Charli xcx and Billie Eilish make streaming history with Guess remix (2024)

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• Charli xcx and Billie Eilish make history with Guess remix
• Aerosmith retires from touring forever
• The 2024 Logies confirms performers and presenters
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus will be "extra-involved" in Kamala Harris' campaign
• More fall out from the Olympics' 'Last Supper' controversy

The internet goes crazy for Billie and Charli

Brat summer is alive and thriving with Charli xcx's remix of Guess featuring Billie Eilish earning the title of the biggest debut for a female remix on Global Spotify.

The track clocked in an impressive 6.857 million (!!!) streams over the weekend, easily surpassing the previous record set by Taylor Swift and Ice Spice's 2023 Karma collab.

The Guess remix is momentous in a couple of ways, with Charli securing her first US Spotify #1 since her breakthrough single Fancy all the way back in 2014.

Guess also has the auspicious honour of being the only song Billie Eilish has featured on ever.

And let us not forget … the music video.

The Essex girl celebrated her 32nd birthday this weekend with a star-studded party in Los Angeles with everyone from Billie to Glen Powell in attendance.

But perhaps the most cathartic moment came in the form of Charli and Lorde dancing and yelling their Girl, So Confusing verses at each other in da club.

They really worked it out on the remix…😭

Aerosmith to hang up their mics after 50 years of touring

Aerosmith put their plans to farewell their epic music career on hold in September, when vocalist Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords during a show on their Peace Out: The Farewell Tour.

The 76-year-old said in an Instagram statement at the time that the injury caused bleeding but that he hoped the band would be back after postponing a few shows. The classic rock group ended up cancelling the rest of the tour.

Now fans' worst fears have been confirmed following the announcement that the band will be retiring from touring indefinitely.

"As you know, Steven's voice is an instrument like no other. He has spent months tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury," the band wrote in a statement.

"We've seen him struggling despite having the best medical team by his side. Sadly, it is clear that a full recovery from his vocal injury is not possible."

"We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision — as a band of brothers — to retire from the touring stage."

The band, known for Tyler's powerful vocals on hits like I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, Walk This Way and Dream On, has been active and touring since the early 70s. They last performed in Australia in 2013 as a part of their Global Warming tour.

Queen guitarist Brian May paid tribute to the band on Instagram, calling Tyler "one [of] the greatest vocalists and front men of all time".

"The career of Aerosmith is truly something to celebrate forever. All things must pass — but the inspiring work of Aerosmith will live on — along with the memories of truly one of the most awesome bands to ever hit a stage."

James Bay to hold back the river at the Logies

UK folk singer James Bay will join Destiny's Child, One Direction and Ricky Martin on the illustrious list of "acts that have played the Logies" after being confirmed to perform at the 2024 ceremony.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Bay's breakthrough single Let It Go and the second time the singer has come Down Under in 2024 following his tour earlier this year.

The first round of presenters for the 2024 Logies have also been confirmed to include Ray Meagher, Kate Ritchie, Rachel Griffiths, Deborah Mailman, Celia Pacquola, Luke McGregor, Claudia Karvan, the Muster Dogs (how?), Larry Emdur, Charlie Albone, Stephen Curry and more

Comedian Sam Pang is all set to host the 2024 Logies on August 18th.

The Veep will back the VP for pres

Even since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden in the 2024 US election race, Harris has drawn comparisons to Selina Meyer, the long-suffering VP-turned-first-female-US-president played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on sitcom Veep (2012-2019).

While Veep creator Armando Iannucci says that Meyer was not modelled on Harris, Louis-Dreyfus has confirmed she'll be using the inevitable comparisons to back the real VP in her race to the White House.

The former Seinfeld star told The Times of London that she "will be extra involved" with Harris's campaign, even dropping a small spoiler that she'll "probably" make an appearance at the upcoming Democratic National Convention 👀

Louis-Dreyfus isn't the only pop culture figure that has hitched their wagon to Harris's campaign for pres, with rappers Megan thee Stallion and Quavo coming out to show their support at an Atlanta rally last week.

Drag Queen launches defo lawsuit over Olympic comments

There's been more legal fallout from the misinterpreted "Last Supper" tableau that ruffled feathers during the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony.

Last Wednesday, French police confirmed they were investigating online abuse targeted at DJ Barbara Butch after she featured in the Festivity segment of the opening ceremony, which was inspired by the Greek god Dionysus.

Many online commentators wrongly assumed that the scene was mocking Leonardo da Vinci's painting showing Jesus Christ and his apostles.

Now, French celebrity drag queen and TV presenter Nicky Doll, who also featured in the Festivity scene, are suing former UK actor and current conservative commentator Laurence Fox over comments he posted on X.

Fox posted a clip from the scene accompanied by comments that implied the participants engaged in paedophilia.

The artist's lawyer, Anne-Sophie Laguens, said in a statement: "Nicky Doll, who for years has received insults and hate messages, has been subjected to an unprecedented wave of hate and nastiness, going up to death threats, since her performance in the Festivity tableau.

"These messages go beyond artistic criticism, with some of them conveying a mixture of hate and defamation, associating drag performances with paedophilia. These comparisons are serious and unacceptable."