Nicki Minaj has officially announced the new deluxe version of Pink Friday 2, dubbed Gag City Reloaded. Minaj wrote on Instagram along with a series of pictures with her husband: “9.13.24 #GagCityRELOADED THE DELUXE ALBUM.” Pink Friday 2 was released in December 2023, and marked Minaj’s first full-length effort in five years. Minaj originally teased that she was expanding her fifth studio album with a deluxe LP with a post on social media: “Barbz relax it’s just a deluxe I love it tho. I love it so much. I’ll be performing 2-3 songs from this version of the album on the PF2 #GagCityReloaded TOUR. Release date

BLACKPINK’s Lisa shared the video for the song “New Woman” featuring Rosalía. Lisa first posted a teaser on social media, with the “New Woman” teaser showing Lisa sport both platinum blonde and black hair as she hangs out with Rosalía. The clip ends with a shot of Lisa and Rosalía dressed in all white and black, respectively. The “New Woman” video shows Lisa and Rosalía give off confident vibes as they wait at an audition, where again Lisa is dressed in all white, and Rosalía in all black.  Upon the video drop, Lisa’s Blackpink bandmate Jennie showed her support for the song on Instagram Stories,

Adele announced she is taking a break from creating new music or performing after her Munich and Las Vegas residencies wrap up later this year.  The singer/songwriter told the crowd at her 10th and last show in Germany over the weekend (per CNN): “I just need a rest .. I have spent the last seven years building a new life for myself, and I want to live it now .. I want to live the new life that I have been building.” Adele’s Las Vegas residency, which began in November 2022, is slated to wrap up this November after more than 100 live stage shows.

Usher and Victoria Monét team up for the new song “SOS (Sex on Sight).” Monét said in a statement: “‘SOS (Sex on Sight)’ is about desire. It’s about the urgency you feel when you need some love, physical touch, and quality attention! Sometimes that desire can feel as urgent as being rescued from a natural disaster, or, in this case, rescued from your own sensual urges. Just like a storm, ‘SOS’ summons and forewarns a lover of the rainfall that is to come and welcomes the beautiful relief from that desire. It feels romantic, playful, sultry and direct. Based in fantasy and the warmest tones

The Weeknd will be livestreaming his sold-out concert at Estádio MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil via his YouTube channel. Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd) wrote on X: “Feast your eyes. São Paulo will be live streamed Sept. 7. Only on YouTube.” Tesfaye also shared a teaser for the event, directed by Yza Voku, which offered a preview of a new song and features a series of AI-generated images by Google: Veo, Midjourney, Runway: Gen-3 and Luma: Dream Machine.  You can check out the teaser: HERE. Variety reports that The Weeknd will perform fan favorites, as well as previews of his new work.  The artist also plans

Sabrina Carpenter has shared the official music video for “Taste,” directed by Dave Meyers and featuring Jenna Ortega.  Taste is off Sabrina’s sixth studio album Short n’ Sweet, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 100 charts. The video for Taste includes a series of campy horror references, with Carpenter and Ortega donning black dresses similar to Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep in 1992’s Death Becomes Her.  Ortega also sports a similar nurse costume to Daryl Hannah’s in Kill Bill, and there’s also an ominous shower scene similar to the 1960 classic horror film, Psycho. Short n’ Sweet also includes two of Carpenter’s previously released