SAM SMITH DROPS VIDEO FOR ‘TO DIE FOR’: Sam Smith released their new single, “To Die For,” on Friday, along with a haunting, wig-filled video. The video opens with a sample from the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko and is shot from the point of view of a sad, lonely mannequin head that could use a wig from the wig shop Smith recently opened. The mannequin head spends the video looking forlornly out the shop window at happy human customers, desperately wishing to fall in love. Sam’s new album, also called To Die For, is due May 1st and available for pre-order now. If you do, you’ll get downloads of “To Die For,” as well as Sam’s recent singles “How Do You Sleep?,” the Donna Summer cover “I Feel Love,” “Fire on Fire” – which Sam recorded for the latest version of Watership Down – and the smash Normani collaboration, “Dancing with a Stranger.”
MARIAH CAREY CONFIRMS SHE’LL BE HEADLINING UK’S BRIGHTON PRIDE: Mariah Carey confirmed in an Instagram video Friday that she is headlining one of the U.K.’s biggest pride festivals, Brighton Pride, on August 1st. “People keep asking me am I doing Brighton Pride this year,” Mariah says in the clip. “And I guess, like, my answer is, do I have an album called Rainbow? Of course I’m doing Brighton Pride, darlings! I can’t wait to see you there on August 1!” Mariah has reportedly signed a whopping six figure deal for the headline performance after it emerged she was in talks to close a deal last month. Mariah will reportedly perform a 45 minute set. It will be Mariah’s first U.K. show outside of London since her Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour in March 2016.
‘AMERICAN IDOL’ ALUM COLTON DIXON EXPECTING FIRST CHILD: American Idol alum Colton Dixon is expecting his first child with his wife, Annie Dixon, in the fall. The couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in January. Dixon placed seventh in American Idol Season 11 and released his debut studio album, A Messenger, in 2013. He is known for the singles “You Are,” “Love Has Come for Me,” “More of You” and “All That Matters,” and released the new song “Miracles” in January.
