Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s 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. This week: The Devil Wears Prada 2 makes all the money and gets a bunch of soundtrack bumps, memories of Mac Miller bring listeners back to 2016 (again), and social media jokes help mint a new streaming hit.
Look Around, Everywhere You Turn Is Devil Wears Prada 2
The new sequel to the beloved 2006 fashion-world comedy The Devil Wears Prada came to theaters nationwide over the weekend (May 1), and was received with both positive reviews and booming business. The film sequel opened to $77 million in domestic returns and $233 globally, the best debut of the year outside of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and nearly three times the stateside opening for the original movie 20 years ago. And like that first movie — which helped make a hit out of KT Tunstall’s “Suddenly I See” and also featured songs by big names like U2, Alanis Morissette and (of course) Madonna — the movie’s soundtrack is off to a robust start.
The big single from the movie this time comes from pop and fashion icon Lady Gaga, who makes a cameo in the movie and also offers three original songs to its soundtrack, including the previously released Doechii collab “Runway.” The sashaying single amassed nearly 2.2 million official on-demand U.S. streams over the release weekend (May 1-3), according to Luminate, a gain of 189% from the 756,000 it posted over the previous weekend. Meanwhile, Dua Lipa’s movie-opening Radical Optimism cut “End of an Era” was up 207% over the same period to 138,000 streams, and Madonna’s timeless “Vogue” was up 30% to 493,000.
And of course, since memories of the original movie were also burning bright over the weekend, “Suddenly I See” saw a.decent-sized bump as well, rising from 282,000 to 357,000 streams over the same period, a gain of 27%. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER
Mac Miller & Ty Dolla $ign Is the Latest 2016 Track to See Streaming Surge in 2026
Mac Miller & Ty Dolla $ign’s “Cinderella” is in the top 10 of Hot Rap Songs for the first time, over ten years post-release — and it’s largely thanks to TikTok.
Since fall 2025, young listeners have gravitated towards the 2016 Divine Feminine fan-favorite, primarily highlighting Miller’s doe-eyed lyrics and Ty’s sweet hook. With the official “Cinderella” TikTok sound boasting over 2.2 million clips, users have started to employ the phrase, “I was/am so Cinderella by Mac Miller about him/her/them,” to express how deeply in love they are. With other users connecting the song to Miller’s close friend and former partner, pop superstar Ariana Grande, “Cinderella” has touched nearly every corner of TikTok.
Recently, “Cinderella” has quickened its streaming ascent, jumping 146% over the past four weeks. A month ago (March 26-April 2), “Cinderella” earned 2.43 million official on-demand U.S. streams, with that number vaulting to nearly 6 million streams during the week of (April 24-30).
Upon release, The Divine Feminine reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, but all its singles missed the Hot 100 — that could very well change should “Cinderella” continue to rise across metrics. – KYLE DENIS
Facetious X & TikTok Trends Set Off Karlee Girl’s “Right Back” on Streaming
Dream Academy and Building the Band alumna Karlee Girl just rode social media jokes to a burgeoning streaming hit. She first shared “Right Back” in February, but by the top of April, several viral X posts satirically praised the song, helping it gain traction and eventually land in the hands of listeners who truly embraced the upbeat track. On April 19, Doechii shared a TikTok post of her singing along to “Right Back,” and by April 22, Karlee posted a TikTok singing an acoustic version of the song to celebrate reaching the million-stream milestone. By April 27, Sophia and Yoonchae of KATSEYE shared a TikTok of themselves dancing to Karlee’s breakout hit. Not just an X hit, “Right Back” also plays in over 169,000 TikTok posts.
During the week of April 3-9, “Right Back” collected just 39,000 official on-demand U.S. streams, with that number jumping 370% to over 185,000 streams the following week (April 10-16), once the song started making the rounds on X. By the week of April 17-23, which accounts for Doechii’s clip, “Right Back” jumped a further 302% to over 747,000 official on-demand streams. Finally, during the week of April 24-30, which includes the KATSEYE dance-along TikTok, “Right Back” leapt another 53% to a whopping 1.14 million official streams. Over the past four months, “Right Back” has exploded over 2,795% in streaming activity.
Dream Academy has already gifted the world KATSEYE and ADÉLA, and it looks like Karlee Girl is next up. — K.D.
