00:00 The Swifties were right, 1989 is on the way.
00:03 BTS' V announced his first solo album, Travis Scott gets backlash for his Roman show,
00:09 Sexy Red teaches us some St. Louis slang, and we look back at 2019's Songs of the Summer.
00:15 I'm Rania Nifdos for Billboard News.
00:20 It's Thursday, August 10th, and the first US leg of the AERAS tour is over.
00:25 Don't worry, Taylor gave fans something to look forward to until she returns next year.
00:30 I think instead of just like telling you about it, I think I'll just sort of show you something
00:37 I've written.
00:38 The Swifties called it.
00:39 Taylor Swift announced 1989, Taylor's version, during her last night of shows at LA's SoFi
00:44 Stadium.
00:45 I was born every night with questions like a dream, you were the new romantic, you were
00:51 the love of me.
00:52 It was a lucky night to be a Swifty on 8/9.
00:55 Superstar songstress Taylor Swift revealed she's releasing Taylor's version of 1989 during
01:00 the last night of the US leg of her AERAS tour.
01:04 And get this, she did it while singing New Romantics with the banner behind her.
01:13 The album is set to be released on October 27th, and Taylor claims, quote, "To be perfectly
01:18 honest, this is my most favorite re-record I've ever done because the five 'From the
01:22 Vault' tracks are so insane.
01:25 I can't believe they were ever left behind."
01:28 We cannot wait, Taylor.
01:29 You can pre-order the vinyl version of the album now, along with four special edition
01:34 deluxe CDs.
01:35 More new albums are on the way, this time from BTS' V.
01:43 We never stopped loving V.
01:45 The BTS member just dropped new music and its video.
01:49 BTS' V announced his solo debut album will be here at the end of the summer.
01:53 Now the singer dropped the project's first track and video.
02:01 The R&B track is one of six expected off Layover and follows his BTS brother's solo efforts.
02:07 This makes us want the end of summer to come so quick so we can get that album.
02:19 Now let's take a look back at our Hip Hop Power Players event.
02:23 Sexy Red stopped by our backstage studio to tell us her favorite St. Louis slang.
02:27 What's up, this is your favorite, hottest princess, Sexy Red, and we finna do my favorite
02:32 St. Louis slang.
02:33 On the north side when I was young, we used to hear everybody holler "ski-e."
02:38 That's like a call, like you see a bitch with a big old booty in summer.
02:41 It's a geek call, you see some geeks, you trying to serve 'em, you be like "ski-e!"
02:45 And then I like "on blood."
02:46 You can say something and if we agree we be like "on blood."
02:50 And "you know it."
02:51 That's another thing.
02:52 If you say something, be like "you know it."
02:53 Like, be like "what's up, Sexy?"
02:54 "You know it!"
02:57 Travis Scott's shows are known to make the news and his show in Italy is no exception.
03:01 Travis Scott's show in Rome gained global attention, but the locals are telling the
03:05 world it caused harm to the city.
03:15 Travis Scott's concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome drew a massive crowd, selling 60,000
03:21 tickets and even more people snuck into the event and yay, returned to the stage.
03:26 But local authorities in Rome are talking about the real impact of the show.
03:30 According to CNN, Italy's fire service confirmed they received hundreds of calls from concerned
03:35 residents thinking there was an earthquake.
03:38 Rome's civil protection department reported that there were at least 60 injured in the
03:42 audience due to pepper spray and one 14-year-old girl got hurt falling 13 feet trying to sneak
03:48 into the concert.
03:49 And it's not just humans that were affected by the massive show.
03:53 The director of Rome's Colosseum told local news in Rome, "The Circus Maximus is a monument.
03:58 It is not a stadium, not a concert hall.
04:01 These mega rock concerts put it at risk, including the Palatine Hill nearby."
04:06 It's one of the most ancient areas in Rome.
04:08 The director is calling for an end to rock concerts at Circus Maximus, a site that's
04:13 held concerts from Imagine Dragons, Guns N' Roses, and Bruce Springsteen in addition
04:17 to Travis Scott.
04:18 Before we wrap things up, let's take a look back at 2019's Songs of the Summer.
04:25 It's the last year of the decade and the summer of 2019 brought some new faces to the
04:31 Hot 100's Songs of the Summer.
04:33 Let's dive in.
04:34 It was her first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and it's actually a single from two years
04:39 earlier.
04:40 Coming in at number 5 on the Hot 100's Summer Songs is Lizzo's "Truth Hurts."
04:51 The next song features a collaboration with two of the world's biggest pop stars.
04:55 King of Collab's Justin Bieber teamed up with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran
04:59 for their hit "I Don't Care," which comes in at number 4.
05:10 Our third biggest song of the summer is an electronic R&B hit by Khalid.
05:15 His huge single "Talk" comes in next.
05:25 The song that had us all feeling powerful against the bad guys in our lives, Billie
05:29 Eilish makes it to the number 2 spot with her massive hit "Bad Guy."
05:40 Our top song of the summer in 2019 was important for a few reasons.
05:45 It shot Lil Nas X into the spotlight and became the longest running number 1 Hot 100 song
05:51 in history.
05:52 Collaborating with country star Billy Ray Cyrus, "Old Town Road" comes in at number
05:57 1.
06:04 Next week we enter a brand new decade with 2020's top songs of the summer.
06:09 That's today's show.
06:10 Tetris is back tomorrow with your Friday Music Guide and more with Lil Wayne.
06:14 I'm Rania Nifdos and this is Billboard News.
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