BTS member j-hope‘s solo concert movie, j-hope Tour ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ THE MOVIE is slated to hit IMAX and theaters worldwide on Nov. 12 and 15 through Trafalgar Releasing. The movie covers the two-day encore concerts at Goyang Stadium in South Korea in June that marked the end of hope’s first world solo tour.
According to a release, the film’s setlist “weaves together iconic tracks from j-hope’s discography, including his first mixtape Hope World, first solo album Jack In The Box, and special album HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1,” as well as performances of his solo hits, including “Sweet Dreams (feat. Miguel),” “MONA LISA,” and “Killin’ It Girl (Solo Version).”
Also included are versions of BTS favorites, including “MIC Drop,” “Silver Spoon” and “Dis-ease,” alongside behind-the-scenes moments and appearances from BTS bandmates Jin and Jung Kook and South Korean artist Crush.
Before its global opening, there will be exclusive IMAX previews worldwide on Nov. 3. Tickets and more information on the movie will be posted here on Oct. 15.
Hobi’s had a busy summer, gearing up to re-connect with his BTS bandmates — Jung Kook, V, Jimin, Suga, RM and Jin — in anticipation of their return after a nearly four-year hiatus in 2026, as well as showing support for fellow K-poppers BLACKPINK. Hope turned up on night two of the group’s DEADLINE world tour on July 6 at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, South Korea, bopping along to ROSÉ, LISA, JENNIE and JISOO from his seat.
He then wowed the crowds at Lollapalooza Berlin on July 13, nicknamed #HOBIPALOOZA by ARMY, before the full group hit the beach and the studio in August in new photos he shared, as well as two muted videos of the group recording new music in a studio.
“We’ll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year,” the band announced in a joint statement on July 1. “Starting in July, all seven of us will begin working closely together on new music … We’re also planning a world tour alongside the new album. We’ll be visiting fans all around the world, so we hope you’re as excited as we are.”
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Cassie Ventura has filed a letter in federal court days before a judge is set to sentence on Sean “Diddy” Combs, warning that the mogul subjected her to “horrific” abuse and that she fears “swift retribution” when he’s released.
Ventura – Diddy’s longtime girlfriend whose allegations of sexual abuse formed the core of the criminal case against him – filed the statement to support arguments filed by prosecutors on Monday that Combs deserves 11 years in prison when he’s sentenced later this week.
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Following a blockbuster trial this spring featuring days of vivid testimony from Ventura, a jury issued a split verdict that acquitted Combs of the most serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges, but still convicted him on lesser counts of interstate prostitution. As a result of that verdict, his lawyers want him released almost immediately.
In her letter to Judge Arun Subramanian, Ventura pleaded with the judge for “justice and accountability” – and said that she hopes “your decision considers the truths at hand that the jury failed to see.”
“For over a decade, Sean Combs made me feel powerless and unimportant, but my experience was real, horrific, and deserves to be considered,” Ventura wrote in the letter. “While the jury did not seem to understand or believe that I engaged in freak offs because of the force and coercion the defendant used against me, I know that is the truth, and his sentence should reflect the reality of the evidence and my lived experience as a victim.”
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Read Cassie’s entire letter to the judge below:
Dear Judge Subramanian,
I have been in a cycle of thought and then over thought writing this letter to you. If there is one thing I have learned from this experience, it is that victims and survivors will never be safe. Although I can hope for justice and accountability, I have come to not trust anything. I hope that your decision considers the truths at hand that the jury failed to see.
For four days in May, while nine months pregnant with my son, I testified in front of a packed courtroom about the most traumatic and horrifying chapter in my life. I testified that from age nineteen, Sean Combs used violence, threats, substances, and control over my career to trap me in over a decade of abuse. He groomed me into performing repeated sex acts with hired male sex workers during multi-day “freak offs,” which occurred nearly weekly. I was forced into lingerie and heels, told exactly how to look, and plied with drugs and alcohol so he could control me like a puppet. These events were degrading and disgusting, leaving me with infections, illnesses, and days of physical and emotional exhaustion before he demanded it all again. Sex acts became my full-time job, used as the only way to stay in his good graces.
I testified that I learned to read Sean Combs’s signals, knowing that when he spoke of “freak- offs,” he was demanding them, and that refusing meant punishment—losing my car, my phone, or worse. He controlled every part of my livelihood and threatened to destroy my reputation by leaking sex tapes, a threat he repeated often. His power over me eroded my independence and sense of self until I felt I had no choice but to submit. When he believed I had wronged him or was not sufficiently responsive, he also threatened people around me and those close to me, including my family. I regularly worried that displeasing him meant putting my family and friends’ safety at risk.
I testified how beyond these threats, Sean Combs frequently used violence to get his way. Over the nearly eleven years we were together, Sean Combs would hit me, punch me, stomp on my face, pull my hair, and throw my body to the ground and against the wall. The jury saw pictures of bruises on my back from Combs kicking me and saw the deep gash over my eye he caused when he slammed me into a bed frame. The entire courtroom watched actual footage of Combs kicking and beating me as I tried to run away from a freak off in 2016. People watched this footage dozens of times, seeing my body thrown to the ground, my hands over my head, curled into a fetal position to shield me from the worst blows. This physical violence caused bruises that makeup artists (paid for by Sean Combs) would cover up, as well as permanent scars all over my body.
During my time with Combs, I was in a constant state of hypervigilance, as I was always anticipating demands for sex acts or otherwise fearing retribution for any perceived slight. My descent into substance abuse was directly correlated with his increased control over my body, my money, my freedom, and my free will. I used those drugs to push through the horrifying sex acts he demanded and to numb myself to the physical pain and emotional turmoil I was constantly in. While the defense attorneys at trial suggested that my time with Combs was akin to a “great modern love story,” nothing could be further from the truth. Nothing about this story is great, modern, or loving—this was a horrific decade of my life stained by abuse, violence, forced sex, and degradation.
I spent the last seven years of my life slowly rebuilding myself—physically getting clean from the drug abuse Sean Combs forced and encouraged, and mentally understanding how to live with a seemingly insurmountable level of trauma. The horrors I endured drove me to have thoughts of suicide—ones I almost followed through on, if not for my family’s intervention and urging that I seek professional care. I have been to rehab and have taken part in dozens of types of therapy modalities to confront, compartmentalize, and cope with the horrific memories of sexual and emotional abuse I endured for nearly ten years. While what he did to me is always present, I am slowly learning how to live my life free of the fear and horrors I endured, and in doing so am fully devoted to my husband and my children.
I still have nightmares and flashbacks on a regular, everyday basis, and continue to require psychological care to cope with my past. My worries that Sean Combs or his associates will come after me and my family is my reality. I have in fact moved my family out of the New York area and am keeping as private and quiet as I possibly can because I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial. As much progress as I have made in recovering from his abuse, I remain very much afraid of what he is capable of and the malice he undoubtedly harbors towards me for having the bravery to tell the truth.
His defense attorneys claim he is a changed man, and he wants to mentor abusers. I know firsthand what real mentorship means, and this disgusts me; he is not being truthful. I know that who he was to me—the manipulator, the aggressor, the abuser, the trafficker—is who he is as a human. He has no interest in changing or becoming better. He will always be the same cruel, power-hungry, manipulative man that he is. When I came out with my allegations in my civil case, he flatly denied them again and again. It was only after actual video footage corroborated the exact words in my civil complaint that he issued an insincere apology on the internet. Thanks to the footage and my testimony, this is also something he will forever be associated with.
For over a decade, Sean Combs made me feel powerless and unimportant, but my experience was real, horrific, and deserves to be considered. While the jury did not seem to understand or believe that I engaged in freak offs because of the force and coercion the defendant used against me, I know that is the truth, and his sentence should reflect the reality of the evidence and my lived experience as a victim. Reliving in detail the events and truths described throughout the trial and this letter causes me tremendous emotional pain. I am trying with all that I am, to move on. I hope that your sentencing decision reflects the strength it took for victims of Sean Combs to come forward. I hope that your decision considers the many lives that Sean Combs has upended with his abuse and control.
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BMI honored Fraser T. Smith with the BMI President’s Award at the 2025 BMI London Awards.
The award was presented to Smith in recognition of the breadth of his work as a producer and songwriter. Previous recipients of the prize include Taylor Swift, Noel Gallagher, Luis Fonsi, Ludacris, P!nk, Willie Nelson, T-Pain, Ellie Goulding and Brian Wilson.
The private event, held by the collection society at The Dorchester in London last night (Sept. 29), was hosted by BMI president and CEO Mike O’Neill and EVP, chief revenue & creative officer Mike Steinberg.
O’Neill presented Smith with the BMI President’s Award saying, “You are a testament to the fact that the best producers don’t just shape songs, they help shape and define culture. We thank you for enriching the world of music, today and long into the future.”
In his acceptance speech, Smith thanked the artists, writers and producers that he has worked with throughout his career, describing them as “the creative cornerstone of everything that I do.”
He continued: “I feel as though I’ve literally been standing on the shoulders of giants for 25 years learning from these brilliant people. Making music has always been an escape for me, and I couldn’t imagine my life without it.”
As part of the honoree tribute, Kae Tempest performed “Prayers To Whisper” and “I Stand on the Line,” both of which were co-written and produced by Smith and appear on the spoken-word artist’s 2025 LP Self-Titled.
Smith has co-written, mixed and produced seven No. 1 singles on the Official U.K. Singles Chart and two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s: Taio Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” (2010) and Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” (2011). He was also listed as a producer on the latter’s 2011 album 21, which landed album of the year at the Grammys the following year.
The 54-year-old has contributed to records by the likes of Drake, Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz, Dave, Stormzy and Sam Smith. He has received three Ivor Novello awards alongside many other accolades.
The BMI London Awards honors British and European songwriters and publishers of the previous year’s most-performed songs on U.S. streaming, radio, film, television and visual media from BMI’s repertoire.
During the ceremony, BMI Million-Air Awards were presented to the songwriters and publishers whose works have surpassed one million broadcast performances on U.S. radio. Among the songs honored were “Every Breath You Take” written by Sting of The Police (20 million), “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones (11 million), and “Take on Me” by Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Pål Waaktaar of A-ha (10 million).
Awards for the most-performed pop, film, television and streaming songs were also unveiled. Recipients included “360” written by Finn Keane, A.G. Cook, Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin and performed by Charli xcx; “Glue Song” written and performed by Beabadoobee; and “Murder on the Dancefloor” written and performed by Sophie Ellis-Bextor with co-writer Gregg Alexander.
“Too Sweet” written and performed by Hozier with co-writers Stuart Johnson, Pete G, and Daniel Bekon, and “Turn Yo Clic Up” written by Sluzyyy, Atake, Macshooter, Baso Beats and performed by Future and Quavo, were also awarded.
Atli Örvarsson won seven awards for his work in network television and streaming for Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P. D., FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted and Apple TV’s Silo, bringing his total to 54 BMI awards.
Other composers recognized include Tom Howe for Paramount+ series Knuckles and Apple TV’s Shrinking, while Sola Akingbola received a BMI network TV award for Bob Hearts Abishola. BMI theatrical film awards went to Harry Gregson-Williams for Gladiator II and Hildur Guðnadóttir for her work on Joker: Folieà Deux.
A complete list of 2025 winners will soon be available on theBMI London Awards’ website.
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Mass Appeal and Marvel have joined forces to create an exclusive, limited edition comic book series honoring some of hip-hop’s biggest titans.
The Legend Has It...comic series will be announced at New York Comic Con on October 10, and will pay tribute to Nas & DJ Premier, Ghosftace Killah, Mobb Deep, Raekwon, Big L, De La Soul and Slick Rick. The series is written by Brandon Thomas (Black Lightning) and drawn by Sanford Greene (Doom, Bitter Root) and will bring each character to life, “in an epic narrative that bridges music, myth, and legacy,” according to a press release.
“Working with Marvel on this comic is a celebration of Hip Hop and its legacy,” Nas said in a statement. “There’s a story we tell through our music, and watching that energy come to life in these pages is a tribute to the culture that shaped us and continues to inspire generations.”
The first issue will be unveiled on a live marquee panel titled “Comics and Hip-Hop: A Marvel x Mass Appeal Conversation.” The panel will dive into where hip-hop meets superhero mythology, and hone in on the creative intersections between superhero lore and storytelling in rap. To commemorate the launch, Mass Appeal will take over Whatnot’s live shopping stage, Whatnot House, at New York Comic Con on October 10th from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. ET, offering fans the first opportunity to purchase an exclusive variant edition of the comic.
Check out the cover of Legend Has It… Issue No. 1 below.
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Johnny Mathis, who in the 1950s created an enduring niche as a singer of classy romantic pop ballads, turns 90 on Tuesday (March 30). Throughout his long career, Mathis has lived up to the title of a 2017 box set, The Voice of Romance.
Mathis’s achievements go far beyond sales. He did as much as anyone of his generation to sustain the interest of contemporary audiences in pop standards. His singles discography includes his versions of such evergreens as Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust.” But Mathis resists easy pigeonholing: That same discography includes his treatments of such contemporary pop and rock hits as Ashford & Simpson’s “You’re All I Need to Get By” and Santana’s “Evil Ways.” Occasionally, it seems, Mathis liked to shed his tux.
Mathis’s camp announced on Facebook on March 26 that he would be retiring from live performances. “As many of you may already be aware, Johnny Mathis is approaching his 90th birthday this year,” the statement read. “So, it’s with sincere regret that due to Mr. Mathis’ age and memory issues which have accelerated, we are announcing his retirement from touring and live concerts.” The statement concludes, “Johnny Mathis and his entire staff send their heartfelt gratitude to all Mathis fans worldwide for your continued love and support of his music! It’s truly been ‘Wonderful, Wonderful.’”
While Mathis isn’t performing any more, his music lives on.
Grein wrote an appreciation of Mathis that appeared in the Grammy program book in 2003, the year Mathis received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy. This birthday salute draws on that appreciation and additional research.
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Sylvan Esso is the latest high-flying act to yank their catalog from Spotify.
The two-time Grammy Award-nominated electro-pop act is boycotting the streaming music giant, confirming their move with the announcement of their new release, “WDID,” their first in three years.
Led by Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, Sylvan Esso has accumulated close to one billion Spotify streams, across four full-length studio albums, including 2020’s Free Love and 2017’s What Now, both of which were nominated for best dance/electronic album at the Grammys. Going forward, Sylvan Esso’s streaming footprint will be wiped.
The new track, “WDID,” is the first release on the band’s own record label, Psychic Hotline, announced back in 2021.
Released today, Sept. 30, “WDID” was hewn from an “intense period of creation and experimentation” for Meath and Sanborn, reads a statement from the band, and is delivered as an “abrasive, all-caps confrontation against an all-consuming cascade of crises”. It won’t, of course, be available on Spotify.
The fresh cut was recorded at Sylvan Esso’s own studio, Betty’s, in Chapel Hill, NC, and features additional production from Jake Luppen (Hippo Campus, Samia). Its official music video is helmed by Aaron Anderson and Eric Timothy Carlson.
Sylvan Esso joins an exodus of artists from Spotify, many chiding the company’s Sweden-born founder and CEO Daniel Ek, who reportedly invested $1 billion into Helsing, a defense company that sells AI software to inform military situations. A spokesperson for Helsing insists its technology isn’t being used in war zones outside of Ukraine.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs deserves 11 years in prison, federal prosecutors say, citing “decades of abuse” by the “unrepentant” rap mogul – and a letter from Cassie Ventura calling him a “cruel, power-hungry, manipulative man.”
In court filings late Monday, prosecutors urged Judge Arun Subramanian to impose a prison term of “no less than 135 months” following the June verdict, where Combs was acquitted of more serious sex trafficking charges but convicted on lesser prostitution charges.
Diddy’s lawyers have asked the judge to reject such “draconian” punishment and release him almost immediately, citing the partial acquittal. But the feds say he still deserves a lengthy sentence after the trial revealed years of “unchecked violence” by the rapper.
“The defendant tries to recast decades of abuse as simply the function of mutually toxic relationships,” prosecutors wrote. “But there is nothing mutual about a relationship where one person holds all the power and the other ends up bloodied and bruised.”
Notably, the filing included a sworn statement by Ventura, the star’s ex-girlfriend and primary alleged victim. In it, she urged the judge to disregard claims by defense attorneys that Diddy is a “changed man” who deserves a second chance.
“I know that who he was to me — the manipulator, the aggressor, the abuser, the trafficker — is who he is as a human,” Ventura wrote. “He has no interest in changing or becoming better. He will always be the same cruel, power-hungry, manipulative man that he is.”
Combs was arrested and charged in September 2024 with racketeering (RICO) and sex trafficking violations over accusations that he ran a sprawling criminal operation aimed at facilitating “freak-offs” — elaborate events which he allegedly forced Ventura and other women to have sex with male escorts while he watched and masturbated.
Following a blockbuster trial this spring, jurors cleared Combs on the RICO and sex trafficking charges that could have seen him sentenced to prison for life. But he was still convicted on two other counts for transporting Ventura and others across state lines for the purposes of prostitution.
With sentencing set for Friday, Diddy’s lawyers asked last week for a 14-month sentence, which would see him released almost immediately thanks to time-served. They argued the judge must take into account that the star was cleared of the ugliest charges.
“The government accused Sean Combs of heinous crimes. It branded him an evil trafficker and racketeer who coerced and defrauded his girlfriends into having sex against their will. But none of that was true,” his lawyers write. “Put simply, the jury has spoken.”
But in Monday’s response, prosecutors said the judge can still take into account Diddy’s overall history of violence and the way he committed his prostitution offenses.
“The defendant will not be punished for any crimes of which he was acquitted, of course, but punishment for his crimes of conviction must take into account the manner in which he committed them,” the feds wrote. “Defendants who perpetrate violations of the Mann Act involving such violence and fear regularly face significant penalties.”
Gunna is taking his speed from the track to the gridiron as the Atlanta rapper will serve as a team captain in the NFL’s Flag Football Game on YouTube: London Edition.
The 32-year-old and a roster of former NFL players, celebrities and content creators are headed across the pond to suit up in the 7-on-7 flag football game in London on Oct. 11.
The match-up will take place at the Copper Box Arena, a day before the New York Jets and Denver Broncos battle at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Oct. 12, and kick off at 7 p.m. BST (2 p.m. ET) exclusively streaming on YouTube.
“I’m ready to bring my energy to the field and lead my team,” Gunna said in a statement. “It’s great to team up with the NFL and YouTube on something that brings people together.”
Gunna will have the chance to catch passes from Mexican flag football star Diana Flores, who will play quarterback, and he’ll line up opposite an NFL legend with Chad Ochocinco lacing up his cleats.
The rest of the roster is rounded out by YouTube creator Deestroying, Khaby Lame, Complex‘s Speedy Morman, Jamie Laing, Sam Thompson and Nella Rose.
On the other side, British rapper Aitch will be wearing the captain’s patch. NFL journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick will sling the pigskin as quarterback, while others participating include comic Adam W, Phoebe Schecter, Ashlea Klam, Tommy Fury, SV2, Mabel and Jay Cinco.
“When the NFL asked me to be a captain, I was gassed,” Aitch added. “Seeing how American football has blown up in the U.K. has been crazy, and now I get to play on the field with some of the best athletes, creators and entertainers around the world.”
For fans looking to attend, tickets for the game are currently available for less than (€)15 on the U.K.’s Ticketmaster site.
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Cat Stevens has postponed the North American leg of his book tour in support of his memoir Cat On the Road to Find Out due to what he said were visa issues. According to an Instagram post from the singer who now goes by Yusuf, the tour slated to kick off on Thursday (Oct. 2) at the Met in Philadelphia, “Sadly, my Cat on the Road to Findout Book Tour in the U.S. and Canada looks like it won’t go ahead as scheduled in October.”
Without getting into the details of why or how his paperwork was impacted Stevens added, “Waiting months for visa approvals, we held out as long as we could. However, at this point, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be arranged in time. I am really upset! Not least for my fans who have bought tickets and made travel plans to see me perform.”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame star tried to keep a positive attitude about it, saying that the tour delays “should not affect the book, which you’ll still be able to enjoy… the obvious benefit of it being — books don’t need visas!”; the book will hit shelves in the U.S. on Thursday. Earlier this month, Stevens warned fans that the North American tour was in “serious jeopardy” due to “significant delays in U.S. immigration processing.”
Stevens promised that North American fans may still get a chance to see the tour if the visa approvals eventually come through, though those dates could be further in the future because of his other travel plans. “But, hopefully, fans will be able to hop on the Peace Train route at some time in the future.”
Other scotched, for now, shows include stops at the Boch Centre Wang Theatre in Boston, as well as stops in Toronto, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Stevens is the latest foreign artist bit by a reported slowdown in processing visa applications and the Trump administration’s slow-walking of the process, which has resulted in a number of overseas acts cancelling or postponing tours this year and the loss of millions in revenue for Latin artists due to the White House’s immigration crackdown.
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Mariah Carey doesn’t do a ton of TV interviews, so when you get her in the studio you better make the most of it. Jimmy Fallon definitely did that on Monday night’s (Sept. 29) Tonight Show when the divine MC dropped by to promote her new studio album, Here For It All, and stuck around to play a game of “Famous Face-Off,” chat about her now 14-year-old twins, perform one of the new LP’s songs with Anderson .Paak and play a snippet of a rager from her legendary, unreleased grunge album.
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The pair first did some family catch-up, with Carey saying daughter Monroe is even more into music now, naturally, lamenting, “she used to sing with me on my Christmas tour, but I don’t know if she’s doing it this year.” She also shared a hilarious video of son, Moroccan, revealing that he’s really into streaming and gaming, but gets super annoyed when she busts into his livestreams.
“How dare I pay all the bills and then interrupt!” she joked of the video in which Rocky’s online pals are shouting out the pop superstar to his embarrassed chagrin. And while he insisted she butt out, Carey noted that despite her crippling arachnaphobia, she recently decided to be the “cool mom” and let him get a pet tarantula.
Fallon then described Roots drummer Questlove coming into his office one day with an album that he asked the host to listen to. “It is Courtney Love? Is it Hole? Is it… Belly?” Fallon wondered of the gritty, grungy album. Quest then revealed that it was the legendarily unreleased MC rock album, Someone’s Ugly Daughter, credited to “Chick.”
The never-released LP, featuring a cover drawn by Carey featuring a smashed cockroach next to a tube of smeared lipstick, was recorded while MC was tracking her 1995 Daydream album and “rebelling” a bit as she laid down such R&B/pop classics as “Always Be My Baby” and “Fantasy.”
“I loved doing that, but at the end of the night when the band was still there, I’d say, ‘Can you play like [mimes heavy guitar sound],” she told Fallon. Quest confirmed that the hidden LP is good, in fact he called it her “best record.” Fallon then cued up one of the five tracks he’s heard, as Carey noted that even she isn’t sure which of her record labels owns the rights to Someone’s Ugly Daughter at this point.
The song he played, “Prom Queen,” is like nothing you’ve ever heard from Carey, with the singer taking on a snotty, British-y snarl as she sneers, “On the day he turned 16/ He washed his face and brushed his teeth/ Looked in the mirror, all lit/ Said ‘I could be the next prom queen’/ I can be anything that I want to be/ Someday I will show them all.” Carey smiled as the noisy rocker blasted out and Fallon begged to hear more of the lost tracks.
“I always regretted not putting it out, but they kind of stopped me at that point,” Carey said.
Carey also stuck around to play a game of “Famous Face-Off,” in which she and Roots rapper Tariq Trotter teamed up against Fallon and his On Brand co-host Bozoma Saint John to guess which celebrity mask they are holding up. Carey went first, holding up a mask that Trotter described as one of a famous musician with “lots of albums out,” whose every song is “about a relationship” and who is beloved by kids and is dating a football player.
It was Taylor Swift, of course.
So when it was Carey’s turn to describe the mask Trotter was holding up, she went with a “reality star” who became “one of the most famous people ever” and who has black hair, brown eyes and sisters. Trotter was quick with the answer: Kim Kardashian.
Trotter struggled at first to describe the second mask Carey held up. “Geez Louise… another singer,” he said, adding “super popular” and “royalty,” to the clue pile, leading MC to guess Barbra Streisand. Ruminating on the royal aspect, Mariah then correctly landed on Lady Gaga. The team crushed it in the final round, with Mariah easily describing Oprah Winfrey and instantly guess Beyoncé thanks to the “Jay-Z’s wife” clue before crashing out on Timothée Chalamet.
Fallon stumbled a bit too when Saint John held up a Travis Kelce mask, stuttering, “Taylor Swift’s wife… um, husband!” he stammered, wrong both times — they’re engaged — but still eventually getting the points.
The singer was game enough to play a second quiz with Fallon, cued to her album title, weighing in on things she is “here for,” or not. Labubu dolls? Here for it. Pickleball? “I haven’t heard this one yet… I like pickles,” she said about another popular thing in the world she is simply unaware of. Mariah was on the fence about whether she is “Team Conrad” — in reference to Conrad Fisher from The Summer I Turned Pretty — but ultimately decided that she is here for it.
She is definitely not into DM’ing someone to ask them out, karaoke, or people who love Halloween more that Christmas, but, as it turns out, the always dressed to impress superstar love Crocs.
Carey topped the visit off with a stroll through the quiet storm jam “Play This Song” with Anderson .Paak on piano. Dressed in a gold gown with a long train, Carey stood next to .Paak’s baby grand and drew shouts of approval from the studio audience when she pushed her vocals into her power range and again when she sweetly waved to the crowd as the song wound down.
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