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It wouldn’t be an Ava Max release without a pre-release leak. On Tuesday, fans of Max circulated an unreleased snippet from her album Don’t Click Play‘s title track, in which she directly addresses the hate and comparisons to Lady Gaga that she’s faced throughout her career. A source confirmed to Rolling Stone that the snippet is real.

“She samples, singing Gaga imitations. Can’t kings and queens look good with poker faces?” she sings on the track, referencing her own hit “Kings and Queens,” and the Gaga favorite.

Apple TV+ is ready to serve a new bold series, Kpopped, on August 29, 2025. One can expect groundbreaking collaborations like Itsy with the Spice Girls, Stayc with TLC, and Megan Thee Stallion with Billy for this amazing new reality show.

This eight-episode competition is where Psy and Megan are about to bring major music icons from the West, along with K-pop groups, for remixed, electrifying performances. Each act will reinterpret a former hit song through the signature K-pop style choreography. The show promises a unique blend of genres, cultures, and infectious energy.

Lineup Reveal for Kpopped: All the Kpop and Western Groups Competing

The episode-by-episode list of contestants for K-pop is packed with modern and legendary idols. In the very first episode, you will see Megan Thee Stallion with Billy performing hits like “Lady Marmalade” and “Savage“. Episode two will witness Spice Girls Mel B and Emma Bunton paired with Itzy,...

Today, Apple TV+ debuted the trailer for the highly anticipated eight-part song battle series Kpopped, starring Psy, the international chart-topper who helped bring K-pop to the world with his global sensation “Gangnam Style,” and three-time Grammy Award-winning superstar and executive producer Megan Thee Stallion.

From executive producers Lionel Richie and Miky Lee, the show brings together some of the biggest names in Western music and top K-pop idols for unexpected, high-energy reinterpretations of iconic hits. All episodes of Kpopped are set to debut globally on Friday, August 29, on Apple TV+.

Hosted by actor and comedian Soojeong Son, each episode finds Western chart-toppers teaming up with celebrated K-pop groups to reimagine one of their biggest songs, culminating in bold, collaborative stage performances.

With just a short window to rehearse, these genre-bending partners deliver electrifying renditions for a live audience in Seoul, who vote for the standout “K-popped” performance of the night.

Melvil Poupaud and Marion Cotillard in Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister (Frère Et Sœur) screening in Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Photo: Shanna Besson/Why Not Productions

In the first instalment with Melvil Poupaud (who is being honoured at the French Institute in New York next month) we discuss the dark side of Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister (Frère Et Sœur), Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale and Kings And Queens, Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, a touch of François Ozon’s By The Grace Of God, James Joyce’s The Dead, Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale, and Woody Allen’s Coup De Chance with Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider and Valérie Lemercier.

Melvil Poupaud with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I always understood that the most gratifying thing when you’re an actor is when a great director such as Eric Rohmer...