GRAMMY-winning singer Tyla has returned with her sophomore album, 'A*POP,' making good on the promise of an industry-shaking superstar and somehow still marking another leap forward for 24-year-old South African artist.

A few days before the release, Tyla joined Brooke Morrison inside our Los Angeles studios to talk about her own evolution since first finding success, and the driving force behind 'A*POP.'

“Everything feels different. Like, I feel different,” admits Tyla. “Everything I do is based on a feeling, so, I don't know, like it wasn't really intentional. I just didn't sing what didn't feel like me and I didn't make what didn't feel like me because I know listening to ‘A*POP,’ it feels exactly like how I feel right now. It's fine growing up in front of the world and letting the world see all these different versions of me, and it's just weird at times cause I'm like ‘damn, like you guys have seen me grow up,’ but it's also interesting to for me also to sometimes look back and see who I was and now who I'm becoming.”

“I've just gone through so many different experiences that have led me to be this girl that I am right now,” she adds. “I've just grown so much, a lot of things that mattered to me in the beginning don't matter as much now and vice versa, so it's interesting to see me becoming more myself.”

That “feeling” has guided Tyla well, earning her 2 GRAMMY Awards from her debut album and already racking up millions of listens and views on A*POP lead singles like “CHANEL” and “IS IT.”

“I base everything on feeling. It's kinda weird, it's like a superpower, but like, girl, like when I hear a song, when I hear a beat, when I hear a lyric, like it rings in me when it feels right.”

“I can't explain it, but I just know when something is for me and when it's just not. It could be a hit song, but if it's not for me, I just, I don't even pay mind to it.”

The success and support that Tyla has found in her young career has helped her to feel “limitless,” and find purpose beyond the Pop. “I'm literally a girl from South Africa, like, this does not happen ever and I got two GRAMMYs of one album and all these crazy things and I don't like bringing it up cause I'm like, you know, but it's just kinda limitless. As humans, we're just so limitless and It's just exciting to share that feeling with people.”

To hear more about the making of A*POP and the evolution of Tyla, check out the full Audacy Check In above.

Back with their first new music since 2022, Nickelback has shared the first single from their upcoming album, 'Everything Under The Sun.' Bassist Mike Kroeger recently joined us to talk about the blistering new track, “Rattle The Cage,” crossing paths with Rock legends, and the misconceptions about the band that continue during an Audacy Check In.

With nearly 60 million albums sold worldwide, Nickelback is ready to to launch a new chapter, with 'Everything Under the Sun' scheduled for release on October 30. It starts with a statement, as "Rattle the Cage" sets a heavy tone for the new record.

Abe Kanan and Mike Kroeger discussed that there is a dichotomy between “casual” Nickelback fans and those who have been around through it all. Because of their crossover success, the band is often labeled as “Pop Rock,” but real ones know the true power they hold.

“We've been metalheads to one degree or another, all of us, the whole time,” Kroeger shares, “but it is peculiar when, every once in a while we get the criticism that, ‘oh, I don't listen to Nickelback cause it's all just radio songs.’ It's like, ‘well, you know that cause you're listening to the radio.’”

“If anybody actually gives a listen to one of our albums, listens beyond the singles they hear, there's a rock and roll DNA there that is pretty much undeniable.”

With that DNA comes respect, notably from heavy bands like Pantera, which Mike counts as good friends, despite some difference in lifestyle. Kroeger shared with Kanan a story about his one visit to the famed “clubhouse” owned by Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, which Mike quickly exited once he realized where he was.

Seeing the potential for catastrophe, he recounted his panicked decision to leave immediately to protect his marriage. “For me it was an experience because it was one of those moments… we're hanging with the boys after a show, and you know, they were feeding us the black tooth grins, getting us sloppy and rolling video to see if they could catch somebody projectile vomiting or making an ass of themselves.”

“We've come in the back door, it appears to be a nightclub, and I'm sort of like, ‘OK, I don't know where, where am I?’” he recalls. “I don't know what's going on, and then I'm sitting there and I'm going, ‘all these women are naked.’ I think I gotta go… I'm married. I wanna stay married.”

It worked out for Mike, who stayed married, and has kept Nickelback grinding as one of the most successful bands of the past 25 years. To hear more from Kroeger, check out the full Audacy Check In above.

'Everything Under the Sun' is available everywhere on October 30.

As The Beaches make their way across the country, opening for Louis Tomlinson, the band took a moment to stop by the Hard Rock Hotel New York for a talk with Mike Adam, breaking down how that 'Off Campus' shout out came together, and discussing life on the road.

The Beaches are still celebrating their 2025 album, 'No Hard Feelings,' and this year’s deluxe edition, but they got a pleasant surprise when their 2023 song, “Edge of the Earth,” got a massive boost thanks to its inclusion in the series, 'Off Campus.'

“We got the sync. We approved it, obviously, but we didn't know what the context of our song was going to be like in the show until we watched the episode,” explains Kylie Miller. “So we found out with the rest of the world.”

“It's in there and it's during a pretty pivotal scene like when they're, sort of discovering that they have feelings for each other,” adds Jordan Miller. “So as like the audience that's watching is starting to really care about the characters, then all of a sudden they name drop us.”

“I think the creator is quite a big fan of the band. I mean, she knew a bunch of our songs and I think listens to us on repeat,” shares Miller. “They filmed the show in Canada too so a lot of the crew who filmed the show obviously have heard of us, and yeah, it just it was so crazy that that came to be and also so crazy that it took off in the way that it did.”

The result has been an influx in new fans, many catching The Beaches for the first time in the opener slot for Tomlinson.

“Do you guys ever hit the stage while you're mad at one another, or do you go by the phrase, ‘don't go to bed angry?’” asks Mike Adam of the close knit crew during this trek. “We definitely have!” smiles Jordan.

“Honestly, you forget that you're mad at them as soon as you get on stage and then everything is always fine,” adds Kylie. “Whatever small argument that felt like the biggest thing in the world literally disappears when you're on there. It's crazy.”

“It is crazy,” echoes Jordan. “I'll be so mad at one of them and then we'll have like a little smile on stage because you're performing together and it's such a good time and you forget like why you were upset.”

“It's probably me and Jordan,” Leandra Earl exclaims. “I'll like avoid her for a couple of songs and then I'm like, ‘OK, let me come and give you a kiss.’”

For more from The Beaches, check out the full Audacy Check In above.