Adam Lambert has reworked his 2009 top 10 single to fit his 2024 sensibility.
He's released "Whataya Want From Me '24 (WhiteShadow's HEMix)," which not only has more of a dance vibe, but restores the pronoun "he" to the lyrics. When the song first came out, it was replaced by "it." Now, Adam sings, "He messed me up / Need a second to breathe."
"'Whataya Want From Me’ is a song that I hold dear to my heart and its success contributed to me having a platform to speak out in support of queer rights and equality,” Adam says in a statement.
"It’s a beautiful, full circle moment that I’m now able to reclaim it loud and proud with the ‘he’ pronoun to celebrate my community and how far we've come, with real representation and a spectrum of vibrant identities flourishing in the music industry," he adds. "2009 wasn’t ready for me, 2024 is."
"Whataya Want From Me" was co-written by Pink, Max Martin and Shellback for Pink's 2008 album, Funhouse. Though she recorded it at the time, it didn't make the final album.
Adam will kick off Pride Month on May 31 by performing a free outdoor concert in West Hollywood Park in LA.
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More than 20 years after the release of her debut album Let Go, Avril Lavigne is finally putting out a best-of compilation.
Avril Lavigne - Greatest Hits is due out June 21 and is available for preorder now. It'll be available on digital, CD and 12" black vinyl, plus 12" neon green vinyl that's exclusive to Target. The album packaging features a personal note to Avril's fans.
The album includes 20 songs from across her entire catalog, from "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" through to songs like "Bite Me" and "Bois Lie" from her most recent album, Love Sux.
In addition, four of Avril's albums are being released in 12" vinyl for the first time and will include bonus recording previously only available digitally. They include 2004's Under My Skin, 2007's The Best Damn Thing, 2011's Goodbye Lullaby and 2013's self-titled release. The vinyls will be offered in various colors via Amazon and Avril's online store.
Avril's also kicking off a North American Greatest Hits tour on May 22 in Vancouver, which is currently set to run through a September 18 show in Calgary, Alberta. All Time Low and Simple Plan are among the supporting acts.
Before that, Avril will perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 16 with country star Nate Smith. You can watch it on Prime Video starting at 8 p.m. ET.
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John Mayer isn't thrilled about the fact that, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, his BFF Andy Cohen was asked about their relationship in a way that made it sound as though straight and gay men can't have close friendships. In fact, he was so annoyed, he wrote a letter to the interviewer to complain.
John's letter, published in The Hollywood Reporter, says that he was "intrigued" by the fact that the interviewer told Cohen, "Your friendship with Mayer has been a subject of intense speculation. People seem dubious that a straight rock star can have a close platonic relationship with a gay TV personality.”
"I think this is somewhat of a specious premise," John writes. "First, there is a long and storied history of 'rock stars' (not mocking, just won’t refer to myself as one) befriending gay icons and artists. Second, I think that to suggest that people are dubious of a friendship like mine and Andy’s is to undermine the public’s ability to accept and understand diversity in all facets of culture, be it in art or in real life."
"I’d like to think they’re sophisticated enough to see a relationship like ours without assuming it must include a sexual component," he continues.
Then, he gets angry: "I bristle at your selectively flimsy logic meant to coax an answer, when the premise itself is so deeply flawed, and quite possibly not even quantitatively true," he writes. "Quite simply, if someone is dubious of a platonic relationship between a straight man and a gay man, I don’t think that shallow a view deserves clarification by anyone with self respect."
He concludes by saying, "Reinforcing the idea that any gay/straight relationship needs qualification that it’s not sexual devoids everyone involved of their dignity."
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It's possible that Justin Bieber's mom is even more excited than Justin is about the fact that he and his wife Hailey are expecting a baby.
In an Instagram video, Justin's mom Pattie Mallette gushed, "So I have been waiting for this day. and now that they have shared it, I can finally celebrate with y'all. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna be a grandma! Oh my goodness."
"Justin and Hailey, you are gonna be the best parents ever, and I am so excited," she added. "Oh my goodness. Praise God."
Mallette did, however, clarify that the couple is not expecting twins. Fans apparently got the idea when she commented on Hailey's father Stephen Baldwin's Instagram, "Congratulations Grandpa! WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE CUTEST GRAND-BABIES EVER!"
She then added, "No not twins lol I wish. I just mean in general. Hopefully they will have more than one eventually. They will make beautiful babies whenever they have them. One is enough for now."
Justin and Hailey announced the happy news on their Instagram feeds on May 9; in photos and video taken at a vow renewal, Hailey is seen showing off a small baby bump. ABC News confirmed that she's six months along.
Among the celebrities who congratulated them: Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Ellen Pompeo, Jordin Sparks, Tate McRae, The Kid LAROI, Demi Lovato, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Kylie and Kris Jenner, Vanessa Hudgens, Bella Hadid, and Maddie Ziegler.
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Taylor Swift has issued in a brand-new chapter of The Eras Tour.
Her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, now has its very own set in the concert, which Taylor debuted during the Thursday, May 9, performance in Paris, France.
The first European Eras Tour show also featured a rearranging of the various eras, many cut songs and brand-new costumes for every single era except Reputation.
Among the TTPD songs that made the cut were, in order, as follows: “But Daddy I Love Him,” “So High School,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?,” “Down Bad,” “Fortnight,” “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and “I Can Do it with a Broken Heart.”
While the concert began with the Lover and Fearless sets as usual, the rest of the show’s schedule changed from what fans have come to expect. Red now comes third, which is followed by Speak Now and then Reputation.
Next comes the show’s second-biggest change: a new set that combines her albums folklore and evermore into one. Taylor took turns singing songs from the two albums, which, as she said on the piano before performing “champagne problems,” she considers to be sisters.
The 1989 set came next, before Taylor broke out into the entirely new The Tortured Poets Department part of the show. The surprise song section of the show followed that, before Taylor ended with the Midnights era.
Which songs were axed to make room for the new portion of the show, you may ask? Taylor ended up cutting “The Archer,” “Long Live,” “the 1,” “’tis the damn season,” “the last great american dynasty” and “tolerate it” from the show.
As for the evening’s acoustic surprise songs: Taylor, as fans predicted, performed the Midnights track “Paris” on guitar, before following up with TTPD’s “loml” on piano.
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Live Nation's Concert Week promotion, which offers $25 all-in tickets to thousands of summer concerts, runs through May 14. Sean Paul is one of the more than 900 artists taking part, and he tells ABC Audio that it's his way of doing what he can to make things easier for his fans.
"I mean, things are getting crazy out there, expensive," he says. "And the fans supported me forever. So it's my way of of helping to to ease that pressure and give back a little bit."
The "Get Busy" singer remembers when growing up in Jamaica, he couldn't always afford to go to concerts. "I know how it feels," he says. "And to get the news secondhand, to hear the next day what happened? That's a bummer! It's better to experience it firsthand ... so a little bit of help goes a long way."
If he wasn't currently out on his own The Greatest Tour, Sean says he'd like to use the $25 deal to go see the Busta Rhymes/Missy Elliott/Ciara team-up. "That's an awesome one," he tells ABC Audio. As for his own tour, Sean's thrilled that multiple generations are coming out to see him.
"I'm very thankful for that," he says. "It means the music is still bumping and people are still feeling it, moms telling daughters what's good, and so it just feels good to to know that people still appreciate the music."
Which one of his many hits is the most fun for him to perform?
"I really love 'Temperature.' The track is so bouncy, it hits hard ...it's awesome to just vibe to," Sean Paul says. "It's always fun for me to see the whole crowd beat bouncing to the beat!"
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Travis Kelce showed his support for girlfriend Taylor Swift ahead of her first European Eras Tour show in Paris, France, on Monday, May 9. The NFL star commented on an Instagram post from Taylor's guitarist Paul Sidoti, who shared a photo of him and Taylor onstage together. "The Eras Tour Europe starts tonight..Paris you’re up first.. who’s coming?" Paul wrote. Travis commented, "Lfg!!!" alongside celebratory hand emojis.
Speaking of Taylor, she started this new leg of The Eras Tour by wearing a brand new orange bodysuit and blazer during the concert's Lover set. The custom looks are by Atelier Versace, Vogue reports. “Taylor is taking over the world with joy, love, and female power in Versace,” Donatella Versace said. “I love her talent, her hard work, and dedication to her fans. She is a superstar!”
Olivia Rodrigo has responded to the fan who tattooed the wrong lyrics to her song "Hope Ur Ok" to her wrist. The correct lyrics of the song go, "address the letters to the holes in my butterfly wings." The fan had the words, "butter wings" tattooed instead of "butterfly wings." “HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG THIS IS THE NEW LYRIC IM CHANGING IT TO BUTTERWINGS,” Olivia commented on the fan's TikTok.
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Even if you haven't seen the new Anne Hathaway Prime Video film, The Idea of You, you've probably heard that the plot — a 40-year-old divorced mom and the much-younger singer in a British boy band fall in love — was inspired by Harry Styles. Some people have even described the book and movie as "Harry Styles fan fiction," but the woman who wrote the book the movie is based on would like everyone to stop thinking that way.
The Idea of You author Robinne Lee tells Entertainment Weekly, "I don't consider it fan fiction at all, Harry was one of multiple people who went into creating [the character of] Hayes Campbell — he was the only one in a British boy band that was current at the time, I guess, and so that's what people have latched onto."
"It's unfortunate because it's being used as clickbait, and when I'm writing for Hayes, I'm not picturing Harry Styles," she insists.
While Lee once said that Harry was one of the inspirations for the character, she also said Eddie Redmayne, Prince Harry and some of her exes were in there. Now, she tells EW that John F. Kennedy Jr., the guys in Duran Duran and late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence were additional inspirations.
"It's picking and choosing what I wanted from different people," she notes. "You create your character and you make him what you want to make him. He feels very real to me, and I think Harry's just what people gravitated to."
"But he's not Harry in my head when I'm writing for him," she continues. "He is not Harry and he's not living Harry's life. He's very much his own person to me."
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Camila Cabello has said in various interviews that her hometown of Miami inspired the sound of her new album, C, XOXO, and in a newly released trailer for the project, she makes the inspiration even more obvious.
The trailer features footage of Camila in various situations in Miami — in a car, on the beach at night and hanging out with girlfriends —with a voiceover that narrates a story of someone the singer refers to as "she."
"She likes to drive with the windows down so she can hear what the city's saying at night," narrates Camila. "She likes its broken English; its all-over-the-place music taste ... they always said this city would be underwater by now. then again, that's what they said about her. I guess they both learned how to swim."
Then, Camila includes herself in the narration, saying, "We go from the beach to the car ride home in our sticky, salty hair. What's the point of foundation? It'll just melt off anyway. Just some mascara and ... can I borrow some lip gloss?"
"We tan because what's the difference? We fly too close to the sun anyways," she continues. "The sun is our only constant lover: the way he kisses our skin and our hair -- no wonder we feel so pretty."
Camila then goes back to talking about the mysterious "she."
"Yeah, she takes trips and she's out in LA and New York and s***," says Camila. "When all is said and done, though, you hear her screaming, "305 'til i die, b****!"
It's not clear if this entire spoken-word piece is part of the album, or it was just made for the trailer. C, XOXO arrives June 28. A new song, "He Knows" featuring Lil Nas X, is out on May 10.
(Video contains uncensored profanity.)
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