Pop Crave - Weekly Cravings
In Liverpool, during her acoustic set, Taylor Swift confirmed that ‘The Eras Tour’ will end in December. She said, “The celebration of the 100th show for me means this is the very first time I've ever acknowledged to myself, and admitted that this tour is going to end in December. Like, that's it. And that feels so far away from now, but then again, it feels like we just played our first show on this tour because you have made this so much fun for us.”
Additionally, her ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, recently addressed his relationship for one of the first times ever. He said “I would hope that anyone and everyone can empathize and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years. That is a hard thing to navigate. What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that, one week later, it’s suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh in […] there is always going to be a gap between what is known and what is said. I have made my peace with that.”
Bebe Rexha called out G-Eazy on her Instagram story after she was asked to shoot social media content with him regarding their hit ‘Me, Myself & I’. She directed this message at him:
“you have my number. Why don’t you text me and ask me yourself you stuck up ungrateful loser. You're lucky people are liking you again. Cause I could go in on all the sh*tty things you've done and how you treated me after giving you your only real hit. Btw the answer is no.”
Rihanna stunned at an event for Fenty Hair last week. She shared with ET that she is “starting over” on her album. She said, “I have been working on the album for so long that I kinda just put all that stuff aside. And now, I’m prepared to go back into the studio. Now I’m prepared. So I’m gonna start”.
Niall Horan surprised a fan with front row tickets for his sold-out Madison Square Garden show after their viral moment on Twitter in 2022. The fan collapsed to the floor after finding out the news.
Céline Dion says she won’t let her stiff-person syndrome battle stop her from performing again: “I’m going to go back on stage, even if I have to crawl. Even if I have to talk with my hands, I will. I will.”
Billy Ray Cyrus has filed for divorce from Firerose after seven months of marriage.
Charli xcx continues to have the most successful album rollout of her career. ‘BRAT’ debuted at #2 on the Official UK Albums Chart, becoming her second top 10 album. This earned her the biggest opening week of her career in the UK and the US! Additionally, Metacritic increased the overall score of ‘BRAT’ to 95! Lorde was spotted at the NYC ‘BRAT’ show and Matty Healy and Gabbriette hinted at their engagement while in attendance. At her Los Angeles show, Charli xcx brought out Addison Rae to perform the “Von dutch” remix.
‘Inside Out 2’ premiered last week! The sequel currently has a score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and it earned the biggest domestic box office opening ($155M) since ‘Barbie’ last July ($162M).
Chappell Roan teared up onstage at Raleigh concert and proceeded to get personal with the crowd: “I just want to be honest with the crowd. I feel a little off today, because I think my career is going really fast and it’s hard to keep up. I’m just being honest, I’m having a hard time today”. This comes after Bonnaroo moved Chappell Roan up from a tent to the main stage as a result of her massive crowd at Gov Ball. Plus, her album, ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’, enters the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the first time at #10 (+2) with 40K units.
Lana Del Rey interviewed Billie Eilish for her Interview Magazine cover story. Here’s Billie on the cover!
Billie Eilish discussed the public reaction to her song “LUNCH”, saying “I’m pretty aware of what people will say. It’s so weird to grow up and change in front of the world. The craziest part is discovering things about myself and then suddenly, everyone else knows, and I don’t even have a second to think about how it makes me feel.” Billie also shared that she has never been broken up with.
In the interview piece, Lana said “this album [HIT ME HARD AND SOFT] had me smiling the whole time. I was like, ‘Yep, there she is again’”.
Normani released her debut album, ‘DOPAMINE’ which features collaborations from Cardi B, James Blake, Gunna & Starrah. She looked amazing for the promotional photo shoot - see here and here. She celebrated the album release with a hilarious cake. Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui showed love to Normani on X.
Fred again.. headlined his first ever stadium show at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Friday night. He performed “adore u” from the middle of the stands and his new song “places to be”.
Pharrell has released his new song “Double Life” for ‘Despicable Me 4’ movie.
Megan Thee Stallion debuts a new alternative cover for her self-titled album, ‘MEGAN.’
Camila Cabello unveils the tracklist for her new album, ‘C,XOXO.’ Out June 28th.
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