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ITZY‘s latest mini album, Kill My Doubt, arrived in July and marked the K-pop stars’ fifth entry on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking on the all-genre tally at No. 23. After promoting the album in the United States in recent months, the quintet sat down with Billboard News to discuss what separates their most recent release from their other previous mini albums throughout the years.
“We talk about the confidence a lot, but this time, we talked about the darkness inside so we could love ourself because we defeated the darkness inside. I think it’s a big difference from [our] previous albums,” Ryujin told host Tetris Kelly.”
“Cake” was released as the lead single from the project and features each of the group members — Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong and Yuna — enacting various larger-than-life scenarios like those featured in Netflix’s Squid Game and other shows with main character energy. (The track later peaked on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 194.)
“I love the story of the music video because it’s a little bit cute and it’s talking about the main character who never dies,” Ryujin explained.
Lia chimed in, adding, “the costumes made it very fun, it really went with our songs. And not only Squid Game … Korean dramas and Korean movies also appear, but I think for our global fans, Squid Game would be the most [recognizable].”
Elsewhere in the interview, the girls talk about attending KCON in Los Angeles, their current favorite television shows and what fun activities they got up to during their recent trip to the States.
Watch ITZY’s full Billboard News interview in the video above.
K-pop girl group ITZY shares what makes their latest EP, Kill My Doubt, different from their previous albums, what their favorite songs from the album are, how they are inspired by Korean dramas and their favorite ones, how they felt about performing at KCON this year, their future plans to tour the U.S. and more!
Chaeryeong:
Yesterday, we went to the bish … beach!
ITZY:
All in us. Hey, this is ITZY …
Lia:
… and this is …
ITZYL
… Billboard News.
Tetris Kelly:
Hey, it’s Tetris with Billboard News, and I’m hanging out with ITZY. Hi, ladies!
ITZY:
Hi!
Tetris Kelly:
Thank you for coming. I got to say congratulations. Kill My Doubt is the fifth album you guys have had on the Billboard 200. How did that feel?
Yeji:
Very thankful for our fans, MIDZY. Thank you so much.
Tetris Kelly:
Five albums in, and what made this album different than the ones prior?
Ryujin:
We talk about the confidence a lot, but this time, we talked about the darkness inside so we could love ourselves because we defeated the darkness inside. So I think [it] is a big difference from previous album.
Tetris Kelly:
That’s such a good message. What are some of your favorite tracks? I want to know — I’m sure everybody has a different opinion. So what’s your favorite track on the album?
Chaeryeong:
“Psychic lover.”
Ryujin:
Oh, I love that song too.
Yuna:
And mine is “Bratty.”
Yeji:
My pick is “None of My Business.”
Lia:
Mine’s also “None of My Business.”
Tetris Kelly:
Oh. Why is that one so personal to you? You think?
Lia:
From the first time I listened to it, I really liked the song. Like, the vibe of the song is very easy listening. It’s kind of a good song to drive and just listen to.
Watch the full interview above!
P!nk has postponed two shows on her just-launched Trustfall Tour due to “family medical issues,” the singer announced Monday (Oct. 16).
The two shows affected are Tuesday and Wednesday’s concerts in Tacoma, Washington.
“I am so sorry to inform the Tacoma ticket holders that the two shows October 17 and October 18 (tomorrow and Wednesday) will be postponed,” P!nk wrote in a message shared to Instagram. “Live Nation are working on future dates to reschedule. Family medical issues require our immediate attention. I send everyone my sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this has caused. I am sending nothing but love and health to all.”
P!nk is three dates into her Trustfall Tour, which launched in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday and had two dates in San Francisco over the weekend. The pop singer had just wrapped the North American leg of her Summer Carnival stadium tour, which has one rescheduled date remaining on Nov. 26 in Arlington, Texas — after she canceled a September show due to a sinus infection — and will pick back up in Australia and New Zealand in February.
According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, Summer Carnival has so far grossed $257.6 million and sold 1.8 million tickets across 41 shows. Summer Carnival began with 19 shows in Europe, bringing in $106.8 million from 871,000 tickets, then arrived Stateside for a $150.7 million run in the U.S. and Canada, selling 914,000 tickets.
Her current tour is in support of her ninth studio album, Trustfall, which arrived Feb. 17 via RCA.
See P!nk’s Instagram message below:
At opening night of her Celebration Tour on Saturday night in London, Madonna proved that she still has all her life to live and all her love to give by covering Gloria Gaynor‘s disco classic “I Will Survive.”
Madonna took a moment during her first show to talk about the serious health scare that postponed the tour from its original planned start over the summer. She credited her children — Lourdes, 27; Rocco, 23; David, 18; Mercy, 17; and twins Stella and Estere, 11 — with pulling her through after her hospitalization for a bacterial infection in June.
“I forgot five years of my life, or my death — I don’t really know where I was,” she said onstage at The O2 arena. “But the angels were protecting me, and my children were there. And my children always save me every time. If you want to know my secret and you want to know how I pulled through and survived, I thought, ‘I have to be there for my children. I have to survive for them.’”
Gaynor approved of Madonna performing her signature hit, which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979.
“@Madonna congratulations on the launch of #TheCelebrationTour at @TheO2,” Gaynor shared via X on Sunday, alongside a video of Madonna’s cover. “So happy that you are in good health and ready to have a holiday with fans around the world! By the way, you have excellent taste in music!”
Madonna has two more dates (Oct. 17 and 18) remaining of her four-night stint in London before heading across Europe and returning to The O2 for two more shows on Dec. 5 and 6.
See Gaynor’s Madonna appreciation below:
Taylor Swift‘s security guard who protected her during The Eras Tour has gone back to his home in Israel to fight against Hamas, according to Israel Today. He is joining the Israel Defense Forces, the national military of the State of Israel.
“I got a pretty great life back in the U.S.,” the guard, who wishes to keep his name anonymous, told Israeli journalist Eran Swisa, who broke the news. “I got an amazing dream job that I love, great friends that I call family and a very comfortable home. I didn’t HAVE to come here… But I could not stand on the sidelines while families are being slaughtered and burned alive in their homes!!! Just for being Jewish or for being Israelis.
“I’m not only standing here with Israel and actually standing here. I’m standing here with humanity,” the statement continued, according to Swisa — who posted about the news on his TikTok and Instagram. “Don’t be on the wrong side of history!! Don’t stand on the sidelines and say nothing… Stand with Israel, stand with HUMANITY!!!!!”
So far, the Israel-Hamas war has resulted in the deaths of more than 1,300 Israelis as of a week ago (260 of whom were killed at a music festival in the area earlier this month) and has led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order a “complete siege” of Gaza in retaliation, cutting off water, electricity and food to the territory from which the invasion was launched.
Drake‘s kid is making music. Adonis, the rapper’s 6-year-old son with artist Sophie Brussaux, has a song out now, titled “My Man Freestyle.”
“Happy birthday my son…MY MAN FREESTYLE OUT NOW,” Drake wrote on Instagram Sunday night (Oct. 15), a few days after Adonis’ Oct. 11 birthday. He shared a clip of the track and its cute music video.
“My Man Freestyle,” with Adonis credited as a writer with producer Lil Esso, starts with a chorus. “Don’t talk to my man like that/ I like it when you like it/ My, my, my, my man/ My, my, my, my man,” Adonis says.
On the track, Adonis describes a day leading up to a game: “I was waiting for this moment to arrive/ I was driving in the car and I smash my car/ I was playing in on my iPad and I broke my iPad/ I’m going to my house, seeing my dad/ I am saying hi to my dad and I have to go change/ I’m playing basketball.”
The accompanying music video, below, shows Adonis on the court and giving a pep talk to friends.
“We just have to work harder. We have to shoot better. We have to play better. Get your energy up,” he says to applause.
Dad Drake — who currently has the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 — also makes an appearance toward the end of the clip.
Adonis recently co-starred in Drake’s “8AM in Charlotte” music video, which begins with a cute father-son conversation about Adonis’ artwork. When Drake asks his child how much he earned for his beautiful drawing, he laughs and says, “Oh please.” The visual for the For All the Dogs track was released in early October.
In September, Drake revealed that his son’s line-drawing of a red-eyed pooch would be the For All the Dogs cover art.
Check out Adonis’ “My Man Freestyle” below.
“I’m Just Ken” got a funny new twist on SNL Saturday night (Oct. 14), thanks to host Pete Davidson.
The former cast member performed his own version of Ken’s rock ballad from the Barbie soundtrack on the season 49 premiere, which finally arrived after the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached an agreement to end a screenwriters’ strike that went on for five months.
Davidson joked about his comedy career and reputation, singing: “I’m just Pete/ Anyone else, I’d be a three/ But I guess I’m hot for dudes in comedy/ ‘Cause it’s an ugly industry.”
“I’m just Pete/ Looking like a meth head on the street/ People online still call me ‘Skete’/ Because of a guy whose name I can’t say legally,” he added, making a reference to Kanye West‘s history of trolling him.
Barbie: The Album‘s “I’m Just Ken” was a Billboard Hot 100 hit over the summer, debuting at No. 87 on the chart in August. It also debuted at No. 4 on Hot Rock Songs and No. 5 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, as well as No. 39 on Digital Song Sales. “I’m Just Ken” was Barbie star Ryan Gosling’s first entry on the Hot 100.
Watch the “I’m Just Pete” music video below. In case you missed it, check out Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s cameo in a sketch poking fun at the NFL’s recent Taylor Swift coverage, and get a glimpse at Swift herself on the SNL stage, introducing musical guest Ice Spice.
It’s almost time for 1989 (Taylor’s Version), and Taylor Swift has dropped another preview of what’s to come with a snippet of her re-recorded “Out of the Woods.”
“Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version)” is featured in the latest trailer for Illumination and Universal’s animated film Migration, due out in theaters Dec. 22.
“Out of the woods and… not in the clear yet,” a tagline reads on Illumination’s YouTube channel. Directed by Benjamin Renner, Migration‘s voice cast includes Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings and Awkwafina.
Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) arrives on Oct. 27. In September, the pop icon revealed the full track list, which is rounded out by several “From the Vault” songs: the highly anticipated “Slut!,” “Is It Over Now?,” “Now That We Don’t Talk,” “Say Don’t Go” and “Suburban Legends.”
Listen to a sneak peek of Swift’s updated “Out of the Woods” in the trailer below to get hyped for 1989 Day.
