Soulja Boy is coming to the SNL stage, whether he likes it or not.

In a new promo for SNL‘s upcoming April 11 episode, cast member Veronika Slowikowska whips out some of her best tips and tricks to impress first-time host Colman Domingo and convince him to green light her wildest pitches.

In the video shared to YouTube on Wednesday (April 8), Domingo is apprehensive about Slowikowska’s ideas and unsure of what exactly she is trying to convey. The SNL comedian starts by introducing her character, Domingo’s incredibly loud upstairs neighbor. As she brings out a variety of props including a fake rat and a hobby horse, Domingo’s inner monologue lets viewers know that he hates her ideas. Unfortunately, his external response is mismatched with his internal one and he tells Slowikowska that her ideas are amazing.

Of course, this only stokes the comedian’s flame and she continues to whip out pitch after pitch and bad idea after bad idea for the actor’s approval. At one point she hits a very iconic 2000s dance.

“Is she doing Soulja Boy?” Domingo’s internal monologue asks while Slowikowska hits the all too familiar “Crank That” moves. In the end, Domingo can’t help himself and agrees to all of Slowikowska’s out-there ideas, leading him into an internal spiral.

Hopefully musical guest Anitta can help pull him out of this spiral by Saturday. The Brazilian super star is set to make her SNL debut alongside the first-time host. Anitta will appear on SNL two days after her new Shakira collab “Choka Choka” drops. Her seventh studio album, EQUILIBRIVM, is set to be released the Friday after her SNL performance, April 16.

Domingo and Anitta will be some of the last acts to take the SNL stage this season. The sketch comedy show also announced on Wednesday this season’s final slate of hosts and musical guests.

Olivia Rodrigo will make her SNL return by pulling double duty as host and musical guest on May 2. The pop star’s appearance on the show will mark her third time on the show but her first as a host. The stint is perfect promotion for Rodrigo’s upcoming third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, set to release June 12. Though the album will not come until after her SNL performance, the lead single, “Drop Dead,” drops on April 17, just in time for her to debut it live on the show.

Third-time host Matt Damon and musical guest Noah Kahan will take the stage the following week on May 9. Kahan will likely perform songs from his fourth studio album The Great Divide, which comes out just two weeks prior on April 24.

Finally, sixth-timer Will Ferrell will host the last episode of the season with fifth-time musical guest Paul McCartney on May 16. McCartney’s new album The Boys of Dungeon Lane drops on May 29.

Fans can catch Saturday Night Live live on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET and on streaming on Peacock.

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When BTS came back with new album Arirang on March 20, the popularity of the boy band’s merch exploded.

The demand for BTS-themed paraphernalia skyrocketed, so much so that the K-pop act dropped an ARIRANG merch line with Target, which included a ton of wearable pieces such as socks, hoodies and tote bags. While those pieces sold out like lightning, one item seemed to draw all of the attention: BTS’ gen 4 official lightstick. This partnership with Target made the lightstick more accessible than ever.

The problem? The lightstick, otherwise known as an ARMY Bomb, sold out quickly at Target, which was one of the only places you could get it at the time, beyond Amazon. Spoiler alert: Amazon also no longer sells BTS’ gen 4 lightstick. Luckily, we’ve found the official ARMY Bomb still available on StockX. The lightstick retails for $119 on an online marketplace and resale platform, a jump in price due to high demand. This means ARMY can still get their hands on the group’s lightstick without having to go through third party sites only to get tariffs/duties tacked on. In three days alone, this lightstick was sold 123 times, proving the demand for BTS merch is still just as prominent.

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Lightsticks are usually light-up wands that correspond with a specific K-pop group. Every K-pop group has one, often featuring a specific color or motif associated with the group. BTS’ ARMY Bomb hasa clear bomb-shaped head and BTS’ logo on the inside. ARMY will use their official lightsticks at concerts, such as the group’s upcoming world tour, to cheer on their idols, bopping the lightstick to the music with fellow fans.

K-pop fans know that official lightsticks are hard to find and buy, and they were even harder to buy back in the early days of K-pop. With K-pop’s surge of popularity, many U.S. retailers are now selling official lightsticks from tons of groups, including Stray Kids, ATEEZ, TWICE, aespa and, of course, BTS. We’re hoping that with the demand for more lightsticks, retailers will catch on, fixing that accessibility issue for non-South Korean fans in the future. For now, though, StockX is your best bet.

Despite what the song says, the Pink Pony Club is not in West Hollywood — it’s in space. NASA shared the official Artemis II wake‑up playlist via social media on Wednesday (April 8).

NASA launched the Artemis II mission on April 1, sending four astronauts — Jeremy Hansen,  Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch — aboard the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back. One week into the trip, the space crew has curated a list of tracks to get them up and moving every day of their flight.

“Each track was selected by the Moon crew, continuing a tradition that started more than 50 years ago,” NASA explained with a photo of the astronauts on Instagram. “Stay tuned to find out which songs they’ll choose next.”

The first song the astronauts chose to wake up to in space is perfect for the occasion: “Sleepyhead” by Young & Sick, a solo music project by Dutch artist Nick van Hofwegen. John Legend and André 3000‘s 2008 Hot 100 hit “Green Light,” rose the team from their slumber next with lyrics fit for people on a mission: “I’m ready to go right now.”

The third song, “In a Daydream” by Freddy Jones Band, certainly describes the feeling of waking up beyond the stratosphere. Chappell Roan brought the “Pink Pony Club” to the stars when the crew started the day aboard the Orion with the anthemic Billboard Hot 100 No. 4 hit. CeeLo Green‘s “Working Class Heroes (Work)” is No. 5 on the list, followed by Mandisa and Toby Mac’s “Good Morning.”

Also making the playlist on the Orion is “Tokyo Drifting” by Glass Animals and Denzel Curry. Curry celebrated being included in the astronauts’ daily music routine with a post to X on Tuesday (April 7). “Even Aliens F— with my S–t!” Curry wrote, reposting a NASA video of the spacecraft playing his tune. “First Rapper Played in SPACE N—A!”

Glass Animals also responded to the reveal of the group’s inclusion on the playlist. “this is the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life ever,” the band commented on the Instagram post.

See who else made the Artemis II Wake-Up Songs playlist below:

Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm — who cofounded pioneering female hip-hop trio The Sequence with Cheryl “The Pearl” Cook and the late Angela “Angie B” Brown (aka Angie Stone) — has died. The rapper-singer-songwriter succumbed following a brief illness on Monday (April 6) in Atlanta. She was 66.

“My sister gave a lot of herself to the music industry. Everyone knows her famous lyrics and melodies, which continue to bring joy to millions of people,” Chisolm’s sister Monica Scott said in a statement on behalf of the Chisolm and Scott families. “She was a creative force who touched countless hearts.”

Calling Chisolm “the star of our family,” Scott added, “We’re heartbroken right now. But we take comfort in knowing that her beautiful spirit lives on through the songs she shared with the world. We hope the world will remember her as a passionate artist and a voice for a generation. You can honor her memory by turning up her music.”

Recognized as the first female hip-hop act and the first such act signed to Sugar Hill Records, The Sequence is best known for its 1979 Gold-certified hit “Funk You Up.” Peaking at No. 15 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the single also made history as the first chart hit released by a female hip-hop group. With its bass-thumping, body-bopping beat, “Funk You Up” played a key role in hip-hop’s evolution.

Over the ensuing decades, the song has continued to connect with music fans thanks to being sampled by artists such as Dr. Dre (“Keep Their Heads Ringin’”), En Vogue (“Whatever”) and Erykah Badu (“Love of My Life Worldwide,” also featuring Sequence member Stone). Katy Perry interpolated the song in a commercial (“Did Somebody Say”) for a food delivery service.

That creative force was sparked when Chisolm teamed up with C.A. Johnson High School friends Cook and Stone as The Sequence. While backstage at a Sugarhill Gang concert in 1979, the trio got the chance to perform an impromptu audition for Sugar Hill Records CEO Sylvia Robinson. After signing them to the label, Robinson also produced the group-penned “Funk You Up.”

Before disbanding in 1985, The Sequence charted two more singles. “Funky Sound (Tear the Roof Off)” and “I Don’t Need Your Love (Part One)” reached No. 39 and No. 40, respectively, on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The group also recorded three albums: Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence (1980), The Sequence (1982) and The Sequence Party (1983).

According to the press release sent to Billboard, Chisolm continued to work in the music industry, collaborating with established and emerging artists, booking/producing shows and writing/recording her own music. The latter includes the 2011 song “On Our Way to the Movies” with Sequence’s Cook. Following Stone’s death in 2025, Chisolm worked with Tyler Perry to arrange the former’s memorial and funeral services. 

Having earlier relocated from Charlotte, N.C., to Atlanta, Chisolm spent time speaking to students at HBCUs about hip-hop’s influence and the music business. At the time of her death, she was completing her memoir and collaborating with Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music to present a permanent exhibit spotlighting The Sequence’s iconic legacy.

A private memorial service for Chisolm will be held at a future date.

Sia has opened about what the singer-songwriter described as a very difficult year following her split with estranged husband Daniel Bernad. In an X post on Tuesday (April 7), the “Dance Alone” star lamented that the details of her child custody settlement with Bernad had been made public and alluded to the details of the arrangement signed by both parties in Los Angeles on April 3.

“I’m a sober working mom trying to buy peace. I have primary custody of our son and since i am the only parent earning income i still have to pay California’s incredibly high child support,” Sia (born Sia Furler), 50, wrote of the settlement — the details of which were obtained by Billboard — which will require her to pay Bernad $42,500 per month in child support.

“This has been a horrific year but it taught me how to navigate incredibly difficult situations, prioritize my family and not absorb other people’s negativity,” she added, tacking on the well-known Alexander Pope phrase: “To err is human, to forgive is divine.” In a second post that appeared to take aim at her ex, Sia wrote, “good dads get jobs.” Bernad’s lawyer declined to comment on Sia’s posts at press time.

According to the court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday (April 6), Sia will pay Bernad the five-figure amount per month to support their child, son Somersault Wonder Bernad; the payments were slated to begin on April 1. The singer, who also adopted two children in 2019, will continue to pay the monthly fees to Bernad until their son turns 18 or, if he continues to attend high school full-time, until he graduates or turns 19.

Sia is also responsible for paying private school tuition, fees for agreed-upon extracurricular activities and uninsured health care costs, as well as for maintaining health insurance for her son, according to the agreement. Sia is also required to obtain a life insurance policy for her son with a death benefit of $5 million, with Somersault as the beneficiary and to pay Bernad’s $350,000 attorney’s fees.

The couple will share joint legal custody of Somersault, who was born on March 27, 2024, with physical custody schedules laid out in the court document, including custody on major holidays (such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Jewish holidays of Yom Kippur, Passover and Rosh Hashana) and agreements covering vacations, school breaks and communication between the ex’s.

The ruling also specifies that “neither party shall disparage the other” within range of their son, nicknamed “Summi,” and if he is away from either parent for more than 72 hours, the non-custodial parent is expected to be able to FaceTime at a mutually agreed-upon time. In his initial request, Bernad was seeking more than $250,000 a month in spousal support from Sia. In that earlier request, Bernad claimed he had nearly no money in his bank account and no income, saying the singer convinced him to stop working because she disliked his long hours at the hospital and that he was unable to return to work at the hospital because his license had expired.

Sia, listed in the custody agreement as “Sia Bernad,” filed for divorce from oncologist Bernad in March 2025, three years after their 2022 wedding. Bernad filed paperwork in October 2025 seeking sole legal and physical custody of their son, alleging at the time that the singer — who has been open about her past struggles with substance use — was “an unfit and unreliable parent struggling with substance abuse and addiction” according to earlier court documents.

Sia responded and said she’d been sober for six months and was participating in a recovery program that included weekly testing, hitting back with allegations that Bernad was under investigation for alleged possession of child pornography. Bernad “vehemently” denied any wrongdoing and claimed that his ex “planted” illicit material on his computer hard drive. The Los Angeles Police Department and the city’s Department of Child and Family Services both looked into the claims, but closed their investigations without any charges, citing a lack of evidence.

A judge previously rejected Bernad’s emergency request to change the couple’s custody arrangement, saying there was not sufficient evidence to justify the emergency relief at that time.