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Good lips, babe! Chappell Roan is the new face of M·A·C's VIVA GLAM

Chappell Roan for M·A·C Cosmetics' VIVA GLAM (Inez & Vinoodh/@inezandvinoodh)

Chappell Roan was named a global ambassador for M·A·C Cosmetics last December, and in February she starred in the brand's new Sephora campaign. Now, she's been named the new face of the brand's ongoing VIVA GLAM lipstick.

One hundred percent of the profits from VIVA GLAM, founded in 1994, go to charities worldwide that support sexual, gender, racial and environmental equality. As part of Chappell's involvement, M·A·C is donating $300,000 to her own Midwest Princess Project foundation, which supports care and advocacy for LGBTQ+ communities.

Chappell has co-created three separate limited-edition lipsticks for her collection, designed for "the girls, the gays and the theys": Unnatural Red Head, inspired by her hair; Roan of Arc, a lipstick-meets-lip balm hybrid in plum; and Damnsel, a red-plum gloss with a gold shimmer. The campaign casts Chappell as a French Revolution-era warrior and empress.

“VIVA GLAM has always been about more than makeup. It’s about showing up for communities and making real change," Chappell says in a statement. "Being able to create these shades and know that every purchase gives back makes this partnership feel incredibly special to me.”  The collection arrives in stores June 11.

Over the years, M·A·C VIVA GLAM has raised more than $545 million.

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Music notes: Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and more

Ariana Grande is getting emotional over the fact that her new single, "hate that i made you love me," has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. She wrote on Instagram, "thank you all from the bottom of my heart for my tenth number one ! ! ! i simply cannot believe those words. i feel like the most grateful human being alive everyday." She added, "the fierce love and support that you all show is still and will always be unfathomable to me. please just know that there isn’t a day that goes by where i don’t feel it and that it is something that i will never, ever take for granted. i love you and thank you for showing this record such love."

Taylor Swift may well dethrone Ariana from the top spot next week. Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music all reported that she broke streaming records over the weekend with her new Toy Story 5 single, "I Knew It, I Knew You." In the case of Amazon Music, the song had the biggest first 24-hour streaming debut globally for any song on the platform this year. It also broke Apple Music's all-time record for the biggest soundtrack single.

While an *NSYNC song is featured in the musical & Juliet, someone has yet to create a musical based solely around their songs. So what would that look like? When asked by People, JC Chasez suggested a love story called It's Tearing Up My Heart. Joey Fatone suggested, "You could do No Strings Attached but it's all about puppets," which prompted JC to add that it could be "a reimagination of Pinocchio."

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Malcolm Todd is ready to do that again on new North American tour

Malcolm Todd (Aidan Cullen)

Following the release of his new album, Do That Again, Malcolm Todd has announced his 2026 Do That Again North American tour.

The "Earrings" singer will launch the tour following August appearances at Montreal's Osheaga festival and San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival. It kicks off in Irving, Texas, on Sept. 2 and is scheduled to wrap up Oct. 28 at LA's famed Greek Theatre.

You can sign up for the artist presale, which begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time via Seated.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday at 10 a.m. local time on Malcolm's website. VIP packages will also be available via VIPNation.com

Meanwhile, following the release of Do That Again, all 13 tracks from the album made the U.S. Spotify chart, as well as three catalog songs, including "Earrings," which originally appeared on his 2024 mixtape, Sweet Boy.

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'Somebody pinch me!!!' Olivia Rodrigo raves over duet with The Cure's Robert Smith

Olivia Rodrigo performs during Primavera Sound 2026 at Parc Del Forum on June 6, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. (Xavi Torrent/Getty Images)

After debuting "what's wrong with me," her new duet with Robert Smith of The Cure at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, Olivia Rodrigo sent a note to fans saying that she still can't get over the fact that she got to record with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.

"I actually cannot believe I got to do [my first feature on an album] with Robert Smith! Somebody pinch me!!!" Olivia wrote. "Robert has been soundtracking my life for as long as I can remember. He has written some of my favorite songs of all time. His music moves me & inspires me to a degree that is hard to put into words."

"I've also been lucky enough to spend time with him over the last year & experience first hand his generosity & graciousness," she continued. "I am in disbelieve that this song exists and I cannot wait for it to come out officially!"

"what's wrong with me" is part of Olivia's new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, which comes out on June 12. As previously reported, the album's first two singles are The Cure coded: "drop dead" mentions The Cure song "Just Like Heaven," while the second one is literally called "the cure."

Olivia and Robert Smith first performed "Just Like Heaven" together — as well as another Cure hit, "Friday I'm In Love" — last year at the Glastonbury Festival. At the time, Olivia came onstage for her encore wearing a T-shirt that said, "You know all the words to 'Just Like Heaven.'" It was an Easter egg for a "drop dead" lyric, months before anyone knew the album existed. Robert had written on the tee with Sharpie, "But do you?"

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Do we hate that Ariana Grande made us love her new #1 single?

Ariana Grande, 'hate that i made you love me' (Katia Temkin)

Ariana Grande has scored another #1 debut.

"hate that i made you love me," the first single from her upcoming album, petal, blooms in the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. It's her 10th #1 hit and her eighth to enter the chart at that position. She and Taylor Swift are now tied for the most #1 debut singles among female artists.

In addition, Ariana is now the only artist in history ever to have the first single released from each one of her albums debut in the top 10. Prior to "hate that i made you love me," she hit the top 10 with the following singles:

Eternal Sunshine, “Yes, And?,” #1, 2024

Positions, “Positions,” #1, 2020

Thank U, Next, “Thank U, Next,” #1, 2018

Sweetener, “No Tears Left To Cry,” #3, 2018

Dangerous Woman, “Dangerous Woman,” #10, 2016

My Everything, “Problem” feat. Iggy Azalea, #3, 2014

Yours Truly, “The Way” feat. Mac Miller, #10, 2013

Ariana kicked off her Eternal Sunshine tour — her first since 2019 — on Saturday night in Oakland, California. She wrote on Instagram afterward, "it feels impossible to find the words at this time … so for now, just thank you. from the bottom of my heart. i love you all more than words can ever possibly say. and i missed you. thank you."

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Watch Madonna dance in a bathroom with Benedict Cumberbatch in new 'Confessions II' film

Madonna (Rafael Pavarotti)

Madonna's new short film, Confessions II, which she premiered at the Tribeca Festival Friday night in New York City, is now on YouTube for your viewing pleasure — and half the pleasure is spotting the celebrity cameos sprinkled into the 10-minute short.

The movie has a loose plotline that involves Madonna being stalked by ninja-looking female paparazzi wearing masks and revealing clothing, holding cameras on poles with bright lights. The action moves from a house, to a field, to a car, to a club, to a bathroom and, finally, to a hotel room, where one of the paparazzi is unmasked as Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon. She ends the film by saying, "Cut, b****."

The whole thing is set to a handful of tracks from Confessions II: "I Feel So Free," "Good for the Soul," "One Step Away," "Bring Your Love," "Danceteria" and "Read My Lips."

When Madonna first gets to the club, we see Julia Garner — who was supposed to play Madonna in a biopic that was later put on hold — dressed like the Queen of Pop in the "Open Your Heart" video. Sabrina Carpenter also appears to sing with Madonna on their hit duet, "Bring Your Love."

The action moves to the bathroom of the club, which is where the celebrity cameos really get crazy: Among the people dancing, doing scandalous things or watching other people do scandalous things are Kate Moss, Gwendoline Christie, Marty Supreme star Odessa A'zion, Richard E. Grant and Madonna's old pal Debi Mazar, who she name-checks in the song "Danceteria." 

The most unexpected cameo, though, is a suit-wearing Benedict Cumberbatch, who dances with Madonna in the center of the action before lipsyncing the line, "Everybody get up and dance!"

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

 

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Sombr, John Rzeznik, Gavin DeGraw and more to present or perform at Songwriters Hall of Fame gala

Sombr performs on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Taylor Swift will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday in New York City, and one of her favorite current artists has just been announced as one of the evening's performers and presenters: Sombr.

In addition to the "back to friends" singer, other performers and/or presenters at the event include John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls, Gavin DeGraw, Brandi Carlile, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, CHIC's Nile Rodgers, rock legend Steve Miller, actor Jeremy Renner, Descendants star Kylie Cantrall, singer Tamar Braxton and "Tell It to My Heart" singer Taylor Dayne.

This year's inductees include Alanis Morissette; Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS; Kenny Loggins; Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote multiple Mariah Carey hits; Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, who co-wrote "Baby," "Umbrella" and "Single Ladies"; and Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, who co-wrote some of Tina Turner's biggest hits.

Plus, RAYE will receive the Hal David Starlight Award, an honor given to young songwriters who are making "a significant impact" with their original songs. Rock legend John Fogerty will receive the Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award.

It is not known who will be presenting or performing in honor of which inductees.

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Charli XCX announces Music, Fashion, Film Tour

Charli XCX, Music, Fashion, Film Tour (Live Nation)

Charli XCX's upcoming tour has both a charity and low-ticket price component.

The Music, Fashion, Film tour — named after Charli's upcoming album — gets underway Sept. 11 in Philadelphia and is set to wrap up Oct. 23 in Las Vegas. The schedule includes two nights at Brooklyn, New York's Barclays Center and two nights at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

You can participate in the presale at livenation.com by singing up before June 10 at 11 p.m. ET. Tickets go on sale to the general public June 12 at 1 p.m. local time at Charli's official website.

On Instagram, Charli wrote, "can’t wait to party together again, it’s gonna be cute."

As for the low prices, a limited number of $20 tickets — dubbed "Angel Tickets" — will be made available in August. They must be purchased in pairs, with locations revealed on the day of the show. The $20 does not include taxes or fees.

In addition, a limited number of charity tickets will be available in the first five rows of each venue, and 50% of the net proceeds will go to Transgender Law Center, which works to ensure the rights of all transgender people to live freely, safely and authentically.

Charli's album Music, Fashion, Film comes out July 24, featuring "SS26" and "Rock Music."

She celebrated the two-year anniversary of the release of Brat on Sunday, writing on X, "happy 2nd birthday to Brat! f*** the haters, your influence is undeniable."

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'Leading Lady Marmalade': Watch Pink's opening number and 'All That Jazz' at the Tonys

P!NK performs onstage during The 79th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 07, 2026 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Pink opened the Tony Awards Sunday night in the air — as usual — until Neil Patrick Harris stopped her.

Pink, who was hosting the awards for the first time, performed "I'm Flying" from the musical Peter Pan while dressed as the title character and suspended from the ceiling. Former Tonys host Neil interrupted to joke that the vampires from The Lost Boys musical are the only cool flying people on Broadway.

After singing a couple of notes from other famous Broadway musicals like Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, Pink wrapped her legs around Neil and lifted him into the air while singing Elphaba's battle cry from Wicked. Neil then sent her offstage to change, telling her to return wearing something "more Pink-like, less Pan-ish."

A group of Broadway stars then took the stage and began singing "Lady Marmalade" from Moulin Rouge, a song that reached #1 in 2001 when it was recorded by Pink, Mya, Lil' Kim, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott. Pink reappeared wearing a top hat, fishnets and a pink corset with a massive pink feathered back, joining a version of the number with lyrics rewritten to celebrate Broadway's leading ladies.

Megan Thee Stallion, who appeared in Moulin Rouge! The Musical earlier this year, then joined in with a rap about Broadway, before Pink brought back the "Leading Lady Marmalade" song. At the "more, more, more" lyric, the backup singers sang, "Moore, Moore, Alecia Moore" — a reference to Pink's birth name.

Near the end of the song, Pink sang, "Standing on stage at the Tony Awards/10-year-old me is like, 'Oh my God!'"

Later in the show, Pink participated in a tribute to Chicago, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, performing "All That Jazz."

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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner host wedding bash, serenaded by Elton John

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner attend the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Dua Lipa and her husband Callum Turner hosted a second wedding celebration in Sicily Saturday, after first tying the knot May 31 in London.

Vanity Fair reports the couple wed in Palermo at Villa Valguarnera, an historic 18th century mansion. Elton John, who flew in on a private jet, serenaded the couple with "Your Song" as they said their vows in a gazebo. A wedding banquet followed, featuring local Sicilian specialties, followed by dancing with superstar DJs David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Carl Cox and Peggy Gou manning the sound system.

According to Vanity Fair, the 200 guests included Donatella Versace, Charli XCX, Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, actor Joe Alwyn, Mark Ronson and Olivia Dean.

The wedding weekend began June 5 with a party at the Gallery of Modern Art, where guests were treated to a private tour and cocktails, followed by a reception in a local piazza that had been decorated with vintage cars, lights and music. Also part of the decoration was a huge bookcase filled with real books, since the couple first connected over the fact that they were both reading the same book and were "on the same page," literally.

As for why they chose Palermo as the site of the wedding, Vanity Fair reports that Dua and Callum spent several days on vacation in the city last year.

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Adam Lambert says new album has both 'heaviness' and 'levity,' chooses fave Pride anthems

Adam Lambert, 'ADAM,' (Nick Knight)

Adam Lambert has, so far, released two very different songs from his upcoming album, ADAM. “Eat U Alive" draws on '90s alternative rock and electronica influences, while "Under the Rhythm," released Friday, is a darker dance song that interpolates a 2000s club classic. Do these two songs represent what the album sounds like as a whole? Well, sort of.

"There is a through line [to the album], but it's interesting because, you know, you start picking singles and it's not necessarily — you know, they're not next to each other on the album," Adam told ABC Audio. Rather than jarring transitions between styles, Adam said, "There is the sequence. There's a flow on the album."

He notes there’s a reason he chose to lead the album with those two tracks. "I guess in terms of trying to find which songs to get out there it was like, I wanted to give people some of the range of the album," he explained.

"Eat U Alive" represents a number of songs pretty well — there's a lot of, like, darker industrial energy on the album, heaviness," he said. "And then there is some levity, you know? There's some danceability, like 'Under the Rhythm.'" 

ADAM arrives on July 10.

Meanwhile, Adam shared a few of his personal top LGBTQ anthems in honor of Pride month after Billboard compiled a list of them.

"Ooh, I mean, Sylvester ... 'Mighty Real,' I mean, I did a cover of it for that reason, that's a pretty bold one," he told ABC Audio. "Anything George Michael, I love George Michael. I love, obviously, Freddie [Mercury], I mean, all the stuff I've done with Queen. Those all kind of feel like musicians that I can feel proud of, that I feel like reflect the spirit of Pride." 

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Ariana Grande kicks off Eternal Sunshine tour with 'Brighter Days Ahead'-heavy set

Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine tour image (Katia Temkin)

Ariana Grande's long-awaited Eternal Sunshine tour launched in Oakland, California, on Saturday night. And, as its name suggests, the set list was heavy on songs from that 2024 album, as well as tracks from the deluxe version, Eternal Sunshine: Brighter Days Ahead, which came out last year.

All the extra tracks from the deluxe version made it onto the setlist: "warm," "twilight  zone," "past life," "hampstead" and "dandelion." She also performed multiple tracks from the original album, opening the show with "yes, and?" and also performing "supernatural," "the boy is mine," the title track, "we can't be friends (wait for you love)" and "imperfect for you."

Positions, the other album Ariana released since her last tour in 2019, was represented by three songs, including the title track.  Only one song from her upcoming album, petal, made it onto the set list, the single "hate that i made you love me."

As for Ariana's classic hits, fans got to hear "Dangerous Woman," "Thank U, Next," "Break Free," "Into You," "Honeymoon Avenue," her Lady Gaga duet "Rain on Me" and "7 Rings."

According to Rolling Stone, the set design was inspired by the flooded and destroyed house in the Brighter Days Ahead short film. At the end of the concert, she's lifted up towards a set of alien spaceship-looking lights, just like the film.

The tour is set to continue through September. 

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From 'the cure' to The Cure: Olivia Rodrigo debuts duet with Robert Smith at Primavera Sound Festival

Olivia Rodrigo performs with Robert Smith of The Cure during the Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 29, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Olivia Rodrigo made a surprise announcement on Saturday that she'd be performing at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain -- and then used her set to debut a new duet with Robert Smith of The Cure.

The two songs Olivia's already released from her new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, both refer to the legendary British post-punk band: "drop dead" name checks The Cure song "Just Like Heaven," while the second single is literally called "the cure." The duet Olivia premiered is called "what's wrong with me."

Olivia introduced the song by saying, "I can’t believe this song exists with the person that it exists with. I’m just so f****** over the moon."  She also mentioned that it's the first time she's had a feature on one of her albums.

After singing the first verse and chorus, Olivia said, "Ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome Robert Smith!!!" He walked out wearing his signature all-black outfit, lipstick, eye makeup and untamed hairstyle and took the second verse. The two then harmonized on the chorus: "My head is spinning and my stomach is sick/ Say I’m in love, so it’s hard to admit/ I can’t eat, I can’t sleep/ I think you’re what’s wrong with me.”

"I feel like I’m gonna cry," Olivia said at the end of the song. "I can’t believe that that’s a thing that happened in the real world and not just a figment of my imagination.”  The performance was streamed live on Amazon Music. 

According to setlist.fm, Olivia's set also included "drop dead" and "the cure," as well as past hits "vampire," "deja vu," "drivers license" and "good 4 u," among others.

Olivia and Robert first performed together in 2025 at U.K.'s Glastonbury Festival.

Her album comes out June 12.

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Adam Lambert takes it back to 2000 with new 'ADAM' single 'Under the Rhythm'

Adam Lambert (Nick Knight)

"Eat U Alive," the first single from Adam Lambert's upcoming album, ADAM, takes its sonic cues from '90s alternative rock. But for his new single, "Under the Rhythm," he's looking back to 2000.

The dark dance tune interpolates ATC's "Around the World (La La La La La)," which came out in November 2000 and hit the top 30 in 2001. There's also a video that features a bizarre-looking Adam held captive in what looks like a mental institution before he breaks out, reverts to his normal self and dances in a darkened space together with a group of other people.

Adam says the song is "about overcoming life’s hardships through the connective and healing power of music," adding, "It encourages the listener to keep pushing forward, one day at a time, one dance at a time, toward joy.”

"It's easier to breath again/ The beat is in my soul/ Now I just need to find a friend/ To take the party home," he sings, describing a night out at the club.

ADAM comes out July 10. Tickets are on sale now for his album release shows, which run from July 10 in LA through July 23 in Berlin, Germany, with stops in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and London.

 

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Watch the video for Taylor Swift's 'Toy Story 5' song

'Toy Story 5' (Walt Disney Pictures)

It's a Love, er, Toy Story — baby, just say yes.

The video for Taylor Swift's new song "I Knew It, I Knew You" from Toy Story 5 has just arrived on Spotify and Apple Music. Taylor doesn't appear in the clip; it focuses on Jessie, Toy Story's cowgirl character. Voiced by Joan Cusack, Jessie inspired Taylor's song.

The clip is edited to focus on Jessie's relationships with Woody, who's like her brother, and Buzz Lightyear, who she has romantic feelings for. It also touches on how she was traumatized after being abandoned by her original kid, Emily, and her joy after her subsequent adoption, first by Andy and then Bonnie, and her love for them.

In the new Toy Story movie, the toys have to fight a new electronic tablet named Lilypad; Bonnie becomes obsessed with it, leaving Woody, Jessie, Buzz and the gang feeling neglected. "First we were playin', then the world started changin'," laments Jessie in the trailer. She also says, "Bonnie still needs us! Our time ain't over yet!"

Toy Story 5 is in theaters June 19.

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Steve Lacy announces new album, 'Oh yeah?'

Steve Lacy' 'Oh yeah?" cover art (RCA)

Steve Lacy is back with new music.

The singer is set to drop his third studio album, Oh yeah?, on July 17. He has released the record’s first single, “the feeling,” along with an accompanying music video.

The album is described in a press release as Lacy’s “most personal art to date,” noting it’s “the culmination of a four year journey whereupon Steve found himself feeling at home in foreign countries and situations and less at home at home.”

Oh yeah? is the follow-up to 2022’s Gemini Rights, which was Lacy's major label debut. It reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went to #1 on the Top Rock Albums chart. The album featured the hit song “Bad Habit,” which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Oh yeah? is available for preorder now.

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Alex Warren releases 'Passenger,' reveals meaning of new album title

Alex Warren, 'Wildchild' (Atlantic Records)

The meaning of Alex Warren's new album title has been revealed.

Wildchild will be out Aug. 28, and Alex says in a statement, “Growing up, my dad used to call me Wildchild so it’s always had a special meaning and I even have it tattooed on me."

“Creating this album was really healing, therapeutic and a way for me to continue finding out more about myself," he continues. "This album really shows where I am in my life today and compared to my first album which feels like a man who is broken, this one is a man who's trying to heal."

"It’s been really nice to be able to confront those feelings and also be able to share them with the world to give everyone a transparent view into my life.”

In an interview with Hits Radio UK, Alex says the songs on the album can be summed up as, "I hate you, I love you, and I love my wife and I miss you." As he puts it, "I wanted to have at least a song or two for each emotion you feel."

Alex has also released "Passenger," a song from the new album that he's been teasing on social media. In the song's music video, Alex tries everything he can to get a girl's attention — he sings in front of her, shoots off confetti, uses a flamethrower, lifts weights and does magic tricks — but she just keeps on looking at her phone.

Finally, he drives a forklift through the wall, only to see her go off with the guy who was helping him do the magic tricks.

 

 

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To keep Taylor Swift's song secret, 'Toy Story 5' team created a 'decoy' version of film

Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) in 'Toy Story 5.' (Pixar)

Fans first became aware that Taylor Swift might be involved with Toy Story 5 on April 30, when she posted and then deleted a Toy Story-coded countdown on her website. But the folks behind the movie had been keeping the fact that she wrote a song for the film a secret for months.

As Variety reports, Thomas Jordan, the VFX supervisor for Toy Story 5, took part in a panel in London on Friday, during which he revealed that "a very small group" of people connected with the film knew about the song back in February.

"She actually saw an early version of the film, she requested to see it before it was finished and she wrote the song and then asked us if we wanted it. And we said, ‘Uh, yes! Yes we do,’" Jordan said, as per Variety. "That was in February, so we’ve had to keep it a secret ever since then.”

He also revealed that the "very small group" had to "create a decoy version" of the movie without Taylor's song in it so they had something to show to the Disney/Pixar staff and the press.

“The crew that made Toy Story 5 did not know about this secret until last week,” he said.

The song, "I Knew It, I Knew You," is out now. Toy Story 5, which pits Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the gang against Lilypad, an electronic tablet who takes kids' attention away from good ol' regular toys, arrives June 19.

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Sara Bareilles premieres 'Good Grief' documentary, debuts new songs live at Tribeca Festival

Sara Bareilles performs on stage during 'Sara Bareilles: Good Grief' Premiere - 2026 Tribeca Festival at Beacon Theatre on June 4, 2026 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

Sara Bareilles' new documentary, Good Griefcaptures in an emotional and joyous way the making of her upcoming album of the same name. It premiered Thursday at New York's Tribeca Festival, and following the screening, she brought her band onstage to perform some of the new music.

Sara opened with the album's first single, "Home," followed by "Just a Kid," "Still Crying," "Heartland" and "Nervous Breakdown," the latter co-written by her longtime pal Ingrid Michaelson.  

On the red carpet ahead of the screening, Sara told ABC Audio that the movie was inspired by a desire to share more openly the grief she's experienced in her personal life. She lost two of her best friends to cancer, and she's also struggled with infertility and her mental health. So she asked her "trusted friend" director Josh Alexander to film the recording sessions.

"I was like, 'Is there something here? If we just go in and make this an experiment, knowing that this might not work, and we might come out with nothing?'" Sara said. "And he really quickly said yes and we got the team together. And I'm so grateful, because it feels like, if I didn't have these days captured, I don't know what I would do." 

Onstage after the screening, Sarah said, "The last five years of my life have been a deep excavation of a lot of grief and a lot of joy and a lot of ... faith in the mystery of how things move. But I really hope people come away feeling a little closer to themselves."

"I think the more we can really have grace and compassion for our own pain, we can have it for others and be a sounding board," she continued. "We really, really need each other."

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Madonna gets into the groove with free NYC Times Square performance, debuts new song

Madonna performs in New York's Times Square, June 4, 2026 (Alex Antonioni)

You can dance for inspiration -- in New York's Times Square.

That's where Madonna got into the groove Thursday night, putting on a free concert for more than 50,000 fans. She performed a new track from her upcoming album Confessions II -- "Love Sensation" -- along with the previously released songs "I Feel So Free" and "Bring Your Love." She also treated the crowd to three songs from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor: "Hung Up," "Get Together" and "I Love New York."

The performance, which doubled as a celebration of Pride Month, was livestreamed through the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr, which advertises that the footage will be available "soon" on its website.

"Thank you, New York!! You made tonight a Love Sensation! Happy Pride!" she captioned a carousel of photos from the concert on Instagram.

On Friday night, Madonna will appear at New York's Tribeca Festival to premiere a 10-minute short film featuring the first six songs from Confessions II. She'll then participate in a Q&A with the film's directors TORSO, aka David Toro and Solomon Chase, moderated by Jimmy Fallon.

Confessions II will arrive July 3.

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