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Ariana Grande, fresh off her Bieber collab for COVID-19 relief, linked up with Zane Lowe and the Beats 1 team on Wednesday for a special at-home interview and mix. During the conversation, Grande revealed an upcoming collab she has in the bag with recent Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper Doja Cat and relayed her understandable adoration […]

Young Money Radio gets better and better with each episode. Since launching the Beats 1 program two weeks ago, Lil Wayne has treated the audience to a wide range of guest interviews: hit-maker DJ Khaled, sports legend Deion Sanders, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, and OVO boss Drake are just some of the notable figures who’ve appeared […]

Lil Wayne is back with the second installment of Young Money Radio. The Beats 1 program kicked off with a bang last Friday, as Weezy was joined by big-name guests like Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Deion Sanders, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and more. Wayne also previewed some collaborative tracks with Tory Lanez and Jessie Reyez, and announced the imminent release […]

“Empire State of Mind” is one of the most memorable tracks of JAY-Z‘s illustrious career. Yet during an interview with Ebro Darden for Beats 1 Radio, Alicia Keys reveals that the track almost fell to the cutting room floor.  “For a minute, it wasn’t even going to come together,” she explained at the clip’s 3-minute mark. “He couldn’t […]

Frank Ocean is celebrating the holidays with a Christmas-themed installment of its Beats 1 radio show, Blonded. The episode premiered on Christmas Eve and delivered a wide variety of seasonal classics. Things kicked off with Mariah Carey’s “Miss You Most (At Christmas Time),” followed by tracks like “Christmas in the Ghetto” by TRU, “Snow is Fallin’” by […]

The Weeknd begins his “brain melting psychotic chapter” with “Heartless”—his first solo release since 2018’s My Dear Melancholy EP. The Grammy-winning singer premiered the track Tuesday night during the seventh episode of his Beats 1 radio show Memento Mori. “Heartless” was teased on The Weeknd’s newly reactivated Instagram account on Monday, when he shared a blurry, black-and-white photo of himself captioned: “The […]

The Weeknd returns to Beats 1 radio with another installment of Momento Mori. Episode 7 airs amid growing anticipation for Abel’s fourth studio album. The Toronto-born artist recently returned to Instagram to tease what many believe to be the first taste of his next full-length project: “TONIGHT WE START A NEW BRAIN MELTING PSYCHOTIC CHAPTER! LET’S GO!” […]

Everyday Struggle co-host and Beats 1 personality Nadeska Alexis welcomed Kevin Gates to Apple Music headquarters for the latest round of the Newer York Spelling Bee. Gates, who noted he can speak multiple languages near the top of the interview, was asked to spell a number of words taken from his own lyrics. The segment […]

Two Blonded Radio episodes in one week? We’re not complaining. The program returned Beats 1 radio Saturday, just six days after fans were treated to episode 009. Ocean revived Blonded Radio in mid-October, after an extended hiatus. The singer-songwriter has been notably active over the past several weeks, hosting his new PrEP+ club night event in NYC and […]

After a monthslong hiatus, Nicki Minaj has returned to Apple Music’s Beats 1 for Episode 16 of Queen Radio. The episode looks to be an explosive one, with Minaj tweeting that she “needz tuh get into sum thangzzzzzzzz.” Y’all, should I do #QueenRadio on… FRIDAY or… 👀 cuz chiiiiileeeee I needz tuh get into […]