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Mgk’s experience getting a blackout tattoo was not an easy one.

Speaking with Billboard Canada, the “bloody valentine” artist opens up about the health issues he faced while getting his entire upper body inked in black, which he first debuted in 2024.

“After the first week, we hit my lymph nodes around my armpits and shoulders, and I got really sick,” mgk says. “My skin was turning yellow. I wasn’t able to sleep. I stopped being able to move certain parts of my upper body.”

The complications stemmed from mgk’s desire to get the ink done in a much shorter time frame than the two years tattoo artist ROXX, who created the piece, said it would take.

“She warned me that it was going to be near impossible, even from a pain tolerance standpoint,” mgk says. “I said, ‘yeah, we got two months.'”

In persevering through the end of the piece, mgk says he “came out the other side extremely inspired.”

“Not just because of what I had done, but because of what I had to overcome,” he says.

Mgk is currently touring North America in support of his latest album, 2025’s lost americana. He’s since put out a new song called “FIX UR FACE” with Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst and an EP titled blog era boyz with Wiz Khalifa.

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Wiz Khalifa has released the official music video for “passport” from his collaborative mixtape with mgk, blog era boyz. The video finds Wiz Khalifa and mgk on a tennis court and at a pool party, blending those clips with footage from their time on mgk’s lost americana tour. The song, trek and the album pay tribute to the internet mixtape era that shaped them, while celebrating their music, history and friendship, according to a release. “passport” is now available on YouTube.

Michael Jackson: The Verdict topped Netflix’s TV charts, garnering 17.8 million views in its first five days, according to Variety. The three-part movie features interviews with jurors, accusers, defenders and others during the 2005 trial.

Nas, Ella Mai, Busta Rhyme and Wyclef Jean are on the bill for Queens Group Stage HQ as part of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Group Stage matches in New York. Also serving as a global celebration of soccer, music and culture, the event will feature more than 40 performances. More information can be found at nynjfwc26.com/queens.

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Selena Gomez is in London filming the new season of Only Murders in the Building, and she misses her husband, Benny Blanco. But maybe it would help if she watches the new ad for Jennifer Aniston’s haircare line, because they’re both in it.

Sharing a carousel of photos of them together, Selena wrote to Benny on Instagram, “distance means so little when someone means so much….@itsbennyblanco mish you bb.” Benny wrote in the comments, “I fall more and more in love with you everyday” and “time stands still when i’m in ur arms.”

But meanwhile, in a new ad for Jennifer’s Lolavie hair care line, Benny unexpectedly shows up at her house so she can do his hair. They walk into another room, only to find Selena sitting there, which also surprises Jen.

“What are you doing here?” Selena asks Benny. “My appointment,” Benny explains. Selena says she’s there to bring Jen some gifts from her Rare Beauty line.

As Jen attempts to tame Benny’s unruly mop of curls, Selena raids Jen’s closet and runs out with a couple of blazers. “Is this on the giveaway pile? Cause I see about eight more things,” she says. “Take whatever you want,” Jen says. Benny, meanwhile, grabs a pair of Jimmy Choo heels for himself.

As they leave Jen’s house, the Friends star closes the door in relief and says, “That was so weird.”

Someone wrote in the comments, “THIS needs to be a Netflix show!”

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Jack White has officially announced his new album, Frozen Charlotte.

As previously reported, a preorder link for the album quietly went live Tuesday on the Third Man Records site. White has now confirmed that the album is indeed called Frozen Charlotte and is due out on July 10.

The release date coincides with the start of White’s upcoming U.S. solo tour, which kicks off the same day in Washington, D.C.

Frozen Charlotte is the follow-up to 2024’s No Name, which received a similarly stealthy rollout. The album was initially sold without any label at Third Man Records store before it was officially announced.

The track list includes the previously released songs “Derecho Demonico” and “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs.” A third cut, titled “Dollar Bill,” is out now.

Here’s the full track list:

“G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” 
“Derecho Demonico”
“There’s Nobody There”
“Raising the Grain”
“You’ll Never Fix Me”
“Nobody Knows” 
“Dollar Bill” 
“I Can’t Believe What I’m Hearing”
“Thick as Thieves” 
“All Alone Again” 
“She’s in a Frenzy”
“Making Contact”
“Neighbors Blues”

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Jack White has officially announced his new album, Frozen Charlotte.

As previously reported, a preorder link for the album quietly went live Tuesday on the Third Man Records site. White has now confirmed that the album is indeed called Frozen Charlotte and is due out on July 10.

The release date coincides with the start of White’s upcoming U.S. solo tour, which kicks off the same day in Washington, D.C.

Frozen Charlotte is the follow-up to 2024’s No Name, which received a similarly stealthy rollout. The album was initially sold without any label at Third Man Records store before it was officially announced.

The track list includes the previously released songs “Derecho Demonico” and “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs.” A third cut, titled “Dollar Bill,” is out now.

Here’s the full track list:

“G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” 
“Derecho Demonico”
“There’s Nobody There”
“Raising the Grain”
“You’ll Never Fix Me”
“Nobody Knows” 
“Dollar Bill” 
“I Can’t Believe What I’m Hearing”
“Thick as Thieves” 
“All Alone Again” 
“She’s in a Frenzy”
“Making Contact”
“Neighbors Blues”

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Taylor Swift is sharing new details about the inspiration for “I Knew It, I Knew You,” her original song for Toy Story 5.

Swift said in a new interview with ABC News that she was inspired by the journey of Jessie, the beloved cowgirl ragdoll in the animated movie franchise.

“We have seen her go through such heartbreak and such, you know, triumphs and loss and we learned her back story,” Swift said in an interview that aired Wednesday on Good Morning America. “But in Toy Story 5, we see such a character development and, really, lessons that I could relate to as she’s grown up and as she has learned more about her experiences and her memories.”

The singer continued, “Just the feeling that, like, sometimes people’s paths diverge, and that doesn’t mean that that’s the last time that you get to feel those memories or know that person.”

When the song was released on June 5, Swift revealed that she collaborated on it with singer-songwriter and producer Jack Antonoff. She shared on social media that they wrote the song with “adoration” for the Toy Story characters that were staples of their childhoods.

Swift performed “I Knew It, I Knew You,” for the first time live at the Toy Story 5 world premiere Tuesday night in Los Angeles. She also performed “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” alongside Randy Newman, the man who wrote and sang Toy Story‘s signature tune.

Toy Story 5, a Disney and Pixar film, is scheduled to premiere in theaters on Friday, June 19. Swift posed at the film’s premiere with its stars, including Joan Cusack, who voices Jessie on the big screen.

The 14-time Grammy winner said that as a longtime Toy Story fan herself, it was a “poignant” moment for her to pen and perform a song for the movie’s latest release.

“I watched Toy Story when I was 5 and I’ve watched every single one of the films so many times,” she said. “So I really think that, like, to be able to be welcomed into something that has welcomed me, unknowingly, its entire existence, just as a fan, feels like very poignant for me and for my family.”

The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of ABC News and Pixar.

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The Rise and Rhythm Cruise is returning for its sophomore year, offering four nights of entertainment over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. 

The Norwegian Jewel will set sail Jan. 14, 2027, from Miami and make stops at Great Stirrup Cay and Freeport, Grand Bahama. Cletus Kassady returns as host, while the entertainment lineup includes performances by Kem, Mary Mary, Calvin Richardson, Avery*Sunshine, Madison Ryann Ward and more.

Guests will also hear from a lineup of speakers, including Anthony Anderson, Keion Henderson and Lady Shaunie Henderson, who will share their experiences, insights, wisdom and advice through live podcast recordings, meet-and-greets and other interactive events.

Tickets and all other information can be found on riseandrhythmcruise.com.

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