Charli XCX's new song is called "Rock Music," and while it does incorporate an electric guitar, she denies that it actually is rock music. Now, she's taken to Instagram to share her thoughts on the divisive feedback she's been getting about the song.

"seeing all the different reactions to my song rock music has been really interesting," she writes, adding, "i’m not gonna explain where i was coming from with 'rock music,' but all i know is that things can be funny, earnest, sincere, and joyful all at the same time and that’s what i feel about a lot of the things i make."

"i love talking about music and art w my friends, so im happy people are throwing out thoughts," Charli writes, concluding, "anyways, just was thinking about things and thought i’d put them on the internet, will probably regret it lol."

Charli has also posted a behind-the-scenes look of the making of the song's video, revealing that in one scene, she decided to throw a salt shaker and accidentally hit her husband, George Daniel, right in the head. "I feel so terrible," she says. In another part of the clip, we learn that she's wearing her actual wedding dress under a black leather jacket in several scenes.

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A spokesperson for Britney Spears is pushing back on a TMZ report that Britney exhibited "erratic" behavior while dining at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California, on Wednesday night.

TMZ cited sources that claimed while sitting at a table with two people she was allegedly "screaming" and "barking"; another diner claimed she walked by their table with a knife. Separately, an entertainment journalist said in a post on X that he was eating dinner next to Britney, calling it an "INSANE dining experience."

But a rep for Britney tells ABC News, "This is completely blown out of proportion. Britney was enjoying a quiet dinner with her assistant and bodyguard. She was simply telling the story about how her dog was barking at the neighbors."

"At no point did she put anyone in danger with a knife. She was cutting her hamburger in half," the statement continued.

"This constant attack on everything that she does and this is exactly what happened 20 years ago when the media tried to depict Britney as a bad person. This is ridiculous and it needs to stop now."

Britney's attorney, Michael A. Goldstein, pleaded guilty on her behalf on May 4 to reckless driving in connection with a March 4 arrest. She was sentenced to one day in jail, which she already served, as well as three months of an alcohol education program, including weekly visits with a psychologist and twice-monthly visits with a psychiatrist. She was also required to pay a $571 fine and undergo chemical tests at any time at the request of police.

Britney voluntarily checked herself into a rehab facility after her arrest, a representative previously confirmed to ABC News.

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Dua Lipa sent a video snippet of herself with a fan at one of her concerts in Mexico in an email to fans Wednesday and captioned it, "One more thing before the end of an era." Turns out it was teasing a new live album and concert film.

Dua Lipa (Live from Mexico) will premiere May 21 at 1 p.m. ET on her YouTube channel. The live album will hit streaming services May 22; you can preorder physical copies of the album now for shipping on June 5.

The concert was recorded during Dua's three sold-out shows at Mexico City's Estadio GNP Seguros during her Radical Optimism tour.  "Now we can enjoy these shows forever and ever and ever, I love you!!!!" Dua wrote on Instagram.

You can watch a trailer for the film now, during which Dua tells the audience, "This tour has been the most beautiful and fulfilling experience of my career so far." Plus, the audio for her performance of "End Of An Era (Live From Mexico)" is out on streaming services.

The Radical Optimism tour encompassed 92 shows over five continents and sold 1.75 million tickets. A signature feature of the tour was Dua covering a song from a local artist, in its original language. She also occasionally welcomed a local artist onstage for an in-person duet. Among those she sang with onstage: Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Charli XCX, Lenny Kravitz, Gwen Stefani, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Brandi Carlile.

Here's the track listing:
"Training Season" (Live From Mexico)
"End Of An Era" (Live From Mexico)
"Break My Heart" (Live From Mexico)
"One Kiss" (Live From Mexico)
"Whatcha Doing" (Live From Mexico)
"Levitating" (Live From Mexico)
"These Walls" (Live From Mexico)
"Oye Mi Amor" (ft. Fher de Maná) (Live From Mexico)
"Maria" (Live From Mexico)
"Physical" (Live From Mexico)
"Electricity" (Live From Mexico)
"Hallucinate" (Live From Mexico)
"Illusion" (Live From Mexico)
"Falling Forever" (Live From Mexico)
"Happy For You" (Live From Mexico)
"Love Again" (Live From Mexico)
"Anything For Love" (Live From Mexico)
"Be The One" (Live From Mexico)
"New Rules / Dance The Night Interlude" (Live From Mexico)
"Don’t Start Now" (Live From Mexico)
"Houdini" (Live From Mexico)

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Now that Miley Cyrus has pulled off her Hannah Montana 20th anniversary special, could a reboot be far behind?

When Variety's Mark Malkin asked Miley that question Wednesday night, she smiled and said, "I don't know about all that." She added, "You always get me in trouble."

Her comment refers to the fact that she's credited Malkin with inspiring her to begin promoting a Hannah 20th anniversary celebration, even though she didn't actually have any concrete plan for one. When the special did materialize earlier this year, it produced the single "Younger You" and boosted streaming numbers for Miley's entire Hannah Montana catalog.

In December, prior to the announcement of the anniversary special, Miley was asked by Billboard about a reboot and if she'd like to see a new actress cast as Hannah.

"I don't know if there is a new Hannah. This is the only Hannah," she stated.

Meanwhile, Miley has just been announced as the recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, whose reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica made them household names, got divorced in 2006 and, according to Nick, hadn't seen each other since — until they ran into each other on a flight to Hawaii in April. But, maybe surprisingly, Nick said it wasn't awkward.

"It was strangely OK," Nick told Bravo's Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live! "You know it's been 20 years since — and so we haven't seen each other in those 20 years and then spent 6 1/2 hours on a flight to Hawaii together.”

Nick then clarified that they were simply "in the same vicinity" on the flight, they weren't sitting together.

"Everyone was very very cordial, very respectful,” Nick added, noting that he was with his wife, Vanessa Lachey, and their three kids. As for Jessica, she was sitting with her mom, Nick said.

Nick added that he believed that Jessica's three kids and their father, Eric Johnson, were seated in another section of the plane, but noted that he was unsure of Jessica and Eric's status; they've reportedly been separated since 2025.

Overall, Nick said, "It was honestly, it was fine."

A source told People in April of the encounter, "They all had a nice conversation. Nick, Jessica and Vanessa. It was very amicable and cordial."

Nick, a member of 98 Degrees, and Jessica, a solo pop star, tied the knot in 2002 and split after four years. Nick married Vanessa in 2011; Jessica wed Eric in 2014.

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Recordings by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have been chosen by the Library of Congress for preservation in its National Recording Registry.

In total, 25 recordings have been chosen this year “based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”

This year’s picks include Taylor's 2014 album, 1989, and Beyoncé's 2008 hit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” as well as The Go-Go's 1981 album, Beauty and the Beat, and Chaka Khan's 1984 hit version of Prince's "I Feel For You." 

Chaka said in a statement, "For the Library of Congress to say this recording belongs in the permanent collection of American sound heritage, that means it wasn’t just a hit, it was history. And I am so very grateful to have been part of it.”

Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's said, “I feel extremely honored to be part of the American artists that are a part of the Library of Congress. It’ll be great 100 years from now when someone is doing their research and they see The Go-Go’s in there."

Also chosen were Weezer's self-titled 1994 album aka The Blue Album; Gladys Knight & The Pips’ 1973 classic "Midnight Train to Georgia"; and José Feliciano's 1970 Christmas favorite “Feliz Navidad.”

Recordings by The Byrds, The Charlie Daniels Band, Ray Charles, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill and Paul Anka also made this year's list.

The public can nominate recordings to be considered. The Library of Congress received over 3,000 nominations this year.

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Three of the biggest names in pop, K-pop and Latin music are coming together this summer to celebrate the World Cup.

The FIFA World Cup final will feature a halftime show for the first time this summer, Global Citizen announced early Thursday. The lineup, curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin, features Madonna, BTS and Shakira. The show takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.

Both Madonna and Shakira have experience with this sort of performance: Both have headlined Super Bowl halftime shows. Plus, Shakira has recorded this year's FIFA World Cup official song, "Dai Dai."

Meanwhile, BTS member Jungkook performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Opening ceremony, the first Korean solo artist to do so. BTS also collaborated with Coldplay on the 2021 single "My Universe."

Chris Martin teamed up with the Muppets to reveal the halftime show's superstar lineup, appearing in a social media video with Muppets including Elmo, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Cookie Monster, Animal and Statler and Waldorf.

The halftime show will be produced by Global Citizen, the global movement dedicated to ending poverty. It will raise money for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which provides access to education and soccer to children around the world.

The final is scheduled to begin on July 19 at 3 p.m. ET. Broadcast information for the final's halftime show has not yet been announced.

As previously reported, the FIFA World Cup kicks off June 11. Artists who'll be performing at the opening ceremonies in the three host countries -- the U.S., Canada and Mexico -- include Katy Perry, Alanis Morissette, Michael Bublé, J Balvin, Tyla, Future and BLACKPINK's LISA.

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In 2019, Ariana brought four members of *NSYNC onstage to sing with her at Coachella. Now two members of *NSYNC are co-producers of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical that Ariana recently called "the best show ever."

Joey Fatone and JC Chasez are producers of the musical spoof Titanique, which has received four Tony nods, including best musical. It currently features Ariana's brother, Frankie J. Grande, who was also in the off Broadway version. 

As for how they got involved, Joey has starred in multiple Broadway shows, from Little Shop of Horrors to Rent to & Juliet. He tells ABC Audio, "I love the arts and I saw Titanique off Broadway. And [the show's producer] Eva Price is one of the producers of & Juliet. And obviously I was on & Juliet and I said, 'Hey, does any opportunity come along to be a producer, to be something or anything, I'd love to be part of it.'"

He then brought JC, who's currently developing his own musical, on board: "I literally said to JC, I'm like, 'C ... dude, you want to do musicals, right? ... Get in this so you can see what's going on on this side of it.'"

"I mean, we know about business, but we don't really know as far as [the] Broadway side," Joey says. "It's been great as far as just learning this side of it ... and being proud of something from the outside, not onstage."

"I've always been a theater kid anyway ... so for me to be able to give back and to be to able to help productions, I'm all for it."

Titanique imagines the movie Titanic as told by Céline Dion. Joey says, "It is wacky. It is so much fun." 

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Taylor Swift is a regular social butterfly these days. After traveling to London for dinner, a show and a birthday party, then to Greece for a wedding, then to New York for a family dinner, she was out again in the Big Apple on Tuesday night. This time, the occasion was the 40th birthday party of her friend Lena Dunham, held at Via Carota in the West Village, as per E!. Also attending were Andrew Rannells and Emily Ratajkowski.

It's like the '80s all over again: Both Madonna and Michael Jackson are back on the Billboard Hot 100. Madonna's there courtesy of her new duet with Sabrina Carpenter, "Bring Your Love," while four of Michael's classics are back on the chart thanks to the biopic Michael. According to Billboard, the last time MJ and Madge were on the charts simultaneously was 22 years ago. Madonna was at #83 with her Britney Spears duet "Me Against the Music," while MJ was at #100 with "One More Chance."

If you can't swing a trip to France this fall to see Céline Dion's Paris residency, maybe you can make it to Canada to see her dress. Starting Friday, the McCord Stewart Museum, located in Céline's hometown of Montreal, will be exhibiting the dress she wore to sing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Called Céline in Dior: A Dazzling Moment, the "immersive experience" features an up-close look at the Christian Dior Couture gown, which required more than 1,000 hours of work to complete. 

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In the not-so-distant future, tickets for a KPop Demon Hunters world tour will be going up, up, up for sale.

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the record-breaking, Oscar-winning Netflix animated film and its award-winning, chart-topping soundtrack, the streamer has announced a KPop Demon Hunters global concert tour.

The tour is described as a "live experience" that will "bring elements of the global phenomenon to life in dynamic and unforgettable ways for fans around the world," but there aren't any details beyond that. For example, the involvement of the singers behind the movie's two main groups, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys, is unknown at this time.

More information about which cities the tour will visit and when tickets will go on sale will be announced later this year, but you can join a wait list to be notified at KPopDemonHunterslive.com.

KPop Demon Hunters debuted on Netflix on June 20, 2025, and became the most-watched original title in Netflix history. Its soundtrack dominated the Billboard charts, including the #1 hit "Golden," the first K-pop song in history to win a Grammy Award and the first to win an Academy Award. The film also won the best animated feature film Oscar.

Since the movie became a success, EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna, the voices of HUNTR/X, have performed together on TV and live, and were named Women of the Year at Billboard's annual Women In Music gala.

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It came out back in January 2024 and was Billboard's top global song for that year. Now, Benson Boone's "Beautiful Things" has reached a major milestone.

The video for "Beautiful Things" has hit 1 billion views on YouTube, and it's his first entry into the Billion Views Club. When the video, which shows Benson and his band performing on a mountaintop in Utah, was released in 2024, it racked up half a million views in a single hour.

In other Benson video news, his clip for "Mr Electric Blue" will be screened as part of the Shorts: Music Videos program at Tribeca Festival in New York in June, alongside clips by Linda Perry, Foo Fighters, Jack White, 5 Seconds of Summer and more.

Benson roasts himself in the video, with multiple scenes poking fun at everything people hate about him. In one scene he's selling ice cream and a little girl says, "Hey, you're that guy who sings 'Beautiful Things.'" When Benson smiles and says, "I sure am. Thank you very much," the girl replies, "Your music is terrible."

Meanwhile, Benson's Wanted Man tour launches July 7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Travis Kelce and Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost have something unique in common: Despite their celebrity status, they're still both much less famous than their significant others. And when Colin appeared on Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast on Wednesday, they bonded over that fact.

Travis is, of course, engaged to the world-famous pop star Taylor Swift. Colin is married to Scarlett Johansson, a two-time Oscar nominee and the second-highest-grossing actor in box office history. Her movies have collectively earned more than $15 billion.

"As two guys who are also of the 'plus-one fraternity' and have the same experience, how nice is it to be the less famous person in your relationship?" Travis asked Colin.

"Huge relief," he responded.

“It's really funny because ... I think I'm probably almost approached more because she's less approachable,” Colin continued. "Because I'm on TV ... I'm in their living room, so [people are] just like, ‘Hey, what's up, man? How's it going?' She's actually almost, like, so famous that they don't believe [it's her] a lot of times.”

"Shout out to the plus-ones out there," said Travis.

"It's good. I feel like we can commiserate," Colin added. "I'm on the team," Travis agreed.

Colin also noted that because he's married to Scarlett Johansson, he can never complain about his wife in his stand-up. "I can't be like, 'She's nagging me about this,'" he laughed. "Everyone's like, 'Shut the f*** up!'"

Travis also discussed his recent trip to London with Taylor, raving that the meal they had at the famous Indian restaurant they dined at, Gymkhana, was "f****** remarkable."

"You didn't like food before you starting dating ... Taylor," Jason said, a comment Travis said was "bogus."

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Nordoff and Robbins, the U.K. charity that has been providing music therapy to vulnerable adults and children since 1976, has announced that it will honor Pink with its most prestigious award.

Pink will receive the O2 Silver Clef Award at a ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall on June 9. She's in pretty good company: Past recipients of the honor include David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, George Michael, The Rolling Stones and Coldplay.

"I feel so honoured to receive this award. I’ve always tried to use my voice, on and off stage, to advocate for the causes closest to my heart, and I’m proud to support an organisation that turns compassion into real action every single day," Pink said in a statement.

"This recognition from Nordoff and Robbins means so much to me, not just as an artist, but as someone who believes deeply in the power of music to create change.”

Other honorees this year include Spice Girl Mel C, who'll receive the Global Impact Award, and Jessie J, who's getting the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award.

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Fans who attended the evening performance of the Broadway musical & Juliet on Tuesday night were rewarded with a mini-*NSYNC reunion.

Joey Fatone, who has appeared in & Juliet on Broadway and in the touring production of the show, was in the house on Tuesday night to lead a special singalong. During a performance of *NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me," featuring Joey and the whole cast, none other than Lance Bass popped up at the end to join in the fun. Of course, the audience went nuts.

"It's Gonna Be Me" is actually a regular part of & Juliet, because the entire show is built around the hits of Max Martin, including "Roar," "Since U Been Gone," "Can't Stop the Feeling!" "...Baby One More Time," "I Want It That Way" and more.

According to People, Lance almost didn't make it, because he was seeing another musical, Titanique, in a different theater. But since that show was just 90 minutes long, Lance was able to run across Times Square and arrive just in time for the performance.

"I almost got hit by six taxicabs, but I made it by the last note!" Lance said in an Instagram video.

To bring the story full circle, Joey is actually a co-producer on Titanique, along with *NSYNC's JC Chasez and others.

As previously reported, Joey and Lance are co-hosting a new reality competition series on E! this summer called Cocktail Wars, where mixologists face off against each other to win $10,000.

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Olivia Rodrigo was the surprise guest Tuesday at Disney's annual Upfront presentation in New York City -- and she brought a special guest onstage to sing with her.

As WABC-TV reports, host Jimmy Kimmel and his 11-year-old daughter, Jane, introduced Olivia at the end of the event, during which Disney presented its new slate of programming to advertisers. She performed her new single "drop dead," as well as "good 4 u" and "get him back!"

As captured in fan-shot video, during "get him back!" Olivia ran into the audience and brought Jane onstage, and the two sang the song together, danced and jumped up and down.

Olivia's presence at the event wasn't a surprise given her Disney history: Before she became a global pop superstar, she starred in the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, followed by her star-making stint in the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

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Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter aren't just friends, tourmates and duet partners: Now, they're also joint award recipients.

At Tuesday night's 2026 BMI Pop Awards, held each year by the performing rights organization BMI, Taylor and Sabrina shared the award for pop songwriter of the year. It was Taylor's third straight win in the category and sixth overall, but it was Sabrina's first.

Both were honored for writing six of the most-performed songs of the past year: For Taylor, it was a group of songs from The Tortured Poets Society, including "Florida!!!" and "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived." For Sabrina, it was "Bed Chem," "Busy Woman," "Juno," "Manchild," "Taste" and "Good Graces."

"Most performed" means those songs received the most plays on terrestrial radio, satellite radio and digital streaming services over the past year.

In an acceptance video, Sabrina said, "I feel so privileged because storytelling is one of my favorite things and has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember."

"Songwriting is sort of like being in a relationship that continues to charm you and surprise you and humble you," she continued. "So over the years, I feel like I've learned so much about myself and about other people through writing, and it has been the biggest gift to me."

The BMI pop song of the year award went to "luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA. Other songs honored for being among the most-performed of the year included Ed Sheeran's "Azizam," Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra," sombr's "back to friends," Teddy Swims' "Bad Dreams," Alex Warren's "Ordinary," Justin Bieber's "Daisies," Shaboozey's "Good News," Benson Boone's "Mystical Magical" and Myles Smith's "Nice to Meet You."

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Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd are coming to New York City to talk about their new movie Power Ballad, but if you're not in the Big Apple, you can still watch their discussion.

Nick, Paul and Power Ballad director John Carney will be at New York's 92nd Street Y cultural center on May 18 for the talk, moderated by journalist and podcast host Josh Horowitz. You can buy tickets to attend in person for 50 bucks, but the cost for a streaming link starts at just $20. 

Over 100 independent theaters in the U.K. will screen Power Ballad for free on May 26 and 27.

Power Ballad, opening in select U.S. theaters May 29 and nationwide on June 5, casts Nick as a boy band star named Danny, who's trying to establish himself as a solo artist. Paul plays a washed-up wedding singer named Rick. When the two spend a night hanging out and jamming, Danny steals one of Rick's songs. It ignites his career, but leaves a furious Rick trying to get revenge — and the credit he feels he deserves.

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"Bye Bye Bye"? More like "Rye, Rye, Rye" — and maybe some bourbon, too. *NSYNC's Lance Bass and Joey Fatone are co-hosting E!'s Cocktail Wars, a reality competition show featuring bartenders going head to head as they mix up beverages for celebrity guests and expert judges. The mixologist who comes out on top after 10 episodes will take home $10,000. The show will debut this summer.

After traveling around Europe with Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift was in New York City on Monday night. As per Page Six, Taylor, wearing a black Valentino minidress with a crystal-covered bodice, was seen with her mom, dad and brother heading into The Eighty Six, a steakhouse in New York's West Village, for a post-Mother's Day dinner. Taylor and Travis have recently been spotted in London having dinner, seeing a show and going to a party, and then in Greece attending Travis' teammate's wedding.

Last year, Ed Sheeran and Shakira teamed up to co-write "Zoo," a song performed by Shakira's character in Zootopia 2. But that wasn't the only song they wrote together. On his Instagram Story on Tuesday, Ed reposted a video Shakira shared of her new FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem, "Dai Dai." He wrote, "Thank you to @shakira for involving me in the writing of this. I love it, and I CANT BLOODY WAIT FOR THE WORLD CUP COME ON." The song will be out Thursday.

RAYE was a surprise guest on the American Idol finale on Monday night. She joined guest mentor Alicia Keys to perform Alicia's classic hit "Fallin'," which you can now watch on YouTube. "ALICIA KEYS I LOVE YOU," she wrote on Instagram.

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RAYE is having quite the moment right now: She's got a sold-out tour, a hit single with "Where Is My Husband!," an American Music Awards nomination, an upcoming stint opening for Bruno Mars and now her first acting role.

A rep for the singer confirms to ABC Audio that the singer has been cast in Lineage, a British crime drama that will also star French movie icon Isabelle Huppert. According to Variety, filming is expected to start in London in early August.

As per Variety, Lineage is about a Londoner named Tariq who's trying to get himself back on track after a stretch in prison. But he finds himself pulled back into a life of crime — and back into the reach of his crime boss mother — when his brother asks him for help. It's not clear what role RAYE will play in the movie.

The movie's director, Yann Demange, is quoted in Variety as describing the film as a "love letter to the London that I grew up in and love," and says it "honors and delivers on the crime genre in an exciting and fresh way."

As for how RAYE will be able to fit this into her busy schedule, she has a break between appearing at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 3 and her first date opening for Bruno on Aug. 21.

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Gracie Abrams' new album, Daughter From Hell, has been quite a few years in the making.

Gracie's producer, Aaron Dessner, shares on Instagram that they started working on Daughter From Hell on the same day they recorded "That's So True" at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. That song, her breakthrough single, was released in the fall of 2024.

"Multiple songs on this album were made in that time," Aaron writes. "Since then we have searched and searched for songs in [my studio] Long Pond, in London and back at Electric Lady."

He adds that on the album, "You’ll hear us expanding our musical vocabulary and pushing into uncharted waters sonically, and most of all the sharpening and deepening of Gracie’s lyricism and expression in ways that continue to astound me."

Describing the album as "absolutely the most moving and powerful work we have done together," Aaron writes that "it feels elevated in every way."

"We will share more details soon on all the dear friends who helped us along the way."

Aaron also writes, "I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since Gracie and I started making songs together. I’m deeply grateful for every song we have made and the way we have kept challenging ourselves and growing together as collaborators and friends, sometimes hitting the wall, and then pushing and breaking through."

Daughter From Hell comes out July 17. The first single, "Hit the Wall," will arrive Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

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