Taylor Swift to open Billboard Awards with performance

Taylor Swift will open next week’s Billboard Music Awards with a performance of her new single “ME!”

She will kick off the May 1 awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where Mariah Carey, Madonna, Maluma, Kelly Clarkson, Paula Abdul and BTS are also performing.

Swift, a 23-time Billboard Award winner, is nominated for top female artist and top touring artist at the show, which will air live on NBC.

Swift released “ME!” — featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco — on streaming services and also dropped its eye-popping music video Friday. It’s the first single from her upcoming seventh album — the follow-up to 2017’s “reputation.”