Michael: I am myself
BOYFRIEND is the start of a load more new material from Ariana Grande. Her manager Scooter Braun spilled: “I don’t want to give away too much, she lives in the studio.
“As long as she has stories to tell, the music’s going to keep coming.” And Scooter’s relationship with Ariana, who has been teasing a new mystery fragrance, is stronger than ever – despite sacking him a few years ago.
He told Music Week: “The things Ariana and I each have gone through is very similar to Justin Bieber. “When you’re family with someone you go through ups and downs and those moments make you stronger. “The honesty becomes brutal and that’s what’s important in a real relationship.” ★
BEBE Rexha slammed down a music producer who claimed she’s too old to be sexy.
The 29-year-old said: “I recently had a male music executive tell me that I was getting ‘too old’ and that my brand was ‘confusing’. ★
“Because I’m a songwriter and I post sexy pics on my Instagram and that’s not what female songwriters are supposed to do, especially for my age.” ★
FRESH off her first album release Mabel has been made an ambassador.
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The star is JBL’s latest global representative to promote the speakers and headphones firm alongside Armin van Buuren, Lang Lang
Quincy Jones. MERCURY Prize nominees IDLES wrote their new LP Joy As An Act Of Resistance to help them grieve personal losses. Frontman Joe Talbot said: “We wanted to regroup and make something progressive artistically, but more importantly to improve, to become better people, to grieve and to come out of it in one piece.” NOW Taylor Swift can get you through university!
The pop star has made student/fan Ayesha’s life a lot easier by paying off her £4,000 tuition debt as a random act of kindness. SHE may not have had a hit yet but Anitta continues to proves she’s the most connected person in pop.
The Brazilian twerk princess, who has performed with Madonna and Nile Rodgers, has now teamed up with fellow buttock shaker Cardi B.
Anitta said: “I think I just found my soul mate.” ONE of the UK’s finest singers, Michael Kiwanuka, reckons he’s finally found his true voice.
The Mercury-nominated star releases soulful third album KIWANUKA on October 25 and it’s been a revelation.
He explained: “This album, it’s kind of a defiant thing. I’m engaging with who I am and I’m not going to have an alter ego, or become Sasha Fierce or Ziggy Stardust, even though everyone’s telling me I need to be this, that or the other. I can just be Michael Kiwanuka.”
Catch him at End Of
The Road Festival in Dorset this month.