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Stephen Colbert isn’t going quietly off the airwaves. No, the venerated late-night talkshow host is going out with a series of bangs, including a late-night performance by Foo Fighters on Wednesday, and more recently The Strokes.

On Thursday night (May 14), the indie rockers set the tempo to cool for their Late Show premiere of “Falling Out of Love.” On set, Julian Casablancas and his bandmates enjoyed their own, personal stages, each of them lit and outlined with lasers, all of it set against a backdrop of classic stock images of the United States, its small towns, bright lights and natural delights.

With its unusual, heavily Auto-tuned vocals, “Falling Out of Love” is the second cut for the New Yorkers’ forthcoming seventh studio album Reality Awaits, due out on June 26, their first since 2020’s The New Abnormal.

The band will march on with their Reality Awaits 2026 tour, which gets underway June 12 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee and wraps up Sept. 20 at Sea.Hear.Now Festival in New Jersey.

After North America, the global jaunt will visit the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, South America and Japan. While on the road, the band will stop by for multiple nights at Red Rocks, London’s The O2, plus Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, Paris’ Accor Arena, Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome and more. Support acts will include Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, Hamilton Leithauser, Fat White Family, The Garden, Alex Cameron, Geordie Greep, Promiseland and ÖLÜM.

“Falling out of Love” follows “Going Shopping,” the first single from Reality Awaits, which was recorded in Costa Rica with producer Rick Rubin and finished in studios around the world.

Colbert is in his last stretch in charge of The Late Show, which CBS is pulling the plug on due to what the network has described as “a purely financial” decision. The Strokes are among an elite lineup of final guests, including Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, President Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, and a special gathering of late-night hosts: Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver.

The series finale airs May 21 on CBS at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT.

Watch The Strokes’ performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert below.

There’s nothing bigger on the ARIA Chart this week than Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” (via Sony Music), which ascends to the summit some six months after its release.

“Choosin’ Texas” is finally at the top of the leaderboard, rising 3-1 after 19 weeks on the chart. And in doing so, the U.S. singer and songwriter unseats Olivia Dean’s five-times platinum certified “Man I Need” (Universal) after 21 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. “Man I Need” dips 1-2, while Dean’s collaboration with Sam Fender, “Rein Me In,” slips 2-3.

The slow-burning “Choosin’ Texas” becomes the first song by a female country singer to top the ARIA Singles Chart since Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” got there five years ago, in 2021.

Meanwhile, Tame Impala’s “Dracula” (Columbia/Sony) improves 5-4 peak, a career peak position for Kevin Parker’s psychedelic pop outfit. Thanks to a remix featuring Jennie from BLACKPINK, and a viral dance on TikTok, “Dracula” recently entered the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 (at No. 10), and climbed to No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart.

“Dracula” is the only homegrown cut in the ARIA Top 50, published late Friday, May 15. No new releases appear on the frame.

Over on the ARIA Albums Chart, Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide (via Universal) enters a third consecutive week at No. 1, while Olivia Dean’s sophomore set The Art of Loving holds at No. 2.

The top new release belongs to Brisbane indie band The Jungle Giants, with Experiencing Feelings Of Joy (Orchard), their third studio album. Experiencing Feelings Of Joy is new at No. 3, and the follow up to Love Signs, which went to No. 1 in 2021.

It’s one of four new Australian releases to debut in the top 50 on the latest tally. Those new arrivals include Katherine’s Halloran’s independently-released Nobody’s Baby (at No. 26), contemporary jazz singer Simone Waddell’s Unforgettable (at No. 43 via Ambition/MGM), and Brisbane indie rockers Beddy Rays with their EP Sunday Slowdown (at No.  50 via Beddy Rays/ADA).

Several American artists make their presences felt on the chart, including Chris Brown (Brown at No. 16 via RCA/Sony), Josh Groban (Cinematic at No. 24 via Reprise/Warner), Neil Diamond (Wild at Heart at No. 29 via Capitol/Universal), Audrey Hobert (Who’s The Clown at No. 36 via Sony), and Social Distortion (Born To Kill at No. 46 Epitaph/RKT), while quirky New Zealand artist Aldous Harding rides her Train on the Island (Flying Nun/Orchard) album to No. 41.

As Drake’s now-enemy LeBron James once said at his memorable opening press conference when he joined the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010: “Not one, not two, not three….”

But yes, while fans expected one album, Iceman, to arrive on Friday (May 15), Drake pulled a rabbit out of his hat and released three LPs as Habibti and Maid of Honour joined Iceman for a sprawling 43 tracks combined.

Prior to the albums’ arrival, Drake hosted episode 4 of his Iceman livestream on his YouTube channel, which played out more as a visual album for Iceman lasting about 75 minutes Thursday night (May 14).

Shot across Toronto, Drake recruited some friends to make cameos, including comedian Shane Gillis, DJ Akademiks and his son, Adonis.

The stream kicks off with Iceman‘s introspective opener “Make Them Cry,” which finds Drake wasting no time addressing the scars from 2024’s battle with Kendrick Lamar.

“What died back in 2024 was a big piece/ So it’s like this s–t is me, but it isn’t me/ Y’all keep on asking what it did to me/ That’s what it did to me,” he raps as an Iceman truck cruises down the highway.

Later on in the track, Drake also revealed that his father, Dennis Graham, is currently battling cancer. “My dad got cancer right now/ We battling stages/ Trust me when I say there’s things I’d rather be facing,” he admits.

DJ Akademiks enters the picture, hosting a radio show and making all sorts of claims backing up Drake. It’s pretty similar to what you’d hear from him on his own stream, saying Drake takes up all five slots of his top five and so on.

Aligning with the 6 God paid off for Ak, who starred in the livestream and picked up an iced-out OVO owl chain courtesy of Drake.

Moving through Iceman, Shane Gillis makes an appearance as a police officer with Adonis, Drake is shown as a mob boss with his crew in front of a government building, then walking through the snow, as bloodshed is left in his wake.

The First Lady of Toronto Chromazz joins Drizzy as part of the visual album, while Drake also shows off his fleet of exotic cherry red sports cars.

The reunion everyone hoped to see, as Drake and his What a Time to Be Alive running mate, Future, put their issues aside to reconcile. They join forces alongside emerging rapper Molly Santana — or the new Hannah Montana — for “Ran to Atlanta” (a possible nod to Kendrick’s lyrics on “Not Like Us”) and the music video appears on the stream.

“Me and Hendrix back by popular demand,” Drake raps. Military Hummers and strippers using poles surround Drizzy. The clip continues to flicker between neon-blue light and thermal effects and back to normal.

Drake throws a party for his OVO crew as “Burning Bridges” plays, which appears to find him jabbing at A$AP Rocky. “Your baby momma ain’t even post a single, damn, where she at,” he raps, before later adding. “You saw my brother, you was tryna fix it, now you drop your album and you back dissing.”

There’s plenty of smoke to go around on the menacing “Make Them Pay,” which finds Rick Ross and DJ Khaled in his crosshairs, who Drake addresses by name. He also seemingly calls out J. Cole and says “f–k a big three.”

“Dog, I was aiding Ross with streams before Adin Ross had ever streamed,” Drake fires at Rozay, who has had plenty to say about Drake on his book tour this week.

DJ Khaled and Drake also had a falling out dating back to 2024, and Drizzy lands a haymaker, putting Khaled on blast for not speaking up about Palestine.

“And Khaled, you know what I mean/ The beef was fully live, you went halal, and got on your deen/ And your people are still waitin’ for a Free Palestine/ But apparently, everything isn’t black and white and red and green,” he spews.

Previous leaks such as “National Treasures,” sans Pressa and “1 AM in Albany,” which has been renamed to “Make Them Remember,” make the cut on Iceman. 2025’s “What Did I Miss?” also stuck around, and the music video finds Drake on the back of an Iceman 18-wheeler transporting blocks of ice, while he rocks a Chrome Hearts trapper hat.

Neophyte New York rapper Stunna Sandy gets a look in the stream as part of the “Plot Twist” visual, as she rides in a dune buggy and hangs with Drizzy.

A potential bop comes next with “2 Hard 4 Radio,” which would be an ironic title if the track picks up commercial steam and ends up becoming a radio smash. The West Coast-influenced song finds Drake having fun while incorporating Mac Dre bars.

The next scenes head to the top of the CN Tower in the heart of Toronto, a strip club and inside a government building that houses the mayoral office. Drake closes up shop at an ice hockey rink and then flees to the studio. But for his final act, in a possible shot at Kendrick Lamar, Drizzy sets a streaming farm ablaze.

While all of the aforementioned visuals were pre-taped, the livestream becomes current with fireworks lighting up the Toronto sky and Drake watching on in real time. He shocks the OVO faithful with an announcement that two additional albums are on the way, dropping in an hour at midnight. With 43 tracks and three LPs, a Drizzy summer is on the horizon.

Watch episode 4 of the Iceman livestream on Drake’s YouTube account.

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. 

Last week, we featured Charli xcx, MUNA and Kelela.

This week: Gracie Abrams teases her recently-announced fourth album, Daughter From Hell, with its lead single; Drake returns with his anticipated Iceman — plus two more projects titled Maid Of Honour and Habibti; and Tove Lo previews her upcoming sixth album … plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Gracie Abrams, “Hit the Wall”

Gracie Abrams’ now longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner wasn’t playing when he spoke about the singer’s upcoming album in an Instagram caption earlier this week: “You’ll hear us expanding our musical vocabulary and pushing into uncharted waters sonically…it feels elevated in every way.” Lead single “Hit the Wall” is an airy and lyrically loaded track, with lines like, “A room full of doctors and an inkblot/ I’m drawn into headlights, have a blind spot” or, “I live in a pattern of breakdowns/ You’ll bend to my silence, it’s so loud.” The track arrives as the perfect connector for where Abrams has been and where she is heading — and proves that if this is her starting point, Daughter From Hell is surely going to hurt like hell.

Drake, Iceman

After teasing his anticipated Iceman album, Drake more than delivered — also dropping Maid of Honour and Habibti on Friday. In all, the three releases total 43 new tracks and nearly two-and-a-half hours of listening (and push his solo full-length discography into double digits). Needless to say, the artist had a lot to get off his chest since his For All the Dogs release in 2023.

Iceman focus track, “Ran To Atlanta,” features Future and Molly Santana and is one of just two tracks on the project that taps guests. Meanwhile, Maid Of Honour and Habibti are a bit more feature-packed, with artists including Sexxy Red, Central Cee, PARTYNEXTDOOR and others appearing across the tracklists. So, roll your sleeves up and get to listening.

Tove Lo, “I’m Your Girl Right?”

It’s been four years since Tove Lo released an album (her last was 2022’s Dirt Femme) and new single “I’m Your Girl Right?” reminds listeners of what we’ve been missing. The track finds a sweet spot between mid-tempo pop and full-blown dance banger — exactly what Tove Lo has always done best. The track serves as the lead single for her upcoming sixth album, ESTRUS, out Sept. 18. As the artist shared in a statement: “I know you’ve been waiting a long time and I hope it’s worth the wait. It was for me!”

Rostam, “Hardy (feat. Clairo)”

With the release of Rostam’s third solo album, American Stories, he continues to prove that patience pays off (his last album, Changephobia, arrived in 2021) and that he still has that magic touch. Standout track “Hardy” opens unexpectedly with jittery, gorgeous strings that subtly fade into piano chords — only to return again halfway through for an instrumental interlude that also features trumpet to introduce Clairo’s verse. The song then ends with the chorus that’s all about acceptance: “Some things you said to me have stuck in my mind/ And though I’ll never have the chance to say why/ Maybe the greatest art is never completed/ We only have to leave it knowing we tried.”

Jorja Smith, “What’s Done Is Done”

Jorja Smith’s sultry, silky vocals are an expected, welcomed component of all her songs — and while they do their thing on “What’s Done Is Done,” the production comes as a surprise. Loaded with heart-pounding synth and bass, there’s a creeping, electric backbone to the track that perfectly soundtracks the basement club energy Smith channels in its music video.

Madonna and Peggy Gou have just released the first official remix of Madonna’s Confessions II era, with the pop icon and the South Korean superstar DJ teaming up for a bouncy edit of the album’s lead single, “I Feel So Free.”

The edit has an ’80s throwback vibe. Think Stock Aitken Waterman and their production of Dead Or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round,” complete with addictive beats, thunderclaps and a synth bassline. Stream it below.

Confessions II is Madonna’s 15th studio album and a follow-up of her 2005 classic Confessions On a Dancefloor, which won the 2007 Grammy for best dance/electronic album. Stuart Price, the producer of this first album, is back working with Madonna for the reprise.

The original version of “I Feel So Free,” which was released on April 17, appears to be the opening track of Confessions II, as the remix comes just after the May 14 announcement of the Confessions II tracklist. This news was revealed in a guerrilla marketing campaign that saw posters posters go up in several major cities around the world. The track list from these posters appears as such:

Side 1
I Feel So Free
Good for the Soul
One Step Away
Bring Your Love
Danceteria
Read My Lips

Side 2
Everything
Love Without Words
Bizarre
School
Fragile
My Sins Are My Savior