{"id":382626,"date":"2026-04-09T05:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/382626\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T05:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:08:10","slug":"project-hail-mary-boosts-harry-styles-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/382626\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Project Hail Mary’ Boosts Harry Styles Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWelcome to Billboard Pro\u2019s Trending Up<\/a> newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry\u2019s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis week: Hit film Project Hail Mary boosts soundtrack cuts and Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cSign of the Times,\u201d Pooh Shiesty\u2019s shocking arrest lifts his comeback song and Baton Rouge MC Fredo Bang eyes a new hit thanks to TikTok.<\/p>\n

\t\tHarry Styles\u2019 Debut Single & Other Soundtrack Cuts Achieve Liftoff Following \u2018Project Hail Mary\u2019 Box Office Success\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Ryan Gosling-starring space adventure flick Project Hail Mary has quickly established itself as one of the year\u2019s biggest blockbusters, drawing strong reviews and already grossing over $420 million at the global box office. Much of the movie\u2019s charm comes from its smartly chosen soundtrack selections \u2014 a couple of which took much time and effort to get cleared<\/a> \u2014\u00a0which have resulted in big gains for some of the bigger songs featured in the hit film.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTwo of Us,\u201d The Beatles\u2019 1970 Let It Be-opening ode to friendship, is featured in a key late scene in the movie between Gosling\u2019s Ryland Grace accidental-astronaut character and his film companion, and resulted in the song drawing 461,000 official on-demand streams for the tracking week ending Apr. 2 \u2014\u00a0a 234% gain from two weeks earlier, before the film\u2019s debut, according to Luminate. \u201cPata Pata,\u201d a top 15 Billboard Hot 100<\/a> hit for legendary South African singer-songwriter Miriam Makeba in 1967, was also up 197% to 89,000 streams over the same period after being featured in a supplies-shopping montage in the movie, while Dennis Wilson\u2019s cult-pop favorite \u201cRainbows\u201d was up 4,230% to 78,000 streams after its own spotlight moment in the movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the most significant gains from the movie have been enjoyed by someone who\u2019s already had a good deal of chart success in 2026: Harry Styles. While the pop superstar\u2019s March LP, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. remains in the top 10 of the Billboard 200<\/a> albums chart, his solo debut single, \u201cSign of the Times,\u201d is experiencing a major streaming revival after being featured in a PHM karaoke scene, where it\u2019s unexpectedly performed by a buttoned-up scientist character played by Oscar nominee Sandra H\u00fcller. After \u201cSign\u201d amassed 2.8 million streams for the tracking week ending Mar. 19, that number was up 87% to 5.2 million streams two weeks later \u2014 a higher number than every Disco track outside of the latest single \u201cAmerican Girls.\u201d \u2014\u00a0ANDREW UNTERBERGER<\/p>\n

\t\tNew Legal Troubles Boost Pooh Shiesty\u2019s \u2018FDO\u2019 Just Six Months After His Release from Prison\t<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week (April 1), Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty, alongside dad Lontrell Williams Sr. and fellow MC BIG30, was among eight individuals arrested on robbery and kidnapping charges<\/a> tied to a violent dispute over his recording contract with Gucci Mane\u2019s 1017 Records. Those headlines made major waves, particularly because Shiesty just came home from a three-year stint in federal prison last October. He celebrated his release by joining the storied hip-hop tradition of \u201cfirst day out\u201d songs with the aptly titled \u201cFDO,\u201d which initially reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January, marking his highest-peaking entry on the all-genre ranking.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough the song has since exited the Hot 100, it could be gearing up for a return. According to Luminate, \u201cFDO\u201d doubled in weekly on-demand U.S. streams in the three-day period following Shiesty\u2019s arrest. Across March 30-April 1, \u201cFDO\u201d collected 2.02 million official on-demand U.S. streams. After the Department of Justice confirmed Shiesty\u2019s arrest on April 2, that figure vaulted 104% to 4.13 million official on-demand U.S. streams collected during the period of April 3-5.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs he gears up to fight yet another case, expect fans to keep revisiting \u201cFDO.\u201d \u2014 KYLE DENIS<\/p>\n

\t\tYearning TikTok Trend Revives Fredo Bang\u2019s \u2018Say Please\u2019\t<\/p>\n

\n\tEveryone\u2019s obsessed with yearning to the point where it feels like the performance of that obsession has replaced the actual action of yearning. Still, that hasn\u2019t stopped TikTok from spinning out yet another yearning-inspired trend.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn March 11, user @\/mikaylasaccountt shared a video<\/a> of herself crying and lip-syncing to the final two lines of the chorus of Pooh Shiesty\u2019s \u201cSay Please,\u201d a cut from his 2022 UNLV album. That clip went incredibly viral, amassing nearly one million likes and over six million views, setting into motion a trend of people replicating<\/a> her<\/a> video<\/a> and \u201csaying<\/a> please<\/a>\u201d for (relatively) romance-related requests. There are currently nearly 50,000 posts attached to the unofficial \u201cSay Please\u201d TikTok sound, while the official audio<\/a> is used in nearly 70,000 posts. Fredo Bang himself also hopped on the trend, sharing<\/a> several<\/a> TikToks<\/a> set to \u201cSay Please,\u201d including one in which he seemingly shoots his shot at Cardi B<\/a>. People have also been returning to Fredo\u2019s 2022 \u201cShootin\u2019 Outside\u201d performance of the track, which had its own quasi-viral moment a few years ago.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, \u201cSay Please\u201d earned just 198,000 official on-demand U.S. streams. Over the following eight weeks, that figure ballooned by 867% to over 1.9 million official streams during the period of March 27-April 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the song continues to grow beyond the initial TikTok trend, Fredo Bang could be looking at a legitimate springtime hit. \u2014 K.D.<\/p>\n

\"Billboard<\/p>\n