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    Katy Perry Proudly Releases New Music in the Same Week She Gave Birth to First Child

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    The ‘Roar’ hitmaker, who welcomed her baby girl named Daisy Dove Bloom with fiance Orlando Bloom, casually boasts about the achievement on her Twitter account.
    Aug 28, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Katy Perry could not help but casually brag about what she has recently achieved. Just two days after it was announced that she has given birth to her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom, the “Roar” hitmaker released her sixth studio album, “Smile”, and was not hiding the fact that she was proud of it.
    On Thursday, August 27, the 35-year-old took to Twitter to boast about how she managed to handle delivering her baby girl and launching a new record within a period of less than one week. “Delivering a baby and a record in the same week. Dont f**k with mama aka #whatmakesawoman #smile,” she tweeted, referencing to her album’s closing track, “What Makes a Woman”.

    Katy Perry tweeted her pride on her delivering baby and album in the same week.
    Katy’s tweet was quick to garner supportive comments. Fellow singer Ashe responded by exclaiming, “BAAADDDAAAAA*******,” while a fan gushed, “that’s queen shit right there congratulations katy.” Another raved, “10th anniversary of Teenage Dream + Daisy Dove Bloom + Smile aka Album Of the Year. YOU DID THAT IN A WEEK. Congratulations for your beautiful baby!”

    Katy Perry received positive comments on her achievements.
    Shortly before “Smile” was made available, the “Firework” songstress joked that she has appointed her fiance to cover the baby duty. Turning to Instagram, she posted a picture of a woman throwing the baby to her man, and hilariously wrote, “me after feeding all day handing Daisy off to daddy bout to deliver this 2nd child #SMILEISCOMING lezzgo.”

    A short while later, the ex-wife of Russell Brand celebrated the release of her new record. Claiming to write the Instagram post from her “hospital bed,” she announced, “IT’S HERE! IT’S REALLY HERE! I finally got back my smile! Hope this record puts one on your face #SMILE IS OUT EVERYWHERE NOW! LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH ENJOY.”

    News about Katy and Orlando welcoming their first child together was brought forth by UNICEF on Wednesday, August 26. Sharing a black and white picture of the couple’s hand holding onto their newborn’s, the organization, for which the couple served as Goodwill Ambassadors, wrote on Instagram, “Welcome to the world, Daisy Dove Bloom! We are honoured to introduce Goodwill Ambassadors @KatyPerry and @OrlandoBloom’s new bundle of joy.”

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    BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez Show Off Their Sweet Charms in 'Ice Cream' Music Video

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    The highly-anticipated collaboration marks the first time the South Korean girl group links up with the former Disney darling and serves as the second single off their first studio album.
    Aug 28, 2020
    AceShowbiz – BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez’s highly-anticipated collaboration, “Ice Cream”, is here for both your viewing and listening pleasure. The collaborators released the single and its colorful accompanying music video at midnight on Friday, August 28 as promised.
    In the visuals, the four-piece girl group and the former Disney darling don a series of retro outfits as they compare their sweet charms to ice cream. “Come a little closer ’cause you looking thirsty/ I’ma make it better, sip it like a Slurpee,” Selena sings inside an ice cream car, sporting a pink-and-white sailor outfit.
    Meanwhile, the South Korean ladies enjoy a number of fun activities in the visuals, including riding bikes and playing with balloons. Naturally, there are also scenes of them showcasing their fun choreography. “You’re the cherry piece, just stay on top of me, so I can’t see nobody else for me, no,” Jisoo rhymes at one point during the song.
    “Ice Cream” marks the first time BLACKPINK collaborates with Selena and serves as the second single off the group’s first Korean-language studio effort, “The Album”. In an interview with NAVER, the girls said of working with Selena, “All of our members are fans of Selena Gomez. Although we couldn’t meet her in person and work with her, we felt her charm once again as we communicated with her several times.”
    They added, “We thought she was a very cool person when we saw her sharing opinions with others in a humble and easy way. We were so happy to hear that she was also a fan of ours, and we’re very satisfied with the work made by sharing musical synergy with her.”
    Selena shared the same feelings as saying, “I’m so stoked. I’ve been a fan of you guys and so like, this is a big, big dream for me, and I can’t wait.”

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    Jungkook Becomes Most-Watched Celebrity on TikTok With Over 15 Billion Views

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    The 22-year-old member of the Korean boyband Bangtan Boys has smashed record on the wildly-popular video app by collecting 15.6 billion views and still counting.
    Aug 28, 2020
    AceShowbiz – BTS star Jungkook has broken the record as the most viewed celebrity on TikTok – despite not having an account.
    The K-pop singer, 22, amassed a staggering 15.6 billion views on the hashtag dedicated to him on the social media platform, U.K. newspaper Metro confirmed on Thursday (27Aug20). He is the only person to achieve this feat.
    In June, videos of Jungkook had already gained 10 billion views, thanks to the group’s dedicated fanbase, the ARMY. And in fewer than two months, fans have watched clips of him a further five billion times.
    The hashtag dedicated to Jungkook consists of videos shared by fans of the “Dynamite” hitmaker, sharing snippets of performances or montages of clips in honour of the performer.
    BTS have their own TikTok account which has 18 million followers, and fans have liked their videos 139.7 million times. After joining on 25 September, 2019, it took the group just three hours and 31 minutes to reach one million followers – setting another world record in the process.

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    Margo Price Credits Brittany Howard for Calming Her Nerves Over 'WAP' Cover

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    The ‘A Little Pain’ singer has given a folksy makeover to Cardi B’s collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion during an appearance on ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’.
    Aug 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Margo Price has fellow singer Brittany Howard to thank for calming her nerves after fearing she had made a mistake by covering Cardi B’s raunchy rap hit “WAP”.
    The “A Little Pain” star was recently asked to give Cardi B’s Megan Thee Stallion collaboration a folksy makeover for an appearance on America’s satirical news series, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”, and she agreed.
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    “I was in a grocery store stocking up for vacation (when I got the call), and was like, ‘Oh man, I don’t know if I can pull that off,’ ” she told Billboard.com.
    “I had heard the song, of course, and laughed my a** off, but it was like, ‘Well, Trevor specifically asked you to do it,’ and he’s interviewed me before and supported (her album) ‘All American Made’ and I thought, ‘I’m not going to take myself super seriously. This is about women empowerment and they want to see a white woman singing it to see if there’s a different reaction. I’m game.’ ”
    The performance aired earlier this month, and while most of the feedback was positive, some social media trolls took aim at Price, and the criticism knocked her self-confidence.
    “Cardi B shared it on her Instagram story and Twitter, but I saw a lot of hate, too,” Price shared. “Just go on Twitter and type in ‘Margo Price’ and it’s like, ‘Stupid-a** white woman covers a hip-hop song.’ Come to find out, nobody likes to hear women talking about their sexuality, but you can be objectified all day long. I was like, ‘Did I f**k up?’ ”
    However, it was only after Alabama Shakes star Howard heaped praise on the cover that she was able to relax again.
    “My friend Brittany Howard reached out and was like, ‘Dude, your WAP cover, I’m dead,’ ” she recalled, before admitting there was another reason she had been fearing the worst.
    “That was the week I was tripping on mushrooms,” Price confessed.

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    Katy Perry Announced as Recipient for 2020 Gracies Impact Award

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    The ‘Roar’ singer is recognized for her empowering songs at the event that feted past honorees such as Gayle King, Naomi Watts, Amy Poehler, and Michelle Williams.
    Aug 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Mother-to-be Katy Perry is set to be honoured with the Gracies Impact Award in recognition of her powerful pop anthems.
    The “Roar” star, who is due to give birth to her first child imminently, will be feted virtually at the annual Gracie Awards on 10 September (20), organised by officials at the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF).
    The prize is presented to an artist who has made a positive impact on society through her music, and was previously awarded to “Fight Song” hitmaker Rachel Platten in 2017, reports Billboard.
    Other famous faces to be celebrated for their contributions to media over the past year include actresses Naomi Watts, Michelle Williams, Amy Poehler, Danai Gurira, and Natasha Lyonne, country singer Trisha Yearwood, comedienne Niecy Nash, the producers behind “Grey’s Anatomy”, and U.S. newswoman Gayle King, for her headline-grabbing interview with R. Kelly in the wake of the damning sexual misconduct allegations made in the “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries.
    The Gracie Awards, named after late comedy icon Gracie Allen, will also include tributes to frontline journalists covering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, and a double performance by country singer Mickey Guyton.
    Fans can tune into the event from 7pm ET on 10 September via the AWMF’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

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    Elton John Criticizes Modern Pop Music: They Are Not Real Songs

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    The Rocketman criticizes modern pop singers/songwriters as he describes today’s chart records as ‘bits and pieces,’ in which he’s not interested at all.
    Aug 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Elton John isn’t a fan of modern pop music, insisting chart hits are “not real songs.”
    The “Tiny Dancer” star opened up on the state of the music industry in an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, and confessed he’s a fan of singer-songwriter Father John Misty because he writes “proper songs.”
    “He reminds me a little bit of me the way he writes songs,” Elton offered. “You look at most of the records in the charts – they’re not real songs. They’re bits and pieces and it’s nice to hear someone write a proper song.”
    “There’s a boy called Conan Gray who has a song called Heather and he’s about 22, he’s from America and he’s the only person in the American Spotify Top 50 to actually write the song without anybody else,” the “Rocket Man” singer insisted. “Everybody else there’s four or five writers on it and this boy’s going to be huge.”
    Elton went on to explain, “I like people who write songs. And there’s plenty of people that do but a lot of them don’t get played on the radio because they’re too sophisticated and we get songs made by a computer all the time and I’m not interested in that.”
    The star spoke with the outlet ahead of the “Record Store Day” re-release of his debut album on Saturday (29Aug20) – but he said the new pressing won’t encourage him to start revisiting his catalogue anytime soon.
    “I don’t listen to any of my records any more. I just don’t do it. I’m not one of these artists that sits there compiling stuff from all the vaults and stuff like that,” he stated.
    “I’m more interested in what’s coming next than what went by,” the “Crocodile Rock” star smiled.

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    The Weeknd Shuts Down Speculation That He's Beefing With Usher: He's the 'Sweetest'

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    ‘It wasn’t a feud,’ The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, says of his controversial comments on Usher’s 2012 single ‘Climax’ in a cover story with Variety on April 8.
    Aug 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – There is no music beef between The Weeknd and Usher, at least according to the former. In his interview for Esquire cover story, the “Starboy” hitmaker denies having hard feelings for the “No Guidance” singer.
    “It wasn’t a feud,” The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, said of his controversial comments on Usher’s 2012 single “Climax” in a cover story with Variety on April 8. “I hit him up to apologize and tell him that it was misconstrued. He’s one of the reasons why I make music. Definitely.”
    The “After Hours” musician went on to say, “No, no, I have nothing bad to say about Usher.” The Weeknd further gushed over Usher, calling him “the sweetest, most down-to-earth guy ever.”
    The feud rumors between the R&B superstars started after The Weeknd compared “Climax” to his earlier moody R&B music in the interview with Variety. “I heard ‘Climax’, that [2012] Usher song, and was like, ‘Holy f**k, that’s a Weeknd song.’ It was very flattering, and I knew I was doing something right, but I also got angry. But the older I got, I realized it’s a good thing,” he said at the time.
    Following the publication of the article, Usher’s frequent collaborator Eric Bellinger started the #ClimaxChallenge on Instagram, showing off the original artist’s piercing falsetto. “Big Bro jumped in to set the record straight!!!… Now all we waitin for is you @theweeknd,” Bellinger wrote in the caption.
    Diplo, who served as the song’s co-producer and co-writer, also weighed in on the matter. In a series of tweets, he admitted that The Weeknd’s 2011 “House of Balloons” mixtape was such a crucial influence to the song.
    “The production on Climax lends itself to House of Balloons era @theweeknd. when I heard those early records they blew my mind – soulful in their silences, and a spacey iconic voice that felt uniquely internet,” Diplo tweeted on April 9. “The idea of R&B having dark edges was what I wanted to bring to @usher.”

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    The Weeknd Hopes to Create a Whole Album for Female Artist

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    The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker makes the admission in a new interview as he addresses his misogynistic past lyrics, stressing that he never intended to offend anybody.
    Aug 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The Weeknd is keen to write a whole album for a female artist to balance out his misogynistic past lyrics.
    The Canadian star admits he often writes for a character he has created and his alter egos are not always politically correct, good guys.
    “When you hear some of the drastic stuff… it is me singing the words; it is my writing,” the “Blinding Lights” singer tells Esquire.
    “It’s like you want people to feel a certain way. You want them to feel angry. You want them to feel sad. You want them to feel. It’s never, like, my intent to offend anybody. I’m a writer. Sometimes I write a song and it’s not in my head. I’m writing it for someone else, but then I end up singing it.”
    And now he’s hoping to show off the full range of his lyrical talents by creating songs from a female perspective.
    “I want to write a whole album for a female artist,” he adds. “I have a whole vision of The Weeknd.”

    In the meantime, The Weeknd has teamed up with DJ Calvin Harris for a new single, “Over Now”, which drops on Friday, August 28.

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