Bhad Bhabie's credibility as a musician has never been higher. The social media presence blow fans away when she dropped the diss song "Ms. Whitman" against Alabama Barker. Not only because the rhymes were solid, but because she teased a remix with Kanye West. Fans were baffled by how Bhad Bhabie managed to get a look from Ye. Well, the rapper hopped on a DDG stream Tuesday and noted that it the verse fans heard was not intended for release.
Bhad Bhabie told DDG that the AI verse was actually not her idea. Rather, she placed the blame on her team. She alleged the plan was to get a real West verse, and AI was simply used to simulate what said verse would sound. "They made an AI version of how it would sound, him on it," she explained. "Then someone on my team went live in the middle of the night and played the AI verse." The rapper felt the need to explain what happened after the backlash from the AI verse. Kanye West even took to IG in an effort to clarify his role (or lack thereof) in the song.
West made it crystal clear, via IG, that he's not involved in either side of the Bhabie and Alabama Barker feud. He also told the fans to ignore any verses that appear online without his approval. "I just talked to Travis Barker," the rapper asserted. "I'm not cool with being put in the middle of all this. Any verse, going viral, using my voice and all that, it's like: I didn't do it." Kanye West did, however, clear the sample for his song "Carnival" on Bhad Bhabie's diss. And the rapper credits West's wife, Bianca Censori, with getting it approved so quickly.
"I reached out to Bianca," Bhad Bhabie explained. "I sent it to her and she was like, 'That's fire.'" The rapper claimed that Censori asked for 24 hours to see what could be done about getting the sample cleared. Then, ten minutes later, she had an answer. "Ten minutes later she texted me like 'cleared it,'" Bhabie recalled. Kanye West previously addressed the confusion surrounding the "Ms. Whitman" diss. He confirmed that he cleared the sample because other artists have given him such a hard time clearing samples in the past.
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Lorde returned to Governor’s Ball for the first time in nine years and gave fans a unique take on her collaboration with Charli XCX, ‘Girl, So Confusing’.
The New Zealand singer made her long awaited comeback to the New York festival on Friday (June 5), where she headlined the opening night.
Speaking to the crowd about stepping back onto the Governor’s Ball stage after almost a decade away, Lorde admitted it was “the most nervous I’ve been for a show in a while”. She then treated fans to a string of beloved tracks including ‘Royals’, ‘What Was That’, and ‘Hammer’.
One of the standout highlights of the evening arrived near the end of her 21 song performance when she performed ‘Girl, So Confusing’, the track she later reworked alongside Charli XCX.
The song first appeared on Charli XCX’s hugely successful 2024 album ‘Brat’ without Lorde’s involvement, though it was inspired by her. In the lyrics, Charli reflected on the complicated feelings between the two artists and revealed she had once felt “super jealous” of the New Zealander’s achievements during her early career.
The pair later teamed up for a remix after Charli shared the song’s meaning with Lorde ahead of the release of ‘Brat’. Following that conversation, Lorde proposed creating a collaborative version together.
At Governor’s Ball, Lorde performed the remix adaptation during the closing section of her set and added her own personal touch to the track.
Charli was not present for the performance, leaving Lorde to deliver the song on her own. The moment stood out even more because the track had only appeared sparingly throughout Lorde’s recent ‘Ultrasound’ tour. More footage from the show can be seen below.
In addition to revisiting fan favourites and reimagining ‘Girl, So Confusing’, Lorde also surprised the audience with a preview of brand new material.
Early in the set, she introduced a portion of an unreleased song from the side of the stage. Standing behind a synthesizer setup, she sang: “Don’t look for me now that I’m gone/ Don’t look for me, I’m gone.”
Lorde’s festival appearances this summer follow her recent ‘Ultrasound’ tour, which was launched in support of her newest album, ‘Virgin’.
Released last June, the record earned a four star review from NME, which stated: “‘Virgin’ is a vibrant combination of Lorde’s best qualities, and then some.”
“With her newfound candour, the record combines the emotional whirlwind of ‘Melodrama’, the chilling minimalism of ‘Pure Heroine’ and the breezy freedom of ‘Solar Power’,” it added. “This might be called ‘Virgin’, but Lorde proves she’s not afraid to strip herself bare.”
While ‘Girl, So Confusing’ was not a regular feature during the ‘Ultrasound’ tour, Lorde did perform it at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles last October, where she surprised fans by bringing Charli XCX on stage.
Since releasing ‘Virgin’ and launching the accompanying tour, Lorde has contributed more than $200,000 from merchandise sales to Minnesota immigrant funds. She has also been announced as a headliner for All Points East 2026 in London, where PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson and additional artists are also set to appear.
