Although Marshmello has proven his cross-genre appeal by topping the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Pop Airplay charts over the course of his career, the producer scored a long-awaited first in 2023: a No. 1 single on the Latin Airplay chart for his unexpected hit with Manuel Turizo, “El Merengue.” The tropical single was the first new endeavor in a year full of them for the veteran producer, who on Nov. 3 will release Sugar Papi, his first Latin album and first full-length that features an artist on every song.

“I’ve always been eager to make a body of work [but] wasn’t sure when the right time was,” he tells Billboard News. “Sony Latin reached out to me and was like, ‘Hey, would you like to do a Latin album?’ I’d always wanted to tap into Latin music and it just seemed like a perfect time for us to knock out the album I’ve always wanted to do…It was a no brainer.”

Sugar Papi is filled with Latin music legends and rising stars, from Nicky Jam and Anuel AA to Young Miko and Tiago PZK. And while most songs are rooted in Latin rap, trap and reggaeton, nothing was off-limits in the studio, with Marshmello setting up sessions in Miami to meet with each artist. “I showed up in Miami to write this album and was like, ‘I don’t have anything prepared,’” he recalls with a laugh. “Part of my job, my main job, is on the spot creation.” That quick-thinking helped him and his collaborators finish the entire album in less than two weeks.

“I wasn’t just going to go and make this huge ‘every big artist in the world’ [project], I was just going to work with the artists that I vibed with,” he says, noting he was particularly fond of his sessions with Young Miko. “She just showed up and was so nice and humble, killing everything I’m showing her. In the vault, there’s two other songs that we did and it’s straight rave music, old ’90s like Eiffel 65…Crazy crazy vibes. There’s a lot of songs in the vault that could pop up. “

That wasn’t all that Marshmello had to say about what’s ahead, teasing more on the way. “I don’t know if I’ve said it publicly but I’ve been in the studio this whole summer writing a new album, kind of redefining what Marshmello is,” he says. “I just had some sessions recently where I had some Latin touches…I could definitely see a lot of elements that I’m learning [returning].”

Watch the full interview above.

Chart-topping DJ, producer and songwriter Marshmello talks about diving into Latin music; the process of creating his first Latin album, Sugar Papi; working with Young Miko; the success of his track “El Merengue” with Manuel Turizo and more!

Marshmello:
It was interesting. I kind of showed up to Miami to write this album and I was like, “I don’t really have anything prepared.” Part of my job, my main job, is on-the-spot creation.

Lyndsey Havens:
Yeah.

Marshmello:
Just making it, you know what I mean? Making it work. Yo, what’s up? It’s Marshmello and this is Billboard News.

Lyndsey Havens:
Hey, I’m Lyndsey Havens for Billboard News, and I’m here with the chart-topping, DJ, producer and songwriter Marshmello!

Marshmello:
What’s going on?

Lyndsey Havens:
What’s up, man?

Marshmello:
Chilling.

Lyndsey Havens:
You’re no stranger to our charts. We have a lot of firsts to talk about with you right now. You have a major label debut album coming out: Sugar Papi, first Latin album, first proper album, new artists on every song.

Marshmello:
First album, yeah, a major label album.

Lyndsey Havens:
Tell us a bit about how and when the idea for this album even came about.

Marshmello:
I’ve always been eager to kind of make a body of work. I wasn’t sure when the right time was. Sony Latin reached out to me and was like, “Hey, would you like to do a Latin album?” And I’d always wanted to tap into Latin music and it just seemed like a perfect time to first knock out the album that I’ve always wanted to do and Latin and everybody was so cool and so nice. It was a no-brainer.

Lyndsey Havens:
Did you ever think that Latin would be your first album?

Marshmello:
Even though I wasn’t putting out Latin songs, over the years, I just befriended so many people, so many Latin artists. I knew it would happen, I just wasn’t sure when and it was just kind of sent by the universe.

Lyndsey Havens:
Yeah. I mean, what conversations did you have with Sony Latin about the appetite for this right now?

Marshmello:
I wasn’t just gonna go and make this like, huge, every biggest artist in the world on a Latin album, like, I’m just gonna work with artists that I vibe with, and that I just like, genuinely like their music, you know? And so I think, like, you’ll see, like, on the tracklist and who I worked with, you’d be like, OK, like, just, like, a good vibe.

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Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour is heading to Argentina! After releasing the Eras Tour movie in theaters last week, and finishing up shows in Mexico City last month, Swift will resume the Latin American leg of her heavily anticipated tour in Argentina next month (and her new flame, Travis Kelce, might be paying her a visit).

Apart from South America, Swift’s international run will make stops in Asia and Australia and will extend into August 2024.

The first show will be held at El Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aries, Argentina, on Nov. 9.

The “Anti-Hero” singer will return to the States for another round of shows in the U.S. and Canada, including New Orleans, Toronto and Miami, beginning in fall 2024. Swifties got a chance to score presale tickets through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program in early August.

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The Eras Tour, Swift’s first tour in five years, was announced last November. Presale tickets to the tour went on sale via Ticketsmarter that month.

For the first round of the tour, Swift partnered with Capital One on exclusive tickets available for Capital One cardholders. As can be expected, passes to see Swift live remain one of the hottest concert tickets on the market, so we’re breaking down what you need to know so you can secure a seat.

See below for information on how to get last-minute tickets to Argentina, Brazil and other international stops on Swift’s Eras Tour. Check out the new list of tour dates here.

How Much Do Last-Minute Eras Tour Tickets Cost?

Resale tickets for The Eras Tour are currently available online for concerts in Argentina, Brazil and Japan.

How much are last-minute tickets? There’s more than one way to score Eras Tour tickets, but expect to spend a few hundred bucks on a ticket, depending on the seats and date of the show.

Fans can find last-minute tickets to The Eras Tour at StubHub and Viagogo. Prices range from approximately $60-$115 for her shows dated Nov. 9-11.

Swift will perform in Buenos Aries from Nov. 9-11 and Brazil starting on Nov. 17. Tickets are selling fast — especially in the last hour (over 5,000 people were looking at tickets when we checked). The Eras Tour makes its way overseas next year to Japan, Australia, Singapore and more before circling back to the U.S.

Tickets for next year’s North American leg are currently available at StubHub, Vivid Seats and Seat Geek, although pricing can range anywhere from $500 to more than $900. (Save $10 off at Seat Geek. Offer applies to eligible purchases of $250+ with code BILLBOARD10. Valid on first purchases only.)

Looking for the cheapest tickets? Searching different sites will give you a better chance of landing tickets at a lower price point, but we did some of the digging for you.

At press time, tickets for the earliest dates start at around $115 on StubHub, which is around the same prices that you might find on sites such as Ticketsmarter.

The Eras Tour is a celebration of all 10 of the studio albums Swift has released since 2006. Last year, the singer shared a poster advertising the tour’s initial 27-date U.S. leg on Instagram featuring a collage of photos of herself through the years, from the time of her self-titled debut to Midnights, which dropped less than two weeks prior to the tour news.

“I wanted to tell you something that I’ve been so excited about for a really long time. I’ve been planning for ages and I finally get to tell you: I’m going back on tour,” Swift said on GMA, announcing the news. “The tour is called the Eras tour and it’s a journey through all of the musical eras of my career.”

Before you visit Bad Bunny‘s native island, you better learn how to pronounce its name.

In brand-new promos for his upcoming appearance as host and musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Benito schools castmember Heidi Gardner on how to pronounce “Puerto Rico.”

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“I’ve always wanted to go to Port-oh Reek-oh,” Gardner says, butchering the commonwealth’s name.

Puerto Rico,” Bunny corrects.

“Sorry, Port-oh Reek-oh!” Gardner repeats.

After trying again, the superstar artist gives up: “You know what? Don’t go, please.”

Elsewhere in the promos, Gardner compliments “the message” of Bad Bunny’s music but says she “can’t say it.” “Because it’s in Spanish?” he asks. No, she responds, before saying her bleeped-out response. “OK, you can’t say that on TV,” Bunny admits with a laugh.

He also valiantly saves Gardner from a mosquito during their promo shoot. Watch the new promos below:

Bad Bunny made his first appearance on SNL in April 2020 with a cameo during a pandemic-era Saturday Night Live at Home episode. He made his debut as a musical guest in February 2021 (and acted in a couple of sketches) alongside Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page as the host. This weekend’s episode will mark Bad Bunny’s first time hosting.

The NBC late-night staple returned for its 49th season this past weekend, with Pete Davidson hosting and Ice Spice as the musical guest. Former SNL castmember Davidson was supposed to host the show back on May 6, alongside musical guest Lil Uzi Vert, before the writers’ strike canceled all upcoming episodes when it started on May 2. The season premiere marked Ice Spice’s debut on the show, with her collaborator Taylor Swift even making a cameo to introduce her second performance of the night.

Bad Bunny’s SNL episode will air Saturday at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and streaming live on Peacock.

When it comes to the team-up of The Kid LAROI, Jung Kook and Central Cee, as far as fans are concerned, there’s likely never “TOO MUCH.” The international trio unleashed their new “TOO MUCH” song and music video on Thursday night (Oct. 19) ahead of the release of LAROI’s debut full-length album The First Time next month.

Australian hitmaker The Kid LAROI enlisted South Korea’s Jung Kook and the U.K.’s Central Cee for the vibey new song, and they dropped a Ramez Silyan-directed video to match. In the visual, the three stars appear on the covers of the fictional TOO MUCH magazine, and their mag covers come to life in colorful performance vignettes.

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“If we had the chance and the time to spend, would you do it again? Would you do it again?” BTS member Jung Kook sings in the chorus. “Was it too much?”

LAROI and Central Cee are both co-writers on the track, along with Justin Bieber, Omer Fedi, Jasper Harris, Emile Haynie, Blake Slatkin and Billy Walsh. The song was produced by Fedi, Harris, Haynie and Slatkin.

The First Time, which is due in November, will follow LAROI’s debut mixtape, F*ck Love, which topped the Billboard 200 albums chart back in 2021. The mixtape’s Savage deluxe edition included LAROI’s breakout hit single “Without You,” whose Miley Cyrus-featuring remix hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, while the mixtape’s Over You deluxe edition included the Hot 100 No. 1 Bieber duet “Stay.”

Watch the “TOO MUCH” music video below:

Jussie Smollett is currently in rehab and is receiving treatment from an outpatient program, a representative for the actor confirmed in a statement to TMZ on Wednesday.

“Jussie has had an extremely difficult past few years,” Smollett’s representative told the celebrity news outlet. “He has quietly been working very hard for some time now and we are proud of him for taking these necessary steps.”

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Smollett’s time in rehab comes amid him awaiting an appeal from his Chicago criminal case that dates back to 2019, when he was found guilty of lying to police about being attacked by two masked Trump supporters, who he then alleged attacked him, put a noose around his neck and doused him in bleach.

Following the incident, Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail but was released early due to an appeal. In the time since the controversy, Smollett has been getting back into his career and has started directing as the legal process continued. Per TMZ, he’s been spotted working on film sets, one of which includes a project with actress Vivica A. Fox.

In addition to recently being seen on a hike in Los Angeles with his former Empire co-star Taraji P. Henson, Smollett attended last year’s BET Awards, which drew backlash from viewers of the program online on social media. The year prior, Smollett attended the premiere of B-Boy Blues — which served as his directorial debut — at New York City’s AMC Magic Johnson Harlem theater in November 2021.