Tyla performs “PUSH 2 START” and “SHAKE AH” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
Megan Moroney performs “Man On the Moon” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
“Man on the Moon” lyrics
Houston, he’s a problem
He’s leaving then he’s calling
He’s a headache and a half, and I can’t win
Yeah, I need him long gone, running
Another town or state won’t cut it
He’ll find a way to come around again
And I don’t mean to be dramatic, yeah
But he’s the kind of man I’d like
A hundred thousand miles from here
‘Cause he wants me and he needs space
Someone take this cowboy away
Somewhere far, let him fly
Outta this world and off my mind
C’mon, there’s gotta be a rocket somewhere taking off soon
I think it’s time we put another man on the moon
We can tell him there’s a bar up there, and blondes for days
He’d say, “Well, where can I sign up?” and he’d be on his way
He’d be making history, and I might finally get some sleep
No further explanation, it’s a win-win situation
I don’t mean to be dramatic, but can somebody call NASA?
Or a billionaire with money to burn
‘Cause he wants me and he needs space
Someone take this cowboy away
Somewhere far, let him fly
Outta this world and off my mind
C’mon, there’s gotta be a rocket somewhere taking off soon
I think it’s time we put another man on the moon
Oh, yeah
A man on the moon, somebody get him there soon
No further explanation, it’s a win-win situation
‘Cause he wants me and he needs space
Someone take this cowboy away
Somewhere far, let him fly
Outta this world and off my mind
C’mon, there’s gotta be a rocket somewhere taking off soon
I think it’s time we put another man on the moon
Man on the moon
Man on the moon
A man on the moon
WRITERS
Megan Moroney, Ashley Gorley, Casey Smith, David Mescon
PUBLISHERS
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Tyla tore the club up with her performance of “Push 2 Start” and “Shake Ah” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards Thursday night (Dec. 12).
Tyla’s tiger motif didn’t come to play tonight, as the zebra mini skirt-wearing singer pushed open the bathroom door to start performing “Push 2 Start.” Dancers emerged from each stall, and the color-changing lights felt like the club was as much inside the ladies’ room as it was outside of it. The “Water” hitmaker and the girls recreated the choreography from her wet and wild music video released last month before they came out to where the real party was at.
Tyla keenly surveyed the scene by the DJ booth on the balcony while “Shake Ah” started playing and got the dancefloor jumping. “Too serious, too serious/ Hands on my hips, he don’t wanna let go/ Ah shake-a (Shake-a), shake-a (Shake-a),” she breathily cooed her verse before the crowd went crazy over her booty-shaking moves. Optimist Music ZA, one of the featured artists on the song, stormed onto the scene with his own posse in tow while rapping his second verse before propping himself up onto the bar with Tyla. The two eventually shut it down with confetti cannons, which rained down over viral duo Pete & Bas as they attempted to enjoy a cup of tea and a scone or two at the club.
The South African singer is a finalist eight times: Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Female Artist, Top Afrobeats Artist, Top R&B Album (Tyla), Top R&B Song (“Water”) and Top Afrobeats Song (“Truth or Dare,” “Water” and “Jump” with Gunna and Skillibeng).
Her Billboard Hot 100 No. 7 smash “Water,” “Truth or Dare” and “Jump” are all featured on her eponymous debut album, which was released on March 22, 2024, via FAX and Epic Records. It topped World Albums for five weeks, reached No. 8 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200. “Water” also won Tyla her first Grammy earlier this year for best African music performance during the category’s inaugural year. Tyla released the deluxe edition on Oct. 11 with three new tracks: “Shake Ah,” featuring Tony Duardo, Optimist Music ZA and Ez Maestro, “Push 2 Start” and “Back to You.”
The Billboard Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Corporation. PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.
Megan Moroney brought her music right to the fans during her Billboard Music Awards performance.
“Houston, he’s a problem/ He’s leaving then he’s calling,” Moroney sang, performing her bantering, romance-eschewing song “Man on the Moon” in an outdoor, nighttime setting.
Moroney is a finalist in the Top Female Country Artist category at this year’s BBMAs, alongside Beyoncé and Lainey Wilson. “Man on the Moon” is from Moroney’s 2024 sophomore album Am I Okay?, which reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and the top 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The album’s title track reached the top 20 on the Hot Country Songs chart earlier this year.
For much of this album cycle, Moroney has stuck to royal blue-hued ensembles that coordinate with the album’s cover. However, she switched things up for her BBMAs performance, donning a sparkly red gown and matching boots. The singer-songwriter’s performance was Carnival Cruise-branded, as she sang “Man on the Moon” from an intimate spotlight stage, backed by her band.
Not only did Moroney release her album Am I Okay? this year, she also surprised fans with the three-song holiday EP Blue Christmas…duh, which featured two original songs, “All I Want For Christmas Is a Cowboy” and “Christmas Morning,” as well as a cover of Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas.”
The Billboard Music Awards aired Thursday, Dec. 12 on Fox and Fire TV Channels, and on-demand on Paramount+. The leading finalists heading into this year’s BBMAs were Zach Bryan, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and Sabrina Carpenter.
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BBMAs host Michelle Buteau congratulates Tommy Richman on winning 2024 Billboard Music Awards for Top R&B Male Artist and Top R&B song for “Million Dollar Baby” at the awards show.
Michelle Buteau
How you doing?
Tommy Richman
I’m doing great. Thank you for having me.
Michelle Buteau
Oh my god, thank you for being here. Congratulations on your two awards. Who do you want to thank?
Tommy Richman
Yeah, I appreciate it. I’d like to thank my mom. I’d like to thank my friends. Donnie Killjoy, MyNameIsn’tJMack, Jonah Roy, Paco, everybody who’s helped me along the way and rest in peace my cat Zoe, RIP, and just everybody.
Michelle Buteau
How does it feel to be on the charts for the first time?
Tommy Richman
Chart for the first time? It’s insane. I didn’t expect it at all this year. It’s not how I thought it would play out, but how this year played out, it was great. I feel like I learned a lot from the universe, and I learned for better or for worse, but I’mma end this year and my head held high, for sure.
Michelle Buteau
I love that, like we never stop learning and creating as artists, right? Who inspires you?
Tommy Richman
My friends for sure, my friends and people who have come before me for sure, like Pharrell Williams, Quincy Jones, all types of people like that. I’m very inspired.
Michelle Buteau
You could feel the love through your music video for “Million Dollar Baby,” your friends inspiring you, having fun together everyone that came before you. I mean, how did you come up with the idea for the video?
Tommy Richman
For the video, it’s very interesting, because we shot a full-on full-budget, like really big-budget video with the label, because, you know, the song went crazy, and so I was like, OK, we gotta, we gotta hit them with something crazy. And we shot a video, and it just didn’t feel, it didn’t feel real. It didn’t feel like the raw energy that the song did. So I decided I wanted to strip the whole thing back and just make it simple, just VHS, $0 budget. And my friend Josh Belvedere shot the whole thing. And yeah, so we shot the whole thing. We edited it all just like for me moving around in Paris and LA and yeah, one big, organic video.
Michelle Buteau
That’s what it felt like. It felt like I was partying with you and your friends. Thank you so much. And congratulations.
Tommy Richman
Thank you so much.
Teddy Swims performs “Bad Dreams” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
Tyler, The Creator’s performance at Kendrick Lamar‘s Pop Out concert almost didn’t happen.
During Billboard‘s conversation with the West Coast artist for our recent cover story, he told writer Rembert Browne the he decided to perform at the show at the very last minute where he did two songs: “WusYaName” from Call Me If You Get Lost and “Earfquake” from Igor.
“I wasn’t even supposed to go — I was in Atlanta working on [Chromakopia],” Tyler told Billboard. “But I landed that morning and couldn’t miss this sh—t,” in reference to Kendrick’s West Coast-themed victory lap. “And I don’t even get FOMO at all, n—a — I’ll go to sleep. But I’m cool with Kenny and Dave [Free] and Tim [Hinshaw] from Free Lunch. So I went home, showered and ran straight there.”
The Pop Out: Ken & Friends featured performances by not only Tyler, but a slew of guests that included Dr. Dre, Mustard, YG, Roddy Ricch, Ty Dolla $ign, members of Lamar’s former label TDE, and many more.
In the same interview, he critiqued the way podcasters have influenced music discourse, saying he would take podcast mics away if he ever were to become President of the United States.
Chromakopia is Tyler’s eighth studio album and his third straight No. 1 after his last two albums 2019’s IGOR and 2021’s Call Me If You Get Lost both reached the top of the Billboard 200, as well.
You can check out what else he said in our cover story here.
Dua Lipa accepts the Top Dance/Electronic Song for “Houdini” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
Dua Lipa:
Wow, this is so cool. Thank you so much. Thank you for all the love and the support and for dancing with me to “Houdini.” It means the world to me. I’m so sorry I can’t be there with you guys tonight. I am currently on tour in Asia during the Radical Optimism tour, but I’ll be in a city close to you very soon, so come down, let’s carry on dancing. Lots of love, muah!
Shaboozey performs “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” lyrics
Dua Lipa caught a Billboard Music Award before it went “Houdini.”
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During Thursday night’s telecast of the annual show, Lipa took home the Top Dance/Electronic Song trophy for her work on “Houdini,” which spent 17 weeks atop the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
Accepting her award via video, the “Training Season” singer offered a message of support to her dedicated followers for their continued support. “This is so cool, thank you so much. Thank you for all the love and the support and for dancing with me to ‘Houdini.’ It means the world to me,” she said in the clip. “I’m so sorry I can’t be there with you guys tonight. I am currently on tour in Asia doing the Radical Optimism tour, but I’ll be in a city close to you very soon, so come down, let’s carry on dancing.”
Lipa’s win came out of some fierce competition in the category, where the singer squared off against fellow finalists Ariana Grande (“Yes, And?”), Kenya Grace (“Strangers”), Marshmello & Kane Brown’ (“Miles on It) and even herself (for her other Radical Optimism single, “Illusion.”) Along with Top Dance/Electronic Song, Lipa was also a finalist in the Top Dance/Electronic Artist category, alongside stars like Charli XCX, Beyoncé, Calvin Harris and the Chainsmokers.
Zach Bryan led the finalists at the 2024 BBMAs with a whopping 21 entries across 18 different categories. He’s followed by Taylor Swift who earned 17 total entries in 16 categories at the annual show, potentially adding to her record as the most awarded woman in the history of the BBMAs.
The Billboard Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Corporation. PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.
