00:00 Beyoncé surprises the world with a new track.
00:03 Plus so many more new Friday releases.
00:05 Kelly Clarkson is getting big money from her ex.
00:08 We sit down with Billy Porter
00:10 and get to know Lady A a little more.
00:12 This is Billboard News for Friday, December 1st.
00:15 (upbeat music)
00:18 ♪ Who let my goons out that house ♪
00:20 ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪
00:21 ♪ Who out there talking out on that mouth ♪
00:23 - She did it again.
00:25 Beyoncé surprised the B-Hive with new music.
00:28 With no teases or prior warnings,
00:29 Queen B dropped "My House" ahead of the opening weekend
00:32 of her Renaissance concert film.
00:34 More new music updates to come, but here's our top story.
00:37 Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock,
00:41 has been ordered to pay Kelly back $2.6 million.
00:45 ♪ Someone's gonna show you how hard can it be ♪
00:50 - Kelly Clarkson has won a legal ruling
00:52 that her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock,
00:54 owes her more than $2.6 million in commissions
00:57 she paid to him for procuring business deals
00:59 while he served as her manager.
01:01 California's labor commissioner ruled
01:03 that Kelly's ex procured several deals for Kelly
01:05 that should have been handled by her talent agents at CAA,
01:08 violating a California law which bans anyone
01:11 other than a licensed talent agent
01:13 from procuring work for artists.
01:15 Brandon must pay back commissions earned on four deals,
01:18 over 1.9 million for Kelly's role on "The Voice,"
01:21 just north of $208,000 to promote Norwegian cruise lines,
01:25 $450,000 to promote "Wayfair,"
01:28 and $93 to host our Billboard Music Awards
01:31 in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
01:34 Kelly filed for divorce from Brandon in June 2020.
01:37 The case was finalized in 2022,
01:39 with the singer agreeing to pay $45,000 a month
01:42 in child support for their two children,
01:44 plus a one-time payment of just over $1.3 million.
01:48 Attorneys for both sides did not immediately
01:50 return requests for comment.
01:52 ♪ Oh, are you only trying to hurt me, babe ♪
01:56 ♪ So you can be my saving grace ♪
01:59 Duff Cameron delivers "All Chemical," volume one,
02:01 the first part of her two-part debut album.
02:04 Rania caught up with the singer in her studio
02:06 where she told her the reason for the two-part debut.
02:09 - The first half was really about the ending of something
02:12 and an entire year of my life
02:14 and the processing of that that happened,
02:16 and then there was a very stark, kind of sonic page turn.
02:20 When it came to the next musical phase that I stepped into,
02:23 it just kind of ended up making sense to split it.
02:26 - Speaking of new music,
02:27 some friends reunite for the holidays.
02:29 (upbeat music)
02:32 We're two-fifths of the way to the Fifth Harmony reunion,
02:35 and it's all for the festive season.
02:38 ♪ Through the years we all will be together ♪
02:43 - Oh, yes, please.
02:44 Ally Brooke and Dinah Jane of Fifth Harmony
02:46 have reunited for holiday track,
02:48 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,"
02:50 and we got a video which is so adorable.
02:53 ♪ And have yourself a merry little Christmas ♪
02:58 - "Music is a healer," Dinah said on IG about the collab,
03:02 and Ally talked to us in studio recently
03:04 about how it felt to see Dinah.
03:06 - I recently reunited with not only Joey, but Dinah,
03:09 and it was just perfection.
03:11 It really was, and it was very healing too.
03:14 I hadn't seen her in five years, which is crazy.
03:17 - Wow. - I know.
03:18 Just to have that and have so many years pass,
03:20 so much time pass, and being able to reflect and look back
03:24 and see that in each other,
03:27 and know that we have that sisterhood
03:29 and that bond that we'll share forever.
03:31 - And is the song a sign of more to come
03:33 from the Fifth Harmony girls?
03:35 - You know, I'm trying to reunite with them,
03:37 so I think some sort of reunion may happen.
03:41 - We're feeling the energy, I can tell you.
03:43 We are, the fans are, everybody wants it.
03:45 ♪ Uh-huh, tell me what you got now ♪
03:47 ♪ Come on, make a word, my wife ♪
03:48 ♪ Give it to me, I'm worth it ♪
03:50 ♪ Country roads, take me home ♪
03:54 - Lana Del Rey takes on a country classic
03:57 with her cover of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads."
04:00 ♪ Smiling mama, take me home ♪
04:04 - And somebody that knows music better than most,
04:07 we were so excited to have Billy Porter in studio.
04:10 - It's referencing the original "Mona Lisa,"
04:15 and that painting is relevant always,
04:19 past, present, and future.
04:21 And that's my goal with my legacy.
04:24 - Well, that's what I was gonna ask you.
04:25 I'm like, are you the Black Mona Lisa?
04:28 - Yeah.
04:28 - Okay, that's what I needed to know.
04:30 I just wanted to make sure.
04:31 - Have we seen, we've seen the album cover, have we not?
04:34 - Yes.
04:35 - Yes, it is a self-proclaimed Black Mona Lisa flex moment.
04:40 That is who I am.
04:42 I mean, it's simple.
04:43 I was gay and they put me out, period.
04:48 There was no place for me.
04:49 And there were energies and forces in the business,
04:55 gatekeepers, that made sure that I didn't cross over.
05:00 It's okay, right?
05:05 Because no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
05:09 You know, we throw around this authenticity thing.
05:11 Oh, just be who you are.
05:12 I just be who you are.
05:13 It's easy to be who you are
05:15 when what you are is what's popular.
05:17 - Ooh.
05:18 There you go.
05:20 - What do you do when the who you are
05:24 is reviled and rejected
05:27 and there's no place or space for you?
05:29 You make the place and the space for yourself.
05:33 Clothes do not have gender.
05:36 We put that on clothing.
05:40 We put it on the clothing.
05:44 So what I said to myself was,
05:46 what if it doesn't matter?
05:49 And what if I wear whatever I want whenever I want?
05:52 Because it's not about the dress.
05:55 It's not about the dress.
05:57 It's easy.
05:58 It's easy to just go to dress.
06:00 It's easy to do that.
06:02 People report that I'm wearing a dress when I'm not.
06:05 All the time.
06:06 They're clearly pants
06:09 and they're still saying that it's a dress
06:11 because people are lazy.
06:13 And people actually have a real problem
06:16 having the conversation.
06:18 So there's a dismissal of the conversation
06:23 inside of the reporting of it.
06:26 Oh, well, he's just gonna show up in a dress.
06:28 So that's the norm.
06:30 - That's the norm.
06:30 - No, it's not.
06:32 No, it's not.
06:34 Look at that.
06:35 I wear pants all the time.
06:39 It's not pants versus a skirt or a dress.
06:41 It's not about that.
06:43 It's about self-expression.
06:45 What do I feel like today?
06:47 - For the full interview, hit billboard.com.
06:50 (upbeat music)
06:53 - We're seen in Young Miko team up
06:55 for reggaeton track, "Señorita."
06:57 (upbeat music)
06:59 - Hey everybody, we are
07:03 - Lady A. - Lady A.
07:04 - And this is how well do we know each other.
07:06 (upbeat music)
07:10 - Okay, who plays the most instruments?
07:12 - That's probably the easiest one.
07:15 - You get so stressed out, Miko.
07:16 - I do play a lot.
07:17 Not that well, but just a lot.
07:18 - Yeah, you do.
07:19 - It's more about quantity than quality.
07:21 - That's not true.
07:22 - Who's most likely to mess up during a live show?
07:25 - Ooh, go ahead.
07:26 (laughing)
07:27 - Go ahead.
07:28 Go ahead.
07:29 - Yeah, but again, we don't know.
07:31 Sober me is pretty strong out there, but even then.
07:34 - The best gift you can give the world is knowing yourself.
07:36 - Yeah, it's true.
07:38 - Who is the clumsiest?
07:40 - Maybe me.
07:43 - I mean, I would say it, but not in like a bad way,
07:45 like a cute way.
07:46 - I've always said Grace is not my middle name.
07:48 - I'll do it just out of solidarity.
07:51 - Who's the most laid back?
07:52 - Dave Haywood.
07:54 - Yes, just chill all day, chill vibes.
07:57 - Yeah, got a fire steaming up in that brain of his though.
08:01 - Don't cross me.
08:03 - Who tells the best stories?
08:04 - I'm gonna go Charles.
08:08 - Really, I was gonna say you probably.
08:10 - We can't tell them.
08:11 - Do you wanna tell a story?
08:12 - We can't tell them right now.
08:12 - You can't tell my stories.
08:13 - They're great stories.
08:14 - I got some good old stories.
08:15 - Who is most likely to survive the zombie apocalypse?
08:19 - Oh, I feel like I have a pretty solid plan.
08:22 - I agree.
08:22 - That's actually a good point.
08:23 - Dave has a contingency plan for the contingency camp.
08:27 - Yeah, a lot of backup plans.
08:28 - I'd rather just join them.
08:29 (laughing)
08:31 - The zombies?
08:32 - Yeah, bring me.
08:33 It's just another new way of life.
08:34 I'm open to exploring any new ways of living.
08:36 - Like you're gonna get bitten from a zombie
08:38 and then you become the zombie?
08:39 - Maybe too, I could become like leader of the zombies.
08:42 - Oh, that's a great thought, wow.
08:44 - If you can in this world, maybe I can in that world.
08:46 And my policies will be right down the middle.
08:50 - Vote for me, zombie president.
08:53 - That's it for today, but we'll see you next week
08:54 for more charts and more news.
08:56 For now, one more song in our Friday Music Guide.
09:00 And finally, James Samuel releases the lead single
09:02 from the soundtrack of his latest film, "The Book of Clarinet".
09:05 - As I'm writing the songs,
09:07 I don't come up with the artists first.
09:09 I write the songs and let the song speaks to me
09:11 who it wants to have on it.
09:12 So I perform this entire soundtrack with featured artists.
09:16 So I perform with Lil Wayne,
09:18 Budjie Benson and Shadow Ranks on "Hallelujah Heaven".
09:21 (upbeat music)
09:23 I'm a bad singer when you sing it's a hot song.
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