By Leo Barraclough
06.04.2020 - 21:59 / billboard.com
Much like the rest of us, the producer Ian Kirkpatrick is having trouble concentrating. "As the weeks have been progressing, everything has been weighing on me more and more," he says from his home studio in Los Angeles of the global crisis spurred by the spread of the novel coronavirus. "It's all just terrifying."
It's an especially bizarre time for Kirkpatrick whose career has recently reached an apex. In March, he achieved his second Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single with Dua Lipa in the form
By Leo Barraclough
Lucy Hale wears a mask while on her daily walk with pup Elvis in Los Angeles on Monday (April 13).
Being forced to stay indoors and “socially distanced” very naturally leads us to reassess our personal playlists. Couple that with Easter and Passover, and we’re definitely in the midst of a reflective, thankful and collaborative state of mind. In a nod to the state of the times, Billboard’s Latin editors will be sharing their personal quarantine playlists with readers through April 17. Griselda Flores, senior writer - Latin, shares hers today.
Ben Platt is a quaran-cheer king!
By Marc Malkin
Hot off the heels of her appearance on Fox’s hit show The Masked Singer, Bella Thorne, 22, has been forced to change up her day to day life due to the Coronavirus, but she’s spending it with family and not letting it disrupt anyone’s fitness regimen.
Chris Brown is quarantined at his home in Los Angeles amidst the coronavirus crisis, while his four-month-old son, Aeko Brown, overseas in Germany with mom, Ammika Harris. Even though Chris is missing his little boy, he’s accepted the fact that they’ll have to be apart for now.
Curt Smith is getting in some very important bonding time with his daughter during the quarantine.
Harry Styles has been stuck in LA for 17 days now. The former One Direction singer was in Los Angeles when the Coronavirus crisis hit the US.
A bold new reboot of the classic TV cop show, Global‘s “Hawaii Five-0” debuted in 2010, delivering a tropical dose of action-adventure crime drama each week.
Earl Sweatshirt has hopped on a new remix of “Ion Rap Beef,” a 2018 song from Los Angeles rappers Drakeo the Ruler and 03 Greedo. The original was also recently included on the Free Drakeo compilation. Hear “Ion Rap Beef (Remix)” below.