Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” finally hits No.1 on the Hot 100, it’s her 10th career No. 1 and the first one from her 2019 album ‘Lover.’ Taylor was also seen this weekend supporting and giving good luck to her favorite NFL tight end, Travis Kelce while several other high profile NFL tight ends celebrated this past weekend in honor of National Tight Ends Day. Bad Bunny had a star-studded weekend at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ hosting and doing multiple sketches alongside Mick Jagger and Pedro Pascal before getting introduced by Lady Gaga and Pedro Pascal before his two performances of the night“Un Preview” and “Monaco.” Madonna gives us a health update, Usher serenades Doja Cat and Myke Towers plays This or That backstage at Billboard Latin Music Week 2023.
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00:00 Doja Cat gets the Usher treatment while Madonna gives a health update.
00:03 Taylor Swift climbs the charts.
00:06 And her boo gets celebrated.
00:08 Bad Bunny won over everyone at SNL, including Lady Gaga.
00:12 And we played some games with Mike Towers at Latin Music Week.
00:15 (music)
00:18 Welcome to a new week of Billboard News.
00:20 I'm Tetris Kelly. It's Monday, October 23rd.
00:23 And I don't know if you saw, but Bad Bunny hosted SNL over the weekend
00:27 and got the best intro for his musical performance.
00:30 Bad Bunny gets to live out his best monster dreams
00:33 as Lady Gaga introduces him on Saturday Night Live.
00:37 (cheering)
00:38 (speaking Spanish)
00:42 Bad Bunny!
00:44 Mr. Bunny was introduced by Mother Monster during his stint on SNL.
00:48 And most of his fans know he's a massive fan of Lady Gaga.
00:52 If you look, you can see how happy he was even on stage after the intro.
00:56 (music)
00:59 And here, can somebody give this man a second to catch his breath?
01:03 Thank you to Pedro Pascal. Thank you to Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga.
01:08 (cheering)
01:13 And even during the closing credits, he couldn't help but freak out for a hug.
01:17 We gotta love seeing somebody we're a fan of be a fan.
01:21 Bad Bunny has a lot to celebrate.
01:23 He's number one on the Billboard 200 with his new album.
01:26 As for the Hot 100, one of my faves made it to the top this week.
01:31 This is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated October 28th.
01:36 (music)
01:38 Kicking off the pair of Top 10s for Morgan Wildin is "Thinkin' 'Bout Me."
01:41 (music)
01:45 He follows up with "Last Night" at number nine.
01:47 (music)
01:51 Falling from number one last week is "First Person Shooter."
01:54 (music)
01:59 "Fast Car" is back up to seven.
02:01 (music)
02:07 Zach and Casey are at number six.
02:10 (music)
02:15 Debuting at number five is Bad Bunny's "Monaco."
02:18 (music)
02:24 IDGAF slips to number four.
02:27 (music)
02:33 SZA "Snooze" climbs back to number three.
02:36 (music)
02:42 While Doja is back up to number two.
02:44 (music)
02:49 And gaining her tenth number one and first from her album "Lover" four years after its release
02:55 is Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer."
02:57 (music)
03:00 Yay, that was fun.
03:01 Taylor had a fun weekend as well.
03:03 She went to Kansas City to see her man play and today we celebrate Travis Kelsey.
03:09 (music)
03:11 Boys, get in.
03:12 It's National Tight Ends Day.
03:14 (laughs)
03:15 Travis Kelsey and fellow NFL tight ends celebrated National Tight Ends Day this past Sunday
03:20 with the release of a music video.
03:22 (music)
03:30 It all started back in 2019 after San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle
03:35 made a joke about tight ends having their own holiday.
03:38 Now it's celebrated every fourth Sunday in October.
03:42 The NFL shared the fun music video across its social channels in honor of the holiday
03:47 highlighting the importance of the position in the league writing,
03:50 "Your favorite player's favorite holiday."
03:52 (music)
03:57 And Taylor Swift celebrated the holiday cheering on her favorite tight end Travis Kelsey
04:01 when the Chiefs faced off against the Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium.
04:07 The Chiefs won 31-17.
04:10 As a Swifty, I'm just gonna say it.
04:12 It's all because Taylor was at the game.
04:15 Now it's time to talk about tours.
04:17 A couple of legends had some huge moments on stage over the weekend.
04:21 From a superstar serenade to a major health update, tours are the place to be.
04:27 (music)
04:29 Doja Cat is the latest star to receive a coveted serenade at Usher's Vegas residency.
04:34 And she's saying, "Back there goes my baby, word for word."
04:38 Doja Cat, ladies and gentlemen.
04:40 Meanwhile over the pond, Madonna's celebration tour continues.
04:44 She had to delay the tour after a health scare but gave fans an update over the weekend at her show in Belgium.
04:49 She said, "Less than four months ago I was in a hospital and I was unconscious.
04:54 And people were thinking, predicting that I might not make it."
04:57 And added, "I must tell you I don't feel very well right now.
05:01 But I can't complain because I'm alive.
05:03 Thank God for my children and all of your love and support."
05:07 Before I let you go, we were at Latin Music Week and caught up with Mike Towers and played a little game of This or That.
05:13 I'm Mike Towers and I'm going to play This or That with my people from Billboard.
05:18 (music)
05:23 No, no, no. It's good, brother. I don't like fruit.
05:26 (music)
05:30 Bachata.
05:31 (music)
05:33 El Pastor.
05:34 (music)
05:41 Bell, baseball.
05:43 -Ball. -Football.
05:45 (music)
05:48 I don't like spicy food. I can tolerate it but no spicy food, brother.
05:53 (music)
05:55 Empanadas.
05:56 It can be shrimp or whatever, but it has to be good.
06:00 (music)
06:03 Red.
06:04 (music)
06:06 It depends on the mood, but...
06:08 (music)
06:10 Mariachi.
06:11 (music)
06:13 The mezcal is more in fashion, but tequila doesn't fail.
06:18 The one that's in the moment, because if one is over, we'll give it to the other.
06:22 That's today's show. Come back tomorrow for our interview with David.
06:25 I'm Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
06:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]