Ever since 2001, the smiling young collective known as the Kidz Bop Kids has offered up countless chirpy, family-friendly covers of pop hits. The Kidz Bop Kids have been through god knows how many iterations over the years. Zendaya was a Kidz Bop Kid once! So was Becky G! But even as the group itself has changed, their method has not. Sometimes, the Kidz Bop Kids’ lyrically edits of those pop hits can be very funny, as when they took on Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” two years ago. Sometimes, though, they can fundamentally change the meaning of a lyric, to the point where the guy who wrote the original song feels like he has to say something.

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Zane Lowe’s interview with Olivia Rodrigo just dropped. He talked to her about things like how supportive her parents are, how her upbringing spawned her work ethic, and ’80s new wave sadness. Lowe also got the scoop that Rodrigo is not the biggest yacht rock fan despite referencing the genre in the second verse of “u + me = <3,” the fifth track off you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

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Boy George has not always towed the progressive party line, whether he’s poo-pooing pronouns or telling Chappell Roan to cheer up. Now he’s breaking another taboo by messing around with AI, albeit for reasons intended to benefit artists like himself.

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On Friday, LA-based songwriter Jordan Patterson will release her new EP Songs From A Valley Girl. It’s the follow-up to her debut album The Hermit, which came out last fall, but it will be her first release for Secretly Canadian. Today, she’s shared a new single “Cinderella,” which was produced with Dijon-collaborating duo Mulherin.

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Last year, Amanda Seyfried went viral for her brief cover of Joni Mitchell’s “California” on the dulcimer, which left Jimmy Fallon, his audience, and the entire internet stunned. Now, we finally have answers about it. In a new GQ interview, the actress revealed that she had been preparing for a biopic about the legendary singer-songwriter that ultimately never materialized.

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Philadelphia glitch masters Cold Court are back with the new single “Cola.” It’s their final single, following “Burn” and “Backslang,” from their forthcoming EP (^_^) / that’s out this Friday. “Cola,” which was the last song that Mini Serrano and Jojo Lavina-Maldonado worked on for the project, has some shrill, shredded piano woven in there and some thick-necked synth work that recalls Justice. It’s vivid on the level of an abstract impressionist painting.

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In New York City, following a historic win from the New York Knicks, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” has been on repeat. Last night, after their win over the San Antonio Spurs, crowds were screaming it in the streets. And for another very lucky crowd, they were singing it along with Keys herself at the closing party for the Tribeca Film Festival.

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R.I.P. Oliver Tree. The singer and rapper born Oliver Tree Nickell died along with five others when two helicopters crashed above Recreio dos Bandeirantes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday morning. Civil Police confirmed the deaths to CNN Brasil.

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Today is Donald Trump’s birthday. He is turning 80 years old and doing some wild and stupid shit to celebrate, which includes turning the White House lawn into a UFC arena. In honor of the President’s birthday, The New York Times reached out to a bunch of incredible individuals who are in their eighth decade or have surpassed it. I was today years old when I found out Gloria Steinem was 92. NINETY-TWO. Amazing. She was on the list, along with Bob Dylan, Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Art Garfunkel, and Dionne Warwick.

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Yesterday, the final day of Tribeca Film Festival, Bruce Springsteen was honored with the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award. It’s an honor awarded to individuals for their use of artistic storytelling to promote change in their communities. Springsteen has been especially vocal about the devastation of communities and democracy with the infiltration of ICE in American cities, highlighting that on Land Of Hopes And Dream Tour, and his celebration of centuries-spanning American musical history.

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