There isn’t a more fitting song to propose to than Bruno Mars‘ “Marry You,” — and Los Angeles Lakers forward Ziaire Williams took full advantage of the timing.

During Mars’ Oct. 2 concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, Williams got down on one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend, model Paris Timan, while the singer performed his 2010 wedding staple.

As Mars sang “Marry You,” Williams presented Timan with a ring as confetti fell around the couple. Timan was visibly emotional as she said yes, and the newly engaged pair embraced as the crowd erupted. The couple also appeared on the stadium’s massive video screens during the celebration.

SoFi Stadium later shared footage of the proposal on Instagram, writing, “It really was a beautiful night,” followed by a teary-eyed emoji and a ring emoji.

The heartfelt moment came during the second of Mars’ five shows at SoFi Stadium as part of his The Romantic Tour, which supports his fourth solo album, The Romantic. And while the proposal was quite the surprise to Timan, the soundtrack was about as on-the-nose as it gets.

Released in 2010 as part of Mars’ debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, “Marry You” became one of the singer’s most recognizable romantic songs. The track peaked at No. 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2011 and has since become a fixture of wedding playlists and proposal videos.

More than 15 years later, Mars is still experiencing some amazing career moves. He continues to make an appearance on the charts despite being absent for almost a decade: The Romantic debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, which was his first solo release since 2016’s 24K Magic. Its lead single, “I Just Might,” also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mars his 10th leader on the chart and his first No. 1 debut.

Mars has continued adding to that run with “Risk It All,” the opening track from The Romantic, while “Dance With Me” — the album’s closing track and music video that stars Karol G — debuted at No. 42 on the Hot 100.

View the sweet proposal below.

There’s a new reason for music enthusiasts to make a pit stop at their local record store this Black Friday.

Record Store Day has unveiled its 2026 Black Friday lineup, bringing a massive assortment of limited-edition releases to independent record stores on Nov. 27. And while shoppers may be used to hunting for deals on TVs and tech, this year’s slate gives music fans plenty of picks to head to their local record shop instead.

Among the biggest pop names on the list is KATSEYE, which will release The Dance Breaks on 12-inch yellow vinyl. The special edition brings the live dance-break arrangements of “Debut,” “Gnarly” and “Gabriela” from the group’s Beautiful Chaos Tour to vinyl for the first time. The release is also pressed with a KATSEYE logo etching. Both members of KATSEYE who are currently on hiatus from the group — Manon and Sophia — were on the Beautiful Chaos Tour and should be included in the recording.

KATSEYE isn’t the only newer-generation artist getting a limited-edition item. keshi, CORTIS and sombr are also represented on the lineup, as well as Holly Humberstone, who is releasing a 7-inch featuring performances from her BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session. The latter pairs her rendition of “Cruel World” with a cover of Harry Styles’ “Coming Up Roses.”

Joji is also getting in on the fun with a deluxe edition of Piss In The Wind, featuring new tracks and instrumentals. Noah Kahan, meanwhile, has two releases on the list: a 7-inch featuring “Draw You Out,” his contribution to The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping soundtrack, as well as The Last of the Bugs, a 12-inch EP pressed on 180-gram Alpenglow vinyl.

For fans who like their records with a side of nostalgia, there’s also something to dig into. The Rolling Stones’ Aftermath gets a clear-vinyl edition with additional package extras, while George Harrison’s 33 1/3 and self-titled album arrive as new zoetrope editions. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s Night Moves gets a 50th-anniversary pressing through Third Man Records, and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ I Love Rock ‘N Roll receives a special “Shadow Album” edition.

The list also marks vinyl debuts for Barenaked Ladies’ Born on a Pirate Ship and Rock Spectacle, while Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna, 2Pac’s Pac’s Life and New Edition’s Candy Girl are among the other catalog titles getting special pressings.

And if live music is more your speed, the lineup is stacked there, too. Prince, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Marianne Faithfull, Funkadelic and Billy Joel all have live releases included, alongside sets from Brigitte Calls Me Baby, the Old ’97s and Jeff Tweedy. Billy Idol and The B-52s both take listeners back to 1982 with archival performances, while jazz releases include recordings from Stan Getz, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans.

The soundtrack section is also packed. A special Wicked package brings together music from both chapters of the film musical, while KPop Demon Hunters gets a holographic-art variant with additional inclusions.

With more than 150 limited releases making their way to independent record stores, the 2026 RSD Black Friday lineup covers just about every corner of music fandom.

Record Store Day Black Friday takes place Nov. 27. The full list of releases, participating stores and additional details are available through Record Store Day.

Young Thug has dabbled with elements of R&B in the past, but now he’s leaning into his influences for a full-fledged R&B project, which he’s plotting to release before the year’s out.

Thugger sat down with Power actors Kris D. Lofton and Gianni Paolo on Tuesday (Oct. 6) for an episode of the Hollywood duo’s The Crew Has It podcast, which was taped over the weekend in Los Angeles at ComplexCon.

The Atlanta native revealed his plans to drop the untitled R&B album, saying he’s taking inspiration from Mary J. Blige with a sound he hasn’t completely explored.

“This year,” he said. “R&B motherf—er. I’m going R&B, I’m going R&B,” he said. “That bi— real, I’m going Mary J. I’m going real R&B. Most of the songs are sexual though. There’s probably two or three heartbreak songs. Most of ’em are fun times.”

Projects like Beautiful Thugger Girls saw Thug test the waters of R&B, while blending a mix of country and hip-hop. The experimental 2017 mixtape peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and spawned hits such as the multiplatinum “Relationship” (No. 65 Hot 100) featuring Future.

Thug also hinted at releasing some of the collaborations he has with Drake in the stash, including “What a Time to Be a Slime,” which leaked in 2020. “We got a few songs,” he said. “We got sh–. We finna drop. We finna do what we gotta do.”

Drizzy and Thug have proven to be a dynamic combination in the past on tracks like the Billboard Hot 100-topping “Way 2 Sexy,” “Ice Melts” (which reached No. 62 on the Hot 100), “D4L,” “Sacrifices,” “Party on Cleveland” and “Oh U Went.”

Young Thug and his Young Stoner Life labelmates are heading to Europe later in October for a run of shows as part of the New Generation Tour across the pond. In August, Thugger and YSL released their Slime Language 3 compilation album, which debuted at No. 146 on the Billboard 200.

Watch the full interview with Young Thug below. Talk about his upcoming R&B album takes place at the 23-minute mark.

It has been more than three years since Aerosmith last rocked a stage. But on Monday (Oct. 5), singer Steven Tyler teamed up with famed rock photographer Ross Halpin to tease the Boston rock legends’ planned return to the stage.

In a short video, Tyler, 78, climbs a ladder outside the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to affix some letters to its iconic marquee, with Halfin along to help with the spelling. “Y H W,” Halfin says in the video as Tyler shouts, “Gimme the O! Ampersand! Ampersand!”

“Do you even know how to spell Aerosmith?” Halfin wonders. “It’s ‘& Friends’, Ross,” Tyler snaps back. “Aerosmith AND friends.” The tease then ends with a bit of the band’s iconic 1975 Billboard Hot 100 No. 36 breakthrough hit “Sweet Emotion” as the screen fills with the phrase “& … all will be revealed tomorrow.”

“Don’t you miss performing?” Halpin asks. “Of all the things I ever missed, I miss my mind the most,” Tyler responds as the two enjoy smoothies and gaze at the marquee with the dates Oct. 29 and Nov. 1 on it.

Aerosmith were forced to abandon their planned final outing, Peace Out … Farewell Tour, in September 2023 due to Tyler’s fractured larynx, which the singer suffered just three shows into what was booked as their last road hurrah. The tour was first postponed, then subsequently canceled and the band announced a retirement from touring.

Tyler and Perry then went on to record an Aerosmith EP with Yungblud, 2025’s One More Time, and Tyler has made a few singing appearances, including a six-song set at the annual Grammy Awards benefit for his Janie’s Fund and last summer’s massive Back to the Beginning farewell concert by Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath.

In April of this year, Perry 76, told Billboard that he wasn’t quite ready to call time on the band’s live performance days. “The band is still kind of definitely not in touring mode, but there are certainly other options, so we stay in touch,” he said of regular chats with “my brother from another mother” Tyler.

“You just never know,” Perry teased about potential future Aerosmith performances. “It’s just been in the last six months that Steven’s started to get comfortable with singing; he literally had to take a year off before he was able to start stretching his vocal cords, and you’re always worried about reinjuring it. I learned a long time ago that everything we do is fragile… so we just take it day by day. You hope for the best. You just have to have the confidence and have that vision of positive in front of you. You can’t do it unless you envision it.”

The band teased that the full details of the shows will be released on Tuesday morning (Oct. 6).

Justin Timberlake has responded to a viral video roasting his early-2000s beatboxing habit with an apology of sorts: “Too many boots. Too many cats.”

The “Rock Your Body” singer jumped into the comments of an Instagram video from creator Hannah Young, who joked that Timberlake’s tendency to break into beatboxing during his *NSYNC and early solo years somehow went largely unquestioned at the time.

“We don’t talk about Justin Timberlake beatboxing enough,” Young said in the clip. “Because there was a moment in time where that man would be in the middle of a song and just boots and cats and boots and cats.”

She continued, “Nobody questioned it. Nobody said, ‘Justin, you know? We have drums. This is a professional recording studio. There are instruments available to you.’”

“And we liked it,” she added. “That’s what I need us to sit with.”

Timberlake clearly appreciated the joke.

“I often look back on that time as well,” he wrote in the comments. “I still haven’t come up with any answers. I don’t know how to apologize enough for whatever those ambitions were. Too many boots. Too many cats. I hope you can forgive me.”

He then added one important caveat: “Also, I can’t promise I won’t do it again. God help us all.”

The singer famously showcased his skills on *NSYNC’s 2001 track “Pop”, though, beatboxing wasn’t just an onstage party trick. The technique was woven into some of the music that helped establish his solo career after *NSYNC.

He previously recalled on Hot Ones that Timbaland beatboxed the foundation of “Cry Me a River” before the two began building the track in the studio.

“The crazy thing about ‘Cry Me a River’ was he beat-boxed it first,” Timberlake said. “I came into the studio and I was like less than thrilled and I think he saw my mood and he just started, like, [beat-boxing].”

“Four hours later it was, like, written and recorded and then we started working on post-production,” he added.

Released on Timberlake’s 2002 debut solo album, Justified, “Cry Me a River” became one of his early signature hits and helped establish the sound that would carry into his blockbuster follow-up, FutureSex/LoveSounds.

That album celebrated its 20th anniversary in September, with Timberlake reflecting on the era as “life changing.” It produced three Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles — “SexyBack,” “My Love” with T.I. and “What Goes Around…Comes Around.”

Across his solo career, Timberlake has earned 39 Billboard Hot 100 entries, 19 top 10 hits and five No. 1s. His other chart-toppers include Timbaland’s “Give It to Me,” featuring Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, and 2016’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”

Blake Shelton is making sure Gwen Stefani knows just how loved she is on her birthday.

The country star celebrated his wife’s 57th birthday over the weekend, taking to Instagram on Saturday with a collection of photos chronicling some of their sweetest times together.

The carousel of photos included snapshots of the couple playfully posing in a cornfield, embracing each other at a party, and cozied up together with a black-and-white filter.

“The best there is!!!!!!” he wrote. “Everyone wish @gwenstefani a happy birthday!!!! I love you pretty girl!!!”

Stefani’s birthday festivities also included some pretty sentimental gifts, including a sparkly one from her husband. Over the weekend, Stefani shared a look at a necklace gifted to her by Shelton, featuring the number “11” — a meaningful number for the couple, who have been together for 11 years.

The pair’s love story began on the set of The Voice, where Shelton and Stefani first crossed paths as coaches in 2014. They began dating the following year and eventually exchanged vows in July 2021.

The couple have also continued to celebrate their relationship publicly over the years. In July, Shelton commemorated their wedding anniversary by sharing a collection of photos from their nuptials, writing, “5 years and every day is better than the last.” Stefani similarly marked the occasion with wedding footage and a message calling Shelton “my forever.”

View the sweet carousel of the couple below.

Hayley Williams isn’t backing down on her beliefs.

The Paramore frontwoman had a simple message for the Department of Homeland Security after she shouted “F–k ICE” and “Free Palestine” during her recent concert in Chula Vista, California. DHS responded to the singer’s remarks through a statement to Fox News, saying that Americans should be grateful for federal law enforcement officers and suggesting that the singer “thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice.”

Williams shared the department’s statement to her Instagram Story on Monday (Oct. 5), adding her own decidedly less diplomatic response. “And may I suggest all Nazi bi—es suck on my fat di–,” Williams wrote.

The singer’s onstage comments came during a performance of “Ice in My OJ,” a track from her 2025 solo album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Williams has incorporated political commentary into her current live show, including a statement before performing “True Believer” in which she declares that “the greatest threat to American democracy is Christian nationalism.”

As the longtime frontwoman of Paramore, Williams has helped lead the band to major chart success, including a pair of No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200: 2013’s Paramore and 2023’s This Is Why.

Williams’ solo career has also made an impact on the Billboard charts. Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party followed her 2020 solo debut Petals for Armor and 2021’s FLOWERS for VASES / decansos, all of which landed on the Billboard 200 chart.

Meanwhile, Williams has plenty more on the horizon. She is among the artists set to perform at the 2027 edition of Primavera Sound Barcelona, where she will share the bill with Doechii, Phoebe Bridgers, FKA Twigs, Fontaines D.C., Turnstile, Massive Attack, Robyn and more.

Offset is once again finding himself in some trouble at a casino.

This time, he was captured on video arguing with staff at a Paris casino. In a video sent to TMZ, the Atlanta rapper can be seen telling pit bosses that he feels like he’s being treated unfairly and shouldn’t be because of the money that he’s spending. According to ‘Set, casino staff was allowing randoms to take spots at tables the rapper reserved with a “disposable card.”

“You don’t speak English, you’re not listening to me,” he can be heard saying in the clip. “If I play here, and I put the disposable card, nobody should f—ing play my hands, bro. Listen, this is not the little kids… this is high-limit. Nobody touch my sh– … I put the disposable card and he’s letting people play for me in my spot. I’m betting $10,000, I’m winning! I beat y’all out of $200,000… I will f—ing leave, but the problem is, I’m betting high, you need to treat me like how I’m betting. I’m betting more than anybody in this motherf—er. Why the f— are people getting my seats?

He added: “They shouldn’t be playing at my table, bro. I beat y’all a–es tonight, I got $200,000. I’ll just go home. It don’t make no f—ing sense, bro.”

Back in April, Offset was shot outside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, after an alleged altercation with Lil Tjay’s crew.

In better news, he buried the hatchet with childhood friend and fellow Migos member Quavo. Offset was featured on Quavo’s latest solo album QRÖMELIFE and the two have plans for one last Migos album and a tour together.

Caleb Flynn, the former American Idol contestant who was found guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The musical pastor received his sentence in court on Monday (Oct. 5), six days after an Ohio court determined he was guilty on all charges spanning aggravated murder and multiple counts of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Ashley, with whom he shares two young daughters. He was given the maximum possible sentence for his crime.

Additionally, Caleb was sentenced to two mandatory three-year prison terms for gun specifications.

Caleb had pleaded not guilty leading up to the trial and, when given the chance on Monday to share remarks for the first time in the entirety of the court proceedings, reasserted his innocence in the death of Ashley. He did, however, apologize to his former in-laws for being unfaithful to his wife and for the “awful and hurtful” things he said about her in texts to Alleigha Botner, with whom he had an affair for 1.5 years and often talked to about wanting Ashley to die.

The church leader’s correspondence with Botner — who was 21 when she met Caleb and, now 24, delivered hours of testimony during the trial — was key in the prosecutors’ case against him in terms of establishing motive. “If I could literally kill her and not go to hell, I would do it in a heartbeat,” he texted Botner of Ashley in May 2025, according to CNN. “That’s how dark and hateful I feel.”

Texts used as evidence in the trial also showed that on Feb. 15, Caleb told Botner that he was planning to inform Ashley he was leaving her the following day. Instead, the next day marked Ashley’s last, as first responders arrived at the family’s Tipp County home and found her dead via gunshot. At the time, Caleb had called 911 and claimed that an intruder had broken in and killed Ashley.

Caleb visibly shook and shed heavy tears as he stood before the court Monday, dressed in an orange jumpsuit with his hands cuffed. In between his remarks and the judge’s reading of his sentence, Ashley’s friends and family read aloud victim impact statements, including two penned by the Flynns’ daughters, who were not present.

“Dear Daddy, I don’t even know where to start,” began the letter written by Caleb’s daughter Ava, as read to the court by Matt Keyt, who is now raising the girls alongside his wife, Ashley’s sister Kayla. “How could you do such a thing? I looked up to you. I loved you with all of my heart, and then you lied to everyone. Mommy was the perfect person — the absolute perfect person. What did she ever do to make you hate her so much?”

As read by Ashley’s mother, Jill, Alyssa Flynn wrote to her father: “By the way, I don’t plan on coming to see you.”

Caleb competed in the 12th season of American Idol in 2013, making it as far as the televised judges’ auditions but not advancing to the main competition. “I love to sing, so that’s why I auditioned — and my wife kind of nudged me a little bit too,” he said in his “Road to Hollywood” interview at the time. “I love my wife more than anything. She is very, very pretty.”

Watch Flynn’s full sentencing live-streamed by Court TV below.