00:00 The boys of BTS are bringing it to NPR and the NBA.
00:04 Hot 100 number one artist Zach Bryan
00:06 teams up with Noah Khan.
00:08 Big Mensa stops by to talk about his new album.
00:11 We take you to the hottest music events around town
00:13 and we've got new music from Drake, Diddy,
00:16 Dan and Shay, and so much more.
00:18 We've almost made it to the weekend.
00:23 I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
00:25 It's Friday, September 15th,
00:27 which means we've got new music in our Friday Music Guide.
00:31 ♪ You bitches really get carried away ♪
00:35 Drake surprised us with his first SZA collab.
00:38 It's called "Slime You Out"
00:39 from his upcoming album, For All The Dogs.
00:42 ♪ You ain't 'bout the shit you rappin' about ♪
00:43 ♪ And I can spend the whole memory down ♪
00:45 ♪ I'm goin' on like a sauna ♪
00:47 We'll have more new music throughout the show,
00:49 but first, let's get to our top stories.
00:52 ♪ No sweet, hot sugar, baby ♪
00:56 V brings it to the tiny desk
00:57 and Suga teams up with the NBA.
01:00 ♪ Slow dancing ♪
01:03 ♪ Until the morning ♪
01:07 BTS' V played NPR's tiny desk,
01:09 making him the first solo K-pop artist
01:12 to participate in the honor tradition.
01:14 ♪ I wish I could stay with you ♪
01:18 Previous acts to play NPR's tiny desk
01:21 include Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber,
01:23 Dua Lipa, and so many more icons.
01:26 It's the first tiny desk performance
01:28 since the creator Bob Boylan announced his retirement.
01:32 - And if you get a chance to win
01:34 and you find yourself behind this desk,
01:36 prepare to be scared.
01:38 - He's not the only BTS member making moves.
01:40 Suga just launched his collab with the NBA.
01:43 You can get some merch for your favorite teams
01:45 with that BTS spin now.
01:47 But you've gotta hurry,
01:48 because they're flying off the shelves.
01:51 ♪ All I am is a man with ambition to be the best ♪
01:54 ♪ When I failed, they just gave me the vision to see ♪
01:56 Diddy got nothing but love to give.
01:58 His new album is here,
01:59 and we were lucky enough to talk to him all about it.
02:02 - What do I wanna do?
02:03 What makes me happy?
02:05 And I was like, I need to get back to music.
02:07 And so I immediately said,
02:10 I'm gonna start a new label called Love Records.
02:13 I'm gonna focus on R&B,
02:15 and I'm gonna bring back to R&B what it's missing.
02:17 That soul, that love, that unapologetic blackness,
02:21 that expression of vulnerability,
02:23 just at higher frequencies.
02:25 - You know Billboard is always on site
02:27 when it comes to the biggest music events,
02:29 and we're bringing you all the accents.
02:31 You are inside the VMAs as they took over Jersey,
02:34 right after Carole G and J Balvin set the city on fire.
02:38 A rock legend and a hip hop king took over Brooklyn.
02:41 And back in LA,
02:42 we catch vibes with electronic band Jungle.
02:45 All that in this week's Billboard All Accents.
02:49 Diddy rolled up to Jersey's Prudential Center
02:51 Sunday night, as did Billboard,
02:52 for a VMAs that had an NSYNC comeback,
02:55 a Shakira Vanguard Award,
02:57 and we got to see Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
03:00 do this in person.
03:02 ♪ Sexy, I can make you feel it ♪
03:03 ♪ I can blow up your body ♪
03:04 ♪ You'll be looking like a body I can blow up ♪
03:06 - Just a couple nights before,
03:07 Carole G played her second night
03:09 at Jersey's MetLife Stadium.
03:11 And boy, did she have a surprise by way of J Balvin.
03:15 - New York, the Jacksonville house.
03:18 (singing in foreign language)
03:22 - And over to another borough,
03:27 rock idol Billy Idol took on King's Theater in Brooklyn.
03:31 ♪ Something left in this world ♪
03:35 - While Gunna had an energetic set at Barclays.
03:39 ♪ Fuck you man ♪
03:40 ♪ I'm gonna let the clock just tick ♪
03:42 ♪ I'm gonna do all of the killing ♪
03:43 - And we swing over to LA with a couple Brits.
03:46 Duo Jungle brought all their electronic funk
03:48 to a dancing crowd at the Forum.
03:51 (upbeat music)
03:53 ♪ I never did that ♪
03:58 ♪ I think that I'm a homicide ♪
04:01 - Demi gave us the medley we needed at the VMAs,
04:06 and now you can get all her rocked out hits in revamped.
04:09 And now we've got to get to my man Vic Mensa.
04:12 He came by to talk about his new album, Victor.
04:15 ♪ Uh oh she gonna be mad right ♪
04:17 ♪ Ain't that too bad right ♪
04:19 ♪ Turn around and throw it in reverse ♪
04:22 ♪ Let me see how you work ♪
04:23 ♪ She be sliding and gliding ♪
04:25 ♪ She got drip on her body ♪
04:26 ♪ Girl them niggas can't love you like ♪
04:28 - Let's talk about this music.
04:29 You got your sophomore album coming,
04:31 and I feel like your name has been around so long,
04:33 it's crazy that this is only your second offering.
04:35 So tell me, how's it feel to put your second piece of work out?
04:37 - I'm very excited about it.
04:39 It's really a story of redemption and triumph
04:43 and spirituality and love and pain and struggle,
04:48 human experience.
04:49 That's the place I write from.
04:51 That's what I aim to communicate and to convey.
04:54 And I'm just so excited to open that conversation
04:58 with any and everyone who listens to this album.
05:01 - You've got some great collaborators,
05:03 G-Eazy, Common, Ty Dolla Sign, Love Ty.
05:06 So how do you go about deciding
05:07 who you want to bring onto a project?
05:09 - I think first and foremost,
05:10 it's like the relationship as a human being,
05:14 as a man with those brothers in particular.
05:16 Like those are people that I have long standing
05:19 personal relationships with.
05:20 So as I'm creating music and I hear a voice
05:24 to do something, Common, for example,
05:26 he's my favorite MC since being a little kid.
05:29 When I made this song called "South Side Story"
05:31 that is featuring Common,
05:33 immediately I knew it'd be crazy to have his voice on here
05:38 and his paintbrush, his texture.
05:41 - It had to be crazy to have you in the studio
05:42 with Common, right?
05:43 Like were you geeking out a little bit?
05:44 - I was definitely geeking out, man.
05:45 Yo, Common came in the studio,
05:46 he's sitting just like I'm sitting with you.
05:48 He broke out the sage.
05:50 - Oh, of course, the set the vibe.
05:52 - Sage and the jointed with the energy.
05:54 That's something I love a lot about him as an artist
05:57 is like the intention in what he does.
06:01 You know, it's a deeply spiritual process.
06:03 - For the full interview, head to billboard.com.
06:06 ♪ Then again I would've never met you ♪
06:10 - Dan and Shay always blow me away with their vocals
06:13 and they arrive with "Bigger House."
06:16 ♪ Neon counter ♪
06:21 ♪ Don't you cry ♪
06:23 - We're not done with the news yet.
06:25 We've always got the latest.
06:27 ♪ Look back, your life's no shining star ♪
06:30 ♪ Without your face ♪
06:33 ♪ Now it's airplane ♪
06:35 - Could Zach Bryan and Noah Kahn
06:37 be cooking up a collaboration?
06:39 ♪ Pictures in passing time ♪
06:42 ♪ You only smile like that when you're drinking ♪
06:45 - Zach Bryan took to his socials on Thursday
06:47 with a series of posts showing him
06:48 in the studio with Noah Kahn.
06:51 It's unclear if the two are collaborating
06:53 on a track together, but Zach captioned the pic
06:55 of Noah petting his dog, Jack,
06:57 hardest working man in music.
06:59 Earlier this month, Zach's self-titled album
07:01 became his first set to top the Billboard 200.
07:04 He's spawned the Hot 100 topping
07:06 Kacey Musgraves duet, "I Remember Everything."
07:09 ♪ Cold shoulder, closing time ♪
07:12 ♪ You were begging me to stay 'til the sun rose ♪
07:15 - Whatever they're working on,
07:17 Zach seems to approve.
07:19 That's today's news.
07:20 Make sure you come back next week
07:21 for our interviews with Maya and Noah Kahn.
07:24 But before I let you go, we've got one more entry
07:26 in our Friday Music Guide.
07:28 Fans were greedy for more Tate McRae
07:31 and she has delivered with "Ooey Pop Goodness."
07:33 ♪ So sure of yourself ♪
07:36 ♪ Baby don't get greedy ♪
07:39 ♪ That's you ♪
07:39 - For more new bops, hit Billboard.com.
07:42 I'm Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
07:45 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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