00:00 Taylor's big day of sales, Spice Girls reunite, and Rihanna talks music-ish?
00:05 Drake uses AI to diss Kendrick Lamar.
00:08 We take you behind the scenes of J Balvin's epic Coachella set.
00:12 Rundown who's on top of the Billboard Hot 100.
00:15 And take you inside New York's NOVA Festival Exhibit.
00:18 Happy Monday, I'm Tetris.
00:24 It's April 22nd and I'm so happy to be here to bring you Billboard news.
00:28 Today is full of all the biggest names making headlines.
00:31 So let's get right into it with Drake.
00:33 Drake drops a diss track featuring AI versions of Tupac and Snoop Dogg
00:38 and everyone's unsure on how to react.
00:41 Drake continued his feud with Kendrick Lamar with his diss track "Taylor Made Freestyle"
00:52 which starts off with an AI Tupac Shakur addressing the rap beat.
00:56 ♪ What this Canadian life's getting like? We need to know the baby West Coast victory, man. ♪
01:00 It made quite a few people online uncomfortable considering Tupac is dead
01:05 and can't consent to his voice in the song.
01:07 But it's not the only AI voice on the track.
01:10 ♪ Now's the time to really make the power move ♪
01:12 ♪ 'Cause right now it's looking like you're writing out the game plan on how to lose ♪
01:16 Drake also used AI to put Snoop Dogg in the song and Snoop reacted to it on IG.
01:22 Everybody calling my phone blowing me up.
01:24 What the fuck? What happened?
01:25 I'm going back to bed. Good night.
01:27 If you're wondering about the title of the track, well he does shout out T-Swift.
01:32 ♪ But now we gotta wait a fucking week 'cause Taylor Swift is your new top ♪
01:35 ♪ And if you 'bout to drop, she gotta approve ♪
01:37 While many are here for the Kendrick Drake robbery, a lot are not here for the use of AI.
01:42 What do you think of the diss track and its use of AI?
01:45 Well, let us know in the comments.
01:47 And that may be a heck of a story, but there's still more news.
01:50 Here's three things in music you missed over the weekend.
01:53 ♪ 'Cause that is all I've lost in America ♪
01:59 ♪ I'm down bad, crying at the gym ♪
02:01 And so apparently is everyone else.
02:04 Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department,
02:06 sold 1.4 million copies on its first day of release in the U.S.
02:11 Breaking her own record already.
02:13 Let me break it down for you.
02:15 Her biggest week ever was 1989 Taylor's version,
02:18 which sold 1.3 million in its entire week.
02:21 And the department did it in a day.
02:23 I can't wait to see what the full week's numbers are.
02:26 I clearly spent my entire weekend digesting the 31 tracks.
02:29 What's your fave? Let us know below.
02:32 And my weekend was so good, also thanks to David Beckham, who captured this gold.
02:37 ♪ I'm living in a new way ♪
02:39 ♪ I'm giving you a little bit of joy ♪
02:41 ♪ I'm the darkest place I've ever been ♪
02:44 All five Spice Girls reunited to celebrate Victoria Beckham's 50th birthday,
02:48 even doing stop.
02:50 ♪ Stop right now ♪
02:52 ♪ Thank you very much ♪
02:54 ♪ I need somebody with a human touch ♪
02:58 Best part?
02:59 Fans noticed they happened to be in the same formation as the OG music video,
03:03 Stop.
03:04 And is Rihanna's album ever coming?
03:06 Well, while promoting 50XBOOMA, she was asked about R9 yet again,
03:10 and the response was perfect.
03:12 We should actually run a reel of all the times she asked me about my new music.
03:16 'Cause y'all wanna know, right?
03:18 When is R9 dropping?
03:20 That is the question.
03:22 I wanna know too.
03:22 And from news to the charts, it's Monday, so it's time to run it down.
03:27 Can fresh tracks from Sabrina Carpenter and Hozier hold off four former No. 1s from the top?
03:33 This is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated April 27th.
03:37 SZA is back in the Top 10 with "Saturn."
03:42 ♪ I'm better on Saturn ♪
03:45 ♪ I can't break this pattern ♪
03:48 Stick Season rises a spot to nine.
03:50 ♪ I burn more than it's the season of the sticks ♪
03:53 ♪ So I ♪
03:55 Ariana stays put at eight.
03:57 ♪ We can't be friends ♪
04:01 Espresso debuts at No. 7.
04:03 ♪ You're not me every night ♪
04:05 ♪ Oh, isn't that sweet? ♪
04:07 ♪ I get so crazy ♪
04:08 Jack Harlow is strong at six.
04:11 ♪ But you can whip your luck on me ♪
04:14 ♪ Baby, whip your luck on me ♪
04:15 Texas Holdem is still at five.
04:17 ♪ This ain't Texas ♪
04:19 ♪ Ain't no Holdem ♪
04:21 While Teddy holds on to four.
04:24 ♪ I lose control ♪
04:30 Beautiful Things stays put at three.
04:32 ♪ These beautiful things that I've got ♪
04:35 ♪ Please stay ♪
04:38 While Future, Metro, and Kendrick fall to two.
04:41 ♪ TSP, mother-- the big three ♪
04:44 ♪ It's just big me ♪
04:45 And grabbing his first Hot 100 No. 1
04:48 is Hosier with "Too Sweet."
04:50 ♪ Too sweet for me ♪
04:54 And I can't explain to you what a privilege it was
04:56 to hang out before and at Coachella with J Balvin.
05:00 Get your preview of our tour stop.
05:02 You know, finally we see that they do exist,
05:04 you know, official UFO.
05:05 All the people that are gonna be mushrooms,
05:10 they're gonna enjoy that shit so bad.
05:11 Gonna be the best mushroom of their life.
05:13 Never tell me.
05:14 Hey, what's up? I'm J Balvin,
05:16 and welcome to my tour stop.
05:17 Let's go.
05:18 [hip-hop music]
05:21 - Three, two, one, go.
05:23 [hip-hop music]
05:26 - When we did Coachella for the first time,
05:27 2018 was with Beyoncé. - Yes.
05:29 - Shout-out, Beyoncé. Love you, queen.
05:31 2019, we did our show. It was great.
05:33 And the story, once again, is the same.
05:35 I invest all my love.
05:37 I invest everything that I have here
05:39 just, you know, to give the people the best.
05:40 [whoosh]
05:41 [siren]
05:47 [hip-hop music]
05:52 - We've done Coachella before with Jose.
05:54 [laughs]
05:56 - Listen. - Hey, this is my time.
05:57 - I know it's your time, but, you know,
05:58 I just wanna let you know that these guys
06:00 are from another planet.
06:01 That is that right there. He's an alien.
06:03 - Do you trust him with your set?
06:05 - A thousand percent.
06:07 They probably wouldn't be the same on stage
06:08 and show without him.
06:09 [hip-hop music]
06:17 - Our concept for this show was to take people
06:20 to outer space.
06:21 We wanted to come up with a message
06:22 that Jose is from another planet,
06:24 and he's landed here at Coachella,
06:26 and he's got one message for the entire world
06:28 and the entire festival.
06:29 It's like, "Let's fucking party."
06:30 [hip-hop music]
06:35 - When I was a kid, I always had this feeling
06:38 that aliens do exist.
06:40 I think the universe is too big,
06:41 and we gotta be too selfish to think
06:43 that we're just the only ones in this universe.
06:45 [hip-hop music]
06:48 - You get so technical because, you know,
06:49 you gotta do some steps here, some steps there,
06:51 some lighting in this, some camera in this place,
06:53 but you kinda wanna, like, forget about those things
06:55 and just being so, so connected with the people.
06:58 [hip-hop music]
07:01 - When I was in the studio checking all this idea
07:04 that I had, I was like,
07:06 "I need Will Smith in the show,
07:08 "a UFO taking over the place,
07:10 "and who's the biggest legend that had made
07:13 "one of the biggest, you know, alien movies?
07:15 "I need the man in black.
07:16 "He's one of my biggest idols, artist in general,
07:19 "actor, performer."
07:21 I test him, and I FaceTime him, you know,
07:24 be like, "Yo, this is my vision.
07:25 "I want you to do this.
07:26 "If you want to do this, whatever you want."
07:28 He be like, "Yeah, man, you know, like,
07:30 "give me, give me four days."
07:31 Every day I was sending him pictures
07:33 of me praying with a candle.
07:36 Like, day one, praying.
07:38 [laughs]
07:39 Day two, praying again.
07:41 You have those dreams, and you just work so hard for them
07:44 to just, like, take the energy down
07:46 and make them a reality.
07:46 ♪ Now breathe ♪
07:48 ♪ Sing ♪
07:49 [hip-hop music]
07:53 - For the full tour stop, hit Billboard's YouTube.
07:56 And before we end the show today,
07:58 we want to take the time to highlight an exhibit
08:00 in New York about a tragedy in music.
08:03 Thank you for watching.
08:04 I'm Tetris, and this is Billboard News.
08:07 - He was shot twice.
08:08 The first time, after he was taken care of,
08:12 he went back to the place.
08:14 He saved more lives.
08:15 - Matan Lior died a hero,
08:18 saving over 100 people before Hamas terrorists shot him.
08:22 Matan is over one of 350 people who lost their lives
08:25 at the Nova Music Festival in Israel.
08:28 - I know as a mom that I want my daughter's story
08:32 to be known.
08:34 I know I want people to know about her.
08:36 - Survivors and producers of the October 7th massacre
08:39 came together in New York City
08:40 to talk about the tragedy that unfolded that day.
08:44 - So we had to hide under bodies,
08:45 dead bodies, to shield ourselves from the grenades.
08:48 And that's what really kept us alive.
08:51 The nine of us that survived out of the 40,
08:54 we survived from hiding under these bodies.
08:56 - I saw a bomb shelter.
08:58 We almost got in.
08:59 Lucky we didn't.
09:00 Like everybody that was,
09:03 that tried to save their life in the bomb shelter
09:08 died afterwards from the hand grenades of the terrorists.
09:15 So lucky I didn't go inside.
09:19 - The Nova Music Festival exhibit
09:21 will showcase artifacts from the grounds,
09:23 including recovered cars that were set on fire,
09:26 porta-potties with bullet holes,
09:28 and recovered personal belongings.
09:30 - I hope that everybody will have the place
09:33 to spread their love.
09:34 This is my big hope from this exhibit.
09:37 - I want people to come here
09:39 and just see the truth in their eyes.
09:42 - And when they come to the healing journey,
09:49 they will get out with hope.
09:51 Okay, I'm going to spread my love.
09:53 I'm going to give hope.
09:54 - Yeah, but it's everything, even to come here,
09:55 because I hear the denying people say,
09:59 "It didn't happen," or horrible stuff like that.
10:03 And it's really hard for me as a survivor, us, to hear it.
10:09 - The founders of the festival want visitors
10:11 to understand the tragedy that unfolded
10:13 and bear witness to the brutality.
10:15 - I went over to Israel to see for myself what was going on.
10:19 And when I met at one of the healing camps,
10:22 a group of survivors, I was invited to see this exhibit.
10:26 We met, and I felt it was important with my friends
10:30 to bring this exhibit to the United States
10:32 to make people understand
10:33 that this could have been any of us.
10:35 - But the overall message is one of peace and love.
10:39 The exhibit, which begins April 21st
10:41 and runs for four weeks, also features a healing tent
10:44 with a lighted sign that reads, "We will dance again."
10:47 - Our main purpose is to spread the love.
10:50 Everyone that comes to the dance floor
10:52 and listen to the same music, we are the same.
10:54 It doesn't matter where you come from.
10:56 And what religion, it doesn't matter.
10:58 This is one of our main values.
11:00 And "We will dance again" is exactly the sentence
11:04 that can describe it.
11:05 - For more information, visit Nova0629Exhibition.com.
11:13 (upbeat music)
11:15 (whooshing)
11:17 (upbeat music)
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