Walker Hayes and Florida Georgia Line are both getting some love at the 2022 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
FGL is one of the six nominees for Favorite Music Group, alongside Jonas Brothers, Maroon 5, BTS, Black Eyed Peas and Migos. The country duo are currently on hiatus, announcing their break last month.
Meanwhile, Walker gets a shoutout in the Favorite Breakout Artist category. He’s going up against Saweetie, Olivia Rodrigo, Chloë, Glass Animals and Jack Harlowe.
They’re the only two country acts to be nominated at the awards show, though country star turned pop icon Taylor Swift is nominated in several categories, and the “Taylor’s Version” iterations of her country albums Red and Fearless are both nominated in the Favorite Album category.
Earlier this year, it was announced that Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello will be the executive music producer on the upcoming Neftlix film Metal Lords. Now, we have an official trailer.
The clip lays out the plot for the movie, which follows a pair of high school friends Hunter and Kevin, played by Adrian Greensmith and It‘s Jaeden Martell, who start a metal band together. In search of a bassist, they recruit school band cellist Emily, played by Isis Hainsworth. Teen drama ensues, this time with a heavy metal soundtrack.
Metal Lords is directed by Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist filmmaker Peter Sollett, and was written by Game of Thrones co-creator D.B. Weiss. It premieres on Netflix April 8.
By the way, Metal Lords isn’t the first time Morello and Weiss collaborated. The two previously jammed together on an all-star version of the Game of Thrones theme song alongside Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, Extreme‘s Nuno Bettencourt, composer Ramin Djawadi and country star Brad Paisley.
Backstage at the ACM Awards earlier this week, Carrie Underwood teased that she might have something new to share relatively soon, though she didn’t give any indication that new music is imminent.
But maybe fans can look forward to new material from Carrie sooner than they thought — at least, if her cryptic new social media post is any indication.
The singer shared a studio shot on Wednesday of her wearing a black hoodie and performing with headphones on and a mic in front of her.
“So, I did a thing…” Carrie wrote in the caption.
As she often does when she’s teasing new music, Carrie kept things pretty enigmatic, not dropping any hints just yet of what the “thing” she did might be.
Carrie — who is also celebrating her 39th birthday on Thursday — offered a few more hints about new projects in the works backstage at the ACMs on Monday night, saying, “Obviously, we can’t spill too many beans right now, but my fans know what I mean when I say, ‘Soon.’”
Her last studio album, Cry Pretty, came out in 2018. Since then, Carrie released a Christmas album, My Gift, and a gospel album, My Savior. She also duetted with Jason Aldean on his chart-topping “If I Didn’t Love You,” which won Single of the Year at the ACMs.
“Fight Song” singer Rachel Platten admits she struggled with her mental health after giving birth to her baby daughter, Sophie Jo.
“I feel so proud of myself, I got through an incredibly painful battle with my mental health, long days that felt impossible and tears that wouldn’t stop coming and nights that felt never ending when my poor scared body wouldn’t let me sleep,” Rachel said in an Instagram post celebrating her baby turning six months old.
Rachel continued, “I tried every tool possible, even ones i was previously scared of, and finally now I’m feeling consistent joy, ease, power and real hope again. Actually [screw] that it’s not even hope, it’s bigger. It’s a KNOWING.”
“I know my strength. I know my worth. I know who I am and i love myself,” Rachel explained, saying her new source of self comes from knowing her self-worth. “I love this human life underneath all of those labels. i know all my insecurities and weaknesses and all my glorious sunny parts too and i welcome them all,” she declared.
Rachel dubbed this gift her “true power” and called upon her fans who may be in her shoes. “I’m here as an example that you can do this. You can be your own hero and you can learn to love all of you and i believe in you,” she encouraged.
She also passed along the lesson her aunt gave her, which was, “No one is going to come save you. Be your own hero. Do one brave thing today. Do one more tomorrow. Win the day. You can do this.”
Rachel closed her inspirational post with, “You can do this. Win the day. I love you all.”
The Weeknd shut down rumors on Wednesday about an original Dawn FM track list that featured star-studded collaborations.
The Grammy winner retweeted story from the outlet Buzzing Pop, which purportedly showed the original handwritten track list of Dawn FM. Among the names included in the roundup were Ariana Grande, TY Dolla $ign and others.
Fans were quick to tweet at The Weeknd, with some demanding a deluxe edition of his new album that would include the rumored collaborations. Eventually, the “Earned It” singer broke his silence and let his fans know they fell for a hoax.
“I love every single one of these artists but this is beyond fake. XO,” The Weeknd tweeted later in the day.
Despite him clearing the air, some fans are now begging The Weeknd to make the collabos happen.
The Weeknd previously collaborated with Ariana on the its “Love Me Harder,” “Off the Table” and the remix of “Save Your Tears.” As for Ty, the two collaborated with Lil Wayne on his song “Or Nah.”
Nick Cannon‘s daytime talk show, The Nick Cannon Show, has been canceled after one season on the air.
According to Variety, employees of the daily show were informed that it had not been renewed for a second season and that Thursday was the final day of taping.
“It’s never easy to cancel a production with clear potential,” said Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of the show’s producer-distributor, Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury. “But after a great deal of deliberation and examining various options, we have made the difficult business decision to end production on Nick Cannon.”
The cancellation doesn’t come as much of a surprise, since the ratings for the show, which premiered on Fox in September 2021, were not that great. According to Deadline, the program ranked as the lowest-rated, single-host daytime syndicated talk show this season, with an average 0.4 household rating.
Despite the abrupt production ending, the show will continue to air original episodes through May.
“We plan to offer viewers original episodes of the daytime talk show through the remainder of this season,” Marcus and Bernsteinsaid. “Our thanks go to the very talented Nick Cannon and our wonderful production team, and we wish Nick continued success with his many hit ventures.”
Variety also reported that the show was soon expected to go on a five-week hiatus because of Nick’s busy schedule on other projects.
Though this chapter of his TV journey is ending, Nick will continue his hosting duties on other shows like MTV’s Wild ‘N Out and Fox’s The Masked Singer.
(NOTE LANGUAGE) Chris Brown is seeking an apology after he posted alleged text messages and a voice note from the woman who has sued him for rape.
After sharing the video and messages on social media and in an effort to clear his name of the allegations, Brown took to his Instagram story on Wednesday, saying he was owed an apology but isn’t optimistic about actually receiving it.
“Damn y’all owe me an apology… won’t hold my breath waiting for it though ….” the post read.
The text messages that allegedly came from the woman to Brown circulated on internet earlier this week. “Missing u,” and “U were honestly the best — I’ve had” were a part of the thread. In the voice note Brown shared, a voice that sounds to be that of a woman can be heard saying, “I just want to see you again, I mean, just answer the phone.”
According to Rolling Stone, the unnamed woman claims the R&B singer laced her drink and assaulted her on a yacht in December 2020.
Upon the discovery of the text messages, the woman lost her legal representation. “We were not made aware that the information existed (prior to filing),” the woman’s lawyer, George Vrabeck, told Rolling Stone. “It’s not a comment on whether an assault happened or not, but it precludes us from going forward.”
Brown initially shared his thoughts about the new accusations back in January, saying he thinks the recent allegations, and those of the past, always seem to pop up when he’s working on new music.
“I HOPE YALL SEE THIS PATTERN OF [lies] whenever I’m releasing new music or projects, “THEY” try to pull some real bulls***,” the singer wrote back in January.
Over time, Brown has maintained his innocence and continued to post comments and messages on social media in support of it.
“No more dragging me through the mud,” the singer said along with the voice note he shared. “CLEARLY YOU CAN ALL SEE THE [lie]. Now let’s see if the media will keep that same energy they had trying to destroy me, to Run the real story. Me and my team are taking legal action on this situation. You don’t play with people lives like that. THX TEAM BREEZY…”
Pavement is partying like it’s 1999 with a new video for the band’s song “Harness Your Hopes.”
The clip stars Yellowjackets and The Book of Boba Fett actor Sophie Thatcher as she tries to solve a Pavement-related mystery. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.
“Harness Your Hopes” was originally a B-side off Pavement’s 1999 Spit on a Stranger EP. It’s being released now ahead of the EP’s upcoming vinyl reissue, due out April 8. Not only that, but “Harness Your Hopes” has become an unlikely TikTok sensation, and has even inspired a viral dance challenge.
Along with Spit on a Stranger, Pavement’s last album, 1999’s Terror Twilight, is also getting the reissue treatment. A deluxe, expanded version of the record drops April 8, as well.
Ellie Goulding welcomed her baby boy, Arthur, last year, so she’s had plenty of practice when it comes to reading bedtime stories. Now, she’s flexing her skills on the BBC’s children’s programming channel, CBeebies, by reading a bedtime story to its youngest listeners on the show CBeebies Bedtime Stories.
The official CBeebies Twitter shared the good news on Thursday, tweeting, “Catch Ellie Goulding on #cbeebiesbedtimestories at 6:50pm next Tuesday!” The “Love Me Like You Do” singer will be reading the book, What If, Pig? by author Linzie Hunter.
Hunter said on her Twitter she is “thrilled” that Ellie is reading her book next week. She explained the effort will benefit Red Nose Day, the annual fundraising event from the charity Comic Relief. All next week on CBeebies, celebrities will read “fantastically funny” children’s books. Among those joining Ellie will be U.K. chat show The Last Leg co-hosts and comics Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe, as well as a few others.
Ellie now joins a growing list of artists to have entertained children on CBeebies Bedtime Stories, including Ed Sheeran, Dolly Parton and others.
The Canadian rockers have announced a new album called Otherness, ending the 13-year wait for a follow-up to their last full-length record, 2009’s Old Crows/Young Cardinals.
Otherness will be released on June 24. Its first single, titled “Sweet Dreams of Otherness,” is available now via digital outlets.
“This song was largely [vocalist/guitarist] Dallas [Green‘s] brain child, but over the course of writing this record, it became more of a mission statement for the band,” says vocalist George Pettit. “It’s kind of about performance and embracing a new found confidence in a state of peculiarity.”
A video for “Sweet Dreams of Otherness,” directed by She’s Out of My League and This Is the End star Jay Baruchel, premieres Thursday at 6 p.m. ET.
After breaking up in 2012 after a farewell tour, Alexisonfire reunited in 2015. In 2019, they released the song “Familiar Drugs,” marking the band’s first new music since getting back together. That was followed by two more new tunes, “Complicit” and “Season of the Flood.”
Here’s the Otherness track list:
“Committed to the Con”
“Sweet Dream of Otherness”
“Sans Soleil”
“Conditional Love”
“Blue Spade”
“Dark Night of the Soul”
“Mistaken Information”
“Survivor’s Guilt”
“Reverse the Curse”
“World Stops Turning”
