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Taylor Swift Broke Down How Her And ‘New Favorite Artist’ Ice Spice Linking Up On ‘Karma’ Came To Be

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Taylor Swift‘s Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) is out today. This new version of the album includes “Hits Different,” “Snow On The Beach” with more Lana Del Rey, and a “Karma” remix with Ice Spice.

In a new chat with Spotify, the “Anti-Hero” singer discussed how the unexpected collaboration with the “Munch” rapper happened. She reveals that she had been “listening to Ice Spice constantly” to prepare for The Eras Tour and calls Ice her “new favorite artist.”

She said:

“Collaborating with Ice Spice on ‘Karma’ was one of the most natural things. She reached out through her team just kind of saying, ‘Hey, you know, Ice has been a big fan of Taylor since she was a little kid. We’d love to collaborate if that was ever something that came about.’ And I had been listening to her nonstop like getting ready for my tour I was just listening to Ice Spice constantly. So I immediately got her number and said, ‘Hey, would you want to do your version of ‘Karma’? Do you relate to this? And so she jumped in headfirst and getting to know her has been so special because I’m blown away by her. She is — in my opinion — she is the one to watch. Just watching her work ethic and how thoughtfully she approaches her career — she’s like my new favorite artist and I’m so honored that she’s on the song. So, yeah, what a joy!”

It’s been a big past few days in terms of Ice Spice linking up with legends, as she’s also teaming up with Nicki Minaj for a new version of “Barbie Girl.”

Moneybagg Yo Delayed His New Mixtape For His ‘Little Baby’ Taylor Swift While Belting Out The Lyrics To ‘Lover’

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Matty Healy should be on high alert. His rumored girlfriend, Taylor Swift, has another musical admirer — Moneybagg Yo.

The “Ocean Spray” rapper has delayed his highly anticipated mixtape, Hard To Love, out of respect for his ‘little baby’ and her upcoming deluxe album, Midnights (Til Dawn Edition). Declaring his love for Swift, the musician took to Twitter to upload a video sharing the news.

“I just got the news my little baby Taylor is dropping tonight. I ain’t gonna lie; y’all know how I feel about Taylor, man. So I think I’m gonna push Hard To Love back just a few days. Y’all be patient with me. Let Taylor have this sh*t,” said Moneybagg while blasting her song, “Lover,” in the background.

Fans of the rapper were not happy to hear about the postponement. One user wrote, “Friend, I’m not downloading her stuff either way. Go ahead and drop it.”

Other users took a moment to laugh at the matter.

Opening up about the forthcoming project, Moneybagg told our hip-hop editor, Aaron Williams, “I’m more vulnerable on this project than I’ve ever been because of what I went through in the last two years. I experienced a lot and endured a lot. I went through a lot. So, this album is really personal, but I know the world is going to relate to it because of the stuff I’m saying and the subject matter. I know people going through what I went through across the globe.”

Hard To Love is out 6/2 via CMG Records/Interscope.

Taylor Swift Taps Ice Spice For “Karma (Remix)”

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Ice Spice has been on a winning streak for the past year. That streak continued this week as Taylor Swift announced their collaboration. The pop star took to social media to announce that Ice Spice would be hopping on the remix of Swift’s track “Karma” from 2022. The song is part of Swift’s latest album, Midnights, which she is currently on tour promoting. Both artists went online to share the exciting news. They revealed that the unexpected collab would be released today. In addition to the announcement, Swift uploaded some Interstellar-like cover art featuring Spice and Swift in space.

In the announcement post, Swift praised Ice Spice. She expressed her admiration for the rapper, even referring to herself as a “massive fan.” The pop singer also saw fit to dub Ice as “the one to watch.” Swift may not be part of the rap community, but that’s still very high praise from such a successful artist. The remix is part of Swift’s new deluxe album called Midnights (Til Dawn Edition). Ice Spice gratefully responded. She called Taylor Swift the sweetest person ever and expressed her love for the artist.

Ice Spice Must Have Great Karma

As soon as the clock struck midnight, the deluxe version of the aptly-named album hit streaming services. Of course, many jumped straight to the remix featuring Ice Spice. Given her meteoric rise recently, it’s so surprise that Taylor decided to feature her. In the song, Ice takes over the second verse, rapping about karma’s role in her life.

“Got you waving pretty white flags, fiending for that cash,” Ice Spice raps. “Thinking it’ll save ya, now you switching up your behavior.” As with Taylor’s lyrics, the Bronx rapper speaks about how she is friends with karma. The rapper lists all of the things that karma will do to you if you aren’t careful. What do you think of Ice Spice’s verse on Taylor’s song? Make sure to let us know in the comments below. Stay tuned to HNHH for the latest Ice Spice news.

Quotable Lyrics:

It’s okay, baby, you ain’t gotta worry, karma never gets lazy
So, I keep my head up, my bread up, I won’t let up
Promise you that you never endeavor with nothin’ lesser
I be draggin’ that wagon, karma is a beauty
Winning that pageant

Moneybagg Yo Pushes Back “Hard To Love” Release Date For Taylor Swift

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Moneybagg Yo recently utilized social media to announce the upcoming release of his next project, titled Hard To Love: Heartless Edition. In addition to this exciting news, he generated anticipation among his fans by teasing another album currently in the works, which he plans to release later this year. Now the self-proclaimed “Motion God,” the rapper has been effectively building anticipation through captivating teasers shared online. In a separate Instagram post, Moneybagg Yo openly shared insights into the inspiration behind this mixtape, which serves as a continuation of his Heartless series.

Meanwhile, Ari Fletcher, MoneyBagg Yo’s girlfriend, playfully hinted at the possibility of launching an OnlyFans account but with a condition attached. She expressed that she would only pursue the idea if MoneyBagg’s highly anticipated mixtape attains top-ranking status on the charts. To further encourage fans to support the rapper, Ari Fletcher took to Twitter and disclosed her intentions to create an OnlyFans account once the mixtape reaches the coveted number-one position. She even revealed that she has already prepared her first video for it. However, it looks like fans might have to wait a little longer for the mixtape and for Ari Fletcher’s OnlyFans debut.

Moneybagg Bumps Taylor In His Car During Announcement

Moneybagg Yo just posted a video to Twitter with some not-so-great news for his fans. Apparently, he just found out about the Taylor Swift remix featuring Ice Spice that’s dropping tonight. In the video, the rapper sits in his red sports car blasting Taylor and singing along. Then, he delivers the bad news. “I just got the news my little baby Taylor dropping tonight. I ain’t gonna lie, y’all know how I feel about Taylor, man,” Moneybagg said. “So I think I’m gonna push Hard To Love back just a few days, y’all be patient with me. Let Taylor have this sh*t.”

With that, Moneybagg starts singing alone again and speeds off out of the view of the camera. This isn’t great news for fans of the rapper, but it is a kind show of solidarity for a fellow artist. It might even give Ari Fletcher time to work on a few more videos to have ready for the possibility of Moneybagg hitting number one. What do you think of Moneybagg’s decision to delay the mixtape release? Let us know in the comments below. Also, be sure to stay tuned to HNHH for all ther latest updates on Hard To Love.

Ice Spice’s Good ‘Karma’ Landed Her A Feature On Taylor Swift’s New Remix That’s Dropping Soon

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How can she lose if she’s already chose? Following the release of her “Princess Diana” remix with Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice seems to be collecting A-list collaborators like Infinity Stones. Her latest collab comes in the form of a remix to “Karma,” the latest single from Taylor Swift‘s 10th studio album, Midnights.

Swift herself took to social media today (May 24) to confirm the news. The “Karma” remix will arrive this Friday, along with a special edition of Midnights called Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition).

“I’m a massive fan of this brilliant artist and after getting to know her I can confirm: she is THE ONE to watch,” said Swift in her Instagram post’s caption. “So delighted to say that Karma Featuring the incredible @icespice will be out TOMORROW night at MIDNIGHT ET as a part of the new Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) deluxe album.”

Additionally, Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) will feature a new version of “Snow On The Beach,” with more vocals from Lana Del Rey, as well as the song “Hits Different,” which was previously only available on the Target CD edition of Midnights.

Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) is out 5/26 via Republic. Find more information here.

Nick Cannon Baited The BeyHive By Insisting That Bruno Mars Has More Hits Than Beyoncé

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Nick Cannon’s becoming almost as well-known for his bad music takes as for his many, many kids. While he occasionally has hits — take his Mount Rushmore of female rap, for instance — he’s just as quick to make a crotchety comment about the modern state of rap music that proves his non-stop daddy duties have probably left him out of touch.

His latest thoughts, courtesy of his own Amp Radio show The Daily Cannon on Monday, certainly won’t help in that regard. If anything, he’ll be facing down hordes of angry Swifties and the BeyHive like The Electric Mayhem after negatively comparing both Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Bruno Mars. A bold choice, inciting two of the most hyperactive fan bases at the same time like this.

Debating with his cohorts about which artist he’d rather see on tour, he declared, “No offense, I would rather go to a Bruno Mars show than a Beyoncé or Taylor Swift show.” He then questioned, “Who got more hits?” insisting, “I am a Beyoncé fan. I still believe Bruno Mars actually has more hits records.” Wow, that’s a bold claim. If only there were some publication, established 100 years ago, that could numerically track the performance of artists’ singles… oh yeah, wait:

According to Billboard (via XXL), it ain’t even close. While both have the same number of No. 1 hits (eight), Beyoncé has 21 top tens and 81 total Hot 100 appearances to Bruno Mars’s 32, of which 18 have been top tens.

Bruno Mars is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Gossip Vlogger Keith Urban Inadvertently Shared A Video Of Phoebe Bridgers And Bo Burnham Seemingly Making Out At A Taylor Swift Concert

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This past weekend, The Eras Tour brought Taylor Swift to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a three-night run. Keith Urban and wife Nicole Kidman turned up to yesterday’s (May 14) show, where Urban (who featured on Fearless (Taylor’s Version)) accidentally let a celebrity romance cat out of the bag.

This afternoon, Urban shared a TikTok video of himself and Kidman singing and dancing along to Swift’s performance of “Style,” before panning the camera around to reveal the rest of the audience. People quickly noticed, though, that in the first half of the video, Bo Burnham and Phoebe Bridgers appear to be behind them. Both are pretty easy to identify, even just in the background of a dark, strobe-lit video: Bridgers has her distinctive silvery blonde hair and Burnham stands at about 6’5″ tall. Most notable, though, is in the final seconds before Urban pans the camera around, as it sure looks like Burnham and Bridgers share a kiss.

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The top comments on the post are all about Bridgers and Burnham, including ones like, “Everyone say thank you to Keith Urban,” and, “Keith having the time of his life with Nicole not knowing the chaos he just put out on the internet.”

As People notes, Bridgers and Burnham have been linked since January, when they were spotted at LAX together. So, for some fans, this clip has been a long time coming.

This whole thing has made Urban a trending topic on Twitter today, so check out some reactions below.

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ Is Huge, But Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Run Could Demolish It In Earnings, Data Suggests

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Beyoncé rarely, if ever, comes in second to anyone. Taylor Swift rarely, if ever, comes in second to anyone. Something has to give this summer. Swift launched her The Eras Tour in March, and the North American leg will stretch until August 9. Beyoncé is beginning her Renaissance World Tour overseas this week before hitting North America from July through September.

According to Forbes, Beyoncé is poised to earn more than Swift in tour gross:

“Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter — also known as Queen Bey — could clear nearly $2.2 billion from her Renaissance World Tour — some $600 million more than the $1.6 billion Taylor Swift could earn from Eras. Those eyepopping estimates are based on the most optimistic assumptions of the number of fans buying tickets at their concerts and high average ticket prices of about $700.

They also assume the artists take home a considerable share of merchandise proceeds and pay tour expenses of 20% of revenues — leaving them with the other 80%. Renaissance could gross between $275 million and $2.57 billion from tickets alone by the time it ends in September. Beyoncé’s most optimistic ticket revenue estimate — $2.57 billion — is well above Eras‘ $1.9 billion most optimistic box office.”

There were also parallels drawn between the two tours upon Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour announcement at the start of February.

After Ticketmaster epically botched the presale for Swift’s The Eras Tour last fall — underestimating fan demand by millions and canceling the general sale — the Beyhive was stressed to hear Ticketmaster was also handling Renaissance World Tour ticket sales. The Senate Judiciary Committee even put Ticketmaster on notice.

In terms of Forbes‘ projections, initial demand for Renaissance World Tour tickets would indicate that Beyoncé is in for a record payday. Some fans were relegated to the waitlist during Ticketmaster’s pre-sale raffle, and Megan Thee Stallion had to put in a direct request.

Taylor Swift Announces “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”

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Taylor Swift has officially revealed that she will be releasing a re-recorded version of her third album, Speak Now. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) will be released on July 7. The album, originally released in 2010, includes hit singles like “Mean,” “Ours,” “Sparks Fly,” and “The Story of Us.” Swift has been re-recording her earlier albums following the purchase of her music catalog by Scooter Braun. She released updated versions of her albums Fearless and Red in 2021, and submitted Red (Taylor’s Version) for consideration in multiple categories at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

The pop star announced the new release on stage at the Nashville stop of her Eras tour. Taylor has been in the headlines recently following her high profile breakup. She and her ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, had been together for six years. Taylor, however, seems to be getting back on the horse already. Rumors have already begun to spread that she is seeing Matt Healy, lead singer of the band The 1975. Whether or not this is true is unclear.

Taylor Is Single After 6 Years

Taylor Swift performs onstage during night one of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour.
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The reason for Taylor Swift’s sudden split from Joe Alwyn is still not clear. As always, Taylor has remained tight-lipped about the subject. She has never been one to speak about her relationships much in public. She prefers to save it for her music. However, a source did give Entertainment Tonight a little bit of insight into the situation. They clarified that the breakup was not dramatic. Instead, the two simply decided it was time to end things. “The relationship had just run its course,” the source said. “It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been spotted at any shows.”

Taylor Swift generally doesn’t speak much about her relationships until after they are over. However, she and Alwyn were together for six years. So, in an uncharacteristic move, she spoke openly about how he had inspired her song “Lavender Haze.” About the track, Taylor said: “I happened on the phrase ‘lavender haze’ when I was watching Mad Men, and I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool, and it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love.”

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Ice Spice & Taylor Swift Collab Dropping Soon, EZMNY Records President Claims

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Ice Spice has been in the spotlight for less than a year now, but already she’s been a part of some seriously impressive collaborations. She and fellow New Yorker Lil Tjay showed out on “Gangsta Boo” from her debut EP (even if their music video shoot was derailed by an unexpected arrest) and English songstress Pinkpantheress brought her onto “Boy’s a liar Pt. 2,” which quickly became a success on TikTok and other platforms. More recently, the 23-year-old crossed her dream feature off of her bucket list thanks to Nicki Minaj’s appearance on the “Princess Diana (Remix).” Seeing as it’s hard to top the Queen of Rap, the Spice Cabinet has been wondering who she’ll work with next.

If the latest gossip from EZMNY Records President Shawn Barron is true, then the answer may surprise you. During a recent appearance on the One More Time Podcast, the industry executive revealed that the bodacious redhead is apparently working on a song with country-turned-pop star, Taylor Swift. Rumour has it that Spice could make an appearance on the blonde singer’s next release, which would follow her highly successful surprise Midnights album from late 2022. Of course, nothing has been confirmed just yet, though the two stars did share a sweet moment on stage at the iHeartRadioAwards in March.

Are Taylor Swift and Ice Spice Working Together?

PinkPantheress and Ice Spice present the Song of the Year award for “Anti-Hero” to Taylor Swift onstage during the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 27, 2023. Broadcasted live on FOX. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

At the time, Spice and her foreign collaborator presented the “Fifteen” hitmaker with the Song of the Year award for “Anti-Hero.” As XXL notes, Isis Gaston also spoke with Nylon about her favourite breakup song, which is Swift’s 2012 classic, “We Are Never Getting Back Together.” Taylor doesn’t have a ton of joint songs in her discography, and she typically works with other pop artists, so it’ll certainly be interesting to hear how she and the “Bikini Bottom” hitmaker bring their wildly different sounds together on one single.

Elsewhere in the news, the east coast rap diva dropped a hint over the weekend that we may see her at this evening’s Met Gala. Rihanna has also confirmed that she’ll be attending, setting up a seriously stacked guest list ahead of the big red carpet reveal. Tap into Barron’s full interview on the One More Time podcast below, and let us know if you’d stream a Taylor Swift x Ice Spice joint track in the comments.

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