Megan Thee Stallion has some exciting news for the Hotties.
After scoring the 2022 Webby Award for artist of the year on Monday night, Thee Stallion revealed details about her next project.
“I’m probably like 95 percent done with my new album,” she said backstage. “I wanna tease that for the Hotties. I haven’t even told them nothing about my album, but yeah.”
The Stallion’s noteworthy update came just one day after she hit the stage during the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Surrounded by an array of dancers, Megan gave an incredible performance of her new track “Plan B” followed by “Sweetest Pie.” Although the latter is a collaboration with fellow hitmaker Dua Lipa, Thee Stallion shined solo on Sunday night after winning the BBMA for top female rap artist.
While accepting the honor, she said, “Thank y’all so much. First of all, thank you to the Hotties, because without the Hotties, there would be no Hot Girl Coach.”
She went on to celebrate her fellow nominees, saying onstage, “Everybody in this category is a winner. I feel like we all been working so hard all year, we been working hard for a long time. And it’s just so nice to be appreciated and recognized by your peers and celebrated by your peers and celebrated by your supporters. And that’s all I gotta say!”
In addition to her BBMA win, Megan has appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 25 times, including two No. 1 hits: “Savage” and her feature on Cardi B’s “WAP.”
Watch Megan Thee Stallion discuss her upcoming album below:
Last night, Webby Artist of the Year @theestallion told our Manager, Editorial Strategy @jordanajarrett that she’s about 95% done with her new album. “I wanna tease that for the hotties, I haven’t even told them nothing about my album.” You heard it here first! 😳❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/bsFwkVa5GF
— The Webby Awards (@TheWebbyAwards) May 17, 2022
This past weekend, Selena Gomez hosted Saturday Night Live for the very first time, where she showed off her spot-on Miley Cyrus impression and reminded viewers of her showbiz beginnings on Barney & Friends. While she’s far from the first musician to host SNL — following in the footsteps of Lizzo, Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Billie Eilish, Drake, Ariana Grande and many more — her hosting gig got us thinking: Which musician should host the show next?
On the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith throw out a few ideas for current musicians who would make great SNL hosts, from Megan Thee Stallion and Olivia Rodrigo to Lil Nas X and Doja Cat. And you might be just as surprised as we were to learn that Beyoncé has somehow never hosted (can we fix that ASAP, Lorne?).
Below, listen to the full podcast, and scroll down to vote in our poll: Which musician do you think would make the best Saturday Night Live host?
Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Bad Bunny scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and, in doing so, gives the chart just its second all-Spanish-language No. 1. Plus, Lizzo lands her fourth top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with “About Damn Time.” And, as it joins Latto’s “Big Energy” in the top 10, there’s a surprising common bond between the two that you maybe didn’t realize.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s senior director of charts Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
Lana Del Rey is known for her emotional, vulnerable lyrics, and in a new conversation with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele for W Magazine, she shared which of her stirring songs makes her cry.
The singer revealed that her Honeymoon track “Swan Song” gets her misty-eyed. “Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me / Why work so hard when you could just be free? / You got your moment now, you got your legacy / Let’s leave the world for the ones who change everything,” she sings in the opening verse of the 2015 song.
“It’s the antithesis of hopefulness,” Del Rey told Michele. “It’s about trying to find beauty in giving up. If I had my way, I would continue to persist in all areas of my life, but it can be quite challenging because I can be too trusting too soon. The burn that can come from that really can incinerate your whole thinking life and your daily processes. At the end of every album, I say goodbye and thank you—very Old Hollywood style—and yet I cannot help but just continue to write.”
Speaking of Old Hollywood, she said her grandparents are the reason for her love of the classic era. “When I was younger, my grandparents would let me watch their old movies, and I related to the subtle nuances of the female characters,” Del Rey explained. “Not much needed to be said; a lot was inferred between the lines. When things got bigger for me and my career, I always assumed that just by me speaking and being myself, people would know who I was inherently. I learned that was not true. You had to really spell things out, and that was very hard for me.”
Del Rey also shared that she’s working on some new music for an untitled album still in the works, set to follow up her 2021 album Chemtrails Over the Country Club. She told Michele that the upcoming LP will be different than her previously released music. “I’m angry,” she said. “The songs are very conversational. For the first song, I pressed record and sang, ‘When I look back, tracing fingertips over plastic bags, I think I wish I could extrapolate some small intention or maybe get your attention for a minute or two.’ It’s a very wordy album. So there’s no room for color. It’s almost like I’m typing in my mind.”
Read the full interview here.
Morgan Wallen scored his fourth No. 1 debut, and his fifth leader overall, on Billboard‘s airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart as “Thought You Should Know” blasted to the top of the May 21-dated list.
Wallen co-wrote the song with Nicolle Galyon and Miranda Lambert, and Joey Moi produced it. The emotionally charged ballad is dedicated to Wallen’s mother, Lesli.
If you need a guide to follow along with the country singer’s “Thought You Should Know,” find the lyrics below:
What’s goin’ on, mama?
Something just dawned on me
I ain’t been home in some months
Been chasin’ songs and women
Makin’ some bad decisions
God knows I’m drinkin’ too much
Yeah, I know you’ve been worrying ’bout me
You’ve been losin’ sleep since ’93
I thought you should know
That all those prayers you thought you wasted on me
Must’ve finally made their way on through
I thought you should know
I got me a new girl down in Jefferson City, and
She lets me fish whenever I want to
Yeah, I’m still proud of where I came from
Still your only damn son
Can you believe I’m on the radio?
Just thought you should know, thought you should know, thought you should know
Oh, by the way, mama, didn’t mean to ramble on ya
How’s everything back at home?
Yeah, how’s that garden comin’?
Is dad still doing dumb s—?
And how’d he keep you this long?
Yeah, I’m sorry that I called you so late
I just miss you but anyways
I thought you should know
That all those prayers you thought you wasted on me
Must’ve finally made their way on through
I thought you should know
I got me a new girl down in Jefferson City, and
She lets me fish whenever I want to
Yeah, I’m still proud of where I came from
Still your only damn son
Can you believe I’m on the radio?
Just thought you should know, thought you should know, thought you should know
Yeah, I know you’ve been worrying ’bout me
You’ve been losing sleep since ’93
I thought you should know
That all those prayers you thought you wasted on me
Must’ve finally made their way on through
I thought you should know
That I really like this girl down in Jefferson City, and
Turns out she’s a lot like you
Yeah, I’m still proud of where I came from
Still your only damn son
The bus is leavin’ so I gotta roll
Just thought you should know, thought you should know, thought you should know
I thought you should know, thought you should know
I thought you should know, thought you should know, thought you should know
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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Miranda Lambert, Morgan Wallen, Nicolle Galyon
Kelly Clarkson put her own spin on a dance track, proving she really can sing any genre.
For her popular “Kellyoke” segment on Tuesday (May 17), the singer performed David Guetta, Galantis and Little Mix’s 2021 collaboration, “Heartbreak Anthem,” on her eponymous talk show.
“This ain’t a heartbreak anthem / I don’t care what happened / But I ain’t got no time to dwell on it,” Clarkson, dressed in a floral maxi dress complete with a smokey eye makeup look, belted in the sleek pop chorus.
The song, which was recorded before the coronavirus pandemic, before ultimately getting released over a year later, peaked at No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart dated July 10, 2021 and spent 26 weeks total on the chart.
Other recent “Kellyoke” picks by the American Idol champ-turned-The Voice coach include Stevie Nicks’ classic “Edge of Seventeen,” Kool & the Gang’s “Get Down On It,” A Flock of Seagulls’ “I Ran (So Far Away)” and her very own “All I Ever Wanted,” which served as the title track to her 2009 album of the same name.
Watch Kelly Clarkson perform “Heartbreak Anthem” below.

