00:00 Katy Perry stops by the heiress tour proving there's no bad blood. New music from Selena, SZA and more.
00:07 We take you on set with the Seraphim.
00:09 Mal and Ricky stop by our studio and we break down our icon of the year, Kylie Minogue, successes.
00:16 Welcome back to Billboard News. I'm Tetris Kelly. It's Friday, February 23rd.
00:24 And while I know you're ready for the weekend, we have a lot to get through today.
00:28 So let's start with our Friday music guide.
00:31 Selena Gomez makes her return with "Love On."
00:34 Selena told us this era would be pure pop and she wasn't lying.
00:42 We'll have more new music for you throughout the show, but let's get into our top stories.
00:55 Katy Perry says what bad blood with Taylor as Sabrina Carpenter joins her on stage and her and her boo hit the zoo.
01:03 We got all your deets on Taylor's trip down under.
01:06 It's a moment for pop culture.
01:08 Katy Perry attended Taylor Swift's The Heiress Tour and gave us exactly what we needed when she flipped the camera around during "Bad Blood."
01:24 Loving the growth.
01:26 Rita Ora also attended and brought along her husband, Taika Waititi.
01:30 It was an amazing night as we also got to see opener and pop star Sabrina Carpenter join Taylor on stage for a medley of "White Horse" and "Coney Island."
01:38 We are living.
01:51 The same way Taylor apparently lives for the Sydney Zoo.
01:54 Her boyfriend Travis Kelce made it to Australia as seen in lots of viral posts online.
01:59 And not only did he attend the show, he also went to the zoo with Taylor the day after she had already went.
02:05 I guess our girl loves her animals.
02:08 So much pomo for everything happening at this Heiress Tour stop.
02:12 K-pop girl group Royalty Twice is back with their 13th mini album "With You."
02:18 Look at me.
02:19 Look at me.
02:21 Look at me.
02:23 The project includes bops like "Look at Me" and "One Spark."
02:27 I'm burning, burning, burning.
02:32 I want this love, baby.
02:33 We know Le Seraphim is one of the hottest K-pop groups out there and they gave us a behind the scenes look at their new video for "Easy."
02:42 Hi Billboard, we are Le Seraphim.
02:45 I'm Eunjin.
02:46 I'm Sakura.
02:46 I'm Yunjin.
02:47 I'm Kazuma.
02:48 I'm Chaewon.
02:49 And today we're so excited to share with you guys an exclusive behind the scenes look at our music video for our new song "Easy."
02:55 "Easy."
02:56 Let's go.
02:57 Let's go.
02:58 If I can fight, it's a decision.
03:15 My lady, come on, we're in Broadway.
03:18 Clap your hands, feel the love, I got the moon.
03:29 Clap your hands now.
03:30 Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, little star.
03:33 Can we get wind blowing this way towards the curtain now?
03:37 We're just going to do like a silhouette thing.
03:39 Hey Billboard, I'm Nina McNeely.
03:41 I'm the director of Le Seraphim's new music video "Easy."
03:45 I'm dancing, but I still got to get it, easy.
03:47 It's not easy, but I'm easy.
03:50 I'm a party that's burning around me.
03:53 Pull up and I'm a little like that.
03:55 I came up with this concept for the video to create this futuristic, surrealist world for the girls to explore.
04:03 It's like a post-apocalyptic realm that's been taken over by nature.
04:08 We're exploring working with projections.
04:10 We're exploring iconography and different symbolism.
04:14 And it's been a real joy to work with the girls on this.
04:17 Watch out for the full video on Billboard.com and YouTube, coming soon.
04:29 Jennifer Lopez dropped a new video for "This Is Me Now" track "Rebound."
04:34 Got me on that rebound, rebound, rebound.
04:37 Catch me on that rebound.
04:39 And if the action-packed "Glass House" isn't enough for you,
04:43 the superstar also released an Apple Music special.
04:46 If you don't know Latin pop and reggaeton brothers Mao and Ricky,
04:57 Billboard caught up with them and Leila Cobo got all the Venezuelan tea.
05:01 Hotel Caracas is...
05:03 All your dreams come true.
05:05 It's our new album, which we're incredibly proud of.
05:10 We've been working on this album for a year and a half,
05:13 but I feel like we've been writing these songs our whole lives.
05:16 Why?
05:18 Because I feel like it's the destination we've been waiting for.
05:23 I feel...
05:25 It's like a feeling that everything we've lived through in our careers
05:29 has shaped us to be able to defend this project we have here.
05:35 It's the most Mao and Ricky thing we've done.
05:38 It's like an important void, because we never made music
05:43 to be successful, to be famous, or to make money.
05:46 We made music or started making songs because it's the only thing we know how to do well.
05:51 It's the only thing we know how to do.
05:53 So when we aligned ourselves again with that search
05:57 to rediscover ourselves and reinvent what's possible in the industry,
06:04 all those needs made us reach a place like this to make Hotel Caracas.
06:09 For the full interview, check out Billboard.com.
06:12 After performing "Saturn" during a Super Bowl commercial for Mastercard,
06:16 ♪ This place, stuck in this paradise ♪
06:19 ♪ Don't believe the paradise ♪
06:22 SZA has dropped a track for you to enjoy.
06:25 ♪ I'm sped over on Saturn ♪
06:28 ♪ I can't break this pattern ♪
06:30 This women in music honoree needs no introduction,
06:33 but if you don't know all the accomplishments of Kylie Minogue,
06:37 Billboard is here to explain.
06:39 Kylie Minogue is Billboard's 2024 icon honoree at women in music.
06:44 Throughout her decades-long career, Minogue has put out huge hits on multiple Billboard charts.
06:49 ♪ Don't be my enemy, baby, wait for the chance ♪
06:52 This is Billboard Explains' Kylie Minogue dancing up the charts.
06:56 The Australian hitmaker got her first Hot 100 Top 10 chart debut back in 1988
07:01 with her massive hit "The Locomotion," which peaked at number three.
07:05 ♪ Come on, come on, to the locomotion with me ♪
07:09 Fourteen years later, she made it to the Top 10 again with her sensational hit
07:13 "Can't Get You Out of My Head," a song that we definitely couldn't get out of our heads in 2002.
07:18 ♪ La la la la, la la la la la ♪
07:22 Her sweet spot is the Hot Dance Electronics Songs chart, where she had 18 songs,
07:27 including her big hit "Pa-Dom Pa-Dom," which peaked at number seven in June 2023.
07:32 ♪ Pa-Dom Pa-Dom, I hear it and I know ♪
07:36 The song even won her a Grammy in the newly formed Best Pop Dance Recording category.
07:40 Kylie is also no stranger to the Billboard 200.
07:43 She had 11 albums chart, including "Fever," which hit the Top 10, peaking at number three in 2002.
07:50 With her long span on the Billboard charts, it's no wonder Kylie is the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Icon Honoree.
07:59 That's it for today, I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
08:02 Come back next week for interviews with Fireboy and Modest Yahoo.
08:06 But before I go, let me leave you with one more Friday Music Guide song.
08:10 Lil Durk always brings the bars and his latest single "Old Days" is no different.
08:15 ♪ I'm the streets, who ever thought I'd make a million off of beats ♪
08:18 ♪ And these smirk now, they can make millions off of me ♪
08:21 (whooshing)
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