Underground art rap stalwart Open Mike Eagle is gearing up to release his new album Anime, Trauma And Divorce this week and to accompany the pre-order link, he shared the animated video for the opening track, “Death Parade.” The animated video, Mike says, is about “the cycle of trauma — the personal trauma that’s been a throughline in my life and how traumatized people tend to inflict more trauma on themselves and others.”
To that end, the video depicts an animated Open Mike taking some hits in life as he encounters a variety of different characters representative of various relationships we all have at one point or another in life. The second verse sees Mike’s lyrics interpreted visually, referencing wrestling, X-Men comics, martial arts, and politics.
Mike’s new album is set to come out on his own Autoreverse Records imprint on October 16. It also features the single “Bucciariti” featuring Kari Faux, with the video tapping Paul F. Thompkins, Jordan Katz, and Demi Adejuyigbe. Earlier this year, Mike commented on current events with the incantation of “Neighborhood Protection Spell (Lana Del Biden Nem).”
Watch Open Mike Eagle’s “Death Parade” video above.
Anime, Trauma And Divorce is out 10/16 on Autoreverse Records. Pre-save it here.
James Blake has been staying quite busy in the last few months. Not only did the singer host a handful of livestreams at the onset of the lockdown, but Blake has worked with a bevvy of artists on a recent releases. The singer collaborated with Flatbush Zombies on their upcoming full-length and hit the studio with Slowthai for an energetic single. Blake has now revealed he has a new project, and fans won’t have to wait long before hearing it.
On Tuesday, Blake took to Twitter to share that his EP Before drops on Wednesday. While the announcement comes as a surprise, Blake did previously tease the project with a snippet of him working on the EP in the studio.
In order to celebrate the unexpected release, Blake will take over Boiler Room TV’s livestream for a listening party. Blake’s Boiler Room appearance marks his first time on the series in seven years, so he’s sure to impress.
According to press materials, Blake’s EP credits a handful of contributors. Mount Kimbie, who Blake also worked with for the recent Slowthai single, will apparently appear on the project as well as his girlfriend Jameela Jamil. While it’s not yet clear of Jamil offered vocals on the project, she did help with production and arrangement throughout the EP.
Check out Blake’s Before cover art and tracklist below.
Polydor
1. “I Keep Calling”
2. “Before”
3. “Do You Ever?”
4. “Summer Of Now”
Before is out 10/14 via Polydor. Pre-order it here.
A good conspiracy theory gets the blood running. It should be equal measures absurd and just-believable-enough — meaning that you’re definitely entertained, even if you don’t take the ideas espoused seriously. Or maybe you do take them seriously. Maybe you get hooked on more and more increasingly batsh*t insane ideas until you reach “holy-Jesus-this-is-ALL-real” levels of lunacy. Then you ascend to the next level of conspiracy doc watching, spending hours with videos that are only found deep at the bottom of YouTube rabbit holes.
Hopefully, it won’t come to that. You’re better than to fall for that extremist drivel. The docs presented here are a little more reasonable. Many of them have some undeniable truth at their core. They get you saying, “You know, that makes a lot of sense.” You might even corner someone at your next cocktail party and bounce a few fresh ideas off them. God knows people are tired of hearing about your sourdough starter.
The docs below are sensational and fun, but we’re not here to speak to their veracity. That’s for you to decide. And Snopes. Unroll the tin foil and enjoy!
Bob Lazar is a legend in the UFO community. The former scientist (now pyrotechnician) actually worked at Area 51’s S-4 facility. A military installation where, allegedly, Lazar and other “top men” were reverse-engineering extraterrestrial tech. What stands out most in this whole story (and doc) is that over time — as some documents have become unclassified — some of Lazar’s claims have been proven. Most notably that element 151 (a specific nuclear isotope) exists.
That doesn’t mean Lazar’s decades-long claim to extraterrestrial technology isn’t an Andy Kaufman-level performance artist bit, but it’s certainly enough to get you hooked on the movie.
Erik Nelson and Werner Herzog first teamed up to make the much-lauded documentary Grizzly Man with Nelson producing and Herzog directing. In A Gray State, those roles were reversed to tell the story of aspiring filmmaker David Crowley’s untimely death by apparent suicide in his Minnesota home. That’s the easy part of this documentary. But the story gets wilder in a hurry.
Crowley was a libertarian filmmaker working on a feature film about America being a police state and getting overrun by a foreign authoritarian regime. He was spending his time raising cash for his film by touring the far-right and libertarian circuits with the likes of Alex Jones and Ron Paul. He had gotten far enough in the filmmaking process to produce three trailers for his film and raise $60,000 for the budget. Then, Crowley along with his wife and young daughter were all found murdered in their home. From then on, right-wing conspiracy theorists latched onto the deaths with wild ideas about what “really” happened to the Crowleys — something no one can know for sure.
The film explores all of the conspiracy-making and the actual filmmaking by Crowley, in a head-scratching documentary about an event that provides fertile ground for conspiracy theorists to seed their wildest ideas.
The Family is a limited-run series that’s easily bingeable over five, 45-minute episodes. The docuseries outlines the conspiracy conducted by The Fellowship, originally led by Doug Coe, who set out to turn American politics towards fundamentalist evangelicalism through the backdoors of Washington, DC. The Fellowship eschews any teachings or the actual words of Jesus Christ in the pursuit of power, domination, and pure greed on the national stage to make America into their version of a fundamentalist Christian nation.
It’s a chilling portrayal of how a religious power-conspiracy reached the highest echelons for decades. It’s even more chilling that the quest for Christian domination of America hasn’t seemed to slow down.
This is perhaps the most frustrating entry on the list. There’s little fun to be had here and a lot more grimacing. Luckily, the doc takes a very tongue in cheek approach to the rise of flat earth conspiracy by showing those who believe the lie and fail over and over again to prove themselves right.
So where do the grimaces come in?
No matter who much evidence and failed tests the flat earthers seem to find or run into, they remain unwavering in their belief. If anything, the documentary is a testament to the current age of social media bubbles and YouTube echo chambers people can fall into.
This docu-series from the History Channel is conspiracy theory-lite. Each episode covers a mainstream conspiracy theory in a very introductory way. They hit on the main talking points from “experts” but rarely draw any conclusions, which is kind of the point of conspiracy theories as entertainment. The difference here is that each episode is based around a place like Fort Knox, Area 51, the White House, and so on. There are three exceptions with episodes about Free Masons (naturally), the FBI, and Black Ops.
In the end, this can be a mild way to scratch that conspiracy theory itch without too much investment.
This is the sort of documentary that you wish was a batshit crazy conspiracy theory. But, no, it actually happened as a conspiracy to steal our data and sell it to the highest bidder and then let them at us personally, emotionally, and politically. The results have not been ideal.
The Great Hack is the sort of viewing that feels mandatory to understand what’s going on with our social media accounts and the companies behind them. On the flip side, it’s harrowing to watch how easily the conspiracy to manipulate the masses was carried out and how little has been done in the wake of these revelations.
There are so, so many docs about the existence of extraterrestrials out there. What’s interesting about Unacknowledged is that it’s less about the existence or contact with otherworldly beings and more about how governments — the U.S. in particular here — are able to manipulate the masses and create their own realities/narratives. The film lays out with evidence from the government, newspapers, and very high-level sources that we have contact and technology from extraterrestrial life.
Where Unacknowledged really gets deep is how the government allegedly operates with the information they have about aliens. This is the sort of film that leaves you saying, “hum…” at the end.
Speaking of rabbit holes, MKUltra is a deep one. Fake hippy communes and brothels, Charles Manson, the CIA dosing people randomly for decades, a massive institution-spanning coverup in the highest offices of the land, MKUltra has it all.
Wormwood — from acclaimed documentarian Errol Morris — dives into the very dodgy 1953 “suicide” of CIA employee Frank Olson who was part of the LSD-dosing experiments under the umbrella of MKUltra. The docuseries uses dramatic reenactments to fairly decent effect with Peter Sarsgaard and Tim Blake Nelson turning in believable performances. Those flashbacks are inter-spliced with a present-day investigation that looks into CIA handbooks on assassination and how deeply MKUltra seeped its way into American society.
The case of Jeffrey Epstein might be the most insidious and deep-reaching conspiracy of our time. While this doc-series doesn’t dive too deeply into the conspiracy bullet points beyond the scant evidence we have, it leaves the door open for so, so many questions about what the hell was going on with this person, his underage sex trafficking ring, and the elite group of people he provided underage girls for.
The most damning episode is the third, when Epstein brokers a deal for his first round of sex crimes with some high-ranking officials that current president, Donald Trump (a close friend of Epstein), would later appoint to his White House and the U.S. justice system. If that’s not conspiracy fodder, we don’t know what is. And that’s before the series even gets to his “suicide” in jail while awaiting trial.
Sometimes someone can be shot in broad daylight (see: JFK) and there’ll still be decades of confusion as to what really happened. This four-part series dives into the assassination of a German businessman and politician, Detlev Rohwedder, who was tasked with privatizing former-Communist East Germany’s industry after German Reunification, which started in 1990.
The series looks at the role of Germany’s far-left terrorist organization, RAF, in the assassination. But there’s much, much more going on with this seemingly straightforward murder. The doc is full of political jostling, backdoor rapacious capitalism, and conspiracies that place blame on easy scapegoats. All of this makes for a fascinating watch and an easy binge.
It’s not necessarily a conspiracy that the cattle industry is a very bad thing for the planet. Yet the film treats the whole industry like one huge conspiracy that goes all the way to the top, man! You can perhaps get some interesting information from a lot of the posturing about secrets and lies, but it’s still a very sensational doc.
This look into the cattle industry from a very skeptical point of view is an easy 90-minute watch.
Oliver Stone has settled into a role as an agent provocateur of the American film world. He’s become known for his documentaries that take off-kilter looks at world figures like Chavez and Putin. In this series, Stone examines why so much of our history has been largely erased from the national narrative. This series becomes a conspiracy theory goldmine by actually showing us how backbench political dealings and straight-up erasure of people and history have molded and skewed not only our perception of our history but our perception of our very identity as Americans.
It’s a real conspiracy that’s based on real-life events that we should know but rarely do.
European soccer is in the midst of its international break as national squads face off in the UEFA Nations League, and for Portugal that means leaning heavily on star Cristiano Ronaldo. However, this Wednesday when they host Sweden they will be without the services of their star as he isolates after testing positive for COVID-19, the Portuguese national team announced on Tuesday (via ESPN).
No other players have tested positive, but Ronaldo played in Sunday’s scoreless draw with France and against Spain last week, posting a picture on Monday of he and the entire Portugal team having a meal together.
Ronaldo won’t just be absent from Portugal’s action on Wednesday, but as he continues to isolate it seems likely that he misses Juventus’ first games back from the international break, including possibly the first Champions League game against Dynamo Kiev. The Juventus team had been quarantined prior to the break at a hotel in Turin after two staffers tested positive, but Ronaldo left early to join the Portuguese squad.
Given the more stringent protocols in place in Italy, a country that had one of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks earlier this year, he will have to not only meet those protocols but also deal with potential punishment for leaving quarantine early to go to Portugal.
After the lockdown was put in place, the competition series Verzuz offered some much-needed entertainment and only continues to grow in popularity. September’s Verzuz saw legends Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle competing to an audience of over 3.7 million. Since each battle is announced with little warning, many musicians have challenged one another to put their discography side-by-side. Now, Swae Lee is talking the possibility of tapping his brother for a Rae Sremmurd Verzuz battle against Migos.
Swae recently sat down in an interview with Power 106 to chat about his upcoming album. The conversation eventually turned to Verzuz, and the interviewer asked if Swae was willing to battle it out against Migos.
“All I’m gonna say is we got a nice catalog,” he said, seemingly confirming his interest. “It’s gonna be hard. We got some classics. I got some classics. SremmLife got some classics. You know what I’m sayin’? The numbers don’t lie. That would be good because they got some hits, we got some hits. That’d be fun. […] They’d have to cut us all a nice little [check]. That’s gonna be action-packed. You know we gonna turn up.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Swae talked about his recent single, “Dance Like No One’s Watching.” “It was just so relevant. ‘Dance Like No One’s Watching,’ it was really a play on words. No one’s supposed to be watching because we’re supposed to be in the house. I think nobody really catch that.”
When it comes to huge action set pieces, The Boys outdid itself in Season 2 with an epic sea battle between the ragtag team and Chace Crawford’s The Deep. Although, it’s not so much a fight as a gruesome shipwreck that ends with a boat being rammed into the belly of a whale, covering everyone and everything in piles of aquatic blood and guts. While the opening moments of the gory showdown are heavily CGI, the ensuing carnage — including the massive whale carcass — was all practical effects. The Boys VFX guru Stephan Spzak-Fleet recently sat down with Comic Book to break down the logistics of creating the memorable scene and the massive amount of fake blood it required.
“I think they were telling me they had like 150 buckets of blood or gallons of blood for the whale sequence or something like that,” Spzak-Fleet said. Despite featuring all manners of crazy moments, The Boys producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were big on making sure the look of it felt “grounded” even while depicting pure insanity. That pushed Spzak-Fleet and his team to find just the right mix of practical and digital effects, and it shows in the final product:
With the whale, we had a lot of practical blood, and then as Eric has said on social media and stuff and in other interviews, they built this giant whale set that we didn’t have to do very much work to. We added a little bit of wetness to it here and there, but it was real. We had a real set and I’m telling you when you’re an actor or crew member or anybody and you go up and you see this real exploded whale set, it’s different, man. It connects with you in a different way than if I would have just put up a green tennis ball, so it was still the right way to go. It’s another reason why I love working on the show is we get to work with people and do things like that in that kind of way. It’s just so cool.
The Boys Season Two is available to stream on Amazon Prime.
Over the past year, the upcoming 2020 election has taken on an air of importance bordering on historical, as many came to see it as the last chance to save democracy in the United States. Therefore, it’s somewhat fitting that the Joe Biden campaign has tapped the original cast of history-making Broadway musical Hamilton for a virtual fundraiser event in an effort to preserve the functions of democracy the show depicted in their infancy.
Last seen together in the show’s original run on Broadway in 2015 when it became a massive hit and drew multiple visits from then-President Obama, Jay-Z and Beyonce, and a whos-who of celebrities, the fundraiser will reunite show creator Lin-Manuel Miranda with his Tony-winning cast. Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Phillipa Soo, Okieriete Onaodowan, and Javier Muñoz will all appear (announcements do not list Anthony Ramos, who portrayed John Laurens and Phillip Hamilton in the original run — presumably Muñoz will take his place), while director Thomas Kail will moderate a Q&A session with them.
The Hamilton Town Hall streams live, October 16 at 9 pm ET. Access requires only a donation — no minimum amount is required — with instructions for viewing to be emailed in the donation receipt. You can find more information here.
What a lot of people may not realize about Hubie Halloween star Adam Sandler — while expressing surprise when he appears in the occasional dramatic role, as he did is in last year’s Safdie Brothers’ film, Uncut Gems — is that he actually graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. That is arguably the most famous film school in America, where directors like Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, and the Coen Bbothers graduated, as well as actors like Mahershala Ali, Donald Glover and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who graduated the year after Adam Sandler. Indeed, Sandler was trained as a legit actor before he was cast in Saturday Night Live, so Sandler’s dramatic roles are less of a departure than many may think.
Still, it came as a big surprise when Sandler turned in a remarkable, Oscar-worthy performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love, especially coming on the heels of movies like Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, and Big Daddy. Who would even get the idea of casting Robbie Hart from The Wedding Singer as the psychologically troubled lead in a prestige awards film alongside Phillip Seymour Hoffman, as well as two-time Oscar nominee Emily Watson?
What many may not know is that the role was actually written for Adam Sandler by the writer/director himself, Paul Thomas Anderson, who was connected to Adam Sandler through Tom Cruise, of all people. “I met Tom Cruise when [Cruise’s ex-wife] Nicole Kidman did SNL,” Sandler said this week on the SmartLess podcast. “Cruise had a Yankee cap dipped down low, and he looked up, and I was like in love with him,” Sandler beamed.
“Anyway,” Sandler continued, “Tom called me up, and he says, ‘I’m doing a movie with my friend Paul, and he’s interested in doing a movie with you. Can I put him on the phone?”
Sander said sure, but at the time, he only agreed because it was Tom Cruise who wanted to put them together. “Paul was very nice,” Sandler said, “and he says, ‘Hey, I loved Billy Madison.’ And I was like, ‘OK, thanks,’ but I didn’t know who he was.’”
“‘I just love your movies and your albums,’” Anderson added. “‘Is it OK if I write you a movie?’”
Sandler agreed to allow Anderson to write him a film, but he didn’t think much of it. “That’s great. You can do whatever you want, man,” Sandler said to him, dismissively. “He was sweet, and I could tell he was funny,” but Sandler really didn’t put much stock in the offer.
“But then, honest to God, it was like 11 in the morning, and I had nothing to do, and Magnolia just came out, and I said, ‘I think this is that kid’s movie. I’m going to go see that.’ It was sold out, and I was in the front row, and I was looking up at it, and I was f*cking terrified, and I was going, ‘Oh this guy is f*cking better than me. I don’t want to be in his this. I’m going to ruin his movie! Holy sh*t!”
After the movie, Sandler called up Paul Thomas Anderson and told him that he’d just seen his movie, and by that time, Sandler could hardly contain his excitement. “Are you still writing that movie for me?” he asked. A little while later, Anderson drove the script over to Sandler, left it with him to read, and when he came back, Sandler was “f*cking scared. I always said I could do this, but this was too much. But he talked me through it, and he made me comfortable.” And that is eventually how Adam Sandler’s first dramatic role came to fruition.
Meanwhile, there’s nothing public about how Paul Thomas Anderson and his wife, Maya Rudolph, met, but I like to think that they found each other through the mutual friend Adam Sandler since the two reportedly began dating a few months before the Punch Drunk Love premiere.
This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw featured the second part of the WWE Draft, which began on Friday Night Smackdown. Although it was an hour longer, Raw had the same format as Smackdown, with Stephanie McMahon appearing at a podium in the Thunderdome to read the draft picks, which came in six rounds this time.
On Monday Night we learned that The Fiend will be on Raw, as will Alexa Bliss, so they can be together with whatever their weird bond is (tonight, for example, they simultaneously Sister-Abigailed Zelina Vega and Andrade. It was pretty cool.
Also, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are back on the same brand, so there’s probably a collision coming between those two old frenemies.
Here are the full lists of who was drafted to which show tonight, in order:
RAW
The Fiend
Randy Orton
Charlotte Flair
Braun Strowman
Matt Riddle
Jeff Hardy
Retribution (Mustafa Ali, T-Bar, Mace, Slapjack… Mia Yim, who still hasn’t officially been given a new name, and probably not Mercedes Martinez, who was noticeably missing from the graphics)
Keith Lee
Alexa Bliss
Elias
Lacey Evans
Sheamus
Nikki Cross
R-Truth
Dabba-Kato
Titus O’Neil
Peyton Royce
Akira Tozawa
Lana
Riddick Moss
Arturo Ruas
SMACKDOWN
Bayley
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
Daniel Bryan
Kevin Owens
Lars Sullivan
King Corbin
Sami Zayn
Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura
Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
Apollo Crews
Carmella
Aleister Black
Natalya
The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott)
As of tonight, here’s everyone who hasn’t been drafted yet:
Humberto Carrillo
Drew Gulak
Tucker
Lucha House Party
Murphy
Shorty G
Andrade
Erik (of The Viking Raiders)
Billie Kay
Tamina
Zelina Vega
It’s a shame that Drew Gulak, who just signed a much publicized new contract this Spring, wasn’t even drafted. That doesn’t exactly inspire hope for his future. Not to mention Zelina Vega and Andrade, who made prominent appearances in this very episode, and still weren’t drafted.
There was also the weird thing where out of the final five competitors in the Raw Women’s Championship #1 Contendership Battle Royal, only one, Lacey Evans, was drafted. But Lana, who hadn’t been drafted at that point, won the whole thing. She and the rest of the final five, Natalya, Ruby Riott, and Liv Morgan, were all drafted during the Raw Talk post-show on the WWE Network.
Here are the complete rosters of both shows as they stand after both nights of the draft:
RAW
Drew McIntyre
Asuka
The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, and MVP)
AJ Styles
Naomi
Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax
Ricochet
Mandy Rose
The Miz and John Morrison
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods
Dana Brooke
Angel Garza
The Fiend
Randy Orton
Charlotte Flair
Braun Strowman
Matt Riddle
Jeff Hardy
Retribution
Keith Lee
Alexa Bliss
Elias
Lacey Evans
Sheamus
Nikki Cross
R-Truth
Dabba-Kato
Titus O’Neil
Peyton Royce
Akira Tozawa
Lana
Riddick Moss
Arturo Ruas
SMACKDOWN
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Sasha Banks
Bianca Belair
Jey Uso
Rey and Dominik Mysterio
Big E
Otis
Bayley
The Street Profits
Daniel Bryan
Kevin Owens
Lars Sullivan
King Corbin
Sami Zayn
Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura
Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
Apollo Crews
Carmella
Aleister Black
Natalya
The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott)
We’ll see what updates and changes affect these rosters over the next few days.
This week in the best new pop music saw some big-name collaborations and strong singles from up-and-comers. Bebe Rexha returned with a Doja Cat collaboration, Victoria Monet tapped Kehlani for a sultry single, and Little Mix shared a sugary-sweet tune.
After weeks of teasing, Bebe and Doja’s energetic “Baby I’m Jealous” single is finally here to get Uproxx’s best new pop stamp of approval. “‘Baby, I’m Jealous’ is a song I wrote about embracing my insecurities,” Bebe said about the track. “It’s about the way social media has heightened my jealousy which can affect how I feel about myself. We are constantly flooded with the highlights of other people’s lives, and at times I find myself comparing my worth and beauty to others. It’s part of the human process to experience jealousy—ultimately, this is an anthem to embrace those feelings as a form of empowerment.”
Victoria Monet — “Touch Me” Feat. Kehlani
Following the release of her shimmering album Jaguar, Victoria Monet called on Kehlani to lend a verse on her queer anthem “Touch Me.” “This song is a very personal one,” Monet said. “As artists, it’s special when we let the music document the details of real experiences and that’s what ‘Touch Me’ does. I think it’s beautiful for so many reasons and I hope people can find their own reasons with every listen.”
Little Mix — “Not A Pop Song”
Pop group Little Mix returned with another hit this week. Following their previous singles “Holiday” and “Break Up Song,” the group’s exuberant “Not A Pop Song” will be featured in their upcoming sixth studio album Confetti.
Alexander 23 — “Brainstorm”
Alexander 23 wants his fans to know that it’s okay to not be okay. Released for Global Mental Health Day, “Brainstorm” is a rolling piano anthem that aims to break the stigma surrounding mental health conversations.
Channel Tres — “Skate Depot”
Channel Tres’ “Skate Depot” arrives this week as his first single off of his upcoming I Can’t Go Outside mixtape. Offering his musings over a club-ready beat, the single is an ode to the late Skate Depot rink in Cerritos, CA. The rink was the musician’s first job, but he was let go just week weeks later for not being “good enough” at skating.
Gia Woods — “All I Know”
Gia Woods had already made a name for herself in alt-pop with a handful of singles but this week, the singer offered her debut EP Cut Season. On the project, “All I Know” stands out as a earnest reflection on finding deeper love and self acceptance after cutting out toxic friends.
Daya — “First Time”
After spending the majority of 2020 working on new music, Grammy Award-winning singer Daya is here to impress with her latest single “First Time.” Over a rhythmic beat, Daya delivers a lighthearted tune about memorable night. “‘First Time’ was a natural result of being more in touch with myself and the world around me, knowing exactly what I want and how to get there. It feels like a rebirth of self – sonically and visually – and it’s a small piece of an entire world I’m building,” Daya said about the revved-up track.
Sasha Sloan — “Hypochondriac”
Sasha Sloan continued to tease her upcoming debut album, Only Child, this week with the gentle ballad “Hypochondriac.” The fourth single released off her impending effort, the song showcases the singer’s powerhouse vocals while she sings of finally prioritizing her health now that she’s in love.
Labrinth — “No Ordinary”
After releasing an album and scoring the entirety of HBO’s hit show Euphoria, Grammy-nominated musician Labrinth returns with “No Ordinary.” Released as part of the all-new Xbox campaign, Power Your Dreams, “No Ordinary” features lulling melodies over Labrinth’s soaring voice.
Prep — “Carrie”
With “Carrie,” Prep share a final preview of their eccentric sound ahead of their debut album. “The song is pretending to be a lot happier than it is. It makes me think of someone sitting down a bit drunk at a pub piano, trying to turn all the shit they’re going through into a hazy singalong,” Prep said in a statement.
Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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