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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.

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While the boy bands of the ’90s and early 2000s may have worked to keep up a clean-cut image, things weren’t always so innocent behind the scenes.

In the upcoming Investigation Discovery documentary Boy Band Confidential, produced by *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees reveals, “This is gonna sound super shady, but, like, when we first went out — I remember in our first tour — someone at the label gave us a book and it was the age of consent in every state in the country. And, like, we kept that book on the tour bus.”

By way of explanation, Nick adds, “Unfortunately, there were people out there looking to tear you down.”

And the pressure to stay on top was so intense, Nick says, that there was little thought given to the emotional state of the group members — not just in 98 Degrees, but industrywide.

“You’ll see a [Justin] Bieber cancel a tour. You’ll see a Shawn Mendes cancel a tour because ‘my mental health needs to come first,’” notes Nick. “That was not an option when we were out there.” 

“You went out there and you did the show and you came back after the show and you broke down and you cried and you kicked a hole in the  wall, or you did whatever you had to do,” he says. “But you didn’t bow out. You work so hard to get there, you can’t let your foot off the gas.”

In addition to Joey, Nick and 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons, the doc features Lance Bass, Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean and members of Boyz II Men, O-Town and LFO. Boy Band Confidential airs April 13 and April 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ID, and streams on HBO Max.

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Monaleo is ready to make her comeback after undergoing emergency surgery in March. She took to Instagram Tuesday to thank her village for their support and remind fans to prioritize their health.

“hey yall. wanted to take a moment to say from the depths of my soul, thank you for ALL the love and support this past month,” she wrote. “thank you to my village of family, friends, and supporters for every message, every flower, every visit, etc. This has been such a difficult and depressing time for me so it means so much that yall never let me forget how loved and supported i am. Recovery was rough but it went well!”

“I learned a lot in this process but most importantly how to advocate for my wellbeing. Something i want to continue to remind yall to do as it could be the thing that saves your life,” she continued. “So many trivial things could be going on in your life and then suddenly being alive is the only thing that matters! What an eye opening experience.”

Monaleo was in the midst of her Who the Body Tour when she was forced to cancel shows and undergo surgery after discovering she “had an inflamed cyst the size of a softball that had twisted and cut off blood flow and caused bleeding in my abdomen”; she lost an ovary and fallopian tube in the process.

Now she says she’s “ready to get back to doing what i love.”

“All shows for the month of april & beyond will go on,” Monaleo wrote. “I can’t wait to see yall! …i love yall more than anything! Pimpcess is BACK.”

The next show on her Who the Body Tour is set for April 21 in Birmingham. She is also scheduled to join Summer Walker’s Still Finally Over trek, which kicks off in late May.

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New England is coming to Saturday Night Live in a big way.

Noted Vermonter Noah Kahan is set to perform on the show’s May 9 episode, which will be hosted by very famous Bostonian Matt Damon.

The set will mark Kahan’s second SNL appearance as a musical guest, following his debut performance in 2023. Damon, who’s starring in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, will be hosting for the third time.

Saturday Night Live airs live coast to coast at 11:30 p.m. ET and streams live on Peacock.

Kahan will release a new album, The Great Divide, on April 24. He’ll launch a U.S. tour in June.

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