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Green was the color of the grass where Taylor Swift used to read in Centennial Park, as the plaque honoring the pop superstar on the bench in Nashville, Tennessee, recognizes. Or, recognized.

The plaque honoring Swift on the bench in Music City's park has been pried off, according to WKRN. It is unclear when the plaque was stolen but it will be replaced.

The bench was installed by the city of Nashville when Swift returned to perform The Eras Tour there in May 2023. Swifties who visit the city have been known to take pictures on the bench.

The plaque was inscribed with a dedication that read, "For Taylor Swift. A bench for you to read on at Centennial Park. Welcome home, Nashville."

It is a nod to the line in Swift's folklore track "invisible string" that goes: "Green was the color of the grass/ where I used to read at Centennial Park/ I used to think I would meet somebody there."

The bench was placed near a willow tree that is also dedicated to Swift, as the first track on Swift's album evermore is titled "willow." The plaque on the tree reads, "Planted on May 4, 2023 in honor of Taylor Swift."

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Sabrina Carpenter is unbothered by people who didn’t like her Met Gala outfit. Replying to a post on social platform X that criticized the Louis Vuitton look and outlined what she could have done better, the singer jokingly wrote, “damn i f***** up.”

Meanwhile, after Sabrina posted a screenshot of her dad’s reaction to seeing Usher feed her a cherry at the Met Gala, Usher commented, “Apologies Mr Carpenter.”

5 Seconds of Summer’s Calum Hood has released a new solo single, “Call Me When You Know Better,” along with a music video. The track will be featured on his debut solo album, ORDER chaos ORDER, which comes out June 13.

In case you missed it, Andy Grammer was unmasked as Boogie Woogie on the season finale of Fox’s The Masked Singer Wednesday night. While he made it to the final four, country singer Gretchen Wilson was ultimately crowned the winner as Pearl.

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Katy Perry wants people to know that despite the memes you’ve seen, she actually can dance.

Following criticism of her dancing at recent tour shows and some unflattering TikTok videos of her on-stage moves, the singer jokingly hit back at her haters during her Houston show Wednesday night.

In fan-shot video shared to social media, Katy is seen jumping around during her performance of "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and telling the crowd, "Show them this when they say I can't dance!"

The Houston show marked the beginning of the North American leg of her Lifetimes Tour. It stops in Oklahoma City May 9.

Katy’s been subjected to a lot of negative comments as of late, including criticism of her Blue Origin space flight. She recently addressed the negativity on Instagram, writing, "When the 'online' world tries to make me a human Piñata, I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed."

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Ed Sheeran has released the nostalgic music video for his song “Old Phone.”

The clip begins with Ed explaining the inspiration behind the song and the idea for building the Old Phone Pub in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It then shows footage from the Old Phone Pub being built and Ed interacting with fans, interspersed with Ed looking at text messages and photos from his actual old phone.

The video culminates with Ed performing a gig at the Old Phone Pub.

“I wanted fans to all come to this special first pop up Old Phone pub gig to all be there for the same reason, and emotionally connected,” Ed writes on Instagram. “I wanted everyone in that room to have felt the same feelings of nostalgia, longing, joy and sadness I had felt from going through my old phone.”

He adds, “I asked all of them to submit a video, a photo or a message from their old phone that meant a lot to them to get into the gig that night, and we all shared in a night of music, dancing, laughing and tears. It was really magical, maybe my favourite music video I’ve ever made.”

“Old Phone” follows the release of “Azizam.” Both songs will be featured on Ed’s upcoming album, Play, arriving Sept. 12.

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Lorde has announced a tour in support of her upcoming album, Virgin.

The worldwide trek, dubbed the Ultrasound tour, launches Sept. 17 in Austin, Texas. The U.S. leg will conclude Oct. 22 in Seattle, followed by a trip to Europe beginning in November.

You can sign up now for a presale beginning May 14 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on May 16 at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Lorde.co.nz.

Virgin, the follow-up to 2021's Solar Power, drops June 27. Lead single "What Was That" is out now.

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Meghan Trainor and British singer Mimi Webb have unveiled the music video for their new collab, “Mind Reader.”

The visual has the two showing off their confidence on the dance floor as they sing, “I need you to read my mind/ I need your attention all the time/ Can you keep me satisfied?”

Meghan previously gushed over working with Mimi in a statement, saying, “Working with Mimi was an absolute dream!! My husband and I have been big fans of her for years so we were starstruck when she came to the house to write this song. We had the best time writing ‘Mind Reader,' so I was beyond excited when she asked me to feature on it. I can’t wait to dance to this song all summer long!”

Mimi was equally as excited to work with Meghan, saying, "Meghan is an artist I’ve admired for such a long time, and having her be my first-ever collaboration on a single feels like a dream come true.”

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Thursday night on Prime Video, Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts will team up to perform the country hit "What Hurts the Most" on the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. 

What most people don't know is that BSB almost recorded the breakup ballad themselves.

"When we were recording kind of our comeback album, Never Gone," Nick Carter remembers, "we were getting a lot of songs actually submitted to us, and that's when we got 'Incomplete,' and then we also remember the label was really adamant about a song for us to record, and it was called 'What Hurts the Most,' and we passed up on the song."

"The demo definitely didn't sound as good as it did with those guys or we wouldn't have passed on it," Nick adds.

"I think it ended up in the right hands," AJ McLean adds.

"No, it was meant to be," Nick agrees, "because we wouldn't be here performing with them ... But still, funny story." 

The new version of "What Hurts the Most" appears on Rascal Flatts' new Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets album, which drops June 6. 

You can tune in to see the live performance -- which is rumored to include more than just the duet -- on the 60th ACMs, which stream live at 8 p.m. ET tonight on Prime Video. 

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Gigi Perez's hit "Sailor Song" reached the top three on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Chart and now it's climbing several of the publication's pop charts. So what is it about "Sailor Song," which is sort of a folky, acoustic tune, that makes it sound at home next a song by Sabrina Carpenter and a song by, say, Linkin Park? Gigi says it's all about her upbringing.

"I think it's just based on what I grew up listening to," she tells ABC Audio. "I grew listening to a lot of 2000s pop. It's, like, always been my biggest category. Every year when I get the recap of what I've been listening to, 2000s pop is always the largest genre."

"But I always grew up listening to alternative and rock, and there's just so many different influences," she notes. 

However, Gigi says that her pop-loving background seesm to come out in her music, even when she's not trying.

"I think there's like this through line of pop sentiments in the songwriting," she explains. "I have to imagine it's — in 'Sailor Song' itself — the pop sentiment and structure that I guess, subconsciously, happen." 

Gigi's debut album, At the Beach, In Every Life, is out now. She's currently out on a headlining tour, but will also open for Hozier on several dates in July, August and September.

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Shinedown has shared a "Piano Version" of their new single, "Three Six Five."

As its title suggests, the updated recording strips the original "Three Six Five" to just a piano accompanying frontman Brent Smith's yearning vocals.

You can listen to "Three Six Five (Piano Version)" now via digital outlets.

The original "Three Six Five" was released in January alongside another single, "Dance, Kid, Dance." The tracks preview Shinedown's upcoming album, the follow-up to 2022's Planet Zero.

Shinedown is currently on a U.S. tour.

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Gracie Abrams' "That's So True" is the latest addition to the Spotify Billions Club, signifying that it's racked up more than 1 billion streams on the platform. Gracie acknowledged the milestone by writing on her Instagram Story, "Ok what the hell :/ thank you."

Lorde is offering multiple vinyl versions of her upcoming album, Virgin. The "blood" version, pressed on red vinyl, will only be available in indie record stores. The "bathwater" version, on translucent seafoam-colored vinyl, can be preordered now from outlets like Target, Walmart and Amazon. And the "X-Ray" version is a picture disc with the same X-ray design as the album cover. That's available from her official store.

The second installment of Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's Vevo Extended Play video series is now available. It shows the couple performing "Scared of Loving You" live in a room in their house: Benny accompanies Selena on piano, while she wanders around with a microphone.

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