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Sabrina Carpenter is billing herself as a "woman of my word" following the announcement that she's headlining Coachella in 2026. She posted a video of herself onstage at the festival in 2024, singing, "Coachella, see you back here when I headline!" It seems Sabrina manifested the future: During that performance, she debuted her then-new single, "Espresso," which helped shoot her to superstardom.

And speaking of Sabrina Carpenter, Lola Young has covered her hit "Manchild" for a performance on BBC Radio One's Live Lounge. She told the deejays that she chose the song because she's a Sabrina "superfan" and she thinks the song's lyrics are "hilarious."

Amazon Music will livestream the Washington, D.C., area installment of this year's All Things Must Go Festival, set for Sept. 26-28 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. You'll be able to watch Noah Kahan, Doechii, Kesha, The Marías and more via the AmazonMusic channel on Twitch and Prime Video.

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Not long ago, Demi Lovato thrilled Disney Channel kids everywhere by appearing onstage with the Jonas Brothers to sing Camp Rock songs. In a recent interview she says being part of the Disney Channel taught her an important lesson — which wasn't exactly positive.

Speaking to PAPER magazine, Demi says, "I learned that I had to hustle. Sometimes looking back, I wish that hustle culture wasn't as big as it was, because I feel like I would have had an easier time. I was just under so much pressure and so much stress at such a young age that it just wasn't healthy."

"But in that, I learned that if you want, hustle culture sometimes does pay off. But it comes with a price," she adds. "I think that was the biggest lesson for me. You can work yourself into the ground, but you're going to have to sacrifice something, and that something might be your mental health."

"It was a lot," she admits. "But I also knew that at any given moment someone was there and they could take my place, so I worked really hard for it. It's just, at what cost?"

When PAPER suggests that perhaps Demi and her fellow stars, like the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, were the "last generation of that hustle culture," she agrees.

"Yeah, I think we were," she says. "I think there are better protections put in place for them now, or at least I'd hope so."

Demi's new album, It's Not That Deep, due out in October, marks a return to pop music for her. Or, as she tells PAPER, "Popvato is back, and let's have some fun. Period."

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Chappell Roan is using her upcoming limited series of concerts — dubbed the Visions of Damsels + Other Dangerous Things tour — to raise money for a cause near to her heart.

She's playing in New York, Pasadena and Kansas City, and the night before the first show in each city there will be an official, ticketed preparty. The New York party will take place Friday at Gramercy Theatre. The Kansas City party is set for Oct. 2 at Switchback at Incline on 9th. The Pasadena preparty will be Oct. 9 at Echoplex in LA.

Each party will feature "all your fave Chappell tracks and iconic pop anthems," as well as "music videos on the big screen," "dancing on stage," "giveaways you don't want to miss" and, of course, "drag performances giving full damsel fantasy." One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to organizations "dedicated to supporting and providing resources for trans youth."

And so fans don't get the wrong idea, the organizers are obliged to note, "Chappell Roan will not be in attendance, but her spirit sure will."

The series of shows kicks off Saturday in Queens, New York.

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There's new Miley Cyrus music on the way.

She announced on Instagram that her song "Secrets" is out on Friday. In a snippet, you can hear Miley sing, "Anywhere you go/ You know I'll follow."

This is most likely the official release of the song that Miley wrote for her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, as a birthday gift; when he received it in August, he noted that Miley had recruited some members of Fleetwood Mac to play on it.

You can hear a snippet of the song on Billy Ray's post. Miley sings, "Secrets, I want to keep your secrets/ Like sunlight in the shadows/ Like footsteps in the grass/ I won’t ever break my promise/ Like a songbird in the silence/ Like stones against the glass.”

While appearing on Monica Lewinsky's podcast in June, Miley spoke about the song, which she said was part of a new album she's working on. She said she wanted her father to share family secrets with her, "even though I didn't really want to know."

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Lady Gaga's "The Dead Dance" proves her career is alive and well.

Her new single, which she recorded for the Netflix series Wednesday and subsequently added to the deluxe edition of her album Mayhem, has debuted at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100. According to the publication, this is the first time in a dozen years that she's released an album with four top-40 hits.

In addition to "The Dead Dance," Mayhem features "Disease," the Grammy-winning #1 hit "Die With a Smile" and "Abracadabra." Her last album to achieve four top-40 singles was 2013's Artpop, which had "Applause," "Dope," "Do What You Want" and "Venus."

Gaga's albums Born This Way and The Fame also included at least four top-40 hits.

Overall, "The Dead Dance" is Gaga's 29th top-40 hit.

Gaga is currently out on her Mayhem Ball tour; after shows in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday, she heads to the U.K. and Europe.

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Thanks to country/pop star Kane Brown, we now know that Taylor Swift attended Patrick Mahomes' 30th birthday celebration and, more importantly, what she wore.

The "Thank God" singer posted a photo of himself and his wife posing with Taylor and her fiancé, Travis Kelce, and Mahomes and his wife at 1587 Prime, the new Kansas City steakhouse owned by the two Chiefs stars. "Happy birthday Pat & congrats TT," Kane captioned the photo, referring to Taylor and Travis' engagement. There's also video of Mahomes blowing out his candles.

According to People, Taylor's plaid ensemble cost over $3,700; it included a matching plaid vest and skirt by Simkhai, Gucci pumps and a Chanel necklace. Travis wore a schoolboy-style Thom Browne suit, which featured a blazer and matching shorts — which means Taylor and Travis were showing off an equal amount of leg in the pic.

The photo was taken Sunday after the Chiefs' first home game of the season. Mahomes' actual birthday is Wednesday, which is also the day the restaurant — which features a Taylor-coded cocktail called The Alchemy on the menu — officially opens.

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Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine tour has expanded one last time.

If you didn't get tickets to see Ari in the U.S., she's just added five dates to her previously announced shows in London. London is the only non-North American city on the tour, and she'll now be playing the city's O2 Arena from Aug. 15 through Sept. 1. The new dates are Aug. 24, 27, 28, 31 and Sept. 1.

NME reports that the new dates were added after the presale for the first batch of dates crashed Ticketmaster, with some fans reporting that they saw messages that over 2 million users were in the online queue for tickets. The general sale starts Thursday.

Unfortunately, Ari won't be adding any additional shows. She wrote on her Instagram Story Tuesday, "All of the dates for our mini (not so anymore) tour are now announced. i love you."

Ari's tour will be completed ahead of the release of her movie Focker In-Law, which hits theaters Thanksgiving 2026.

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Sabrina Carpenter and Justin Bieber will be the Queen and King of Coachella 2026.

The two pop superstars will headline the festival, which is set for April 10-12 and April 17-19 in Indio, California. Sabrina is set to play the Friday shows, while Justin will take the stage on the Saturday shows. Karol G will headline the Sunday shows.

Other artists booked for the festival this year include Teddy Swims, KATSEYE, Addison Rae, sombr and Gigi Perez.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. PT, and 2024/2025 attendees can access a presale beginning Thursday at 11 a.m. PT. Registration for a chance at tickets is open now. A press release suggests, "For your best chance at passes, look to Weekend 2."

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Coachella.com. As with previous years, both weekends will stream live on YouTube.

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The soundtrack of the Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters has reached #1 on the Billboard 200, and four songs from the album are in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, including HUNTR/X's "Golden," which has been #1 for five weeks. May Hong, who voices Mira, one of the members of HUNTR/X, says the song is so catchy, it almost seems like magic.

"It fully feels like witchcraft," she laughs to ABC Audio. "I don't understand how something can be this addictive and I'm not sick of it and I can listen to it like 10 times in a row. And I said the other day, I saw like an interview that [I] did where I was like, 'It's too short,' and it like sounds like a criticism -- and it just isn't. Like, I just want to keep listening to it!"

"Golden" is just one of four songs from the soundtrack that are currently in the top 10: The others are "Your Idol" and "Soda Pop" by Saja Boys, and another HUNTR/X song, "How It's Done," which the group sings while kicking demon butt on an airplane and then parachuting into one of their sold-out concerts. May and Arden Cho, who voices HUNTR/X member Rumi, think that's the reason for that song's appeal.

"I feel like everybody has a part of them that's like, 'Ooh, I wanna be fierce and cool,'" Arden tells ABC Audio. "And the movie sort of helps you feel that energy." 

"I think that's why kids love 'How It's Done,'" May notes, while Arden adds, "I mean, everything about that whole scene in the movie is insane!"

"Yeah, like jumping out of the plane," May continues. "I think it's, like, a pump-up song for kids."

Arden adds, "Definitely for adults too!" 

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Dua Lipa continued her tradition of performing songs by local artists when she played Atlanta, Georgia on Sept. 13 and 14.  On the 13th, she covered Outkast's #1 hit "Hey Ya!" and on the 14th, it was TLC's "No Scrubs." You can see footage of Dua performing both those songs on her Instagram feed now.

Speaking of Outkast, tickets are now on sale to see them, along with Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and Bad Company, among others, get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in LA on Nov. 8. If you can't make it to LA, you'll be able to watch the ceremony live on Disney+.

If you didn't get to see Rihanna as Smurfette in the latest Smurfs film, now's your chance to watch it in the comfort of your own home: Smurfs hits Paramount+ on Sept. 16. In the film, Rihanna as Smurfette leads the rest of the village on a mission to rescue Papa Smurf after he's kidnapped by evil wizards.

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