Kehlani Opens Up About Embracing Their Non-Binary Identity: ‘I’m Going to Exist Loudly’

Kehlani is embracing herself wholeheartedly.

The superstar — who uses she/they pronouns — appears on the latest Stylecaster digital cover rocking a tailored, pinstripe suit and full glam makeup, complete with a mustache. The “Honey” singer has been a longtime open book about their sexuality, but in the publication’s interview, she says she would have been open sooner.

“It’s dope to see people now who are in that fluidity and people of that expression be able to exist and make music and everything be celebrated. …Younger me would probably have come to terms more quickly with my non-binary identity and how I present,” they shared.

As a result, Kehlani will continue to be living authentically. “I’m going to exist loudly,” she said. “And if it rocks, it rocks.”

Back in 2018, Kehlani clarified their sexuality to fans. “cuz i keep geddin asked.. i’m queer,” she said at the time. “not bi, not straight. i’m attracted to women, men, REALLY attracted to queer men, non binary people, intersex people, trans people. lil poly pansexual papi hello good morning. does that answer your questions?”

When asked why she chooses to use the word “queer” rather than “gay,” Kehlani explained, “i felt gay always insisted there was still a line drawn as to which ‘label’ of human i was attracted when i really jus be walking around thinking ERRYBODY FINE.”

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Here’s When LISA & Rosalía’s ‘New Woman’ Collab Arrives

It’s official! LISA and Rosalía’s collaboration, “New Woman,” is arriving this month.

The superstar duo took to Instagram to share the fun cover art for the track, featuring the two singers sitting in lawn chairs with racetrack-inspired outfits. The caption indicates that the song will be arriving on August 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

See the post here.

Earlier this week, LISA began teasing the collaboration. In a video posted to TikTok, a pink-haired LISA — whose face isn’t visible — shows off a star-shaped pendant around her neck. “Bangin’ it, bangin’ it, wanna crack these walls/ Bangin’ it, bangin’ it, wanna echo through the halls,” she sings over a mid-tempo, Y2K-inspired beat. “Pullin’ up, fresh face, brand new día.”

The teasers come a little over a month after the K-pop icon stepped into a new phase of her solo career outside of BLACKPINK with “Rockstar,” which debuted at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Billboard Global 200, as well as became LISA’s first-ever No. 1 hit on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.

“Rockstar” also marked LISA’s first release since signing with RCA Records to support her solo endeavors, inking a deal in partnership with her own LLOUD company that will allow her to retain ownership of her master recordings. “I’m super excited to be joining the RCA family, and I am confident they are the best team to create a bigger movement in my solo career,” she said in a statement in April. “Looking forward to showing the world everything we have been preparing.”

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Student Discount: You Can Subscribe to Walmart+ for 50% Off — How to Join for Just $49 for the Year

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Walmart’s Summer Deals event wrapped last month, but you can still expect to find some of the hottest summer savings. The retail giant is rolling out a student discount on Walmart+, which offers loads of benefits and early access to Walmart sales before everyone else. To get you started, we’ve rounded up a list of everything you need to know — including how to subscribe for 50% off. See below for more details.

How to Join Walmart+

Don’t miss out! Walmart+ typically costs $98 for the annual membership, and $12.95 for the monthly membership after a 30-day free trial. The subscription is on sale for 50% off with a student discount.

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College students and grad students can subscribe to Walmart+ Student at a discounted rate of $49/year of $6.47/month after the free trial. Offer ends Sept. 13.

What is Walmart+? The subscription unlocks instant access to loads of benefits including shopping certain sales earlier than everyone else, special pricing and product releases. Walmart+ members also get a ton of freebies.

If you’re interested in more discount options, there’s another ways to join Walmart+ for $49 or 50% off the regular price — no promo code necessary. In addition to a student discount, Walmart offers a government assistance program that slices the subscription price in half.

Last year, the retail giant introduced Walmart+ Assist discounted subscription, for those on government assistance. The Walmart+ Assist discount is available to eligible new and existing Walmart+ members.

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Existing members who qualify for the price cut will receive a prorated refund and the discounted price will begin immediately, per Walmart.

How else can you save on Walmart+? If you’re not eligible for Walmart+ Assist or Walmart+ Student, don’t worry, you can still enjoy a free 30-day free trial with your subscription.

Walmart offers different plans that will save you up to half off the membership plan. For example, subscribe to the Walmart+ annual plan to save you around $5/month and over $100 per year on your Walmart+ subscription.

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You can also give a Walmart+ membership as a birthday or back-to-school gift. A Walmart+ membership is perfect for shoppers who want access to special benefits such as free shipping and sweet deals.

How do you gift someone with a Walmart+ membership? Simply purchase a Walmart gift card, which can be used to cover the annual membership fee.

Walmart+ features member-only offers such as 10 cents off fuel at Exxon & Mobile stations, up to 5% back in Walmart Cash on flights, hotels, car rentals and activities booked through Walmart+ Travel.

What can you get for free with Walmart+? For starters, you’ll get free shipping with no order minimum, so you won’t have to worry about adding things to your cart that you might not even need just to get free shipping.

The membership also includes free grocery delivery, contact-free checkout with mobile-scan and go, travel deals, free subscriptions to Paramount+ and ad-free streaming with Pluto TV.

But wait, there’s more. Walmart+ members get free flat tire repair and other auto care and lots of other member benefits. Some of the limited offers available to Walmart+ members include a three month trial to the Peleton App, a free 30-day trial and 40% off Noom, three months of free Life360, a subscription to HISTORY Vault for $0.99/month, and 30% off Angi (formerly Angie’s List).

What’s on Sale? Limited Deals to Shop

What’s currently on sale at Walmart? The retail giant is offering up to 65% off flash deals to help you shop summer essentials and back-to-school supplies on a budget.

Walmart shoppers can find savings on must-have toys, apparel, electronics, furniture, apparel, dorm essentials and other can’t miss deals. See more deals below.

Fortnite The Ramp Unisex 18-Inch Laptop Backpack — $9.98 ($16.94)

Vilinice Noise Cancelling Headphones — $19.99 ($69.98)

Mainstays 26-Inch Round Iron Outdoor Burning Fire Pit – $24.97 ($37.88)

Vtopsmart Airtight Storage Containers, 4 pc Set — $16.99 ($39.99)

Lofka 7 Piece Outdoor Sectional Sofa — $399.98 ($1,099.99)

FDW Memory Foam 8-inch Twin Mattress — $109.99 ($319.99)

The Pioneer Woman Goldie 3-Piece Cast Aluminum Garden Bistro Set — $174 ($198)

Iceglad Golf Shirts for Men Short Sleeve Dry Fit Print — $18.88 ($38.99)

Coleman XPand 16-Can Soft Cooler — $19.88 ($32.99)

Apple AirPods with Charing Case (2nd Generation) — $79.99 ($129)

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Donald Trump Says Ye Is ‘Very Complicated’ But Has a ‘Good Heart’

From a 2018 visit at the Oval Office to a 2022 Mar-A-Lago dinner, Ye — formerly Kanye West — and Donald Trump have been linked quite a bit over the years.

With 92 days and counting until Election Day, Trump’s campaigning made a stop by Adin Ross’ Kick stream on Monday afternoon (Aug. 5) with a select group of Trump fans on hand and donning red MAGA hats.

Ross and Trump engaged in a quick hits segment where 45 gave his unbridled opinion on a litany of political figures, pop-culture stars and more.

One of the photos that popped up happened to be Kanye West, and DT didn’t know where to start with Yeezy, but decided to channel Avril Lavigne’s 2002 Grammy-nominated hit with his description of Ye.

“He’s a very complicated,” Trump said of West. “Let’s say complicated because he is. He’s a really nice guy, but he can get some people into trouble. And he can get some other people. He’s got a good heart — he does, he does, but he’s complicated.”

Fans were shocked to hear Trump speak about Ye, but some didn’t think he was far off in his surface level description.

“Trump is honestly dead on target with this,” one person wrote while another chimed in on X: “Every time Trump speaks about Kanye he gives nothing but love to him.”

Trump and West have been intertwined at times throughout the last decade. The former president sent his well-wishes to Kanye and Kim Kardashian after they tied the knot in 2014.

Ye had a fake Trump cast in the “Famous” video and later professed he would’ve voted for him in the 2016 election if he had voted.

Their relationship went to another level in 2018 when West pulled up to the White House in a red Make America Great Again hat, which he rocked a few weeks prior while performing on Saturday Night Live.

“It was something about when I put this hat on that made me feel like Superman. You made a Superman — that’s my favorite superhero — you made a Superman cape,” Ye told reporters at the Oval Office in 2018. “I think it’s the bravery that helps you beat this game called life. They tried to scare me into not wearing this hat — my own friends. This hat, it gives me power in a certain way.”

Ye went head-to-head with Donald Trump and Joe Biden in a failed bid to win the 2020 Presidential Election. The tenor of their friendship changed in 2022 when West pulled up to a Mar-A-Lago dinner at Trump’s club with his controversial political affiliate Nick Fuentes.

Per NBC, West criticized Trump for not covering the legal bills of those arrested during the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol and asked the former president to be his running mate in ’24.

Elsewhere in Trump’s interview with Adin Ross, he was gifted a free Cyber Truck and Rolex watch from the streamer, which Rolling Stone speculates could be a violation of FEC rules.

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Music Stocks Suffer as Global Markets Roiled by Recession Fears; K-Pop Hit Particularly Hard

K-pop stocks were the hardest hit music stocks on Monday (Aug. 5) as global markets continued Friday’s decline in the U.S. with major selloffs. 

Four K-pop companies — HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment — fell an average of 8.8% on Monday, while a major South Korean stock index, the KOSPI composite index, had its worst day since 2008 by also falling 8.8%. HYBE declined 5.9% while the others fell between 9.6% and 9.8%. South Korean stocks were effectively catching up to the rest of the world on Monday: trading in Seoul had closed by the time a disappointing U.S. jobs report was released Friday morning, stoking fears of a possible recession. 

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The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 3.4% to 16,200.08, the S&P 500 dropped 3.0% to 5,186.33 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.6%, with the latter two suffering their deepest losses since September 2022. In Japan, the Nikkei Stock Average plummeted 12.4%, its worst day since 1987. 

Some of the biggest companies were among the worst performers. Chipmaker Nvidia, once a high-flying stock buoyed by AI investors, dropped 6.4% on Monday. Apple fell 4.8%. Amazon dropped 4.1%. 

The 20-company Billboard Global Music Index (BGMI) fared a bit better than the major indexes, dropping 2.0% to 1,705.25 despite the large K-pop declines. 

Outside K-pop, SiriusXM fell 4.1% to $3.01, adding to last week’s 15.6% decline following second-quarter earnings results that showed the company lost 173,000 satellite radio subscribers in the period ended June 30. Live Nation fell 3.5% to $88.06. Sphere Entertainment dropped 2.8% to $38.25. 

The BGMI’s most valuable companies fared better. Universal Music Group was flat at 21.44 euros ($23.50). Spotify declined 2.1% to $324.03. Warner Music Group, which releases earnings on Wednesday (Aug. 7), dropped 2.4% to $27.59. German concert promoter CTS Eventim slid 1.3% to 75.50 euros ($82.74). 

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Reviewers Say This $170 Sunrise Alarm Clock Transforms Your Sleep Quality and Wake-Up Routine

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Are you looking to elevate your alarm clock experience? If so, you might want to consider this Hatch Restore 2 Sunrise Alarm. This advanced device transforms your night routine with soothing sounds and calming colors, setting the stage for a restful night’s sleep. According to the brand, the Hatch Restore 2 includes a sunrise alarm, sleep sounds, dimmable clock, rest and rise buttons, alarm sounds and toggle, and can serve as a bedside light. With this alarm, you’ll be able to unwind and drift off effortlessly.

The Hatch Restore 2 is designed to blend seamlessly into any bedroom decor. It is aesthetically pleasing as it is functional. In fact, it’s more than just an alarm clock—it promotes better sleep and gives you a more pleasant wake-up routine.

For those looking to elevate your sleeping experience, while transforming your mornings, the Hatch Restore 2 is a great way to start your day. You can get this alarm clock in three different colors: Latte, Putty, and Slate.

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If you are still on the fence on whether or not to add this one of a kind alarm clock to your cart, check out the reviews. One Hatch customer said, “I love my hatch! It has changed my mornings for the better.”

Another Hatch customer said, “As someone who works early mornings… I love my Hatch for an easy, gentle wakeup. I have noticed since using my Hatch for the last 1.5 years, I feel less stressed in the morning and am less likely to snooze my hatch alarm versus using my phone.”

With the Hatch Restore 2 alarm clock, you can also customize your routine to match your personal preferences, transforming your evening into a peaceful pre-sleep ritual.

For more product recommendations, check out this $45 Echo Spot With Smart Clock Features, top 5 best bluetooth speakers, and this Bose SoundLink Max Portable speaker.

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Tove Lo Shares Brat Summer Selfie With Charli XCX, Lorde & Nelly Furtado

Charli XCX leaned fully into Brat summer over the weekend, when she celebrated her 32nd birthday on Saturday night (Aug. 3) with a star-studded bash in Los Angeles.

Among the A-list attendees was Tove Lo, who took to Instagram to share a selfie on the dance floor with the birthday girl herself along with Nelly Furtado and Lorde, who recently worked it out on the remix with Charli for “The Girl, So Confusing Version With Lorde.”

“Yum,” Tove Lo captioned the photo along with an apple emoji, in reference to Charli’s hit off her recent album Brat, “Apple.”

According to reports, other attendees at the birthday party included Twisters star Glen Powell, as well as Anya Taylor-Joy, Rosalía, Addison Rae, the Haim sisters, Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams, Rachel Sennott, Finneas, Lukas Gage, Scout and Tallulah Willis, among many others.

Billie Eilish also dropped by the party in Silverlake to dance and sing along to the pair’s just-released “Guess” remix, with Billie rocking an oversized baseball jersey, lime green bandana and red-tinged shades for the party, where one of the gifts included a beautifully Brat-propriate bouquet of Calla Lilies mixed with cigarettes from Rosalía.

Charli’s U.S. Brat tour is slated to kick off on Sept. 14 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Fans Choose Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music in All-Genre Poll

The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Aghori Mhori Mei has topped this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 2) on Billboard, choosing the the Billy Corgan-led rock band’s 13th studio album as their favorite new music release of the past week.

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Aghori Mhori Mei brought in 70% of the vote on the poll, securing a notable edge ahead of new releases from Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish (“Guess”), Kacey Musgraves (Deeper Into the Well), Justin Quiles (Permanente), Jack White (No Name), and others.

The Pumpkins’ 10-track Aghori Mhori Mei is the follow-up to last year’s three-act rock opera, ATUM. The new set was recorded in the midst of the veteran Chicago act’s busy touring schedule over the past few years.

“In the writing of this new album I became intrigued with the well-worn axiom, ‘you can’t go home again’,” guitarist/singer Corgan said in a statement. “Which I have found personally to be true in form but thought well, what if we tried anyway? Not so much in looking backwards with sentimentality but rather as a means to move forward; to see if in the balance of success and failure that our ways of making music circa 1990-1996 would still inspire something revelatory.”

Corgan called the two-plus hour, 33-song ATUM a sequel to Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 classic double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/The Machines of God.

The mid-July announcement of Aghori Mhori arrived after the Pumpkins booked a run of fall tour dates in South and Latin America, marking the group’s first venture south in almost a decade. In addition, the trio — Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlain — is currently on the road opening for Green Day on their Saviors tour, mixed in with headlining shows across the U.S. through September. The Latin American tour launches Nov. 1 in Brasilia, Brazil.

Trailing behind Smashing Pumpkins on this week’s poll is a remix of Charli xcx’s “Guess,” featuring featuring Billie Eilish. The track brought in 10% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below. Check out Billboard‘s Friday Music Guide to catch up with more must-hear releases from this week.

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Adele Halts Her Munich Concert to Watch Women’s 100M Final at 2024 Summer Olympics

Adele didn’t let her live show get in the way of watching the 2024 Summer Olympics.

During her concert in Munich on Saturday (Aug. 3), the 36-year-old British songstress paused her performance to watch the women’s 100-meter final in Paris, as seen in a fan-captured clip posted on the X (formerly Twitter) account for NBC Olympics.

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The “Easy on Me” singer then broadcast the 11-second race on the big screen for all 75,000-something fans at the custom-built Adele Arena, where her 10-night residency launched on Friday.

The Munich crowd fell to a hush as Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia took home the gold medal, finishing the race in 10.72 seconds. U.S. stars Sha’carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson won silver and bronze, respectively.

After Alfred’s victory, which marked Saint Lucia’s first Olympic gold medal in history, Adele asked the audience to give the runner a hand for the accomplishment.

“Let’s give her a round of applause!” the 16-time Grammy winner said. “Let’s get on with the show. Fantastic, St. Lucia!”

Adele also had the Olympics on her mind during the opening night of the mini-residency on Friday.

“… While I was watching world-class athletes, I’d be like, ‘Oh that landing was a bit dodgy, wasn’t it? Oh her legs weren’t really straight,’ Meanwhile, if I tried anything that they do, I’d be dead,” she said in a fan-captured video from the show. “I’d absolutely die if I tried to even do a little, any kind of movement at all.”

During the concert, Adele also gave props to U.S. gymnast Simone Biles for winning multiple gold medals, calling her “absolutely brilliant.”

Adele’s 10-night stand in Munich concludes Aug. 31. See a full recap of the opening night here. The singer’s Weekends With Adele residency at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars Palace picks back up in October.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 for 13th Week

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 10), collecting a 13th nonconsecutive week atop the list. The album spent its first 12 weeks on the chart at No. 1, fell to No. 4 for two weeks, and now rebounds to No. 1 for a 13th frame. (Thirteen is also famously Swift’s lucky number.)

Tortured Poets earned 71,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 1 (down 3%), according to Luminate. That marks the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album since March 16-dated chart, when Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time was tops with 68,000 units.

The last album to spend at least 13 weeks at No. 1 was One Thing at a Time, which logged 19 total nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 between March 2023 and this March. The last album by a woman to spend at least 13 total weeks at No. 1 was Adele’s 21, which earned 24 nonconsecutive weeks on top in 2011-12.

With Poets — Swift’s longest-leading album — she adds her 82nd career week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her record among soloists. (Elvis Presley has the second-most among soloists, with 67.) The total encompasses her 14 No. 1 albums. (She’s tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists.)

Also on the latest Billboard 200, the sleepy top 10, where no albums debut in the region, sees Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess hit a new peak, as it climbs 8-4, surpassing its previous high of No. 5.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 10, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Aug. 6. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of The Tortured Poets Department’s 71,000 units earned in the week ending Aug. 1, SEA units comprise 59,000 (down 8%, equaling 77.73 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe album’s 31 songs), album sales comprise 12,000 (up 34%, aided by a stock replenishment of a deluxe CD edition of the album in Swift’s webstore) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 23%).

Wallen’s One Thing at a Time rises 6-2 with 64,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%, also returning to No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for the first time since March) and Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene climbs 5-3 with 61,000 (down 14%).

Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess reaches a new peak, jumping 8-4 with 53,000 equivalent album units (though down 1%). The set previously topped out at No. 5 on the July 13-dated list. Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft ascends 9-5 with nearly 53,000 units (down 2%) and Stray Kids’ ATE falls 1-6 in its second week with 52,000 units (down 78%; it’s also No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a second week).

Eminem’s chart-topping The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) dips 3-7 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned (down 37%), Twisters: The Album falls 7-8 with 44,000 units (down 23%), Charli XCX’s Brat returns to the top 10, rising 14-9 with 40,000 units (up 10%), and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is steady at No. 10 with 39,000 units (down 10%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

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