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Katy Perry's putting it all out there -- just about -- to celebrate her new album dropping ... which is why she popped out in West Hollywood rocking a revealing snakeskin print for a very crowd-pleasing performance.

Katy's bod was on display as much as her voice Friday night at Beaches Tropicana nightclub where she and the crowd raised glasses in anticipation of her album, "143" -- and while the first single, "Women's World" isn't lighting the world on fire, she brushed that off onstage.

Flaunting her rock-hard abs in a micro miniskirt, she busted out her old reliable hits -- songs like "Teenage Dream," "I Kissed a Girl" and "California Gurls" -- to get the crowd pumped.

Kamala Harris is fully embracing the "Brat" tag Gen Z supporters, and Charli XCX, have put on her -- but Bill Maher just doesn't see it, and says the singer's actually describing Donald Trump to a T.

Bill dug into the Brat phenomenon on Friday's episode of 'Real Time' with his guest CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins -- fully unpacking the label for any boomers or Gen Xers who still don't get it. He read out Charli's definition ... “Just that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes."

Maher argued all of that sounds way more like Trump, and, more to the point, he added ... "I don't want my president to be this!"

Eminem is bringing his daughter to tears with a couple of very personal songs he just dropped, and Hailie Jade Scott says the music videos are too much to watch -- but also very eye-opening about her childhood.

Hailie opened up about the tracks -- "Somebody Save Me" and "Temporary" -- on her podcast, "Just a Little Shady" ... saying she watched the 'Save Me' music vid once, but that'll be the last time.

She says, "I definitely cry every time I hear it at all. Between that and ‘Temporary’ … I audibly sobbed I think for both songs but especially ‘Temporary.’”

Donald Trump's habit of using famous artists' music at his rallies is about to backfire on him -- that's what the Foo Fighters are saying after he cranked one of their biggest hits ... without permission.

Trump brought out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- who ended his campaign and endorsed Trump -- Friday evening in Glendale, AZ while blaring FF's 1997 hit "My Hero," and while the pyrotechnics and music fired up the crowd ... it simply pissed off Dave Grohl and company.

Once the Foo caught wind of the wild scene in AZ, the band sent Trump a clear message: Don't do that!

Bob Dylan fans searching for the ultimate memorabilia just might find the answer blowing in the wind ... or on a collector's site that's hawking some of his handwritten lyrics.

BD scribbled out the words to his iconic 1962 tune, "Blowin' in the Wind" -- previously ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest songs of all time -- in a hotel room back in 2011 for a collector. He even signed the paper for authentication purposes.

Now, the lyrics penned by the man himself are selling for $85,000 on the collector's site, Momentsintime.com.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are overseas, Lily Allen is returning a dog and Simone Biles is celebrating her Olympics success with a new car ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live," Charles and Babcock explain why Ye and his wife are with his kids over in South Korea.

Hailey and Justin Bieber gotta be singing that song, because they're brand new parents -- she gave birth to their first child, and the kid's gonna have music on his mind!

The happy couple announced the arrival of their baby boy Friday evening ... showing off one of the little guy's feet. Justin's post simply said "WELCOME HOME."

Well, they also revealed his name ... Jack Blues Bieber. Sure, Justin's a pop singer, but maybe he's got different plans for his firstborn son.

It's unclear when exactly Jack was actually born ... for now, they're not saying -- but based on the post, it seems he's gone home with Mom and Dad.

Back in May, the A-list couple announced they were expecting their first child together with Hailey displaying a noticeable bump in footage from their vow renewal. The couple's rep later confirmed to TMZ ... HB was about 6 months along at the time.

5:45 PM PT -- Kreshendo's singing a way different tune than Shaboozey when it comes to their deal, and it's now suing him ... accusing him of fraud.

In the docs, the record label admits it agreed to let the singer out of his deal in 2019 -- however, it says there were strings attached. Kreshendo claims his exit deal still allowed them to collect money on all his musical compositions, and they allege he knew damn well that was the arrangement.

They say Shaboozey is only acting like he didn't know, because "Bar Song" became such a massive hit, and he doesn't want to share the wealth with his old label. So, now Kreshendo is suing him for more than $2 million.

Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson got sent to the hospital after something blew up in his face ... and his face and arms are covered in what he says are serious burns.

Kelly Osbourne's man just shared some videos from his hospital trip, and he's literally being attended to by medical personnel as he whips out his phone and starts recording.

Sid says he was badly burned in an explosion ... and the blast singed his eyebrows, blistered his lips and burned the crap out of his arms and wrists.

John Legend's tribute to Prince at the Democratic National Convention was good, but it pales in comparison to the song itself ... so says the late Purple Rain singer's ex-manager.

We spoke with L. Londell McMillan -- who previously worked as both manager and attorney to the ethereal star -- about JL's performance at the DNC this week ... a show which pissed a lot of people off.

ICYMI ... fans called out Legend, 'cause he sounds a lot like himself while singing, and not enough like Prince, while performing with longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E. -- and, many people felt he wasn't the right person to sing "Let's Go Crazy."

DaniLeigh apparently thought being famous could get her out of trouble -- at least, that’s what it looks like in newly released bodycam footage from her DUI hit-and-run arrest back in May 2023.

The video is a shocker -- you can hear DaniLeigh try to tell Miami cops they can't arrest her 'cause she's an artist, in particular an R&B singer -- all this after authorities say she struck a teen on a moped with her car ... and left him with a kidney laceration and a spinal fracture.

She tells one officer she's with Quavo, who is seen off to the side early in the video, along with a couple of his security guys. The cop tells them to back up when they ask what's going on.

Rapper Juvenile is shouting out Southwest Airlines for swooping in to rescue him after he got downgraded to coach on an American Airlines flight and left the plane in anger ... and he tells us AA still hasn't made things right.

The "Slow Motion" rapper joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday and gave us the lowdown on this week's travel nightmare.

Juvenile tells us ... after he lost his first-class seat on his AA flight to Dallas, Texas, Southwest Airlines hooked him up with a couple free tickets so he could make it to his Wednesday night show in Fort Worth.

Flavor Flav's got airline passengers in their full upright position ... 'cause the dude flies so much he's basically a flight attendant -- quite literally.

The rapper shared a video where it looks like Southwest's has him on duty ... 'cause he's walking up and down the aisle handing out snacks to all the other passengers at 30K feet.

Check out the vid ... FF -- fully decked out in his 2024 Olympics apparel, complete with a custom watch hung around his neck -- seems happy to help out the crew, giving a "yeah, boy!"

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are turning up the heat on an exotic Spanish island ... all over each other during a romantic vacation to Ibiza.

The hot couple is soaking up the sun from a private perch along a rocky coast in Cala Llenya ... making out above the Mediterranean waves.

Dua's teasing Callum with a skimpy, multicolored bikini ... and he's showing off his toned muscles, wearing nothing but shorts and a bucket hat.

Aaron Rodgers is gearing up for the new season with some tunes ... checking out his good friend Mike.'s concert in NYC -- and he had the best seat in the house!!

The New York Jets quarterback and his fellow Big Apple star, Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman, were VIP guests at the musician's sold-out "Upside Down Tour" gig at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on Thursday ... and they appeared to be having a blast.

Rodgers and Mike. -- FKA Mike Stud -- have been pals for a while ... but the singer/rapper and Stroman go back even further ... as they were both teammates on the Duke baseball team.

Taylor Swift's saying people may never want to close their eyes again after seeing "Blink Twice" ... and, she adds the movie might be triggering for some people.

The pop star took to her Instagram Story Friday to shower praise on her close friend Zoë Kravitz ... and Kravitz's new movie starring Channing Tatum, on its opening day ... and she doesn't hold back, calling the project "incredible."

She specifically mentions Kravitz's effort ... saying her close buddy wrote the movie, obsessed over every detail -- and created a masterpiece.