Young Miko has teamed up with Gap for its first-ever Spanish-language video campaign, Billboard can exclusively announce Tuesday (March 10).

The Puerto Rican rapper — known for her smooth flow over trap and hip-hop beats — joins a star-studded lineup of past Gap collaborators like Madonna, Missy Elliott, Lenny Kravitz and Leon Bridges. “When Gap reached out, it was a no-brainer to me,” Young Miko tells Billboard Español. “I have a lot of pretty memories from when I was little wearing Gap pieces.”

For the campaign, the artist born María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona revisits her Billboard-charting hit “Wassup,” cleverly renamed “Sweats Like Us,” in a new promotional music video. That song gave Young Miko her first top 10 on the Hot Latin Rhythm Songs chart, peaking at No. 9, while reaching No. 31 on Hot Latin Songs last May. “That song already held a lot of emotional power for me,” she explains. The collaboration also marks a milestone for Gap, as it’s the first time the company has used a Spanish-language song in one of its campaigns.

“Gap has a long history of partnering with artists who shape culture — not just through their work, but through the way they connect with audiences,” said president and CEO of Gap brand, Mark Breitbard, in a statement. “Young Miko speaks to a generation and is shaping what comes next. As a true creative collaborator on this campaign, she helped us create a visual extension of her music while positioning GapSweats as a canvas for creativity and self-expression.”

Fabiola Torres, chief marketing officer of Gap brand, added, “Young Miko brings authenticity, confidence, and a real connection to style and self-expression. With this campaign, we’re meeting audiences where culture is happening now through music, movement, and storytelling.”

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The campaign mirrors Young Miko’s laid-back, swaggy personal style, featuring cozy and stylish sweats that align with her studio wardrobe. For the Puerto Rican rapper, the collaboration also carries deeper significance, reflecting the importance of representing Latin culture in such a visible and empowering way, she notes.

Directed by Bethany Vargas and shot by Olivia Malone, the three-minute music video showcases choreography by Zoi Tatopoulos and features 26 dancers.

Check out the “Sweats Like Us” music video below, and further down, read the full interview, where Young Miko also shares her experience appearing at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Casita and more.

What inspired you to team up with Gap?

When Gap reached out, it was a no-brainer to me. I have a lot of pretty memories from when I’m little wearing Gap pieces. Gap has always had such iconic campaigns. To this day, they’re still so relevant. They’ve always been so unique and stood out with good causes and amazing collaborations. I thought, my name up there with all these other amazing people that have collaborated with Gap would be like the coolest thing. I showed my mom las fotos and the video, and she was like, “You used to watch these on TV, now you have your own.” We have a hoodie. It was just like a nice way to connect with things that were very present in my childhood. And nowadays, with all these tough situations that are going on in the U.S. and in the world, I thought a Latin campaign would go a very long way.

How does the campaign reflect your personal style and vibe?

It reflects it a lot more than I thought it would. I spend most of my day in sweats. In the studio, I go in sweats — studios are usually very cold, and I get cold all the time. Yo vivo en el trópico, así que estoy acostumbrada al calor (I live in the tropics, so I’m used to the heat). Anytime I know I’m going somewhere cold, I need my sweats. Plus, they look so swaggy. I thought the campaign was living in a similar world as to the Wassup” video; it looks like we just dived a little deeper into that music video, but this time with Gap’s take on it. We have this awesome scene where all the dancers are dressed in black, myself included. When I was like doing these scenes, I was this is almost in the same world as [my album] Do Not Disturb. Everything I try to do in life is with an intention; nothing is made at random.

How was it like to reimagine “Wassup”?

It was very curious to me. It was like giving my baby to somebody else. “Haz lo que tu quieras con esta pieza” (do what you will with this track) and hopefully we’ll all like it. That song already held a lot of emotional power for me. Before that song came out, a whole year went by where I didn’t drop anything. When I created it, I immediately knew it was the one track I was going to come out of hiding with.

When Gap reached out, they told us that it was the song [they were going with], and that this is the first time they’re using a [Spanish-language] song of the artist in the campaign, and it’s all in Spanish! It just comes to prove that trusting your gut feeling is always more powerful than anything else.

Young Miko x Gap collaboration. Credit: Olivia Malone/Courtesy of Gap

Español is having a lot more visibility and acceptance nationwide. We saw you at La Casita for Bad Bunny’s megastar-cementing halftime show. What does it mean to share such a huge cultural milestone with artists representing Puerto Rico and Latin culture.

It’s the most amazing thing. I said [earlier], por los momentos que estamos viviendo ahora mismo, the one thing we need the most right now is hope and love, and to lock in with each other; to really be a community right now. It’s up to us to be able to make that world — or, at least, try to make the world a safer and better place. To open spaces where we feel welcome. Like Benito said himself [at his Grammy award acceptance speech], “We’re all humans, we’re not animals, we’re not savages, we’re not different to anybody else around us.” Visibility right now is like an opportunity; to give more representation. And you better believe I’m gonna be front row and center. Being able to just to be alive in this moment and watch the Super Bowl and watch Benito up there just like killing it… and Ricky Martin! And then Lady Gaga, who is such a powerful ally, and was just like, “I’m going to be a part of this with them.”

When we got invited to [be at] La Casita, the one rule they gave us was, just get in there and dance. Have fun. Tienen que perrear, bailar y sonreír (To twerk, to dance, to smile). That’s the one thing they asked of us. I’m also very thankful to Benito’s team that reached out and thought about us to be a part of it.

What do you want your fans to feel when they watch “Sweats Like This”?

I want them to know that this was another world I have dived into having the most fun, and for people to enjoy it and continue to get to know me more. For them to know that that I don’t do anything if it’s not out of love and a good place.

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Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, executive producers of the 2026 Oscars, today revealed details about the performances of “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters and “I Lied to You” from Sinners on the telecast, which is set for Sunday, March 15. They had previously confirmed that these would be this year’s only two nominated songs to performed live on the ceremony.

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“This year, our music performances are inspired by two of the most powerful cultural phenomena in film: Sinners, the most nominated film in Oscars history, and KPop Demon Hunters, a global pop culture sensation,” Kapoor (who is also showrunner) and Mullan said in a joint statement.

The KPop Demon Hunters moment begins with a fusion of traditional Korean instrumentalists and dance, celebrating the folklore and cultural inspiration that anchors the story behind this animated blockbuster. As part of this experience, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA and REI AMI, the singing voices behind HUNTR/X, will perform the film’s Oscar-nominated song, “Golden.”

The Sinners moment explores the role music plays in the film’s storytelling and translates this into a cinematic live moment on the Oscars stage. Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq will perform the Oscar-nominated song “I Lied to You.” They will be joined by Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith in an homage to what the Academy called “the film’s singular visual style.”

Kapoor and Mullan also revealed that the show will include appearances by Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The producers will continue to announce talent joining the show leading up to the ceremony.

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show will be televised live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, on ABC and streamed live on Hulu. The official live red carpet show will air at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

Jello Biafra, the outspoken former lead singer of San Francisco punk legends the Dead Kennedys was rushed to the hospital over the weekend after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke due to high blood pressure. In an Instagram statement on Monday (March 9), Biafra’s indie label, Alternative Tentacles, revealed that the 67-year-old singer (born Eric Reed Boucher) suffered the stroke on Saturday (March 7) at his home.

”I hopped out of my bed because I needed to pee, and my left leg just collapsed under me and I fell to the floor,” Biafra wrote in a statement. “I couldn’t even break the fall with my left arm because it wasn’t working either. I tried to hop back up again, and I couldn’t. I realized I had ‘fallen and I can’t get up!’ It was this point I thought, ‘Oh s–t, I’m having a stroke!’ I still have a lot of great stuff in me, but right now I gotta lotta of rehabbing to do.”

The statement said that Biafra is still hospitalized in stable condition.

Biafra was the public face of punk agitators the Dead Kennedys from 1979 through their initial break-up in 1986, howling his pointed lyrics that skewered politicians, the military, public figures, phonies, liars and hypocrites on such indelible punk broadsides as “California Über Alles,” “Holiday in Cambodia” and “Kill the Poor” from the group’s 1980 debut album, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. He led the group through three more albums — 1982’s Plastic Surgery Disasters, 1985’s Frankenchrist and 1986’s Bedtime For Democracy — before their split in 1986.

While continuing to run Alternative Tentacles, Biafra collaborated with a number of other artists, including Ministry’s Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker in the band Lard, as well a punk stalwarts D.O.A., Nomeansno, Tumor Circus, Pigface, the Offspring and Sepultura in addition to releasing nine spoken word albums.

Along with making cameos in more than a dozen films, including 1988’s Tapeheads, 2006’s Punk’s Not Dead and 2019’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, he also mounted a campaign for San Francisco mayor in 1979 (coming in fourth place behind then incumbent Dianne Feinstein) and ran for president in 2000 as a Green Party candidate (coming in third behind consumer advocate Ralph Nader).

Though they haven’t released a full-length album since 1986’s Bedtime For Democracy, the DKs reformed in 2001 without Biafra and have continued to tour with a variety of singers, including Brandon Cruz (Dr. Know), Jeff Penalty and, currently, Ron “Skip” Greer (Wynona Riders).


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Visionary producer Jean-Michel Jarre will headline the opening ceremony of Amsterdam Dance Event 2026, as the global electronic music gathering launches its milestone 30th edition this fall (Oct. 21).

Organisers announced Tuesday (March 10) that Jarre will perform an exclusive gig at concert hall AFAS Live on Oct. 21, kicking off ADE’s five-day programme, which runs Oct. 21–25 across the Netherlands’ capital. The performance will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the artist’s landmark 1976 LP Oxygène.

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Presented by MOJO and Insomniac, according to a press release, the concert will feature a venue-scale immersive performance with stage mapping, large projections and elaborate lighting architecture.

“Electronic music, like ADE, has a history, a legacy and a future,” said Jarre in a video posted to Instagram. “ADE is an essential pillar of the electronic music scene. ADE is in constant evolution; it’s a perfect reflection of what the electronic music scene is all about.”

Jarre is also set to participate in an exclusive keynote conversation at ADE Pro, the festival’s industry conference. Further announcements regarding the 77-year-old appearances throughout this year’s ADE will arrive over the coming months.

Founded in 1996, ADE has grown into one of the world’s largest electronic music festivals and industry conferences, drawing thousands of execs and fans each year. Recent editions have featured more than 3,300 artists performing across 1,200 events in over 200 venues throughout Amsterdam.

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Speaking to Billboard U.K. at ADE 2025, festival’s director Jan-Willem van de Ven set out the event’s mission statement. “ADE is both an experience and business meeting point. You can discover well over a thousand events in the city, get marketing intelligence and find yourself in a space where creative communities are celebrated,” he said.

“For music pros, the priority is to come back every year because everybody is there; we want it to be the best moment of the year to do business.”

Tickets for Jarre’s AFAS Live show go on sale March 13 via MOJO. Earlybird passes for ADE Pro become available Mar. 11 via the festival’s official website.

Officials have named the woman who was arrested for shooting at Rihanna‘s Los Angeles mansion over the weekend, revealing on Monday (March 9) that Florida native Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, has been booked on felony charges of attempted murder and is currently being held on $10.2 million bail, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Police say that Ortiz reportedly fired around 10 shots from an AR-15-style assault rifle at Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion on Sunday (March 8) from inside her white Tesla, which parked across the street from the home. The singer was reportedly home at the time and no injuries were reported in the incident in which one round penetrated a wall of the mansion, leaving bullet holes in the gate of the home and in an RV parked in the driveway. TMZ also reported that Rihanna was home at the time, adding that her three children were there as well, but not longtime partner and father of the kids, rapper A$AP Rocky.

No motive has been cited for the assault by the woman who the Times reported had several prior arrests in her home state, including a bankruptcy case in 2013, an arrest for careless driving in 2021 and another arrest in 2023 on suspicion of domestic violence and battery. Records showed that she was a licensed speech pathologist with no known affiliation to Rihanna or A$AP Rocky.

Though they appeared to have no contact before Sunday afternoon’s shooting, the paper noted that Ortiz had recently posted about Rihanna several times on her Facebook page, including on Feb. 17 when she posted a meme suggesting the singer had an STI, as well as on Feb. 23 when she tagged Rihanna and wrote, “@badgirlriri Are you there? Cause I was waiting for your AIDS 5-head self to say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you talking to me where I’m not at.”

Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 1:21 p.m. on Sunday, reporting that Ortiz fled in her Tesla, with a police helicopter eventually spotting the car and following it to a shopping center parking lot in nearby Sherman Oaks, where the suspect was arrested around 30 minutes after the 911 call came in. During the arrest, police searched the vehicle and found the assault rifle and seven casings.

As of press time, neither Rihanna nor Rocky had commented on the incident.


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A newly restored concert film capturing George Michael at the height of his late-’80s superstardom is headed to cinemas later this year.

George Michael Entertainment announced Tuesday (March 10) that George Michael: The Faith Tour — a previously unseen film documenting the singer’s landmark 1988 tour — will receive a worldwide theatrical release in partnership with Mercury Studios and Sony Music Entertainment.

The film was shot during the European leg of Michael’s Faith Tour at Paris’ Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in 1988 and captures the singer during a pivotal moment in his career, shortly after the release of his blockbuster solo album Faith. The footage, assembled from a 14-camera shoot captured on 35mm film across two nights, has been newly restored and remastered for the theatrical release.

Directed by longtime collaborators Andy Morahan and David Austin, the project revives a concert film that had remained largely unseen for decades. The restored footage showcases Michael’s live performance at the peak of the Faith era, widely regarded as the moment he cemented his status as one of pop music’s defining stars of the late 20th century.

The theatrical presentation will open with a short film directed by photographer and filmmaker Mary McCartney. The introduction features previously unheard interview audio from Michael, along with unseen photographs by fashion photographer Herb Ritts and behind-the-scenes footage from the “Faith” music video.

Alongside the film, an accompanying live album titled The Faith Tour will be released globally through Sony Music. The 18-track set will feature previously unreleased performances recorded during the world tour and include material spanning Michael’s solo catalogue as well as songs from his earlier work with Wham!.

Michael’s 1987 album Faith remains one of the defining pop releases of its era. Written, produced and largely performed by the singer himself, the album earned the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and produced four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: “Faith,” “Father Figure,” “One More Try” and “Monkey.” Michael remains the only British male solo artist to achieve four Hot 100 chart-toppers from a single album.

The album sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and helped transform Michael — who first rose to fame in the 1980s pop duo Wham! — into one of the defining solo stars of the MTV era.

Across his career, Michael sold more than 125 million records worldwide and earned eight No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. The singer, who died in 2016 at age 53, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.

George Michael: The Faith Tour will open in theatres worldwide later this year, with additional details on release dates and territories expected to be announced soon.

ENHYPEN will continue as a six-member group following the departure of founding member Heeseung, his agency BELIFT LAB announced Tuesday (March 10).

The news was shared in a statement posted across the group’s official channels, where the label said the decision followed extensive discussions about the group’s future direction and the singer’s individual musical ambitions.

“Through in-depth discussions with each of the members about the future they envision and the direction of the team, it became clear that Heeseung has his own distinct musical vision,” the company said.

BELIFT LAB confirmed that Heeseung will leave the group but remain signed to the label as he prepares to launch his solo career. The company said the decision was made after a long period of deliberation between the artist, the group and management.

The remaining members — Jake, Jay, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon and Ni-ki — will continue promoting as ENHYPEN, though no specific plans for upcoming releases or tour activity were announced alongside Tuesday’s update.

Heeseung also addressed fans known as ENGENE following the announcement, thanking both supporters and his bandmates.

“Thanks to the members with whom I shared countless emotions, and to ENGENE, who always filled every empty space with their support, I was able to take step after step toward a dream that once felt out of reach,” he wrote. “I am working hard on an album so I can meet you all again soon.”

Heeseung debuted as a member of ENHYPEN in November 2020 after appearing on the survival audition program I-LAND. The group launched its career with the release of Border: Day One and quickly built an international fanbase with subsequent releases and global touring.

His exit marks the first lineup change for the group since its debut.

BELIFT LAB said Heeseung is currently preparing a solo album, though additional details about the project have not yet been announced.

Carrie Underwood was visibly moved during a contestant’s performance on the latest episode of American Idol.

During Monday night’s (March 9) episode, contestant Keyla Richardson performed “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri during the show’s Ohana Round, prompting an emotional reaction from the judge.

Richardson, a 29-year-old singer from Pensacola, Fla., delivered the performance while her young son Drew watched from the audience, smiling and mouthing the lyrics. The moment resonated with Underwood, who became teary while offering feedback.

“To have the gift of watching you and getting to watch him,” Underwood said of Richardson’s son. “When I’m on stage and my boys are out there, I don’t know what they’re doing. And I feel like I just got a glimpse of what they might be doing when I’m on stage, and it just made my mama heart so happy.”

She added, “Your talent is limitless.”

Underwood shares two sons — Isaiah, 11, and Jacob, 7 — with former NHL player Mike Fisher.

The episode featured the show’s first Ohana Round of the season, where contestants perform for judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie alongside family members, peers and industry professionals.

Underwood also offered encouragement to several contestants who struggled emotionally during their performances.

Singer Sheldon Riley became overwhelmed during his rendition of Patrick Watson’s “To Build a Home,” apologizing to the audience after becoming emotional mid-performance. Underwood praised his vocal ability while urging him not to hold back.

“You have so much talent and power and range in your vocals,” she told Riley. “I feel like your brain just gets in the way. You’re building up walls in front of us every time you sing — but you don’t need to do that. You’re enough.”

Another contestant, Chloe Lauren, momentarily lost her place during a performance of Adele’s “Hello.” Underwood encouraged her to continue singing and praised the way she recovered.

“You’re here because we love your voice,” Underwood said. “It’s not about the little things that can go wrong during a performance. It’s how you finish strong.”

At the end of the episode, the judges narrowed the field to the season’s top 20 contestants. Richardson ultimately advanced to the next round, though she was the final contestant announced.

American Idol airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson’s “Stateside” jumps into the top 10 of the Hot 100. Will Bruno Mars’ ‘The Romantic’ take over the top 10?

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How does Bruno Mars’ new album ‘The Romantic’ shape the chart? This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week, dated March 14. Sombr slips to 10 as does Taylor Swift to nine. And “Golden” to No. 8. PinkPantheress and Zarah Larson joined the top 10 at seven. “Opalite” falls to six, and so does “Ordinary” to No. 5. Bruno’s “Risk It All” debuts at No. 4. “Man I Need” is in at No. 3. While “Choosin’ Texas” is down to two. And back up to grab a third week at No. 1 is Bruno’s “I Just Might.” If you want more Billboard, make sure you hit the subscribe button and ring the bell to be notified on all our latest videos.

Smudge your eyeliner, grab your studded belt and lace up your Vans Sk8-His: It’s almost time for Warped Tour.

On Monday (March 9), Vans Warped Tour announced the highly anticipated lineup for the Washington, D.C., stop of the iconic touring festival. The Insomniac-backed tour has been announcing artists for each of the upcoming five dates one-by-one on their Instagram until the surprise drop of the D.C. set. More than 90 acts are set to take the stage during the festival’s two-day stop in the nation’s capital. Highlights from the lineup include Warped Tour alums Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping With Sirens and Gym Class Heroes as well as newcomers Grandson, Boston Manor and Hoobastank.

Three mystery acts have yet to be announced.

Vans Warped Tour was originally founded in 1995 and toured across the U.S. and Canada every summer for 33 straight years before concluding in 2018. After a three-stop anniversary tour in 2019 and six years off, Warped Tour was revived in 2025 on a smaller scale than the original festival. Rather than dozens of cities in one summer, the tour hit just three the initial first year back — Washington, D.C.; Long Beach, California; and Orlando, Florida. Now, for its second year in this new iteration, Vans Warped Tour is back in those three cities as well as two new ones: Montreal and Mexico City.

Washington, D.C.’s dates (June 13 and 14) are the first of this year’s stops. After D.C., the tour will head to Long Beach on July 25-26, followed by Montreal on Aug. 21-22 and Mexico City on Sept. 12-13, before concluding in Orlando on Nov. 14-15.

Fans hoping to hit one (or all) of the upcoming Warped Tour stops can find passes on the Vans Warped Tour website.