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While he missed out on his chance to play on boygenius‘ the record, Dave Grohl is set to guest on the album of another big indie star.

Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, has revealed that the Foo Fighters frontman contributes to her next studio effort. Speaking with MOJO, Clark also confirms that the upcoming album will feature Foos drummer Josh Freese, who joined the band in 2023 following the 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins, and Welsh musician Cate Le Bon.

“A pretty tight little Wrecking Crew,” Clark remarks.

Clark previously collaborated with Grohl on a cover of the Nine Inch Nails song “Piggy” back in 2020.

As for the sound of her new record, Clark describes it as “urgent and psychotic, in equal parts the most caustic sound and also, I think, the most sonically blooming.”

“I needed to go deeper in finding my own sonic vocabulary,” Clark says, noting that the album will mark her first fully self-produced effort. “I like to think of [the record] as post-plague pop, it’s a lot about heaven and hell — the metaphorical kinds. Which is appropriate, because sitting alone in a studio for that many hours I would say is a version of hell.”

The most recent St. Vincent album is 2021’s Daddy’s Home, which won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. That year, she also put out a cover of Metallica‘s “Sad but True” for the Blacklist tribute album.

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Drake Milligan‘s new EP, Jukebox Songs, has arrived. The twangy four-track set features “What I Couldn’t Forget” and “Jukebox Songs and Barstool Beers,” as well as the previously released “Don’t Leave Me Loving You” and “I Got A Problem.” “I’m so excited for everyone to hear Jukebox Songs, this project was a labor of love and brought out a new creative side of me,” says Drake.

BRELAND‘s melding country and hip-hop in his new track, “Heartbreak & Alcohol.” “It’s been a long journey for me blending Country music with other genres, but one thing I always wanted to do is sample something from the Hip-Hop world,” BRELAND shares. “Lil Wayne, Drake and Future absolutely nailed it the first time with ‘Love Me,’ and I’m hoping people appreciate the Country spin I’ve put on it with ‘Heartbreak and Alcohol.'”

Josh Ross has announced his Complicated EP with a new song, “Matching Tattoos.” “Finally! I’m stoked to announce a body of work that showcases lyrically who I am as a person, and me sonically as a creative. Like a lot of country fans, I listen to all types of music. I am drawn to different sounds and production depending on what the emotion of the song calls for, and I think that comes across in this EP,” Josh says of his project, which drops March 29.

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Justin Timberlake is doing another one-night show over in London. He announced the news on Instagram on Friday. “Justin Timberlake is performing for one night only in London,” the photo he posted reads. The show will take place at The Roundhouse on February 23.

Madonna has shared details about her newest collaboration. The video for her new song “Popular” with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti will debut during the Fortnite Festival. She made the announcement on Instagram. The song originally dropped in The Weeknd’s HBO series The Idol in June 2023.

Jordin Sparks is making it known that she’s down to judge American Idol. The singer, who won the competition show in 2007, put the idea out into the universe over on X, formerly Twitter. “Oh hiiii @AmericanIdol—I hear a seat opened up at the judges table! I’m putting my name in the hat!” she wrote.

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Kid Rock has announced that his father has died.

“My Dad, Bill Ritchie Sr, moved on to be with Jesus yesterday,” the “All Summer Long” singer writes in a Facebook post on Friday, February 16. “He was an incredible father, grandfather, great grandfather, and so much more, none shy of being quite the character!”

“Thank you for your condolences in advance,” Rock continues. “God Bless you and I love you Pop!”

The post also includes a link to Rock’s song “Drinking Beer with Dad” off his 2015 album, First Kiss.

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Madonna has shared details about her newest collaboration. The video for her new song “Popular” with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti will debut during the Fortnite Festival. Madonna made the announcement on Instagram. The song originally dropped in The Weeknd’s HBO series The Idol in June 2023.

Jung Kook is dressed to the nines in his new campaign for Calvin Klein Jeans. The Spring 2024 campaign rolled out Friday, and Billboard shared behind-the-scenes snaps from the photoshoot, which took place in Grand Central Station in New York City. In the photos, Jung Kook wears ’90s-inspired straight-fit jeans with an oversized, unbuttoned black shirt.

Justin Timberlake is doing another one-night show over in London. He announced the news over on Instagram on Friday. “Justin Timberlake is performing for one night only in London,” the photo he posted reads. The show will take place at The Roundhouse on February 23.

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Bow Wow opened up about his past addiction to lean — a combination of codeine and promethazine — during his recent appearance on The Art of Dialogue podcast. He revealed he was heavily using the substance while recording and promoting his joint project with Omarion, 2007’s Face Off.

“I was on lean. I was sipping so much syrup,” he shared. “I was drinking that s*** like crazy. If you go back and watch The Road to Platinum series on BET, you’ll see so many white Styrofoam cups. I was losing my f****** mind. That lean s*** had me f***** up. I was just always irritated.”

He said he grew a dependency on the substance, drinking “all day long,” and was eventually hospitalized.

“We were on our tour, I was co-headlining with Chris Brown, and the opening night was in Cincinnati and when I got off stage, I collapsed,” Bow recalled. “I went straight to Cincinnati University Hospital. My stomach was so f***** up that I ended up going back home to Atlanta after the first show.”

“I’m sitting in the hospital not knowing what the f*** going on, and I get back home and the s*** gets worse. I’m throwing up, I’m shivering in the bed, I’m sweating, I’m going through it,” Bow continued. “I didn’t know I was having withdrawals. That’s how much lean I was consuming.”

Bow was forced to drop out of the tour, but his image was saved, as his late publicist released a statement citing dehydration and keeping his addiction concealed.

“That’s just good PR. We didn’t want the world to know that 18-, 19-year-old Bow was heavy on the drank,” Bow Wow said. 

Following the health scare, he drinks tequila and smokes weed, staying away from hard drugs. “I know my boundaries,” he said.

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Beyoncé’s no stranger to Billboard lists, yet it’s her first time on the country charts. Just two days after Columbia Nashville announced Bey’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” is being promoted on country radio, the track’s landed at #54 on the Country Airplay chart.

The chart displays audience impressions at roughly 150 country radio stations in the U.S.: “Texas Hold ‘Em” hit 1.1 million via 100 stations in the week ending February 15.

“We immediately added it a sub-power rotation, which is where we put top-trending new music,” Bo Matthews, program director at San Jose’s KBAY, tells Billboard of “Texas Hold ‘Em.” “I want people to hear it. One of the biggest artists in the world delivered a great country record for us to have fun with, and the song is really good. We are in the business of creating excitement for our listeners and I’m embracing the moment. Plus, there is plenty of room for great artists, even from other genres. It’s a big country tent.”

Virginia radio station WUSH’s program director Dave Parker says he “put the Beyoncé [song] directly into a strong rotation so it can be heard.”

“I want the station to sound as interesting as possible, because the opposite is boring,” he continues. “This song is sounding great and doesn’t sound like anything else. Plus, the feedback from listeners and even fellow staffers so far has been very positive.”

Tim Roberts, program director of Detroit’s WYCD, adds, “I think it’s a good record, and country is so popular right now, it’s great that she wants to be here. Just like we do with any song on our playlist, now the listeners will decide.”

“Texas Hold ‘Em,” released as a surprise on Super Bowl Sunday, has also debuted on the Pop Airplay charts, landing at #38.

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