Get ready for the biggest night in music | Pop Recap #27

Happy Sunday!!! It’s been a packed week in pop culture—from new tour announcements and album drops to the buzz around the Grammys and the upcoming Super Bowl. Let’s get into it!

🗞️ Making Headlines

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards are taking place tonight! Tune in to see performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, Shakira, Benson Boone, Billie Eilish, Shaboozey, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Doechii, RAYE, Sabrina Carpenter, Shakira, Teddy Swims and many more. Plus! Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Gloria Estefan, Olivia Rodrigo, Queen Latifah, SZA, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, Victoria Monét, and Will Smith have been announced as presenters.

Check out my official predictions on social media, and let me know who you think will take home a trophy tonight! It all goes down at 8PM EST on CBS and Paramount+.

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl! The two teams will face off next Sunday in a rematch, after the Chiefs defeated the Eagles in the 2023 championship. Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the halftime show, with special guest SZA.

Beyoncé has revealed she will be going on a tour for her Cowboy Carter album! Details are to be announced, but the star shared a teaser on social media to get fans ready for what’s to come.

Lady Gaga has announced her next album, Mayhem, is set to release on March 7. The project will include fourteen tracks, including the previously released “Die With a Smile” featuring Bruno Mars, and “Disease.” A third single is set to debut tonight, during a Grammys commercial break.

Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary is around the corner, and a special homecoming concert has been announced! Arcade Fire, Chris Martin, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, Brandi Carlile, Post Malone, Jack White, David Byrne, Jelly Roll and The Roots are among the many taking the stage at Radio City Music Hall on February 14.

Pop Fact of the Week: Coldplay currently holds the record for the largest-ever stadium shows of the 21st century! The band played to a crowd of 111,989 at Narendra Modi Stadium in India last weekend, breaking the record previously held by George Strait, who played a 110,905 capacity show at Kyle Field at Texas A&M.

In this edition...

• 🎥 On Screen

• 🎭 On Stage

• 🎵 In Music

• 💗 Pick of the Week

🎥 On Screen

• John Mulaney’s Netflix talk show, Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney, will officially premiere on March 12, running for twelve weeks.

• Matthew Lillard is set to return as Stuart ‘Stu’ Macher in Scream 7.

• The Jonas Brothers are headed back to Disney for a new Christmas comedy film, set to premiere on Disney+ this winter.

🎭 On Stage

• As the entire original Broadway cast of Hadestown prepares to lead the show’s West End production in London, the show has announced it will be getting an official pro-shot. Performances will be taped between February 28 and March 1.

• Dolly Parton has announced the musical based on her life will have its pre-Broadway run in Nashville, TN this July!

• Milo Manheim and Elizabeth Gillies will be stepping into the roles of Seymour and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway beginning on February 25.

• The cast for Free Shakespeare in the Park’s production of Twelfth Night has been announced. Bill Camp, Khris Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong’o, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Moses Sumney will perform at The Delacorte Theater beginning August 7. Tickets are completely free!

🎵 In Music

• Katy Perry has announced her first North American tour in seven years, The Lifetimes Tour! Perry will play 24 cities, starting with Houston, TX on May 7.

• The Weeknd has released Hurry Up Tomorrow, the final installment to the album trilogy that began with After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022). The project is considered to be the end of the Weeknd persona. The Weeknd also announced the After Hours Til Dawn Tour with Playboi Carti, in promotion of all three albums. The tour begins in Phoenix, AZ on May 9.

• GloRilla has announced her Glorious Tour, kicking off in Oklahoma City, OK on March 5.

• Daniel Seavey has announced his debut solo album, Second Wind, will release on March 7. He also announced a tour of the same name, set to kick off in Dallas, TX on March 18.

• Hozier has added new North American dates to his 2025 Unreal Unearth Tour, beginning in Camden, NJ on June 10.

💗 Pick of the Week

One of Them Days is a wild and hilarious buddy comedy film starring Keke Palmer and SZA, with Lil Rel Howery, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Katt Williams, Janelle James and Maude Apatow rounding out the cast.

Palmer and SZA play Dreux and Alyssa, two best friends who have one day to find $1500 for their rent, or else they get evicted. What starts as a simple plan quickly spirals into a series of chaotic antics, pushing their friendship to the limit. While the film delivers plenty of hilarious, over-the-top moments, it also has heart, with both characters going on a journey of self-discovery. The movie is reminiscent of other buddy comedies like First Sunday or Lottery Ticket, but its refreshing to see a film in the genre with two Black women as the leads. Palmer always shines as an animated and comedic actress, but I was really impressed by SZA, who was a natural in her feature film debut. With lots of laughs and undeniable chemistry between the two leads, One of Them Days keeps you entertained from start to finish, leaving you wanting more.

One of Them Days is now streaming in theaters.

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xx Kat