It’s Friday which means we have some new music coming your way. From Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new collab “Bongos” to Olivia Rodrigo & V dropping new albums, there’s a ton of new music to listen to. Producers Breyan Isaac & WeGood (Donny “Dizzy” Flores) share how they collaborated on Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new track together. Billboard staffers were on-site for all the big shows this week. And more!
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00:00 V, Cardi B, Olivia Rodrigo and more drop new music.
00:04 Billboard takes you to Erykah Badu,
00:07 Carole G, Beyonce and more.
00:10 We sit down with Renee Rapp
00:11 and learn more about Nelly Furtado.
00:14 Happy Friday, music lovers.
00:19 It's September 8th and this is Billboard News.
00:22 Today we have a fun show
00:23 and we're kicking it off with new music,
00:25 already obsessed with this song.
00:27 ♪ Ride on my knees, bitch I ride on my toes ♪
00:30 ♪ Big fat ass, baby eatin' up the dome ♪
00:31 Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion team up again
00:34 after topping the chart with "WAP."
00:36 This time they're giving us bongos.
00:38 ♪ Back shots sound like bongos ♪
00:40 ♪ I ain't scared for it, man, I'm a free call ♪
00:42 ♪ At least I'm gettin' my money ♪
00:44 And I get to talk with the producers behind the track.
00:46 Hey fellas, thanks for joining us.
00:48 I gotta start right away by asking you,
00:50 you've never worked together,
00:51 I think this is your first time working together,
00:53 so how did this even start?
00:54 How do you end up on a track
00:56 with Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion?
00:58 - I know Breon, we from Miami,
01:00 like we was all coming up,
01:02 splitting sandwiches and going through the struggle.
01:05 So he went his way with Mike Cairn
01:08 and did a lot of crazy hits for Flo Rida
01:11 and everything, I mean I let him tell you about that.
01:12 Then I moved on with DJ Snake and everything else.
01:15 After the pandemic we just catch back up again
01:17 and it was like, God put us in each other's life
01:20 for a reason, so it's like, let's just start working
01:22 and building some more stuff together.
01:23 And this was just one of them we did
01:26 and here we are now.
01:27 - You're following "WAP"
01:29 which was a Billboard Hot 100 number one song.
01:32 That's a lot to live up to.
01:34 So now that the track is out,
01:36 what do you think makes it so different
01:37 than what the girls offered in the past?
01:39 - It's a completely different feel.
01:41 I mean, it's a new kind of bounce,
01:44 it's a new kind of vibe to be honest,
01:45 like production wise, it's a different kind of direction
01:48 from what "WAP" was.
01:49 "WAP" was a little bit more like a mid-tempo vibe.
01:52 This is definitely more up-tempo, more driving,
01:54 giving you some action, something to do, you know?
01:57 - And now that it's finished,
01:58 are you guys satisfied with the product?
02:00 - Absolutely.
02:01 I feel like the visuals look amazing.
02:03 I feel like Cardi and Mega both in their bag,
02:05 you know, as far as look, as far as sound.
02:08 And you know, at this point now,
02:10 it's up for the world to appreciate.
02:12 So, I mean, as far as myself and I think Dizzy,
02:15 I think we both love it.
02:16 - And you're talking about the visual.
02:17 I mean, they always kill it there.
02:19 When you guys created this song,
02:20 did you see it getting that far?
02:22 - It's sexier than I thought.
02:24 - Yeah, 'cause this song was definitely created
02:25 for somebody else, but thank God it worked out
02:27 the way it was supposed to work out.
02:29 - How is that process as a producer
02:31 when you create for one artist and it gets shopped around
02:33 and ends up with another artist?
02:35 Do you guys, are you completely separate of that?
02:37 Do you just put your work out there into the world
02:38 and it goes where it goes?
02:39 Or do you get invested?
02:41 - I think there was a little bit less investment
02:43 in the original idea.
02:44 The original idea was just trying to kind of come up
02:47 with something that felt really cool,
02:49 that felt really like driving.
02:51 But in this situation, the investment really ended up
02:54 with Cardi and with Megan.
02:56 I think that they put 150% into it.
02:59 And personally, I feel like,
03:02 I don't think you get too attached to any song
03:04 until it ends up out in the world
03:06 because you never know who you're creating a song for.
03:09 - Thank you so much for taking the time out today
03:11 to speak with us and congratulations.
03:13 - Thank you.
03:14 - Olivia Rodrigo returns with her sophomore album, "Guts."
03:18 ♪ I forget it and I forget ♪
03:21 ♪ I know my age and I act like it ♪
03:24 - And a rehearsal video for the track "All American Bitch"
03:27 and a teaser for a world tour
03:29 in the lyric video for "Making the Bed."
03:32 ♪ I'm the perfect all American bitch ♪
03:35 - We'll have more new music throughout the show,
03:37 but for now, let's take you through some of the hottest
03:39 events across the country this week.
03:41 An Erykah Badu surprise for a celebration.
03:44 RBD takes over the country.
03:46 Gracie Abrams and Aaron Dessner get cozy in New York
03:49 while Carole G goes big.
03:51 And Soho House preps LA for a Beyonce weekend.
03:54 We take you to it all in this week's Billboard All Access.
03:58 (crowd cheering)
04:00 Our cover stars RBD are touring
04:02 for the first time since 2008.
04:04 And not only did we have staff see them
04:06 Thursday night in Chicago.
04:08 ♪ Beso mi amor me vas a extrañar ♪
04:13 - We also caught them last Friday
04:15 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
04:17 (upbeat music)
04:20 Let's talk about New York.
04:28 Carole G's "Mañana Serapinito" tour
04:30 had MetLife Stadium lit for two nights straight.
04:33 (crowd cheering)
04:35 (explosion)
04:38 - And we've both been brought up through the floor
04:44 into like a state of terrifying.
04:46 But this is almost scarier.
04:48 - And it may have made her more nervous
04:50 than opening for Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour,
04:52 but we love seeing Gracie Abrams
04:54 and Aaron Dessner's acoustic set
04:56 at McKitchick Hotel in New York City.
04:58 ♪ I've been trying hard to talk about you ♪
05:02 ♪ At my table in the dark ♪
05:06 ♪ Talking about your next hangout ♪
05:10 - Also in New York, Soho House celebrated 20 years
05:12 in America with a surprise performance from Erykah Badu.
05:16 ♪ I'm spending it on me, darling ♪
05:21 - And as Beyonce landed in LA for three nights
05:23 at SoFi Stadium for her birthday,
05:25 Soho Warehouse got their members ready
05:27 with a Renaissance party that included themed cocktails,
05:31 DJ Asia spinning Only Queen B,
05:33 the Before I Let Go electric slide,
05:36 and of course, a Renaissance fashion contest.
05:39 And boy did the crowd show up for Beyonce that weekend.
05:43 ♪ Kiss me darling ♪
05:45 ♪ Get me so close, don't you leave me ♪
05:47 ♪ I'm a cry to the beat ♪
05:49 - The boys of BTS have been dropping solo projects
05:52 left and right.
05:53 You see what I did there?
05:54 And this time, it's B's third.
05:56 ♪ Slow dancing ♪
05:59 ♪ Until the moment ♪
06:03 - He's taking a slow dancing in the lead single
06:06 off his solo album, "Layover."
06:08 Eric Nam has released "House on a Hill"
06:10 and it's not just a treat for the ears,
06:12 it's a feast for the eyes.
06:14 ♪ It was only for a moment ♪
06:18 ♪ But it felt like time had frozen ♪
06:20 - I thought, why not try to write and script out
06:24 multiple music videos and then turn it into a short film?
06:28 I guess we did borrow a page out of Beyonce's playbook
06:31 to kind of put together a short film in that sense.
06:33 - The full Eric Nam interview will be available
06:36 later this month.
06:37 - We love being girls around here, if you know what I mean.
06:40 And our very own Lindsay Haven sat down with Renee Rapp.
06:43 - Okay, when you think about the first feature
06:46 that either you do or someone gets on your song
06:49 for the first time, who's it gonna be?
06:50 - Okay, well I would like to have Kacey Musgraves
06:53 feature on "I Hate Boston."
06:54 - Ooh. - Yes.
06:55 - I also think that Jazmine Sullivan
06:57 could feature on "Tommy Hurts" if she would like to.
06:59 I also think Frank Ocean would do well on "Willow."
07:01 I've thought about all like deluxe features for this album.
07:04 No, I've thought about this in depth, that's right.
07:06 - And if we could AI Karen Carpenter's voice
07:08 to like feature on like "I Wish" or something,
07:11 I think that'd be nice too.
07:12 - Yeah, this is a conversation I have often.
07:14 - Okay, so it's done.
07:15 - Yeah, I'm just like, shoot for the moon.
07:17 - Obviously, I mean, you'd been kind of on this path
07:20 of an entertainer long before the EP even.
07:22 You got your breakout role on Broadway, "The Big Deal,"
07:25 playing Regina in "Mean Girls."
07:27 Were you a fan of that film?
07:29 Like, do you remember the first time you ever saw that movie?
07:31 - Oh my God, I don't remember the first time I saw it.
07:33 It came out in 2003 or four, so I was three or four.
07:36 So I was born in 2000. - Baby.
07:37 - Yes, child.
07:38 But I watched "Mean Girls" so many times.
07:43 So many times, like it was the staple in my household.
07:48 And I was actually just talking to a friend of mine
07:49 the other day and she was like,
07:50 "Yeah, my mom would not let me watch 'Mean Girls'."
07:52 'Cause she was like, "I don't want you acting like that."
07:54 My mom was like, "Turn it up."
07:56 (both laughing)
07:57 She was like, "Turn it up, turn it on."
07:59 Yeah, it's always been like such a like iconic movie,
08:01 of course, for a lot of other people,
08:02 but really in my life too, I was so obsessed with it.
08:05 - Yeah. - So obsessed.
08:06 - What's our favorite quote?
08:07 - I love "Boo, You Whore."
08:09 - Boo, you whore.
08:11 - I think that moved mountains.
08:13 I think that shaped culture.
08:15 I'm pretty sure Obama said that in his presidential speech.
08:18 Oh, "Get in, losers."
08:20 - Get in, losers.
08:21 - Right, it worked when we were shopping.
08:22 It's iconic. - Yeah.
08:24 - I know, right?
08:25 - For the full interview, hit billboard.com.
08:28 After personally teasing us since June,
08:30 Tinashe's dropped "BB Angel."
08:33 ♪ You up, I you down ♪
08:37 ♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
08:40 - I'm a millennial, clearly I'm obsessed with Nelly Furtado.
08:43 And here are five things I just learned.
08:46 - Hey, I'm Nelly Furtado, and I'm gonna list five things
08:49 that you might not know about me.
08:51 (upbeat music)
08:53 One, I have three kids.
08:58 One's 19, one's five, and one's four.
09:00 So yeah, I'm a mommy of three, who didn't know.
09:03 I'm a supermodel and mommy, si, mommy, con tres hijos.
09:06 (laughing)
09:08 I play trombone, or I used to.
09:10 My first instrument was ukulele.
09:12 So that's my instrument fact.
09:14 I know how to make Portuguese rissole de bagelão.
09:17 If you know, you know.
09:19 Number four.
09:21 Meh.
09:23 I'm really quirky.
09:26 You might not know that.
09:27 I love to stay at the studio 'til 7 a.m.
09:31 when the sun rises and bring as many people as I can
09:34 to jam and have a good time.
09:35 And all for one and one for all.
09:38 I'm Nelly Furtado, and those are five things
09:41 you didn't know about me.
09:42 - That's the show, I'll see you next week.
09:44 But before you go, here's one more entry
09:47 in our Friday Music Guide.
09:48 ♪ Oh, this might sound strange ♪
09:50 ♪ But I think I'm in love with you ♪
09:53 - Chris Stapleton gives us a taste of what's to come
09:55 with "Think I'm in Love with You"
09:56 from his upcoming album, Higher, out November 10th.
10:00 ♪ I'm in love with you ♪
10:03 - For all the latest new music, head to Billboard.com.
10:08 (upbeat music)