Pop sensation Harry Types and rock legend Mick Fleetwood have taken their cross-generational friendship to the sweetness trade.
The “Watermelon Sugar” singer, 28, has enlisted the 74-year-old Fleetwood Mac drummer — Types’ musical hero and confidant — as the brand new face of his magnificence and attire model, Pleasing, which Types launched late final 12 months.
“He’s a magical man,” Types just lately informed Vogue. “Mick is somebody who brings me — and numerous others — nice pleasure. I felt there couldn’t be a greater embodiment of Pleasing, or an individual who might so naturally seize the wizardry that we love.”
The marketing campaign for the model’s second micro-collection, Shroom Bloom, launched Monday, with Fleetwood on the entrance of the product launch that features face and nail merchandise and attire that Types says is “an intoxicating escape-evoking curiosity.”
Photographed by Anthony Pham, Fleetwood is portrayed as a psychedelic sorcerer of kinds. The British rocker is captured sporting a lavender, zebra-print suit accompanied by a purple high hat and sporting Pleasing nail polish. He peeks down from behind half-moon spectacles in a single shot, strums a guitar within the subsequent and lazes alongside an illustrated frog in a subject of flowers and mushrooms in one other.
The marketing campaign, which options Pleasing T-shirts and various colourful manicures, was shot at Fleetwood’s dwelling in Maui and his pet pig Tilly additionally makes an look, Vogue mentioned.
Mick Fleetwood is a part of Harry Types’ Pleasing model.
(Anthony Pham / Pleasing)
As for a way the musical mates got here collectively, Fleetwood credit a 2014 One Path live performance on the Rose Bowl that his then-12-year-old twins insisted that he take them to.
“Finally, the ladies realized Dad was really inflicting a little bit of a commotion,” he mentioned of being acknowledged at a meet-and-greet. Types, who had been a lifelong fan, noticed the 6-foot-5 rocker on the present and launched himself. (Types can also be pals with Fleetwood’s bandmate Stevie Nicks, who usually speaks lovingly of the pop star in interviews.)
“Two factions from fully totally different worlds got here collectively,” Fleetwood informed Vogue, including, “We actually linked as a result of it turned out Harry had been introduced up round Fleetwood Mac’s music when he was a toddler. And so forth and off for years we’ve had this passing-in-the-night relationship, which has included him doing Fleetwood Mac songs and doing numerous little and massive issues with Stevie.”
Harry Types poses within the press room on the 63rd Grammy Awards in 2021.
(Jordan Strauss / Invision/Related Press)
With the Pleasing marketing campaign, Fleetwood is selling the model’s imaginative and prescient of genderless type and sweetness, which Types embodied in 2020 when he wore a Gucci robe as the primary man to grace the duvet of Vogue alone. And it’s a gender-norm-flouting motion that Fleetwood and his friends helped pioneer within the late ’60s and ’70s.
“After I take into consideration what occurred in my era, we had a way of freedom, a way of feeling that what had occurred earlier than didn’t have to be repeated. Tens of millions and thousands and thousands of individuals in my world, our era, noticed that, felt that,” Fleetwood mentioned.
“Don’t be judgmental and have enjoyable with it,” he added. “That’s what Pleasing represents.”
The first reviews for Pushpa 2, starring Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil, are already making waves, and they are overwhelmingly positive. Fans are praising Allu Arjun’s powerful return as Pushpa Raj. The buzz is growing as netizens share their early reviews from the film’s preview shows. Directed by Sukumar, Pushpa: The Rule continues Pushpa Raj’s journey as he rises from a laborer to a key figure in the sandalwood smuggling world.
One reviewer shared on social media, “#AlluArjun stole the show completely with his raw and rustic performance in this mass commercial template by Sukumar. #Pushpa2TheRule is highly supported by #FahadhFaasil who deserves applause for his acting. #RashmikaMandanna adds the required flavor. BGM works perfectly in the elevation scenes. Overall, an entertainer for the mass audience. Special mention: Jathara sequence.”
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh called it a “MEGA-BLOCKBUSTER,” rating it 4.5 stars. He praised Allu Arjun’s performance, calling him “beyond fantastic,” and described the film as a “solid” one with “unexpected twists and turns.”
Several videos from the premiere have also gone viral on social media, with fans raving about the intense sequences between Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna.
Pushpa 2 will see Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil reprise their roles as Pushpa Raj, Srivalli, and Bhanwar Singh Shekawat. Allu Arjun won a National Film Award for his performance in the first part of Pushpa, which focused on power struggles in the world of red sandalwood smuggling.
The end of the 21st century is still decades away, but Billboard has already declared its greatest pop star: Beyoncé.
The music magazine on Tuesday revealed that the “Crazy in Love” and “Formation” diva had secured the top spot among 25 generational pop talents, including Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Drake and Lady Gaga. Billboard’s editorial staff selected Queen Bey for her “full 25 years of influence, evolution and impact,” the outlet announced.
“She’s been Beyoncé for 25 years now, and as she continues to challenge herself (and by extension, the rest of the pop world) to find new and different ways to be define [sic] greatness,” wrote Billboard deputy editor Andrew Unterberger, “it doesn’t seem like she’s going to stop being Beyoncé anytime soon.”
As part of its Beyoncé celebration, Billboard published an essay that chronicled the “Single Ladies” singer’s career from her Destiny’s Child days in the late 1990s to her most recent album, “Cowboy Carter.” The career retrospective praised the Houston native’s consistency, her ubiquity across music and other facets of pop culture — including film and fashion — and her “commitment to innovation.”
While the music outlet dedicated thousands of words to Beyoncé’s life and career, the singer’s mom, Tina Knowles, offered a handful in response to her daughter’s latest honor.
“That’s nice. That’s very nice,” Knowles told TMZ during a brief exchange Tuesday evening on the Sunset Strip.
When the reporter asked whether her family gets “used to those titles” and accolades, Knowles simply responded, “Yeah.”
The “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ’Em” singer has not yet publicly addressed her latest honor.
Knowles, Destiny’s Child’s former costume designer and mother to “Cranes in the Sky” artist Solange, isn’t shy about celebrating her superstar kin. On her Instagram, Knowles hypes her daughters’ magazine covers, album sales and even their nonmusic ventures, such as Beyoncé’s Cécred haircare line and her SirDavis whiskey brand.
On Tuesday, Knowles also touted Beyoncé’s upcoming NFL halftime show. The Grammy winner’s performance will stream Christmas Day on Netflix when the Houston Texans host the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium. Knowles told TMZ that “excellence” is what viewers can expect from the holiday gig.
Taylor Swift, who soon will wrap her blockbuster Eras tour after nearly two years, secured the No. 2 spot on Billboard’s list. The historic Grammy winner (she is the only artist to win album of the year four times) “is the most famous woman in the world,” according to Billboard. However, the well-meaning praise inadvertently sparked a twofold backlash last week when her ranking was announced. Before Beyoncé landed the top spot, some of Swift’s legion of fans, known as Swifties, called out Billboard about her second-place ranking and made the case for the “Lavender Haze” singer to be No. 1.
“I like Beyoncé but she’s nowhere near Taylor’s level when it comes to impact and numbers,” a fan tweeted last week. Another Swift devotee on X (formerly Twitter) also cited the “Love Story” pop star’s “commercial success” and “record-breaking sales” as reasons for her to claim the top spot.
Adding salt to the wound, Billboard included a controversial snippet of Kanye West’s “Famous” music video in its montage meant to celebrate Swift. The Billboard clip reportedly featured the music video’s infamous wax figure modeled after a naked Swift, prompting Billboard to issue an apology for including the clip “that falsely depicted her.”
“We have removed the clip from our video and sincerely regret the harm we caused with this error,” the outlet tweeted.
In Tuesday’s Beyoncé reveal, Billboard acknowledged Swift’s accomplishments, lauding her as the “lone artist who really challenged Beyoncé for the top spot” and celebrating her dominance in album sales, streaming and touring. However, she “simply hasn’t been around for long enough to be able to match the expansiveness of [Beyoncé’s] quarter-century of dominance,” the magazine said.
Still, Swift found success with Spotify, which announced Wednesday that the “Shake It Off” diva was its most-streamed artist of the year. Swift also earned the title last year.
“In her Global Top Artist era,” Spotify tweeted Wednesday. “Congratulations Taylor Swift on the over 26+ billion streams in 2024.”
Joining Swift as the audio platform’s top 10 global artists are fellow Billboard 21st century greatest pop star honorees Drake, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny and Kanye West.
“You guys are unbelievable. What an amazing thing to find out going into our last weekend of eras shows,” Swift wrote to fans Wednesday in an Instagram story. “THANK YOU!”
For Beyoncé and Swift, their respective Billboard and Spotify wins can be a boon as they prepare for the 2025 Grammy Awards. In November, Beyoncé earned 11 nominations, the most of the latest crop of Grammy hopefuls. Top nominees also include Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Swift.
Who will win the top Grammy prizes? It’s best to stick around, ‘round, ‘round for when the ceremony is broadcast on CBS and streams live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 2
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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