Ariana Grande & Mariah Carey’s “Yes And ?” Remix, Met Gala Chairs Revealed & More | Billboard News
Ariana Grande remixes her Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Yes And ?” with her idol and iconic diva Mariah Carey, Dua Lipa is officially in “Training Season” with her latest drop, Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya and Chris Hemsworth will co-chair the 2024 Met Gala, Gunna drops his latest single “Bittersweet,” Billboard reporter Rania Aniftos breaks down the inside scoop about Jennifer Lopez’s latest project ‘This Is Me…Now,’ Karol G teams up with DJ Tiësto on their latest song “CONTINGO” and more!
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00:00 Some of the biggest names in music will co-chair the Met Gala.
00:04 We take you inside J.Lo's movie premiere.
00:06 Jennifer tells us more about her possible last album.
00:09 Prince Royce stops by our studio.
00:11 And our Friday Music Guide is chock full of divas.
00:15 Happy Friday fam! I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
00:21 It's February 16th and we're starting today's show off with our Friday Music Guide.
00:26 And it includes my favorite dynamic duo.
00:29 ♪ Have been rejected ♪
00:31 ♪ Go back, no more pretending, but ♪
00:35 Ariana and Mariah on a non-holiday track, yet it still feels like Christmas to me.
00:40 Come on, whistle tone.
00:42 ♪ I'm a little bit, I'm a little bit, I'm a little bit ♪
00:46 We'll have more new music throughout the show, but first, let's get into our top story.
00:51 The first Monday in May is almost here and we know some famous faces we'll definitely be seeing at this year's Met Gala.
00:58 Zendaya, straight up, straight up.
01:01 Zendaya has been named one of the year's co-chairs of the 2024 Met Gala.
01:05 She's no stranger to walking those famous stairs.
01:08 And with her recent Dune Part II red carpet show still, there's no surprise she's top of the list.
01:14 Bad Bunny is also one of this year's co-chairs.
01:16 He's always the talk of the town when he attends the Gala.
01:19 This year it's in honor of the exhibit Sleeping Beauty's Reawakening Fashion.
01:24 While the exhibit sounds Disney, it actually refers to clothing so fragile it can never be worn again.
01:31 Thus, sleeping in the archives.
01:33 Another Met Gala staple, Jennifer Lopez, is our final musical co-chair.
01:37 Fellow actor Chris Hemsworth rounds out the Fantastic Four co-chairs with his first ever Met Gala appearance.
01:43 We can't wait to see how they adhere to this year's dress code, the Garden of Time.
01:48 Some other artists we'd love to see at the Met Gala, Beyonce of course.
01:52 Nicki Minaj and Cardi B always blow us away with their looks.
01:55 The girls of Blackpink always shine. Maybe we can get some more K-pop artists.
02:00 Plus, Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift will all be coming off of album releases.
02:06 And we'd love to see what kind of fashion they bring.
02:09 While global warming may be making you wonder if we're in summer or winter, one thing is for sure.
02:14 For Dua Lipa, it's training season.
02:17 If that ain't you, then let me know, yeah. 'Cause training season's over.
02:24 The bops from Dua's new era keep coming.
02:26 Deeper than I've ever known. Whose love feels like a rodeo. Knows just how to take control.
02:33 Now you know Billboard staff are always on the front lines of music's hottest events.
02:38 Luckily, we're able to bring you along for the ride, so you get all the access too.
02:43 Uh-oh. Why do I feel like crying?
02:48 Jennifer Lopez says, "This is me now."
02:52 And as she released a new album and film, Billboard headed to the premiere and after party to get all the D's.
02:58 We go there in Billboard All Access.
03:02 These things, when you have voices in your head and you have voices out here
03:06 who are telling you you can't do things or that you shouldn't do things or that you should be afraid.
03:11 But what I've realized is that I have to show up as my authentic self every day.
03:16 That's who I have to be. That's all I can be.
03:20 She introduced the film at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where stars like Pat Jo and Derek Hough
03:25 packed in with her boob in Affleck to watch the action-packed film.
03:29 Whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always in love.
03:40 She took the time to gush about Ben to the crowd.
03:43 I love you and thank you for believing in me and helping me believe in myself
03:48 and helping me to grow every single day.
03:53 Thank you for the family that we've created and our children.
03:58 I'm still in love with you, boy.
04:04 And after enjoying the movie, guests headed over to the Hollywood Roosevelt for the after party
04:09 where Ben and Jennifer mingled and chatted with the cast.
04:13 There were photo ops, we had to get involved, and also food like the oysters that were mentioned in the movie,
04:19 a DJ spinning J-Lo's biggest hits, and specialty drinks from Jennifer's cocktail brand.
04:25 She's still just Jenny from the block.
04:27 This Is Me Now, the album and film are available now.
04:31 So thank you so much. Enjoy this Amazon original. Enjoy the album. Enjoy the music.
04:37 I love you so much. Thank you.
04:40 Gunna is back with Bittersweet and while the music video may be cold, the song is hot.
04:46 Got me a taste of this fame, it was sweet now it's bitter.
04:49 Baby came with pillars, I can't talk in no pillars.
04:51 You know I can't get enough. You know that shit.
04:54 You know I can't get enough. You know that shit.
04:56 Can't get enough.
04:59 Speaking of Jennifer Lopez, my girl Rania got to hang out and talk to J-Lo about her new and possibly last album.
05:06 So how was that?
05:07 I mean how crazy is it that we both got to be in the presence of Jennifer Lopez this week?
05:12 Stop it!
05:13 It's insane. And I mean she is just such a force and you can totally tell when talking to her about this album
05:21 and this movie that she released corresponding with the album,
05:25 she's just so passionate about everything she does, whether that's in her personal life, in her professional life,
05:30 and I think the quality really speaks for itself on this album.
05:33 And with the album, did you guys discuss at all like whether this might be her last piece of work?
05:38 She was pretty coy about it I must say, but she did say that she always goes with her heart.
05:45 So knowing her, I mean even though she might say that this is her last album,
05:50 I could see her feeling inspired in a few years and kind of revving the engine back up again.
05:54 And I mean that film is over the top. It's crazy. There's so much stuff going on.
05:59 Did she talk about how it was to film it?
06:01 Yeah, I mean she was loving every second of it.
06:04 Like she got to bring in all her celebrity friends and she was also just talking about
06:09 how nice it was to kind of put together a representation of her life in a fun metaphorical way,
06:17 which I think is so different than what a lot of artists we've been seeing doing lately
06:21 that are doing the classic biopic or documentary style thing,
06:25 where she wanted to do something a little more creative, a little more metaphorical,
06:28 a little more fairy tale. Something she actually said was,
06:31 "I grew up around fairy tales, Cinderella, Prince Charming."
06:35 And I feel like we really see that come through because it just represents her best.
06:38 And I mean I was at the premiere and to see her talk about Ben was so sweet.
06:43 Did she talk about their relationship at all?
06:46 She sure did because I had to ask her because the film is so astrology based
06:50 and J.Lo and Ben Affleck are both Leos.
06:53 I had to ask her, I was like, "What is it like having two Leos in the home?"
06:58 And she immediately, she was like, "Fiery, passionate, challenging."
07:02 Like she was so, it so describes their relationship.
07:06 And something she said that was really beautiful was,
07:09 even though they've known each other for a long time, they're still getting to know each other.
07:14 And so it feels like she's falling in love with the same person all over again.
07:18 And it might even feel like a different person this time.
07:20 Wow. Goals to be J.Lo.
07:22 But my question is, Rania, are me and you going to the tour?
07:25 Obviously. Are you joking?
07:27 Can't wait to dance again, girl.
07:30 Thanks so much for chatting with us.
07:32 Bye, big Cetrus.
07:33 And we have more songs from our Friday Music Guide, so let's jump back into it.
07:38 Gerald G. teams up with Tiësto for "Contigo" and I need to hear this on a dance floor ASAP.
07:44 ♪ Contigo, yeah. No quiero ir sin ti. ♪
07:50 It's not every day you get to sit down with royalty,
07:53 but Billboard's deputy editor, Segal, sat down with Prince Royce to talk about his new album.
07:59 I already have a song called "Llamada Perdida."
08:01 Which is on the album.
08:02 Which is on the album.
08:03 Then I get a call and I don't take the call.
08:08 I don't think about anything, etc.
08:11 I've been thinking about the title of the album for months.
08:14 Suddenly I wake up at 5 in the morning and I'm like, "Llamada Perdida, that's the name."
08:20 I think the overall concept of the album is the way we communicate.
08:23 Obviously, nowadays we call, we text.
08:27 It's also like in life, the different ways.
08:30 If you take the call, that decision, that something can happen if you don't take it.
08:34 If you say something, if you don't say it.
08:36 If you send a drunk text, if you don't send it.
08:39 Things that were left unsaid.
08:41 Or things you wanted to say but didn't say.
08:43 I think that's where the concept of "Llamada Perdida" came from.
08:46 I've been singing and writing love songs for a long time.
08:51 I think this was the first time I felt like I was living my songs from the present and my songs from the past.
09:00 The hard part wasn't writing it, the hard part wasn't telling it.
09:05 It was like, if I want to tell it and people listen to it.
09:09 I'm a shy person.
09:11 I don't like it when people know that I'm suffering, that I'm crying.
09:15 I like to paint everything pretty on the outside.
09:18 Not to be fake, but nobody wants to see you vulnerable.
09:23 So the decision was, "Should I say this?"
09:26 Or, "I'll put this song. This song is very personal. They're going to think about this."
09:31 But I think that music was a way for me, or for many, to vent.
09:36 For the full interview, head over to Billboard.com.
09:39 That's it for the news. Come back next week for our interview with Ira Starr
09:43 and go behind the scenes of a major K-Pop girl group's music video.
09:47 But before you leave, we've got one more entry for your Friday Music Gap.
09:51 We know Iliad Cohen has the looks and he's got the beats too.
09:55 He teamed up with Nicki Valentine for "In Common."
09:58 ♪ I thought I'd be gone by five ♪
10:01 ♪ But there's no reason I'm still in your bed ♪
10:05 (upbeat music)