Are you a music lover? A pop culture savant? A puzzle-solving pro? Then get ready to say “game on” to the new Billboard Daily Crossword, launching today (Oct. 3) on Billboard.com.

Every Monday through Friday starting now, Billboard will roll out a 10×10 crossword puzzle on Billboard.com — and it’s completely, 100% free. So if you’re looking to relax, test your pop culture knowledge or just show off to your friends how fast you can solve each one, head here.

In honor of today’s other big launch – the release of Taylor Swift’s hotly anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl – the first Billboard Daily Crossword puzzle is themed around the 12-time (so far) Billboard Hot 100-topping singer-songwriter. You don’t need to be a Swiftie to solve it — not all of the clues are about the 14-time Grammy winner – but it might help. Are you ready for it?

And why stop there? The Taylor Swift-themed crossword puzzle fun will continue all next week, Oct. 6-10. After that, you’ll just have to keep coming back to see what artist, song, lyric, trend or theme unites each crossword.

The Billboard Daily Crossword puzzle is powered by PuzzleMe™, created by an experienced team of crossword puzzle-making pros with oversight from the trivia hounds on Billboard’s staff.

Swifties can also check out Billboard’s ranking of all 12 tracks on The Life of a Showgirl and Jason Lipshutz’s critic’s take on the album, which he says is full of “pop anthems with humor, empathy, a little fury and a lot of wisdom.”

Next to buying the ring and planning the perfect proposal, picking the music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a young couple can make when getting married. And when you are arguably the biggest pop star in the world the pressure to hit the right notes on your special night is amped up several notches.

Luckily for Taylor Swift, she knows a guy, and she’s pretty sure that guy won’t have to be asked twice to perform at her and Travis Kelce‘s wedding, whenever, and wherever, that is. During an interview with the U.K.’s Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Friday (Oct. 3) as part of her promotion of the just-released The Life of a Showgirl album, co-host Fleur East noted that when the morning crew spoke to Ed Sheeran a few weeks ago, “he told us he is constantly asked to perform at people’s weddings,” so, naturally, she asked, “Is he singing at your wedding?”

“It would be hard to keep him from it, I think,” Swift said with a smile of her longtime friend and one-time tour mate as the show’s hosts joked that Sheeran definitely has that jumping-up-at-a-wedding “energy.”

“He’s like, ‘I’m always being asked to sing at weddings,’” Swift said jokingly of Sheeran’s endless enthusiasm to bust out a song. “It’s like, Ed, if there’s a stage you know that you’ll be on it. He knows what people want and he wants to give people what they want. That’s the fun thing about our friendship is we both love performing we love writing and we love singing. So, it’s like we’re like, ‘Oh, don’t make me sing! All right!’”

Swift said it’s actually not that hard to talk herself or Sheeran into performing at “anything.” In fact, the two old pals were at a mutual unnamed friend’s wedding recently and they were chatting about the time Sheeran joined Swift at London’s Wembley Stadium during her Eras Tour and how when they’re in a room rehearsing or writing something together there’s a “strange mind meld thing that happens” between them.

Taylor also reminisced about Sheeran’s great “woods wedding” in December 2018, when he married longtime girlfriend Cheery Seaborn in front of around 40 friends and family at their Christmas nuptials.

While neither Swift nor Kelce have shared any details about when or where they plan to wed, on his New Heights podcast last month the Kansas City Chiefs tight end hinted that they might opt for a band instead of a DJ, saying, “I think we’re live music kind of people.” Either way, so far they’ve got some pretty good options, with Rock Hall of Famers Foreigner offering to be their wedding band and DJ Mark Ronson saying he’d also be happy to man the turntables at their party.

Watch the Hits Radio interview below.

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New Music Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs and albums recommended by Billboard and Billboard Español editors. Check out this week’s picks below.

Wampi, El Rey de la Habana (Awaken Music Corp/Virgin Music Latin)

Wampi has dropped his highly-awaited debut studio album, El Rey de la Habana — featuring songs he composed, produced and played on. Spearheading a new wave of Reparto music stars, the Cuban artist born Dasiel Mustelier Oruña delivers 13 tracks that go beyond his signature and progressive Reparto sound. “Chacha” with Los Van Van is a soft salsa-cha-cha fusion; “Nostalgia” is a reflective ballad; “2000s” is a sensual R&B tune; “Que Bola” is a groovy funk assisted by Cimafunk; and “La Última” is a heartfelt love song joined by Leoni Torres. But on his new set, Wampi — a studied musician — passionately hones in on the Cuban urban genre that made him a household name: “Veni,” “Rica y To,’” “Tinguili” with pioneers Harryson and Adonis MC, and “Talentosa” with Maffio, all of which attest to his rich Reparto sound. — JESSICA ROIZ

Young Miko, “Meiomi” (Wave Music Group)

There’s a dichotomy that often powers Young Miko’s artistry: soft, vulnerable and at the same time hard-hitting and bold. The Puerto Rican hitmaker’s “Meiomi” is no exception. Powered by a mellow-yet rhythmic Afrobeats tune, the cheeky track finds Miko lusting over a stripper in this seductive narrative that captures an undeniable connection between the two. Produced by Mauro, Miko’s go-to collaborator, “Meiomi” serves as the beginning of a “new era” for Miko, according to a press release, as she’s also announced her upcoming sophomore album, which will follow her 2024 LP att. Young Miko is also set to join Billie Eilish for eight of her Hit Me Hard & Soft Tour dates in the U.S. See the dates here. — GRISELDA FLORES

Camila Fernández, El Mimoso Luis Antonio López, “Culpa Mía” (Universal Music Group México)

Camila Fernández continues to affirm her place as a rising star in Mexican music with the extended version of her third album, La Fernández, which includes four new songs. The focus track, “Culpa Mía,” a duet with El Mimoso Luis Antonio López, is a melancholic ranchera that continues to solidify the album’s original theme of loss and heartbreak. With gloomy-yet-gorgeous accordion melodies driven against acoustic guitars and a tololoche, the song showcases the vulnerability of a crumbling relationship through an emotional dialogue between two lovers. But above all, Fernández and El Mimoso’s voices shine extraordinarily beautifully, delivering a performance that lingers even after its final note. — ISABELA RAYGOZA

Ricky Martin, Carín León, “A Medio Vivir” (Sony Music Latin)

Three decades after its original release, Ricky Martin teamed up with Carín León for a new version of his 1995 hit “A Medio Vivir.” Joined by León’s rich, raspy vocals, the poignant lyrics (penned by Franco De Vita) resonate with the deep-seated grief that often accompanies heartbreak and the bittersweet experience of lost love. Each verse is a heartfelt exploration of sorrow, capturing the complexity of human emotions in the face of separation. Accompanying this powerful musical revival is a music video directed by Carlos Pérez, creative director at Elastic People, encapsulating the essence of emotional tempestuousness that one might envision as an “internal madhouse.” — INGRID FAJARDO

Natalia Lafourcade, “La Cometierra” (Sony Music México)

The Mexican singer-songwriter pleasantly surprises with her foray into rap and spoken word in “La Cometierra,” a powerful urban-tinged song that tells the story of a girl with the gift of finding the missing. The piece is the theme song of the new Prime Video original series, inspired by the acclaimed novel of the same name by Dolores Reyes, which portrays gender-based violence and disappearances in Mexico. Co-produced by Cheche Alara and mixed by Michael H. Brauer, the track is more than a musical piece; it becomes a social manifesto about the land and roots that joins the necessary call to action in the face of the serious problem of violence in the country. — NATALIA CANO

Dale Pututi & Nesty, “Imaginando” (Plus Media)

In what seems to be a musical journey to the future, Cuban breakout artists Dale Pututi and Nesty wrap their joint EP 2049 with the release of “Imaginando.” Coined as the fourth chapter of this sonic saga—following “Luna,” “Pa La Pin Pin” with L Kimii, and “Fan de mi Caracter” with Wow Poppy — “Imaginando,” co-produced by RoMn Beatz and Dale Pututi (real name: Alejandro Arce), is a ultra-sensual Reparto tune powered by mellow ukulele chords and a hard-hitting clave sound. Lyrically, the two Miami-based artists join their honey-like melodious vocals to narrate a song that describes a sultry and lustful relationship: “Estaba aqui pensando/ imaginandote en mi nota/ Con ganas de verte y besarte la boca” (“I was here thinking/ imagining you in my mood/ With the desire to see you and kiss your lips”), Pututi starts off singing. — J.R.

Los Rieleros del Norte, “Maldito Corazón” (FONO/UMG Recordings)

Los Rieleros del Norte take us through different emotions in “Maldito Corazón,” from heartbreak to disappointment, and even overcoming a complicated relationship in this song written by renowned composer Luciano Luna. The band’s distinctive sax adds a melancholic yet dramatic touch that, combined with the lyrics, invites us not to fall in love again without caution, avoiding hurt. “God save me from you coming back into my life one more time/ It was the worst stone I could have stumbled on/ I had almost no regrets/ And after being with you, I’ll never fall in love again,” says chorus. “Maldito Corazón” is the preview of Los Rieleros del Norte’s upcoming album due in November. — TERE AGUILERA

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For the season 51 premiere, Bad Bunny hosts, while Doja Cat take the stage as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live on Saturday (Oct. 4), as the variety-comedy shows opens its new season. You can watch the Puerto Rican rapper host on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.

Meanwhile, Doja Cat is the musical guest. It’s not clear what songs she’ll perform, so fans have to tune in to find out.

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— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) October 2, 2025

Want to watch SNL online without cable? Your easiest bet is to grab a free trial to DirecTV or FuboTV to stream an NBC live feed online without needing a subscription.

Keep reading to learn all the other streaming options to watch Bad Bunny and Doja Cat on SNL online without cable.

How to Stream Bad Bunny and Doja Cat on SNL for Free

In order to watch SNL, you’ll need to have access to NBC. If you have cable, then you just need to look up what channel NBC is on, which you can find it in your channel guide through your cable provider.

Don’t have cable? There are a few ways to watch Bad Bunny and Doja Cat’s Saturday Night Live episode online for free.

Your best bet is to subscribe to Peacock, which is the official NBC streamer. The Peacock Premium Plus plan ($16.99 per month) gives you access to the NBC channel, which means you can watch SNL live. There is no free trial for the streaming platform, but if you want to watch the episode on-demand, Peacock does comes with an ad-supported plan that’s only $10.99 per month month and you’ll have access to new episodes of SNL the day after it airs.

Want to watch SNL online for free? DirecTV also offers a five-day free trial and the live TV streaming service also includes NBC as part of its channel lineup. Use the free trial to stream SNL online free from your phone, tablet, computer or smart TV.

FuboTV offers a seven-day free trial when you sign up for one of its plans. You’ll gain access to more than 200 live TV channels — including NBC — so you can watch the Bad Bunny and Doja Cat SNL episode for free. After your free trial is over you’ll be charged the subscription price based on the plan you choose or you can cancel at anytime.

You can also expand your streaming library through Hulu + Live TV, which gives you access to the entire Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited libraries on top of hundreds of live TV channels, like NBC.

Asking an artist to pick her favorite album track is kind of like asking a parent to pick their preferred child. But, alas, the Capital Breakfast crew over in the U.K. did it during Taylor Swift‘s first radio interview since Friday’s (Oct. 3) release of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl on album release day and Swift did not hesitate.

The singer sat down with Jordan North and Sian Welby, with North getting right to the heat of the matter with a question about which of the 12 new songs are in heavy rotation for Swift’s fiancé, NFL star Travis Kelce. “I think that is his favourite he loves that one,” Swift said of the mid-tempo third song, “Opalite,” a track about dancing through the ashes of her past romances until finding the one true thing.

“I have favorite words and favorite phrases and things that I will put in an endless file of lyrics that I’m just constantly going to and cherry picking from when I’m writing,” Swift explained. “And I had written down the word ‘Opalite’ because I learned that it is actually a manmade Opal. Opal can be man-made just like diamonds. Travis’ birthstone is an opal, so I have always fixated on that, and I’ve always loved that stone. And I thought it was kind of a cool metaphor that manmade Opal and happiness can also be manmade too. So that is kind of what the song is about the kind of juxtaposition of those two.”

On the track, Swift sings, “Life is a song, it ends when it ends/ You move on/ And that’s when I told you, ‘it’s alright’/ You were dancing through the lightning strikes/ Sleeping in the onxy night/ But now the sky is opalite/ Oh-oh-oh my Lord.”

Swift also revealed her favorite song on the album is the dream manifesting “Wi$h Li$t,” on which she runs down a roster of all the things that would make her life complete, topped, of course, by true love. “That means the world to me because that might be my favorite too!” she told North when he declared it his pick to click.

Speaking to Magic Radio, Swift said she knew she had the “perfect album” lined up — while admitting that such a thing is “unattainable” — when she wrote “Wi$h Li$t,” one of the last songs tracked during the Showgirl sessions with producers Max Martin and Shellback. “It’s a very accurate stance on where I’m at in life, it was a feeling of we’re done now,” she said. “I sometimes I’ve written very sprawling albums before where I just couldn’t stop writing and there’s something to that too, if that’s the project you’re making, but this was not that.”

Elsewhere in the interview with Capital Breakfast, Swift said that this LP is different because typically when she records an album it can be up to a year until it drops, so “your life can change a lot between when you made it and when you put it out.” But with Showgirl, “it’s exactly where I’m at in my life. I’m exactly in the same spot as I was when I made this record, so it feels very accurate to my life experience right now, which feels kind of cool.”

And, because Swift is the queen of thoughtful gifts, the Capital gang got her one, an adorable opalite kitten nested in a green box inside an orange bag. “It’s the perfect present! It’s so cute,” Swift raved about Welby’s present, then freaking out again when North presented her with a sourdough loaf featuring bread-based puns on the album’s song titles, including “Actually Doughmatic” and “The Fate of Doughphelia.”

The party will carry on this weekend with screenings of the 89-minute Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, which reportedly features the music video for the album’s opener and lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia,” along with lyric videos for the other tracks and Swift’s insight on the new songs. “I hereby invite you to a dazzling soirée,” Swift wrote when sharing the news on Instagram. “Dancing is optional but very much encouraged.” The film will run during release weekend, from Friday (Oct. 3) through Sunday (Oct. 5), with tickets available on the event’s website.