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Mar 28, 2019 | 6:15 AM
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THE CHAINSMOKERS ANNOUNCE NEW SONG COMING FRIDAY: The Chainsmokers’ new video with 5 Seconds of Summer, “Who Do You Love,” is out now, but the duo will be dropping more new music on Friday. Drew Taggart and Alex Pall posed a snippet of a song called “Kills You Slowly” on Instagram, with a release date of March 29th. The duo is evidently planning an entire album release. On Twitter, they posted what looks like a track list for an album with all the song titles crossed out, except for “Who Do You Love.” The artwork seems to suggest that the project will be called World War Joy, the name of their upcoming tour with 5 Seconds of Summer. The full-length release is due sometime this year. The tour begins September 25th.
BTS SHARES ‘MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA’ TRAILER STARRING RM: BTS is giving fans a preview of their new album. The K-pop group released a video Wednesday of RM rapping the intro single “Persona” ahead of the debut of Map of the Soul: Persona. The “Persona” music video shows RM rapping in a classroom with a blackboard featuring notes about Carl Jung’s theory about the human psyche. He is later shown in the same room with graffiti on the walls. Map of the Soul: Persona is a follow-up to Love Yourself: Answer, the third and final installment in the group’s “Love Yourself” album series, and debuts April 12th. BTS will kicks off their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself world tour May 4th in Los Angeles.
ADAM LAMBERT, BOYFRIEND JAVI COSTA POLO GO INSTAGRAM OFFICIAL: Adam Lambert is Instagram official with his new boyfriend. The 37-year-old singer has shared photos with model Javi Costa Polo following dating rumors. Lambert posted a slideshow featuring a photo booth shot of himself with Polo. Another snapshot shows Lambert voguing for the camera as Polo makes a kissy face. “LUV U @javicostapolo,” Lambert wrote, adding a heart emoji. Lambert said while responding to a fan in the comments that he and Polo have been dating for months. “Honey, we have been official for months. IG isn’t the gatekeeper of our truth!” he wrote.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE-PRODUCED GAME SHOW ‘SPIN THE WHEEL’ TO DEBUT ON FOX THIS JUNE: A new game show Justin Timberlake executive-produced called Spin the Wheel debuts this summer on Fox. The show, hosted by Dax Shepard, gives contestants the chance to win huge cash prizes of up to $20 million, and is described as “a suspenseful, high-energy mix of pop culture trivia, strategy and simple whirling luck.” Gameplay features contestants deciding whether to “spin the wheel” one more time, or simply walk away. The show debuts June 20th. No word on if or when Timberlake will appear on the show.
