An online meme claiming that Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson "looks like a white Snoop Dogg" has been floating around since 2024, and on Tuesday, the two finally came together to see if the claim holds up in person.

At the premiere of the animated film PAW PATROL: The Dino Movie, Kevin and Snoop were seen meeting and embracing on the red carpet. Backstreet Boys recorded the song "Bottle Up" for the film's soundtrack, while Snoop voices a character named Dave. The caption read, "It finally happened… iykyk."

Back in 2001, the comparison was even more apt: Kevin had his hair in cornrows, which led his own bandmates to compare him to Snoop Dogg.

In the comments, *NSYNC's Lance Bass shared handclapping emojis, while one fan wrote, "Snoop looking like damn he really is my white twin lol." Another wrote, "Why are there two Snoops in this picture?" Yet another commented, "Kevin found his long-lost twin."

Baylee Littrell, son of Backstreet's Brian Littrell -- who is Kevin's first cousin once removed -- wrote, "I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life."

Of course, now fans are calling for a collab, with one writing, "They truly need a show or a podcast like Snoop and Martha [Stewart]."

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They've been linked since late 2025, but now Role Model — the name that Tucker Pillsbury records under — has confirmed that he and Dakota Johnson are dating. However, that doesn't mean he was eager to put her on his latest album.

Speaking with NYLON magazine, Role Model talks about Johnson appearing on the album, Chuck Timely & the Hourglass, which is coming out Aug. 7. On the song "Love I You," the two have a spoken-word conversation in which Role Model says, "Hey, I think you're perfect." "You say that to everyone,” Johnson replies. “K, well, is it working?” he says. “Yeah, but don’t tell anyone,” she answers.

Role Model tells NYLON he always wanted a woman on the song, but didn't even think of his girlfriend as an option. "I had a lot of names to pick from for that, and then Dakota came to the studio one day, and [my guitarist and producer] was like, ‘Why don’t you do it?’” he says.

“I was like, ‘Stop! We’re not mixing work and relationships. She was like, ‘I’ll do it,’ and stood right up and got in the booth and knocked it out better than we could have imagined," he notes. "So I was like, OK, if she’s down — I mean, that’s an amazing cameo.”

But Role Model was not with Dakota when she attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding last month in New York City. He tells NYLON, "I couldn’t go. I was busy in the middle of an album rollout, but it looked amazing.”

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The Voice's panel of coaches is star-studded, but now the contestant lineup will be as well.

NBC is launching The Voice: Celebrity, a new version of the show that will air in the spring of 2027. Joe Jonas will join the panel as a coach, along with Queen Latifah and country star Riley Green. Meanwhile, Keke Palmer will host, in place of The Voice's regular host, Carson Daly.

The twist is that all the contestants on the show will be actors, musicians, athletes, comedians and reality stars, as opposed to unknown musicians. Deadline was the first to report the news.

Joe's has already been a coach on The Voice Australia, and he appeared as a Battle Advisor several times on the U.S. show. And he's not even the first of the Jonas Brothers to appear on the franchise; Nick Jonas was a coach for seasons 18 and 20.

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Maybe Billie Eilish's video for "What Was I Made For?" was an audition for her feature film debut acting role.

In that video, Billie was dressed in a '50s-style hairdo and outfit, and that's the style she's seen wearing in the first photos from the set of the movie The Bell Jar. As published by People, Billie is seen as Esther Greenwood, the young writer who is the main character of Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel.

Billie is seen in the photos dressed for the 1950s New York City setting, wearing a short-sleeved sweater, pleated skirt, and matching heels and handbag.

The movie is directed by Sarah Polley, and stars Carey Mulligan as Esther's mother and Heated Rivalry's Connor Storrie in a yet-to-be-announced role.

The Bell Jar is Billie's first acting role in a feature film; she made her acting debut proper in the 2023 Prime Video movie Swarm. But unlike many first-time actors, Billie has already co-directed a feature film of her own — Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live), which opened in May. Plus, she's already won two Oscars, both for best original song.

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After headlining both Lollapalooza and Canada's Osheaga festivals in one weekend, Tate McRae is plotting her next move and she hopes you'll "Just Keep Watching."

Speaking to Vogue, Tate says, "I’m pretty much going back into creative mode. I’ve been spending a lot of time working on something I’m really excited about, so the rest of my summer is definitely going to be pretty heads down.”

“I’m really excited for everyone to see what I’ve been making—hopefully soon," she adds.

What she's making may involve new music. Variety reports that she has started working on her fourth album. She started it in February, working with Amy Allen, who co-wrote her hits "Greedy" and "Just Keep Watching." Amy has also co-written hits for Sabrina Carpenter, Rosé, Harry Styles and Olivia Rodrigo.

Tate tells Variety one of her inspirations for the new album is a book of Dolly Parton's lyrics, as well as some of the country icon's songs. When it arrives, it'll be the follow-up to her 2025 release, So Close to What.

Meanwhile, you can see photos and footage of Tate's festival performances on the Instagram page of her creative director, including the moment at Osheaga where she dipped herself in gold.

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Gracie Abrams used to worry that being happy would make it hard for her to write songs. Turns out the opposite was true, as she tells Rolling Stone for her new cover story.

Gracie is currently dating Irish actor Paul Mescal. She says before they got together, she had "far less experience sitting down to write when I was filled with security and joy and love and safety."

"And I was like, ‘Oh, s***, how am I going to approach this?’ Or, you know, ‘How’s it going to impact the quantity of songs I write?’" she continues. "And it’s had the most amazing effect on my writing. It has given me the most amount of space to reflect on everything in my life."

She continues, "It has held a mirror to me in ways that I didn’t know a relationship with another person of any kind could. It has given me all the perspective that I could have ever hoped for, on previous relationships, on my relationship with my family, on my friendships. It is the greatest gift, period.”

The couple's relationship has put them under public scrutiny, even more than they were before. And while you'd think Gracie would be used to that, as the daughter of famed director JJ Abrams, that's not the case. She tells Rolling Stone that any time she spent in the public eye as a child was "very contained." She adds that she didn't even know what her father did for a living until her elementary school classmates asked her for insights on Lost, one of his shows.

"Like, it was fun the handful of times that we visited my dad on set," she notes. "But regardless of what your parents do, growing up, nothing is less cool than your parents."

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Ariana Grande is speaking out following the announcement of her decision to step away from the public eye after her current tour wraps up. 

As previously reported, Ariana's team issued a statement over the weekend saying she would be "taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny," including dropping out of a West End revival of Sunday in the Park with George.

Ariana addressed fans at her concert at Chicago's United Center Monday night, and her comments were later shared on social media.

"So basically, the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing," Ariana said. "It is something that I had decided. It's a plan that I had quietly made a long time ago and it's a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place."

"I heard that my fans were worried that negativity was ruining things for me, but I just have to say, that could not be more the f*** opposite," she continued, to a loud cheer from the audience.

"Multiple things can be true at the same time. Boundaries need to be set, human beings can need a break sometimes, and also, this can be, and will continue to be, the greatest experience of my professional career and life," she noted, adding, "So I just wanted to make that quite plain."

Her Eternal Sunshine tour concludes its Chicago run on Aug. 6; Ariana then heads to London to wrap up with 10 shows at the O2 Arena.

Meanwhile, for the next 24 hours, a special iTunes edition of her album petal, called hello, i love to sing, is available for download, featuring live versions of the songs "stay" and "oh well."

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Summer’s not over yet but David Archuleta is already getting into the holiday spirit. The singer has announced his Warm Me Up holiday tour, set to kick off Nov. 28 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The trek wraps Dec. 20 in Modesto, California. Tickets go on sale Aug. 7.

Ariana Grande is set to play the first of three shows in Chicago Monday night, following news that she’d be stepping back from public visibility once her Eternal Sunshine tour is over. She posted a message to fans on her Instagram Story, writing, “i love you, my sweeeetests & cannot wait to be with you tonight ! ! ! ! !” 

JENNIE is on the cover of the latest issue of Cosmopolitan. She tells the mag the person whose career she admires the most is Rihanna. “Rihanna will always be my biggest dream in terms of how much influence she has over pop culture and also music culture and art itself,” she says.

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Stella Lefty is following up her debut Lollapalooza performance with a debut album.

The singer has announced Long Way Home will be out Aug. 21. Her new single off the album, “Lean In, Kiss Me,” drops Aug. 7, the same day the album becomes available for preorder/presave.

Her album follows the May release of her EP, Is This Heaven?, featuring her viral hit “Boston.”

Stella performed in front of over 12,000 fans Sunday at Lollapalooza in her home city of Chicago. It marked a full-circle moment for the singer — she’d been attending the festival as a fan since she was 15 years old.

During the performance, she brought out her boyfriend, country star Vincent Mason, to perform “Something to Lose.”

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Taylor Swift left quite a first impression on Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Phil Collins.

Collins appears on the latest installment of BBC Radio 2's Tracks of My Years podcast, where artists reveal the 10 songs that have soundtracked their life. Because of that first encounter with Taylor, Collins chose her Fearless song “White Horse” for his list.

Collins explains that he met Taylor “way, way back” at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where he was introduced to her by one of his daughters, Emily in Paris star Lily Collins.

“I’d kind of known the name, but she wasn’t anywhere near the star she is today,” Collins says. “Then she got up onstage with a guitar and sang ‘White Horse,’ and it blew me away completely, cause not only was the song great, and the sentiment of the song really got me, but she sang it beautifully and it was just so simple, you know, her on the guitar.”

“So, I’ve always had a soft spot for this song since then,” he adds.

Collins says he’s “so pleased that she’s the hugest thing in the world now."

“It kind of feels like she deserves it, you know," he says.  “It’s easy to knock someone that’s got so much success but I think she really deserves it.”

Swift performed “White Horse” at the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, where she received the Hal David Starlight Award. In May, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Olivia Dean brought out Sam Fender during her headlining set at Lollapalooza on Saturday for a joint performance of "Rein Me In."

The rendition marked the first time Dean and Fender have played the song together in the U.S.

"@lollapalooza that was mega," Fender wrote in an Instagram post alongside footage of the performance. "Thank you for having us @oliviadeano."

Olivia posted her own reaction to playing the festival, writing, “@lollapalooza my first time headlining a festival in america. 97,000 of you !!! truthfully i had been crying all day beforehand trying to process how we even got to this point.”

The performance comes after "Rein Me In" broke a 73-year-old British chart record in becoming the longest-running #1 single in the history of the U.K.'s Official Singles Chart. The track has led the ranking for 19 weeks.

"Rein Me In" originally appeared on Fender's 2025 album, People Watching. The duet version with Dean was later released as part of the deluxe version of the record.

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Over the weekend, there was an unexpected live appearance by Olivia Rodrigo, a quick recovery by Harry Styles, and a sudden cancellation from Benson Boone.

At Lollapalooza in Chicago Friday night, Olivia continued her track record of joining legendary alternative rock acts onstage when she popped up to duet with Smashing Pumpkins during their set. It was the Chicago band's first appearance at the festival since 1994. Olivia sang "Thirty-Three," a song from the band's biggest album, 1995's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Over the past few years, Olivia has performed onstage with Talking Heads singer David Byrne, The Cure singer Robert Smith, the band Weezer and No Doubt.

Meanwhile, Harry Styles avoided serious injury when he slipped on the wet stage during his Saturday night concert in Mexico City. The "Aperture" star was singing "Are You Listening Yet?," a track from his latest album, while skipping down the stage, when his feet shot out from under him and he went down. He landed on his side, but was unbothered: He propped himself up on his elbow and kept on singing without missing a beat.

Finally, Benson Boone was forced to call off his Sunday night concert in Spokane, Washington. A note on his Instagram Story read, "There has been an enormous amount of wildfires and smoke filling the area, hundreds of people are out of power and unable to make the show." The show has been rescheduled to Sept. 6, and tickets will be honored for the new date. Benson added, "I hope everyone is staying safe in Spokane. I love you guys so much, can't wait to see you in a month."

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Ariana Grande plans to step back from public appearances after completing The Eternal Sunshine Tour, her representative confirmed to ABC News.

The singer will also no longer star in the upcoming West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, which would have reunited her with her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey.

"Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour," her representative said in a statement to ABC News on Sunday.

"She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny," the statement continued. "This tour has been a beautiful experience for her. She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much."

A source close to Grande said the singer is disappointed to leave the production but remains supportive of the creative team.

"She cannot wait to support the brilliant team bringing this project to life," the source added.

The representative did not specify what prompted Grande's decision to step back, though the statement cited "endless, ongoing public scrutiny" tied to her public-facing work and appearances.

Grande's appearance has been the subject of public discussion and body-shaming in recent years, with renewed online commentary following the release of the music video for her latest single, "Petal," from her newly released album of the same name.

The Grammy winner has previously addressed comments about her body, including in her 2024 song "Yes, And?," in which she sings, "Don't comment on my body."

Grande launched her The Eternal Sunshine Tour in June in Oakland, California. After wrapping up the remaining U.S. dates, she will head to London, where the tour is scheduled to conclude Sept. 1.

The tour marks Grande's return to the stage after several years focused on acting and recording music, including her starring role as Glinda in the Wicked films.

After the tour concludes, Grande is next set to appear on the big screen in Focker-in-Law, the latest installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters Nov. 25.

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Sara Bareilles has released a new song and video from her upcoming album Good Grief.  The video for "Still Crying" reunites Sara with her Girls5eva castmates Renee Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, John Lutz, Janine Brito and Daniel Breaker, while Sara's husband, Joe Tippett, plays an arm wrestler.  "The literal dream team assembled to make this music video and there is nothing but love on screen and off," Sara wrote on Instagram. As for the song, Sara says it's for "those of us who find ourselves in the depths maybe more often than we’d like." Good Grief comes out Aug. 28.

Selena Gomez stars in the video for "Te Olivado (La La)," the new Spanish-language song from her husband, Benny Blanco, that also features Becky G. In one scene, Selena is shown riding a bicycle with Benny on the back, wearing a mask that looks like his own face, but grossly and grotesquely exaggerated. On Instagram, Selena wrote, "I love this song so much and had the best time making it with two people I adore. Hope you love it." Veteran actor Danny Trejo is also in the clip.

Backstreet Boys aren't the only pop act featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming movie PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie. Ava Max has contributed a new song called "Work" to the film, and there's a lyric video as well.

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" star Shaboozey is out with his new album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, featuring Jamie Foxx, Teyana Taylor, Leon Bridges, Kehlani and more.

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What do artists do at Lollapalooza when they're waiting around to go on, or they've already performed and decide to hang out? They join other artists onstage, that's what.

As the festival kicked off in Chicago Thursday, Sombr welcomed 5 Seconds of Summer to the stage to join him for a cover of the Australian band's signature song "She Looks So Perfect." You can see footage of the moment on 5SOS' Instagram Story and on Billboard's Instagram. The band had played Lolla earlier in the evening. Their setlist featured a cover of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream."

Meanwhile, Lorde headlined Lollapalooza on Thursday and brought out Charli XCX, who's set to headline on Friday night. The two performed the remix of "Girl, so confusing," which appeared on Charli's album Brat and it's completely different but also still brat.

The two have performed the song together live multiple times since it was released in 2024. Charli posted videos and photos of the Thursday night performance and wrote on Instagram, "the more we do this the more special it feels <3 love you ella, congrats on headlining and ty for bringing me out!!!! ps i headline lolla tonight… im excited."

Also performing Friday at Lollapalooza are Zara Larsson, Major Lazer, Suki Waterhouse, Slayyter, Finn Wolfhard and many more. Olivia Dean and JENNIE headline on Saturday; it's Tate McRae on Sunday.

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In the U.S., Olivia Dean is riding high with her hits "Man I Need" and "So Easy (To Fall in Love)." But in the U.K., she's just shattered a chart record with a completely different tune: "Rein Me In," her duet with fellow British singer/songwriter Sam Fender.

At 19 weeks, "Rein Me In" is now the longest-running #1 hit in the history of the U.K.'s Official Singles Chart. The previous record was 18 weeks, set all the way back in 1953 — 73 years ago — by a song called "I Believe" by singer Frankie Laine. 

Those 19 weeks weren't consecutive, though — "Rein Me In" first topped the chart in February. It's been in and out of the top spot ever since, stepping aside for singles by Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande, but always regaining the crown.

In a statement to Official Charts, Sam said, "Completely lost for words, thank you so much to Olivia Dean and the fans for making this song the juggernaut that it is. Can’t believe we broke the UK record!”

Olivia hasn't put out a statement about the record, but it's the second piece of good news she's had in as many days. On Thursday her album The Art of Loving was nominated for the U.K.'s prestigious Mercury Prize.  It's her second nomination for the award.

She wrote on Instagram, "wow i remember being so proud and so nervous to be there with my first album in 2023. to think of how far we’ve come and everything that’s happened since then!!! that girl wouldn’t believe where she is now!!!"

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Ariana Grande recently said she wrote her new album, petal, from a place of "unfiltered rage." She definitely shows that off in the video for the title track, which may be a commentary on the singer's relationship with the public, the music industry, or both.

In the clip, Ari is Pepper, an aspiring actress who shows up at an audition with dozens of other women. The first time she tries out, the old, ugly men judging her stamp her application with the words "Not Good Enough." But she keeps coming back wearing multiple outfits, one of which seems to be a direct reference to Sandy's "bad girl" fit in Grease.

Finally, the music stops and the men start telling her why what she's doing isn't working.

One says, "There's something about you — you give off this feeling that is completely—" "It's unmarketable!" barks another. "Unattractive," says another. "Inauthentic," adds another. 

"The way you used to be, I miss that," says the first man. "We miss the old you," says another man. "Maybe you could go out and find her and give her another shot, huh?"

Then the first guy adds, "You should try singing tenor. Ten or 15 miles from here."

"OK. Thank you," says Ariana. She pulls out a chainsaw from a bag at her feet, starts it up, and slices and chops the men to death. As she emerges from the audition room soaked in blood, all the other women cheer, while the secretary says, "Good for you, b***!"

Next, Ari's sitting in a Chinese restaurant, still covered in blood, opening a fortune cookie that says, "You bloom wherever you are planted." The camera pulls back and we see that the whole thing was a movie.

As director Christian Breslauer congratulates Ari on her performance, she leaves the studio, stepping over a star on Hollywood Boulevard that reads "Pepper"; a flower grows out of a crack in the pavement.

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Noah Kahan has been jokingly complaining for years that former President Barack Obama has never chosen his songs for his annual summer playlist. On Thursday, Obama finally did put one of Noah's songs on his playlist: "Doors," from his album The Great Divide. So Noah decided to acknowledge that at his concert in Arlington, Texas, Thursday night.

As captured in a fan video, Noah picks up a phone onstage and says, "Hello? Obama? You finally put me on your summer playlist after 15 f******years?"

As the audience screams and cheers, Noah continues, "Are you doing OK? It's not a happy song at all. Is everything all right with Michelle?" 

"OK, we f****** miss you so much," Noah says, wrapping up the pretend call. "Goodbye!"

One reason why Noah may say he misses Obama is because he's angry that the Trump administration used his song "American Cars" without permission in a social media video. The song has since been deleted from the post on both TikTok and Instagram.

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Andy Grammer is releasing a new album this fall, but in June, his wife released a new baby.

People reports that Andy and his wife, Aijia Grammer, welcomed their third daughter, West Lizette Grammer, on June 16. Like her big sisters Louisiana "Louie" Grammer and Israel "Izzy" Grammer, West has a location-inspired name. Andy tells People that Louie is the one who suggested "West"; the couple calls her "Westie."

For all three pregnancies, Aijia suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum, a pregnancy complication that causes extreme nausea. "There wouldn’t be anything else worth her going through this except these little girls,” says Andy. “She loves our daughters. She did it, and she’s never going to do it again.”  The couple says they feel their family is now "complete."

As for Andy's new album, it's called Big Stupid Heart, and it'll be out Oct. 16. He's released two songs from it: the title track and "Best Hearts." He's now in the middle of a headlining tour in support of the project, which he says is about "how much cost there is to loving deeply, and the decision to still do it."

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KATSEYE fans have been clamoring for the girls to write their own music, and now, their wish has come true.

The group unveiled the track list for their new EP WILD on Thursday, and member Lara Raj revealed that the Target-exclusive version includes a song she helped create. In a video, she announced that "Unloveu" was co-written and co-produced by her, Amy Allen and Ross Golan, who have collectively worked on hits for stars including Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande.

"I know that you guys have been asking and waiting for a song written and produced by one of us, so I really, really hope that you love it," Lara said.

The standard edition of WILD includes the tracks "Pinky Up," "Animal," "Hootie Frutti," "Bel Air" and "That Way." The EP is out Aug. 14.

WILD is KATSEYE's second EP, following last year's Beautiful Chaos. Two days before it drops, the movie KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS will begin a limited engagement in theaters.

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