No Doubt‘s Gwen Stefani grew up in a Catholic household in Anaheim, Calif., going to church every Sunday and saying grace at meals, but it wasn’t until she started studying the Jewish Torah with a friend that she realized she needed religion to be a significant part of her life again.

Specifically, she told Hallow: Prayer & Meditation podcast host Jeff Cavins last week that when she began studying with her friend she was “desperate” to have another child with now-ex husband Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, with whom she already had two other sons, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, 19 and Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, 17; the couple split in 2015 and Stefani married country singer Blake Shelton in 2021.

“I couldn’t and I was old and [I] started talking about all these things … it [the Torah] was waking me up,” she said of their deep spiritual discussions. Around that same time, first-born son Kingston told her that he really wanted his mom to have another baby. “[I told him], ‘I’m sorry. Your mom is too old to have a baby,’” she said about her response when the then 8-year-old begged her. “He was like, ‘Please God, let my mom have a baby.’ I was just sitting there going, ‘wow, look at my little boy. He’s praying for me!”

Stefani, 56, said Kingston was praying for another sibling “every night,” something she never asked him to do or taught him how to do. Lo and behold, a month later, at age 44, Stefani found out she was pregnant with Apollo, who is now 12. “Naturally, totally a full-on gift,” she said of her third son. “And that was the first miracle … I did [run to God]. I was built to do that. My parents taught me that’s what you do.”

The singer — who is gearing up to reunite with her No Doubt bandmates for a residency run of 18 May and June dates at Las Vegas’ Sphere — said Apollo’s birth was a sign to her that she was “running out of time” and that she needed to get it together and be a “real Christian” before the “narrow door” to her salvation slammed shut.

She also credited Shelton for being the first person who helped her receive “active love,” explaining that before they got together she would be come very uncomfortable when someone was sacrificing themself for her or actively trying to love her through their actions. “That was really exciting to be able to learn how to trust that act of love, right from somebody else, like receiving it,” she said.

Stefani got a bit of blowback from some longtime fans in December when she teamed up for sponsored posts promoting the Hallow prayer app, which has drawn fire for including prayers and meditations carrying anti-abortion messages.

Watch Stefani talk about her faith and pray with Cavins on Hallow: Prayer & Meditation below.

A gospel singer is moving forward with her lawsuit claiming Travis Scott, SZA and Future copied her work with Ye (formerly Kanye West) for the hit 2023 song “Telekinesis.”

Victory Boyd sued last year claiming she never gave permission for Scott to adapt the demo “Like the Way It Sounds” into “Telekinesis,” which featured SZA and Future and hit No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The trio of hitmakers wanted the case thrown out, but a New York federal judge wrote on Monday (March 9) that they “have come nowhere near shouldering their burden” for dismissal.

“Like the Way It Sounds” is an unreleased Ye track recorded by the rapper in 2019, when he and Boyd were collaborating on his album Jesus Is King. Scott, SZA and Future say the evidence will show Ye gave them permission to use the demo for “Telekinesis.” They argued that the case should be dismissed before even getting there, though, because Boyd falsely labeled herself as the demo’s sole composer on copyright registration paperwork.

According to lawyers for Scott, SZA and Future, Boyd wrote only the lyrics to “Like the Way It Sounds” while Ye contributed the chords, beat and melody. But Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil said Monday that it’s far too earlier to determine whether Ye is the demo’s co-author, an assertion disputed by Boyd’s lawyers.

“Indeed, it is difficult to see how the moving defendants could have shouldered that burden at this stage of the litigation,” wrote the judge, adding, “There exist almost no factual indicia in the record before the court with respect to the collaborative relationship between her and Ye — the very relationship that the moving defendants assert entitles them to dismissal of plaintiffs’ claims.”

Judge Vyskocil thus rejected the motion to dismiss Boyd’s lawsuit outright. The judge did however trim away one claim based on technical issues, and she also limited the kind of financial damages that are on the table because the gospel singer didn’t copyright “Like the Way It Sounds” until after “Telekinesis” had already been released in 2023.

In a Monday statement to Billboard, Boyd’s lawyer Keith White said, “We expected the court to deny the defendants’ motion, and we are excited to move to the next phase of litigation.”

“We hope that other creatives are encouraged to fight for their rights, even when fighting against giant companies and artists with undiscerning fanbases,” added White. “Victory Boyd is an incredibly talented songwriter who deserves to be respected, protected and celebrated – just like all the creators that pour their hearts into art.”

Ed McPherson, the attorney representing Scott, SZA and Future, said in his own statement, “Unfortunately, the portion of the court’s order that allowed certain proceedings to go forward at this stage only delayed the inevitable dismissal of the case.”

The case will now head into discovery, meaning the lawyers will exchange evidence and eventually conduct depositions. In addition to naming Scott, SZA and Future, Boyd’s lawsuit also brings claims against various label entities including Sony Music and Scott’s Cactus Jack Records. Ye himself is not involved in the litigation on either side.

As of Tuesday (March 10), ENHYPEN is no longer seven members — and ENGENE is in total disbelief over the sudden exit of HEESEUNG.

After HYBE label BELIFT LAB announced on social media that the 24-year-old performer would be “parting ways” with the group after six years together to pursue solo activities, devotees in ENHYPEN’s fanbase flooded social media with messages of shock and concern. And while HEESEUNG himself wrote in a Weverse letter shortly afterward that he’d chosen to follow “the direction the company suggested” in regards to his solo work “after thinking deeply for a long time,” much of ENGENE expressed doubt that the decision had really come from him.

“just 2 days ago heeseung said that they’re planning to go back to europe so what happened?” one person wrote on X, sharing a video of the performer telling a fan about ENHYPEN’s hopes to perform again in the continent.

“clearly Heeseung’s departure was unplanned, how is it that this announcement was done on a whim?” wrote another fan. “Is it really that urgent? The timing seems so off honestly.”

“i just don’t get why heeseung has to leave the group to pursue his music,” posted one confused listener. “whyyyy? can’t it exist at the same time? why does it have to be this way? i feel like my heart is breaking into pieces. enhypen won’t be the same without him. i just wish things could be different, that he could chase his dreams without leaving the group he’s worked so hard with.”

Another person joked alongside a video of a man crying, “okay fun idea @ENHYPEN how about you collab with this solo artist under belift named heeseung.”

Countless other fans banded together to launch a petition on Change.org protesting HEESEUNG’s departure. At press time, the page already had more than 200,000 signatures within just five hours.

Billboard has reached out to HYBE for comment.

And just as K-pop fans are shocked by the news, so are other artists. One video that’s been circulating shows Yoon Yechan of boy band 82MAJOR seemingly reacting to BELIFT’s announcement in real time, with his jaw dropping for several long seconds before he yells, “What?!”

ENHYPEN first debuted as a septet in 2020, with HEESEUNG working alongside bandmates JUNGWON, JAY, JAKE, SUNGHOON, SUNOO and NI-KI. Just a couple of months before the membership shakeup, the group had topped Billboard‘s Top Artists chart for the first time ever, thanks to the January release of THE SIN : VANISH. The set debuted at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, selling 113,000 copies in its first week, according to Luminate.

In his Weverse statement, HEESEUNG had nothing but kind words for his time spent in the band. “For me, six years was a time filled with moments that were overwhelming and precious beyond words,” he wrote, according to platform’s English translation of the original Korean. “I don’t want to forget those moments, and I want to be the one who continues to support ENHYPEN more than anyone else.”

He also elaborated on his choice to step away. “As you all know, I’ve been working on my personal work, and I’ve spent a lot of time hoping to show it to the ENGENE,” HEESEUNG explained. “There were a lot of things I wanted to show, but I also didn’t want to put my greed ahead of the team.”

Olivia Dean will top the bill on the final night of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend when the annual festival lands in Sunderland, England, May 22-24.

The British pop and soul singer, who scooped four trophies at this year’s BRIT Awards, is set to close out the Sunday (May 24) main stage alongside Niall Horan, formerly of One Direction, and U.S. R&B star Kehlani.

Elsewhere on the lineup, Zara Larsson, Louis Tomlinson and Lola Young will perform on the main stage across the weekend, while rave heavyweights Fatboy Slim and Sonny Fodera are set to launch the festivities on Friday with a dance music-led opening day.

Sunday’s main stage will also feature CMAT and Myles Smith, while the festival’s new music stage will host sets from Ezra Collective, FLO and Jorja Smith, among others.

The event will take place at Herrington Country Park, marking the first time Big Weekend has taken place in Sunderland. Previous host cities include Liverpool (2025), Luton (2024) and Dundee, Scotland (2023).

Dean, 26, has had a stellar breakout year following the release of her second LP, The Art of Loving, last September. She took home the best new artist prize at this year’s Grammy Awards, and is set to headline six sold-out shows at London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena later this year.

Meanwhile, Horan is gearing up to release a new single, “Dinner Party,” on March 20. The track will mark his first solo effort since his U.K. chart-topping LP, The Show, which landed in 2023. He also recently featured on the Myles Smith track “Drive Safe.”

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend began in 2003 as a free annual live-music event, organized by the major radio station of the same name, to bring pop artists to different parts of the U.K. each year. It has since grown into one of the nation’s most prominent festivals, hosting stars such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Harry Styles over the years.

Tickets for the opening day of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend went on sale last week via the BBC website, and Saturday and Sunday will go on sale from 17 p.m. GMT on March 11, with local residents getting priority access.

General sale Saturday and Sunday tickets will cost £44.50 ($60) per day, while VIP will cost £106 ($142.73).