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Taylor Swift’s new video for “Opalite” has quite the star-studded cast, and it’s all because last year she appeared on the U.K. series The Graham Norton Show.

On the episode, Taylor was joined on Norton’s couch by Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy, actors Greta Lee, Domhnall Gleeson and Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lewis Capaldi. As Taylor explains on Instagram, “When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea.*”

“And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role,” she goes on to explain. 

“I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory.”

In the hilarious video, which Taylor wrote and directed, she plays a lonely woman whose best friend is a rock, while Domhnall is a lonely guy who’s dating a cactus. But after they spray themselves with “Opalite” — the new product that “magically transforms your problems into paradise” — they fall in love.

The other stars from the Graham Norton episode pop up throughout the video, including Graham, whose attempt to sell them “Reverse Opalite,” is desperately blocked by Domhnall. 

At the end of the clip, we find out that the rock and the cactus got married, and then we see the actual clip of the Graham Norton Show episode where Domhnall made that joke — and Taylor suddenly looked inspired.

The “Opalite” video is now streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

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As Luke Combs and his wife, Nicole Combs, welcome their third child, the country superstar says there’s only one word for their home life: “Chaotic!”

That’s largely because their housing situation isn’t at all what you’ve expect for one of the most successful artists in country music. 

“I’ll have three under 4, which will be [a] very, very interesting dynamic at the house — in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom house,” Luke tells ABC Audio. “We’ve been building a house for a couple years. It’s not quite done yet.”

“We will have three small children in the same room for about eight months,” he continues, “and I’m absolutely terrified of what that looks like. So that should be very interesting. We can do it, but it is going to be trying for sure.” 

Big brother Tex Lawrence Combs arrived in June 2022, while Beau Lee Combs followed in August 2023. 

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With Pusicifer‘s new album, Normal Isn’t, Maynard James Keenan and company did what they always do, which is to say that they did something completely different.

“The challenge that we’ve placed in front of ourselves … is to do something different than the last album,” Keenan tells ABC Audio. “Not just for the sake of being different, just literally as a challenge to just kinda figure out how we can push ourselves.”

One way Puscifer changed up their approach on Normal Isn’t was with Keenan and bandmate Mat Mitchell‘s songwriting process.

“Normally, Mat’s presenting things and I’m reacting,” Keenan explains. “So a few of the songs, we kinda flipped it around where I’m handing him things. So for him, that was his new challenge, interpreting what my ideas were and coming back with something that made it better.”

Normal Isn’t certainly has a distinct feel compared to Puscifer’s last record, 2020’s Existential Reckoning. If Existential Reckoning was the soundtrack to a hedonistic dance party during the apocalypse, the world has fully ended on Normal Isn’t and explores the consequences of that new reality.

“I would say the last one was far more cinematic, trying to widen your perspective on what you’re seeing, what you’re looking at, how you’re gonna navigate it,” Keenan says. “And then this one is definitely Mad Max. We’re scrambling for gasoline.”

One thing that Normal Isn’t is not is subtle. Take the song “Self Evident,” which Keenan opens with the lyric “You’re an idiot.”

“At some point, you just have to say it,” Keenan says. “Trying to dress it up and kinda beat around the bush, so to speak it, isn’t working, so f*** it. You’re a dumba**.” 

Normal Isn’t is out now. Puscifer will launch a U.S. tour in March.

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On Sunday, Charlie Puth will follow in the footsteps of stars like Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson when he sings the national anthem at the Super Bowl. And he said he’s been thinking about how to make the song his own since he got the job in November.

“The arrangement is everything for me,” Charlie said at the Apple Music Super Bowl 60 pregame show press conference in San Francisco on Thursday. “I always reverse engineer how I hear my own music in my head and then it’s kind of just like pulling it apart and making it a feasible product. … So I’ve been rehearsing this in my head for months, if that makes sense.”

At one point during the press conference, Charlie slipped into his “Professor Puth” persona, explaining that the anthem is a “very musically difficult song to sing” because he has to hit “five more notes above the octave.” 

But when asked what he wants fans to take away from his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Charlie said simply, “I want them to feel inspired. I want everybody to know that music is such an amazing thing and can change so many people’s lives.”

When the talk turned to sports, Charlie and “America the Beautiful” pregame singer Brandi Carlile admitted they were terrible athletes as children.

“I played baseball and would kick the dirt by third base. I was not good at sports,” Charlie laughed. “I know that’s very awkward to admit at such a sporty event, but … I tried swimming, tennis, no. Soccer, I would do a backflip in the mud. I always heard the music in my head.”

Super Bowl 60 airs on NBC Sunday night.

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Coco Jones is set to give fans a “Taste” of Black history on Sunday when she performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the Super Bowl pregame show — a responsibility she approached with care and research.

“Something that I like to do to really understand the gravity of what I’m doing and what I am representing is to look at the history of how ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ even came into fruition from poetry to being the song that became a staple for our culture,” she said at the Apple Music Super Bowl 60 pregame show press conference Thursday.

That understanding, she explained, was important because she sees herself as vessel rather than the focus of the performance.

“Being able to have this light on the culture is a moment in itself. I’m just the vessel that is able to represent what this means to the culture,” she said, adding her thoughts are with the people who came before her and those that will come after.

“[I’m] thinking about younger me and what she needed to see, how she needed be taught that she could walk into rooms,” she said. “[I’m] thinking about the youth, thinking about my grandma and my ancestors and the women that came before me … what they would need to see to … confirm that everything was worth it.”

Coco said it’s hard to think of a moment topping this one, noting, “This is one of the most highly viewed events of all time, so it’s hard to compete. It’s hard to compete. Maybe my wedding will be up there.”

As for how she plans to prepare before stepping onto the field, Coco said she’ll snack on some Lay’s potato chips. “Whitney Houston said it makes your voice more oiled and loose,” she said.

Super Bowl 60 kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

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After traveling across the U.S. for the Boy is Mine Tour, Brandy is hitting the road again — this time for a different kind of tour. The singer has announced A Conversation With Brandy: Phases Book Tour in support of her upcoming memoir, Phases: A Memoir. The book is described as “a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her growth to stardom from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights.”

Brandy has scheduled two stops: She’ll discuss the memoir on March 29 at The Montalbán in Los Angeles and on April 1 at New York’s Brooklyn Paramount, reflecting on the highs and lows of her life and career.

“LA & NYC. I’m bringing my Phases book tour to you,” Brandy wrote on Instagram. “We all grow through seasons of becoming. Join me as I open my heart and share what each one taught me.”

Tickets are currently available for presale and go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Each purchase includes a copy of Brandy’s memoir.

Phases: A Memoir arrives on bookshelves March 31.

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Lily Cornell Silver, the eldest daughter of the late Chris Cornell, has launched a band called Josie on the Rocks.

Lily says in an Instagram post that she actually started the band, which she sings in, five years ago. She writes, “Being in this band was the happiest part of my life.”

“I never really shared about it publicly because it made me so happy that I was honestly terrified to taint it with any public expectation or scrutiny,” Lily writes. “Playing with these boys pulled me out of an awful place and gave me a sense of purpose I’d never felt before.”

As Lily was getting closer to being comfortable with releasing music, the band’s drummer, Graham Derzon-Supplee, passed away.

“Then Graham died, and it seemed like the most senseless thing in the world,” Lily says. “It hasn’t really been until the last year that the three of us have talked seriously about releasing songs so that this part of Graham could live on.”

Now, Josie and the Rocks are officially making their debut with the songs “Not You” and “Super Sonic.” “Not You” is accompanied by a video, which you can watch on YouTube.

Chris shared Lily with his first wife, Susan Silver. He had two kids with his second wife, Vicky Cornell, daughter Toni Cornell and son Christopher Cornell.

Lily introduced Soundgarden’s performance at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 

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BLACKPINK‘s LISA and JISOO are beefing up their acting resumes.

Netflix has announced that JISOO’s new romantic comedy series Boyfriend on Demand will make its debut on March 6. She plays a webtoon producer who escapes from reality when she subscribes to a virtual dating simulation program that allows her to date the men of her dreams.

“I think it will be a fun treat for anyone who feels worn down by the monotony of everyday life,” JISOO says of the show.

Meanwhile, Deadline reports that LISA, who previously starred in The White Lotus season 3, is reteaming with the show’s executive producer, David Bernad, on a romantic comedy set to stream on Netflix. Sources tell Deadline that LISA and David came up with the premise after being inspired by the Hugh Grant/Julia Roberts movie, Notting Hill.

Before they both begin, BLACKPINK will release their new mini album, DEADLINE, set for release Feb. 27. The group posted the track list on Instagram, revealing songs “GO,” “Me and my,” “Champion” and “Fxxxboy,” as well as previously released single “JUMP.”

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