Niko Moon’s doing some “American Dreamin'” just ahead of the Fourth of July.
The new track drops Friday and was inspired by his parents. His mom and dad worked as a waitress and truck driver while he was growing up, with the family often moving between trailers and extended-stay motels before they settled in a house during his high school years.
“My parents were the first example of what positivity looked like to me,” Niko reflects. “It’s easy to be positive when life is going smooth, but when you’re facing adversity and still choosing optimism, that makes a mark on a kid. And it did for me. ‘American Dreamin” is a song about my life.”
It comes from Niko’s new album, Roots, which drops July 17.
Niko’s best known for his triple-Platinum hit, “Good Time,” which topped the chart in March 2021.
Future attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Future is giving fans insight into his mindset ahead of his upcoming album, The Real Me. In audio posted to his Instagram Story, he opened up about love and marriage.
“I love true love. I don’t want fake love. True love is like having another life, it’s like having another hit record. How many people can get that? Everybody want true love, but how many people get a chance to experience it?”
When asked whether he wants to be married, Future responded, “Hell yeah!”
“Do I want to be married to the wrong person? No. Do I want to be faithful to the wrong girl? No. Every man that marry the right woman, they progress,” he said. “When they marry the s*** that ain’t for sure, you lose.”
Future reflected on unconditional love, suggesting that a partner should accept him despite the things that come with his rapper lifestyle.
“If you see me out with a f****** girl, holding her hand, she like n**** I still love you when you hold another b****’s hand, it ain’t right. That’s just unconditional love,” Future continued. “I’m still who I am, like, it don’t matter what. You love me on how who I am, whether I got temptations or not … it’s going to come with Future. It comes with a lot of girls, too.”
He added that his new album will show him embracing authenticity.
“I’m at the point of my life where I’m being the real me. You suffer because you can’t even show the people who you really are,” Future said. “That’s why I’m making this album, The Real Me, cause I want people to know this is the real me. In love or not in love or however it is. This is the real me.”
Singer Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs kiss during Game Three between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Rocket Arena on May 23, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are donating to charity before their wedding festivities reportedly kick off Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The couple have donated $26 million to charities across the United States, a representative for Swift confirmed to ABC News. ABC News is also reaching out to the charities.
City Harvest, New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization, shared a press release on Thursday revealing that the couple donated $1 million to the organization.
City Harvest CEO Jilly Stephens said in a statement, “This donation is a love letter to New York, and a bold commitment to our efforts to ensure that no New Yorker goes hungry.”
Taylor and Travis’ first wedding-related event will be held at MSG Thursday around 6 p.m. ET, with a guest list of about 100 people, sources familiar with the plans told ABC News earlier this week.
Details about the event have been kept under wraps.
On Friday, a second event will take place at the arena, starting around 4 p.m. ET with a cocktail hour, according to the sources. One thousand people are expected to be in attendance, the sources said, and the event isn’t scheduled to end until 4 a.m. Saturday.
The sources said both events will have a strict no-phone policy for everyone inside the venue, including guests, vendors and security personnel.
(L-R) Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush attend the 2026 JUNO Awards at TD Coliseum on March 29, 2026 in Hamilton, Ontario. (Photo by Jeremy Chan/Getty Images)
Rush is doing their part to help relief efforts in Venezuela, which has been devastated by a pair of powerful earthquakes that hit the country on June 24.
The Canadian rockers have teamed up with Venezuelan director and past collaborator David Calcano to create a new T-shirt in support of the country.
Profits from the shirt will be donated to Hogar Bambi, which is helping children affected by the earthquakes.
But they aren’t the only rockers helping out. Metallica has announced a $100,000 donation to the organization Direct Relief through the band’s All Within My Hands charity foundation.
According to a press release, “AWMH’s $100,000 grant will support Direct Relief as the organization continues to respond to requests in the region as they become known.”
Riley Green’s ‘That’s Just Me’ (Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment)
The standard cover of Riley Green’s upcoming album shows him behind the wheel of a pickup truck, wearing a cowboy hat. But if you’re interested in some other visuals of the aesthetically pleasing singer and actor, there are at least four more options for you.
The Duckman Edition of That’s Just Me shows the avid outdoorsman leaning against a tree with his hunting rifle, right next to the waterfowl he’s harvested. The vinyl itself is appropriately camo, with more of Riley’s hunting pictures included in the package.
The Back 40 Edition finds Riley on the porch of a cabin with a drink in his hand, with the vinyl a forest green color.
The Alabama native’s sporting a blue hoodie and baseball cap on the cover of the Friday Nights Light Edition, football in his grasp. This time, the vinyl’s clear.
The one that seems likely to be the bestseller? Well, that would be the Coastal Edition, which features Riley shirtless on the water, wearing shorts and sunglasses. Promising more photos from his “most memorable fishing trips” with baby blue vinyl, you may have to just ante up the $40 to see if other revealing moments await.
Musically, the collection promises 19 tracks, including his current hit, “Think as You Drunk,” and “My Way,” from Marshals. That’s Just Me comes out Sept. 18.
Summer Walker performs in concert at MetLife Stadium on August 12, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for ABA)
With her Still Finally Over It tour nearing its end, Summer Walker took to Instagram Thursday to express her gratitude to her fans.
“Thank you guys for showing up and showing the f*** out because y’all literally sold out my whole tour. It was only just like two cities I think that wasn’t sold out and … I just don’t take that lightly,” she said.
Summer said she “put so much work into this tour,” noting she was the mastermind behind the show’s programming while acknowledging it was a team effort.
“I’m just so glad that it wasn’t for nothing,” she said. “Everybody just seemed to enjoy it. There were so many great reviews, and I’m just really appreciative. I’m really happy.”
She gave a shoutout to people who struggle with anxiety, as well as hardworking mothers.
“Shoutout to all the girlies, you know, mental health who can overcome anxiety and be able to completely transform their lives, their personalities to do what they need to do to, you know, have the life they want to have,” Summer said.
Speaking about motherhood, she added, “People just don’t understand how difficult it is to be a mom and work this hard. It doesn’t really get easier.”
After recalling an incident in which her nannies quit and her mother wasn’t able to help babysit her children, Summer said, “I don’t really talk about my life but people don’t understand how you have to move and how hard you have to work when you don’t have the same support system that most people have.”
Summer said she doesn’t know if she’ll headline a tour again, explaining that she plans to take a break and is even considering the possibility of retirement. Still, she teased that “more things coming.”
Harry Styles performs on stage during his Together, Together Tour at Johan Cruijff Arena on May 16, 2026 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Anthony Pham/Getty Images for HS)
Harry Styles may be on tour, but he’s watching the World Cup just like everybody else.
Video captured before his show at London’s Wembley Stadium Wednesday showed Harry popping out from backstage to celebrate England’s 2-1 win over DR Congo. He’s seen emerging from a backstage door, excitedly hugging a friend and jumping up and down as the crowd cheers.
Fans who got to the venue early were able to watch the match on the big screens.
Just a little while later, Harry took the stage to perform his 10th of 12 scheduled Wembley shows on his Together, Together tour.
England plays its next World Cup match against Mexico on Sunday.
Harry’s next stop after wrapping the London shows on July 4 will be São Paulo, Brazil, on July 17.
Mumford & Sons perform onstage at Dolby Theatre on February 08, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Mumford & Sons have premiered the video for “Here,” a track off the band’s new album, Prizefighter.
The clip stars actors Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley and Oscar Isaac as they dramatically recite the song’s lyrics. You may recall that Isaac previously sang with Marcus Mumford for the 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis.
“Here” features guest vocals from Chris Stapleton. When Mumford & Sons performed it on Saturday Night Live in February, they were joined by Sierra Ferrell.
Mumford & Sons will resume their U.S. tour July 31 in Minneapolis.
Carole King performs on stage at the Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park on July 3, 2016 in London, England.
Carole King is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her historic concert at London’s Hyde Park by giving fans a chance to relive the performance.
The concert, which took place July 3, 2016, saw the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer perform her iconic album Tapestry in its entirety live for the very first time. To mark the 10-year anniversary, King has announced she’ll rerelease the full concert film of the event on her YouTube channel Friday.
Tapestry, King’s sophomore album, was released Feb. 17, 1971, and went on to be a massive hit for the singer/songwriter. It featured several songs that became King classics, including “It’s Too Late,” “I Feel the Earth Move,” “So Far Away,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “You’ve Got a Friend.”
Tapestry spent 15 straight weeks at #1 and won four Grammy Awards on its way to becoming one of the bestselling albums of all time.
King previously released a live album of the London concert, Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park, in 2017. In addition to Tapestry, she performed fan favorites from her catalog at the concert, which drew an audience of 65,000 people.
Fetty Wap & Russell Dickerson (Disney/Connie Chornuk)
If you watched the 2026 CMA Fest special on ABC, you saw Russell Dickerson and Fetty Wap performing “Boots” for the first time in front of an audience. Now, you can check out the song’s music video to see what happened during the rapper’s day in Music City.
From the time his private plane touches down in Nashville and the red carpet’s rolled out, the clip follows the events leading up to the Sunday, June 7, moment during the final night of the annual festival. June 7 also happens to be Fetty’s birthday.
While much of the video was shot onstage during the rehearsal at an empty Nissan Stadium, we also see Russell taking Fetty for some essential Music City moments, shopping for boots at Lucchese and taking a spin through the honky-tonks of Lower Broadway.
The two also do some parking lot choreography among the buses at the venue, with Fetty donning a dark cowboy hat and Russell sporting a white one. There’s some behind-the-scenes footage with the Tennessee Titans cheerleaders, who were part of the performance, as well.
You can check out the official “Boots” music video on YouTube and see the final performance on the CMA Fest special on Hulu.
Meanwhile, “Worth Your Wild,” Russell’s follow-up to his smash “Happen to Me,” is a top-30 hit on the country radio charts. Both are from his most recent record, Famous Back Home.
