PinkPantheress says she’s “so excited” to hit the road with Olivia Rodrigo, championing the “Vampire” singer for helping to pave the way for young artists like herself. But while PinkPantheress was announced as an opening act for Rodrigo’s “GUTS World Tour” to much fanfare, the British singer and producer admits she was hesitant at first to sign on for the gig.

“Obviously Olivia is way bigger than me, so at first, I was quite nervous to say yes,” she confesses. “But then I was like, ‘I feel like I need to do this.’ And then she texted me to say, ‘Thank you so much for saying yes! I can’t wait!’ and that has gotten me so excited.”

PinkPantheress says she first met Rodrigo over dinner in London in 2021 and the two immediately hit it off. “We’re both quite similar ages and so it was quite nice to meet someone in front of me who was my age and had the same type of interests and sense of humor,” PinkPantheress recalls. “We’ve had different experiences in the music industry, but she can still empathize with a lot of what I might be going through as a young person navigating the industry and everything.”

Another reason why she’s a fan of Rodrigo’s: “I recognize her as somebody that takes a break,” PinkPantheress says. “There are some people in the industry that like to be constantly surrounded by the limelight, but I feel like she’s one person that takes her time, and will take time out and really take a step back when she needs to, which is similar to me.”

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PinkPantheress spoke to Billboard in New York last week before a performance to promote Bose’s new line of QuietComfort Ultra headphones and wireless earbuds. The “Boy’s a Liar” singer says she’s been a fan of Bose for years and so it was a no-brainer to partner with the company to help launch their new releases.

“I’m a producer, so even in the early days in the studio or at school, I remember using Bose products and I never even really questioned them as a brand,” she says. “There are certain brands that have been around for so long that they’re kind of like the standard, and we don’t even question where they came from because we’ve just always had it there. That’s how I feel about Bose.”

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The QuietComfort Ultra Headphones and QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds will be available beginning in October for $429 and $299 respectively. In addition to their noise-cancellation properties and comfortable fit, the new releases introduce Bose’s “Immersive Audio” technology, which creates a wider, more realistic soundstage so you feel like you’re right in the middle of the studio or concert. The result: music moves with you rather than being locked in a fixed position, so you’re always hearing the most accurate, detailed sound possible even when you’re on-the-go.

The headphones and earbuds are available to pre-order now.

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Family affair! John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Tiegen, star in a sudsy new ad campaign for the singer’s Loved01 skincare brand, which dropped four new products on Wednesday (Sept. 20).

The new releases include cleansing wipes, hand wash, hand + body lotion and a cleansing bar available for $10 at Loved01.com.

Legend shared the video campaign, featuring an adorable cameo from the couple’s daughter Luna, via Instagram on Wednesday.

 “Our new @Loved01skin products are OUT NOW and the whole family is here to celebrate!” We’ve got a Cleansing Bar with suds that are 😮‍💨 (we heard you on wanting more lather), Cleansing Wipes for all the times you’re on the go, and the Hand Soap and Hand + Body Lotion duo! Can’t wait for you to try it all!”

Formulated to balance and moisturize melanated skin, Loved01 offers “effective and nurturing” skincare for complexions of color with nourishing, natural ingredients such as shea butter, jojoba and coconut oils and enhanced with the antioxidant properties of rosehip oil and sea buckthorn oil.

The brand is available at Loved01.com, CVS and Walmart.  

“Our mission is to celebrate melanin-rich skin and provide the love, care and attention it deserves,” Legend said in a statement announcing the brand earlier this year. “We hope to help democratize the beauty space by offering high-quality products at an accessible price point. Everyone deserves to be seen, represented and provided with the tools to love themselves, starting with healthy skin.”

Legend launched the unisex skincare brand in partnership with dermatologists Dr. Naana Boakye. The collection includes face + body wash, face + body moisturizer, an exfoliating cleanser, shave cream, toning mist and face + body oil.

On the music front, Legend is slated to perform at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday (Sept. 23). Get tickets here.

Shop items from Loved01 below.

There’s been an executive shuffle at Spotify.

Monica Damashek, who previously served as the company’s North American lead of international music, has been named head of label partnerships North America, according to an internal memo obtained by Billboard. She succeeds Vic Trubowitch, who has moved to the music product strategy team for artist expression at the streaming giant.

Concurrent with the shifts, Spotify’s label partnerships team will now be called music partnerships and audience — an umbrella that includes label partnerships, artist partnerships and songwriter publisher relations — and fall under the purview of global head of artist partnerships Joe Hadley. Day-to-day responsibilities for each of the teams will remain the same under the new arrangement.

Damashek, who has been with Spotify for nine years, was hired in 2014 as global director of strategic marketing and has worked across various departments. Prior to Spotify, she worked in editorial roles at Billboard and Rolling Stone, among other outlets.

Trubowitch was hired at Spotify in 2017 as manager of artist & label marketing, eventually landing in the head of label partnerships role in December 2021. He was named to Billboard‘s 40 Under 40 list last year. Prior to boarding the streamer, he served in various roles at BMG, Vagrant Records and Warner Bros. Records.

Hadley, previously a powerful booking agent at CAA whose clients included Beyoncé, A$AP Rocky and Stormzy, joined Spotify last year after departing the agency, where he served as co-head of the global hip-hop/R&B touring group.