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Eleven temporary individual tattoos will be released as part of the collection, and fans will easily be able to identify elements from “Dynamite’s” music video and single artwork, from the BTS members’ silhouettes, to retro flowers and shooting stars. Every order of the tattoos will also include one of three collectible 8 x 10-inch prints and special BTS packaging.

The semi-permanent tattoos mimic the appearance and feel of a genuine tattoo, and Inkbox says the tattoos can stay visible for up to two weeks. The company says the tattoos are skin-safe, waterproof, and cruelty-free, “creating a safe, unique way to express oneself.”

“Inking a deal with a partner as iconic as BTS is incredibly exciting for the Inkbox community,” Inkbox CEO and Co-founder, Tyler Handley tells Rolling Stone . “Our brand is all about self-expression and inclusivity, and we think BTS celebrates those same values—making this the perfect mash-up for our customers.”

From Publisher: Rolling Stone

John Cena hails BTS for helping him navigate ‘vulnerable moment’

John Cena has heaped praise on BTS fans, thanking them for helping him through his ‘vulnerable moment’.

The Hollywood star posted an inspiring statement from his self-help book and the statement caught the attention of fans, as it coincided with the BTS album ‘Love Yourself’.

He said on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’: “The very popular group, BTS, had just released an album called, ‘Love Yourself’.

He explained: “These books exist because the Army was brave enough – the BTS Army – was brave enough to support my vulnerable moment and now it’s become a part of my daily routine.”

The actor – who married his second wife, Shay Shariatzadeh, last year – said: “I really gotta thank K-pop, I gotta thank BTS for supporting me in a moment of weakness and turning it into a passion of mine.”

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Taylor Swift  unleashed her latest “From the Vault” gem on Wednesday (April 7), and though it’s called “Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version),” trust her when she says things are not.

“Hello Mr. Perfectly Fine/ How’s your heart after breaking mine?/ Mr. always at the right place at the right time, baby,” she sings over the dreamy, mid-tempo acoustic track, “Hello, Mr. casually cruel/ Mr. everything revolves around you/ I’ve been Miss misery since your goodbye/ And you’re Mr. Perfectly Fine.”

She’s not wrong. After releasing the character-driven  Folklore  and  Evermore  pandemic albums last year, in which the singer took on other people’s stories, “Mr. Perfectly Fine” sounds like a classic  Fearless -era Taylor tale of romantic woe. Describing the guy as “Mr. Perfect Face,” “Mr. Here to stay” and “Mr. Looked me in the eye and told me you would never go away,” in the first verse, Taylor paints a portrait of a man who says all the rights things at the right time, before she gets to know “Mr. Change of heart,” right before he breaks hers.

The new song goes on to reveal that this Mr., of course, has his “arm ’round a brand-new girl,” and though she was willing to stick it out, she predicts he’ll miss her some day and then, well, he’ll be “Mr. Too late.”

Over the weekend, Swift sent fans down the rabbit hole with a scavenger hunt that she promised would require “expert” level decoding. “The vault door is about to be as unhinged as you’ll think I am after you watch this video,” Swift wrote. Before “Mr.” Swift had only released one song in her “From the Vault” series, “You All Over Me,” featuring  Maren Morris , which is part of the upcoming re-recorded version of her 2008 album  Fearless , due out this Friday (April 9) with  six never-before-released songs .

From Publisher: Billboard

aespa is one of the most exciting new acts to debut on the K-pop scene. The SM Entertainment troupe debuted on the music scene back in November of 2020 with their debut single “Black Mamba.”

They’ve already racked up a ton of views and streams globally, as well as building up an enthusiastic fanbase (called “MY”) with their bold first release.

The group – made up of Karina , Giselle , Winter and Ningning – also has a very unique twist: each member has their own digital counterpart, meaning that there are technically eight members of aespa !

Watch the music video for the group’s debut smash “Black Mamba,” and learn 10 Fun Facts about the group…

1. They’ve already broken multiple records. Their debut music video for recent single “Black Mamba” racked up 21 million views in its first 24 hours, earning the most views on a debut music video by a K-pop group in that short amount of time. It soon broke another record: the fastest debut music video to surpass 100 million views in K-pop history.

2. “aespa” is more than their band name. The “ae” is derived from the words “avatar and experience” and combined with the word “aspect” (meaning two sides) to get “aespa.” This symbolizes “meeting another self and experiencing the new world.”

3. They have 4 or 8 members. The girls all have their own digital avatars, called “ae,” that were created from each member’s personal data in a virtual world and that can be “rekalled” into the real world. The group consists of four members: Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning, and their four respective avatars (referred to as ae-Karina, ae-Winter, ae-Giselle and ae-Ningning.)

5. Members of the fandom refer to themselves at “MY.” “MY” means “the most precious friend” in FLAT.

As P iso 21 and Maluma ‘s collaboration “Más De La Una” rises 14-10 on Billboard ‘s Latin Rhythm Airplay chart (dated April 10), Piso 21 nabs its second top 10, while Maluma collects his 21st.

“Más De La Una” hops to the top 10 a week after El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Perreo ,  Piso 21’s third studio album, debuted at No. 9 on Latin Pop Albums. The song is the set’s seventh single. It climbs Latin Rhythm Airplay with 5.67 million in audience impressions, up 27%, earned in the week ending April 4, according to MRC Data, which also pushes the collaboration 23-16 on the overall Latin Airplay chart.

Piso 21 claims its second top 10 after “Déjala Que Vuelva,” featuring Manuel Turizo, peaked at No. 7 on March 2018. In between, the group posted a top 20 tune (“La Vida Sin Ti,” No. 17 high, October 2018).

Maluma, meanwhile, banks his 21st top 10, 17 of which landed atop Latin Rhythm Airplay, dating back to “Borro Casssette,” the four-week champ in 2015. In addition to “Más De La Una,” Maluma is also in the top 10 with his former No. 1 “Hawai,” with The Weeknd, at No. 5

Elsewhere, “Más” gains traction on Latin Pop Airplay , lifting 6-5 — its highest peak since the song debuted at No. 20 (December 2020). Over on Hot Latin Songs , which blends airplay, digital sales and streaming data, “Más” ascends 39-35 despite a dip in sales and streams.

From Publisher: Billboard

Piso 21’s ‘El Amor En Tiempos Del Perreo’ Enters Latin Pop Albums Chart’s Top

Piso 21 secures its second top 10 on the Latin Pop Albums chart as El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Perreo arrives at No. 9 on the April 3-dated survey.

El Amor starts with 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 25, according to MRC Data. The bulk of the album’s opening sum stem from streaming-equivalent album (SEA) units, as the songs on the album earned 2.1 million streams in its first tracking week.The pop-urban flavored set was released March 18 via Warner Latina.

The set is a follow-up to the quartet’s sophomore studio album Ubuntu , the Colombian act’s first entry on any Billboard album chart (No. 5 peak, May 2018) when Juan David Castaño, one of the founding members, was still on board. El Amor En Tiempos Del Perreo , now with David Lorduy Hernández (Lorduy) as Cataño’s successor, marks the group’s first Latin Pop Albums entry in almost three years.

Florida Georgia Line earn their 15th No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Long Live” rises 3-1 on the April 10-dated list, up 9% to 28.3 million impressions, according to MRC Data.

The tandem of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard pass Rascal Flatts for the second-most leaders among duos and groups in the chart’s 31-year history, after Brooks & Dunn’s 20. Among all acts, Kenny Chesney leads with 31 No. 1s.

“Live,” which Hubbard and Kelley wrote with Corey Crowder, David Garcia and Josh Miller, marks FGL’s first Country Airplay leader since “Simple” in October 2018. In between, the act hit a No. 2 high with “I Love My Country” last September.

From publisher: Billboard

 Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley to release Solo EP

The country singer, 35, announced on Instagram Tuesday that his EP, BK’s Wave Pack , will be available April 13. This will be Kelley’s first standalone project while being a member of country duo Florida Georgia Line with Tyler Hubbard .

“It’s time to set sail!   I’m beyond excited to announce #BKsWavePack EP drops one week from today on 4/13,” wrote Kelley. “Bringing summertime a little early with ‘Beach Cowboy,’ ‘Made By The Water,’ ‘Party On The Beach’ and ‘Sunday Service in the Sand.'”

RELATED: Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard & Brian Kelley to Release Solo Music: ‘We’re Not Breaking Up’

The self-proclaimed “beach cowboy” has been teasing the forthcoming release of solo music for the past few days, posting a video on March 31 with the caption: “There’s a new kind of cowboy in town… who’s ready to ride this wave?”

The four songs on the EP are a mix of ” party-all-day Pop” and “love-all-night Country” as Kelley co-produced the entire project with country songwriter Corey Crowder.

RELATED: Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard Call for Unity on New Duet ‘Undivided’: ‘It’s Not About Politics’

While both Kelley and Hubbard are currently pursuing solo endeavors, as Hubbard released his single “Undivided” featuring Tim McGraw in January, the duo assured fans that Florida Georgia Line would not be breaking up .

“It’s a beautiful place to be, like BK said, to be able to venture out and have a voice of our own and have individuality a little bit. We’ve always been a package deal,” Hubbard said. “Just to clarify, FGL is not breaking up so anyone who says that, from the mouth of Tyler and BK.”

From Publisher: PEOPLE.com

#14. ‘Here’s To The Good Times’ by Florida Georgia Line

This debut record came out in 2012 and boasts five songs from the duo’s EP (extended play record), “It’z Just What We Do,” and six new tracks. As of early 2014, the album’s first single “Cruise,” which initially appeared on the band’s EP, became the best-selling digital country song in the U.S. The song is a prime example of what critics have termed “bro country.”

Stacker compiled the best country albums of all time as per Billboard’s Greatest of All Time…

Cardi B ‘s baby turns 3 on Tuesday (April 6). No, not her daughter Kulture, but her debut album Invasion of Privacy , and she’s celebrating with the BardiGang.

Her major-label debut LP with Atlantic Records is the gift that keeps on giving for the 28-year-old rapper, earning her a Billboard 200 No. 1, a 2019 Grammy for best rap album, a diamond-certified single “Bodak Yellow,” two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles (“Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin ), and numerous record-shattering moments for a female rapper.

“Thank you everyone that’s been showing IOP love today .It feels like a birthday lols,” she wrote on Twitter. “I get real sweet and bittersweet memories when I listen to the album, I faced many challenges thru the process and after but the outcome was beautiful and successful. Love you forever.”

Members of her BardiGang fanbase from all over the world recorded a celebratory video montage to praise  IOP ‘s legacy. “Awwww this is sooo bute… Thank you guys,” Cardi wrote back while sharing the clip on her Twitter.

IOP  was the top female rap album of the 2010s, according to the Billboard 200 Decade-End chart . Cardi charted 13 songs (12 from the album, minus “Bodak Yellow” after its three-week stint at the top) on the Hot 100, allowing her to pass  Beyoncé  for the most simultaneous titles on the ranking by a solo female. The outcome was beautiful and successful, indeed.

From Publisher: Billboard

BLACKPINK’s Rosé Did The WAP Challenge, Cardi B Approves | Teen Vogue

Of course, news travels fast these days and Rosé’s video eventually made the cross-platforms move, trickling down all the way to Twitter, where Cardi B herself eventually found it. Or shall we say, where she was actually looking for it. “Looking for the Wapse,” Cardi tweeted on April 4, referring to Rosé’s WAP challenge. In the end, Cardi reacted to Rosé’s video via a repost from a fan. “She still looks sooo innocent…Sooo buteee,” she quote-retweeted the clip. Safe to say she approves.

Though this interaction might have taken some aback, Cardi and Rosé are not strangers. The two singers had previously collaborated on “Bet You Wanna,” the fourth track off BLACKPINK’s The Album . Recently, Cardi has been promoting “Up,” her latest release, while Rosé has been focusing on promoting her debut solo project, R , which was released in March. The music video for “Gone” officially premiered the same day she posted the challenge so it’s a double celebration of sorts.

From Publisher: Teen Vogue

Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ breaks another Billboard record – REVOLT

Cardi B’s debut just became the first album by a female rapper to spend three full years on the Billboard 200.

While Cardi B is prepping her second studio album , her debut Invasion of Privacy is breaking records.

According to Chart Data , Invasion of Privacy just became the first album by a female rapper to spend three full years on the Billboard 200. It’s a monumental feat for the Bronx-bred Bardi, who released the album in April 2018.

Spring is in the air, the weather is getting warmer, vaccination rates are climbing, tours are being announced: there’s a lot to be hopeful for right now. And as the bumper crop of albums listed below attests, there’s a ton of great music awaiting our ears just around the corner. Artists like Taylor Swift, J Balvin, including new releases to in the coming months, from Dawn Richard, Iceage, Olivia Rodrigo, and others. Japanese Breakfast being among them.

Japanese Breakfast On Her ‘Tonight Show’ Debut

Nearly four years since releasing her hit “Jimmy Fallon Big”, Japanese Breakfast tells ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey about finally joining Fallon on “The Tonight Show” where she performed the track. Plus, she opens up about her upcoming third studio album Jubilee.

Into the light with Japanese Breakfast

“I wanted to write about joy.” This statement was at the heart of the topic during our recent interview with Japanese Breakfast’s singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner.

“The theme of the new album is joy, and the title is ‘Jubilee’ which is like this biblical year of release,” exclaimed Zauner. “In my head I just saw this yellow image (and) lots of warm tones for the next record. And I think it was just a natural sort of progression coming from a really dark material and I just wanted to do something unexpected and write about joy.”

The first single titled “Be Sweet” is a sonic representation of Zauner’s current mindset. Upbeat, melodic and seeming to burst with colors.  This song is about forgiveness as she sings: ‘I wanna believe in something / so come and get your woman / pacify her rage / take the time to undo your lies / make it up once more with feeling / recognize your mistake and I’ll let you back in.’” In the chorus she sings in a high ebullient voice: ‘be sweet to me baby /I wanna believe in you.’

Asked whether this is a conscious tweak from her previous efforts, the Korean-American musician answered, “absolutely!”

“It’s been four years since (the last) and we finished the (new) record in 2019 and it has been 3 years but I feel like I’ve learned so much as a composer and as producer. It’s a way more mature sounding record. It’s also ambitious. For the first time I felt confident to try to do string and brass arrangements. There’s a lot more instrumentation and I think the sound are much bigger.”

“The hope is that by the fall or the late summer we might be able to tour again because of the vaccinations. At this point I’m just so excited to let  go (of the album) and move along because it was supposed to have come out last year actually, but because of the pandemic, we thought it would be better to push it a year. (Now) It feels like It could really be a good time for this record to come out because it’s all about, feeling again and like a real release of emotions, experiencing joy again. And I think it’s really in line with all these themes hopefully.’

“I guess all I would really say is that I miss them. We had such a good time at Summer Noise (fest in Manila) can’t wait to come back. It holds a special place in my heart. And I really hope that next year we can come back again. Stay safe, stay healthy. And I hope you guys take care.”

A household name to WWE fans, pop-rock and nu-metal artist Poppy is set to perform and debut a new song during the second night of NXT  TakeOver: Stand & Deliver on Thursday, April 8, Billboard can exclusively announce.

The singer-songwriter, actress and internet personality first performed on NXT in Oct. 2019 and twice last year in February and again for NXT’s Halloween Havoc .

“Music has always been such a big part of WWE,” says Paul Levesque, WWE’s evp, global talent strategy and development. (Levesque is also a WWE superstar who debuted as “Triple H” in 1995, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019.) “Music adds so much to the emotion of what it is we do and that connection has been there since the very beginning when you had the rock and wrestling connection with Cyndi Lauper as part of the WWE.”

Collaborations between musicians and the WWE have evolved, Levesque points out. “They were sort of just transactional at first. Like, ‘We want to use your song, pay us this much to use the song,’ and that was the end of it. But now bands are super collaborative because they need the platform and we want to work with them. Now it’s like, ‘Hey, how can we work together to make this big for you and to make it big for us?’ We have over a billion social media followers globally so the size and scope of WWE on every level can help these artists tremendously. When we work all together, it’s magic.”

Most recently, Bad Bunny  has been making the rounds at WWE performing his smash hit “Booker T” at the 2021 Royal Rumble. But he didn’t stop there. The Puerto Rican Grammy-winning artist is making his Wrestlemania 37 debut on April 10. His opponent: The Miz.

“Bunny finds himself at a place in his career where he can just say I want to be in the WWE and that’s amazing to me,” Levesque adds. “He got a place in Orlando and he’s been training three times a week for the past three months. He has taken it so seriously. I love those collaborations. And Poppy is like Bunny in the way that every time I see her, she wants to get in the ring and wrestle and start training.”

From Publisher: Billboard

Olivia Rodrigo is setting the standard with sustainable swimwear this spring. The “Deja Vu” singer soaked up the sun (and her song’s success) over the weekend while wearing a bright-blue bikini at the pool. Her Peony Swimwear two-piece is many things: chic, bold, trendy, but above all, environmentally conscious.

Olivia’s commitment to sustainable style isn’t anything new. Her stylist, Laura Sophie Cox, told POPSUGAR about the singer’s “huge passion” for eco-friendly fashion. “She thinks with environmental and social responsibility,” Laura explained. Even when Olivia’s off the red carpet, she’s still dedicated to the planet.

That’s where pieces like her spring swimsuit come in. Peony Swimwear’s bikini is made entirely with recycled and sustainable materials, both the main fabric and the lining. We love to see it! If you’re in the market for a new swimsuit ahead of warmer weather, we’ve rounded up Olivia’s exact suit plus a few other sustainable styles for your consideration.

From Publisher: POPSUGAR Entertainment

Here’s what’s been happening:

“Drivers License” is a record-breaking single and one of the biggest songs of this young year, making the breakout hit a tough act to follow for Olivia Rodrigo. She did just that a few days ago, though, with “Deja Vu,” a part-Radiohead-part-Lana-Del-Rey tune that strays from the ‘sad ballad girl‘ energy, as Rodrigo put it, of her previous single.

Is Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Deja Vu’ About Joshua Bassett, Sabrina Carpenter?

Olivia Rodrigo is at it again! Three months after making headlines for seemingly writing “Drivers License” about her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series costar J oshua Bassett , fans are convinced she’s continuing the narrative with her new single, “Deja Vu.”

“And you’re probably with that blonde girl / Who always made me doubt / She’s so much older than me / She’s everything I’m insecure about,” she sings in the track about the 21-year-old former Girl Meets World star.

“I totally understand people’s curiosity with the specifics of who the song’s about and what it’s about, but to me, that’s really the least important part of the song,” Rodrigo told Billboard in January as the Carpenter chatter made headlines. “It’s resonating with people because of how emotional it is, and I think everything else is not important.”

“So when you gonna tell her / That we did that too? She thinks it’s special / But it’s all re-used,” the lyrics read. “That was our place, I found it first / I made the jokes you tell to her / When she’s with you.”

Katy Perry has a lot on her to-do list these days — but shaving her legs isn’t one of them!

During Sunday’s All-Star duet episode of American Idol,  Perry, 36, said her mommy-duties have taken over her daily routine while commenting on contestant Cassandra Coleman’s stellar performance.

“Your voice is a spiritual experience,” the Idol judge told Coleman of her performance with singer Ryan Tedder. “It is other worldly, angelic. As a new mother I don’t have very much time so I’ve quit shaving my legs. But when you sang, the hair on my legs grew an inch an a half. Full body chills! It was amazing.”

To prove her point, Perry raised her legs up on her judge’s table so the camera could take a peek — and fellow judge Luke Bryan confirmed.

In February, Bryan opened up about how Perry’s been navigating being a working mom on the set of the ABC competition show.

“It’s just really amazing being there with Katy and watching her [be a mom],” Bryan, 44, said of his fellow judge, who welcomed her daughter  Daisy Dove  with fiancé  Orlando Bloom  in late August. “Sometimes in the breaks, she’ll FaceTim Orlando and little Daisy Dove. And so, I’ll get to say, ‘Hey.’ But just watching Katy embrace being a mother is a very beautiful thing to watch. I never had a doubt she would be a tremendous mother.”

“She’d come on set; she would’ve been up nursing all night,” he added of the breastfeeding mom. “Katy’s in the full swing of things with nursing, so we’ve had to work around her schedule. But she’s been a trouper and showing up and working like she always does. I know she’s doing it on minimal sleep, so she’s a rockstar.”

In late September, Perry shared a series of tweets about her experience of getting back work while raising her baby girl. “Popular misconception: being a mom isn’t a full-time job,” she tweeted.

From Publisher: PEOPLE.com

Not to change the topic exactly:

‘American Idol’: Katy Perry’s ‘hairy legs’ made an appearance after Cassandra

Cassandra Coleman was the second to perform in the Top 24 rounds and collaborated with Ryan Tedder on ‘Too Late’ giving Katy ‘full body chills’

Cassandra received the honor of performing the song once again but this time with Ryan Tedder accompanying her while she did so. Cassandra was excited as well as nervous after discovering that she was partnering with Tedder for her celebrity duet performance. He did ask her about her audition performance to the song but she was quick to request “never google it please.”

From Publisher: MEAWW

Katy Perry, her real name, Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge.  She moved to Los Angeles and subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. After adopting the stage name ‘Katy Perry’ and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records.

Perry has nine U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one singles and has received various awards, including four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. She has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music.