- [Tetris] Holy teasers.
BLACKPINK teased their
Selena Gomez collab,
BTS teased their new single Dynamite,
and Taylor Swift spills
all her Easter eggs.
Hey, it's Tetris and
these are your top stories
for Tuesday, August 18th,
and Jordan in New York
has my girls BLACKPINK.
("How You Like That")
- [Jordan] We've got more teasers
for that upcoming Selena
Gomez x BLACKPINK collab.
On Monday, YG Entertainment
shared a brand new poster
for the as yet untitled single,
tweeting a promo image
featuring a melted popsicle.
And, for her part, Selena
posted this cryptic photo
of a baby pink bus's
license plate on Instagram,
writing 'SELPINK pulling up soon. 8/28'
The new team up follows the release
of BLACKPINK's fellow 2020
single How You Like That,
which peaked at number 33 on
the Billboard Hot 100 in July.
Plus, the new song will
mark the kpop group's
second crossover single of the year
after Lady Gaga's bilingual
Chromatica highlight Sour Candy,
which also hit number 33
on the Hot 100 in June.
("Dynamite")
- It's kpop's world and
we're just living in it.
Right, BTS?
Check out the sunset.
BTS' new song Dynamite is almost here
and Big Hit Entertainment has
the army hyped with teasers.
The English language
single is set to make waves
on August 21st but, for now,
fans can enjoy a new clip
of the song and music video.
("Dynamite")
As you can hear, the song
gives you all the disco vibes
as the boys show off their
dance moves per usual
in the colorful
surroundings and, of course,
don't forget that beautiful sky.
A press release promises
that the Dynamite video
will be released alongside
the song on August 21st.
("Dynamite")
And the queen of the
Easter egg, Taylor Swift,
is filling all the deets.
("Cardigan")
- [Narrator] We all know Taylor Swift
loves to hide Easter
eggs in her music videos.
Well, as part of the
Vevo Foot Notes series,
instead of leaving it up to
Swifties to decode Cardigan,
the singer breaks down all
the deets of the visuals
she wrote and directed.
("Cardigan")
The four and a half minute
clip features pop-up factoids
that illuminate the
inspirations, hidden codes,
and subtle messages Taylor
sprinkled throughout.
Here are our favorites.
That aged photo of a man on
the wall at the beginning
is Taylor's grandfather, Dean.
The hands on the clock
above her magical piano
are set to one and three because, duh,
13 is her favorite number.
And, since Folklore's
release was top secret,
she wore an earpiece during filming
to avoid anyone hearing the song out loud.
Taylor also explains the various
naturalistic scenes in the video,
revealing the forest represents
the evergreen beginning
of a relationship where
everything seems magical
and full of beauty,
while the ocean stands in
for the isolation and fear
involved while a relationship
is breaking down.
- That's gonna do it for today,
running it down for you always,
I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
