JISOO is a lovesick girl both as a member of BLACKPINK, and as her character in Netflix’s upcoming series Boyfriend on Demand, the trailer for which dropped late Wednesday (Feb. 18). In the nearly two-minute preview, the K-pop star plays Seo Mi-rae, a young woman who looks for love in a dating simulation service. As…
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These furry friends are paw-sitively purr-fect. 2/19/2026 From left: Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez Getty Images, Illustration by Billboard Out there existing in the world right now is any number of animals who have absolutely no idea that their owners are famous musicians. To those dogs, cats, rodents, horses and barnyard friends,…
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According to Foo Fighters founder and band leader Dave Grohl, “Your Favorite Toy” is the song that “unlocked” things for the band’s upcoming 12th studio album of the same name. So far, the 10-track collection due out on April 24 — preceded last year with the booming single “Asking For a Friend” — sounds like…
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Garth Brooks will kick off this year’s massive Summerfest in Milwaukee with a two-night stand at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on June 16 and 17. The best-selling solo artist in U.S. history will headline along with Ed Sheeran (with Myles Smith and Arron Rowe), Post Malone (with Carter Faith), Megan Moroney, Don Toliver (with…
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It’s been a truly insane February for Bad Bunny, who began his month by winning album of the year at the Grammys, followed it up by headlining halftime at Super Bowl LX the next week, and now makes it three weeks of headlines in a row by taking over the Billboard Hot 100 in historic…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Michael Gudinski, the late, great Australian independent music champion, will be saluted with a new songwriting program. APRA AMCOS’s flagship collaborative songwriting initiative SongHubs announces the first-ever Gudinski SongHubs in Melbourne, the hometown of the Mushroom Group founder. Spanning four days, the gathering is curated by The Temper Trap, one of the…
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Tool is making headway with new music, and the prog-metal band has set a goal to release it sometime next year. That’s the word from drummer Danny Carey, who sat for a free-wheeling chat with Spiral Out Network, covering AI music, his love of the Blade Runner soundtrack, musical influences (the Police’s Stewart Copeland is…
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R&B singer Kenny Lattimore has received only a single royalty check since the release of his latest album — and now he’s taking distributor SRG/ILS Group to court. Lattimore filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (Feb. 18) against SRG, which handles digital distribution for indie labels in partnership with Universal Music Group’s Virgin Music. The lawsuit,…
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The United States simply isn’t big enough for two Bosses. That’s one takeaway from a new missive from the White House, which has dismissed Bruce Springsteen as a “loser” with “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and an atrophying brain, doing so by way of a statement that shows all the restraint of a heckler. Springsteen last month…
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Rapper Lil Poppa has died, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed on Wednesday (Feb. 18). The Jacksonville rapper (born Janarious Mykel Wheeler) was 25 years old. Poppa’s cause of death remains under investigation at this time, as details remain scarce. There’s been an outpouring of support from the rapper’s fans and peers since news…
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