Music News with Halsey and Pharrell Williams

On August 3, Halsey is set to will release a new film called, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. The album by the same title will be out August 27. It’s named for a song she wrote with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and was produced by Atticus Ross.

Pharrell Williams awarded over 30 Black and Latinx business founders at least $15,000 this week. The grand prize winner picked up $1 million. Over 1,700 people applied for grants via Black Ambition, a non-profit that Williams founded.

As promoted earlier this week, Olivia Rodrigo went to Washington D.C. on Wednesday (7-14) to urge young people to get vaccinated. In a speech from the podium in the White House briefing room, Rodrigo delivered a clear message and said, “It’s important to have conversations with friends and family members encouraging all communities to get vaccinated and actually get to a vaccination site.” To find a vaccination site near you, go to vaccines.gov.