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Olivia Rodrigo made a surprise announcement on Saturday that she’d be performing at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain — and then used her set to debut a new duet with Robert Smith of The Cure.

The two songs Olivia’s already released from her new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, both refer to the legendary British post-punk band: “drop dead” name checks The Cure song “Just Like Heaven,” while the second single is literally called “the cure.” The duet Olivia premiered is called “what’s wrong with me.”

Olivia introduced the song by saying, “I can’t believe this song exists with the person that it exists with. I’m just so f****** over the moon.”  She also mentioned that it’s the first time she’s had a feature on one of her albums.

After singing the first verse and chorus, Olivia said, “Ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome Robert Smith!!!” He walked out wearing his signature all-black outfit, lipstick, eye makeup and untamed hairstyle and took the second verse. The two then harmonized on the chorus: “My head is spinning and my stomach is sick/ Say I’m in love, so it’s hard to admit/ I can’t eat, I can’t sleep/ I think you’re what’s wrong with me.”

“I feel like I’m gonna cry,” Olivia said at the end of the song. “I can’t believe that that’s a thing that happened in the real world and not just a figment of my imagination.”  The performance was streamed live on Amazon Music. 

According to setlist.fm, Olivia’s set also included “drop dead” and “the cure,” as well as past hits “vampire,” “deja vu,” “drivers license” and “good 4 u,” among others.

Olivia and Robert first performed together in 2025 at U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival.

Her album comes out June 12.

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Bleachers are set launch their Bleachers Forever tour on Friday in Chicago, and to mark the occasion they have released a new concert video to YouTube.

The video was shot at Bleachers’ May 23 show at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, which celebrated the release of their fifth studio album, everyone for ten minutes.

“The day after we released our album, the band and i played a free show at the stone pony for 900 fans,” frontman Jack Antonoff, who’s from the Garden State, writes on Instagram. “some of you flew across the country to be there, and others locals who have been coming to see us for over a decade.”

He adds, “from the second we stepped onto that stage, it was one of my favorite shows ever. thank god we filmed it.”

The concert featured performances of songs from everyone for ten minutes, including “you and forever” and “sideways,” plus fan favorites like “Rollercoaster” and their Lana Del Rey collab “Margaret.”

The Bleachers Forever tour kicks off with a two-night stand at The Salt Shed in Chicago. A complete list of dates can be found at bleachersmusic.com.

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Jack White has gifted a social media star one of his signature guitars, after she went viral for posting clips of herself performing classic guitar riffs — badly.

Charlene Kaye has amassed a social media following thanks to videos where she butchers iconic songs while playing in a Guitar Center just to anger men.

Well, apparently White is a fan. In a new post, Kaye revealed that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer sent her one of his signature Triplecaster guitars.

“I don’t know how to say this without bragging, so I’m just gonna brag,” Kaye says in the post. “Jack White sent me a guitar.”

She adds that after playing a gig at White’s Third Man Records in Nashville, she met his wife, Olivia Jean, who let her know that White was a fan and wanted to send her the instrument.

“It’s so dope, because not only does it mean that he is a feminist, he also has a sense of humor,” Kaye says of White’s fandom. “So, thank you, thank you Jack, for this beautiful Triplecaster, and to honor your legacy, I have started an all-Asian White Stripes cover band called the Rice Stripes.”

She then sang what she said was the band’s debut single, performing a parody of the White Stripes classic “Seven Nation Army.”

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“Eat U Alive,” the first single from Adam Lambert’s upcoming album, ADAM, takes its sonic cues from ’90s alternative rock. But for his new single, “Under the Rhythm,” he’s looking back to 2000.

The dark dance tune interpolates ATC’s “Around the World (La La La La La),” which came out in November 2000 and hit the top 30 in 2001. There’s also a video that features a bizarre-looking Adam held captive in what looks like a mental institution before he breaks out, reverts to his normal self and dances in a darkened space together with a group of other people.

Adam says the song is “about overcoming life’s hardships through the connective and healing power of music,” adding, “It encourages the listener to keep pushing forward, one day at a time, one dance at a time, toward joy.”

“It’s easier to breath again/ The beat is in my soul/ Now I just need to find a friend/ To take the party home,” he sings, describing a night out at the club.

ADAM comes out July 10. Tickets are on sale now for his album release shows, which run from July 10 in LA through July 23 in Berlin, Germany, with stops in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and London.

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Just days after the release of their single “Blaze That A**,” Big Freedia is teasing her upcoming album with the late SOPHIE with the new single “Go Down,” a track made for summertime and the club scene. The album, Released at Last, arrives June 19.

Tierra Whack returns with “WAX PAPER” and its accompanying music video. On the track, she “takes aim at naysayers and critics while embracing her power,” according to a press release. Directed by Child, the video gives viewers a black-and-white look at her hometown of Philadelphia.

Amazon Music has tapped Durand Bernarr for an Amazon Music Original rendition of Earth, Wind & Fire’s classic “Let’s Groove,” kicking off the platform’s Black Music Month celebration. “Earth, Wind & Fire’s music has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. My father worked closely with the band for years, so these songs weren’t just records in our house—they were part of the soundtrack of my upbringing,” said Bernarr. “I wanted to honor the joy, musicianship, and legacy that Earth, Wind & Fire created while bringing my own perspective and energy to a song that continues to move people generations later.”

Lizzo’s Bitch is finally here. “So many incredible women in music have used the word for positivity, like Meredith Brooks and Missy Elliott,” Lizzo said in a statement. “It was only fitting to name my album Bitch because it has become my favorite word when using it on my own terms and because I am 100% that bitch!”

Other releases:

Rob49 & Skillibeng, “Bad B*****”

Ciara, “Nice N’ Sweet”

French Montana, Max B & Remy Ma, “Ever Since You Left Me (Big Bronx Remix)”

Snoop Dogg featuring Swizz Beatz, “Step”

Tinashe, “Too Easy”

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Ahead of his return to the stage, Barry Manilow has released What a Time, his first non-concept album of new, mostly original material in years. And he says for him, the project is a “full-circle” moment.

Barry writes in an Instagram post that the album is “a collection of songs that feel really alive to me right now. They reflect where I’ve been, where I am… and a lot of what I still want to say.”

He goes on to say that the songs also reflect “all the different styles I’ve loved working in.” That’s because, he notes, he wanted the album to feel like “a journey. Not just one sound, not just one lane… but a mix of moments.”

Barry explains, “That’s how I used to make records in the beginning… just following the music wherever it wanted to go. Letting each song be its own thing, but still part of something bigger.”

While making What a Time, he says, “I kind of realized… I was doing that again. Same freedom, same curiosity… same love for it. So yeah… in a way, this album really does feel like things have come full circle.”

Barry says he’s “really proud of these songs,” which he describes as “a little bit of the past, a lot of right now… and still looking ahead.”

The entertainer is set to start his brief U.K. arena tour June 9 in Glasgow, Scotland, and wrap up June 17 in London. These will be his first major shows since undergoing surgery for lung cancer.

“I’m terrified, and I’ve never felt that way about going back on stage,” he told US Weekly. “I really don’t know what’s about to happen. I’ve never been in this situation, so I’m really very nervous about it.”

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Steve Lacy is back with new music.

The singer is set to drop his third studio album, Oh yeah?, on July 17. He has released the record’s first single, “the feeling,” along with an accompanying music video.

The album is described in a press release as Lacy’s “most personal art to date,” noting it’s “the culmination of a four year journey whereupon Steve found himself feeling at home in foreign countries and situations and less at home at home.”

Oh yeah? is the follow-up to 2022’s Gemini Rights, which was Lacy’s major label debut. It reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went to #1 on the Top Rock Albums chart. The album featured the hit song “Bad Habit,” which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Oh yeah? is available for preorder now.

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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