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Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock talks about her first solo single “Don’t Say Love,” what fans can expect from her music, balancing her family and career, what’s next for Little Mix and more.
Leigh-Anne:
We will literally have an R&B jam.
Hi, it’s Leigh-Anne, and this is Billboard News.
Tetris Kelly:
It’s Tetris with Billboard News, and we’re feeling all pink and pretty today with Leigh-Anne. How are you doing?
Leigh-Anne:
I’m good. How are you?
Tetris Kelly:
I’m amazing. So happy you came all the way over the pond to hang out with us.
“Don’t Say Love” is a certified bop — love it. So tell me why you decided this was going to be your introduction to the public as a solo artist.
Leigh-Anne:
So yeah, “Don’t Say Love” up came in, like, the beginning of the process — always knew it was a banger. It kind of became obvious quite quickly that it needed to be the first single, and especially with the meaning of it. The idea of wanting to be loved wholeheartedly and like, like at 100%. I think it was very relatable to me, and I just thought, “You know what? Yeah, this needs to be the first one.”
Tetris Kelly:
And that’s such a relatable subject in general, I think, that touches people. So how’s your fan reaction been to the single?
Leigh-Anne:
It’s been incredible, it’s been better than I could have imagined. Just seeing people like doing their videos and singing to it and how happy it’s making people. Like, that’s what it’s all about. So yeah, it’s been really good.
Watch the full interview above!
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Attention, anime fans: ColourPop’s Naruto collection is here! But it might not be in stock for very long.
Inspired by the wildly popular manga series, the Naruto x ColourPop collection features gel eyeliners, eyeshadows and more available in glittering golds, neutrals and vibrant pops of color including metallic blue, yellow and pink inspired by the anime characters, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha.
The collection starts at $9-$12, for gel eyeliners, metallic eye shadows, glitter gel and Chakra Lux Lip Oil. The larger eyeshadow palettes are priced from $24-$32 and the full collection is $89.
Naruto x ColourPop Shadow Palette
The NARUTO x ColourPop Collection is currently available on ColourPop.com. The collection will be available at Ulta Beauty starting July 30th.
Naruto, the popular manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto in 1999, has sold over 250 million copies globally. The Naruto franchise became an animated series and film franchise and has expanded into video games, board games, clothes, shoes, backpacks and lots of other merchandise for anime fans to collect.
The manga was adapted into an animated series in 2002, which aired for five seasons. A sequel series, Naruto: Shippuden, debuted in 2007 and ended in 2017. If you’re interested in streaming Naruto, episodes are available on Crunchyroll, Netflix, Peacock, Prime Video and Hulu.
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The full collection includes Naruto Pressed Powder, Super Shock Shadows, BFF Crème Gel Liners, Chakra Lux Lip Oil, and Gold Dust Gliterally Obsessed Body Glitter Gel. Another popular choice, the Ninja-in-Training Set ($32) includes the pressed powder palette and glitter gel.
Charles “Chuck” Martin Flood Jr., a longtime Nashville business manager who served as a founding owner at FBMM, has died, Billboard has learned. He was 78.
Flood was a prominent figure in Nashville for more than 40 years. Early in his career, Flood worked on the label side of the business, serving in A&R and national promotion roles at Capitol and Warner Bros. Records. In 1986, he founded Chuck Flood & Associates at his dining room table with the help of John Sayles and Betty Sanders. Just four years later, he teamed up with Frank Bumstead, Mary Ann McCready and John McCarthy to form the company that would become Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy (FBMM). The top-tier firm boasted a laundry list of A-list clients over the years, including such big names as Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Pearl Jam, Miranda Lambert, Mac Miller and Diplo.
Flood was a recurring honoree on Billboard‘s Top Business Managers list.
Born Sept. 12, 1944, in Waco, Texas, Flood attended Baylor University, where he met his wife of over five decades, Elizabeth “Beth” Flood, who preceded him in death in 2021. He spent the majority of his life in Nashville, where he and Elizabeth lived in the same home for more than 35 years.
Flood is survived by his sister, Catherine Flood Weiss of Austin; daughter Sarah Flood and husband Robert Ryland of Elgin, Texas; daughter Rachel Flood and husband Kristian Vatalaro of New York; and three grandchildren.
A celebration of life for both Chuck and Beth will be held in Nashville at a yet-to-be-determined date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Chuck’s name to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) or Doctors Without Borders.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock is gearing up to release more solo music in the imminent future, and sat down with Billboard News to chat about what fans can expect from her upcoming LP, and why she chose to release “Don’t Say Love” as a first single.
“‘Don’t Say Love’ came in the beginning of the process, always knew it was a banger,” Pinnock tells Billboard News host Tetris Kelly. “It kind of became obvious quite quickly that it needed to be the first single, especially with the meaning of it, the idea of wanting to be love wholeheartedly at 100 percent, I think it was really relatable to me, and I just, ‘Yeah, this needs to be the first one.’”
As for what her future album may sounds like, Pinnock gave a few hints. “I’m an R&B girl. Everyone knows that I’m an old-school R&B girl,” she says, citing Jagged Edge, Dru Hill, Immature and Ginuwine as some of her favorite artists in the genre. “At the same time, though, I really do want to incorporate the other genres that I love, so we have some reggae stuff on there. I think I am a pop girl at heart, too, so I just feel like that stamp is always going to be in the mix.”
Though being a solo artist is a different experience from being in a girl group, the “Don’t Say Love” singer is taking it in stride. “I don’t have my sisters to fall back on, so I do really miss the sisterhood,” she notes. “[It also] feels so freeing and a sense of empowerment to stand on my own and know I’m doing this for me. It just feels like the right time. It feels so right to me.”
Leigh-Anne — as one third of Little Mix — earned two top 10 albums Billboard 200 with 2013’s DNA (No. 4) and 2014’s Salute (No. 6). Single “Black Magic” peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015.
Watch Pinnock’s full interview with Billboard News above.
It’s Friday and we’ve got a ton of new music for you today! Britney Spears and will.i.am’s new collab is finally here, Zayn is back with “Love Like This”, Travis Scott, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd are the collab we didn’t know we needed. Tony Bennett , the legendary interpreter of Great American Songbook, has died. He was 96 years old. Leigh-Anne stopped by Billboard News to chat about her first solo single “Don’t Say Love”, a possible reunion with Little Mix And more!
Tetris Kelly
From Bad Bunny to Briteny, we have your Friday music guide. Billboard takes you into the hottest music events in New York and LA, Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne stops by the studio to talk going solo. We learned five things about Big Freedia. And we look back at Tony Bennett’s legacy.
Tetris Kelly
In Friday, July 21, I’m Tetris and this is Billboard nNws. As you can see, I’m really excited about something so let’s start with the first entry in our Friday music
Tetris Kelly
I’m screaming shouting and letting it all out Britney Spears is back. The Will. i. am assisted “Mind Your Business” has everything a Britney track needs sass and oh a choir.
Tetris Kelly
More new music throughout the show. But for now let’s get to our first story
Tetris Kelly
the legendary jazz singer Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96.
Tetris Kelly
Tony Bennett’s list of amazing achievements include 20 Grammys, 23 Hot 100 hits and 44 Billboard 200 albums. Tony began performing in nightclubs in 1946 and will continue to perform to packed crowds all the way up to 2021 at Radio City Music Hall as a celebration of his 95th Birthday even in spite of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2016.
Tetris Kelly
His last performance was with one of his most well known collaborators Lady Gaga, the pair released two albums together, both of which took home Grammys.
Watch the full video above!
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