Taylor Swift announced the release of her album ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ during her final Eras Tour show in LA. V of BTS released the first track off his debut solo album ‘Layover.’ 60 people have reportedly been injured at Travis Scott’s show at Colossum after someone in the crowd sprayed pepper spray into the audience. And more!
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00:00 The Swifties were right, 1989 is on the way.
00:03 BTS' V announced his first solo album, Travis Scott gets backlash for his Roman show,
00:09 Sexy Red teaches us some St. Louis slang, and we look back at 2019's Songs of the Summer.
00:15 I'm Rania Nifdos for Billboard News.
00:20 It's Thursday, August 10th, and the first US leg of the AERAS tour is over.
00:25 Don't worry, Taylor gave fans something to look forward to until she returns next year.
00:30 I think instead of just like telling you about it, I think I'll just sort of show you something
00:37 I've written.
00:38 The Swifties called it.
00:39 Taylor Swift announced 1989, Taylor's version, during her last night of shows at LA's SoFi
00:44 Stadium.
00:45 I was born every night with questions like a dream, you were the new romantic, you were
00:51 the love of me.
00:52 It was a lucky night to be a Swifty on 8/9.
00:55 Superstar songstress Taylor Swift revealed she's releasing Taylor's version of 1989 during
01:00 the last night of the US leg of her AERAS tour.
01:04 And get this, she did it while singing New Romantics with the banner behind her.
01:13 The album is set to be released on October 27th, and Taylor claims, quote, "To be perfectly
01:18 honest, this is my most favorite re-record I've ever done because the five 'From the
01:22 Vault' tracks are so insane.
01:25 I can't believe they were ever left behind."
01:28 We cannot wait, Taylor.
01:29 You can pre-order the vinyl version of the album now, along with four special edition
01:34 deluxe CDs.
01:35 More new albums are on the way, this time from BTS' V.
01:43 We never stopped loving V.
01:45 The BTS member just dropped new music and its video.
01:49 BTS' V announced his solo debut album will be here at the end of the summer.
01:53 Now the singer dropped the project's first track and video.
02:01 The R&B track is one of six expected off Layover and follows his BTS brother's solo efforts.
02:07 This makes us want the end of summer to come so quick so we can get that album.
02:19 Now let's take a look back at our Hip Hop Power Players event.
02:23 Sexy Red stopped by our backstage studio to tell us her favorite St. Louis slang.
02:27 What's up, this is your favorite, hottest princess, Sexy Red, and we finna do my favorite
02:32 St. Louis slang.
02:33 On the north side when I was young, we used to hear everybody holler "ski-e."
02:38 That's like a call, like you see a bitch with a big old booty in summer.
02:41 It's a geek call, you see some geeks, you trying to serve 'em, you be like "ski-e!"
02:45 And then I like "on blood."
02:46 You can say something and if we agree we be like "on blood."
02:50 And "you know it."
02:51 That's another thing.
02:52 If you say something, be like "you know it."
02:53 Like, be like "what's up, Sexy?"
02:54 "You know it!"
02:57 Travis Scott's shows are known to make the news and his show in Italy is no exception.
03:01 Travis Scott's show in Rome gained global attention, but the locals are telling the
03:05 world it caused harm to the city.
03:15 Travis Scott's concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome drew a massive crowd, selling 60,000
03:21 tickets and even more people snuck into the event and yay, returned to the stage.
03:26 But local authorities in Rome are talking about the real impact of the show.
03:30 According to CNN, Italy's fire service confirmed they received hundreds of calls from concerned
03:35 residents thinking there was an earthquake.
03:38 Rome's civil protection department reported that there were at least 60 injured in the
03:42 audience due to pepper spray and one 14-year-old girl got hurt falling 13 feet trying to sneak
03:48 into the concert.
03:49 And it's not just humans that were affected by the massive show.
03:53 The director of Rome's Colosseum told local news in Rome, "The Circus Maximus is a monument.
03:58 It is not a stadium, not a concert hall.
04:01 These mega rock concerts put it at risk, including the Palatine Hill nearby."
04:06 It's one of the most ancient areas in Rome.
04:08 The director is calling for an end to rock concerts at Circus Maximus, a site that's
04:13 held concerts from Imagine Dragons, Guns N' Roses, and Bruce Springsteen in addition
04:17 to Travis Scott.
04:18 Before we wrap things up, let's take a look back at 2019's Songs of the Summer.
04:25 It's the last year of the decade and the summer of 2019 brought some new faces to the
04:31 Hot 100's Songs of the Summer.
04:33 Let's dive in.
04:34 It was her first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and it's actually a single from two years
04:39 earlier.
04:40 Coming in at number 5 on the Hot 100's Summer Songs is Lizzo's "Truth Hurts."
04:51 The next song features a collaboration with two of the world's biggest pop stars.
04:55 King of Collab's Justin Bieber teamed up with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran
04:59 for their hit "I Don't Care," which comes in at number 4.
05:10 Our third biggest song of the summer is an electronic R&B hit by Khalid.
05:15 His huge single "Talk" comes in next.
05:25 The song that had us all feeling powerful against the bad guys in our lives, Billie
05:29 Eilish makes it to the number 2 spot with her massive hit "Bad Guy."
05:40 Our top song of the summer in 2019 was important for a few reasons.
05:45 It shot Lil Nas X into the spotlight and became the longest running number 1 Hot 100 song
05:51 in history.
05:52 Collaborating with country star Billy Ray Cyrus, "Old Town Road" comes in at number
05:57 1.
06:04 Next week we enter a brand new decade with 2020's top songs of the summer.
06:09 That's today's show.
06:10 Tetris is back tomorrow with your Friday Music Guide and more with Lil Wayne.
06:14 I'm Rania Nifdos and this is Billboard News.
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