It’s Monday, April 22nd, and we’re starting off the week with fiery disses and records breaking. Drake released an AI track further digging at Kendrick Lamar. The track, ‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ uses AI to emulate the voices of icons Tupac Shakur & Snoop Dog. Taylor Swift once again breaks records with the release of her double album ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ The Spice Girls reunited over the weekend for Victoria Beckham’s, Posh Spice, 50th birthday bash where they rejoined for a brief dance routine to one of their own songs. Rihanna finally gives her fans a clue as to when she’ll be releasing a new album. Who tops this week’s Hot 100? Keep watching to find out. J Balvin shares behind the scenes of his out of this world Coachella set. We shine a light on the Nova music festival exhibit in New York City.
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00:00 Taylor's big day of sales, Spice Girls reunite, and Rihanna talks music-ish?
00:05 Drake uses AI to diss Kendrick Lamar.
00:08 We take you behind the scenes of J Balvin's epic Coachella set.
00:12 Rundown who's on top of the Billboard Hot 100.
00:15 And take you inside New York's NOVA Festival Exhibit.
00:18 Happy Monday, I'm Tetris.
00:24 It's April 22nd and I'm so happy to be here to bring you Billboard news.
00:28 Today is full of all the biggest names making headlines.
00:31 So let's get right into it with Drake.
00:33 Drake drops a diss track featuring AI versions of Tupac and Snoop Dogg
00:38 and everyone's unsure on how to react.
00:41 Drake continued his feud with Kendrick Lamar with his diss track "Taylor Made Freestyle"
00:52 which starts off with an AI Tupac Shakur addressing the rap beat.
00:56 ♪ What this Canadian life's getting like? We need to know the baby West Coast victory, man. ♪
01:00 It made quite a few people online uncomfortable considering Tupac is dead
01:05 and can't consent to his voice in the song.
01:07 But it's not the only AI voice on the track.
01:10 ♪ Now's the time to really make the power move ♪
01:12 ♪ 'Cause right now it's looking like you're writing out the game plan on how to lose ♪
01:16 Drake also used AI to put Snoop Dogg in the song and Snoop reacted to it on IG.
01:22 Everybody calling my phone blowing me up.
01:24 What the fuck? What happened?
01:25 I'm going back to bed. Good night.
01:27 If you're wondering about the title of the track, well he does shout out T-Swift.
01:32 ♪ But now we gotta wait a fucking week 'cause Taylor Swift is your new top ♪
01:35 ♪ And if you 'bout to drop, she gotta approve ♪
01:37 While many are here for the Kendrick Drake robbery, a lot are not here for the use of AI.
01:42 What do you think of the diss track and its use of AI?
01:45 Well, let us know in the comments.
01:47 And that may be a heck of a story, but there's still more news.
01:50 Here's three things in music you missed over the weekend.
01:53 ♪ 'Cause that is all I've lost in America ♪
01:59 ♪ I'm down bad, crying at the gym ♪
02:01 And so apparently is everyone else.
02:04 Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department,
02:06 sold 1.4 million copies on its first day of release in the U.S.
02:11 Breaking her own record already.
02:13 Let me break it down for you.
02:15 Her biggest week ever was 1989 Taylor's version,
02:18 which sold 1.3 million in its entire week.
02:21 And the department did it in a day.
02:23 I can't wait to see what the full week's numbers are.
02:26 I clearly spent my entire weekend digesting the 31 tracks.
02:29 What's your fave? Let us know below.
02:32 And my weekend was so good, also thanks to David Beckham, who captured this gold.
02:37 ♪ I'm living in a new way ♪
02:39 ♪ I'm giving you a little bit of joy ♪
02:41 ♪ I'm the darkest place I've ever been ♪
02:44 All five Spice Girls reunited to celebrate Victoria Beckham's 50th birthday,
02:48 even doing stop.
02:50 ♪ Stop right now ♪
02:52 ♪ Thank you very much ♪
02:54 ♪ I need somebody with a human touch ♪
02:58 Best part?
02:59 Fans noticed they happened to be in the same formation as the OG music video,
03:03 Stop.
03:04 And is Rihanna's album ever coming?
03:06 Well, while promoting 50XBOOMA, she was asked about R9 yet again,
03:10 and the response was perfect.
03:12 We should actually run a reel of all the times she asked me about my new music.
03:16 'Cause y'all wanna know, right?
03:18 When is R9 dropping?
03:20 That is the question.
03:22 I wanna know too.
03:22 And from news to the charts, it's Monday, so it's time to run it down.
03:27 Can fresh tracks from Sabrina Carpenter and Hozier hold off four former No. 1s from the top?
03:33 This is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated April 27th.
03:37 SZA is back in the Top 10 with "Saturn."
03:42 ♪ I'm better on Saturn ♪
03:45 ♪ I can't break this pattern ♪
03:48 Stick Season rises a spot to nine.
03:50 ♪ I burn more than it's the season of the sticks ♪
03:53 ♪ So I ♪
03:55 Ariana stays put at eight.
03:57 ♪ We can't be friends ♪
04:01 Espresso debuts at No. 7.
04:03 ♪ You're not me every night ♪
04:05 ♪ Oh, isn't that sweet? ♪
04:07 ♪ I get so crazy ♪
04:08 Jack Harlow is strong at six.
04:11 ♪ But you can whip your luck on me ♪
04:14 ♪ Baby, whip your luck on me ♪
04:15 Texas Holdem is still at five.
04:17 ♪ This ain't Texas ♪
04:19 ♪ Ain't no Holdem ♪
04:21 While Teddy holds on to four.
04:24 ♪ I lose control ♪
04:30 Beautiful Things stays put at three.
04:32 ♪ These beautiful things that I've got ♪
04:35 ♪ Please stay ♪
04:38 While Future, Metro, and Kendrick fall to two.
04:41 ♪ TSP, mother-- the big three ♪
04:44 ♪ It's just big me ♪
04:45 And grabbing his first Hot 100 No. 1
04:48 is Hosier with "Too Sweet."
04:50 ♪ Too sweet for me ♪
04:54 And I can't explain to you what a privilege it was
04:56 to hang out before and at Coachella with J Balvin.
05:00 Get your preview of our tour stop.
05:02 You know, finally we see that they do exist,
05:04 you know, official UFO.
05:05 All the people that are gonna be mushrooms,
05:10 they're gonna enjoy that shit so bad.
05:11 Gonna be the best mushroom of their life.
05:13 Never tell me.
05:14 Hey, what's up? I'm J Balvin,
05:16 and welcome to my tour stop.
05:17 Let's go.
05:18 [hip-hop music]
05:21 - Three, two, one, go.
05:23 [hip-hop music]
05:26 - When we did Coachella for the first time,
05:27 2018 was with Beyoncé. - Yes.
05:29 - Shout-out, Beyoncé. Love you, queen.
05:31 2019, we did our show. It was great.
05:33 And the story, once again, is the same.
05:35 I invest all my love.
05:37 I invest everything that I have here
05:39 just, you know, to give the people the best.
05:40 [whoosh]
05:41 [siren]
05:47 [hip-hop music]
05:52 - We've done Coachella before with Jose.
05:54 [laughs]
05:56 - Listen. - Hey, this is my time.
05:57 - I know it's your time, but, you know,
05:58 I just wanna let you know that these guys
06:00 are from another planet.
06:01 That is that right there. He's an alien.
06:03 - Do you trust him with your set?
06:05 - A thousand percent.
06:07 They probably wouldn't be the same on stage
06:08 and show without him.
06:09 [hip-hop music]
06:17 - Our concept for this show was to take people
06:20 to outer space.
06:21 We wanted to come up with a message
06:22 that Jose is from another planet,
06:24 and he's landed here at Coachella,
06:26 and he's got one message for the entire world
06:28 and the entire festival.
06:29 It's like, "Let's fucking party."
06:30 [hip-hop music]
06:35 - When I was a kid, I always had this feeling
06:38 that aliens do exist.
06:40 I think the universe is too big,
06:41 and we gotta be too selfish to think
06:43 that we're just the only ones in this universe.
06:45 [hip-hop music]
06:48 - You get so technical because, you know,
06:49 you gotta do some steps here, some steps there,
06:51 some lighting in this, some camera in this place,
06:53 but you kinda wanna, like, forget about those things
06:55 and just being so, so connected with the people.
06:58 [hip-hop music]
07:01 - When I was in the studio checking all this idea
07:04 that I had, I was like,
07:06 "I need Will Smith in the show,
07:08 "a UFO taking over the place,
07:10 "and who's the biggest legend that had made
07:13 "one of the biggest, you know, alien movies?
07:15 "I need the man in black.
07:16 "He's one of my biggest idols, artist in general,
07:19 "actor, performer."
07:21 I test him, and I FaceTime him, you know,
07:24 be like, "Yo, this is my vision.
07:25 "I want you to do this.
07:26 "If you want to do this, whatever you want."
07:28 He be like, "Yeah, man, you know, like,
07:30 "give me, give me four days."
07:31 Every day I was sending him pictures
07:33 of me praying with a candle.
07:36 Like, day one, praying.
07:38 [laughs]
07:39 Day two, praying again.
07:41 You have those dreams, and you just work so hard for them
07:44 to just, like, take the energy down
07:46 and make them a reality.
07:46 ♪ Now breathe ♪
07:48 ♪ Sing ♪
07:49 [hip-hop music]
07:53 - For the full tour stop, hit Billboard's YouTube.
07:56 And before we end the show today,
07:58 we want to take the time to highlight an exhibit
08:00 in New York about a tragedy in music.
08:03 Thank you for watching.
08:04 I'm Tetris, and this is Billboard News.
08:07 - He was shot twice.
08:08 The first time, after he was taken care of,
08:12 he went back to the place.
08:14 He saved more lives.
08:15 - Matan Lior died a hero,
08:18 saving over 100 people before Hamas terrorists shot him.
08:22 Matan is over one of 350 people who lost their lives
08:25 at the Nova Music Festival in Israel.
08:28 - I know as a mom that I want my daughter's story
08:32 to be known.
08:34 I know I want people to know about her.
08:36 - Survivors and producers of the October 7th massacre
08:39 came together in New York City
08:40 to talk about the tragedy that unfolded that day.
08:44 - So we had to hide under bodies,
08:45 dead bodies, to shield ourselves from the grenades.
08:48 And that's what really kept us alive.
08:51 The nine of us that survived out of the 40,
08:54 we survived from hiding under these bodies.
08:56 - I saw a bomb shelter.
08:58 We almost got in.
08:59 Lucky we didn't.
09:00 Like everybody that was,
09:03 that tried to save their life in the bomb shelter
09:08 died afterwards from the hand grenades of the terrorists.
09:15 So lucky I didn't go inside.
09:19 - The Nova Music Festival exhibit
09:21 will showcase artifacts from the grounds,
09:23 including recovered cars that were set on fire,
09:26 porta-potties with bullet holes,
09:28 and recovered personal belongings.
09:30 - I hope that everybody will have the place
09:33 to spread their love.
09:34 This is my big hope from this exhibit.
09:37 - I want people to come here
09:39 and just see the truth in their eyes.
09:42 - And when they come to the healing journey,
09:49 they will get out with hope.
09:51 Okay, I'm going to spread my love.
09:53 I'm going to give hope.
09:54 - Yeah, but it's everything, even to come here,
09:55 because I hear the denying people say,
09:59 "It didn't happen," or horrible stuff like that.
10:03 And it's really hard for me as a survivor, us, to hear it.
10:09 - The founders of the festival want visitors
10:11 to understand the tragedy that unfolded
10:13 and bear witness to the brutality.
10:15 - I went over to Israel to see for myself what was going on.
10:19 And when I met at one of the healing camps,
10:22 a group of survivors, I was invited to see this exhibit.
10:26 We met, and I felt it was important with my friends
10:30 to bring this exhibit to the United States
10:32 to make people understand
10:33 that this could have been any of us.
10:35 - But the overall message is one of peace and love.
10:39 The exhibit, which begins April 21st
10:41 and runs for four weeks, also features a healing tent
10:44 with a lighted sign that reads, "We will dance again."
10:47 - Our main purpose is to spread the love.
10:50 Everyone that comes to the dance floor
10:52 and listen to the same music, we are the same.
10:54 It doesn't matter where you come from.
10:56 And what religion, it doesn't matter.
10:58 This is one of our main values.
11:00 And "We will dance again" is exactly the sentence
11:04 that can describe it.
11:05 - For more information, visit Nova0629Exhibition.com.
11:13 (upbeat music)
11:15 (whooshing)
11:17 (upbeat music)