notice it and ask about what product it is! Highly recommend. The cooling feel is lovely.”

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Rome Streetz & Daringer Announce New Album, Drop ‘Starbvxkz’ Video

Both repping Griselda, Buffalo’s Daringer and Brooklyn’s Streetz continue rap’s age old “He’s the DJ (or producer), I’m the rapper” tradition that has worked so well in the past and in recent years.

Today, not only did they announce the title and the date of their long rumored project, they also dropped off “Starbvxkz,” the lead single and video. Directed by Rome’s manager Coach Bombay 3000, the video features the duo in the ends of West London (the White City projects in Shepard’s Bush to be exact) as Rome raps like a box cutter to grill over signature Daringer production. “Play the hall with the soft and the hard stuck/Couple 8-Balls, I’m met the call by the Starbucks,” Rome raps on the chorus.

Earlier this year in May, Rome dropped the Buck 50 EP alongside producer Wavy Da Ghawd while Daringer contributed to Action Bronson’s album JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHLAVA THE DOCTOR and Conway the Machine‘s Slant Face Killah. The last album he fully produced alongside a rapper was 2022’s Black Vladimir with Queen’s MC and Bronson affiliate Meyhem Lauren. He’s also been linked with Houston’s Sauce Walka, but that long rumored project has yet to materialize.

The duo first linked up on the Brooklyn rapper’s Griselda Records debut Kiss the Ring and have built an undeniable chemistry that inspired them to lock in and craft a full-length project together. Hatton Garden Holdup (named after London’s diamond district) is slated to drop Oct. 4 and boasts features from ScHoolboy Q, Conway the Machine, Meyhem Lauren & Cormega.

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Seether Scores 10th Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘Judas Mind’

Seether claims its 10th No. 1 and fourth in a row on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as “Judas Mind” leaps from No. 5 to the top of the tally dated Sept. 14.

The Shaun Morgan-fronted act began its current streak with “Dangerous” in 2020 and followed with both “Bruised and Bloodied” and “Wasteland” in 2021.

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Seether first led Mainstream Rock Airplay in 2005 with eight-week No. 1 “Remedy.”

The band is now one of 13 acts with at least 10 Mainstream Rock Airplay chart-toppers, dating to the list’s 1981 inception.

Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:
19, Shinedown
17, Three Days Grace
15, Five Finger Death Punch
14, Foo Fighters
14, Metallica
13, Godsmack
13, Van Halen
12, Disturbed
10, Linkin Park
10, Papa Roach
10, Tom Petty (four solo, six with The Heartbreakers)
10, Seether
10, Volbeat

The 5-1 leap for “Judas Mind” is the greatest to the top of Mainstream Rock Airplay since Foo Fighters’ “Rescued” also flew 5-1 in May 2023.

Concurrently, “Judas Mind” soars 16-8 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay survey with 2.3 million audience impressions, up 11%, in the week ending Sept. 5, according to Luminate.

On the most recently published multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart dated Sept. 7, “Judas Mind” rose 23-17; it debuted at No. 10 in July. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 247,000 official U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 29.

“Judas Mind” is the lead single from The Surface Seems So Far, Seether’s ninth studio album, due Sept. 20. It’s the band’s first set of new music since Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, which hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart in September 2020 and has earned 146,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated Sept. 14 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Sept. 10.

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Cage the Elephant’s ‘Rainbow’ Becomes the Band’s 12th Alternative Airplay No. 1

Cage the Elephant continues to climb the ranks of the acts with the most No. 1s on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart, claiming its 12th ruler on the Sept. 14-dated list with “Rainbow.”

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The song jumps 3-1, becoming the rockers’ third leader in a row, following “Neon Pill” earlier this year and “Skin and Bones” in 2021.

The band has strung together three consecutive No. 1s for a third time. First came the run of “Back Against the Wall,” “In One Ear” and “Shake Me Down” in 2010-11, followed by “Cigarette Daydreams,” “Mess Around” and “Trouble” in 2015-16.

With 12 No. 1s, Cage the Elephant slots into a tie with Foo Fighters and Linkin Park for the third-most leaders in the Alternative Airplay chart’s 36-year history.

Most No. 1s, Alternative Airplay:
15, Red Hot Chili Peppers
13, Green Day
12, Cage the Elephant
12, Foo Fighters
12, Linkin Park
10, Twenty One Pilots
8, U2
8, Weezer
7, The Black Keys
7, Imagine Dragons

“Rainbow” concurrently tops Adult Alternative Airplay for a second straight week. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it rises 6-4 with 3.3 million audience impressions in the week ending Sept. 5, according to Luminate.

“Rainbow” is the second single from Neon Pill, Cage the Elephant’s sixth studio album, following the title track. The set bowed at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top Alternative Albums chart dated June 1, making the band’s sixth top 10, and has earned 62,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated Sept. 14 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Sept. 10.

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Christina Aguilera Talks 25th Anniversary of Debut Album: ‘I Wanted to Make Music That Had Depth, Meaning & Range’

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From pop star to pop icon. Christina Aguilera just hit a career milestone, and she marked the moment with help from Instagram.

The Grammy-winning singer joined the social media site in rolling out a new music feature, which allows users to add songs to their profile.

Last month, Aguilera — along with *NSYNC, Alicia Keys and Destiny’s Child — hopped on Instagram’s #tbt trend by sharing some of their early 2000s hits. Instagram unveiled the new music profile feature on Aug. 22. Users can add music by clicking “edit profile” from the Profile tab and “add music to your profile.” Instagram allows users to post up to 30 seconds of a song.

When it comes to Y2K nostalgia, Aguilera tops the charts. Back in 1999, when word of a “computer bug” flooded the news cycle and stoked fears of a worldwide digital outage, a new era of pop music emerged. Aguilera may be known for her powerful vocals, but she’s also a fashion idol. Her mixture of cute crop tops, skintight bootcut pants and legendary leather chaps epitomized Y2K style.

Christina Aguilera, her self-titled debut LP, arrived on Aug. 24, 1999, four months before the turn of the millennium. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to sale 8.3 million copies worldwide. “Genie in a Bottle,” the album’s platinum-selling lead single, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks and earned a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocal performance. The single didn’t win the Grammy, but Aguilera won the best new artist honor that night. Accepting her award — in a shimmery butterfly dress and glittery eyeshadow — 19-year-old Aguilera delivered a tearful acceptance speech, marking a candid moment for a new pop star genuinely surprised to receive one of music’s top honors.

More than two decades later, Aguilera’s career has evolved into different music genres and new areas of business. The mother of two, who co-founded of the sexual wellness brand Playground in 2022, has turned the page on a new chapter. In celebration of her debut album, Billboard caught up with Aguilera over email to reflect on the project’s silver jubilee, the end of her concert run in Las Vegas and more.

What do you love about Instagram’s new music feature?

Instagram’s new music feature could not have dropped at a better time! As I’m celebrating the 25th anniversary of my debut album, there’s no better way to connect with my fans and followers than by sharing a favorite song on my profile. It really gives everyone the chance to be expressive and soundtrack their lives alongside posts.

Besides your own hits, what’s one of your favorite songs from the early 2000s?

There are a lot of great songs from this [time period], and some of my favorites include Kelis’ Milkshake and Caught Out There.  I also really liked t.a.T.u’s All The Things She Said, and I remember listening to a lot of Outkast, Missy Elliott and Korn, as well as various things from The Neptunes.

Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of your debut, what makes you most proud about the album and what did it teach you about yourself?

It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years! I’m most proud of how the album introduced me to the world and how well it was received. I was young, but knew I wanted to make music that had depth, meaning and range – so this album provided the perfect launch pad for a career I’m forever grateful for. 

Looking back at your debut to present day, how do you feel your sound has evolved over the years?

As I’ve always been drawn to different musical genres and styles, my sound has evolved in many ways as I’ve experimented with everything from pop to jazz, to soul and R&B, Latin music and more. However, at the core, it’s always been finding new ways to express myself, my experiences, stories and emotions sonically. Over the years I’ve grown more confident in taking artistic risks and being authentic, unapologetically. 

You recently ended your run in Sin City. What do you love most about your Las Vegas shows?

What I love most about Las Vegas right now is how intimate the shows are! The venue is a special, magical space that [allowed] me to connect with my fans in a personal, energetic way that I haven’t been able to experience before. Every night [was] a celebration of music and freedom with a unique, new, diverse crowd – and I was able to create new arrangements of the music to fit the room.

What’s one of your most memorable looks from your debut era? A music video, photo shoot or red-carpet moment.

One of my most memorable looks is probably from the “Genie in a Bottle” music video. The orange pants and beaded top really stand out to me. I had a lot of fun experimenting with different styles in the “Come On Over” video, especially the blue patterned pants and I started playing around with my hair color. It was only the beginning of having fun with my style and exploring new looks over the years, which I still love to do.

I’ve always loved the Christina Aguilera album cover. How did the photo art come about? How long did it take to shoot?

Thank you! For the cover we wanted to create something fresh and timeless; it was always about keeping it simple and we honestly didn’t put too much thought into the album cover in the way I did for future albums. The shoot was relatively quick, but its importance was to find the essence and perfect moment of who I was at that time. 

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Quavo & Offset Have ‘Good Convo’ After Rich Homie Quan’s Death

Migos members and childhood friends Quavo and Offset had a falling out in 2022, leading to the Georgia trio’s disbandment. They’ve been slowly mending their relationship since, with Offset wishing Quavo a happy birthday earlier this year (“Happy gday my brother @quavohuncho love you 4L,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories back in April) and the duo reuniting last spring for a one-off performance at the 2023 BET Awards following the November 2022 fatal shooting of their bandmate TakeOff.

Now, the sudden death of another peer, Rich Homie Quan — who died Thursday at age 33 — inspired the two to have a much-needed conversation. On his IG Story, Quavo revealed that he and Offset had a “good convo with my bro,” alongside a prayer-hands emoji.

The reason as to exactly why the group fell out remains murky, but Quavo and the late Takeoff hinted at “loyalty” being at the center of the breakup while sitting down with Revolt’s Big Facts podcast to promote their album Only Built for Infinity Links.

“I just feel like we want to see our career as a duo, you know what I’m saying?” Quavo said. “Because you know, we just came from a loyal family, sh– that’s supposed to stick together. And sometimes, when sh– don’t work out, it ain’t meant to be.”

Takeoff added: “We don’t know all the answers, you feel me? God knows. We pray a lot, you know? Whatever ain’t right and however you supposed to see it fit, you put it back together or however you do it, we pray. So only time will tell. We always family now, that ain’t gon’ change.”

“We gon’ stand on loyalty, you know what I mean?” said Quavo. “We stand on real deal, real deal loyalty, and sometimes that sh—t ain’t displayed. This ain’t got nothing to do with no label, no paperwork, no QC, no nothing. This got something to do with the three brothers. And sh–, it is what it is. Right now, we gon’ be the duo ’til time tell.”

The late Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug and Migos were instrumental in ushering in a new era of Atlanta rap that has since dominated the genre. Quavo posted throwback pictures of their time climbing up the ranks on his IG Story after he learned of his friend’s death. “May God be with us. Never saw this being apart of our journey,” he wrote in reference to the unfortunate deaths of his nephew Takeoff and Rich Homie Quan.

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