00:00 Some of the biggest names in music will co-chair the Met Gala.
00:04 We take you inside J.Lo's movie premiere.
00:06 Jennifer tells us more about her possible last album.
00:09 Prince Royce stops by our studio.
00:11 And our Friday Music Guide is chock full of divas.
00:15 Happy Friday fam! I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
00:21 It's February 16th and we're starting today's show off with our Friday Music Guide.
00:26 And it includes my favorite dynamic duo.
00:29 ♪ Have been rejected ♪
00:31 ♪ Go back, no more pretending, but ♪
00:35 Ariana and Mariah on a non-holiday track, yet it still feels like Christmas to me.
00:40 Come on, whistle tone.
00:42 ♪ I'm a little bit, I'm a little bit, I'm a little bit ♪
00:46 We'll have more new music throughout the show, but first, let's get into our top story.
00:51 The first Monday in May is almost here and we know some famous faces we'll definitely be seeing at this year's Met Gala.
00:58 Zendaya, straight up, straight up.
01:01 Zendaya has been named one of the year's co-chairs of the 2024 Met Gala.
01:05 She's no stranger to walking those famous stairs.
01:08 And with her recent Dune Part II red carpet show still, there's no surprise she's top of the list.
01:14 Bad Bunny is also one of this year's co-chairs.
01:16 He's always the talk of the town when he attends the Gala.
01:19 This year it's in honor of the exhibit Sleeping Beauty's Reawakening Fashion.
01:24 While the exhibit sounds Disney, it actually refers to clothing so fragile it can never be worn again.
01:31 Thus, sleeping in the archives.
01:33 Another Met Gala staple, Jennifer Lopez, is our final musical co-chair.
01:37 Fellow actor Chris Hemsworth rounds out the Fantastic Four co-chairs with his first ever Met Gala appearance.
01:43 We can't wait to see how they adhere to this year's dress code, the Garden of Time.
01:48 Some other artists we'd love to see at the Met Gala, Beyonce of course.
01:52 Nicki Minaj and Cardi B always blow us away with their looks.
01:55 The girls of Blackpink always shine. Maybe we can get some more K-pop artists.
02:00 Plus, Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift will all be coming off of album releases.
02:06 And we'd love to see what kind of fashion they bring.
02:09 While global warming may be making you wonder if we're in summer or winter, one thing is for sure.
02:14 For Dua Lipa, it's training season.
02:17 If that ain't you, then let me know, yeah. 'Cause training season's over.
02:24 The bops from Dua's new era keep coming.
02:26 Deeper than I've ever known. Whose love feels like a rodeo. Knows just how to take control.
02:33 Now you know Billboard staff are always on the front lines of music's hottest events.
02:38 Luckily, we're able to bring you along for the ride, so you get all the access too.
02:43 Uh-oh. Why do I feel like crying?
02:48 Jennifer Lopez says, "This is me now."
02:52 And as she released a new album and film, Billboard headed to the premiere and after party to get all the D's.
02:58 We go there in Billboard All Access.
03:02 These things, when you have voices in your head and you have voices out here
03:06 who are telling you you can't do things or that you shouldn't do things or that you should be afraid.
03:11 But what I've realized is that I have to show up as my authentic self every day.
03:16 That's who I have to be. That's all I can be.
03:20 She introduced the film at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where stars like Pat Jo and Derek Hough
03:25 packed in with her boob in Affleck to watch the action-packed film.
03:29 Whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always in love.
03:40 She took the time to gush about Ben to the crowd.
03:43 I love you and thank you for believing in me and helping me believe in myself
03:48 and helping me to grow every single day.
03:53 Thank you for the family that we've created and our children.
03:58 I'm still in love with you, boy.
04:04 And after enjoying the movie, guests headed over to the Hollywood Roosevelt for the after party
04:09 where Ben and Jennifer mingled and chatted with the cast.
04:13 There were photo ops, we had to get involved, and also food like the oysters that were mentioned in the movie,
04:19 a DJ spinning J-Lo's biggest hits, and specialty drinks from Jennifer's cocktail brand.
04:25 She's still just Jenny from the block.
04:27 This Is Me Now, the album and film are available now.
04:31 So thank you so much. Enjoy this Amazon original. Enjoy the album. Enjoy the music.
04:37 I love you so much. Thank you.
04:40 Gunna is back with Bittersweet and while the music video may be cold, the song is hot.
04:46 Got me a taste of this fame, it was sweet now it's bitter.
04:49 Baby came with pillars, I can't talk in no pillars.
04:51 You know I can't get enough. You know that shit.
04:54 You know I can't get enough. You know that shit.
04:56 Can't get enough.
04:59 Speaking of Jennifer Lopez, my girl Rania got to hang out and talk to J-Lo about her new and possibly last album.
05:06 So how was that?
05:07 I mean how crazy is it that we both got to be in the presence of Jennifer Lopez this week?
05:12 Stop it!
05:13 It's insane. And I mean she is just such a force and you can totally tell when talking to her about this album
05:21 and this movie that she released corresponding with the album,
05:25 she's just so passionate about everything she does, whether that's in her personal life, in her professional life,
05:30 and I think the quality really speaks for itself on this album.
05:33 And with the album, did you guys discuss at all like whether this might be her last piece of work?
05:38 She was pretty coy about it I must say, but she did say that she always goes with her heart.
05:45 So knowing her, I mean even though she might say that this is her last album,
05:50 I could see her feeling inspired in a few years and kind of revving the engine back up again.
05:54 And I mean that film is over the top. It's crazy. There's so much stuff going on.
05:59 Did she talk about how it was to film it?
06:01 Yeah, I mean she was loving every second of it.
06:04 Like she got to bring in all her celebrity friends and she was also just talking about
06:09 how nice it was to kind of put together a representation of her life in a fun metaphorical way,
06:17 which I think is so different than what a lot of artists we've been seeing doing lately
06:21 that are doing the classic biopic or documentary style thing,
06:25 where she wanted to do something a little more creative, a little more metaphorical,
06:28 a little more fairy tale. Something she actually said was,
06:31 "I grew up around fairy tales, Cinderella, Prince Charming."
06:35 And I feel like we really see that come through because it just represents her best.
06:38 And I mean I was at the premiere and to see her talk about Ben was so sweet.
06:43 Did she talk about their relationship at all?
06:46 She sure did because I had to ask her because the film is so astrology based
06:50 and J.Lo and Ben Affleck are both Leos.
06:53 I had to ask her, I was like, "What is it like having two Leos in the home?"
06:58 And she immediately, she was like, "Fiery, passionate, challenging."
07:02 Like she was so, it so describes their relationship.
07:06 And something she said that was really beautiful was,
07:09 even though they've known each other for a long time, they're still getting to know each other.
07:14 And so it feels like she's falling in love with the same person all over again.
07:18 And it might even feel like a different person this time.
07:20 Wow. Goals to be J.Lo.
07:22 But my question is, Rania, are me and you going to the tour?
07:25 Obviously. Are you joking?
07:27 Can't wait to dance again, girl.
07:30 Thanks so much for chatting with us.
07:32 Bye, big Cetrus.
07:33 And we have more songs from our Friday Music Guide, so let's jump back into it.
07:38 Gerald G. teams up with Tiësto for "Contigo" and I need to hear this on a dance floor ASAP.
07:44 ♪ Contigo, yeah. No quiero ir sin ti. ♪
07:50 It's not every day you get to sit down with royalty,
07:53 but Billboard's deputy editor, Segal, sat down with Prince Royce to talk about his new album.
07:59 I already have a song called "Llamada Perdida."
08:01 Which is on the album.
08:02 Which is on the album.
08:03 Then I get a call and I don't take the call.
08:08 I don't think about anything, etc.
08:11 I've been thinking about the title of the album for months.
08:14 Suddenly I wake up at 5 in the morning and I'm like, "Llamada Perdida, that's the name."
08:20 I think the overall concept of the album is the way we communicate.
08:23 Obviously, nowadays we call, we text.
08:27 It's also like in life, the different ways.
08:30 If you take the call, that decision, that something can happen if you don't take it.
08:34 If you say something, if you don't say it.
08:36 If you send a drunk text, if you don't send it.
08:39 Things that were left unsaid.
08:41 Or things you wanted to say but didn't say.
08:43 I think that's where the concept of "Llamada Perdida" came from.
08:46 I've been singing and writing love songs for a long time.
08:51 I think this was the first time I felt like I was living my songs from the present and my songs from the past.
09:00 The hard part wasn't writing it, the hard part wasn't telling it.
09:05 It was like, if I want to tell it and people listen to it.
09:09 I'm a shy person.
09:11 I don't like it when people know that I'm suffering, that I'm crying.
09:15 I like to paint everything pretty on the outside.
09:18 Not to be fake, but nobody wants to see you vulnerable.
09:23 So the decision was, "Should I say this?"
09:26 Or, "I'll put this song. This song is very personal. They're going to think about this."
09:31 But I think that music was a way for me, or for many, to vent.
09:36 For the full interview, head over to Billboard.com.
09:39 That's it for the news. Come back next week for our interview with Ira Starr
09:43 and go behind the scenes of a major K-Pop girl group's music video.
09:47 But before you leave, we've got one more entry for your Friday Music Gap.
09:51 We know Iliad Cohen has the looks and he's got the beats too.
09:55 He teamed up with Nicki Valentine for "In Common."
09:58 ♪ I thought I'd be gone by five ♪
10:01 ♪ But there's no reason I'm still in your bed ♪
10:05 (upbeat music)
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