Hear The 1975’s Matty Healy sing on new Tiny Habits song

Hear The 1975’s Matty Healy sing on new Tiny Habits song
Hear The 1975’s Matty Healy sing on new Tiny Habits song
Tiny Habits ‘Keepers’ album artwork. (Mom+Pop)

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy is featured on a new song from the band Tiny Habits.

The track is called “Anything He Was” and includes vocals from Healy. Tiny Habits describe it as a song about “a specific loneliness brought on by someone else’s discontent.”

“Anything He Was” will appear on the upcoming Tiny Habits album, Keepers, due out Aug. 28.

Healy previously linked up with Tiny Habits to perform a cover of the James Taylor song “Carolina in My Mind.”

As for Healy’s main gig, The 1975 has been relatively quiet since wrapping their Still… At Their Very Best tour in 2024, though they did return to the live stage to headline Glastonbury in 2025.

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Gulf states still hammered with dangerous flooding as Tropical Storm Arthur weakens

Gulf states still hammered with dangerous flooding as Tropical Storm Arthur weakens
Gulf states still hammered with dangerous flooding as Tropical Storm Arthur weakens
Flash Flood Threat. (ABC News)

(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, weakened overnight but its energy is still powerful enough to cause serious flooding and other issues in the southeast Thursday.

A rare High Risk, level 4 of 4, for life-threatening flood potential was in place over southern Mississippi, southern Alabama and western Florida panhandle along the central Gulf Coast Thursday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). 

Historically, a third of all flood-related fatalities and 80% of all flood-related damages occur in such high-risk areas, according to NWS data.

Areas under the High Risk advisory include Pensacola, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; and the Mississippi cities of Gulfport, McComb and Hattiesburg. 

Rainfall rates of multiple inches per hour are possible, and some areas could see up to 20 inches of rainfall accumulation. 

Extremely heavy rain already hit the Gulf states Thursday morning. Kenner, Louisiana, near the New Orleans airport, saw a radar estimated rainfall rate of 6.5 inches per hour.

Some Gulf areas are under a level 3 of 4 risk for flooding, including Montgomery, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia.

Tornadoes are also possible in the central Gulf Coast Thursday. 

The life-threatening flood threat will continue into the overnight hours and people need to remain aware of their flood risk overnight into early Friday morning, forecasters warn. 

More heavy rain will continue in the South on Friday and more sporadically on Saturday. 

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Lizzo, Frankie Grande gush over Ariana Grande’s current tour: ‘greatest singer of all time’

Lizzo, Frankie Grande gush over Ariana Grande’s current tour: ‘greatest singer of all time’
Lizzo, Frankie Grande gush over Ariana Grande’s current tour: ‘greatest singer of all time’
Ariana Grande performs at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025. (Disney/Frank Micelotta)

It’s not surprising that Frankie Grande would feel compelled to post about how much he loves his sister Ariana Grande’s current tour. But someone with no skin in the game — Lizzo — took to Instagram to gush over Ari’s recent show in Inglewood, California..

Posting video of the moment Ariana is lifted up in the air while singing “supernatural,” Lizzo wrote, “I have too much too say. Ari— thank you. This is a woman who gives her alllllllllll and NO SHADE, she don’t have to. Thee vocalist thee Loubotin platform custommmmmm…. I cried, I laughed, I sang TF along.”

“You coulda healed far far away from us… somewhere over the rainbow. But you chose to heal with us. On stage. Every night. So thank you. We love you. Brava,” she concluded.

As for Frankie, he said in his lengthy post, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it forever: I believe my sister is the greatest singer of all time. There is simply no substitute for hearing those songs performed live. Her artistry, her musicianship, her storytelling, and a discography that is truly unmatched all came together in what I genuinely believe is the highest expression of her craft.”

“Yes, I’m her brother,” he noted. “But I also know I’m one of millions who recognize that we’re witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime artist at the absolute peak of her powers.”

As for the Eternal Sunshine tour production, Frankie said, “It was cinematic, theatrical, intimate, spectacular, and vocally flawless all at once. Somehow it felt like a Broadway show, a film, and a concert existing in the same magical space.”

The tour is set to continue through Sept. 1, wrapping up with 10 shows at London’s O2 Arena.

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It ain’t no lie, Sleep Theory’s covered ‘Bye Bye Bye’

It ain’t no lie, Sleep Theory’s covered ‘Bye Bye Bye’
It ain’t no lie, Sleep Theory’s covered ‘Bye Bye Bye’
Sleep Theory “Bye Bye Bye” single artwork. (Epitaph)

Sleep Theory is doing this tonight, and by “this,” we mean cover *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye.”

The “Stuck in My Head” rockers have long included a rendition of the boy band classic in their live set, and have now recorded an official studio version.

The track adds heavy guitar riffs while keeping the sugary vocal harmonies and would certainly be a fitting soundtrack to Deadpool brutally murdering countless members of the Time Variance Authority.

You can watch the video for Sleep Theory’s “Bye Bye Bye” cover streaming now on YouTube.

The cover follows Sleep Theory’s 2025 debut album, Afterglow. The record’s current single, “Words Are Worthless,” hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and is currently climbing the Alternative Airplay chart.

Sleep Theory will launch a U.S. tour in July.

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Charli XCX explains ‘the dancefloor is dead’ line, reveals which artist she ‘totally rides for’

Charli XCX explains ‘the dancefloor is dead’ line, reveals which artist she ‘totally rides for’
Charli XCX explains ‘the dancefloor is dead’ line, reveals which artist she ‘totally rides for’
Charli XCX for Rolling Stone’s July/August 2026 issue (Gus Van Sant)

When Charli XCX released “Rock Music,” the first song from her upcoming album. Music, Fashion, Film, many fans interpreted the lyric “I think the dance floor is dead” as a blanket statement about the entire genre. Even Madonna responded, writing, “If your dance floor feels dead/Maybe you’re playing the wrong music.” But in her new Rolling Stone cover story, she insists that’s not what she meant.

“That lyric is very much about my relationship with Brat, and my personal experience with that album,” she says. “My husband runs a dance-music label. There’s been such a wealth of incredible dance/electronic-adjacent records that have been coming out recently. … Dance music is in an incredible place.”

While Charli insists her new project is not a rock album, as has been rumored, she says it’s also not like Brat.

“I knew when I was making it that I was never going to make that record again,” she says. “It’s not creatively rewarding for me to make the same thing twice.”

But she rejects the notion of genre as “a very old school notion, adding, “It’s just me [and my collaborators], doing our thing.”

Also in the interview, Charli praises some fellow artists who, like her, took several years to find their audience.

“There’s been a lot of artists who have been doing things for a long time, who are having their moment now,” she tells the magazine. “Like Zara [Larsson]. I’m so f****** happy for her. And someone who I totally ride for is RAYE.”

Charli and RAYE have been friends for 10 years and have collaborated several times.

“There was a time in our lives when we were together a lot,” Charli says. “And her journey, becoming an independent artist and doing her thing, is really cool.”

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Guillermo Rodriguez of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ joins ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Guillermo Rodriguez of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ joins ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Guillermo Rodriguez of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ joins ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Guillermo Rodriguez on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Guillermo Rodriguez is stepping out from behind Jimmy Kimmel’s desk and onto the dance floor.

The longtime Jimmy Kimmel Live! personality has officially joined season 35 of Dancing with the Stars as a celebrity contestant.

The announcement was made Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, making Rodriguez the latest star revealed for the upcoming season.

Rodriguez has become a familiar face to television audiences through his work alongside Jimmy Kimmel.

His journey to late-night stardom began when he worked as a security guard at the show’s Hollywood studio before being featured in comedy sketches and recurring segments that quickly made him a fan favorite.

Over the years, Rodriguez has become one of the show’s most recognizable personalities, appearing in countless comedy bits, celebrity interviews and his signature segment, “Guillermo’s Hollywood Roundup.”

He has also made appearances in films and television projects, including a cameo in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Now, Rodriguez will take on a new challenge as he competes for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.

He joins a growing season 35 cast that includes reality TV stars Ciara Miller and Maura Higgins, as well as Savannah Bananas player and social media personality Jackson Olson.

Dancing with the Stars is coming off a successful season 34, which ABC said delivered the show’s strongest finale audience in a decade.

The competition series is set to return this fall on ABC and Disney+, with episodes available to stream the next day on Hulu.

The full celebrity cast, professional dancer pairings and premiere date are expected to be announced Sept. 2 on Good Morning America.

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Supreme Court rules in favor of marijuana user charged with unlawful gun possession

Supreme Court rules in favor of marijuana user charged with unlawful gun possession
Supreme Court rules in favor of marijuana user charged with unlawful gun possession
Cherry blossoms at the Supreme Court on a windy morning in Washington, D.C. (John Baggaley/Getty Images)

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Ali Hemani, a Texas man charged with unlawful possession of a gun since he admitted that he regularly smoked marijuana.

The court said the law as applied to him is unconstitutional.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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On This Day, June 18, 2011: E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons dies at 69

On This Day, June 18, 2011: E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons dies at 69
On This Day, June 18, 2011: E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons dies at 69

On This Day, June 18, 2011…

E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen saxophonist Clarence Clemons died in a Florida hospital six days after suffering a stroke at his home. He was 69.

Clemons, also known as The Big Man, was a member of the E Street Band from 1974 until his passing. He met Springsteen in 1971 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Their meeting was immortalized on the track “The E Street Shuffle,” from Springsteen’s sophomore album, 1973’s The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, and on the 1975 Born To Run classic “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.”

Clemons was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band in 2014.

In addition to his work with Springsteen, Clemons released several solo albums and had a hit with the 1985 track “You’re A Friend of Mine,” a collaboration with Jackson Browne.

Springsteen chose Clarence’s nephew Jake Clemons to be the new E Street Band saxophonist in 2012. He has performed with them ever since.

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Fewer than half of Americans say they can afford healthcare: Gallup

Fewer than half of Americans say they can afford healthcare: Gallup
Fewer than half of Americans say they can afford healthcare: Gallup
Close-up of examination table in doctor’s office (Grace Cary/Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — Fewer than 49% of Americans can afford healthcare, the lowest rate since tracking began in 2021, according to Gallup data released Thursday.

In a single year, roughly 2.8 million people no longer identified as being “Cost Secure” meaning they could no longer afford access to quality care or pay for visits and prescriptions, according to the data. Worry about future healthcare costs, including visits and prescriptions, amongst Americans is also at an all-time high of over 40%, according to Gallup.

Gallup developed what it calls the “Healthcare Affordability Index,” which is sponsored by West Health, in 2021 drawing on self‑reported experiences from nationally representative surveys. The latest data comes from a study conducted between October and December of 2025, according to Gallup and West Health.

Healthcare has become a financial burden across income levels, according to the new data. According to the index, one in three upper-middle income households ($120,00 to $180,000) are not cost secure, nor are one in five households earning above $180,000.  

Young adults, aged 18-29, have experienced the sharpest decline in ability to afford healthcare with those identifying as “cost secure” dropping 7 percentage points in a year.

Women continue to trail behind men when it comes to affording healthcare.

Between 2021 and 2024 the difference between men and women being able to afford care was 9% but in 2025 the gap widened to 15%, making it the largest gender gap in healthcare affordability on record.

Healthcare and inflation continue to rise with healthcare spending reaching $5.3 trillion in 2024. This, in part, is due to hospital prices increasing to 3.4% in 2024, the fastest rate increase since 2007, and insurance premiums going up by 20% after the expiration of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

With many Americans experiencing significant healthcare-related financial challenges, studies show that this can lead to significant consequences, including delaying or deferring care, leading to worse health overall.

Torie A. Livingston, MD, MPH, is a third-year pediatric resident physician at the University of Chicago and is a medical intern of the ABC News Medical Unit. 

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Americans are increasingly using AI bots — even for information about their own health: Polls

Americans are increasingly using AI bots — even for information about their own health: Polls
Americans are increasingly using AI bots — even for information about their own health: Polls
The ChatGPT app by OpenAI is shown on a cell phone on March 03, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — Recently released polling on Americans’ opinions of artificial intelligence gives us an updated look at how people are interacting with AI, what they are using it for and whether they are skeptical of the technology.

About half of American adults (49%) said that they have used chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot before, up from 33% in 2024, according to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday.

The study found 42% of adults who used chatbots used them to search for information, 38% used it for work tasks, 25% for fun or entertainment, 24% for creating or editing images or videos, 20% for medical advice and another 20% for diet and fitness information.

About a quarter of Americans — 24%– said they used chatbots daily, according to Pew.

The Pew study found that, overall, while Americans under 50 years old were more likely than those 50 and older to use chatbots, use has risen over time among adults of all ages. And while men and women both use chatbots at roughly the same rate overall, more men use chatbots on a daily basis than women.

The share of Americans using AI bots for advice and information on health has also increased. A KFF study released Wednesday found that 29% of Americans said they used AI tools or chatbots at least monthly for information and advice on health, up from 17% in 2024.

Most of these users, 56%, are confident they can determine what is true and what is false when accessing health information on chatbots. Younger adults were more confident than older adults.

Still, Americans are skeptical of AI chatbots.

Pew found that more Americans (40%) said that AI will have a negative impact on society over the next 20 years while only 16% said it will have a positive impact. Americans are also more negative on AI’s impact on themselves: 31% said it will have a negative impact over the next 20 years rather than a positive one (23%).

Younger adults are more wary about the impacts that AI will have on society and themselves than older adults, according to Pew. Nearly half of adults under 30 (48%) believe that AI will have a negative impact on society, compared to 39% of those 30 to 49 and 37% of those 50 and older. While 37% of adults under 30 said the impact on themselves will be negative, that falls to 30% among those 30 to 49 and 28% of those older than that.

Americans largely think AI is moving too fast: A 63% majority of adults said that AI is advancing too quickly, according to Pew, while 19% said it was moving at the right pace and just 2% said it was moving too slowly.

Americans are also concerned about personal information and AI. Pew found about 7 in 10 adults (71%) said that the use of AI will make personal information less secure.

While Americans don’t trust big tech or AI companies to do what’s best, they also don’t trust the government to keep them in check.

A CNN poll, also released Wednesday, found 69% of Americans saying they trust companies developing AI tools “a little” or “not at all” to do what is best for their users.

Pew found a similar share of Americans voicing skepticism that the U.S. government will regulate AI effectively (67%).

Democrats have become less confident in the government regulating AI. In a 2024 Pew Research Center poll, 54% said they had not much or no confidence in the government regulating AI effectively, rising to 74% in the new Pew poll. Republicans’ lack of confidence has declined over the same period from 70% to 61%. This divergence in the views of Democrats and Republicans over time may be because there was a Democratic president in 2024 and a Republican president now.

The Pew Research Center poll was conducted Feb. 17-23 among 5,119 U.S. adults with an error margin of +/- 1.6 percentage points, including 2,605 AI chatbot users with an error margin of +/- 2.2 percentage points.

The KFF poll and the CNN poll were both conducted May 7-31 among 2,480 U.S. adults and have an error margin of +/- 2.7 percentage points.

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