Month: March 2021

There have been rumblings that St. Vincent’s upcoming album is called Daddy’s Home, and now we’ve gotten a confirmation on that and then some: Today, she formally announced the album (which comes out on May 14), sharing its cover art, tracklist, and a video for lead single “Pay Your Way In Pain.”

She recently said of the album overall, “I would say it’s the sound of being down and out downtown in New York, 1973. Glamour that hasn’t slept for three days. […] I went back to these records that I probably listened to more in my life than at any other time. Music made in New York from 1971 to ’76, typically post-flower child, kick the hippie idealism out of it, America’s in a recession but pre-disco, the sort of gritty, raw, wiggly nihilistic part of that. It’s not a glamorous time, there’s a lot of dirt under the fingernails. It was really about feel and vibe but with song and stories.”

Watch the “Pay Your Way In Pain” video above and find the Daddy’s Home art and tracklist below.

1. “Pay Your Way In Pain”
2. “Down And Out Downtown”
3. “Daddy’s Home”
4. “Live In the Dream”
5. “The Melting Of The Sun”
6. “The Laughing Man”
7. “Down”
8. “Somebody Like Me”
9. “My Baby Wants A Baby”
10. “…At The Holiday Party”
11. “Candy Darling”

Daddy’s Home is out 5/14 via Loma Vista Recordings. Pre-order it here.

Welcome to SNX DLX — first-timers, we know why you’re here. Yup, we got links for the ultra hyped-up release of the Supreme Nike SB Dunk Lows. But we’ve also got seven other sneakers that are equally worthy of your time. They may not all be as coveted as that iconic starry colorway that recalls the legendary Supreme Dunk Highs, but some of them certainly are.

This week we’ve got fresh Jordans, four colorways of the new Adidas cycle-specific Velosamba silhouette, the newest collaboration from Kanye West and legendary designer Steven Smith, and some of the dopest Nike Dunks to drop all year. Since this is a big week we don’t want to waste any time addressing what didn’t make the cut this week, so without further ado let’s dive into this week’s eight best sneaker drops.

Adidas Velosamba

Adidas’ Samba silhouette is one of the three stripes brand’s best and now it’s been reimagined with city cycling in mind, bring the shoe even closer to its European roots. The Velosamba, as it’s being called, features a stiff recycled nylon insole board that is designed to help with pedal control, a two-bolt cleat outsole cut-out for easy bike clipping, and features reflective detailing on the three stripes to increase nighttime visibility.

Together with its four colorways of off-white, black, yellow, and navy blue, and rider-centric tech, the Velosamba is a great looking and highly functional sneaker. We’d love the OG Samba to get a similar colorway refresh!

The Adidas Velosamba is available now for a retail price of $140. Pick up a pair at the Adidas UK webstore.

Supreme Nike SB Dunk Low Collection

This is easily the most hyped release of the week, do not beat yourself up if you’re not able to cop a pair of these Supreme SB Dunk lows. Prepare to take the L, a lot of us will. With a star-spangled design that recalls Supreme’s SB Dunk High from 2003, this low top version of the famous design is dropping in four different colorways, green on white, blue on white, black on white, and brown on white, and you can expect all four to sell out instantly.

The Supreme SB Dunk low features a premium leather upper with embossed faux-crocodile skin overlays, dual branding, and sits atop a Zoom Air unit. Cross your fingers and pray to the sneaker gods you score a pair.

The Supreme Nike Sb Dunk Low collection is set to drop on March 4th for an unannounced price. Pick up a pair at Supreme, StockX, or other aftermarket sites.

Nike Dunk Low City Market

The colorful City Market iteration of the Nike Dunk Low features a loud set of graphics that combine Nike’s Blue Ribbon Sports heritage, industrial rice and coffee bags, and bodega grocery bags. It’s a weird hodgepodge of designs, but it works in some strange way. Notable details include the transparent wraparound swoosh, tongue and heel tags, and the thick rope laces.

The Nike Dunk Low City Market is set to drop on March 4th for a retail price of $110. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.

Nike Dunk High Dark Curry

We called it weeks ago, 2021 is the year of the Dunk Highs! This colorway is a thing of beauty, featuring an upper of mixed smooth and distressed suede draped in a velvet brown and dark curry colorway with a contrasting white midsole and off-white outsole. There isn’t much else we can say about this great design, the tones are so rich — it’s nearly perfect in our eyes.

The Nike Dunk High Dark Curry is set to drop on March 5th for a retail price of $120. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.

Air Jordan 1 University Blue

It’s truly cruel that such a coveted colorway of the Jordan I would be dropping in the very same week as those Supreme Dunks, but this seems to be Nike’s strategy this year — overload us with their best colorways on a week-to-week basis. This Jordan I features a clean University Blue leather upper with contrasting white paneling, as well as a full leather ankle, heel, toe, and outsole.

It’s great to see such a legendary colorway on an equally iconic silhouette constructed with this kind of care and detail. A victory lap for Nike this week.

The Air Jordan 1 University Blue is set to drop on March 6th. Pick up a pair at GOAT.

Yeezy 450 Cloud White

For the Yeezy 450, Ye sought out the talents of the father of dad shoes, Steven Smith, who helped create this futuristic design that looks more like some alien foot than it does a sneaker. Still, we appreciate Yeezy and Smith for attempting to push sneaker design into the next decade. The 450 Cloud White features an all-white color scheme with a fully knit upper and a wild splashy sole. It’s hard to imagine this sneaker in any colorway other aside from white, which is probably why Ye went for something more minimal with this drop.

This is 2021’s first significant Yeezy drop and it’s a major improvement over last year’s divisive Foam Runner.

The Yeezy 450 Cloud White is set to drop on March 6th for a retail price of $450. Pick up a pair at GOAT.

Chinatown Market x Converse x NBA Collection

B-Ball fans from the late ‘90s will get warm nostalgic vibes from this new collection from Chinatown Market and Converse that recall the Jeff Hamilton-designed NBA Championship jackets from 1998 and 2002. Hamilton is responsible for the jackets worn by the ’98 Chicago Bulls and ’02 Lakers and those designs are spread across both the Converse Pro Leather and Chuck 70 silhouettes.

The Pro Leather features a much more vibrant color scheme but we’re really digging on the more rugged and washed out colorway on the Chuck 70’s upper. Both sneakers feature skyline graphics of the respective championship cities.

The Chinatown Market Converse NBA Collection is set to drop on March 6th exclusively at the Chinatown Market webstore, with a global release following on March 12th.

HOKA ONE ONE Bondi L and Clifton Suede Collection

HOKA ONE ONE is gearing up to drop new spring colorways of their Bondi L and Clifton silhouettes. The Bondi L and Clifton both feature suede uppers with monochromatic colorways of yellow, blue, brown, and purple. Each colorway features a dark and muted undertone that keeps them from slipping into pastel Easter vibes and sit atop HOKA ONE ONE’s comfy cushioned sole.

The HOKA ONE ONE Suede collection is set to drop on March 5th. Pick up a pair of the Bondi Li ($170) and Clifton Suede ($150) exclusively at the HOKA ONE ONE webstore.

Disclaimer: While all of the products recommended here were chosen independently by our editorial staff, Uproxx may receive payment to direct readers to certain retail vendors who are offering these products for purchase.

Doug Liman has a solid track record of directing fan favorite blockbusters like Edge Of Tomorrow and American Made, but you could be forgiven for not knowing that he has a $100 million film opening this week.

And it’s not just expensive. Chaos Walking stars Tom Holland of Spider-Man, Daisy Ridley of Star Wars, and perennial awards favorites Mads Mikkelsen, Demian Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, and David Oyelowo. Based on a YA series by Patrick Ness, to which Lionsgate has owned the rights since 2011, the project has had a basketball team’s worth of writers attached since then. The final, Patrick Ness/Christopher Ford iteration with Liman directing started shooting back in 2017. After reshoots in 2018 and 2019 directed by Fede Alvarez, and another COVID delay from January, Chaos Walking finally completes its long journey to theaters (yes, theaters) this week. It’s a movie that’s been in the oven forever yet still comes out feeling half baked.

Still, it’s hard not to sense the kernel of something good here. Chaos Walking is a bit like a house with “good bones.” The framework for something beautiful is there, but you’ll have to squint to see it amidst the cracked windows and trash-strewn lawn.

The plot concerns Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland), a teen born and raised in a human colony on a distant planet called New World. But here’s where it gets weird (and more importantly, difficult to convey visually): Todd, like all the men of his colony, is afflicted with a condition called “The Noise,” in which his thoughts are broadcast outwardly in a visible fog that swarms around his head at all times (shoulda just called it “Twitter,” am I right?). It’s a condition said to only affect men, though Todd can’t really test the theory as all the women in his colony including his mother were killed by this planet’s native creatures, called Spackles. Thus leaving Todd the youngest human in an all-male settlement. That is, until a human woman (Viola, played by Daisy Ridley) crash lands there from space.

One can imagine that it would be tough being a horny teen laying his eyes on a woman for the first time to have his every inner-most boner fantasy broadcast out loud. What if you couldn’t just put a book over it? As a plot conceit, The Noise is both entertaining on a surface level — a sort of reverse What Women Want — and also rewards further digging. What if men couldn’t so easily ignore and compartmentalize their own emotions?

So those are the “good bones” we were speaking of. It’s the execution of said concepts that immediately proves lacking. We’re told that some men are better at controlling The Noise than others, and characteristically, the leader of this colony of men, the Mayor, Prentiss, played by a scar-faced Mads Mikkelsen, ends up being the best at controlling it. Which is also to say, the most sphynx-like. It’s a wrinkle that partly undoes what’s interesting about the concept in the first place. Wouldn’t the person most adept at fooling themselves be the most powerful? Donald Trump was a lifelong conman who could paradoxically appear trustworthy just for lacking an inner monologue. A man who just speaks his thoughts out loud seems to have nothing to hide. Chaos Walking gropes towards insight here but doesn’t quite find it.

Meanwhile, The Noise is inconsistently applied right from the get-go, with many men in the colony appearing not to have it whenever it’s convenient for the film, and many more broadcasting thoughts that don’t add much — The Noise broadcasting “there’s Todd!” when someone sees Todd, and so forth.

Naturally, Todd finds Viola after she lands, and they strike up an interesting relationship — the boy raised in a terrestrial, hunter-gatherer society meeting the girl who was born and has lived her entire life on a spaceship (the journey takes 64 years). Yet before we can get too deep into this, there’s also an inter-colony conflict (Cynthia Erivo plays a rival mayor), the matter of the Spackles, a religious nut played by David Oyelowo, and the Mayor’s many secrets, including where the colony’s women went and why the “second wave” of colonists has never arrived. Also, a Jonas Brother is there. That’s probably too much for one film and the whole thing ends up feeling like a jumble of half-explored threads. Yet it’s packed with potentially fascinating dead ends, like a character who has to sleep in a separate room because the brain noise from his baseball dreams is so loud.

Conceptually, The Noise is an interesting way to explore men’s and women’s inability to read and understand each other. From the birth of the commercial blockbuster up until about five years ago, the vast majority of movies, and especially action and sci-fi movies, were designed to appeal to the general sensibilities of a teenage boy. It’s understandable then that Chaos Walking, a film literally centered around a teen boy’s broadcasted id, would try to avoid being too hetero horny. But it also feels like the (male) filmmakers were so worried about being not-sexist that they overcompensated by making a film that’s studiously sexless — which isn’t really the same thing.

Chaos Walking is the second Doug Liman feature to hit in 2021 and, all things considered, it’s vastly superior to his unwatchable quarantine yak-fest Locked Down. This one at least had potential. Yet it’s the kind of film that reminds us of the basic fact: making movies is hard.

‘Chaos Walking’ is available in theaters March 5th. Vince Mancini is on Twitter. You can access his archive of reviews here.

If any Marvel Cinematic Universe fan felt skeptical about whether introducing Phase Four on the small screen would go well, WandaVision dashed any fears by midseason. Not only did this show prove to be the weirdest entry of the MCU so far, but Disney+ kept executing successful cliffhangers that delivered seamlessly into the next episode, and then Kevin Feige did the thing, y’all. With one deft maneuver (recasting Aaron Taylor Johnson’s Pietro with Evan Peters), he not only swapped out Quicksilver(s) but also handily fused the MCU and Fox superhero universes, and the audience wholeheartedly respected this solitary chess move that looked toward the future. Now, we’re staring down a finale and Scarlet Witch joining Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

The implications of these developments are vast already. Disney+ and Marvel Studios can now pull mutants into the game, and who knows, we might even see Deadpool shimmy into the party (with F-bombs) sooner than expected. It’s mind-boggling, how casually this is all going down (after the arguably overwrought, 23-film long Infinity Saga), and yes, this early 2021 rollercoaster is not over yet. Loki will arrive in June, and before March ends, we’ll be seeing the premiere of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. As with WandaVision, we’ve got a wishlist, so let’s get down to business.

1. The Begrudging Buddy-Comedy Chemistry We Were Promised: The rivalry between Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier and Sam Wilson/Falcon ignited during Captain America: Winter Soldier, despite Bucky being under mind control. Sam and Steve Rogers founded their military-based friendship and teamed up against Bucky, even though Bucky wasn’t himself, and after Bucky began to break free of his HYDRA mind-shackles, his “until the end of the line” best friend had found a new best buddy. It’s no wonder that these two never liked each other, and this suggestion became explicit with Sam refusing to give back-seat Bucky any legroom in Captain America: Civil War.

Granted, this animosity took a (more figurative) back seat until the final moments of Avengers: Endgame when Steve passed the shield to Sam. Bucky signaled his acquiescence to this decision with a slight nod, but you know that had to string, knowing that Steve entrusted Sam with the position’s honor. Now that they’re living in a post-Steve Rogers world, these two don’t even have to pretend to be nice to each other, but there’s every indication that they’ll work together, whether by choice or by necessity. Don’t expect them to entirely play nice, though. Expect one-liners and grumpiness, and it should be a real blast for viewers while the MCU shifts back into full-on action mode.

2. Sharon Carter Kicking Ass And Being A Huge Part Of This Fine Mess: I didn’t expect to see Agent 13 back again, and without the official agent title, but here we are. She showed up in the show’s Super Bowl trailer around the 1:00 mark, all exasperated-sounding with both Bucky and Sam, before kicking bad-guy booty.

Heck yeah. It’s she who previously became Steve Rogers’ love interest, even making out with him in front of Sam and Bucky in Civil War. Yes, it’s fantastic to have her back and wonder where she’s been hanging for years. It sounds like she’s been in the wind, so to speak, and probably a fugitive from the law, but one must also imagine that things are incredibly awkward these days for Sharon. The last time we saw much of her, she was kissing Steve, and at the end of Endgame, he decided to travel back in time to be with his one true love, Peggy Carter… who happens to be Sharon’s aunt. Hopefully, this will be verbally addressed, at least in passing, but otherwise, yeah, Sharon did not look too impressed to see Sam and Bucky as their stories pick up after Avengers: Endgame.

The dudes will spend a good chunk of the season taking down Baron Helmut Zemo (the big bad portrayed by Daniel Brühl in Captain America: Civil War), but what of Sharon’s place on this show? Marvel Studios has not confirmed where she’s been or what she’s doing now, but this is definitely the first time we’ve seen her in several years, and oh boy, is she showing no mercy. There’d better be a lot of Sharon, or I will rage. I guess The Falcon and Winter Soldier and Sharon Freaking Carter was too windy of a show title, but I’m still here for it, at least thematically. Social media will say that, too.

3. Install A New Captain America: Now we’re cooking. There’s a lot to say about this question (and I plan to say more next week), but one of the more pressing questions for the MCU’s Phase Four is this: who gets to be the new Captain America?

What a loaded inquiry. Obviously, Steve chose to hand the shield to Sam Wilson/Falcon at the end of Avengers: Endgame, but in the comics, both Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier and Sam took up the shield at various points. So, there’s bound to be a little animosity over the official Steve selection, even if, outwardly, Bucky continues to let the slight slide. He did look a little sad at the end of Endgame, and there are certainly arguments to be made about Bucky’s mental state being too fragile to officially take up the Cap mantle, but we’re being mercilessly teased (and expect no less). In the aforementioned Super Bowl trailer at around 0:45, Disney+ follows up a peek at Steve Rogers’ memorial with Sam and Bucky apparently training with the shield.

This tells us very little except that it’s not set in stone that Sam Wilson will be the MCU’s next Captain America. In fact, since Bucky’s catching the darn thing, that might suggest that he’s the one who ultimately ends up doing the honors. We don’t know if they’re competing for the shield or practicing or attempting to destroy it. Any of those options are possible! Yet from the way that Bucky catches that hunk of vibranium, I can’t help but think of a certain moment in Captain America: The Winter Soldier when a then-unidentified Bucky momentarily snagged the shield from Steve. This was a dramatic moment that many saw as foreshadowing before the MCU relegated Bucky into the background.

Several movies later, Bucky arguably got the final shaft (from Steve), but still, Anthony Mackie recently threw out signals that Bucky may very well have a shot at wielding that shield; yep, and Mackie recently got very cryptic while pointing out to Collider that Sam never actually agreed to be the new Cap:

“We don’t know that yet. The show, the idea of the show is basically, you know, and at the end of Endgame, Cap decided he was going into retirement and he asked me if I would take up the shield, but at no point in time did I agree to or say that I would be Captain America. So, the show walks the line of who is going to take up the shield and who’s going to be Captain America if Steve isn’t coming back.”

Anthony Mackie’s being such a rascal here, and I love it. It would actually be quite funny if we found out that Sam didn’t wanna be Cap but didn’t want to hurt Steve’s feelings by saying it out loud to the smug-sounding older Cap. In any event, get ready for some mega-drama with the shield, y’all. I can’t wait.

Disney+’s ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ will premiere on March 19.

If you’re looking for a way to enjoy the rippling, blissfully euphoric full-body high of an edible, without waiting forever for said high to kick in (which inevitably leads you to eat more in an effort to “feel it” faster only to find out you’re now feeling way too much, you’re too high to move, you’re in desperate need of water and the only thing that’s going to make you feel less paranoid is time)… well, then you should definitely consider drinking your THC instead of eating it. And if you’re not interested in that whole “rippling euphoria” thing and just want something non-alcoholic that’ll chill you out, you might as well give CBD a shot, too.

Either way, cannabis-infused drinks are a great way to get all of the relaxing benefits of weed without the smell and mess of smoking or the time-sink of eating an edible. Your body absorbs THC and CBD much faster via a liquid carrier, so you can expect a good high to kick in by the half-hour mark. In short, the days of waiting hours for the effect of an edible to kick in are thankfully over 9if you want them to be). Drinkables are easier to dose, faster acting, and less calorie intensive, but just as fun!

Here are our current favorites on the market.

Lagunitas Hi-Fi Hops

CBD: 2mg (Reverb), 5mg (Tuner), 18mg (Unplugged).

THC: 5mg (Tuner), 10mg (Reverb)

Price: $5 (single), $20 (4-pack).

The Brew

Before you get too excited, no, this is not THC beer. We wish it was, but for legal purposes, vendors cannot currently sell THC-infused alcohol. Sorry, but them’s the breaks. Lagunita’s THC brews are pretty beer-y though, thanks to the inclusion of hops, giving each formula a citrusy undertone that is more in line with what you’d expect from a Lagunitas IPA than a lemon or orange seltzer.

Lagunitas offers three formulas, Reverb, which features 2mg of CBD and 10mg of THC, Tuner, which sports an even ratio of 5mg CBD to 5mg THC, and Unplugged, which features a super dose of 18mg of CBD with no THC, offering a little something for everyone depending on how you like to dose.

The Bottom Line:

Hops and cannabis make for a delightful and earthy flavor combination and Lagunitas offers a variety of dosing options making this a versatile pick.

House of Saka Cannabis Vinfusion

CBD: 5mg per bottle

THC: 25mg per bottle

Price: $45

The Brew

Another casualty of the “crossfaded law,” this THC wine is actually more akin to grape juice. Who cares? It’s delicious!

House of Saka makes both White and Pink “vinfusions” — made from grapes grown in vineyards from California’s famed Napa Valley that are infused with 25mg of THC 5mg of CBD for a relaxing and heavy high that isn’t that far off from what you’d expect from an actual glass of vino.

Of the two, we prefer the Pink, which features notes of strawberry and grapefruit on the palate with a citrusy subtly floral aftertaste. The white is more vanilla forward, with a buttery undertone that probably pairs well with food, but on its own leaves something to be desired.

The Bottom Line:

As close to THC wine as we can legally get in 2021!

Wünder — Wünder20 Blood Orange

THC: 20mg THC

Calories: 25

Price: $7 (per can) $25 (4-pack)

The Brew

If you’re looking for a stronger high from a single can, San Francisco-based cannabis brand Wünder has got your back. The newly released Wûnder20 features 10mg of Delta-9 THC to get you in a relaxed state of mind and another 10mg of Delta-8 THC for a pretty potent body high. This drink is an absolute stress killer. It has a juicy, slightly bitter blood orange flavor that gives it a nice bite and makes it taste like more than just glorified sparkling water.

You’ll be tempted to add the alcohol to this one, it seems like a natural mixer candidate, but we’re going to strongly advise against that. Tread carefully here, this is much stronger than a microdose and can knock those with a low tolerance out.

The Bottom Line:

Deliciously bitter with a strong high that’ll melt away your stress. Vacation in a can.

Pabst Blue Ribbon Cannabis-Infused Lemon Seltzer

CBD: 2mg

THC: 5mg

Calories: 25

Price: $24 (4-Pack), $120 (24-Pack)

The Brew

PBR’s cannabis-infused lemon seltzer is easily one of the best-tasting THC-infused seltzers on the market. Sporting a clean and crisp lemon peel flavor, this seltzer is remarkably transparent, lacking that bitter herbal weed flavor that a lot of other THC-infused beverages suffer from. That transparency makes this brew a great mixer to toss with tequila.

You’re going to need that extra edge, too, because as far as THC goes, this drink is laughably weak.

It’s great for a body relaxing effect, but if you’re really looking to cut loose you’re going to need to reach for multiple cans. The weak punch and lack of fizz are this drink’s biggest downside. PBR would be wise to release more flavors here and up that THC content.

The Bottom Line:

An ideal choice for microdosing or people new to the edible/drinkables scene. Heavy users with a high tolerance should look elsewhere ,unless you feel like killing a four-pack in a single sitting.

Recess CBD Sparkling Water

CBD: 10mg Broad Spectrum Hemp Extract

Calories: 25

Price: $29.99 (6-Pack), $49.99 (12-Pack)

The Brew

The Recess experience is very akin to La Croix, but with CBD. Meaning it’s objectively better than La Croix. The brand uses real fruit flavor blends like coconut lime, peach ginger, blackberry, chai, pomegranate hibiscus, black cherry, and blood orange to deliver a blend of broad-spectrum hemp extract, ginseng, l-theanine, and lemon balm.

If the words “natural” and “botanical” are turn-offs in your drink preferences, look elsewhere because Recess tastes very much like what you’d imagine a healthy CBD drink to taste like — a bunch of plants infused in fizzy water.

The Bottom Line:

You could try all of the flavors or you could just take our word for it and grab the pomegranate hibiscus or blood orange. Looking to take it to the next level? Add a shot of good dry gin and prepare to chill out.

Kill Cliff CBD Flaming Joe Spicy Pineapple

CBD: 25mg

Calories: 20

Price: $69 (12-Pack)

The Brew

“Joe Rogan has a keto-friendly spicy pineapple CBD energy drink with b-vitamins” sounds like a Joe Rogan-based SNL fake ad. But here it is, a reality. And a damn good one at that!

Seriously, this spicy pineapple blend is pretty addicting, with a nice crisp note to it and a sweet tangy and spicy aftertaste that lingers nicely. Be warned though, this’ll give you Flaming Joe burps, which aren’t pleasant.

If Spicy Pineapple isn’t your thing, Kill Cliff has four other flavors including strawberry lemon, orange, mango, and grape, all of which are delicious — but the Flaming Joe is easily a class above the rest. The 25mgs of CBD also makes this the strongest non-THC drink on this list. I can’t say that I felt the effects of the b-vitamins, but I was more chilled out after a single can than anyone drinking from a can with Joe Rogan’s flaming head surrounded by UFOs ought to be.

The Bottom Line

Sweet and spicy with a heavy dose of CBD to relax the body and mind. Way better than you’d expect it to be.

Mad Tasty Unicorn Tears

CBD: 20mg Broad Spectrum Hemp Extract

Calories: 5

Price: $30 (Single Flavor 6-Pack), $60 (Mixed 12-Pack)

The Brew

Ryan Tedder’s CBD seltzer brand Mad Tasty is, well, pretty tasty, and you could reach for Watermelon Kiwi, or Grapefruit, but why would you when you can have Unicorn Tears? We don’t know what it is, we don’t care what it is, but it tastes better than we’d like to admit. Mad Tasty is easily the fizziest drink on this list too, so if fizz is what you’re after look no further.

The 20mg of CBD will do well to relax any aches you have and clear your mind, a great wake-up and go drink for those who like to “feel” their CBD. We wish Mad Tasty would drop a Full Spectrum formula but for now this will have to do.

The Bottom Line

If you’re looking for the best flavor with no psychoactive high, reach for Unicorn Tears. What flavor is it? We have no idea. It tastes and feels like a Harry Styles song.

Infamous jam band pivoter John Mayer decided to join TikTok today, but little did the two set aficionado realize that coming into Gen Z’s world means playing by Gen Z’s rules. Almost immediately after Mayer made his first post, a clip of him mocking his own age by fumbling with the camera and pretending not to know how to work it.

The comments underneath his first post were, ahem, Swift, with thousands of teens reminding him that they have not forgotten that when he reportedly dated Taylor Swift for a hot minute between 2009 and 2010, he was reportedly, kind of the worst. Around the time the pair allegedly dated Tayyor was about 20 and John was about 32… just for reference. And yes, there is a song on Taylor’s 2010 album Speak Now called “Dear John” that Swifites have been convinced for years now is about none other than Mr. Mayer himself.

For his second post on the video sharing app, Mayer seemed to poke fun at the fan’s reactions, captioning the clip: “POV: You’re berating me and I’m hearing you out.” Well, at least he does seem to have a grasp on how TikTok works, after all. For her part, Taylor is currently too busy fighting battles against Netflix and jokes made in poor taste to care about the guy who was a jerk to her a decade ago.

Sometimes, a Wednesday night game heading into the All-Star break isn’t the most competitive or aesthetically pleasing affair. Guys are gearing up for a well-deserved break and/or preparing to head to Atlanta for the abbreviated version of the annual mid-season festivities.

That was particularly true for the Blazers-Warriors game, the nightcap to ESPN’s doubleheader, which featured some relatively lackluster basketball for the majority of its three-plus quarters right up until both teams realized that somebody had to try and win this game.

It was a poor shooting night for both team’s star players, but Steph Curry, who had a big first quarter before cooling off, came up with a couple of huge three-pointers late in the fourth to put the Warriors ahead. Ultimately, it was Damian Lillard who was able to seal the 108-106 win for the Blazers with a clutch three-pointer with under 15 seconds remaining, which he followed on the ensuing possession by drawing a charge call on Draymond Green.

DAME. FROM. DEEP. @trailblazers up 2 with 13.7 left on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/aefe5Sam7F

— NBA (@NBA) March 4, 2021

Damian Lillard draws a potentially game-winning charge pic.twitter.com/CwdyDB8e0v

— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) March 4, 2021

The Warriors got one more chance on a halfcourt heave from Kent Bazemore that missed wide-left, and the Blazers walked away with the close victory. Lillard finished with 22 points, but was just 3-of-10 from three on the night. He joined Carmelo Anthony, who also had 22 points for the game, and three other Blazers in double figures scoring, including Gary Trent Jr. and Robert Covington, who had 15 apiece, and Enes Kanter with 11 points and 14 rebounds. Curry led all scorers with 35, but didn’t get enough from the rest of the Warriors to get a win.

It’s been quite a night for referees around the NBA. First, it was Donovan Mitchell who had plenty to say about the officiating after the Jazz dropped a nailbiter in overtime to the Sixers on Wednesday night, claiming that it was just the latest example of how his team gets “continually screwed by the refs.”

And he wasn’t the only one who was frustrated. Teammate Rudy Gobert later went on an expletive-laden rant in which, among other things, he implied that the Jazz are victims of some kind of widespread conspiracy to keep small market teams down. There was plenty of subtext here that also included Joel Embiid, who took his own shot at a Sixers beat reporter who previously insinuated that he was scared of other star centers like Gobert.

But that wasn’t the only game of the night that featured rising tensions involving the refs. During the first half of the Lakers-Kings game, Montrezl Harrell found himself on the receiving end of a technical foul, seemingly for the cardinal sin of yelling “AND ONE” after knocking down a contested layup.

soft ass league pic.twitter.com/yR7HWkro0u

— THE NBA Hustle (@TheNBAHustle) March 4, 2021

Screaming “AND ONE” after such a play is so woven into the fabric of today’s game that it’s almost baffling that any referee would even pay attention to it, let alone consider it an offense worthy of a technical foul. But here we are. It was just the latest example of an official seemingly overreacting to something that appears could’ve easily been ignored entirely in order to de-escalate the situation, as was the case with the technical foul Devin Booker received earlier this week for simply spinning the ball toward the ref with a little too much mustard on it for his liking.

Between a combination of players constantly arguing calls wearing on officials and the lack of fans in arenas allowing them to hear everything guys say clearly, it’s been a season filled with what feels like more apparently soft technicals than usual.

A 2019 study from the University of Colorado Boulder looked at the relationship between marijuana usage and exercise habits, and contrary to what you’ve seen in movies, people who get high regularly are not necessarily lazier than those who abstain from the drug. “There’s some really good longitudinal data that shows that long-term cannabis users have lower weight, lower risk of diabetes, better waist-to-hip ratio, and better insulin function,” Angela Bryan, a psychology professor at CU Boulder, told Westword. Long-time weed smokers are also creatively productive, if Seth Rogen is any indication.

The actor, who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of stoners alongside Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, and Rihanna (Cheech and Chong get their own statute), has been impressively productive in quarantine. Meanwhile, my greatest pandemic accomplishment has been beating an eight-year-old video game (The Last of Us, check it out!). Let’s look at some of Rogen’s more enviable achievements since last March.

1. Seth Rogen has gotten very good at making pottery. This is from February 2020:

Solid, not going to lie. But take a look at these babies.

Why am I so proud of him? Rogen got into ceramics because “there’s inherently something meditative about it. I do like tactile things; I like to produce tangible work,” he told the Cut. “With movies, we spend years on them and then they’re very intangible. They don’t have weight, they don’t occupy a physical space. You used to at least get a DVD or a Blu-Ray, and you don’t even really get that anymore. I don’t like to keep my own movie posters around because those are just advertising for the product, not the product itself. I do really like being able to create an artistic expression that is a thing that I can pick up, hold, show to people. It is just so different from what I normally do which has no mass to it.” Speaking of things that you can hold up…

2. Rogen wrote a book! Yearbook is a collection of “true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best.” He even got his mom to write the press release. “At first I was worried that Seth was writing a book, because I was like, ‘Oh no! What’s he gonna say?!’ I was actually scared to even read it. But I’m very happy I did,” she said. “Overall, I think it’s more sweet and funny than anything, so I like it, and I’m glad he wrote it, but I’d be even more glad if he called me more.”

She’s already kvetching about why he hasn’t written a second book (I might be basing this on my own Jewish mother). But don’t worry, Mama Rogen, he’s still been busy.

3. Rogen is a first-time author, but he’s a many-time actor, writer, and producer. Since last spring, he’s starred in a movie (American Pickle); executive-produced the most recent seasons of The Boys, Black Monday, and Future Man; and guest-starred on Big Mouth. Rogen has announced numerous upcoming projects, as well, including HBO Max’s Santa, Inc. animated series with Sarah Silverman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Darkwing Duck reboots, the Luca Guadagnino-directed Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood adaptation, and Platonic, an Apple TV+ series co-starring Neighbors buddy Rose Byrne. I would be remiss if I also didn’t mention that one of his old shows (and one of the greatest shows ever), Freaks and Geeks, is “whole again” on Hulu.

4. He’s continued to spread awareness for Alzheimer’s research through HFC, “a national non-profit organization whose mission is to care for families facing this disease, educate young people about living a brain-healthy life, and activate the next generation of Alzheimer’s advocates.” The charity has raised over $13 million since 2012.

5. Rogen is also doing good work by continually dunking on Ted Cruz.

Rogen told the Washington Post that people calling his exchanges with Cruz a “Twitter spat” is “honestly the most annoying thing to me” because “this man is trying to overthrow the United States government… The false equivalency between what I am saying and what he is saying to me is one of the biggest problems in America, to me. The fact that calling out a fascist and being a fascist are put on the same platform or the same plane is incredibly upsetting.” Here’s a helpful way to tell the two apart: the one calling out the fascist is a comedian; the actual fascist only thinks he’s a comedian.

6. Someone made this.

OK, the video is technically from 2019, but I wanted to remind everyone about it.

7. Rogen and Ryan Reynolds asked their fellow Canadians to please stay home.

8. And lastly, a dream came true: Seth Rogen: pot magnate. Following a successful launch in Canada, Houseplant, a cannabis company founded by Rogen and writing partner Evan Goldberg, is coming to America. “Almost ten years [ago], I envisioned having my own weed company. And today I can say that my company Houseplant’s weed will be available in California next week!” he tweeted. “Also, Houseplant is making lovely Housegoods like ashtrays, lighters, and YES, even ceramics.”

He has never looked happier.

Mazel tov to Seth Rogen, mazel tov to America (except Ted Cruz).

Kendrick Lamar isn’t a musician who spends much time on social media. The Good Kid M.A.A.D. City rapper usually hops on to make announcements or share new releases from fellow TDE acts and other artists. But on Wednesday, Kendrick made a rare appearance on Twitter to show some love to a video Jack Harlow posted of himself rapping as a kid.

A fan of Harlow recently discovered the video of the young Louisville rapper spitting some bars with friends by his side. It may not be the finest display of rap skills but it does show that he’s come a long way. Harlow himself reposted the video on Twitter and wrote, “Still some of the realest sh*t I ever wrote.” It was this tweet that Kendrick Lamar liked — a simple act that the rapper had not done in over two years.

A Twitter user took note of this and tweeted a screenshot of Kendrick’s “likes” section on his Twitter profile. “Kendrick Lamar hasn’t liked a single tweet in 2 years and he came back to twitter just to like the video of Jack Harlow rapping as a kid???????” the person wrote.

Jack Harlow is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.