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Olivia Rodrigo just announced her third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” dropping June 12th, and it marks a new creative direction for the pop star. She’s once again teamed up with producer Dan Nigro, continuing the partnership behind “Sour” and “Guts,” but this time she says the project challenged her to write from a more joyful place. Even so, Rodrigo says fans can still expect emotional depth, calling the songs “sad love songs” with that signature mix of romance, fear, and yearning.
Hilary Duff is opening up about a “wild experience” during a recent podcast, saying a psychic claimed her late ex-boyfriend Aaron Carter came through during a reading. Duff shared that the psychic unexpectedly mentioned “Aaron… two A’s,” which immediately caught her off guard, since the two dated in the early 2000s. The moment got even more surreal when the psychic then asked if she was Hilary Duff, leaving both of them stunned. Duff and Carter were teen sweethearts from 2001 to 2004, and Carter passed away in 2022.
Sanrio is bringing the cute and the cool together, announcing that Hello Kitty is reuniting with Bruno Mars for a brand-new collaboration. Dubbed “Kawaii meets Romantic,” the team-up will launch in Las Vegas alongside his “The Romantic Tour,” featuring limited-edition merch like tees, hoodies, hats, and tote bags with the duo front and center. It’s Bruno’s second collab with Hello Kitty, and the pop-up is expected to hit eight tour stops—with more potentially on the way—kicking off next Thursday in Vegas.
Darrin Henson, the mind behind *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” dance, is suing Sony Music Entertainment over its use in Deadpool & Wolverine. Henson claims Sony didn’t actually have the rights to license the choreography, arguing the work belongs to him—not the label—and says he never signed a “work for hire” agreement. The issue centers around the film’s viral opening scene, which brought the dance back into the spotlight, and now Henson is seeking proper credit, ownership recognition, and compensation.
RAYE is apologizing to fans after revealing the vinyl version of her album “This Music May Contain Hope” doesn’t include the final mixes for some tracks. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, she explained the vinyl was pressed before the album was fully finished, calling the process “beautiful but agonizing.” RAYE says the release isn’t fraudulent—just a true first edition—but admits some songs sound noticeably different, encouraging fans to embrace the unique version.
Olivia Dean is opening up about her whirlwind year, calling it surreal after winning Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards and seeing her song “Man I Need” take off. In her ELLE Women in Music cover story, she admitted she never expected that kind of recognition, saying her “heart is extremely full.” But despite the success, Dean says she’s choosing to stay grounded—revealing she actually deleted social media to avoid outside noise, explaining she’d rather not know everyone’s opinion and instead “live in sweet ignorance.”
