Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato perform onstage during the Jonas Brothers: JONAS20 Greetings From Your Hometown tour kick off at Met Life Stadium on August 10, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato are sparking rumors of a return to the Camp Rock franchise!
Lovato made a surprise appearance at the JoBros concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday. And they made fans' dreams come true when the former Disney Channel stars used that as an opportunity to perform some fan favorite tunes from Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.
Camp Rock was a beloved set of DCOMs (that's Disney Channel Original Movie for those not in the know) for 2000s kids about teens who attend a music camp. Lovato played Mitchie, a talented singer who works in the camp kitchen, while the Jonas Brothers played members of the band Connect Three. Notably, Joe Jonas played Lovato's love interest, which ended up as a parallel to their real lives, as the two briefly dated.
Lovato previously admitted to having lost touch with her former Disney co-stars over the years, but rumors have been swirling over the course of 2025 that Camp Rock 3 might finally come to fruition over 15 years after the last installment. There was an uptick over the weekend when it was reported that Lovato had followed Nick Jonas back on Instagram.
Lovato had previously unfollowed Nick in 2018, and it was never entirely clear what had happened between them, although the divide certainly didn't sit well with fans.
Although we're still not writing off the possibility of Camp Rock 3 bringing four of our fave former Disney Channel stars back to camp, the online reunion seems much more likely to have been related to Lovato's big surprise joining the Jonas Brothers on stage to kick off their 20th anniversary tour.
They performed both "This Is Me" and "Wouldn't Change a Thing" from the Camp Rock franchise, sending fans into an absolute frenzy.
"IM NEVER SHUTTING UP ABOUT THIS MY SOUL LEFT MY LITERAL BODY THE JONAS BROTHERS REALLY BROUGHT OUT DEMI LOVATO IN THE YEAR 2025"
"2000s kids just fell to their knees with this performance of “wouldn’t change a thing” by demi lovato and the jonas brothers"
"Me watching every clip of jonas brothers and demi lovato singing camp rock songs in the big year of 2025 from my couch"
"Demi Lovato effortlessly out singing Joe Jonas… some things never change"
Both Joe Jonas and Lovato also posted cute little clips about the performance on their respective Instagrams.
Despite Google's AI search results and unreliable news sources like PopTingz and DCHQ claiming that Camp Rock 3 is currently in development, we're still waiting with bated breath for any solid news updates that confirm this is true.
But the good news is that if Lovato and the Jonas Brothers can put whatever bad blood was between them in the past long enough to do a special performance, we're definitely one step closer to this dream becoming a reality. And the fact that they chose to do Camp Rock songs certainly gives us reason to hope they all know something we don't.
Indie pop trio MUNA is teasing new music with a sweaty video that already has lesbians spiraling.
After nearly three years since their last single was released, the queer pop band dropped short teaser videos on social media that are so hot the comments are full of thirsty sapphics.
To tease upcoming music, MUNA posted three short video clips on Instagram, each featuring a different band member glistening with sweat and stripping down.
One video features guitarist and vocalist Josette Maskin in a white tank top, showing off her impressive biceps and sexy armpits before the camera cuts to clothing being tossed on the ground.
In singer-songwriter Katie Gavin’s clip, she strips off her jacket and then caresses her sweaty body and plays with her hair before we see her clothing hit the floor.
Nonbinary guitarist Naomi McPherson is only wearing a suit in the video for a second before pulling off their jacket, tie, and white button-down. McPherson keeps going and drives all the queer women wild when they sweep their curls off their sweaty forehead while looking into the camera, as their clothes also land in a pile on the floor.
Predictably, the comment section under each video is full of sapphics losing their minds over how hot all of the band members are.
One person commented, “LESBIANS!!!!! LETS GO LESBIANS!!!!!”
Someone else wrote, “Hello I also am gay,” while another person joked “chill my girl is on this app.”
And then there were the thirsty comments like, “MUNA! ARE WE BACK?! I'm heating up at just the thought,” and “why is this video 3 hours long.”
The videos were dropped without an announcement of when a new single or album might be released, only a caption reading, “IT GETS SO HOT,” but it’s likely we’ll get it sometime this year.
Brantley Gilbert, Kid Rock, and Lee Brice are performers in Turning Point's alternative to the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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This Sunday, when millions of people around the world are watching Bad Bunny headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show, a much smaller number will be changing the channel to conservative networks like OAN and social media streams to watch a much less exciting alternative.
When Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner, conservatives immediately threw a fit. They said it was offensive to have the entertainment centerpiece of the biggest sporting event in the United States be performed in Spanish. They labeled the Puerto Rican singer "unpatriotic" for calling out ICE and saying he feared for his fans if he toured in the continental U.S. They said his allyship to the LGBTQ+ community makes him un-American.
The Bad Bunny hate eventually got so big that conservatives made a petition to replace him, and when that didn't work, they made their own show.
Turning Point USA, the right-wing organization co-founded by Charlie Kirk, has announced it will host an "All-American Halftime Show" as counter-programming to the Super Bowl's.
"The All-American Halftime Show is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom," Turning Point spokesman Andrew Kolvet said in a release, per USA Today.
Kid Rock is by far the biggest name on the ticket. The Detroit-based singer and rapper has had hits with songs like "Cowboy," "Picture," and "All Summer Long." His last charting song was 2015's "First Kiss," which peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He is a vocal Trump supporter and has performed at rallies for the president and at his 2025 inauguration.
"We're approaching this show like David and Goliath," Rock said in a statement about the halftime show, according to USA Today. "Competing with the pro football machine and global pop superstar is almost impossible... or is it?"
"He's said he's having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish?" Rock continued, about Bad Bunny. "Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America."
Gilbert is a 41-year-old country singer with five singles having topped the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart. He is perhaps best known for a 2023 incident in which a concert-goer threw a can of Bud Light onto the stage shortly after trans influencer, actor, and writer Dylan Mulvaney made a sponsored post for the beer brand.
"Yeah, fuck that," Gilbert shouted before slamming the beer can on the ground.
More recently, he appeared at the Rock The Country festival alongside other conservative artists, including Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Jelly Roll.
Barrett is a 25-year-old country pop singer who appeared on the reality competition American Idol in 2018. She's had three songs appear on the Billboard Hot 100, including her debut single "I Hope," which peaked at number 3.
Brice is a 46-year-old country singer with eight number-one singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, including "I Drive Your Truck," "I Don't Dance," and "One of Them Girls."
When you look at all the songs that MNEK is credited on and the list of artists he's worked with, it takes a number of hefty scrolls to get all the way to the bottom.
The gay singer-songwriter and producer worked with dozens of artists, ranging from major pop stars like Dua Lipa, Troye Sivan, and Selena Gomez, to girl groups like the wildly successful British acts Little Mix and FLO (whose debut album he worked on, which helped him nab another Grammy nomination), as well as K-pop groups Twice, aespa, and BTS.
So when he answered the phone for an interview with Out as he was being driven to a studio session, I wasn't surprised when he said he was helping Zara Larsson with the deluxe version of her album, Midnight Sun.
MNEK, whose real name is Uzoechi Emenike, has worked with Larsson for years, and the pair had a massive hit in 2015 called "Never Forget You." Ever since then, the two have continued working together and become close friends.
In 2025, a decade later, they struck gold again with the release of "Midnight Sun," showcasing Larsson's stunning vocal chops alongside MNEK and Helena Gao's songwriting and Margo XS's production prowess. Her album received widespread critical acclaim, and the title track was nominated for Best Dance Pop Recording at this year's Grammy Awards. She performed the hit at the non-televised Grammys Premiere Ceremony, as well as the night before at the Academy Proud event at Grammy House.
Ahead, see Out's Grammys week conversation with MNEK — and whether or not he has plans to work with KATSEYE and Adéla, after he was spotted hanging out with them at a recent party.
Out: Tell me about the songwriting process for "Midnight Sun." Was it mainly Zara that wrote the song, and then you came in, or did you play together? MNEK: So the [song] was written in my home studio in London, and it was myself, Zara Margot, and Helena. And Zara had come into the studio, and she just said, "I've wanted to write a song called 'Midnight Sun' for years and I just haven't cracked it." She tried a few times with other producers, but I think that the song itself just never got to where she wanted to hear it. So all four of us kind of just got together and contributed to the songwriting, lyrics, and melody. The song is inspired by her time in Sweden, and she says it herself: "It's like a love letter life." When you're able to put your phone down and embrace the small things nature offers.
We would just go back and forth on certain things, and I would pull out my own references from music that I listened to growing up, and the reference for me was "Ray of Light" by Madonna. We were in the middle of writing the chorus, and when it came down to the last note of the chorus, it was just going to be, "A never-ending midnight sun." But then, I said, "Why don't we try, 'A never-ending midnight suuuuuuUUuuUuuuuUuuUUUUun'?" I just wanted to have that feeling of being never-ending and repetitive, so that became the hook. I think we all knew when we were done, we're like, this feels very special. This doesn't feel like anything she's done before.
Every songwriter is different in the way they create music with others. Some people have songs ready, and others work with the artists to build songs together. What's your preference, and what do you do more often? I love just being able to make, you know what I mean? A lot of the album with Zara was made with her in the room, as she spoke about how she feels and what she wanted to talk about. But then there were also moments where I'd written something, and I'd been like, "Hey, what? How does this make you feel?" And she's like, "Yeah, I love that. I want to tweak this, and I want to say this instead." It can be either, but it's about the end result.
How do you measure success as a songwriter? Is it the commercial success of the song, like chart placement or streams, or is it making a song that you feel resonates with a lot of people? I've been very blessed to be able to experience success in so many facets. I've experienced it in the form of numbers — seeing that millions and billions of people that I will probably never meet in my entire life have heard me sing and or heard something come out of my brain, or something that's produced, like that's really cool. Then there's the success of, Oh, OK, this may not be getting the same streams as this other song, but more people than ever have come up to me and told me they love the song or they love what I'm doing with an artist.
Is there an artist that you feel you've seen grow, and now people are catching on? I think the main one has been the FLO album, which was a project I executive produced and that I had been working with them since 2019 when they were 16 or 17, right up to this album, Access All Areas, which is amazing that's been nominated for [a] Grammy, and it's really a testament to the work that we've put in as far as me spending hours in the studio with them, vocal producing them, helping them finish music that they've worked with so many people on. And then they come to me and say, "How do we make this feel like FLO?" That was my job across that first album, and helping them, like, collect these records and make them all have a very distinctive sound and a very clear through-line. It was really satisfying to see people just really digging it and being really complimentary about it, then also just for them to feel like, OK, we've got a debut album that we can really stand by.
With the work you did on Zara's song and on FLO's album, you secured two more Grammy nominations this year, so congrats on that! How did you celebrate? Thank you! It's really cool, I feel really blessed. FLO and Zara were my main projects over the past couple of years, and I put a lot of myself into them. So it's very cool to be acknowledged by the Academy, a lot of which is made up of my peers and just people that you know have seen the stuff that I've been a part of and found it to be solid quality. That's a nice feeling. It was really nice because I got the message two days before my birthday, so it was a great feeling to bring in 31.
Last question, I do have to ask, please. I saw that you were hanging out with Adéla and Lara [Raj] from KATSEYE. Are you working together on music? I was working on this! [MNEK pull up his shirt to reveal a nipple piercing.] Zara had a party last night and invited a bunch of the girlies, PinkPanthress was here, so were Adéla and Lara. Zara got a piercer over here, and she got her belly button pierced and egged me on to get something pierced, so I did. But Lara is very talented, and I would love to make music with her and Adéla if the opportunity presents itself.
Bad Bunny in promo video for the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.
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Conservatives who lost their minds over Bad Bunny — the biggest male pop star in the world — being chosen to headline the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show are about to find out that this year's broadcast will be much, much gayer than expected.
In the last few weeks, NFL (organizer), Apple Music (Halftime Show sponsor), and NBC (broadcast network) have been adding other singers who will also perform at the 2026 Super Bowl. Given that they aren't headliners, the general public hasn't reacted to these new names as intensely as they did for Bad Bunny headlining the Halftime Show.
Let's just say that conservatives are in for a rude awakening!
Who else is performing at the Super Bowl 2026?
Lesbian country singer Brandi Carlile (our very own Out100 Icon of the Year in 2023) and Green Day (fronted by bisexual vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong) have both joined the Super Bowl LX lineup of performers.
Carlile will perform "America the Beautiful" during the pregame segment of the Super Bowl. It do take nerve, given today's politics, but we couldn't think of a better choice and voice.
Meanwhile, Green Day will open this year's Super Bowl telecast with a "high-energy opening ceremony celebrating Super Bowl's 60th anniversary at Levi's Stadium," as announced by the NFL this past weekend. (Is the band performing "American Idiot"? Probably not, but one can dream!)
Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones, and Green Day announced as performers for the 2026 Super Bowl.NFL
Charlie Puth, who has openly embraced his large gay fandom, will also perform in the pregame segment. Plus, Coco Jones will sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which, if you know the song, will send a big, beautiful message to the anti-DEI bigots.
We can't wait to see how this turns out.
Super Bowl LX is scheduled to air on Sunday February 8, on NBC, Telemundo (for Spanish speakers), Peacock, and NFL+.