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Lorde Says Her Met Gala Look Is an ‘Easter Egg': Here's What It Represents
Lorde attended her first Met Gala in four years Monday (May 5), but she wasn't just there for fun. According to the pop star, she also used the event to tease something coming in the future, revealing that the look she wore on the red carpet is an 'Easter egg' that also happens to express how she's feeling in terms of her gender identity. While speaking to Vogue correspondent Emma Chamberlain on the carpet ahead of the event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Lorde was eager to show off her custom Thom Browne getup. Twirling around in a shiny slate skirt, suit jacket and gravity-defying strip of fabric that covered her chest, the 'Green Light' singer pointed out her favorite parts of the look. More from Billboard Met Gala 2025: Here Are the 20 Best Musician Looks, Ranked Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Doja Cat, Luke Combs and The Strokes Headlining 2025 Austin City Limits Festival Cazzu Makes Billboard Albums Chart Debut with 'Latinaje': 'It Fills Me With Great Satisfaction!' 'This is my creation,' she began. 'It's something of an Easter egg. More will be revealed.' Lorde then told Chamberlain, 'I just love the open back.' 'To me it really represents where I'm at gender-wise,' she added. 'I feel like a man and a woman, kind of vibe.' The event comes less than a week after Lorde announced her fourth studio album, Virgin, meaning fans have both a lot of music to look forward to as well as ample room to start decoding by way of Easter eggs. The New Zealand native has previously teased that the LP will find her exploring her relationship to gender, telling the Document Journal in a recent interview that she composed the project during a period of time in which she started to 'feel [her] gender broadening a little bit.' Lorde last dropped an album in 2021, with Solar Power bowing at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. That year was also the last time she attended a Met Gala, dressing in a sun goddess-esque look for the theme 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.' This year, she and countless other stars on the 2025 guest list dressed for the theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' which focused on 'the role of sartorial style in forming Black identities' and the 'proliferation of the Black dandy.' Watch Lorde's interview with Vogue on the 2025 Met Gala carpet below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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08-05-2025
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Which Musician Had the Best 2025 Met Gala Look? Vote!
After a night of strutting past camera flashes, red-carpet interviews and celebrities mingling inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the 2025 Met Gala has come to a close. But who had your favorite look of the night? As it does every year, this first Monday in May offered up a plethora of looks to admire. Co-chaired by A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton and Colman Domingo, the 2025 gala asked its guests to dress to impress in line with the theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' — which celebrated 'the role of sartorial style in forming Black identities, focusing on the emergence, significance and proliferation of the Black dandy,' according to Vogue — and the stars who showed up did not disappoint. Modeling an array of bold suits, gender-bending gowns and sculpted accessories, everyone from Rihanna to Teyana Taylor, Zendaya, JENNIE of BLACKPINK, Bad Bunny, Doechii and more had show-stopping moments on the blue carpet this year, spotlighting multiple different designers from all parts of the world. More from Billboard Met Gala 2025: Here Are the 20 Best Musician Looks, Ranked 'The Blues Brothers' Return in First-Ever Graphic Novel See Madonna, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx & Lorde Squeeze In for Epic Met Gala Selfie And though Billboard has already picked our favorite Met Gala looks of the year, we still want to know yours. Are you still thinking about J Balvin's baby pink suit, Diana Ross' impossibly long train or André 3000's piano backpack? What about Lauryn Hill's major yellow moment, Shaboozey's turquoise grill and Alicia Keys' matching striped wear with Swizz Beatz? Oh, and can we talk about Ri's baby bump reveal? Tell us which look stood out the most to you by casting your vote in the poll below. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
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08-05-2025
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Diana Ross Brings Showstopping White Train to 2025 Met Gala Red Carpet
Diana Ross brought the 2025 Met Gala red carpet to a halt on Monday night (May 5), wearing an epic jacket with a seemingly endless train that spread almost the entire width of the iconic steps leading into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Ross revealed to Vogue livestream host La La Anthony that she was persuaded to attend Monday night's Met Gala by her son, Evan Ross, after not coming to the event since 2003. She also revealed an Easter egg hiding beneath her train: she had the names of her five children and eight grandchildren stitched into the garment. Diana was joined by Evan for her Vogue interview, and daughter Tracee Ellis Ross was also in the building for the Met Gala. More from Billboard Met Gala 2025: Best Photos From the Red Carpet Beats Headphones Deals: Save 51% Off the Musician-Loved Brand's Bestselling Models A$AP Rocky Says 'It Was Time' to Reveal Rihanna's Pregnancy at 2025 Met Gala Beyond the jacket, the 81-year-old diva also wore a low-cut silver-sequined gown and a wide-brimmed white hat adorned with white feathers that matched the feathers lining her showstopping coat. When Ross last attended the Met Costume Institute Gala in 2003, she was a vision in red, wearing a satin gown with delicate detailing at the neckline and a matching red satin shawl. The 2025 Met Gala theme is 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' which also inspired the Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition of the same name and explores the history of Black dandyism. Ross is a musical legend, scoring 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout her career, including six No. 1s: 'Endless Love' with Lionel Richie (nine weeks at No. 1), 'Upside Down' (four weeks), 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' (three weeks), 'Love Hangover' (two weeks), 'Touch Me in the Morning' and 'Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)' (one week apiece). You can see Ross' dress in action below: Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
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08-05-2025
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Andre 3000 Carries Piano on His Back at 2025 Met Gala & Drops New Piano Album at the Same Time
Leave it to André 3000 to get the Met Gala red carpet buzzing and do some album promo at the same time. On Monday night (May 5), the Outkast legend showed up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute fundraiser with a baby grand piano strapped to his back, and at the same time, he surprise-dropped his latest instrumental album, called 7 piano sketches. More from Billboard Met Gala 2025: Best Photos From the Red Carpet 'The Blues Brothers' Return in First-Ever Graphic Novel See Madonna, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx & Lorde Squeeze In for Epic Met Gala Selfie The album was released at 8 p.m. ET via Epic Records, shortly after André arrived on the carpet wearing his piano look by Burberry, in collaboration with benji bixby and styled by Law Roach. (This marked the debut for benji bixby, which is the latest incarnation of André's late-'00s line Benjamin Bixby.) André's Met Gala look mimics the cover art of the new album. In a press release, André said the original title for the project was ''The Best Worst Rap Album In History' and here is an excerpt from the original liner notes: 'It's jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all. It's the best because it's the free-est emotionally and best I've felt personally. It's the best because it's like a palette cleanser for me.'' 7 piano sketches is the follow-up to another instrumental project from André, the 2023 flute album New Blue Sun, which was nominated for album of the year at the 2025 Grammys, along with two other nods for the work. In November, André will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside bandmate Big Boi as part of Outkast. Listen to the new album and see André's full piano-inspired look below. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
