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Teyana Taylor's "corset hair dress" has the internet fully divided. She showed up to Billboard Women in Music in a dress made of actual hair — with a fringed skirt and corset silhouette — and people either think it's genius or physically recoiled. The close-up photos are... a lot. Love her commitment to chaos though.

Barry Keoghan opened up about those cheating rumors and the internet rallied behind him. After he addressed the untrue claims about him and Sabrina Carpenter, fans started calling out the classist way he's been treated in the press. People are pointing out he's one of the few non-nepo babies with actual range and the vitriol he gets is wild. Protect this man.

BuzzFeed wants you to pick the most iconic band per decade and honestly it might start wars. Fleetwood Mac for the '70s feels correct but try telling that to Led Zeppelin fans. Good luck to everyone's group chats today.

Music

Lizzo just dropped "Bitch" and yes, that is the album title too. She said she's reclaiming the word and honestly who better? The title track is out now and it's giving unapologetic Lizzo at full volume. The comeback era is HERE.

Zara Larsson is giving us a Midnight Sun remix album called Girls Trip. Fresh off her Billboard Women in Music breakthrough win, she previewed it at an intimate listening party and summer just got extended indefinitely. This woman does not miss.

Madonna AND Sabrina Carpenter on the same New Music Friday?! Plus Kacey Musgraves and Zara — it's genuinely one of the most stacked release days in a minute. Your Fridays are booked.

KATSEYE announced a one-off show in Melbourne and the two-time Grammy-nominated girl group is about to make Australia lose its mind on May 8th. One show only. Chaos will ensue.

Thalía brought a full mariachi to accept her Icon Award at Women in Music and it was the most colorful, joyful moment of the night. Mexican pride on full display. We don't deserve her.

Country music lost an outlaw — David Allan Coe has died at 86. A cult figure from the '70s outlaw movement, his legacy is complicated but undeniable. Rest easy.

Movies & TV

Under Paris 2 is officially filming and the sharks are BACK. Netflix's surprise French shark hit is getting a sequel shooting in the south of France right now. The first one was absurd fun so honestly, more sharks in the Seine please.

Director Bi Gan says his next film is a direct response to AI. The Resurrection filmmaker says he wants to "focus on human existence itself" from a "more minor perspective" — which is the most arthouse director sentence ever uttered, and we respect it.

The Paramount-Warner Bros. mega-merger is getting sued by its own subscribers. Paramount+ users filed an antitrust suit trying to block the $110 billion deal. Streaming wars just got litigious.

Celebrity Tea

Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt are reportedly having "issues" just months after their daughter was born. They've only been linked for about a year and things are apparently already rocky. The Pete Davidson relationship cycle remains undefeated.

Charli D'Amelio turned 22 today! The TikTok queen is celebrating with birthday hot shots and honestly, the fact that she's been famous since she was like 15 and is only NOW 22 is making me feel ancient.

TikTok & Internet

The Clavicular lawsuit is genuinely disturbing. The "looksmaxxing" streamer is being sued for allegedly injecting an underage influencer with an unapproved drug, plus accusations of battery, fraud, and worse. This is the dark underbelly of internet beauty culture and it's not funny at all. Yikes doesn't even cover it.

Noah Kahan fans are fighting over his best song thanks to a BuzzFeed poll that's basically a Sophie's Choice situation for folk-pop girlies. The Great Divide stans are loud and they are correct.