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Stevie Nicks revealed on Oprah’s Grasp Class that she would maintain a gram of cocaine in her boot within the ’70s. She took a lot cocaine that by 1986, a plastic surgeon instructed Nicks she had a gap in her nostril, and if she took yet one more “hit of cocaine,” it will be her final ever.
And whereas everybody round her within the ’70s thought she appeared stunning, Stevie Nicks disagrees. The drug habit was evident in her eyes that appeared like had been “swimming in water.”
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At Unhealthy Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl LX Halftime Present, he placed on a very unimaginable efficiency. He celebrated and showcased Puerto Rican tradition in numerous methods, from older males enjoying dominoes to background performers sporting pava hats (historically worn by agricultural employees). Then, Girl Gaga stunned everybody with a salsa rendition of her hit “Die with a Smile.” Her outfit was greater than only a plain previous outfit. In response to Harper’s BAZAAR, the flower she wore on her blue gown was a Flor de Maga, which is Puerto Rico’s “signature flower.”
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Olivia Dean, aka the 2026 Grammy winner for Finest New Artist (!!!!!), was named after the legendary Lauryn Hill. Dean’s mother and father blessed her with the center title Lauryn as a result of they’re enormous followers of Hill’s music. “I really feel like I channel it a bit, the facility of Lauryn Hill,” Dean revealed to HELLO! Journal. “I have not seen her reside, although. I type of wish to simply protect the place she exists in time for me. I hearken to [The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill] now on a regular basis.”
However the stunning kicker? Olivia Dean obtained to see Lauryn Hill carry out on the 2026 Grammys when Hill gave a surprising tribute to the late D’Angelo and Roberta Flack. Life, man!!!
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On The Graham Norton Present in 2011, Adele confessed that she peed within the rest room stall subsequent to Jennifer Aniston and made a comPLETE idiot of herself.
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When Olivia Rodrigo shared a photograph for her 2021 live performance movie Bitter Promenade, Courtney Love claimed that she stole the idea from her 1994 album with Gap, Dwell By way of This. Love posted a photograph on Instagram (that is since been deleted) evaluating the 2 photographs, with a caption that learn: “Spot the distinction! #twinning!” Rodrigo responded to Love’s Instagram put up, commenting: “love u and reside by this sooooo a lot.” However Courtney’s remark, nonetheless, nonetheless had just a little little bit of a bitter style…
Courtney Love continued to weirdly dismiss Olivia Rodrigo, and took to Fb to voice extra opinions. She posted: “I’ve knowledgeable her I await her flowers and notice. I positive hope it is lengthy. Does Disney train children studying and writing? God is aware of. Let’s have a look at. Sure that is impolite. Rage inducing? Honey, if I had a greenback for everytime this occurs? I would be actual wealthy!”
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Within the first episode of Stranger Issues 5, which premiered on Netflix on November 26, 2025, the present featured Diana Ross’ iconic 1980 hit “Upside Down.” Naturally, this impressed viewers to hearken to The Boss on Spotify, leading to a BIG spike in streams. “Upside Down” streams elevated by 510%, which…HOLY MOLY!!
You’ll be able to hearken to “Upside Down” right here.
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In Ariana Grande’s music video for “God Is a Lady,” Madonna is the voice of God, reciting a part of Samuel L. Jackson’s well-known speech in Pulp Fiction (which was tailored from the Bible verse Ezekiel 25:17). On The Tonight Present, Grande recalled how the long-lasting collaboration took place: “I texted her as a result of with out Madonna, I would not be capable of make a music like that. She paved the best way for all of us, and has been right here preventing that struggle.”
Ariana Grande continued: “I texted her, ‘Hey, my subsequent single is named ‘God is a Lady,’ I would like to ship it to you and see what you suppose. There’s just a little half within the video that may be excellent for you if you happen to would even think about doing it.'” And are you aware what the Queen of Pop’s response was?! “Oh, yeah! I am going to get into the studio tomorrow. I am in Portugal, so it is a bizarre time proper now, however I am going to leap in. Do you want me to be there within the video or something, be on digital camera?” Grande: “No! You simply want to do that voice-over. I am so grateful that you simply’d even think about it.”
You’ll be able to hearken to “God Is a Lady” right here.
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In the course of the filming of The Final Music, Miley Cyrus handled everybody behind the scenes with the utmost respect. BuzzFeed Group person erinberson, who labored on set, recalled a hilarious encounter she had with Cyrus. “We had been filming in a neighborhood school (staged as a hospital) and through a break, I went into the restroom — it was completely empty apart from Miley, who was sitting up on the wall of sinks together with her make-up artist, simply chatting,” she mentioned. “I actually needed to go, so I sheepishly apologized and mentioned I would be fast, in case I used to be interrupting. As I used to be heading into the stall, Miley mentioned, ‘Would you like me to show the water on for you?! I get SO pee-shy. Right here, I am going to simply flip it on for you.'”
BuzzFeed Group person erinberson continued: “I chuckled and mentioned, ‘It is okay, I lived in a sorority home with 30 different ladies, so that you be taught to recover from it shortly, however thanks!’ As I washed my arms, Miley divulged how she wished somebody had been there to show the water on for her on the Grammys when Mariah Carey was within the stall subsequent to her.”
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Billie Eilish wrote “Bellyache” from the attitude of a serial killer. On the 2018 Forbes Below 30 Summit, Eilish was requested concerning the inspiration behind her hit “Bellyache,” primarily as a result of the lyrics felt very obscure. She mentioned, “I like writing in characters — I like placing myself in a spot that I usually would not be, or a spot that any individual I do know is in. I really feel like you do not have to undergo precisely what you are writing about — it is artwork.”
Billie Eilish continued to enter element concerning the darkish which means behind the music and the way she wrote it together with her brother in her storage: “[‘Bellyache’] is from the attitude of a serial killer, and I do not understand how on the earth that took place. [My brother] was like, ‘My mates aren’t far behind my automobile, are there our bodies?’ And I used to be like, ‘No. It needs to be: At the back of my automobile, lay their our bodies. And we each had been, like, [screaming].”
You’ll be able to hearken to “Bellyache” right here.
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Mariah Carey’s closet in her Tribeca house is not a typical one — not solely does she have a large walk-in, however she additionally has numerous rooms to arrange her luxurious gadgets. One room is for robes and attire, one other room is for footwear, and one room is strictly for lingerie.
One other celeb-centric merchandise she has in her house, you ask? Marilyn Monroe’s CHILDHOOD PIANO. Like…really unimaginable.
And here is what Carey’s closet appeared like in the identical house 21 years in the past on MTV Cribs, for comparability’s sake:
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On Barbra Streisand’s California property, she would not have only one home — she has 4 buildings. Outdoors one of many buildings (a barn the place she information music), there is a tranquil, color-coordinated pond. In her ebook My Ardour for Design, she wrote, “Because the homes are barn crimson [and] trimmed with black and white, the fish [in the pond], after all, need to be black and white — proper?”
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There are a lot of well-known musicians on the market who’ve paid delicate tributes to nice artists who got here earlier than them. Seeing these well-known musicians honor them by no means fails to maneuver me, particularly on the subject of feminine artists. Beyoncé notably honored Tina Turner on the Kennedy Middle in 2005 by rocking the well-known flame gown Turner was identified for sporting within the late ’70s.
The flame gown was designed by Bob Mackie and was additionally worn by notable artists like Cher.
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Judy Garland and Jack Haley, who famously starred as Dorothy and the Tin Man in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, would have a familial connection down the road. Their youngsters, singer Liza Minnelli and Jack Haley Jr., married one another in 1974.
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Prince was a deep admirer of Joni Mitchell rising up, and even claimed her 1975 album, The Hissing of Summer time Lawns, was one in every of his favourite items of music of all time. As a result of he was such an enormous fan, as a youngster, he wrote her letters expressing his admiration for her lyrics and musical model. Mitchell revealed in a 2005 interview with New York Journal that “Prince used to jot down me fan mail with the entire U’s and hearts — that approach that he writes. [My] workplace took it as mail from the lunatic fringe, and simply tossed [his letters!].”
Joni Mitchell remembered recognizing Prince within the viewers at one in every of her live shows within the ’70s, when he was solely 15. “Prince attended one in every of my live shows in Minnesota. I bear in mind seeing him sitting within the entrance row when he was very younger. He should have been about 15. He was in an aisle seat, and he had unusually massive eyes,” she mentioned. “He watched the entire present along with his collar up, wanting facet to facet — you could not miss him. He was just a little Prince-ling.”
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Dionne Warwick hosted an intervention within the ’90s with Snoop Dogg and Tupac about their misogynistic music lyrics. “We had been sort of scared and shook up. We’re highly effective proper now, however she’s been highly effective endlessly,” Snoop Dogg mentioned. “Thirty-some years within the sport, within the massive residence with some huge cash and success.”
Dionne Warwick mentioned to Snoop Dogg and Tupac, “You are going to have households, you are going to have youngsters, you are going to have little women. At some point, that little woman goes to have a look at you and say, ‘Daddy, did you actually say that? Is that basically you?'”
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In 2018, Lauryn Hill was probably the most sampled artist of the 12 months. Cardi B sampled her 1998 hit “Ex-Issue” for her music “Be Cautious,” and Drake sampled the identical music for his hit “Good for What.”
A few month after Drake’s “Good for What” turned a significant hit all due to sampling Lauryn Hill, Hill gave a hat-tip to Drake in one in every of her live shows. She remixed her personal model of “Good for What” on the Apollo Theater (the place she was as soon as booed as a youngster in 1987), and rapped these lyrics: “See, that is ‘Ex-Issue’, he took the pattern. My shit is basic, here is an instance.”
You’ll be able to hearken to “Ex-Issue” right here, “Be Cautious” right here, and “Good for What” right here.
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In Future Kid’s “Bootylicious” music video, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams had Stevie Nicks enjoying guitar at first sequence. This was an homage to Nicks, because the group sampled the rock star’s hit “Fringe of Seventeen.”
You’ll be able to hearken to “Bootylicious” right here.
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Cyndi Lauper’s hit “She Bop” is definitely about masturbation. In a 2014 interview, Lauper mentioned that one of many She’s So Uncommon songwriters known as her up in the course of the night time and requested her to jot down a music about masturbation for the album. She revealed, “Stephen [Broughton Lunt] mentioned, ‘No lady has had this earlier than; you may be the primary.’ And I mentioned, ‘Effectively, I will be good for first — I used to be the primary feminine streaker in my school.'”
Lauper was decided to be the primary feminine artist to deal with this topic in a music, however she struggled to jot down the lyrics. She made Lunt purchase her sexually-explicit magazines like Playgirl and Blueboy at a retailer close to the recording studio for some lyric inspiration.
You’ll be able to hearken to “She Bop” right here.
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In response to Jane Fonda, in the course of the notorious slap scene in Monster-in-Regulation (2005), Jennifer Lopez truly scratched her together with her massive diamond ring. “Jennifer had this huge diamond ring,” Fonda mentioned on The Drew Barrymore Present. “When she slapped me, it reduce open throughout my eyebrow. She’s by no means apologized.”
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Stephanie Beatriz, who performed Mirabel Madrigal within the iconic Disney film Encanto, recorded “Ready on a Miracle” as she went into labor. In a 2022 interview with Selection, Beatriz revealed, “I did not wish to inform anyone at Disney as a result of I did not need anybody to freak out. However I used to be already having some contractions after we had been scheduled to report that day — I used to be like, ‘Effectively, fingers crossed I end the music earlier than [the baby] comes!'” Selection reported that Beatriz’s daughter was born the day after she recorded “Ready on a Miracle,” so it was all a miracle certainly!
You’ll be able to hearken to “Ready on a Miracle” right here.
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Earlier than she tragically died in a airplane crash in 2001, Aaliyah was set to star as Zee in The Matrix: Reloaded. She had shot a number of scenes for the film and even took a deep curiosity in making movies along with making music — she starred in motion pictures like Romeo Should Die (2000) and Queen of the Damned (posthumously launched in 2002). Nona Gaye finally changed Aaliyah in The Matrix: Reloaded and reprised her position as Zee in The Matrix Revolutions in 2003.
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Whereas recording “Partition” within the studio, Beyoncé did not come ready with any lyrics. She fully ad-libbed the music as quickly as she heard the bass line and beat. In Beyoncé’s Self-Titled documentary, she revealed that she went into the recording studio with out a pen and paper and simply began singing into the mic. She mentioned: “I am within the studio and I hear this bass line and this beat. It has snaps, and it has two tracks — it is quite simple. It takes me again to when me and my husband first met and he is attempting to scoop me and he thinks I am the most well liked factor on the earth.”
Beyoncé revealed that it was necessary for her to precise her sexual fantasies in “Partition” due to the advanced emotions ladies expertise after giving beginning for the primary time. She mentioned, “You might have your little one and you can nonetheless have enjoyable and nonetheless be horny and nonetheless have desires and nonetheless reside for your self. I haven’t got any disgrace about being sexual, and I am not embarrassed about it.”
You’ll be able to hearken to “Partition” right here.
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When Christina Aguilera recorded her 2002 hit “Lovely,” the opening line “do not take a look at me” was fully ad-libbed. Linda Perry, the songwriter behind “Lovely,” instructed Rolling Stone in 2019: “[Christina] stood there in my studio with the lyrics in her arms, after which mentioned to this pal she introduced alongside, ‘Do not take a look at me’ in that little whispery voice.”
“I knew I used to be going to maintain that on the report, and I knew she was the fitting individual for the music,” mentioned Perry. “I spotted: ‘Oh, she’s insecure. She’s a kind of stunning individuals who’s obtained every little thing however is tremendous insecure. Okay, this music is hers.'”
You’ll be able to hearken to “Lovely” right here.
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Janis Joplin purchased a burial plot for one in every of her musical heroes, Bessie Smith, a long time after Smith’s loss of life as a result of the legendary blues singer by no means had one (regardless of her groundbreaking affect within the music trade).
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And when Barbra Streisand appeared on The Judy Garland Present in 1963 initially of her profession, Garland gave her sage recommendation. She visited Streisand’s residence in New York Metropolis, saying issues like, “Do not allow them to do to you what they did to me.”
