Madonna fans score a surprise late goal with the release of “Read My Lips,” a new addition to the Official FIFA World Cup 26 album.

“Read My Lips” is the Queen of Pop’s bilingual collaboration with Latin star Feid, and it arrives late Thursday, June 25, a “Bonus Edition” cut from the Official FIFA World Cup 26 Album, which now expands to 20 tracks.

Produced by Madonna, Stuart Price and Tainy, the song first reached our ears in Madonna’s Confessions II – The Film, which premiered earlier this month at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, a 13-minute visual project centered around her upcoming album Confessions II, and is now available for the first time as a complete release.

It’s shaping as a Madonna Summer. The superstar singer will drop the full length album, Confessions II, on July 3.

Then, two weeks later, on Sunday, July 19, she’ll join BTS and Shakira on stage at MetLife Stadium for the first-ever halftime show at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final.

With all the activity surrounding her short film, new music and concerts, Madonna hasn’t forgotten about her long-gestating biopic.

In a recent Interview cover story, the “Like a Virgin” singer spoke openly about why the screen project has experienced so many delays, from her perspective. “I was supposed to make a movie about my life,” she began. “I worked on my script for two years and spent two years at Universal Studios with the line producers doing budgeting and casting. We had a falling out, me and Universal, regarding budget because I needed — I’ve had an extraordinary life. I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget.”

Confessions II, it turns out, was born from those frustrations.

The film project was first announced by Universal Pictures in 2020. After Julia Garner was cast in the starring role and Madonna worked on two versions of the script, news broke in 2023 that the project had been scrapped by the studio. In May 2025, the seven-time Grammy winner partnered with Shawn Levy to create an autobiographical series about her life, a few months after which the Weapons actress appeared to hint that she was still involved.

The actress recently appeared in Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Bring Your Love” music video, which dropped earlier in June ahead of full release of Confessions II.

The Official FIFA World Cup 26 Album (Bonus Edition) features recordings by Andrea Bocelli, Daddy Yankee, Future, The Rolling Stones and more. Stream it below.

Remember a few years back when we wrote a story about Busta Rhymes visiting Tom Hardy on a movie set and he posted a picture of the two with a caption insinuating that they were going to work on something together? Well, the time is finally here.

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Hardy is stepping in the booth and turning on his rap persona Frankie Pulitzer, aka “Face Puller,” to drop a collab album with CZARFACE, the rap group consisting of 7L & Esoteric and Wu-Tang Clan‘s Inspectah Deck. Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer is due in a couple of months on Aug. 28 and will feature Busta, Method Man and EL-O.

They know that it’s a pretty long wait, so they dropped the project’s first single “Brothers Grimm” along with the release date announcement, and Frankie stands toe-to-toe with Deck and Eso as he opens his verse with the lines, “I ride a pale horse with a face like Kaws/ It’s the Source/ Not the latest news/ I’m divorced on the truth/ Noose tied on the course branch, shuffle boots/ Kick a stool with the force/ Release me from the loop.”

This won’t be the first time the Face Puller linked up with the CZARFACE Cartel. He’s been on more than a handful of tracks dating back to 2021 when he was featured on a couple of the songs on their Good Guys, Bad Guys EP, some of which were highlighted in Hardy’s movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage that same year.

Check out “Brothers Grimm” below.

Katy Perry is setting her past ablaze on new single “Watch It Burn,” which dropped Thursday night (June 25) alongside a cinematic new music video.

As previewed in teasers shared by the pop star leading up to its release, the visual finds her wreaking havoc as a monstrous scorpion-human hybrid. On the cathartic pop-rock banger — which Perry performed before its release at both O Son do Camiño in Spain and Rock in Rio Lisboa — she sings about reclaiming her life by saying goodbye to a long-term relationship.

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“Tonight’s the night, I light a match/ Throw it hard behind my back,” she sings on the track. “Gonna try to forgive and forget/ Light a cigarette, and watch it burn.”

The hitmaker adds in the lyrics, “I’m gonna get what I deserve … Finally I put myself first.”

“Watch It Burn” marks Perry’s first release since November single “Bandaids.” Before that came 2024 album 143, which reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200.

The new song’s lyrics seemingly nod to the singer’s breakup last year from fiancé Orlando Bloom, with whom she shares daughter Daisy. While speaking with cowriter Justin Tranter on his Unfamous podcast, Perry said, “In ‘Watch It Burn,’ I am wrestling with my darkness, but last year was pretty tough.”

“I have not given myself permission to be angry my whole life over things where I should be f—king angry about,” she continued. “What I’ve done is I pushed it down, but I should be f—king angry. I’m allowed to be angry for a f—king moment.”

Perry is now in a relationship with Justin Trudeau, whom she called “the love of my life” during a Q&A at the premiere of her Lifetimes Tour concert film in New York earlier in June. “I fly super high,” she added at the time. “Sometimes I need to be anchored. To have that anchor finally makes me feel really whole.”

Check out “Watch It Burn” below.


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This story is part of Billboard’s Global World Cup Series, a collection of stories which pairs top soccer stars across the world competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup with highly-touted musicians in accompanying countries.

Unflashy and unassuming, Nguyen Nhat Minh is the truest definition of Vietnam U23’s resilience. Fans see his sheer tenacity on the pitch, yet few realize that behind this composed fortress lies a man of deep reflection. Nhat Minh harbors a love for football profound and forgiving enough to transform every bitter hardship into the driving force to push forward.

It is no coincidence that Nhat Minh’s name features in the Billboard’s Global World Cup Series accompanying the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He approached our conversation with the same unwavering composure he showed at the final whistle of the 2026 AFC U23 Asian Cup third-place playoff. Looking back at that milestone, Nhat Minh retains his signature “cool” demeanor, letting the statistics speak for his extraordinary journey: 600 minutes of unceasing play, six consecutive matches and 16 spectacular clearances against a formidable opponent like South Korea.

His answer to our first question perfectly describes how he plays football. No goals scored, no flashy plays making the headlines. But every time he appears in the right spot, executes the perfect clearance and holds his position, the entire defense stands firm with him, and the whole squad rediscovers the vital energy needed to press on.

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As an athlete, what do you admire most about music artists?

Nhat Minh: I admire how artists ignite passion and captivate their audience. It’s not something just anyone can do. It doesn’t stem from top-tier vocal techniques or the sheer number of hits, but rather from an invisible energy radiating from the stage into the crowd, making emotions swell and making the audience just want to stand up and sing along.

Amidst suffocating pressure, what makes you feel that all your efforts are worth it?

Nhat Minh: Every ounce of effort becomes worthwhile when you look at your own passion, fight for the national colors, strive for the team’s collective success and see the acknowledgment in the eyes of the fans.

A Team Player, Not a Spotlight Seeker

At the 2026 AFC U23 Asian Cup, while the defensive line was decimated by injuries and suspensions, Nhat Minh was the lone pillar standing tall from start to finish, not missing a single minute. This was absolutely no miracle or stroke of luck; it was the result of a physical foundation built through countless unphotographed training sessions and a nerves-of-steel mentality forged through forgotten defeats. He is a player born to belong to the collective, not to chase personal glory.

On match days, what genre of music do you and your teammates usually listen to?

Nhat Minh: Before the match, the whole team and I often turn to fast-paced and upbeat EDM tracks. Music at that moment acts as a catalyst, helping me heighten my focus, cast aside nerves and force my body to fully awaken to reach its peak state. But after leaving the locker room, Quân A.P’s music is what I listen to most to stabilize my mind.

Have you ever watched a World Cup live?

Nhat Minh: Although I am still just a loyal spectator through the small screen, my excitement for the World Cup has never faded. I always follow the matches because the allure of the rolling ball doesn’t just lie in the technicalities, but in the electrifying atmosphere of tens of thousands of people. The feeling of everyone holding their breath together, erupting in shared joy or collective regret — that is a magnificent resonating energy that no technology can replicate.

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For the 30th anniversary of his debut album Reasonable Doubt, as well as the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint, Jay-Z is performing two nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York this summer. And after increased demand, a third concert “extra inning” date was added in late March, which now makes the special NY event slated for three consecutive nights starting on Friday (July 10).

Although tickets first went on sale through Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the retailers’ Face Value Exchange program is an option for fans to resell tickets.

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Ahead of Donald Trump’s rally kicking off the Great American State Fair on Wednesday night (June 24) to celebrate 250 years of the United States, the Leonard Cohen estate posted its objection to the planned use of the late singer/songwriter’s “Hallelujah” at the Washington, D.C., event.

Despite the objections, however, the song was still used at the rally.

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“The Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song ‘Hallelujah’ is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24,” a statement posted to Cohen’s Instagram account reads. “This use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage.”

The statement ends with a tongue-in-cheek nod to one of Trump’s favorite social media sign-offs, simply stating: “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

But it looks like no attention was paid: As shared in video from the event, Long Island opera singer Christopher Macchio joined forces with the Marine Band’s Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Bennear to perform the 1984 song, complete with a B-2 bomber flyover ahead of Trump hitting the stage.

This is hardly the first time Cohen’s beloved song has been covered. In fact, the Recording Industry Association of America says “Hallelujah” has been performed by more than 300 singers across multiple languages and decades, including high-profile versions by Jeff Buckley on his 1994 album Grace, Rufus Wainwright for the 2001 Shrek soundtrack, and Pentatonix putting a holiday spin on it for 2016’s A Pentatonix Christmas.

Before Cohen’s 2016 death, he had reacted to the song’s multitude of covers in a 2009 interview with The Guardian, saying, “I was reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it, and the reviewer said, ‘Can we please have a moratorium on “Hallelujah” in movies and television shows?’ and I kind of feel the same way. I think it’s a good song, but too many people sing it.”

RÜFÜS DU SOL will carve out another slice of history this week when the EDM act parks at Madison Square Garden, arguably the world’s most famous arena.

The Australian trio will set a new benchmark on Thursday, June 25 with the first of four consecutive sold-out shows — the most by an electronic artist at MSG, and the most tickets sold at the venue by an electronic artist.

RDS has been burning the history books of late. As previously reported, their Inhale / Exhale World Tour is recognized as the highest-selling electronic tour of all time, and multiple record-setter in Australia and New Zealand.

The Sydneysiders completed their 2025 Australia tour last November with the third of three sold-out hometown shows at Afterpay Arena (then known as Qudos Bank Arena), the country’s biggest arena, lifting their tally to 750,000 headline tickets for the year, accumulated from nearly 50 shows across four continents.

Along the way, the trio became just the second Aussie act, after AC/DC, and first electronic outfit to headline Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles, and played a string of high-profile festival spots, including Chicago’s Lollapalooza. All up, the lads played to some 1.5 million fans worldwide on the Inhale / Exhale World Tour, according to concert promoters Live Nation and independent Melbourne events specialist Untitled Group, which awarded the Sydneysiders with a commemorative plaque.

There will be more massive moments for RDS’ Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, and James Hunt in the weeks ahead, including a headline spot to over 60,000 music fans Saturday, July 4 at Mexico City’s Foro Sol. This current tour has also seen RDS wind their way through a circuit of iconic baseball stadiums, including Chicago’s Wrigley Field (The Cubs), Boston’s Fenway Park (Red Sox), and San Diego’s Petco Park (Padres).

The ongoing trek is in support of 2024’s Inhale / Exhale (Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia), their fifth studio album, which opened its account at No. 3 on the ARIA Chart, continuing a podium finish for all their recordings in Australia. Along with that swag of historic moments, RDS have won four career ARIA Awards and six Grammy Award nominations, with a win in 2022 for best dance/electronic recording with “Alive.”

Bizarrap is officially back with his first BZRP Music Session of 2026 — and he’s doing it with Myke Towers.

On Wednesday (June 24), the Argentine producer dropped “BZRP Music Session #42/66” with the Puerto Rican star, a long-awaited pairing that had been teased for years and finally arrived to instant online buzz. The collab marks Myke as the first guest of the year in Bizarrap’s signature session series, one of Latin music’s most influential hitmaking franchises.

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For the first three minutes, the track bumps over a buoyant hip-hop beat as Myke delivers a string of coolly flexed bars and slick references in his unmistakable melodic-rap style. “I don’t smoke regular anymore,” he raps at one point in Spanish, later adding, “I’m thinking about the island even when I travel the whole world.”

Then comes the twist. After a QR code flashes onscreen, the visual transitions into “BOOBYTRAP,” a second release tied to the drop and one fans have been waiting on since a fragment first surfaced years ago. A title card explains that “Myke Towers nunca llegó al rodaje,” (or “Myke Towers never showed up to the shoot”) so Bizarrap had to be a rapper for a weekend. From there, Biza takes over: wearing a silver headpiece and a giant tiger chain, lip-syncing outside the studio, drinking shots from his Latin Grammy trophy, cruising in a Mustang and, most memorably, ripping up photos of German soccer players — including Mario Götze — in a visual packed with cheeky Argentine football references.

The Germany trolling isn’t random: Mario Götze famously scored the lone goal that gave Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup title over Argentina, making his cameo here an especially cheeky choice.

The drop comes a day after Bizarrap teased the release on Instagram with a joint post tagging Towers alongside the Argentine and Puerto Rican flags.

The new session arrives at an expansive moment for Bizarrap. In recent months, he performed during the NFL halftime show at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, made his Ultra Miami Main Stage debut with surprise appearances by Daddy Yankee and Skrillex, and also joined the Spanish-language voice cast of Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 as “Santa de Jardín.”

Towers, meanwhile, released “Una Na Mas” in May, a dance-pop-leaning track that blends música urbana with house influences. The song was also selected as the official soundtrack for LaLiga Season Recap 26, arriving as the Puerto Rican star continues an international run with dates across Europe, Colombia and Mexico.

Bizarrap’s recent session guests include J Balvin, Daddy Yankee and Luck Ra, while past editions have featured Shakira, Quevedo, Peso Pluma, Young Miko, Natanael Cano, Rauw Alejandro and more. That run has helped cement the so-called “Biza effect” — turning each new session into a streaming event and a headline-making moment.

Watch the dual video by Bizarrap and Towers above

Jelly Roll is going through some changes in his personal life, but that isn’t stopping him from putting out new music.

First thing Wednesday (June 24), the country star released a new song titled “Hands Up,” a worship anthem that encourages listeners to lift their hands while thinking about heaven as the ultimate destination. “Surprise! New music here,” Jelly shared on Instagram Stories with a link to the song.

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The artist, who recently filed for divorce from his wife Bunnie Xo, took to social media on Tuesday to tease the track’s release. The teaser featured a compilation of footage documenting his physical transformation, including his weight-loss journey from the earliest days to where he is today. Jelly Roll promoted the upcoming release of the song by also including the chorus in part of the video. 

The reel incorporated a portion of the song’s chorus, as well as a clip from his interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, where he’s talking about how he kept himself motivated through the challenges. As footage shows the singer walking through the rain in soaked clothing, text on the screen reads: “On day 1, I walked in the rain.” 

The video then cuts to him explaining the moment he got tired of making excuses. “Every time I said that I was gonna lose the weight, Joe, I said, I lied to myself. I would tell myself, ‘I’m gonna do this. I’m gonna go do that.’ And then I’d go tell my family that. There’s a big person listening to this right now or a drug addict or somebody who wants to change some part of their life that right now is going, ‘I’m gonna start next Monday,’” he said.

“That first Monday comes, Joe, it is pissing rain, cats and dogs, dude. And I wake up and I’m like sh–. My daughter was just like, ‘Just wait till the rain quits or go on the treadmill.’ But in my mind, I was like, ‘I’m going outside. I’m done lying to y’all, and I’m done lying to me. I told y’all I was gonna do this walk, and I’m gonna go do this walk.’”

The clip then shows footage of the singer running in the rain. “Today, I’m sprinting in the rain. Because one day, not that long ago, I stopped lying to myself,” reads the text, as the song’s chorus plays in the background.

“I barely made it up my driveway that day. I’m alive today because I didn’t lose faith. F— Monday. Start today,” reads another message displayed in the video, before the final frame reveals that the single would arrive at midnight.

The release comes while major changes are taking place in the artist’s personal life. 

Jelly recently filed for divorce after 10 years of marriage to Bunnie, 46. On June 15, Billboard obtained online court records stating that the filing was made on May 18, in Williamson County, Tennessee. According to documents obtained by People, the reason for the split was stated as “irreconcilable differences.”

On June 18, the singer spoke about the split for the first time, saying onstage, “I wasn’t going to talk about this tonight, but while we’re talking about liars, the Internet is a liar too,” he said. “Me and my wife are best friends. We will always be best friends. We just got off the phone earlier today. Nobody cheated on nobody.”

Since his breakout country LP Whitsitt Chapel, was released in 2023, Jelly Roll has been on the Top Country Albums charts numerous times. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart. In 2024, he released Beautifully Broken, which debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums.

Listen to “Hands Up” here:

Boosie Badazz’s federal probation supervisors say he should spend a year and a half in prison after his most recent arrest for allegedly assaulting someone with a glass hookah.

The rapper (Torence Hatch) was exposed to possible prison time last year after pleading guilty in federal court to illegally owning a gun after earlier felony convictions. In January, however, a judge exercised leniency and sentenced him to three years of supervised release instead.

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Now, the U.S. Probation Office says Boosie has “failed to capitalize on the opportunity afforded by the court.” The agency claims in a Wednesday (June 24) petition that Boosie violated his supervised release by allegedly smashing a man in the head with a glass hookah at a Houston nightclub in May.

Boosie is facing a state-level aggravated assault charge for that alleged incident in Texas. Generally, it’s considered a violation of supervised release for anybody to commit another state, local or federal crime while on probation.

The Probation Office further alleges that Boosie broke the rules by making that trip to Texas from his home state of Georgia without permission, as well as by testing positive for marijuana, a federally illegal substance, during a recent drug screening. Because of all this, authorities say Boosie should have his no-jail sentence revoked and replaced with an 18-month prison term.

“His conduct demonstrates a disregard for the court’s authority and unwillingness to comply with the expectations established to facilitate a successful transition to the community,” reads the Wednesday court filing. “Additionally, his history reflects longstanding involvement in a criminal lifestyle beginning at a young age. This lifestyle has continued to expose him to high-risk situations and criminogenic influences, including violence, weapons possession, antisocial peer associations, and illegal substance use.”

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The Probation Office says this recommended federal sentence should be consecutive with any possible punishment he receives in the Houston assault case. Boosie is currently out on bail in that matter and next scheduled to appear in court in September.

Boosie denied violating his supervised release in a Wednesday post on X, in which the rapper said he did have permission to travel to Houston, and that he’s been “crystal clean” of drugs since beginning probation.

“IM NOT STUPID. MY probation officer has been fair to me throughout this process. it’s the people over him who have problems with me,” wrote Boosie in the post. “I will not sit back n let these people drag my name. I have several hours of community service completed. I’ve been doing great on federal probation. Me n my attorneys r working to get this other case dismissed.”

Boosie, who’s previously done prison time for drug charges, has faced this current federal case since 2023 for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The details of his arrest were unusual; after local authorities spotted a handgun tucked into Boosie’s waistband while monitoring the Instagram feed of a “known gang member” in San Diego, they used a helicopter to track him in real-time and then found a Glock pistol in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Following years of procedural ups and downs, the case against Boosie was scheduled for a trial last summer. But in August, the rapper said he would accept a plea deal because he was “tired of fighting.”


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