Jennie of BLACKPINK has launched a new label for her solo music and is planning on dropping her debut solo album soon, Selena Gomez hints at potentially retiring from music and Ariana Grande confirms her seventh studio album will drop later in this year. Kid Cudi responds to an internet troll who claims his 2021 ‘SNL’ performance was an “illuminati humiliation ritual.” Snoop Dogg is set to return as part of the NBC Primetime Show to report on the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. And more!
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00:00 New music on the way from Jenny, Ariana and Selena.
00:04 Kid Cudi takes on an online troll.
00:06 Snoop Dogg signs on for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
00:10 We learn five things about Lola Brooke.
00:13 And Lady A lets us know what's on their playlist.
00:16 Happy New Year! I'm Tetris and welcome back to Billboard News.
00:22 Yes, my voice is gone.
00:24 But for good reason. I was DJing at Disneyland on New Year's Eve.
00:29 Happy 2024 everybody!
00:32 But alas, I made it back to work.
00:35 It's January 3rd and we got a show to get through.
00:38 So let's jump into it.
00:39 Ariana, Selena and Jenny, oh my.
00:42 It looks like 2024 is going to be a big year for the pop girlies.
00:47 Let's break it down.
00:48 I do feel like I have one more album than me.
00:50 But I would probably choose acting.
00:53 Selena Gomez says her upcoming album may be her last while on the Smart List podcast.
00:58 Because she wants to focus on acting.
01:01 Here's the good news, you don't have to pick.
01:03 Don't have to pick.
01:04 You're right, but I am going to want to chill because I'm tired.
01:06 While it may be her last, she's teasing it on her Insta, posting pics from the studio.
01:11 Including one with Camila Cabello.
01:13 With all that and pics with her producer boyfriend Vinny Blanco.
01:16 We're dying to know what we can expect from the next album.
01:20 Another pop girl teasing her 2024 album is Ariana Grande.
01:24 Almost the last day of this album.
01:26 I'm so tired, but so happy and grateful.
01:31 Ariana shared a ton of videos and pics before the New Year's with the caption, "See you next year."
01:36 With shots from in the studio, what looks like a music video set,
01:40 and her mom dancing to what we assume is a new Ariana track.
01:44 But it doesn't stop there.
01:46 Jenny from Blackpink shared her pop goals for this year with Leory.
01:50 Saying, "My dream is to release my first full-length solo album to the world this year."
01:55 I love you and me, dancing in the moonlight.
01:59 She also sent a Leory's red carpet out this Friday.
02:03 I hope Jenny can come back with good music within this year.
02:06 That's right, my girl Jenny's about to be in your area.
02:09 The ladies of music are busy.
02:12 But no one is ever busier than an internet troll.
02:15 Yeah baby see I'm back in my zone.
02:20 Just what I need mama.
02:22 Kid Cudi brought in the New Year's slamming trolls, claiming his SNL performance was an Illuminati humiliation ritual.
02:28 Kid Cudi took to X on Tuesday clapping back at a user who claimed his 2021 Saturday Night Live performance,
02:35 where the rapper wore a floral print dress, is a part of some conspiracy.
02:39 X user who goes by IsaacsArmy wrote, "Kid Cudi participating in an Illuminati humiliation ritual. Is the fame and fortune worth it?"
02:47 Cudi was quick to respond, defending his art writing.
02:51 "Dear Isaac, you silly, stupid little person, and all people under this post.
02:55 It's the start of a new year and I got time for mother effers like you today.
03:00 This post is mad lame of you and sad.
03:02 A black man can express himself and be confident and successful without it being some conspiracy?
03:08 My success was given to me by God with the help of my many angels.
03:12 This moment was a proud moment for me, a shining moment for all people who express themselves and their art.
03:18 I felt free and alive. It inspired people and nothing you stupid, simple asses say can take that away from me.
03:24 Happy New Year, you simps."
03:26 Cudi has said on many occasions that the floral print dress was in honor of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain,
03:32 who wore similar dresses on stage in the 1990s.
03:36 We love a real and candid rapper adding sports and you got a real win.
03:41 "Oh, it's Happy New Year."
03:44 From the LBC to NBC, Snoop Dogg will be reporting on the Olympics and we are so here for it.
03:51 "What is this move called?" "That's an aerial, a cartwheel without your hands."
03:54 "On that little bitty piece of wood right there?" "Yes."
03:56 "That's what it sounds like, right?"
04:00 The D.O.G. is headed to Paris.
04:03 NBC Universal has announced that the iconic rapper Snoop Dogg will be on site to deliver regular reports
04:09 on the Olympic primetime show beginning July 26th in France.
04:13 I don't even like sports but I will be tuning in.
04:16 Snoop dropped clips with several Olympians showing what we can expect.
04:21 "Asia in action, photo one. See what that is? That's an old school finger roll."
04:25 "I actually smoked this layup." "You missed that?" "100 percent. At least we won."
04:29 "Goal, right?" "That's it, yeah."
04:31 He also said in a statement, "I will be bringing that Snoop style to the mix.
04:35 It's gonna be the most epic Olympics ever. Let's elevate, celebrate, and make these games unforgettable."
04:41 "Smoked the competition and made the best shine like gold. I see what you did there. We can't wait."
04:49 "Hey, what's good y'all? It's your girl Lola Brooke and here are 5 things that you may not know about me."
04:53 "One of the things I feel people don't know about me, I love love. I'm a lover girl. I'm very affectionate."
05:03 "I might be loud but that's just because my heart is really big so...
05:08 and I'm small so I want you to hear me when I'm like going crazy but I love love. I'm a lover girl."
05:13 "I love to eat. I'm a full girl but I just don't gain weight. I don't know why. It's in the jeans.
05:19 The abs be sitting. No, I don't go to the gym. I just work in the studio a lot but it works out for me I guess."
05:28 "I know how to draw. I doodle a lot. If you put a pen and paper on the desk and it's near me,
05:35 I'm gonna pick it up, write my name or something, draw or just anything that comes to mind."
05:41 "Oh, fun fact for sure. Another thing about me people don't know, I love makeup but I'm not a heavy makeup wearing type of girl."
05:49 "I like to wear white beaters, sweats, sneakers, a good gloss lip liner, maybe some lashes, good brows and call it a day."
06:00 "But you know, Billboard asked me to come through so I had to put on a little something, something cute for them."
06:06 "I know when people see me outside and at the spots doing the things that I like to do, they think that I like to do the things that I like to do but I really like to be home."
06:16 "It's really hard to tell that I don't like to go outside because when I go outside I just can't help but to bring energy and make everyone laugh and smile."
06:24 "But I like to be home, for real, for real. But make sure you invite me because if you don't invite me then I'm via my feelings and I'm not jacking at you."
06:35 "You gotta invite me out even if I don't wanna go, okay? But yeah, I'm a homebody."
06:40 "And those are five things that you may not know about me."
06:43 And we didn't just have Lola Brooke in studio, we also got some extra time with Lady A.
06:48 "What's up everybody, we are Lady A."
06:50 "And this is our playlist."
06:53 "Charles's road trip playlist would be Keen and Mindy Smith."
06:59 "Old school, I like it. Keen."
07:02 "Dave's would be the Eagles."
07:04 "Hillary's is going to be old school, like NSYNC."
07:09 "Boy bands, forever."
07:10 "Boys to Men."
07:11 "Yes."
07:12 "Maybe throw in a little, what was the thing we were geeking out on the other day? Craig David."
07:17 "Oh, Craig David. I love Craig David."
07:19 "I love Craig David."
07:20 "Late 90s, early 2000s R&B or boy bands, that is my go-to on a road trip."
07:26 "The Bootyman Kid."
07:28 "That's a deep cut Craig David there."
07:31 "My workout playlist, I will say, varies. It kind of depends on what mood I'm in."
07:38 "I either do Rival Sons, which is kind of this new, really hard rock band."
07:43 "I say new, they've been out for a little while."
07:44 "Even when I'm lifting hard, I still like chill music, whether it's a soft, cold play or something in that world."
07:52 "You know, Mindy Smith."
07:53 "If I'm in a real girl boss mood, it'll be Beyonce."
07:56 "And then sometimes I'll go Jonas Brothers."
08:00 "I think sometimes Tempo."
08:02 "It's all about the tempo when you're working out, whether it's when you're lifting or you're running."
08:05 "And then sometimes it's the music that is going to help me get out of bed and actually do the workout."
08:12 "My workout playlist, it's actually called Workout Central Park."
08:16 "For a Central Park run when I was in New York."
08:19 "Ed Sheeran, The Collaborations Project."
08:22 "And then some 1975."
08:25 "Band Camino."
08:27 "Dude, I'll rock out to a little Band Camino."
08:30 "How do you share a playlist? Let's do that."
08:32 "I hope y'all like lifting to Mindy Smith."
08:40 "I have a date night playlist. I thought about this the other day."
08:42 "Remember when we were in college and you'd have a make out playlist?"
08:46 "Oh yeah."
08:47 "I need to start putting some music on."
08:49 "You don't make out anymore?"
08:51 "We still make out, but there's no music."
08:54 "Oh, put the playlist on."
08:56 "Put a little playlist on and you get back to the little make out mix for me and my wife."
09:00 "This is really sweet."
09:02 "A date night playlist for me would be an artist I love and my husband loves named Ben Rector."
09:07 "He's a Nashville based guy, so talented."
09:09 "John Mayer, always."
09:11 "That's our cookin' playlist. John Mayer."
09:14 "Cookin' playlist and date night playlist are kind of..."
09:17 "That's kind of is our date nights, right?"
09:20 "Yeah, they do."
09:22 And that's our show. Tomorrow we run down our TikTok chart and get to know alt-rock R&B artist David a little better.
09:29 And we'll see if this voice of mine gets any better as well.
09:32 I'm Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
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