{"id":2405191,"date":"2026-05-06T21:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2405191"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:33:21","slug":"music-notes-olivia-rodrigo-kesha-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/music-notes-olivia-rodrigo-kesha-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Music notes: Olivia Rodrigo, Kesha and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Olivia Rodrigo pulled double duty on<em>\u00a0Saturday Night Live<\/em>&#8216;s May 2 episode<em>,<\/em>\u00a0serving as host and musical guest. Her reward was the second-highest overall ratings of the season, as per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/ratings\/olivia-rodrigo-snl-ratings-may-2-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:LateNighter.com;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LateNighter.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \">LateNighter.com<\/a>.\u00a0 The only episode that ranked higher this season was another one hosted by a pop superstar: Ariana Grande&#8217;s Christmas episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kesha says the only time she was ever dumped by a man was over Taylor Swift\u00a0\u2014 sort of. Appearing on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xsowk3G3Rzw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Call Her Daddy;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Call Her Daddy&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Call Her Daddy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast, Kesha <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xsowk3G3Rzw?t=2966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:told host Alex Cooper;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;told host Alex Cooper&quot;}\" class=\"link \">told host Alex Cooper<\/a>, &#8220;The guy I was dating, I kind of like thought he was probably a starf*****, and I was like, &#8216;I&#8217;m just going to test this theory.&#8217; So I went to the Eras [Tour, and] after the tour, there was a little party. And I was just like, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to pop in, take my girlfriend, I&#8217;m not going to take the boyfriend.'&#8221; Kesha says the guy threw a &#8220;tantrum&#8221; and &#8220;came over the next day, dropped the key off and that was it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now that Justin Bieber&#8217;s 2012 single &#8220;Beauty and a Beat&#8221; is a hit all over again, the\u00a0man who co-wrote it would like to nominate some of his other hits to find a second life this year. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/justin-bieber-beauty-and-a-beat-savan-kotecha-interview-1236234455\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Speaking to Billboard;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Speaking to Billboard&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Speaking to <em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Savan Kotecha, who has co-written dozens of hits for other stars, chose \u201cOne Last Time\u201d by Ariana Grande, because &#8220;it&#8217;s really important to me,&#8221; and One Direction&#8217;s \u201cWhat Makes You Beautiful,\u201d &#8220;because it\u2019s about my wife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clay Aiken will debut his new single, &#8220;Rewind,&#8221; on the season finale of <em>American Idol<\/em> on May 11. The song was co-written and produced by noted DJ\/remixer Dave Aud\u00e9, who has worked with everyone from Lady Gaga, U2 and Katy Perry to Rihanna, Britney Spears and Madonna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Rodrigo pulled double duty on\u00a0Saturday Night Live&#8216;s May 2 episode,\u00a0serving as host and musical guest. Her reward was the second-highest overall ratings of the season, as per LateNighter.com.\u00a0 The only episode that ranked higher this season was another one hosted by a pop superstar: Ariana Grande&#8217;s Christmas episode. 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