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Every morning during their mission, the Artemis II crew has been woken up in their Orion spacecraft by a song of the Mission Control in Houston’s choice. Now, you can get all those songs on one playlist.

“Each track was selected by the Moon crew continuing a tradition that started more than 50 years ago,” the NASA Instagram account explains.

The playlist is updated and includes Wednesday’s wake-up song: “Under Pressure” by Queen & David Bowie. The first song astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen heard was Young & Sick’s cover of “Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit.

That was followed by:

John Legend: “Green Light (ft. Andre 3000)”

Freddy Jones Band: “In a Daydream”

Chappell Roan: “Pink Pony Club”

CeeLo Green: “Working Class Heroes (Work)”

Mandisa & TobyMac: “Good Morning”

Glass Animals & Denzel Curry: “Tokyo Drifting”

In the comments of the NASA post about the playlist, Glass Animals, best known for their #1 hit “Heat Waves,” wrote, “this is the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life ever.”

Young & Sick — the stage name of Dutch artist Nick van Hofwegen — wrote, “Thank you sooooo much for having me aboard!! My life will never be the same.”

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In honor of the 10th anniversary of Beyoncé’s landmark album Lemonade, released in April 2016, the folks at Rockabye Baby have created a special release. Rockabye Baby creates lullaby versions of famous pop, rock and country songs, and on Friday it is releasing Lullaby Renditions of Beyoncé’s Lemonade. It will feature every song on the record reimagined as a gentle instrumental lullaby. You can hear “Hold Up” now.

Sam Smith’s collaboration with Normani, “Dancing with a Stranger,” has reached 1 billion views on YouTube. It’s Sam’s fifth video to hit that milestone. Sam’s other Billion Views Club videos include “Too Good at Goodbye,” “Stay With Me” and “Not the Only One.”

LISA has teamed up with EDM DJ and producer Anyma for a single and video called “Bad Angel.” The song was released ahead of Anyma’s Main Stage performance at Coachella on April 10 and 17, and LISA is expected to join him to give the song its live debut. The BLACKPINK member and actress says in a statement, “I’ve always loved EDM, so I’ve wanted to try something like this for a while. Anyma is so creative and has such a unique vision, so working with him was really fun.”

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If you’d rather see Harry Styles perform his music in an intimate setting, as opposed to an arena full of screaming fans, he’s got you covered.

Harry has teamed up with the French production company La Blogothèque for one of its signature Take Away shows: intimate performances, usually acoustic, captured in unusual settings. The show, which lasts about six minutes, was recorded in February and shows Harry singing “Carla’s Song” in the Musée Bourdelle in Paris. The only accompaniment is Harry playing the piano.

At the end, Harry utters a French slang phrase — “Je suis en PLS” — which means “I’m done,” in the sense of, “I’m dead” or “I’m exhausted.”

“Carla’s Song” is about Harry’s friend Carla discovering Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon’s music, and then her reaction when he played her one of Paul’s most famous songs, “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

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Victoria Monét has a new album on the way, led by the single “Let Me.” In a recent conversation about the project, she explained that its sound leans into nostalgia, mainly due to her musical influences.

“I think that a lot of people who are growing up in music today, I feel like they’re skipping over some really great, timeless, classic songs,” she told Ryan Cameron Uncensored. “And I think if I have the opportunity to bring them back to the surface, I would love to be the person to do that.”

“If I’m thinking about what I’m creating, it’s a mix of the past but also the future because I’m kind of in my head astral projecting into the future for the success of the song, for what people would want to hear by the time the album comes out,” she continued. “My past is my foundation and what I’ve experienced and what I’ve heard. It influences me so much that it feels natural to be talking about it.”

Though it’s unclear what the album will be called or when it will be released, Victoria says that when the time comes, she wants the buzz around the project “to be massive.”

“I want it to be next level, better than I was before,” she explains. “I had always had the goal in mind that if Jaguar 2 was my Off the Wall, then I want this to be my Thriller just as far as magnitude and impact and global growth.”

Victoria is set to join Bruno Mars for the European leg of his The Romantic tour, kicking off in June.

“I am SOO excited to announce I will be joining @brunomars on The Romantic Tour in Europe this summer!!!” she wrote shortly after the news broke. “This is a dream come true.”

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Country music is headed for California wine country this summer. 

Cole Swindell, Keith Urban and Koe Wetzel are set to headline the Country Summer Music Festival June 12-14 at the Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. 

Nate Smith, Dasha, Breland, Chase Matthew, Ingrid Andress, Kelsey Hart, John Morgan, Tyler Braden and Aaron Watson are just some of the artists who complete the lineup.

Both single-day tickets and passes for the entire festival are on sale now.

The Country Summer Music Festival started in 2014 and was named one of the Top 10 Best Outdoor Music Festivals by Newsweek in 2025.

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Kirstin Maldonado is returning to Broadway.

The only female member of Pentatonix is joining the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical SIX, which is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of King Henry VIII. Kirstin will portray one of the more famous wives, Anne Boleyn. This marks Kirstin’s second turn on Broadway; in 2018, she made her debut as Lauren in Kinky Boots.

Kirstin will join the cast on June 1, taking over for Dylan Mulvaney. Her Pentatonix group mate Scott Hoying wrote to her on Instagram, “Yessss broadway baby!!!!! You’re gonna CRUSH!”

In the musical, each of the six wives is modeled on a famous pop star: Anne Boleyn, for example, is supposed to be a composite of Avril Lavigne and Lily Allen. Others are modeled on Adele, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears and Beyoncé.

SIX originally opened in 2021 and is now the 43rd longest-running show in Broadway history.

Kirstin’s return to Broadway will follow the completion of Pentatonix’s European tour, which is underway now. It wraps up May 3 in Sweden.

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Lykke Li has premiered a new song called “Sick of Love,” a track off her upcoming album, The Afterparty.

On “Sick of Love,” Li imagines herself alone at the end of the party while it’s being cleaned up around her.

“It’s this moment of complete humiliation, and you’re trying to be strong,” Li says in a statement. “I had a lot of fun writing these lyrics. I laughed a lot.”

The Afterparty, the follow-up to 2022’s EYEYE, is due out May 8. It also includes the songs “Lucky Again” and “Knife in the Heart.”

Li will perform at Coachella on Friday.

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Foo Fighters will premiere a new song called “Of All People” on Friday.

Ahead of the studio recording’s debut, you can watch Dave Grohl and company rock “Of All People” on the Irish music performance series Other Voices streaming now on YouTube.

“Of All People” will mark the fourth cut to be released from the upcoming 12th Foo Fighters album, Your Favorite Toy, following “Asking for a Friend,” “Caught in the Echo” and the title track. The record will arrive in full on April 24.

Foo Fighters will play a one-off show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 28, followed by headlining sets at the Welcome to Rockville and BottleRock Napa festivals in May. They’ll launch a full North American stadium tour in August.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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