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Gil Kaufman

  • Senior Contributing Writer and Editor, Billboard
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Sam Smith already working on the electro follow-up to 'Hazel Eyes'

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By Gil Kaufman
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With just a week to go before the Aug. 21 release of Sam Smith ‘s fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes , the singer told The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast this week that they've already begun work on LP6, and it sounds like a rager. Unlike Hazel Eyes , which Smith said was recorded using live performers singing and playing instruments in the studio, the unnamed follow-up came about because Smith was just "inspired" to go in a different, equally alluring direction.
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Kelly Osbourne Bashes ‘Spectacularly Classless’ Dee Snider For ‘Diminishing’ Ozzy’s Lyrical Contributions to Solo, Sabbath Albums

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By Gil Kaufman
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Trending on Billboard A wicked war of words has erupted between Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider and Kelly Osbourne, daughter of late heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne. The rift opened up on Wednesday (Aug. 12) after Snider made some controversial comments about Ozzy’s alleged songwriting contributions to his solo songs and those of Black Sabbath, suggesting that the late Prince of Darkness was not as involved in the process as credits would seem to suggest.
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Weezer Guitarist Brian Bell Confirms Band’s 2027 Movie Is ‘In the Can’ Original

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By Gil Kaufman
| Billboard Verified
Weezer Guitarist Brian Bell Confirms Band’s 2027 Movie Is ‘In the Can’ Singer Rivers Cuomo told a 2025 Coachella crowd that the band was shooting the film in Los Angeles before their gig. Rivers Cuomo, Scott Shriner of Weezer at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 12, 2025 in Indio, California. Katie Flores/Billboard Trending on Billboard A Weezer movie is definitely coming next year. At least according to rhythm guitarist Brian Bell.
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