When not fronting the hugely successful band Maroon 5 (maybe you’ve heard of them?), Adam Levine likes to just take it easy. If your definition of “taking it easy” translates to coaching contestants on “The Voice,” a nationally broadcasted music competition that airs two seasons a year, that is.

I caught up with Adam this week to find out everything I could about the series’ seventh season, which is shooting right now and will air this fall on NBC. But first, I had to ask him about some comments of his that were recently published in Rolling Stone: “‘The Voice’ is very successful, but it’s got a ways to go if it wants to have as profound an impact as ‘Idol.’ I’m not going to lie to you: I think there are problems… Millions of people watch the show every week and fall in love with a singer, then you don’t hear much from them.”

For his part, the “Maps” singer contends that those quotes were “taken out of context,” although he wasn’t keen on diving too deeply into clarifying what he actually meant. “The more I say, the more it’s taken out of context. I’d rather not discuss that.” Fair enough. “Yeah, it was bullsh-t. I was pissed off about it, but it’s all good.” BRB, wiping the sweat off my brow.

As for the next batch of “The Voice,” Adams shared that “Season 7 is far and away the best season we’ve ...

Just when I thought I was out of the feelings game, Sam Smith pulls me back in. The MTV Artist To Watch popped by SiriusXM Hits 1 recently, and recorded a beyond-vulnerable cover of Whitney Houston’s ’80s classic, “How Will I Know.”

In contrast to the original’s infectious rhythm, the U.K. crooner’s version is slowed down considerably, recasting “How Will I Know” as a bittersweet lament of unrequited love. Totally Sam’s M.O., as anyone who has listened wept along to his debut studio album, In The Lonely Hour, can tell you.

Even though there’s a piano accompanying the “Stay With Me” singer, it’s Sam’s voice that’s the star of this video. As he recently told The FADER: “I’m so passionate about the singing voice… What I’m trying to do actually with my album is show that it’s my voice that’s leading. It’s my voice that’s the instrument.”

Well, all that weeping has certainly drained my feelings reservoir. I think I, like, physically need to listen to Whitney’s original “How Will I Know” on repeat for a few hours to build back that serotonin.

John Walker

How was your day yesterday? Sorry, what’s that? I can’t hear you over all the uneventful nothingness tumbling out of your mouth. Pardon the attitude, but Jiff the Pom — as in that mind-blowingly adorable dog who guest-starred in Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” video and breaks the entire Internet on the daily — paid us a visit on Thursday, so your lesser June 20s really can’t compare.

We even got Jiff a proper welcome pizza. You wanna share, buddy?

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Jiff, did you… Oh my god, did you just eat that whole pie by yourself?!

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ABSOLUTELY. NO. REGRETS.

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GOOD DOG!

TO REVIEW… THIS HAPPENED.

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Earlier today (June 12), Taylor Swift performed her final Red Tour show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, wrapping what was truly a massive, 15-month, globe-trotting endeavor. Let’s all have a moment of silence. Pour out a cup of Earl Grey if you’ve got it.

Along with the end of the fourth-album Red era, this show marked the last time that needlepoint enthusiast Taylor Swift would sit down at her red piano to perform the powerful ballad, “All Too Well” — at least for the time being. You know, the song she always goes all whiplash-heavy on? Brace for sympathy pangs!

Understandably, this is all a lot for the Swifties to process. From hashtagging #LongLiveREDTour to cycling through the entire spectrum of human emotion, here’s a sampling of the most feels-heavy fan reactions to the end Red Tour performances of “All Too Well.”

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Top-tier entertainer and noted tight-pants enthusiast Jennifer Lopez has released a teaser for her upcoming eighth studio album, A.K.A., featuring new song “Emotions.”

Where does the track fall on a scale of one to weeping? Well, let’s just say that if I were ashamed to cry in public, I would be very, very ashamed right now.

As the black and white video cuts between gloriously flaw-free close-ups and wider shots at a piano, J. Lo navigates the vulnerable lyrics: “You’re playing games, playing games/ Now I’m taking names, taking names now/ And I don’t play no more, baby, this is game over.” Paging “Mortal Kombat,” because flawless victory.

Look for “Emotions,” “First Love,” “I Luh Ya Papi” featuring French Montana, “Acting Like That” featuring Iggy Azalea, and general mass panic and emotional hysteria when Ms. Lopez’s A.K.A. drops on June 17.

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You know what it’s like to fall hard for someone (or something, like John Green’s “The Fault In Our Stars”?) The helium-high vibes, that floating feeling, all that aimless wandering and smiling at anyone regardless of whether you know them — Charli XCX channels all of that and some must-see moments of Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as “The Fault In Our Stars”‘ star-crossed teenaged lovers Hazel and Gus in her new video for “Boom Clap.”

The Sing J. Lee-directed clip takes the viewer on a gorgeous, blissed-out stroll through the Amsterdam city, following the “SuperLove” singer over rivers, under bridges, into a junkyard, through a carnival, and into the back of an LED-equipped van.

“Boom Clap” is featured on the “Fault In Our Stars” film adaptation’s soundtrack — along with Ed Sheeran‘s “All Of The Stars” and Lykke Li‘s “No One Has Ever Loved.”

Despite Charli’s heart radiating onomatopoeia, she walks the Dutch city alone, which is fine considering Gus and Hazel’s love is almost too much to bear.

Charli XCX’s uplifting “Boom Clap” celebrates Hazel and Gus the way they should be enjoyed — forever young and forever in love.

John Walker