Too cool to cry and too hot to stress, the one and only Meghan Trainor steps into the Hard Rock Hotel New York for an Audacy Check In this week, fresh with her new single, "Still Don't Care," and on the way to the release of her seventh studio album, 'Toy With Me.'

"My truth right now is the 'Still Don't Care' song. It's truly how I feel," Trainor tells Mike Adam. "I can't wait to be 30-something and like really not care what people think, but at 31 I still did, and I got a lot of comments that made me cry all night long and I have to stop and learn how to not give strangers so much power, says my therapist, and I agree. So I wrote this song about it and it's helped me a lot and I can't wait to start performing it and truly believing it and feeling it."

The new album, 'Toy With Me,' arrives everywhere on April 24, and Meghan will embark on 'The Get In Girl Tour' starting in June. When asked if there's anything that will surprise fans on 'Toy With Me,' Meghan gave us a sneak peek into the song "Shimmer."

"There's a few songs on this album that I think, when I play it for people, there's one song that jaws drop," she reveals. "There's a song called 'Shimmer.'"

"I always call her if my song 'Me Too,' if she had an older sexier sister, it's 'Shimmer.' Maybe younger, maybe she's Gen Z, but she's a cool girl and people freak out."

Speaking of songs, after naming "Sledgehammer" by Fifth Harmony as her favorite track she's written for another artist, Mike asked Meghan about her front row seat to watching Sabrina Carpenter's star rise to stratospheric levels. Trainor penned Sabrina's debut single, "Can't Blame a Girl For Trying," in 2014, and has always known it would only take one song to make her massive.

"I've been watching her since her first song that I wrote 10 years ago came out, 'Can't Blame a Girl for Trying.' I love that song," remembers Meghan. "I've never watched someone work so hard. She put in the work, she did everything that everyone tells us to do, and I just remember being like, 'how come it's not clicking for people? She's perfect. Like what is going on?'"

"It only took one explosion song and then it was out of here. People told me when I was 19 like, 'It only takes one,' and I was like, 'what do you mean?' They're like, 'it just takes one song' and 'All About That Bass' was my one song."

For more from Meghan Trainor, check out the full Audacy Check In above.

Gwen Stefani has unwrapped a few new holiday songs this season, released the Deluxe Edition of her album, 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas,' and she continues to be the gift that keeps on giving with a No Doubt Las Vegas residency planned for The Sphere in 2026. Tis the season for more Stefani so lets dive into an Audacy Check In.

Earlier this month Gwen debuted the Amazon Exclusive song, "Shake The Snow Globe," set to appear in the upcoming film, 'Oh. What. Fun.' which arrives on December 3. Stefani also found her sleighbell swagger on "Hot Cocoa," which is featured on the new deluxe version of her 2020 Christmas album, 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas.'

"I wasn't even planning on it. I got this call last summer, they sent me the link and so I'm like sitting in Oklahoma at like 100 degrees asking my kids, 'hey, you want to watch this Christmas movie?'" reveals Gwen to Audacy's Dorothy Tran. "Sometimes things just come out of nowhere and it's just one of those things where, here we are again, and I just feel so grateful because every time I get asked to be part of anything these days, it's hard for me to explain it because people can't see it from my perspective, but you're always super grateful, but the longer it goes, the more you realize you're at the end of something. You have to be, you know what I mean? But then you get this life again and, so the gratitude just gets deeper."

Becoming a Christmas Queen in her own right, Dorothy wanted to know when it's the right time to decorate for the holiday. For Gwen, it all depends on where she is with husband, Blake Shelton. "I live in Oklahoma now half the time, half the time here [in Los Angeles], and depending on if we're there for the holidays or not," she shares. "I love to do the fall stuff, like sometimes Blake will go out and we'll get stuff from nature and do a fall design around the door. We're such nerds, it's so much fun and we have like these little traditions now that we do. Well we didn't get to do it this year because we were here."

"I think after Halloween it's fair game," Gwen says confidently. "You know what really I've learned is at the end you're just ready. You're like, get this out of my house. I don't want to see a snow globe ever again," she laughs.

Once the lights are down and the tree is packed, there's plenty more in store for Gwen in 2026, as No Doubt's residency at The Sphere has stretched to 18 dates across May and June. The nostalgia is running deep as the band preps for the show, and they look back on the music that has impacted generations.

"I love certain songs for what they've done, not just for me but for people, like a song like 'Don't Speak' that, it's just a pure song that didn't even make sense to No Doubt really, because it was so different from everything we were doing," says Stefani. "It just has so much, I guess, truth in it that it just transcends languages."

Just last month Gwen found herself back on stage singing "Don't Speak," as an invited guest at Dua Lipa's Los Angeles show. "It was just, she knew. like it was such the perfect choice," gushes Gwen. "And then honestly, like I got up on stage and we did that together and she's just, she's a superhero. I mean, she is a Wonder Woman. She's so beautiful. She's disgustingly beautiful because it's not just the outside, she's just so smart and cool and beautiful on the inside."

"It was crazy because at that point, when I said yes, I didn't know we were doing The Sphere," she shares. "When everything kind of aligns and it's like, 'wow,' like this is supposed to be happening, obviously, because there's no way you could plan that."

For more from Gwen Stefani, check out the full conversation above.

Hip-Hop icons are in the building at the Hard Rock Hotel New York, as De La Soul joins us for an Audacy Check In, just days away from the release of their 10th studio album, 'Cabin In The Sky.' But this is not just any interview, it is a hilarious look at "the Rap scene" that only Cipha Sounds could provide.

Part of Mass Appeal's Legend Has It series, 'Cabin in the Sky' marks De La Soul’s first studio album in 9 years, and features contributions from DJ Premier, Super Dave, Pete Rock, Killer Mike, Common, Nas, Black Thought, and Yukimi from Little Dragon. It arrives everywhere on November 21.

Watch and listen as Pos and Maseo link up with Cipha Sounds inside Audacy Live, for a conversation only they could share. It's a side-splitting trip through time with some of the best in the game, and you don't want to miss it.

Charlie Puth has revealed the lead track off his upcoming album, 'Whatever's Clever!,' and the GRAMMY-nominated singer recently joined us inside the Hard Rock Hotel New York to talk about the new project, life lately, and more during an Audacy Check In.

Back with his new song, "Changes," Charlie is set to unwrap his fourth studio album in March. He's also set to become a dad in March, revealing earlier this month during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show.'

"I think 'Changes' is actually about parting ways in a friendship, but not in a bad blood kind of way," Puth reveals to Mike Adam. "People move on, people get older, people will get married, they move, circumstance based. The people you hang out with now are sometimes, unfortunately not the people you're always going to hang out with."

"That's not a sad thing nor a happy thing. It's kind of like right in the middle. You might be bummed out, but there might be a really great things happening in your life because of it, whether it be like a job opportunity, or what have you. I also feel like anybody can relate to that."

When asked by Adam if Charlie feels like "a child is going to calm your mind and maybe make you more present," Puth was quick to answer yes. "And being present is how I make, in my opinion, my best work."

"I used to have this incorrect thought process that I had to have a chaotic life in the background to make good art. Couldn't be more wrong and a lot of artists have said that too."

"It's interesting how, because I guess from the outside you look at an artist, you think, 'oh, that's a rock star' or 'he or she must be really going through something to write X, Y, and Z,' but they might actually be the happiest they've ever been. At least for me, I've made the best work, just the happiest I've ever been, and I feel like I am the happiest I've ever been and having a a baby will just add to that."

For more from Charlie Puth, check out our full Audacy Check In from the Hard Rock Hotel New York above.

Metal God Rob Halford of Judas Priest is with us for an Audacy Check In, here to update us on the latest from the iconic band, and share stories about the making of their new charity version of "War Pigs," featuring vocals from Ozzy Osbourne recorded before his passing.

"War Pigs" has long been a staple of Judas Priest's live show, and now a new version has arrived featuring vocals from Ozzy Osbourne, and it's all for a great cause. All profits from audio streams, downloads, and physical sales of the recording, are being donated to The Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation and Cure Parkinson’s.

"When we first came up with this idea of making what we call, the Judas Priest Heavy Metal style of 'War Pigs,' we knew we had to tread carefully because it's such a beloved song for Sabbath fans, Ozzy fans all over the world," Halford shares with Abe Kanan. "So, we wanted to make sure that we didn't go too far away from the original classic concept idea."

Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2008, however he first revealed the news to fans in 2018 when he stepped away from touring with the band. A few short years later, Ozzy shared his own Parkinson's diagnosis in 2020. Now the band is raising money with a new massive version of the classic track.

"My voice in that song is in the same kind of tonal range as Ozzy, which makes it work even better, you know? It really feels like it was destined to be," he adds. "All the contributions are going to Cure Parkinson's, which was Ozzy's big foundation. And then, of course, Glenn Tipton's foundation."

Halford admits he still has a lot to give the Metal community and fans around the world. "In my heart, I can't see me ever stopping," Rob reveals. "It's vital to me, I have to do this. I have to do this this work, this Metal work. It sustains me. It keeps me motivated. And all great things are happening now more than ever before, so, who would want to stop that, you know?"

To hear from Rob Halford on keeping his voice in shape, the resurgence of Metal, and more, check out the full Audacy Check In above.

Fresh off the release of her surging new single, "bittersweet," Madison Beer joins us for an Audacy Check In to talk about new music, her recent performance at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and more from inside the Hard Rock Hotel New York.

The GRAMMY-nominated singer is prepping for a new project, 'locket,' due out on January 16, and shared with Audacy's Mike Adam some of the emotions and inspirations that went into the upcoming album's creation. "It's all me, baby," she smiles when asked about selecting singles and the rollout of her next chapter.

"I get opinions from everybody, but sometimes too many opinions overwhelm me," she adds. "These felt like in my gut what I wanted to do, and I feel like 'yes baby' was a good song to sort of re-engage people ideally, and get them excited. Also, not close out forever, but like close out the dance stuff a little bit and now introduce the real sound of this album, and what you could really expect. So 'bittersweet' really represents sonically what the album feels like.

Both the happy and sad sides of Madison Beer occupy 'locket,' with Madison admitting, "they're both driving this ship this time around. They both are coexisting now, which is what I'm really excited about, their coexistence."

"I feel like I started to really find the true energy, a couple of months ago, probably 6 months ago," she says of getting into the groove of this new project. "I don't know exactly when it was, but sometimes things just start to flow and you're just in that flow state of like, 'yes, I'm doing this and it feels really good.'"

Just hours before sitting with us at the Hard Rock Hotel New York, Beer was a borough away ruling the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Brooklyn. "I got to meet so many of the OG angels, which was so cool and amazing, and they were all so sweet to me, and I was like, 'you guys know who I am?' It was crazy," she gushes. "It's also a huge room and it's such a whirlwind, and everyone's changing, and taking off makeup. It's so fast. As soon as the show is done, everyone's jetting out of there, but it was so cool."

"I can't really believe that I did that. There's been so many iconic performers that have done it, so I just feel very honored to be a part of it."

Don't miss our full Audacy Check In with Madison Beer above.

YUNGBLUD is once again having a moment, continuing to forge his own path in the world of Rock, thanks to sincere songwriting, electric performances, and a few heavy co-signs from iconic artists. The "Zombie" singer recently joined us for an Audacy Check In to catch up on all of it, and he admits that conquering doesn't come easy.

Still feeling the love from this summer's album, 'Idols,' YUNGBLUD has been everywhere ever since, first at the final Black Sabbath show in July, and ultimately with Aerosmith at the MTV VMAs honoring the life of Ozzy Osbourne. He also collaborated with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on an upcoming EP, arriving everywhere on November 21.

After receiving a message from Perry, pouring on praise for his song "Hello Heaven, Hello," YUNGBLUD made plans to connect with Joe and Steven in Florida. "I went for a drink with the Aerosmith guys and I secretly held a studio, cause if you're on a first date, you're either gonna go on with each other or you're not gonna get on," he shares. "Luckily we went home with each other, you know, within an hour I was like, 'I've got a studio around the corner, you want to get in,' and they were like, 'yeah.'"

"When we got together, we were so similar energetically, we're two puppies. I say me and Steven are puppies and Joe's a cat. Joe Perry's a cat, we're puppies, you know what I mean? Joe Perry's like, 'I'm gonna sit here and look cool as f*** and I'm gonna play my guitar,' and me and Steven are just like, 'woo woo woo.'"

"There was this beautiful sense of healthy competition between me and Steven," he adds. "We were just trying to outdo each other, and then all of a sudden Joe's going, 'wow, he's hitting notes that I've not heard him hit in years.'"

YUNGBLUD goes on to share details of the incoming EP, 'One More Time,' teasing a song that's "stadium rock & roll" and another that's "outlaw Country," as well as a juiced-up version of "Back In The Saddle" from Aerosmith. "We're like family now."

Once again YUNGBLUD is set for another tour of states, one which sold out in mere minutes when it went on sale. "As an Englishman, you know, and an English Rock musician, the whole dream is to break America," he reveals.

In one of his final interactions with Ozzy Osbourne, the icon told him to "conquer America," and that's just what he has set out to do. "I've always been obsessed with playing Rock music in America because it's where it came from. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, it's where it came from, and I think that's why breaking America for a British Rock musician is so sacred," YUNGBLUD explains.

"It's where the genre began, it came out of the blues, it came out of the swamps. I think Rock music is such a beautiful genre because it's adherent to where it came from. It's very respectful to its history. I think that's why it's a safeguarded genre. I think Hip-Hop and Pop music give the crown up to whatever's biggest, Rock music doesn't give its crown easily because you need to be vetted multiple times."

"My vibe is this, if you are unsure about me, come see me live, and I'll blow your mind. Promise."

For much more from YUNGBLUD check out the full Audacy Check In above.