It’s Friday, February 23rd and there are a ton of new music releases. Selena Gomez released her new track “Love On,” TWICE’s EP ‘With YOU-th’ is here, Jennifer Lopez dropped a music video for her track “Rebound’ and more! Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has arrived in Sydney, Australia. Sabrina Carpenter joined Taylor on stage to sing a mix of “White Horse” and “Coney Island.” Katy Perry, Rita Ora, Taika Waititi and Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce attended the show. We go behind the video with LE SSERAFIM. And more!
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00:00 Katy Perry stops by the heiress tour proving there's no bad blood. New music from Selena, SZA and more.
00:07 We take you on set with the Seraphim.
00:09 Mal and Ricky stop by our studio and we break down our icon of the year, Kylie Minogue, successes.
00:16 Welcome back to Billboard News. I'm Tetris Kelly. It's Friday, February 23rd.
00:24 And while I know you're ready for the weekend, we have a lot to get through today.
00:28 So let's start with our Friday music guide.
00:31 Selena Gomez makes her return with "Love On."
00:34 Selena told us this era would be pure pop and she wasn't lying.
00:42 We'll have more new music for you throughout the show, but let's get into our top stories.
00:55 Katy Perry says what bad blood with Taylor as Sabrina Carpenter joins her on stage and her and her boo hit the zoo.
01:03 We got all your deets on Taylor's trip down under.
01:06 It's a moment for pop culture.
01:08 Katy Perry attended Taylor Swift's The Heiress Tour and gave us exactly what we needed when she flipped the camera around during "Bad Blood."
01:24 Loving the growth.
01:26 Rita Ora also attended and brought along her husband, Taika Waititi.
01:30 It was an amazing night as we also got to see opener and pop star Sabrina Carpenter join Taylor on stage for a medley of "White Horse" and "Coney Island."
01:38 We are living.
01:51 The same way Taylor apparently lives for the Sydney Zoo.
01:54 Her boyfriend Travis Kelce made it to Australia as seen in lots of viral posts online.
01:59 And not only did he attend the show, he also went to the zoo with Taylor the day after she had already went.
02:05 I guess our girl loves her animals.
02:08 So much pomo for everything happening at this Heiress Tour stop.
02:12 K-pop girl group Royalty Twice is back with their 13th mini album "With You."
02:18 Look at me.
02:19 Look at me.
02:21 Look at me.
02:23 The project includes bops like "Look at Me" and "One Spark."
02:27 I'm burning, burning, burning.
02:32 I want this love, baby.
02:33 We know Le Seraphim is one of the hottest K-pop groups out there and they gave us a behind the scenes look at their new video for "Easy."
02:42 Hi Billboard, we are Le Seraphim.
02:45 I'm Eunjin.
02:46 I'm Sakura.
02:46 I'm Yunjin.
02:47 I'm Kazuma.
02:48 I'm Chaewon.
02:49 And today we're so excited to share with you guys an exclusive behind the scenes look at our music video for our new song "Easy."
02:55 "Easy."
02:56 Let's go.
02:57 Let's go.
02:58 If I can fight, it's a decision.
03:15 My lady, come on, we're in Broadway.
03:18 Clap your hands, feel the love, I got the moon.
03:29 Clap your hands now.
03:30 Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, little star.
03:33 Can we get wind blowing this way towards the curtain now?
03:37 We're just going to do like a silhouette thing.
03:39 Hey Billboard, I'm Nina McNeely.
03:41 I'm the director of Le Seraphim's new music video "Easy."
03:45 I'm dancing, but I still got to get it, easy.
03:47 It's not easy, but I'm easy.
03:50 I'm a party that's burning around me.
03:53 Pull up and I'm a little like that.
03:55 I came up with this concept for the video to create this futuristic, surrealist world for the girls to explore.
04:03 It's like a post-apocalyptic realm that's been taken over by nature.
04:08 We're exploring working with projections.
04:10 We're exploring iconography and different symbolism.
04:14 And it's been a real joy to work with the girls on this.
04:17 Watch out for the full video on Billboard.com and YouTube, coming soon.
04:29 Jennifer Lopez dropped a new video for "This Is Me Now" track "Rebound."
04:34 Got me on that rebound, rebound, rebound.
04:37 Catch me on that rebound.
04:39 And if the action-packed "Glass House" isn't enough for you,
04:43 the superstar also released an Apple Music special.
04:46 If you don't know Latin pop and reggaeton brothers Mao and Ricky,
04:57 Billboard caught up with them and Leila Cobo got all the Venezuelan tea.
05:01 Hotel Caracas is...
05:03 All your dreams come true.
05:05 It's our new album, which we're incredibly proud of.
05:10 We've been working on this album for a year and a half,
05:13 but I feel like we've been writing these songs our whole lives.
05:16 Why?
05:18 Because I feel like it's the destination we've been waiting for.
05:23 I feel...
05:25 It's like a feeling that everything we've lived through in our careers
05:29 has shaped us to be able to defend this project we have here.
05:35 It's the most Mao and Ricky thing we've done.
05:38 It's like an important void, because we never made music
05:43 to be successful, to be famous, or to make money.
05:46 We made music or started making songs because it's the only thing we know how to do well.
05:51 It's the only thing we know how to do.
05:53 So when we aligned ourselves again with that search
05:57 to rediscover ourselves and reinvent what's possible in the industry,
06:04 all those needs made us reach a place like this to make Hotel Caracas.
06:09 For the full interview, check out Billboard.com.
06:12 After performing "Saturn" during a Super Bowl commercial for Mastercard,
06:16 ♪ This place, stuck in this paradise ♪
06:19 ♪ Don't believe the paradise ♪
06:22 SZA has dropped a track for you to enjoy.
06:25 ♪ I'm sped over on Saturn ♪
06:28 ♪ I can't break this pattern ♪
06:30 This women in music honoree needs no introduction,
06:33 but if you don't know all the accomplishments of Kylie Minogue,
06:37 Billboard is here to explain.
06:39 Kylie Minogue is Billboard's 2024 icon honoree at women in music.
06:44 Throughout her decades-long career, Minogue has put out huge hits on multiple Billboard charts.
06:49 ♪ Don't be my enemy, baby, wait for the chance ♪
06:52 This is Billboard Explains' Kylie Minogue dancing up the charts.
06:56 The Australian hitmaker got her first Hot 100 Top 10 chart debut back in 1988
07:01 with her massive hit "The Locomotion," which peaked at number three.
07:05 ♪ Come on, come on, to the locomotion with me ♪
07:09 Fourteen years later, she made it to the Top 10 again with her sensational hit
07:13 "Can't Get You Out of My Head," a song that we definitely couldn't get out of our heads in 2002.
07:18 ♪ La la la la, la la la la la ♪
07:22 Her sweet spot is the Hot Dance Electronics Songs chart, where she had 18 songs,
07:27 including her big hit "Pa-Dom Pa-Dom," which peaked at number seven in June 2023.
07:32 ♪ Pa-Dom Pa-Dom, I hear it and I know ♪
07:36 The song even won her a Grammy in the newly formed Best Pop Dance Recording category.
07:40 Kylie is also no stranger to the Billboard 200.
07:43 She had 11 albums chart, including "Fever," which hit the Top 10, peaking at number three in 2002.
07:50 With her long span on the Billboard charts, it's no wonder Kylie is the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Icon Honoree.
07:59 That's it for today, I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
08:02 Come back next week for interviews with Fireboy and Modest Yahoo.
08:06 But before I go, let me leave you with one more Friday Music Guide song.
08:10 Lil Durk always brings the bars and his latest single "Old Days" is no different.
08:15 ♪ I'm the streets, who ever thought I'd make a million off of beats ♪
08:18 ♪ And these smirk now, they can make millions off of me ♪
08:21 (whooshing)