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Beth Garrabrant Designer Janessa Leoné was thrilled to hear Taylor Swift will release Red (Taylor's Version) later this fall -- but there was something else that excited her even more. Taylor chose to rock one of Leoné's signature designs in the photo that went along with Taylor's announcement, and that image will also serve as the upcoming album's cover art. Speaking with Billboard, Leoné recalled the shock she felt when she recognized that Taylor was wearing one of her hats, a burgundy cap dubbed "The Mattie." "It came as a total surprise to see her sport Mattie on the album cover -- we were genuinely shocked, but thrilled," the designer said, adding she had no idea Taylor intended to use any of her designs for the album cover. "I've known her stylist for years," Leoné continued, but added that she "did not work with her team on this shoot -- it was completely organic." Leoné added, "Taylor is an icon for so many young women, so we're honored that s..

Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect. Avril Lavigne is finally on TikTok and made the big announcement with help from real-life "Sk8er Boi" Tony Hawk. The two teamed up for the punk princess' TikTok debut on Monday, which featured Avril lip-syncing her 2002 hit, before the camera cut to Hawk grinding on a series of ramps. Avril also threw it back to her "Sk8er Boi" era by wearing a red and blue-striped tie similar to the one she rocked in the music video. When she began mouthing the lyric "they had a problem with his baggy clothes," she flipped her hair over her shoulders as the camera focused in on the tie. Cut to Hawk -- who was wearing the same tie. It appears the skateboarding legend had a ball helping Avril film the lighthearted video: He's seen grinning widely after doing a series of stunts. As of early Tuesday, the collaborative video had been liked over two million times. @avrillavigne He was a… @tonyhawk ##GoSkateboarding ##sk8rboi ♬ Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne Co..

Kelia Anne MacCluskey Billie Eilish issued a lengthy apology Monday after old videos of her seemingly mocking Asian and Black accents resurfaced earlier this month. Taking to her Instagram story, the singer thanked her followers for holding her accountable for her past problematic behavior. "Many of you have been asking me to address this. This is something I want to address because I’m being labeled something that I am not," wrote Eilish, referencing a video in which she is seen lip-syncing to a song that uses an Asian slur in the lyrics. "There’s a video edit going around of me when I was 13 or 14 where I mouthed a word from a song that at the time I didn’t know was a derogatory term used against members of the Asian community," the Grammy winner explained. "I am appalled and embarrassed...that I ever mouthed along to that word." Eilish added that song was her first exposure to the word "as it was never used around me by anyone in my family," but agreed she should have known be..

Kelia Anne MacCluskey Billie Eilish issued a lengthy apology Monday after old videos of her seemingly mocking Asian and Black accents resurfaced earlier this month. Taking to her Instagram story, the singer thanked her followers for holding her accountable for her past problematic behavior. "Many of you have been asking me to address this. This is something I want to address because I’m being labeled something that I am not," wrote Eilish, referencing a video in which she is seen lip-syncing to a song that uses an Asian slur in the lyrics. "There’s a video edit going around of me when I was 13 or 14 where I mouthed a word from a song that at the time I didn’t know was a derogatory term used against members of the Asian community," the Grammy winner explained. "I am appalled and embarrassed...that I ever mouthed along to that word." Eilish added that song was her first exposure to the word "as it was never used around me by anyone in my family," but agreed she should have known be..

Vivien Killilea/Getty Images It looks like fans of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC may get their boy band reunion after all. Nick Carter, Lance Bass, AJ McLean and Joey Fatone recently got together in support of Pride month, but what really got fans excited was the possibly of a joint album from the foursome, which AJ teased on TikTok. When asked to elaborate on the potential collaboration, the BSB star told Entertainment Tonight, "I said that we're, you know, maybe cooking something up." "This could be something, maybe, I don't know...We're definitely cooking. There's been a lot of positive feedback from the fans," AJ added. "Look, a lot of fans for the last almost 30 years have wanted to see this happen in any level, whether it's all 10 of us or four of us, whatever that is," AJ continued. "And now that it's happening, even if it's just one time, I don't know, this may not be just a one-off." In addition to discussing the potential for..

Vivien Killilea/Getty Images It looks like fans of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC may get their boy band reunion after all. Nick Carter, Lance Bass, AJ McLean and Joey Fatone recently got together in support of Pride month, but what really got fans excited was the possibly of a joint album from the foursome, which AJ teased on TikTok. When asked to elaborate on the potential collaboration, the BSB star told Entertainment Tonight, "I said that we're, you know, maybe cooking something up." "This could be something, maybe, I don't know...We're definitely cooking. There's been a lot of positive feedback from the fans," AJ added. "Look, a lot of fans for the last almost 30 years have wanted to see this happen in any level, whether it's all 10 of us or four of us, whatever that is," AJ continued. "And now that it's happening, even if it's just one time, I don't know, this may not be just a one-off." In addition to discussing the potential for..

Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic Selena Gomez is diving into her special connection with the word "rare," which she used when naming her third studio album, beauty line and mental health initiative: called Rare, Rare Beauty and Rare Impact, respectively. Speaking with Vogue Australia for its July cover, the "Lose You to Love Me" singer revealed why the word resonates so strongly with her: She says it challenged the old, more negative opinion she used to have about herself. "I think most of my experiences in relationships have been cursed. I’ve been way too young to be exposed to certain things when I was in relationships," explained Selena. "I guess I needed to find what was that word for me, because I felt so less than in past relationships, and never really felt equal." Selena said she adopted the word after reading the lyrics to her song "Rare" for the first time; the song is about recognizing self-worth and learning when she had outgrown a relationship. "I just said, 'This is w..

Andrew MacPherson Pink has accomplished many things in her amazing career, but one thing she'd never learned was the technical part of making music. However, when the pandemic came along, Pink had to learn quickly, and now she says, "It was a huge accomplishment." Speaking to the Wall Street Journal Magazine, Pink says, "I learned how to use GarageBand and record myself. For a 40-year-old girl to learn how to be alone for the first time in her life...it was a huge accomplishment for me, because I'm usually at the whim of engineers and producers." Pink then ticked off the songs she recorded and released while in lockdown: Her duet with her daughter Willow, "Cover Me In Sunshine;" her duet with Keith Urban, "One Too Many," and her duet with the British singer Rag'n'Bone Man, "Anywhere Away from Here." "To be able to do it on my own...it just felt so empowering and liberating," she gushes. Pink also detailed her morning routine for the WSJ Magazine, which involve..

Courtesy Vevo While we wait to see Ariana Grande in concert in the flesh, we can now enjoy the first in what will be a series of performance videos that she's done for VEVO. Ariana's VEVO Official Live Performance Series launched Monday with "pov," from her current album Positions. It features the singer -- wearing a black strapless halter top, black pants and long gloves -- performing the song in a garden made up of artificial turf and flowers, with a massive purple "O"-shaped light suspended above her. According to VEVO, the clip is "rooted in the concept of duality." The rest of Ari's "visually stunning" performances will premiere on VEVO in the coming days. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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