With the holiday season approaching, Saweetie knows exactly what she wants. She has released the song “I Want You This Christmas” alongside a sweet, sexy and festive music video.
The clip finds Saweetie in full glam and a couture black gown rapping the song from atop an icy glacier, very much on brand for the “Icy” star. She also shares scenes with her leading man, who she dances, plays cards, take pictures and exchanges Christmas presents with.
“I Want You This Christmas” is one of two tracks on Saweetie’s Dear Big Santa EP, following “Big Santa.” The videos for both are available to watch on YouTube.
Taylor Swift fans can get their own special guitar this holiday season. The pop superstar has just released a collection of custom acoustic guitars as part of her holiday merchandise offerings. “We looked to the store and said, ‘pleeeeeeeeeeeeease give us acoustic guitars…’ and the prophecy was fulfilled,” Taylor Nation wrote on Instagram. “Now you can finally play your own Acoustic Set at home with the #AcousticGuitarCollection!”
Jack Harlow has released his latest song, “Hello Miss Johnson.” It arrived alongside a music video on Thursday, which was directed by Shadrinsky. In the video, CCTV camera footage documents the courtship between Jack and Miss Johnson’s daughter. Jack is working on a brand-new, unannounced project at the moment, according to a press release. He’ll also perform two shows at the Louisville Orchestra for his fourth annual No Place Like Home series at Whitney Hall, Kentucky, on Nov. 29 and Nov. 30.
Chappell Roan has made the list for BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 music prize. The annual list spotlights emerging artists who are primed for success in the upcoming year. “The Radio 1 Sound of 2025 list this year is one of the strongest in a while,” station presenter Jack Saunders says in a press release. “It’s a reflection of the freedom artists are feeling creatively at the moment. Can’t wait to see who the top five are!”
Toni Cornell, the daughter of late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, has premiered a new song called “Sunset of Your Love.”
Toni sings in the chorus, “‘Til you find me/ I’ll be waiting/ in the sunset of your love.”
“There’s a lot more where this came from,” Toni says. “My new song ‘Sunset of Your Love’ is out on all streaming platforms. Love u guys.”
Toni previously described “Sunset of Your Love” as “my first song,” though she did put out a track called “Far Away Places” in 2019.
Over the years, Toni’s performed during several TV appearances, including in 2017 when she covered Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah” on Good Morning America in honor of her father and late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, who died within months of each other that year. She also covered Sinéad O’Connor‘s “Nothing Compares 2 U” on The Tonight Show and The Late Late Show.
Duran Duran is giving fans a taste of their 2024 Halloween concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The band just shared a performance video of their cover of ELO’s “Evil Woman,” which was recorded during the show by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund.
“We wanted to invite a wider audience inside a venue to experience a Duran Duran performance, so where better to capture that on film than Madison Square Garden on Halloween,” keyboardist Nick Rhodes shares. “In times where we are never quite sure what is real and what is not, it felt great to return to the pulsing heart of Duran Duran, live in front of an audience. The ‘Evil Woman’ video is a taste of what’s to come in Jonas Åkerlund’s live film…”
“Evil Woman” is one of three bonus tracks that appeared on the deluxe version of Duran Duran’s 2023 album, Danse Macabre, titled Danse MacabreDe Luxe.
The other two songs were an instrumental called “Masque of The Pink Death,” which is a spin on the title of the Edgar Allen Poe short story The Masque of the Red Death, and “New Moon (Dark Phase),” a reimagining of Duran Duran’s Seven and The Ragged Tiger track “New Moon on Monday.”
Snoop Dogg has dropped another single from Snoop’s upcoming Missionary album. “Outta Da Blue” features Alus, with production by Dem Jointz, BoogzDaBest, FNZ and of course, Dr. Dre, who is also rapping on the track.
The song arrives after previously being teased in the Back in Action trailer and the live Drink Champs episode during ComplexCon. It follows the release of “Gorgeous” featuring Jhené Aiko, which will also appear on Snoop’s Missionary album.
Arriving Dec. 13, Missionary is produced by Dr. Dre, becoming the first full album he and Snoop have worked on since Snoop’s debut album, Doggystyle, back in 1993. The project features Eminem, 50 Cent, Jelly Roll, Method Man, Jhené Aiko and will be celebrated with the special edition drop of some new merch.
In other Snoop news, he’ll close out this season of Amazon Music Live, performing on the finale taking place Nov. 29. He’ll perform some of his chart-toppers, deep cuts and fan-favorite songs, adding in some snippets of songs from Missionary. Amazon Music Live airs on Prime Video and Twitch at 7 p.m. E.T.
Kip Moore is set to release two new songs tomorrow. The news arrived on the social platform X alongside a presale link and project cover art featuring a monochrome shot of Kip onstage.
Another artist releasing a two-pack is “Cold Beer Calling My Name” singer Jameson Rodgers. The tracks, “I’m Drinkin Tonight” and a cover of Merle Haggard‘s “Silver Wings” with Jameson’s dad, drop Friday, and you can check out snippets now on X.
“Sunshine & Whiskey” hitmaker Frankie Ballard returns with a new EP, Dirty Church Clothes, on Friday. Frankie announced the rollout on Thursday alongside a reveal of the project’s cover art.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the movies that qualified for Oscar consideration in the Documentary Feature Film category, and they include docs about Elton John and Celine Dion.
Elton’s film, Elton John: Never Too Late, which debuts Dec. 13 on Disney+, is one of 169 films to qualify, as is Celine’s Amazon Prime documentary, I Am Celine Dion.
Other music docs in the running for consideration include the Netflix doc The Greatest Night in Pop, about the making of “We Are The World”; Luther: Never Too Much, about R&B singer Luther Vandross; and the IndigoGirls doc, Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All.
Should he get nominated and win, it would be the third Oscar for Elton. He previously won two Oscars in the Best Original Song category for The Lion King track “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” in 1994 and the Rocketman song “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” in 2019.
The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 2, live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC. It will be broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide.
Kesha has just dropped the music video for her hit single, “JOYRIDE.”
In the visual, which dropped Thursday on YouTube, Kesha drives through the desert in an explosive car chase. The action-packed video’s thumbnail features Kesha in the driver’s seat, with a graphic that reads, “KESHA IS MOTHER.”
“JOYRIDE,” which released on July 4, has over 100 million streams worldwide. The song is available everywhere via the artist’s own Kesha Records.
Kesha is gearing up for an exciting end to her year. Her next single, “DELUSIONAL,” arrives on Nov. 29, in time to celebrate Black Friday.
2025 will also be busy for the singer, who will embark on a sold-out run of House of Kesha headlining shows, starting with a Sydney, Australia, concert on Jan. 23.
(NEW YORK) — The college financial aid application used by millions of American families is now officially open for the 2025-2026 school year — 10 days ahead of schedule.
Top officials from the Department of Education said on a call with reporters Thursday they’re “confident” in this year’s FAFSA form after the botched rollout of a new form last year led to delays and glitches for students seeking financial aid.
What do I need to know about applying for financial aid?
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, form is the main gateway for students and their families to qualify for financial aid through the federal government. It helps determine access to aid packages from colleges and universities, Pell grants and other loans.
The first step is for students and their parents to create an FSA ID, which can take several days to be approved. The application itself should then take about 15 minutes to complete, Department of Education officials estimated to ABC News. Though last year officials were overly optimistic about the timeline to fill out the form.
Most of the information required on the application are basic questions like your name, address and schools you are interested in attending, officials said.
The FAFSA must be completed every year students are enrolled in school.
Why was last year’s FAFSA rollout such a disaster?
In 2023, the Department of Education overhauled the form for the first time in 40 years. It was part of a mandate from Congress to streamline the application, making it simpler and faster to fill out.
Changes to the FAFSA formula also allowed more students to qualify for Pell grants — awards from the federal government that do not need to be repaid.
But the rollout was plagued by constant errors and delays, ultimately resulting in fewer students applying for financial aid.
About 430,000 fewer students — mainly from low and middle-income families — took advantage of the FAFSA last year because of the Department of Education’s failures, according to a September report by the Government Accountability Office.
The report also found that nearly three out of every four calls to the Department of Education’s call center went unanswered during the first five months of the rollout due to understaffing.
Responding to the new FAFSA rollout Thursday, House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, one of the Biden Education Department’s loudest critics, said she was glad the form was out, but “the Education Department now needs to ensure that the processing of applications is accurate, that missing capabilities are implemented quickly, and that future applicants never have to deal with this sort of botched rollout.”
How will the financial aid process be better this year?
This year’s form already went through four rounds of “beta testing,” with about 167,000 students submitting their applications.
“Simply put: the 2025-2026 FAFSA form is ready for prime time and is available both online and on paper,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told reporters Thursday.
The Department of Education said it has boosted staffing at its call centers by nearly 80% compared to last year. It added more than 700 agents since January — with an additional 255 agents coming on board over the next few weeks as applications ramp up.
Starting Friday, it will also expand the opening hours for call centers for families seeking help with their FAFSA forms — from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET on weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. ET on Saturdays.
Officials said they expect to see a “surge of users today” after the announcement that the form is live, which could result in delayed wait times.
An exhibit dedicated to the artwork of Radiohead will open at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, in 2025.
Titled This Is What You Get, the display will showcase the visual works of frontman Thom Yorke and longtime Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood.
“The multi-media exhibition will feature artworks from the 1980s to the present day, including Radiohead album covers and promotional band images – as well as personal sketchbooks and notebooks never seen before in public,” the museum says.
This Is What You Get will be open from Aug. 8 to Jan. 11, 2026. For more info, visit Ashmolean.org.
