Whether or not you have a chance to see them on their current tour, BTS is making sure fans everywhere can tune in to watch one of their performances live and on the big screen.
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The group is aiming to make one of their performances at South Korea’s Busan Asiad Main Stadium accessible to ARMY members around the world with BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN BUSAN: LIVE VIEWING. The concert will be shown in theaters worldwide for one night only, on June 13.
On Thursday (May 28), BTS shared the official trailer for the cinematic event to give supporters a glimpse of the explosive performance they can expect to see.
Featuring footage from other cities on their tour and soundtracked by the song “Fya” latest album ARIRANG, Jung Kook, Jimin, V, Suga, RM, Jin and J-Hope bring an electrifying vibe to the trailer. Following live cinema broadcasts from Goyang and Tokyo earlier in April, the Busan show marks the third event of the BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’.
Tickets for the cinema screening became available on the same day the trailer was released, giving fans the opportunity to purchase them immediately. On the official BTS website, fans can find participating movie theaters and buy tickets for the event.
BTS began their tour in April to promote their latest album ARIRANG, which marked their official comeback after completing mandatory military service in South Korea following their 2022 hiatus and spent three weeks atop the Billboard 200 albums chart. Their performance in Busan will also mark their first show at the stadium since announcing their temporary departure from music to serve their country. The BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ spans approximately 11 months and includes 80 concerts across 34 cities.
The septet will take a brief break from the tour in July, as they are set to perform at the FIFA World Cup Final halftime show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey alongside Shakira and Madonna on July 19.
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PETA has publicly called out Lizzo for her new partnership with Chili’s, which finds the star promoting the restaurant chain’s baby back ribs despite previously being vegan.
Sharing a video that stitches together Lizzo’s new commercial for Chili’s with graphic footage of pigs suffering from abuse and mistreatment by handlers in the meat industry, PETA wrote Wednesday on Instagram, “PIGS WANT THEIR RIBS BACK.”
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“It’s about damn time you found a conscience, @lizzobeeating,” the animal rights nonprofit continued in the caption. “The truth hurts, right? Here’s the truth behind your @chilis jingle: using the flesh and bones of an animal who was violently killed as an ‘instrument’ is beyond grotesque. What happened to you?”
Billboard has reached out to Lizzo’s rep for comment.
The severe message comes shortly after the singer’s Chili’s campaign launched, featuring Lizzo performing an updated version of the “Baby Back Ribs” jingle alongside a giant rib prop while playing a rib flute. In an interview with Billboardabout the partnership, the Grammy winner — who was vegan for a few years before announcing in 2024 that she’d begun eating meat again — said, “I think that I’m very sensitive about the way I deliver personal news to the world.”
“When I announced that I was no longer vegan, and that I was consuming animal protein, I was so nervous that I would hurt people’s feelings or let people down,” she continued at the time. “But it was important for me to say that back then, because of things like this now, where, you know, it would have been super jarring for me to be a vegan in 2021, and then 2026, I’m eating a big old rib and playing a rib flute. So what I said back then to make sure that I cleared the air, and that any decisions I make now, you know where I’m coming from.”
Noting that she’d be a food influencer if she weren’t a musician, Lizzo also explained that the Chili’s team-up shows off her “fun, love-to-eat foodie side” rather than her “health advocacy side.”
The Grammy winner is currently gearing up to release her new album, Bitch, on June 5. And despite the backlash from PETA, Lizzo is having fun with her baby back ribs era, posting a TikTok of herself showing off a plate of the Chili’s dish on Thursday (May 28).
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Milli Vanilli are among the artists to drop out of the Donald Trump-affiliated Great American State Fair shows slated for Washington, D.C., in honor of America’s 250th birthday. The “Girl You Know It’s True” act announced Thursday (May 28) that they won’t be performing in any capacity at the Freedom 250 concert.
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The duo — which was slated to perform June 26, according to a release from Freedom 250 — claimed that any Milli Vanilli being used in advertisements should be considered to be a tribute band and they have no association with the event.
“The original/real vocalists of Milli Vanilli, Jodie Rocco, Linda Rocco, Brad Howell, John Davis, and Charles Shaw will NOT be performing their hits live at The Great American State Fair,” Milli Vanilli wrote. “Others using the name ‘Milli Vanilli’ that appear on the advertisement should be considered a tribute band with no association vocally or musically to our sound or songs.”
Per Freedom 250’s announcement, Milli Vanilli was slated to hit the stage on June 26 alongside Vanilla Ice and Young MC. However, the “Bust a Move” rapper also announced that he’s dropping out of the festival. “I have informed my agents that I will not be performing,” Young MC said in a statement on social media.
The Time frontman Morris Day also distanced himself from the festival while announcing that he won’t be performing at the Great American State Fair.
Freedom 250 is a 16-day festival in D.C. running from June 25 through July 10 at the National Mall. Other performers on the bill include Flo Rida, Bret Michaels, The Commodores and Martina McBride.
Comprised of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, Milli Vanilli rose to prominence in the late 1980s. Producer Frank Farian recruited Brad Howell, John Davis, Charles Shaw, Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco to provide vocals on Milli Vanilli tracks. “My sister and I were shocked to see our name, ‘Milli Vanilli,’ as one of the performers,” Jodie Rocco told The Associated Press. Pilatus died in 1998.
Milli Vanilli is best known for Billboard Hot 100 top five hits like “Blame It on the Rain” (No. 1), “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” (No. 1), “Baby Don’t Forget My Number” (No. 1), “Girl You Know It’s True” (No. 2) and “All or Nothing” (No. 4).
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With his new album Pueblo Salvaje I, Manuel Carrasco completes the universe he opened a year ago with Pueblo Salvaje II, an album that marked a period of exploration and depth for the Andalusian artist. “I showed the trunk and the crown first, and now I’m showing the roots,” Carrasco says. “This way, we close the circle.”
Released under Universal Music Spain on Thursday (May 28) at 6 p.m. ET — midnight in the European country — the 11-track album moves between pop and flamenco roots, featuring lyrics about identity, memory and personal reconstruction. The set opens with “Polaroids,” a statement of principles where flamenco once again takes center stage in Carrasco’s sonic realm.
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It also includes “A La Sombra De La Higuera,” built around acoustic guitars, clapping rhythms and arrangements closer to his roots, alongside previously released singles “Oh Si Pudiera” and “Cambiar,” as well as collaborations with Juanes and Kany García.
Just hours before its release, Carrasco presented the album at the Lutheran Church of Castellana in Madrid — a space chosen deliberately — where Billboard Español had the chance to speak with him. “This is supposed to be a sacred place, and for me, the album is sacred,” he said. “It’s an album that embraces you.”
If Pueblo Salvaje II showcased a more visceral and emotionally raw side of Carrasco, this new volume finds the artist in a more intimate and reflective place.
Among the album’s standout moments are collaborations with Juanes and Kany García, two artists who also strengthen the bridge Carrasco is building toward Latin America in this new phase of his career. With Juanes, Carrasco recorded “Gente Corriente,” a song built around guitars and a sensitivity closely tied to Latin folk, where both artists sing about everyday wounds, contradictions and the need to keep moving forward.
The Colombian rocker joined the project just days before the album’s completion. “He didn’t even think twice,” Carrasco shares, adding that Juanes “has elevated [the song] even further. He’s someone deeply rooted, who carries Colombia strongly with him.”
“Making music with Manuel is always a privilege,” the Colombian rocker said in a statement to Billboard. “I admire his poetry and the honesty he brings to his music. It’s an honor to accompany him on this new journey.”
Meanwhile, García collaborated on “Respétame,” a ballad marked by the dialogue between their voices, speaking about emotional boundaries within a relationship. According to Carrasco, they had wanted to work together for some time, and he finally reached out to the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter directly: “Look, Kany, let’s stop beating around the bush,” he recalls telling her. “This song is ready; if you like it, let’s do it.”
The album’s release comes just weeks ahead of Carrasco’s four-night residency at Estadio La Cartuja in Seville. Scheduled for June 13, 14, 19 and 20, the residency — titled Salvaje Desde La Raíz — will feature music from different stages of his career, with distinct setlists, visuals and stage designs each night. In total, Carrasco expects to gather around 250,000 people in Seville, a city where he already holds the attendance record for a concert by a Spanish artist at La Cartuja.
While he insists that “the numbers aren’t what’s important,” he acknowledges the anticipation surrounding the series of shows. “People are expecting something big, and something big is what we’re preparing,” he said. “I’ve had a long career, and I know it’s not easy to stay relevant over time. I’m living my best years, and it’s incredible that this is happening.”
Following the residency and a final show in Madrid on June 27, the artist plans to travel to Latin America for a tour that will include stops in Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru, among other countries, before wrapping up in the United States in early 2027. Details and dates will be announced later.
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On each night of Bruce Springsteen’s short-but-impassioned Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour, he has declared: “We are here to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock ’n’ roll in these dangerous times.”
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But Springsteen has brought more than the incendiary performances of the E Street Band to what he has called this “celebration and defense of the American ideals and values that have sustained our country for 250 years.”
This time, as he has throughout his career, he has brought in boots on the ground.
During this tour, Springsteen has partnered with more than 20 activist organizations working on the front lines of the battle for democracy and human rights in the cities around the country where he and the E Street Band have performed since March. He has welcomed the groups into each venue to do outreach and solicit support, while publicizing their efforts before tens of thousands of his fans.
In Washington D.C. Wednesday (May 27), the penultimate show of this tour, which closes Saturday (May 30) in Philadelphia, Springsteen took the stage of Nationals Park, less than three miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Washington Monument visible on the horizon.
“Let them hear you at the f—- White House,” he shouted, as the crowd chanted “Ice Out Now!” during his performance of “Streets of Minneapolis.”
Later, during his show-closing call to action, he ad-libbed, “call the White House switchboard!”
The call to action ending each show on this tour counts. The music is an inspiration — not a substitute — for activism.
“When you go home tonight, hold your loved ones close. And in the morning … find a way to take aggressive, peaceful action to defend our country’s ideals,” says Springsteen on each tour stop.
“And as the great civil rights leader John Lewis said, go on out and get into some ‘good trouble.’”
At the D.C. show, Springsteen announced he was partnering with the American Civil Liberties Union.
“The ACLU is the courts and in the streets defending the rights of all people nationwide,” said Springsteen. “They have been at the forefront of almost every major legal battle on behalf of immigrants’ rights for the past 25 years.”
Here are all of the activist organizations that Springsteen has partnered with during the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour.
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Following a synch in Fox’s Doc, Sienna Spiro’s “Die on This Hill” takes the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for April 2026.
Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of April 2026.
“Die on This Hill” was heard in the April 14 episode of Doc, which was the finale of the series’ second season (a third is on the way). The track earned 34.8 million chart-eligible streams and sold 2,000 downloads in the United States in April 2026, according to Luminate.
Spiro’s first song to reach the weekly Billboard Hot 100 (she now boasts three entries), “Die on This Hill” debuted at No. 100 in January and has reached a peak so far of No. 19 in February. It appears at No. 70 on the most recent survey.
The April 2026 Top TV Songs chart features representation from seven shows in all, with Marshals the month’s most-represented series. It’s a strong start on the tally for CBS’ Yellowstone spinoff, which premiered on March 1.
Riley Green’s “Worst Way” leads the trio of Marshals tunes at No. 4 (8.4 million streams, 5,000 downloads), followed by Hozier’s “Work Song” (No. 5; 10.8 million streams, 1,000 downloads) and Adam Sanders’ “His to Mine” (No. 10; 444,000 streams, 2,000 downloads).
See the full chart, also featuring music from High Potential, Shrinking, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Boys and Beef, below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network) 1. “Die on This Hill,” Sienna Spiro, Doc (FOX) 2. “APT.,” ROSE & Bruno Mars, High Potential (ABC) 3. “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, Shrinking (Apple TV+) 4. “My Way,” Riley Green, Marshals (CBS) 5. “Work Song,” Hozier, Marshals (CBS) 6. “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” Cage the Elephant, Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+) 7. “Never Tear Us Apart,” INXS, The Boys (Prime Video) 8. “Clarity,” Zedd feat. Foxes, Beef (Netflix) 9. “Tubthumping,” Chumbawamba, The Boys (Prime Video) 10. “His to Mine,” Adam Sanders, Marshals (CBS)
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Razer dropped its most exciting collaboration to date, and it makes us want to “Jump.” The tech manufacturer launched a line of gaming equipment in collaboration with one of the hottest K-pop girl groups, BLACKPINK.
Meanwhile, with your purchase, you’ll receive a free exclusive BLACKPINK photocard of one of its members. This allows fans to try their luck at pulling their bias, an incentive to add to their photocard binder. Learn more about these randomized photocards here.
Each piece is emblazoned with Razer and BLACKPINK co-branding and comes in black and pink hues, a nod to the “Go” singer’s official colors.
This bundle is an excellent starter option and is easy to set up. Usually, the DeathAdder Mouse and V2 Mouse Mat are sold separately.
Comfortable and totally cute, this DeathAdder bundle is a must-have for gamers and K-pop fans alike. With your purchase, you’ll receive the DeathAdder Essential wired mouse and the V2 Mouse Mat mousepad, giving you all the tools you’d want for co-op play, comfortably — all in one place.
Unfortunately, this bundle is designed exclusively for right-handed gamers only. The accompanying mousepad is plush and easy to rest on, allowing the DeathAdder to glide across surfaces smoothly. The gaming accessory also has a nice grippy bottom, so it won’t slip and slide on your table.
Like the other pieces in this collection, the BLACKPINK Ornata V3 Tenkeyless keyboard comes in pink and black hues.
The Ornata V3 Tenkeyless is an easy-to-use compact keyboard, ideal for small spaces. It comes with mecha-membrane switches, which means the keys are similar to your traditional rubber dome style but with a softer, more cushioned feel. This creates what Razer describes as a slim, clicky feel.
The Ornata V3 Tenkeyless keyboard is equipped with Chroma RGB lighting that flashes beneath your keys, offering a playful touch. If you’re in the market for a gaming keyboard, this model should be your first choice.
This is the most expensive item in the collection at $499.99. While they’re best known for their mice and keyboards, Razer offers a slew of gaming chairs just like this one.
Gaming chairs like the Enki X are made to keep users extra comfy, whether they’re in an intense round of Overwatch or busy on a work Zoom call. The backrest of the Enki X is high for maximum back support, keeping users supported after sitting for long periods of time.
You’ve got a built-in lumbar arch that curves inward to match the natural arch in your spine. The Deadline-themed chair has a 152-degree adjustable recline, allowing users to lie back and relax after a long day of work or a gaming session. In short, chairs like these are meant to make the user feel as comfortable as possible.
As for BLACKPINK, the girl group’s Deadline EP features a total of five tracks. The lead single “Jump,” which dropped in 2025, reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other tracks on the mini album include “Go,” “Me and My,” “Champion” and “Fxxxboy.” This is the girl group’s third mini-album and their latest music project to date.
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If you sue Nelly, you’d better be sure you’re right.
A federal judge ruled Thursday (May 28) that attorneys for one of his former St. Lunatics bandmates must repay more than $67,000 that the star spent on legal bills defeating a “frivolous” lawsuit over the rights to his debut album Country Grammar.
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The case, filed by ex-St. Lunatics member Ali (Ali Jones), was voluntarily dropped last year after Nelly (Cornell Haynes) argued it was filed years after the statute of limitations had expired. But a judge later ruled that the case was so bad that Ali’s lawyer should reimburse the star’s legal bills as punishment.
On Thursday, a judge handed Ali’s attorney the tab: $67,586 for more than 150 hours of legal work done by Nelly’s three lawyers. The lawyer, Precious Felder Gates, had argued that Nelly’s pricey demands were excessive, but the judge largely rejected those arguments.
The ruling highlights the risk of filing lawsuits against well-heeled defendants — and a potential weapon for top musicians who have complained about a rise in such cases. Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Jay-Z and many other stars have warned that such lawsuits are often aimed at extracting quick settlements by exploiting the hassle and expense of litigation.
Felder Gates did not immediately return a request for comment. Nelly’s lead counsel, Kenneth D. Freundlich, said: “Courts have limited patience for litigation used as a weapon rather than a remedy. Frivolous litigation isn’t free.”
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Nelly was sued in 2024 by his former bandmates in the St. Lunatics, a hip-hop group also composed of Murphy Lee (Tohri Harper), Kyjuan (Robert Kyjuan) and City Spud (Lavell Webb). It centered on Country Grammar, the star’s debut solo album that spent five weeks atop the Billboard 200 and helped launch a career that reached superstar heights with his 2002 chart-topping singles “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma.”
The case claimed Nelly cut his former crew out of the credits and royalty payments after they worked on the hit solo album. But three of them quickly dropped out, saying they had never actually wanted to sue and hadn’t given authorization to the lawyers who filed the case. Ali initially moved ahead alone, but dropped the case entirely in April 2025 after Nelly’s lawyers argued the decades-delayed case was clearly not allowed under the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations.
Though the lawsuit was over, Nelly’s attorneys refused to let Ali and his lawyers walk away. They asked for sanctions — meaning legal penalties — over a “vexatious” lawsuit that “should never have been brought.” And in October, a judge agreed, ruling that it should have been “patently obvious” to Felder Gates that the case was doomed but that she had instead “doubled down.”
After Nelly’s lawyers asked for $78,007, Felder Gates argued it was unreasonable — that the hours worked were excessive and that the hourly rates were too high. But the judge was unswayed, ruling that the case required detailed work and that the rates were “in line with both the prevailing market rates and the rates charged by attorneys of similar experience.”
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Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.
This week: A buzzy steamy streaming TV romance enters the arena as the new synch show to beat, a pop legend gets a catalog bump from her new docuseries, and a Dominican rapper enters the Song of the Summer race.
‘Off Campus’ Blows Up Streaming Totals for Classic Rock & New Alt-Pop Favorites
What do you get for the Heated Rivalry superfan in your life who already has everything? How about another steamy TV romance adapted from a book series in which hockey features prominently? While Amazon Prime’s Off Campus might not be quite the cultural sensation that Rivalry became earlier this year, it seems on its way to comparable popularity — and one way you can tell is how, like its predecessor, it’s making a streaming hit out of nearly every song featured on its soundtrack.
The rom-com series — which features an even higher synch-per-episode rate than Heated Rivalry — is based around contemporary alt-pop and alt-rock, but also includes a good number of 20th-century throwbacks favored by its two protagonists, Hannah (Ella Bright) and Garrett (Belmont Cameli). And already, plenty of songs both old and new are seeing the benefits from their prominent usage on the show’s first season.
Among the classic rock songs getting boosted are Elton John’s 1974 anthem “The Bitch Is Back,” which is up 577% in weekly official on-demand U.S. streams to 1.2 million for the tracking week ending May 21 (according to Luminate), and Warrant’s 1990 hair metal smash “Cherry Pie,” up 122% to 1.1 million. Meanwhile, similar gains are being seen over the same timespan for newer artists G Flip (“Bed on Fire,” up 4,263% to 647,000), The Beaches (“Edge of the Earth,” up 735% to 1 million) and Audrey Hobert (“Sue Me,” up 103% to 1.1 million).
And this is likely just the beginning: All of these songs are still climbing in daily streams, as more and more potential viewers jump on the Off Campus bandwagon. It’s all sure to make the show one of the most in-demand synch placements on television for its second season — which it was renewed for before season one even aired. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER
‘Off Campus’ Also Turns Jennifer Lopez’s and Pitbull’s ‘On the Floor’ Into a Global Smash (Again)
Another song given a viral lift by the explosive first season of Off Campus, Jennifer Lopez’s “On the Floor,” featuring Pitbull, returns to the Billboard charts, as the song debuts at No. 117 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 80 on the Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated May 30).
“On the Floor” sees a resurgence following a steamy scene starring the character Allie (Mika Abdalla), dressed as J.Lo, and Dean (Stephen Kalyn), dressed as Tom Cruise’s character Maverick from the Top Gun films, who dance to Lopez’s 2011 hit at a Halloween party. Lopez later joined the moment on social media, teaming up with Abdalla to re-create part of the scene and dance to the song.
“On the Floor” opens at No. 117 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, totaling 15.1 million streams worldwide during the May 15-21 tracking week, according to Luminate. The streaming surge gives Lopez her second entry on the chart, following “Pa’ Ti” with Maluma in 2020 (No. 106 high). For Pitbull, “On the Floor” marks his third chart visit, his highest being the No. 106-peaking “Give Me Everything,” featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer (2025); it ruled the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in 2011 (with the global charts having begun in 2020).
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday (May 27), Lopez revealed to Kimmel that her socials team had alerted her to the buzzy situation. “I was like, ‘what?!’ It was like out of the blue.” And with that, she went a little deeper into the consumption of digital music. “The music business, everything has changed because people discover (from different sources),” she opined. “My kids are listening to all kinds of music that I’ve never even heard of. And some stuff that is classic, like The Beatles. Listen, great music lives forever, as we know, but it lives in a different way now because they can find it easily.”
The song also remains a milestone in both artists’ chart histories: It marked one of Lopez’s 10 top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100 — where it peaked at No. 3 in 2011 among her 32 career entries — and stands as one of Pitbull’s 10 top 10s among 45 total entries. – PAMELA BUSTIOS
Dominican Rapper Lil Naay Scores Fast-Rising Hit With “Mood Brazil”
Let the 2026 song of the summer race begin! Dominican rapper Lil Naay has entered the fold with “Mood Brazil,” a catchy fusion of dembow and Brazilian baile funk that also recalls the synths strings of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”
According to Luminate, “Mood Brazil” earned over 644,000 official on-demand U.S. streams in its first full week of release (May 8-14). That number spiked by nearly 50% the following week (May 15-21), with “Mood” collecting over 957,000 official streams.
“Mood Brazil” officially hit streaming services on May 8, but its journey to TikTok virality began nearly a month prior. On April 16, user @/system0069, an account that appears to exclusively post Lil Naay edits, shared a clip laying “Mood Brazil” over a montage of in-studio behind-the-scenes footage, garnering over 960,000 views. Over the next few weeks, the song’s infectious beat began to soundtrack a plethora of clips — from dance challenges to thirst traps to actual Lil Naay performances— and, by April 22, Lil Naay started posting with the same audio, bringing the official “Mood Brazil” sound to over 1.1 million posts. “Mood Brazil” also plays in over 8,000 Instagram Reels, while its official music video has garnered over 6.5 million views in just two weeks.
As the summer continues to heat up, keep an eye on “Mood Brazil” and its steady ascent. — KYLE DENIS
Kyle Minogue’s Catalog Streams Are Up 25% Following Netflix Docuseries Premiere
Global pop sensation Kylie Minogue got the Netflix docuseries treatment with KYLIE (May 20) — and fans have returned to her decadeslong catalog to celebrate.
During the docuseries’ first four days of availability (May 20-23), Minogue’s catalog netted 2.47 million official on-demand U.S. streams, up over 25% from the 1.97 million official streams it collected the same period the week prior (May 13-16), according to Luminate. Her classic pop smash “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” which remains her most recent Billboard 200 top 10 hit (No. 7 in 2002), is also up 11.7% in streaming activity to 1.2 million streams across the same timeframe, making it by far her most-played song over the past weekend.
The three-part KYLIE docuseries traces the life and career of the Aussie pop legend. Helmed by Michael Harte — who also directed the buzzy 2023 Beckham docuseries — KYLIE also arrived a week before her Tension Tour concert film, which made her the first female solo artist to perform a total of 21 times at London’s iconic O2 Arena. The two-time Grammy winner also released a new song titled “Light Up,” co-written with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, to celebrate her new docuseries. — KD
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Portola announced the lineup for its 2026 edition on Thursday (May 28).
The first night of the fest will feature a pair of headliners, with Swedish legend Robyn and Dog Blood — the duo made up of Skrillex and Boys Noize — both performing on the main stage on Saturday. Swedish House Mafia will then headline night two.
Elsewhere, the lineup includes Zara Larsson, Tove Lo, Ninajirachi, the Portola debut of Tiësto, a live set from Four Tet, Soulwax, Kettama, a DJ set from Spice Girl turned DJ Mel C, Groove Armada, DJ Shadow making his fest debut amid the 30-year anniversary of his game-changing 1996 LP Endtroducing….., Channel Tres, Parcels, Fcukers, Brunello, Bassvictim, Prospa, Fatboy Slim and the return of Soulwax and James Murphy’s club tent valhalla Despacio.
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Portola returns to San Francisco’s Pier 80, where it’s happened annually since launching in 2022, on Sept. 26-27. Tickets are available now.
In March, Portola founder and Goldenvoice senior vp of talent Danny Bell was namedBillboard‘s 2026 dance executive of the year, with Bell saying that the festival’s always major lineup comes together through a methodical process involving “a lot of long nights and self-torture … I take my time, but I like having conversations and trying to understand everything going on with the artists each year.”
“It’s not just that we work with these artists,” he continued, “it’s how we collaborate on production and marketing or come up with creative ideas for additional plays. Artists are interested in playing and creating a moment because of the care and the brand we’ve built.”
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has been an ardent supporter of Portola and other Goldenvoice dance events around the city, telling Billboard that “Danny Bell and his team are bringing energy to San Francisco, drawing music fans from around the world and reminding people that our city remains a global destination for arts, culture and music. From Portola to major performances at the Moscone Center, Danny’s events are drawing people back downtown, supporting local businesses and revitalizing neighborhoods across San Francisco.”
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