It’s Tuesday, May 14th, and an obituary for Eminem’s Slim Shady appeared in a Detroit newspaper ahead of the release of his upcoming album. ZICO teases in an interview with Billboard that he’s heard some of Jennie’s solo tracks and that they’re all really good. Yves from LOONA returns to music for the soundtrack of K-Drama, “Missing Crown Prince.” NewJeans' performance director takes to IG stories to express her frustration about ILLIT copying creative elements from NewJeans. Tyla takes us Behind The Photo and shares some of her favorite moments with her best friend. We sat down with Jimmy Fallon to talk about some of his favorite memories of Billboard Chart Toppers on his show. Rapsody shares why ‘Please Don’t Cry’ is her most vulnerable album, her collaborations with Lil Wayne and more!
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00:00The real Slim Shady kicks the bucket.
00:03Tyler takes us behind the photo.
00:05We learn more about Jennie's solo tracks,
00:07all of Luna's members return to music,
00:09and the new Jean's illit drama heats up.
00:12Jimmy Fallon talks about some of his biggest musical guests,
00:15and Rapsody stops by to talk new music.
00:18Let's jump right into it here at Billboard News.
00:24Slim Shady is dead, but Eminem lives on.
00:28We're talking about the obituary and his new venture.
00:31♪ I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady ♪
00:34♪ All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating ♪
00:36It seems Eminem may be taking his upcoming album title,
00:39The Death of Slim Shady, literally.
00:41The Detroit Free Press ran a fake
00:43Slim Shady obituary on Monday,
00:45and it's a hilarious read.
00:47It states, Slim Shady made lasting impressions,
00:50and fans will never forget the controversial rapper.
00:54It continues, his complex and tortured existence
00:57has come to a close, and the legacy he leaves behind
01:00is no closer to resolution than the manner
01:02in which this character departed this world.
01:05May he truly find the peace in an afterlife
01:07that he could not find on Earth.
01:10Um, what?
01:11The ad obituary appears to be in support
01:14of Em's upcoming 12th studio LP,
01:16news that was first broken by his frequent collaborator,
01:19Dr. Dre, on Jimmy Kimmel in March.
01:22Eminem is working on his own album,
01:24which is coming out this year,
01:27peace.
01:30And there's music news in general,
01:31and then the whole world of K-pop.
01:34There's so much going on,
01:35here's three things you need to know in K-pop.
01:38♪ Up and down, round and round at the spot, spot, spot, spot ♪
01:43Jennie earned her second number one
01:44on the World Digital Song Sales chart with Spot,
01:47and now Zico is teasing more new music from Jennie.
01:50He told Billboard, I had the chance to peek at Jennie's
01:53to-be-released solo track demos,
01:55and there were so many good ones.
01:56How many good ones are we talking here?
01:58EP, LP, I need to know everything.
02:01When the girls of Loonadist banded,
02:02fans thought it was bittersweet.
02:04They were happy they got out of their contract,
02:06but sad to see them go.
02:08But all the girls are officially active
02:10in the music industry.
02:12We got a taste of E's return to music for the soundtrack
02:15to K-drama Missing Crown Prince.
02:17♪ Like a whirlwind, you tickle my heart ♪
02:22Actually.
02:24Whether the girls are a part of a new group
02:26or have gone solo, we're happy if they're happy.
02:29Keep going strong.
02:30New Jeans performance director Kim Yoon-ju
02:33expressed her frustrations on IG.
02:35A post on her story seems to reference the ongoing debate
02:38on whether or not Ylit has been copying
02:40creative elements from New Jeans.
02:43If she is referencing that,
02:44she alleges that Ylit copied choreography
02:47from one of New Jeans' ads.
02:49Fans online are saying they see similarities
02:51between New Jeans' McDonald's commercial
02:53and Ylit's Lucky Girl Syndrome choreo.
02:56♪ Yeah, love, yeah, I'm a lucky girl ♪
02:59♪ Yeah, you're a lucky girl ♪
03:01What do I see?
03:0210 talented women doing their thing.
03:04This is complicated, and I hope they all figure it out
03:07for the sake of them and the fans.
03:09Hello, it's Tyler, and I'm taking you
03:11behind the photo with Billboard.
03:17This was taken by my very best friend.
03:20This was when I was in Ghana,
03:22and we went to the skate park,
03:24and I have no idea I was in skates,
03:25but I was having very much fun that day.
03:29This is a cute one.
03:31It's gonna sound like everything has to do
03:32with my best friend, but we basically always together.
03:35And over here, we were in Cape Town, South Africa,
03:39and we had a whole picnic.
03:41Hey, we were having a girl's day,
03:43gossiping there on the Cape Town beach.
03:46And she took a picture of me eating a sushi.
03:49This is me in South Africa for Heritage Day.
03:54I was feeling myself this day.
03:57I woke up very early to do my edges,
03:59my head wrap, my outfit.
04:02I was feeling very fancy, and yeah,
04:06this was a cute moment.
04:09The most iconic Tyler picture that will ever exist.
04:14This was in school,
04:19literally me and my best friend again.
04:21I don't know what we were doing,
04:22but we were leaders in the school,
04:24and I think we had to organize clothes
04:26as like the RCL of the school.
04:29No, we were playing with those clothes.
04:31We were not being serious.
04:32She snapped this picture of me,
04:34and the rest is history.
04:36In celebration of his 10-year anniversary
04:38on The Tonight Show,
04:40we sat down with Jimmy Fallon
04:41to talk about some of the biggest
04:43Billboard chart toppers he's had on his show
04:45over the years.
04:46Here are some of his top memories.
04:48We're just gonna run through
04:49some of our favorite Billboard chart toppers,
04:51and you have to tell us your first memory,
04:53like rapid fire, don't overthink it, okay?
04:55Okay, go.
04:56All right, your bestie is first, Justin Timberlake.
04:59Oh, I remember doing the MTV Awards,
05:01and we were both backstage nervous,
05:02and I was nervous,
05:03because if I did a good job hosting,
05:04I would get to host other things.
05:06And he was like, I'm nervous.
05:07I go, why are you nervous?
05:09He was like, I'm launching a solo career.
05:11That's so true.
05:12I was like, oh, you should actually be nervous.
05:14Yeah, he's like, we're both on pressure right now.
05:16I barely had pressure,
05:17but that guy really handles himself
05:20perfectly under pressure.
05:20He is a pro.
05:22He is one of the best to ever do it.
05:24He's one of my favorite artists ever.
05:26Love him, and that new album is so good.
05:28Oh, Masterpiece.
05:28It's so good.
05:29Beyonce.
05:31Beyonce.
05:32I remember Destiny's Child.
05:33I remember her mom being really nice to my mom.
05:35They both did the top 10 list
05:37on a Mother's Day edition of David Letterman.
05:40And Dave, Beyonce's mom was next to my mom,
05:43and they were going down the list,
05:44and they were giving flowers out to all the moms,
05:46and David Letterman was going by going,
05:48thank you, thank you, thank you.
05:51And he got up to my mom.
05:52He goes, thank you.
05:53And my mom goes, what?
05:54He goes, thank you.
05:56Thank you.
05:57Like, she's gonna get something special.
05:59All the other moms, you only get,
06:00so she goes, what?
06:01So he gave her two flowers.
06:02And by the time he got to the end,
06:03to his own mom, he didn't have any flowers to give.
06:05Oh, stop.
06:06Because he gave my mother two flowers.
06:07So that's, I remember Beyonce's mom.
06:09She was great.
06:10And I mean, I gotta ask you,
06:11your opinion on Texas Hold'em.
06:12Crushed it.
06:13Right?
06:14Jolene Blackbird, crushed it.
06:15Album's fantastic.
06:17Another recipe.
06:18She doesn't mess.
06:19She doesn't mess around.
06:20She's a pro, and like, I love seeing artists like that.
06:23She is, who knows where she's gonna go.
06:25I mean, it just doesn't end with her.
06:26She's just always surprising, always,
06:29and just talented, and talent always wins.
06:32It's true, it's true.
06:33Taylor Swift.
06:34I remember her mom, we've had Taylor on forever,
06:39but her mom gave us video of her
06:41after she got her wisdom lacer.
06:43I remember seeing that, that was so funny.
06:46So she's on some type of pill or something,
06:48and she's crying.
06:49Over the banana.
06:50She's eating a banana and crying
06:51about how she killed the banana or something.
06:54It's insane, it's very charming.
06:56It's so vulnerable of like the biggest superstar
06:58in the whole world.
06:59No one would ever let anyone air that,
07:00but thank you, Taylor's mom.
07:02That was the best.
07:03It was everything.
07:04I come back to that video,
07:05it'll pop up on my YouTube side thing.
07:07She's crying, and she can't stop crying.
07:10Yeah, that was good, I love that.
07:12She's a good sport.
07:13I love it, I can't believe she even let you do that.
07:16Ariana Grande.
07:17The best, I remember kind of fighting
07:20to have her on as a talk guest,
07:21because they're like, no, she's a singer,
07:23and she doesn't know how to talk,
07:25or do an interview, she'll be better at singing.
07:27I go, have you seen her acting like Sam and Cat,
07:29or, I go, she's really funny.
07:32So they're like, well, maybe, we're not sure,
07:33we're not sure, and so we begged to just have her on,
07:35and she came on and did impressions,
07:38and stole the show.
07:39The thing went uber viral.
07:41I think probably in like two days,
07:43it was over 20 million, maybe 50 million hits.
07:46She is, yeah, I remember her just proving everyone wrong,
07:50going like, yeah, and talent.
07:52Talented and funny, like, she's both.
07:54She's got it all, she has everything.
07:56I love her. She really is.
07:57Yeah.
07:58Britney Spears, one of my favorites.
07:59Britney Spears, I always think of Saturday Night Live,
08:02that's when I first met Britney.
08:04Super fun, and again, to be that giant of a pop star,
08:07and still have a clear head.
08:10She did, ew, on our show,
08:11where we played 13 year old girls,
08:14and it's like, yeah, that's a suck ass.
08:17But the fact that she still has a sense of humor,
08:18and like, all that stuff, I love Britney forever.
08:22I love that, I love that.
08:23The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
08:2510th Anniversary Special airs tonight.
08:28And our very own legend, Gayle,
08:30got to sit down with Rapsody,
08:32and you don't wanna miss it.
08:33So I think I wanna do this myself.
08:36Like, I wanna trust myself.
08:37And it was, I was nervous, right?
08:39Can you do this?
08:40Is it gonna be good enough?
08:42You know, and that was the hardest part,
08:44like, trusting myself.
08:46But I'm happy I did it.
08:47It was a beautiful challenge, and I grew a lot from it.
08:50And I got to understand that this is just art.
08:52You're supposed to create from who you are,
08:55and just put it out in the world, good, bad, and different.
08:58You know, just make the music that you wanna make.
09:01And that, you know, the illusion and fantasy
09:04of trying to fit in these spaces and get validation,
09:10it's not real.
09:11People have to know who I am first.
09:13For the full interview, check out Billboard's YouTube.
09:16Tomorrow, we go country with our Power Players event,
09:19and interview with Sam Hunt.
09:21Love that guy.
09:22I'm Tetris, and I'll see you then.