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Dreezy and Coi Leray are getting us ready for summer with their empowering anthem, “Balance My Lows.”

The track is full of layered Autotuned vocals and a swaying beat as the two rap about being validated by the amount of money they’ve made, and looking back at when they had nothing in their bank account. 

“Tryna balance look at where my lows/ Yeah goin’ thru some s*** that no one knows/ Every time that I was down I lift my dough, yeah,” Dreezy raps. 

The track also calls attention to the “brand new Rollie flood my wrist” that’s “full of diamonds.”

“I used to put this s*** on layaway/ Now we gon’ see better days,” Coi raps,”F*** whoever in the way/ Just pour up let’s get faded.”

“Balance My Lows” is gearing fans up for Dreezy’s debut album HITGIRL, which drops next Friday, May 20.  The album is now available for pre-order.

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The Country Music Hall of Fame is planning to announce its next class of inductees on Tuesday, May 17.

Fans can follow along from home, as the event will be livestreamed on the CMA’s YouTube channel beginning at 10 a.m. CT that day. Brooks & Dunn — who joined the Hall of Fame as part of its 2019 class — will be on hand to announce the new inductees.

Each year, the Country Music Hall of Fame welcomes inductees in three different categories. Modern Era and Veterans Era inductees join the Hall each year, and there’s one more rotating category, which can be in the Non-Performer, Songwriter and Recording and/or Touring Musician fields.

The new inductees will be announced less than a month after the last class of inductees were welcomed in the Hall’s annual Medallion Ceremony. This year, The Judds, Ray Charles, Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake joined the Hall. Just one day before the ceremony, Naomi Judd — one half of The Judds — unexpectedly died.

The next class of inductees will be formally welcomed into the hall at a Medallion Ceremony of their own, taking place at a later date.

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Thomas Rhett is one of the biggest stars in country music, but it’s clear that his daughters are his biggest fans. 

The hitmaker recently performed a show in Austin, TX that turned into a family affair, as he was joined by wife Lauren and their four daughters Willa, Ada, Lennon and Lillie. And while his kids may have been the smallest fans in the audience, they were the most passionate, Thomas sharing pictures from the event that show his family cheering from their seats, a big smile on Lauren’s face.

Another sweet pic finds Thomas carrying eldest daughter Willa on his back, in addition to four-year-old Ada excitedly holding a lit up phone in the air, while sister Lennon claps while being held in Lauren’s arms.

“Thanks for the memories Austin, TX,” Thomas writes alongside the photos that were taken by Lauren’s brother, Grayson Gregory. 

Thomas and Lauren adopted Willa from Uganda in May 2017, soon followed by sister Ada, who was born in August of that same year. Lauren gave birth to Lennon in February 2020, with Lillie joining the family in November 2021.  

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Jon Pardi is keeping the new music rolling. He took to social media this week to preview another new song, called “Fill ‘Er Up,” which will be out in full on Friday.

“Fill ‘er up again, I need another round/ Yeah, I’m cuttin’ loose ‘cause I’m all wound up and I wanna knock ‘em down,” Jon sings in the snippet he shared of the mid-tempo track.

When it arrives, “Fill ‘Er Up” will be the next installment off an as-yet-unnamed upcoming album. He’s already shared the lead single from that project — a song called “Last Night Lonely.”

Though Jon hasn’t revealed all that many details about his next project, it can’t be too far away. Back in April, he shared a celebratory studio shot to mark the album’s completion.

His last studio album, Heartache Medication, came out in 2019. During the pandemic, Pardi also dropped a fun covers project called The Rancho Fiesta Sessions, plus a deluxe version of Heartache Medication.

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Selena Gomez recently revealed she’s no longer on social media and, after an unexpected controversy involving Hailey Bieber, the wife of ex Justin Bieber, she hinted drama is the main reason why she’s staying off the gram.

On Tuesday, Hailey shared a tutorial video on TikTok that showed her skin care and makeup routine.  Soon after, Selena posted a tutorial of her own on the same platform. 

Sure enough, that coincidence was enough to get some fans speculating that Selena was dunking on Hailey.  But Selena immediately shut down the rumors and wrote in the comments, “This is why I believe in taking care of your mental health.  Guys [I have] no idea what I did but I really am sorry.  Zero bad intention.  Deleting soon.”

While the video hadn’t been removed as of noon Wednesday, Selena turned off the comments on it.

Selena and Justin famously dated off and on for several years before going their separate ways for good in 2018.  Shortly after, the “Peaches” singer began dating Hailey and the two wed that September.

While both Justin and Selena have moved on, a small but vocal group of fans still believe the two — whom they dub “Jelena” — were meant to be and have continued to attack Hailey because of that.  Both Selena and Justin have publicly condemned the abuse.

Hailey herself has spoken out several times, most recently in April when she took to TikTok to “beg” those haters to “leave me alone” because “enough time has gone by.”  She also told those same ‘Jelena’ fans, “Go be miserable somewhere else.”

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5 Seconds of Summer have announced the title and release date for their upcoming fifth studio album. Appropriately titled 5SOS5, it’s due out September 23.

The Australian band has also released a new song from the forthcoming project: “Me, Myself & I,” co-written by Jon Bellion.  In a statement, singer Luke Hemmings says, “We’re all big fans of [his] and when he sent us the idea, we instantly connected with it.”

He adds, “‘Me Myself and I’ explores the emotional cycle of feeling like you can do everything on your own and that you don’t need anyone else, but eventually realizing that sometimes you push away the best things in your life. We love this song and hope other people connect with it as much as we do.”

The video for “Me, Myself & I” will arrive Friday at 5 p.m. ET.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Luke says of the new album, “I think like a lot of people in the last couple years, the only way to look was inward…and lyrically, looking into, I don’t know, everything that happened to us was a big topic. And not doing this every day and [not] being on the road was a different experience for us.”

“The whole album is, for me, the most introspective, the most lyrically, if I can say, beautiful and…there’s just so much heart in it,” he adds.

5SOS recently revealed the track listing for 5SOS5, which features a whopping 19 tracks:

“COMPLETE MESS”
“Easy for You to Say”
“Bad Omens”
“Me Myself & I”
“Take My Hand”
“CAROUSEL”
“Older”
“HAZE”
“You Don’t Go to Parties”
“BLENDER”
“Caramel”
“Best Friends”
“Bleach”
“Red Line”
“Moodswings”
“Flatline”
“Emotions”
“Bloodhound”
“TEARS!”

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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A few rock artists are nominated for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

Oasis‘ Knebworth 1996 concert film is nominated for Best Music Documentary, along with The Beatles‘ Get Back documentary series. The award will be given out as part of the MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED ceremony, a reality-focused spinoff of the original show.

Over on the scripted side, the Pam & Tommy miniseries, which tells the story of Mötley Crüe‘s Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson‘s infamous sex tape, is up for two awards: Lily James for Best Performance in a Show for her portrayal of Anderson, and the new-for-this-year category Here for the Hookup.

Meanwhile, HAIM‘s Alana Haim is nominated for Breakthrough Performance for her role in Licorice Pizza.

Both the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED will air live from Los Angeles on June 5. You can vote for your favorites now via Vote.MTV.com.

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A few rock-related TV shows and films have been nominated for 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

The Beatles: Get Back documentary series, which premiered in November 2021 on Disney+, received a nod for the Best Music Documentary honor.  Other nominees in that category include Oasis‘ Knebworth 1996 concert film, and documentaries about Janet Jackson, Kanye West and Olivia Rodrigo. The award will be given out as part of the MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED ceremony, a reality-focused spinoff of the original show.

Over on the scripted side, the Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy, which tells the story of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and actress Pamela Anderson‘s infamous sex tape, is up for two awards: Lily James received a nod for Best Performance in a Show for her portrayal of Anderson, and while the show was nominated in the new-for-this-year category Here for the Hookup.

Both the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED will air live from Los Angeles on June 5. You can vote for your favorites now via Vote.MTV.com.

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T-Pain unveiled the lineup of his ultra-hyped Wiscansin Festival, which includes Lil Jon, Erica Banks, Kid Ink, Bleu and many others featured in this year’s roster.  

Of course, T-Pain himself will take over one of the three stages at The Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee on June 11, as will O.T., Genasis, K Camp, Softest Hard, Hannibal Buress, Krizz Kaliko, Young Cash, Mija and many others.

The music festival will serve as a send off of T-Pain’s almost sold-out The Road to Wiscansin Tour.  Three stages will be erected on the grounds, suited for nonstop performances.  T-Pain said this festival is the first one he’s ever organized, but he’s already planning to turn Wiscansin into an annual thing.

Doors to the grounds open at 3 p.m. on June 11. Tickets are on sale on the official website, but some experiences have already sold out.    

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