It “Ain’t a Bad Life” when you have two songs in country’s top 15. Just ask Jordan Davis.
At #12 is his third single from Learn the Hard Way.
“‘Turn This Truck Around’ is one that — I wanted to do it because I felt like it was different,” he tells ABC Audio. “I felt it was something we’ve never released.”
The other is his pal Thomas Rhett’s “Ain’t a Bad Life,” from the deluxe editionof his About a Woman collection.
“Me and Thomas have always talked about doing a song together and this song was perfect for it,” Jordan says. “He played it for me, and I finally pestered him enough to where he allowed me to sing on it.”
“But now they’re both doing great, so it’s really cool to have two songs out working, but man the one with Thomas is special,” he adds.
“Ain’t a Bad Life” is currently at #4 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs during 2025 When We Were Young festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)
Fly the W once more: Weezer is teasing new music.
Rivers Cuomo and company have shared a video on Instagram showing four different symbols drawn on a piece of paper. The clip begins with the famous “Buddy Holly” guitar lick before transitioning into what sounds like a new song in which Cuomo sings, “Shine again.”
You may recall a Weezer post published in February that promised, “Weezer will shine again soon.”
The video ends with Thursday’s date, March 26, appearing on the screen. In its caption, Weezer simply writes, “JOIN US!” along with a link to the band’s website.
Weezer last put out an album in 2021, when they released two records: OK Human and Van Weezer. They also put out four EPs in 2022 as part of their SZNZ project.
While we wait for possibly new Weezer, a past Weezer song is currently having a resurgence. “Go Away,” which originally appeared on the 2015 album Everything Will Be Alright in the End, has entered the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart amid going viral on TikTok.
The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
The Black Crowes have released a lot of music over their almost 40-year career, but frontman Chris Robinson believes their iconic ballad “She Talks To Angels” is the one song of theirs that will stand the test of time.
In a new interview with New YorkMagazine’s Vulture column, Robinson says one reason is because “[t]hat’s the song really in people’s imagination,” adding it’s a “very inviting song.”
“I wrote that song from a dark romantic perspective as a kid who was yet to really be in the world that much,” he says, adding that when he wrote it he hadn’t yet experienced some of themes the song deals with, like addiction.
“The reason I say that song might resonate longer than any other is because I meet people all the time who say ‘She Talks to Angels’ means so much to them — whether they knew someone like that or have been through something similar personally,” Robinson says. “People share their stories with me about the song a lot, and I always find it to be really poignant and touching.”
“If you’re a songwriter, that’s what you’re shooting for, that soulful connection. It has to exist on some other levels besides just having a nice melody,” he adds. “I mean, when we play the song, we’ll still see people crying. To me, that’s what the song is for.”
“She Talks To Angels” appears on The Black Crowes’ debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, which was released in 1990.
The Black Crowes just released their 10th studio album, A Pound of Feathers. They launch a U.S. tour May 17 in Austin, Texas. A complete list of dates can be found at TheBlackCrowes.com.
Don Cheadle attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations Presents Career Retrospective with Regina Hall at The Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists on November 20, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA)
Don Cheadle has joined the team for the docuseries Vs. Goliath. Deadline reports he’s been tapped to executive produce the show with nonprofit The Solutions Project, which promotes climate justice.
The series, according to Deadline, “explores stories of everyday people from working-class communities across the U.S. taking bold action against the fossil fuel industry.”
“The climate crisis is not just about science,” Cheadle said in a statement. “It’s about justice, courage, and the people rising up to do what’s needed. Vs. Goliath spotlights communities that are being directly hurt by fossil fuel pollution, and refuse to be invisible. The series makes these communities the heroes of the battle, and stays loyal to participant-driven storytelling. I’m honored to help amplify those voices.”
“We created Vs. Goliath to spotlight the heroes of the environmental justice movement – everyday people standing up to enormous odds,” the production team added. “Having Don Cheadle join us as executive producer, with the incredible support of The Solutions Project, not only validates the urgency of this work, but also brings powerful visibility to the people and stories featured in the series.”
Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace and Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt in ‘PROJECT HAIL MARY,’ from Amazon MGM Studios. (Jonathan Olley)
In the new Ryan Gosling movieProject Hail Mary, the character of Eva Stratt, played by Sandra Hüller, performs a karaoke version of Harry Styles’ debut solo hit, “Sign of the Times.” How did that particular song end up in the movie and its soundtrack? Turns out it was Sandra Hüller’s idea.
In the movie, Sandra’s character sings the song while bidding farewell to her team. In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, the German actress, who was Oscar-nominated for her role in 2023’s Anatomy of a Fall, explains, “It came from a playlist [of] goodbye songs. So I was looking for something that was, like, a final goodbye to someone — that was the first thing.”
“And then, it was a coincidence, actually, that it was also about space, and going to the sky and all these things,” she adds. “And then I thought, ‘Wow, I didn’t know.’ I know that song, but I never made this connection in my head. … And also, when you sing it, it’s very moving, especially in the last part, where it goes, like, really big.”
“I realized in that moment when I listened to it, like, really, really closely, that it could be for us,” she continues.
She also shared with EWthat she ran the idea by her daughter: “I asked my daughter if it’s actually cool or if it’s just me who finds it cool at almost 48 [years old]. And she approved.”
In the song, Harry sings, “You can’t bribe the door on your way to the sky” and “Just stop your crying, have the time of your life/ breaking through the atmosphere.” In 2017, he told Rolling Stone that the song is written from the point of view of a mother who is dying while giving birth.
In recent years, Shaggy has been working with Sting, but his new single features another musical collaborator: Robin Thicke. The two have joined forces for a new single called “Looking Lovely,” which interpolates the classic 1977 Bill Withers song “Lovely Day.” Shaggy said it was his idea to flip the song and put Robin on the record.
“It’s such an iconic track … I’ve been, you know, messing with for a while,” he told ABC Audio, adding, “Once Robin and I had connected and there was this friendship between him and I, I said, ‘Yo, you’d be perfect for this.’ I think his vibe that he’s on, he sings about ladies, and me, I’m ‘Mr. Lover Lover.'”
He laughed, “I just think the whole thing is sexy, man!”
Robin said he initially didn’t want to even consider singing over an iconic track like “Lovely Day,” but Shaggy’s take on it changed his mind.
“As soon as the music kicked in, I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t wanna touch this,'” he told ABC Audio. “But then I heard his voice, and I was, like, his voice makes it fresh. It brings into a new audience into a fresh, youthful feeling. And so it just made it sound brand-new to me. And I was like, ‘O.K., with his voice, it makes [sense].’ If it was just me, I wouldn’t do it.”
The two have now performed the song a few times on TV, including on Live with Kelly & Mark. Will they get together on tour and sing it live? “Well, it’s just the beginning, and we’re both tour junkies,” Robin said. “We both love being out on the road and doing our thing, so we’ll see where the rest of the year takes us, but we’re open to it.”
Justin Timberlake’s 2024 mug shot (Sag Harbor Village Police Department)
Body camera footage has been released from the night Justin Timberlake was arrested in the Hamptons in June 2024 after police suspected the pop singer of driving while intoxicated.
The Sag Harbor Police Department released the video to media outlets, including the Associated Press, which released excerpts.
The video reviewed by ABC News shows an officer stopping Justin on the night of June 18, 2024, after the officer said he saw him veering off to the left and not stopping at a stop sign.
The singer, who identified himself during the stop, told officers he was in the area briefly while on tour. “I’m on a world tour,” he says, later adding, “I’m Justin Timberlake.”
The officer asks to see his ID.
Police then conduct a series of standardized field sobriety tests and, later, ask to administer a breath test. Justin refuses to take the breath test, the video shows.
The body camera footage also captures a woman, identified as a friend of Timberlake’s, pleading with officers not to take him into custody.
“Stop it! No way! Don’t say it!” she says as officers place Timberlake in handcuffs. “You can’t, like, put him in jail,” she says, asking if, instead, she can take him home.
Police decline her requests, stating that Timberlake would be held and processed.
At one point, she references Timberlake’s music while appealing to officers, saying, “You love ‘Bye Bye Bye,’ you’re on ‘SexyBack’ — one favor” and then asking officers if she can ask Justin if he wants his phone.
The footage ends with Timberlake seated in a police vehicle.
The singer pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the arrest before reaching a plea deal to resolve the case in September 2024. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving while impaired. He was ordered to pay a fine and perform community service.
As previously reported, earlier this month, Justin sued to stop the release of video footage capturing his arrest, claiming the videos showed him in “an acutely vulnerable state.” The Village of Sag Harbor and Jusitn’s lawyers later reached an agreement to release a redacted version.
Chappell Roan performs onstage during Artists For Aid at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Chappell Roan has responded to Brazilian soccer star Jorginho Frello, after he claimed her security confronted his 11-year-old daughter for just looking at the pop star.
Frello wrote on his Instagram Story that his wife and daughter were staying at the same hotel in Brazil as Roan, who was there to headline Lollapalooza. He said his daughter was “extremely excited” because Roan was someone she “admired a lot.”
At breakfast, Frello says his daughter saw that Roan was there too but insists she didn’t bother the singer.
“She just passed by the singer’s table, looked over to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to the table with her mom,” he wrote. “She didn’t say anything, didn’t ask for anything.”
Frello wrote that after that, a security guard confronted his family and spoke “extremely aggressively” towards his wife and daughter, accusing his daughter of “disrespect” and “harassment,” which scared her and left her crying.
But in a video posted to her Instagram Story, Roan insisted the person who confronted the 11-year-old was not part of her “personal security.”
“I didn’t even see a woman and a child … No one came up to me. No one bothered me,” she said. “I did not ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child.”
“It’s unfair for security to just assume someone doesn’t have good intentions when they have no reason to believe because there’s no action even taken,” she added, noting, “Like, I do not hate people who are fans of my music. I do no hate children. Like, that is crazy.”
Roan also apologized to Frello’s wife and daughter if they “felt uncomfortable” noting, “that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.”
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Mike Mills, bass player of R.E.M., performs onstage during the Jim Irsay Collection Exhibit and Concert at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Actor Michael Shannon and his musical partner Jason Narducy have been touring in celebration of the music of R.E.M. since 2023, and R.E.M.’s Mike Mills says the shows have given him some insight into his own band.
“One of the ironies about being in R.E.M. is that I could never see my band play. I could never truly know the effect our music had on our fans, or what it might have felt like to see us at any point in our musical journey, especially the early days,” he writes on Instagram, noting that he “was able to get an idea of what it might have been like to see R.E.M. perform” thanks the pair and their band.
He adds, “This band not only reinforced what I thought we sounded like, but gave me an idea of the power, and the joy, of an R.E.M. show.”
Mills notes that Shannon and Narducy aren’t “imitators” or “copycats,” but “seriously talented musicians, and a real band who loves our music as much as we do, and that love shows in their performance.”
Mills has joined them on stage during their tours, and he says getting to play with them “was more fun than I’ve had doing almost anything in quite a while.”
Finally, Mills adds, “Thank you, guys, for being so much more than a mirror, for being a great band, and for keeping the joy of our music alive for us, and for our fans.”
Shannon and Narducy’s most recent R.E.M. tour was in celebration of the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s fourth studio album, Lifes Rich Pageant. They will kick off another leg of the tour in September.
Harry Styles is spending a second week at #1 on the U.K. charts with his latest album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. When it debuted at #1 last week, it broke multiple records and gave Harry the biggest opening week of his career worldwide. We’ll find out Monday if it’s managed to stick around for a second week on the Billboard 200.
Meanwhile, Harry hasn’t publicly acknowledged that he and Zoë Kravitz are dating, but the two were photographed together at New York City’s JFK airport on Thursday, getting a flight out of town. Harry and Zoë also held hands while attending the Saturday Night Live after-party last weekend, following Harry’s hosting and musical guest stint on the show; Zoë’s famous mom, Lisa Bonet, was there as well.
In other news regarding low-key relationships between two famous people, Enrique Iglesias and his partner Anna Kournikova have finally revealed the name of their fourth child, who was born in December. Alongside a photo on Instagram of all the kids, Anna revealed that the baby boy is named Romeo. Enrique shared the photo and commented, “Familia.” The couple, who’ve been together since 2001, are also parents to twins Lucy and Nicholas, 8, and daughter Mary, 6.
Bastille’s 2013 top-10 hit “Pompeii” has reached two billion streams on Spotify.
