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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lorde Reveals Next ‘Virgin' Single ‘Man of the Year,' a Song About Embracing Her Gender Identity
After speaking out for the first time about her newfound gender identity leading up to new album Virgin, Lorde has announced that the project's next single will be 'Man of the Year,' a track about embracing her own masculinity. On Monday (May 19), the pop star shared the track's cover art — a close-up photo of her chest covered by a strip of duct tape, the waistline of her jeans poking out from the bottom of the frame — and wrote on Instagram, 'Man Of The Year. An offering from really deep inside me.' More from Billboard Lorde Says She Discussed Gender Identity With Chappell Roan: 'I'm a Woman Except for Days When I'm a Man' Lady Gaga Wins 2025 Sports Emmy for 'Hold My Hand' Pre-Super Bowl Tribute to Disaster Victims A$AP Rocky Teases New Song at Cannes During 'Highest 2 Lowest' Premiere 'The song I'm proudest of on Virgin,' Lorde added. 'Out next week.' 'Man of the Year' will mark the second track fans are getting from Virgin, which arrives June 27. The New Zealand native previously released 'What Was That' in April, debuting at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. In her Rolling Stone cover story from earlier in May, Lorde opened up about writing 'Man of the Year' after stopping her birth control and realizing that her gender felt more fluid than she previously realized. Just before penning the track, she taped her own chest with duct tape — just as it appears on the artwork — in an effort to realize a vision of herself 'that was fully representative of how [her] gender felt in that moment,' she told the publication. 'I felt like stopping taking my birth control, I had cut some sort of cord between myself and this regulated femininity,' she continued. 'It sounds crazy, but I felt that all of a sudden, I was off the map of femininity. And I totally believed that that allowed things to open up.' Lorde would later tease 'Man of the Year' through her 2025 Met Gala look, wearing a strapless, slate strip of fabric adhered to her chest that mirrored what the song's cover art would look like. 'This is my creation,' she told Vogue's Emma Chamberlain on the red carpet at the time. 'It's something of an Easter egg … To me it really represents where I'm at gender-wise. I feel like a man and a woman, kind of vibe.' The rollout cycle for Virgin — which will follow 2021's Solar Power — has marked the 'Royals' singer's first time opening up about her broadening gender identity. Though she still prefers 'she' and 'her' pronouns, she explained to Rolling Stone, '[Chappell Roan] was like, 'So, are you nonbinary now?' … I was like, 'I'm a woman except for the days when I'm a man.'' Lorde has also shared that overcoming her struggles with an eating disorder — another experience that informed Virgin — allowed her to embrace her true identity. 'I had made my body very small, because I thought that that was what you did as a woman and a woman on display,' she recently told Document Journal. 'It had the effect of making me [feel] totally ungrounded. I was very weak. I look back now, and I don't have that same feeling of floating away.' 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
The Age
26-05-2025
- The Age
Despite decent service, this airline's seats are just too small
The seat There's a simple 3-3 layout, with alternating red and grey plastic seats. It's a disgrace that plummeting standards elsewhere make the 29.5-inch (75-centimetre) pitch seem relatively spacious for a short-haul European flight, but the 17-inch (43-centimetre) seat width is largely responsible for most of the discomfort. As a well-practised pie consumer, that's just too small, and the rebellion against ever-shrinking seats can't come soon enough. The seats are fairly hard and don't recline. There's a slot above the unfolding tray table for the emergency procedures card, menu, in-flight shopping magazine and sick bag, plus a separate pull-out metal loop for storing cups or glasses in. Entertainment + tech Jet2's idea of entertainment is playing British pop singer Jess Glynne's 2015 single Hold My Hand over and over again. The airline, bafflingly, has adopted it as some sort of incredibly annoying signature jingle, and we get to hear it three times before take-off. Otherwise, there's no magazine, no Wi-Fi and no powerpoint or USB port for you charge from as you listen to Jess Glynne on your own device. Service British consumer magazine Which? rates Jet2 as the best British airline. This is partly about the generosity on baggage allowance, but a lot to do with customer views on the service. There's a reputation for friendly efficiency, with few problems, which is what I encounter too. The recorded announcements in cloying children's TV presenter voices are a minor irritant, though. Food There's a limited menu of sandwiches available, but at least some of them are a little unusual – such as the onion bhaji mango wrap – and they're all available. That's something when rival airlines (cough, Ryanair and WizzAir) have extensive menus but hardly anything on the actual cart. My £5 ($10.40) cheese and ham toastie is about what you'd expect from a coffee shop chain, but I wish I'd waited for the second round of service, where all the sandwiches were suddenly half price. Loading Sustainability Jet2 environmental efforts include investing in a Sustainable Aviation Fuel plant, going electric with more than half of its ground service equipment and cutting out more than 22 million single use plastics in 2023. It doesn't have a Net Zero pledge.* One more thing Once upon a time, Jet2 saved its unsolicited exposure to Jess Glynne for passengers in the north of England. However, it now operates flights to dozens of European hotspots from Birmingham, Bristol, London Stansted, Glasgow, Belfast and Edinburgh. The price I paid €102 ($178), booking a month ahead, for a flight in January. The verdict By the Mariana Trench-low standards of European budget airlines, Jet2 does well. But it's still a squeeze, and boy does it need to widen its playlist. Our rating out of five ★★★½
Sydney Morning Herald
26-05-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Despite decent service, this airline's seats are just too small
The seat There's a simple 3-3 layout, with alternating red and grey plastic seats. It's a disgrace that plummeting standards elsewhere make the 29.5-inch (75-centimetre) pitch seem relatively spacious for a short-haul European flight, but the 17-inch (43-centimetre) seat width is largely responsible for most of the discomfort. As a well-practised pie consumer, that's just too small, and the rebellion against ever-shrinking seats can't come soon enough. The seats are fairly hard and don't recline. There's a slot above the unfolding tray table for the emergency procedures card, menu, in-flight shopping magazine and sick bag, plus a separate pull-out metal loop for storing cups or glasses in. Entertainment + tech Jet2's idea of entertainment is playing British pop singer Jess Glynne's 2015 single Hold My Hand over and over again. The airline, bafflingly, has adopted it as some sort of incredibly annoying signature jingle, and we get to hear it three times before take-off. Otherwise, there's no magazine, no Wi-Fi and no powerpoint or USB port for you charge from as you listen to Jess Glynne on your own device. Service British consumer magazine Which? rates Jet2 as the best British airline. This is partly about the generosity on baggage allowance, but a lot to do with customer views on the service. There's a reputation for friendly efficiency, with few problems, which is what I encounter too. The recorded announcements in cloying children's TV presenter voices are a minor irritant, though. Food There's a limited menu of sandwiches available, but at least some of them are a little unusual – such as the onion bhaji mango wrap – and they're all available. That's something when rival airlines (cough, Ryanair and WizzAir) have extensive menus but hardly anything on the actual cart. My £5 ($10.40) cheese and ham toastie is about what you'd expect from a coffee shop chain, but I wish I'd waited for the second round of service, where all the sandwiches were suddenly half price. Loading Sustainability Jet2 environmental efforts include investing in a Sustainable Aviation Fuel plant, going electric with more than half of its ground service equipment and cutting out more than 22 million single use plastics in 2023. It doesn't have a Net Zero pledge.* One more thing Once upon a time, Jet2 saved its unsolicited exposure to Jess Glynne for passengers in the north of England. However, it now operates flights to dozens of European hotspots from Birmingham, Bristol, London Stansted, Glasgow, Belfast and Edinburgh. The price I paid €102 ($178), booking a month ahead, for a flight in January. The verdict By the Mariana Trench-low standards of European budget airlines, Jet2 does well. But it's still a squeeze, and boy does it need to widen its playlist. Our rating out of five ★★★½
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marenostrum Fuengirola Makes History as Spain's First Carbon-Certified Festival
Marenostrum Fuengirola, one of the most important live music series in southern Spain, has just become the first of its kind to obtain the Carbon Footprint Certificate for Events, awarded by AENOR (Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación, or the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification) The recognition, which highlights the festival's 2024 efforts, comes right as the Marenostrum celebrates its 10th anniversary with its biggest and most ambitious edition yet — featuring a lineup of over 100 artists — while doubling down on its growing commitment to sustainability. More from Billboard Lady Gaga Wins 2025 Sports Emmy for 'Hold My Hand' Pre-Super Bowl Tribute to Disaster Victims A$AP Rocky Teases New Song at Cannes During 'Highest 2 Lowest' Premiere 50 Cent Posts AI Picture of Himself Wearing 'Free Diddy' Shirt 'Achieving this milestone is a recognition of all the work Marenostrum Fuengirola has been doing since the beginning when it comes to sustainability, environmental responsibility, and supporting the community around the venue,' Daphne Martínez, the festival's head of sustainable development goals, tells Billboard Español. 'For us, it's one of our most important pillars.' Born in 2016 as an initiative by the Fuengirola City Council to boost cultural tourism in the city, Marenostrum Fuengirola has grown year after year to become one of the standout events of the summer music scene in Spain. The concerts take place from late April to mid-September at Castillo Sohail, a 10th-century fortress located by the sea in Fuengirola, Málaga province. Over time, Marenostrum has established itself as a must-stop on the country's concert circuit, attracting big names like Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Bob Dylan, Santana, Rod Stewart, and Bizarrap, along with more than 880,000 attendees. The ambitious 2025 edition spans genres from pop and electronic music to classic rock, flamenco, and reggaetón, with confirmed artists including Maná, Leiva, Ozuna, Chayanne, Lionel Richie, Bonnie Tyler, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and Juan Luis Guerra, among others. Since 2019, Marenostrum eliminated single-use cups and became the first venue in its category to be free of disposable plastics. In its 2024 edition, it became the first music event in Spain to officially measure and offset its carbon footprint — a recognition granted by AENOR after verifying the impact of its emissions throughout the season — and doubled down on its efforts with initiatives like using 100% renewable fuels for its main generators, solar panels to power areas of the venue, and solar-powered mobile charging stations. Additionally, the festival plants its own 'Marenostrum Forest' every year as part of its emissions offset plan, and this year, even the staff wristbands were made from recycled ocean plastic. 'We hope this experience serves as a reference for other venues because environmental responsibility is a shared concern across the entire sector,' Martínez says. 'We need to strengthen responsible practices with certifications like these, not just good intentions, contributing to the preservation of the environments where we carry out our activities.' 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
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
Lady Gaga wins Sports Emmy, now one award away from EGOT
Lady Gaga has added an Emmy to her list of awards, bringing her one step closer to achieving EGOT status. Gaga's win was a Sports Emmy in the category of outstanding music direction for her performance of "Hold My Hand" at the Super Bowl in February. Gaga sang the song, which she originally recorded in 2022 for "Top Gun: Maverick," on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, as a tribute to the 14 people killed there in the New Year's Day car-ramming attack. The performance was introduced by Michael Strahan and Tom Brady, and Gaga sang the song while sitting at a piano in the middle of the street, wearing a big white hat and a white suit with a long, flowing train. She was accompanied by a choir and a band, surrounded by first responders and people wearing "NOLA Strong" shirts. In addition to her new Emmy, Gaga also has an Oscar and 14 Grammys. She needs a Tony Award to earn EGOT status.
