Taylor Swift is back with new single, “Look What You Made Me Do”

BMLG/Mert & MarcusTaylor Swift is back. But it’s a whole new Taylor.

The singer released her new song, “Look What You Made Me Do,” the first single from her upcoming album Reputation, just before midnight on Friday. And it’s a thumping, hip-hop inflected track that announces that “the old Taylor’s dead,” and seems to take aim at her nemesis, Kanye West.

Opening with strings, giving way to a hip-hop beat, the song seems to hit Kanye right off the bat with an apparent reference to his floating stage on the Saint Pablo tour: “I don’t like your little games, I don’t like your tilted stage, the role you made me play, of the fool, no I don’t like you,” Taylor sings.

“I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time,” she sings before launching into a chorus that’s just a repetition of the title line over a thumping dance beat.

“I don’t trust nobody, and nobody trusts me. I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams,” she sings on the bridge.

And in a spoken word aside, with a voicemail answering machine effect, Taylor announces: “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ’cause she’s dead.”

A preview of the music video for “Look What You Made Me Do” will air on Good Morning AmericaFriday. Reputation arrives November 10.

Taylor co-wrote the song with Jack Antonoff, who also collaborated with her on 1989. Together, the two wrote the songs “Out of the Woods,” “You Are in Love” and a bonus track, “I Wish You Would.”

Fergie’s “Double Dutchess” will be a “visual album,” coming September 22

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicLook’s like Fergie‘s long-awaited followup to The Dutchess, Double Dutchess, is going to be a Beyonce-style “visual album.”

Fergie posted a teaser clip to Instagram on Thursday showing what appears to be a montage of clips from the various companion visuals to the album, announcing that Double Dutchess: Seeing Double will be available September 22.

Fergie has been talking about Double Dutchess since 2013. She released the singles “M.I.L.F. $” and “Life Goes On,” last year, and the single “L.A. Love” in 2013. But the album remained in limbo until last week, when Fergie posted the black-and-white cover art to Instagram.

Now we know the album and “visual experience” are coming next month with pre-orders beginning Friday.

She also released the track list for the album last week in a series of GIFs.

Here is the track list in words, not moving pictures:

“Hungry” (feat. Rick Ross)
“Like It Ain’t Nuttin’”
“You Already Know” (feat. Nicki Minaj)
“Just Like You”
“A Little Work”
“Life Goes On”
“M.I.L.F. $”
“Save It Til Morning”
“Enchanté (Carine)” (feat. Axl Jack)
“Tension”
“L.A. Love (La La)” (feat. YG)
“Love Is Blind”
“Love Is Pain”

#DOUBLEDUTCHESS: SEEING DOUBLE 👀👀 9/22
The Visual Experience 📺📺 pre-order @ midnight pic.twitter.com/fdOaFm9H2x

— Fergie (@Fergie) August 24, 2017

Fifth Harmony release “vulnerable” new album, explain what “Down” means to them

Syco/Epic RecordsIt’s a big weekend for Fifth Harmony. Their self-titled album — their first as a quartet — arrives today, and Sunday night, they’ll perform for the first time at the MTV Video Music Awards, where they’re nominated in a few categories for their video “Down.”

The girls say the new album — their third — marks the first time they’ve really taken creative control of their music. They co-wrote many of the tracks, and they had a huge say in choosing the ones that they didn’t.

“We definitely put a lot of our emotions and experiences in this album, and I kind of guess nothing was really off limits,” explains Ally Brooke Hernandez. “I mean, we get very vulnerable, we get personal, and we have a lot of fun songs in there, too. It’s definitely a versatile album.”

The group will be performing the album’s first single, “Down,” with rapper Gucci Mane. Lauren Jauregui says the song’s become somewhat of an anthem for the girls.

“I mean, when you first hear it you probably interpret it as a love song, but when we’re performing it..we’re like, ‘I’m gon’ keep lovin’ you,’ and we look at each other when we say that,” Lauren tells ABC Radio.

“So it’s kinda like, for us, it’s about each other, and being there for each other, and holding each other down,” she adds. “And getting through all the bulls***.”

Check out Fifth Harmony Sunday night, August 27 on the MTV VMAs, which air at 8 p.m. ET live from Inglewood, California.

“Birth of the Dragon” and “Leap!” top this week’s new releases

* Birth of the Dragon — This film, set in 1960s San Francisco, is a modern take on the classic Bruce Lee movies, based on the real-life showdown between the then up-and-coming martial arts icon — played by Philip Ng — and kung fu master Wong Jack Man — portrayed by Yu Xia. Rated PG-13.

* Leap! — Elle Fanning heads the voice cast of this animated comedy adventure about a French orphan girl with a dream of becoming a ballerina. After fleeing her hometown of Brittany for Paris, she poses as another girl and enters the Opera Ballet School. Also starring Kate McKinnon, Mel Brooks and Carly Rae Jepsen. Rated PG.

Watch now: Andy Grammer has a threesome with himself in “Give Love” video

Courtesy DPRWhat could be better than watching Andy Grammer sing? Well, what about watching three Andy Grammers sing? That’s what the singer is giving us in his new video for “Give Love.”

The video starts with Andy walking out of a restaurant and down a street past a variety of people, including rapper LunchMoney Lewis, who does a verse on the song. Andy then goes into a club, where he joins his band on stage to sing the song.

Then, we see the same scene again, but this time, there are two Andys, and two of everything else we saw in the first pass: two crowds on the street, two street artists, two sets of boys walking by, and two LunchMoneys. When the Andys get to the club, they duet with each other.

Finally, we see the same scene again, and now everything is multiplied by three: three Andys, three LunchMoneys, three artists, three crowds, three sets of boys. The clip ends with all three Andys singing together onstage with the band.

The idea seems to be that once you give love, it multiplies.

“Give Love” is the first single from Andy’s forthcoming third album.

Walk the Moon returns with new single “One Foot,” new album with “bigger, epic sound”

Image Group LA/ABCFirst, the bad news: Nicholas Petricca, the lead singer of Walk the Moon, has broken up with the woman who inspired their smash hit, “Shut Up and Dance.”

Now, the good news: Billboard reports that the band will release a new single in September, followed by a new album in October.

Last year, Walk the Moon canceled their summer tour so Nick could care for his sick dad, who passed away in February. Nick was also recovering from his split with Miss “Shut Up and Dance,” whom he calls “the love of my life.” On top of that, the band was unsure how to follow up the success of “Shut Up and Dance.”

Nick tells Billboard, “The song got so massive. It was sort of like, ‘What do we do from here?’” The answer is the band’s new album, and the first single, “One Foot.”

“These big moments necessitated something introspective,” Nick explains to Billboard. “‘One Foot’ is facing the void. The last record, we felt like we had a lot of answers. This time, we have a bunch of questions.”

The new album also features a “bigger, epic sound,” says the band.

We don’t yet know the title of the new album or its release date.

Martin Lawrence officially shuts down the possibility of a “Martin” reunion

Getty Images for ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Bad news for Martin fans. Ahead of the sitcom’s 25th anniversary on August 27, star Martin Lawrence is shutting down the possibility of a reunion.

“A reunion? No, we’ve done everything that we could do,” Lawrence tells Page Six. “There will be no reunion.”

While Lawrence — who recently told Entertainment Weekly that it’s also unlikely a Bad Boys 3 will happen — says a Martin reunion is off the table, the comedian-actor says the reason has nothing to do with any issues with the show’s original cast.

“I talk to Tichina [Arnold], Carl [Anthony Payne II] and I ran into Tisha [Campbell-Martin],” he said of his Martin co-stars. “Yeah, we’ve talked.”

Payne, who played Martin’s dimwitted but well-meaning best friend Cole Brown on the series, told ABC Radio last March that part of the reason a Martin reunion was unlikely to happen was because of the passing of one of its central stars– Thomas Ford, who played Tommy on the show.

“It wouldn’t be the same because we’re not all there,” he said of Ford, who died last year after suffering an aneurysm. “But history always repeats itself in terms of TV anyway.”

Meghan Trainor furious over her image being used in Australian anti-marriage equality campaign

Tom SchirmacherMeghan Trainor got very upset when a fan informed her that her photo was being used in an ad encouraging Australians to vote against marriage quality.

The ad took one of Meghan’s publicity shots for her hit “No” and added the caption, “My vote is no/you need to let it go.”

A furious Meghan took to Twitter to tell everyone, “I SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY! Someone in Australia is illegally using my picture for a campaign against marriage equality. So wrong. Not okay.”

She then added, “I’ve said it before, Everyone should be able to love who they want. I support equality, period.”

Meghan also posted an ad on her Instagram urging Australians to make sure they’re eligible to vote, and then to vote “Yes” on marriage quality. She captioned the post, “VOTE YES FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY. LOVE IS LOVE.”

As for how Meghan’s face got used in the first place, the organizers of the Facebook page on which the ad originally appeared told the paper The Guardian that they had removed it, and added, “We apologize to Meghan Trainor and her support base if this has caused any angst or distress.”

They added, “We had no idea who the person in the meme was…We note Meghan Trainor supports marriage equality and we respect her right to her opinion on the matter.”

A survey will be conducted in Australia starting September 12 as to whether or not same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

“Cheers,” “Murphy Brown,” “Ray Donovan” actor Jay Thomas dead at 69

Filmmagic/Taylor Hill(LOS ANGELES) — Stand-up comic and character actor Jay Thomas, best known for playing Rhea Perlman’s husband Eddie on Cheers, has lost a battle with cancer, ABC News has confirmed. He was 69.

Thomas, who also had a career in radio, earned a pair of Emmys for his work on Murphy Brown. More recently, he acted in the Showtime series Ray Donovan. He was also seen on the big screen in movies like The Santa Clause 2 and 3, and Mr. Holland’s Opus, and was a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman.

His longtime agent Don Buchwald confirmed his passing in a statement, saying, “Jay was one of a kind, never at a loss for words and filled with so much fun and wonderfully wacky thoughts and behavior.”

Thomas is survived by his wife and two sons.

Halsey hits back at fan that criticizes “Playboy” photo shoot; covers “Billboard” with Charli XCX

Shot by David Needleman exclusively for BillboardHalsey isn’t about to sit back and let you question her feminism. She took one Instagram commenter to task for criticizing her Playboy magazine photo shoot.

“You are a feminist but you flash your boobs in Playboy magazine,” the person wrote on her Instagram page, along with a confused face emoji.

Halsey responded, “Yeah it’s crazy. I can show my t*** in Playboy, perform at the Nobel Peace, speak at the Planned Parenthood Gala with Hillary Clinton, shake my a** on 300 stages, give a speech at the United Nations, do 150 shots of tequila, get a #1 album, and march in the streets of DC all in just ONE year!”

“Newsflash. A woman can be multi dimensional #WeAreNotJustOneThing,” Halsey added.

Halsey’s about to hit the road with fellow feminist Charli XCX. The tour mates grace the cover of the latest issue of Billboard, where they chat about a variety of topics including what they were like in high school, the most surprising celebrity they’ve bonded with, and even what they want at their funeral.

They reveal they were both nerds in high school by day, and partying musicians by night. Halsey says she’s surprisingly bonded with John Mayer over their mutual sense of humor and that she wants Leonardo DiCaprio to speak at her funeral, dressed like his character in Romeo + Juliet. Charli, meanwhile, wants a pink marble coffin and wants LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” to play her funeral.

Halsey’s hopeless foundation kingdom world tour kicks off September 29 in Uncasville, Connecticut, with Charli as the opening act.

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