BABYMONSTER Reaches No. 1, The Color Purple’ Trailer, ‘The Idol’ at Cannes & More | Billboard News

Nick Jonas looked backmost connected his off-key capacity astatine nan 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards connected an section of ‘Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard.’ Warner Bros. unveiled nan trailer for nan big-screen philharmonic adjustment of ‘The Color Purple’ starring Halle Bailey, H.E.R., Fantasia and more. ‘The Idol’ received a opinionated ovation astatine Cannes Film Festival. Davido stopped by nan workplace to talk astir Forbes calling him “The King of Afrobeats,” really he created his medium ‘Timeless’ and more!

TETRIS KELLY:
‘The Idol’ premiere slays astatine Cannes, a trailer drops for ‘The Color Purple,’ and a Nick Jonas capacity sends him to therapy. Plus, we bent retired pinch Davido and Evaluna and a caller K-pop woman group rules Trending Songs. It’s Tuesday, May 23rd. I’m Tetris and this is Billboard News. Let’s jump into your apical story.

Nick Jonas says his 2016 ACM capacity pinch Kelsey Ballerini sent him to therapy. Let’s get into it.

NICK JONAS:
“It was for illustration a really traumatic infinitesimal that shaped nan unit I put connected myself to beryllium cleanable and to ever beryllium on.”

TETRIS KELLY:
The Jonas Brothers stopped by ‘The Armchair Expert pinch Dax Shepard’ podcast connected Monday, wherever Nick talked astir nan infinitesimal his guitar solo went terribly incorrect during Kelsea Ballerini’s capacity astatine nan 2016 ACM Awards.

NICK JONAS:
“I started off, it’s fine. And arsenic I benignant of walked towards her, I conscionable went wholly blank. And I deed a incorrect statement and blacked retired fundamentally and clocked that-“

MONICA PADMAN: “Oh my God!”

NICK JONAS:
“…it was wrong. And I couldn’t stop. To this day, and for illustration hours of unpacking it, I can’t really fig retired precisely what happened.”

TETRIS KELLY:
That infinitesimal took spot correct successful nan mediate of nan JoBros break erstwhile Nick put retired 2 solo projects and earlier nan brothers reunited successful 2019.

NICK JONAS:
“In retrospect, I tin benignant of for illustration laughter astir really large I thought it was, but it did recreation much than I wish it would have. And it did origin maine to spell into therapy.”

TETRIS KELLY:
And now we update you connected musicians that are besides conquering TV and film. Halle Bailey shows america that wearing Ariel’s purple fins won’t beryllium nan only clip she hits nan large surface successful 2023. Plus, The Weeknd, Jennie of BLACKPINK, Troye Sivan, and much are astatine nan premiere of HBOs ‘The Idol’ astatine Cannes and we’ll beryllium chatting pinch nan popular star.

Warner Bros. has unveiled a trailer for nan large surface philharmonic adjustment of ‘The Color Purple’ and it stars Halle Bailey and she’s joined by superstars H.E.R., Fantasia, Ciara, Taraji P Henson, and more. The philharmonic is scheduled to deed theaters connected Christmas Day.

We’ve each been obsessed pinch nan caller show ‘The Idol’ earlier its premiere connected June 4th, but we’re moreover much obsessed pinch nan stars’ reddish carpet look astatine Cannes. Jennie slayed, giving preppy realness. The Weeknd gave classical Abel while Lily-Rose Depp dazzled, and Troye Sivan was a manner king per usual. We’ll beryllium chatting pinch Troye astir nan show, make judge you enactment tuned.

Now let’s get to our question and reply pinch Davido. He’s an Afrobeats superstar and he’s moreover spreading nan wealth.

RANIA ANIFTOS:
You person nan astir first-day streams of immoderate African artists connected Apple Music and Spotify. What is it for illustration to correspond your location state successful specified a successful way?

DAVIDO:
I mean, it was dope. We conscionable made nan album, you know, pinch debased criteria. We conscionable wanted to conscionable spell into nan workplace and make bully music. Like we didn’t plug astir of them, you cognize what I’m saying? We’re conscionable for illustration earthy vibes, you know, successful nan studio, not putting pressure. You know, moreover erstwhile picking nan records. You know, usually I’d prime nan full medium myself aliases for illustration I’m very, very sensitive. So I prime 17 songs retired of like, 68.

RANIA ANIFTOS:
How do you moreover spell astir picking nan songs like?

DAVIDO:
So we benignant of for illustration made up this look wherever I nonstop songs to for illustration everybody, for illustration moreover my friends. So I was for illustration everybody votes. And it benignant of worked out.

RANIA ANIFTOS:
What was nan 1 opus that was benignant of communal passim everybody’s list?

DAVIDO:
Definitely ‘Unavailable’.

RANIA ANIFTOS:
It’s cool excessively that you get to besides activity pinch different artists.

DAVIDO:
There’s this woman I recovered connected nan internet, she was doing for illustration a screen to a song. And past I DM’d her. I’m like, “Yo, your sound is amazing.”

RANIA ANIFTOS:
Wow.

DAVIDO:
And she doesn’t moreover judge for illustration I’m nan 1 talking to her.

RANIA ANIFTOS:
And now she’s connected a record-breaking medium pinch you.

DAVIDO:
Yeah, and I signed her too!

TETRIS KELLY:
You tin find nan afloat question and reply astatine Billboard.com

But now, let’s jump into what you guys are talking astir connected Twitter.

New K-pop woman group BABYMONSTER sends its pre-debut azygous to No. 1.

BABYMONSTER whitethorn beryllium caller to nan segment but they’re already making waves by sending their pre-debut azygous ‘Dream’ to nan apical of Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs floor plan powered by Twitter. The YG-signed woman group debuted ‘Dream’ exclusively connected YouTube past week, and it’s already racked up complete 30 cardinal world views. An charismatic debut for BABYMONSTER is group for this fall. But specifications astir nan premiere are nether wraps.

NewJeans personnel Danielle debuted her type of “Part of Your World’ from ‘The Little Mermaid’ and it bows astatine No. 2. Her rendition is nan Korean connection companion to Halle’s capacity successful nan Disney live-action movie hitting theaters May 26th.

Elsewhere connected nan charts Taeyong’s ‘Shalala,’ nan title way of nan NCT member’s mini medium of nan aforesaid name, sits astatine No. 3, while nan Foo Fighters and Lana Del Rey information retired nan apical five.

Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs Chart powered by Twitter tracks world music-related trends and conversations successful real-time crossed Twitter. Viewable complete nan past 24 hours aliases nan past 7 days.

BRIAN KELLEY:
Hey, it’s Brian Kelley. I’m ace excited to speak astatine Billboard Live Country successful Conversation connected June 7th, correct present successful Nashville. Make judge you get your tickets correct now. It’s gonna beryllium a dang bully time.

TETRIS KELLY:
And lastly, we emotion Evaluna present astatine Billboard. And we recovered retired 5 things you mightiness not cognize astir nan Latin star.

EVALUNA MONTANER:
Hola, soy Evaluna Montaner y estas boy cinco cosas que nary sabías de mí. Número uno, bailo flamenco desde lo cinco años. Número dos, soy sommelier. Número tres, la primera y única vez que maine emborraché en mi vida fue la primera vez que conocí a Shawn Mendes y Camila Cabello. Era como un encuentro antes de que Camilo y Shawn grabaran la canción juntos y todo eso. Digamos que fue una noche en Miami inolvidable para mí y los zapatos de Shawn Mendes. Número cuarto, tengo como cuarenta tatuajes. Y número cinco, soy muy instrumentality del vallenato y de la música state que es como yo siento que nary se lo esperar tanto. Bueno, esas fueron cinco cosas que nary sabían de mí.

TETRIS KELLY:
That’s it, travel backmost tomorrow to bent retired pinch america and K-Pop prima LØren. See you then!