Beabadoobee’s sophomore album Beatopia is out today, following her crashing debut Fake It Flowers. Along with the release of this collection of new songs is a music video for the breezy track “Sunny Day.”
“‘Sunny Day’ is a song that I’ve always wanted to make but something that I’ve never done before,” the singer said in a statement. “Putting it on Beatopia was quite nerve-wracking for me but I’m glad I did. We had written it during a week of crazy productivity in terms of creating songs. I had a session with Starsmith and the song just flowed naturally. I love it.”
Her first single for the album had been “Talk,” about which she said, “I wrote ‘Talk’ just after my first album. I was obsessed with Tuesday because I thought it was the best night to go out, not too much chaos but just enough to have a good time. Generally, it’s about doing things that aren’t necessarily healthy or great for you, but you can’t help indulging. It’s like that unavoidable feeling that you get. You can’t get rid of it, and you know it’s bad, but you love it really, and its whatever, so you do it anyways.”
For the past few days, Meghan McCain‘s ongoing feud with Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has viciously played out on social media where the Republican women have continued to fire shots at each other with no end in sight. McCain has been openly critical of the MAGA fever infecting her home state, and that ire has been especially reserved for Lake, who’s not only backed by Donald Trump but has campaigned on ridding Arizona of the McCain family influence.
The situation reached a boiling point when Republican Senator Wendy Rogers suggested that Lake should assume the “Maverick” nickname previously held by Meghan’s father, the late Senator John McCain. If you know anything about Meghan and her infamous penchant for invoking her father’s name, often loudly, then you can understand how this was basically an act of war.
“You hags deserve each other,” McCain tweeted on Wednesday. “Both of you dried up qanon husks stay the hell away from me.”
McCain also deleted a tweet where she calls Lake a “b*tch,” but not before Lake’s team grabbed a screenshot. The gubernatorial candidate fired back at McCain for the insult, and the fight was on.
“Yeah and I’d do it again – you absolute side show freak,” McCain tweeted in response to the screenshot. “Wanna keep going?”
In a follow-up tweet, McCain added: “Also save the pious bs – you invoke my dead father for clicks and qanon clout. You maxed out to Obama, twice and are a fake snake oil salesman acting out a role. No conservative on the planet would be dumb enough to believe you’re authentic FAKE LAKE.”
Yeah and I’d do it again – you absolute side show freak.
With the fight in full swing, Lake shot back with a dig at McCain’s book flopping. “First you call me a b**ch, now you call me a hag? You’re really doing wonders for your family’s image, Meg,” Lake tweeted. “Poor Meg, too terribly sad because her book launch was such a fail: Boost her broken ego by being one of the very few to buy it.”
“I will call you anything you want – keep talking about my dead father, lunatic,” McCain fired back. “I have HAD IT. This is what Arizona wants in a governor? Someone fighting with a former beloved senators family members on social media for clicks? The state has real problems.”
I will call you anything you want – keep talking about my dead father, lunatic.
I have HAD IT.
This is what Arizona wants in a governor? Someone fighting with a former beloved senators family members on social media for clicks? The state has real problems. https://t.co/XYSGHoW3y5
After a brief cooling off period, Lake reignited the feud with an appearance on One America Network where she, once again, dragged McCain’s book sales and called her a “rabid dog who’s been cornered” and is “thrashing around.”
The former The View co-host retweeted the video on Friday morning with another jab at Lake. “This is psycho, unhealthy and unhinged,” McCain wrote. “If I ever go missing, please check this woman’s basement first please.”
This is psycho, unhealthy and unhinged.
If I ever go missing, please check this woman’s basement first please. https://t.co/M9fwCsP1Zs
If it’s been a minute since you’ve seen Paramore live (or if you just haven’t yet but would be delighted to), good news: The band is going on a quick tour, their first since 2018, this fall.
The run of 12 dates starts in Baskersfield in October before before wrapping up in St. Augustine in mid-November. Along with those shows, the band also has appearances at Austin City Limits, When We Were Young, and Corona Capital Festival on the docket.
Meanwhile, it seems Paramore could finally follow up 2017’s After Laughter with a new album this year, as Hayley Williams wrote last November, “Before I go, thank y’all so much for the incredible support these last couple years. I know we didn’t get to properly come together to sing and vent and sweat it all out…but I do think that Petals and descansos lived exactly the lives they were meant to. Besides, Paramore can’t be ‘on a break’ forever now can we? I love y’all. See you sometime next year?”
Check out Paramore’s upcoming tour dates
10/02 — Bakersfield, CA @ Mechanics Bank Theater
10/04 — Magna, UT @ The Great SaltAir
10/06 — Omaha, NE @ Orpheum Theater Omaha
10/08 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion
10/09 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/11 — Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
10/14 — Bonner Springs, KS @ Azura Amphitheater
10/16 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/22 — Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival
10/23 — Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival
10/29 — Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival
11/07 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/09 — Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
11/11 — Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
11/15 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
11/16 — St. Augustine, FL @ The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
11/19 — Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital Festival
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Last fall, Lauren Boebert actually apologized for addressing multiple fellow lawmakers as the “Jihad Squad,” but she’s singing a different tune in her upcoming book, My American Life. Naturally, all kinds of excerpts are rolling out, including how Boebert painted herself as a hero while reflecting upon her multiple arrests, and of course, she’s also currently hiding her dismay over Shooter’s Grill wandering into the pork-slider sunset.
Also in the book, though, Boebert slammed people who viewed her law-enforcement clashes as proof that “I was a lawless, dangerous criminal.” Naturally, she believes that Democrats are very evil for pointing out her arrest record, and she can’t see why people don’t take issue with the election of Rep. Ilhan Omar, about whom Lauren once cracked a suicide bomber joke before popping onto the House floor to make the (unproven) claim that she’s married to her brother. And yep, Omar makes an involuntary appearance in Boebert’s book, via PEOPLE
In the self-described “gun-toting” congresswoman’s book, which follows her life’s story and why she “joined the fight to make sure we never live in a socialist country,” Boebert calls Omar a “terrorist sympathizer” who has “consistently spewed anti-American and anti-Jewish rhetoric.”
She added that Omar’s so-called terrorist-sympathizing track record has been “made clear repeatedly with outlandish comments and vitriolic, bigoted posts on Twitter.”
There’s been no response from Omar yet, nor has fellow The Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed the matter, as she’s done before. Boebert, for her part, is threatening “exciting things to come” after the closure of Shooters Grill. Oh boy.
Rowdy Rebel’s debut album, Rowdy Vs. Rebel, is out now on Epic Records. Its release is accompanied by the video for “New York,” an anthemic ode to Rowdy’s hometown, which includes a pair of fellow Big Apple dwellers: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Yonkers legend Jadakiss.
Over a cavernous beat backed by skittering snares and a chest-thumping kick drum, the three rappers toast the big city, detailing their conquests and tribulations — which they naturally attribute to their gruff, city-bred demeanor. Meanwhile, A Boogie borrows from Jada’s own history, referencing the Lox rapper’s own 2004 Ja Rule and Fat Joe collaboration by the same name. Jada himself shows off his versatility, adapting his normally traditional flow to incorporate the melodic sensibilities of his collaborators — and because it’s Jadakiss, it works very well.
“New York” is the third single from Rowdy Vs. Rebel. It was preceded by the self-titled lead single and the June release “Woo Nina.” Prior releases “Jesse Owens” with NAV and “9 Bridge” with A Boogie do not appear on the official release but the 17-track project does have features from Dreezy, Fivio Foreign, and French Montana.
Watch Rowdy Rebel’s “New York” video featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Jadakiss above.
Rebel Vs. Rowdy is out now on Epic Records. Get it here.
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
What should a superhero look like? It’s a question plenty of franchises have asked over the years. From the early, uniformed suits of teams like the X-Men and The Fantastic Four to the recognizable emblems adorning the spandex of Superman and Batman in the DC verse to Marvel’s latest interpretation – a medley of capes, iron, vibranium-enforced threads, and headgear. So. Much. Headgear.
When we first batted around this idea to debate the best superhero costumes in the MCU, we assumed the handmade armor of Tony Stark’s Iron Man or the sleek, utility-minded duds of Black Widow would reign supreme – iconic ensembles that mark the start of the action in any good Marvel movie. We thought a superhero costume was simply what a kickass Avenger wore when they were, well, kicking ass and avenging.
But for these god-like beings galivanting across universes and blipping entire planetary systems back into existence, their abilities don’t disappear once the leather and the shoulder pads do. To truly get a sense of superhero style, you’ve got to look beyond just one costume and appreciate the entire wardrobe. The plain clothes and the pomp and pageantry.
So, instead of ranking costumes, we’re going to be ranking style icons – the heroes who show up and show out, on the battlefield and off. Was this planned? Absolutely not. In fact, we retconned this entire idea based solely on the instant icon status of Tessa Thompson’s three-piece suit in Marvel’s latest, Thor: Love and Thunder. But are we going with it anyway? Yes. It’s what Tessa Thompson deserves.
Superhero Costume Must-Haves
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Before we (Uproxx features writers Jessica Toomer and Jason Tabrys) hash out the hierarchy of the MCU’s most stylish icons, some ground rules must be agreed upon. A costume must be a costume. We’re not talking Steve Rogers in a t-shirt, or Hawkeye in a hoodie. Superheroes are the closest thing we have to Gods on the big screen and the outfits they wear while in action must set them apart from the hoi polloi, the peasants if you will. We’re talking leather, capes, and crests. We’re talking costumes that look ripped from Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie. We’re talking artistry, people.
The easiest identifier of a superhero in costume is likely the cape, and characters like Doctor Strange, Thor, and Vision are winning in that department. That billowing piece of fabric doesn’t need to be a sentient sidekick like Earth’s Mightiest Wizards’ is, but it does need to enhance a character’s look without inhibiting their abilities. The same goes for headgear and for any accessories added to the look. Now that we have that settled, onto the arbitrary ranking!
5. Tony Stark/Iron Man
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Jason’s Verdict: This is sacrilege to say because Tony Stark is the alpha, but in all honesty, Iron Man’s costume looks like something out of West Coast Choppers. It just looks like a midlife crisis motorbike. Still, he’s got some amazing glasses and we don’t give enough credit to eyewear when it comes to his style. Plus, of all the Marvel heroes, Stark would be the one most likely to be featured in a GQ fashion spread.
Jessica’s Verdict: I think the newer versions of the suit might look like a better-made Tesla — sleek and stylish exterior without the potential for combustibility, but he crafts these things by hand and he has the accessories game on lock. It’s a suit that has space for satellite-directed attachments that will allow you to incapacitate the Hulk. It’s functional. And Robert Downey Jr. wears everything with such confidence on-screen, that he has to rank amongst the best.
4. Loki / Hela
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Jason’s Verdict: I’m liking the headgear. It’s intense. Loki’s got a predilection for long jackets, which I think is bold. The green is underused — that kind of foresty green color that he rocks. I just feel like Loki is like a low-key style God.
Jessica’s Verdict: Both Loki and Hela are really doing things for headgear in the MCU but the stag crown and heavy eyeliner just scream “my father turned me into the literal goddess of death and then freaked out when he couldn’t control me and my oversized dog anymore.” Pretty sure they both listen to a lot of My Chemical Romance. A solid tie for fourth place in my opinion.
3. Scarlet Witch (Tie)
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Jason’s Verdict: Scarlet Witch gets inclusion on any list of best costumes because she has just so much versatility in her looks — especially from WandaVision. There are so many different costumes. She’s got tremendous headwear also.
Jessica’s Verdict: I do think only Elizabeth Olsen’s bone structure could pull that off. Anything from WandaVision on, especially in Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness. She has her fingers dipped in black ink to signal that she’s now evil. That’s called a glow-up.
3. Thor (Tie)
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Jason’s Verdict: There are so many different looks for Thor. You’ve got the chain mail stuff. You’ve got the sleeveless era. You’ve got the sad Thor era — I know he is wearing regular human clothes at that point but that Thor spoke to me. It’s all about versatility. There’s a story there. So again, I know we’re kind of bending the rules, but Chris Hemsworth cannot be held down by rules.
Jessica’s Verdict: He will not be put in a box. And you’re right. His style has mirrored his character evolution. Thor got a glow up in Ragnarok. The mis-shaven head, the off-the-shoulder body armor look, the war paint – it needs to be celebrated.
2. T’Challa/Black Panther
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Jason’s Verdict: I feel like Black Panther’s suit is not just more advanced, it also just looks so much cooler.
Jessica’s Verdict: He’s sporting the best color. Everyone and everything looks good in black. His suit is made of vibranium, he’s got claws built into the gloves which shows a commitment to theme. He’s got shoes that Kanye West would be jealous of. There are no notes there.
1. Valkyrie
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Jason’s Verdict: Valkyrie just stands out on the battlefield. The white/gray suit. The blue cape. Everything else is so dark — blue or black or brown or burgundy. This stands out. I love a bold color choice. That just oozes confidence. It’s got some gold. There’s some armor there. That’s a superhero costume.
Jessica’s Verdict: To me, the suit looks dirty. The white … it looks like someone trampled all over it. I want to say it’s nothing to do with Tessa Thompson, obviously. She wears the hell out of it. But we have to admit the skirt is a little off-putting. That said, Tessa Thompson wears the hell out of a three-piece suit as king of New Asgard in Thor: Love and Thunder and she also goes into battle sporting a Phantom of the Opera t-shirt. I really don’t know how one could argue that she doesn’t deserve first place in the style icon race.
Earlier this year, Omar Apollo dropped his album Ivory, a successful debut whose songs landed him on the charts as well as on late-night television. Now he’s back with the announcement of an expanded version, Ivory (Marfil), which will contain five extra songs. He’s giving us a taste of it with the new single “Archetype,” out today.
“Archetype” is a groovy track with a slick bassline and a flirtatious aura: “You’re the only one that holds me / Yeah, I know you’re feeling paranoia / Are you in love, ’cause I wanna try,” he sings. About his songwriting process, he once said, “I’m all about the feeling when it comes to music. The lyrics and melody came to me so naturally and I feel like free thinking is what’s missing in a lot of music nowadays.”
Check out the artwork and tracklist for Ivory (Marfil) below.
Omar Apollo
1. “Ivory”
2. “Talk”
3. “No Good Reason”
4. “Invincible” Feat. Daniel Caesar
5. “Endlessly Interlude”
6. “Killing Me”
7. “Go Away”
8. “Waiting On You”
9. “Petrified”
10. “Personally”
11. “En El Olvido”
12. “Tamagotchi”
13. “Can’t Get Over You”
14. “Evergreen”
15. “Bad Life” Feat. Kali Uchis
16. “Mr. Neighbor”
17. “Endlessly”
18. “Highlight”
19. “Archetype”
20. “Saving All My Love”
21. “Pretty Boy”
Omar Apollo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The gap between Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL was three years. It’s now been seven years since Joe Manganiello took his shirt off inside a convenience store while dancing to “I Want It That Way,” which is far too long. There should be a new Magic Mike movie every two years, at least. The MCU? No thanks. The MMCU? Now that’s more like it.
Fortunately, there’s a new Magic Mike movie coming. Unfortunately, based on the title, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, it’s likely the final Magic Mike movie. At least the titular last dance will be a lap dance, according to star Channing Tatum. “You’ve seen me dance onstage, but you’ve never seen me give an intimate, straight-up one-on-one lap dance. That’s definitely going to be in the third one,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “I have a pretty crazy dance that opens the movie. We kick it off on a pretty strong level and then at the end, I might do a version of the water dance in [Magic Mike Live].”
But will there be a splash zone?
“There’s a splash zone in the movie, so it’s a for real thing.”
It seems a lot of early ’00s bands have been rolling out music lately. Recently, we’ve gotten new material by The Mars Volta, Wilco, and Arcade Fire, but the list truly goes on. Now, Interpol is the latest early aughts icon to release a new project with their seventh studio album The Other Side of Make-Believe. On this week’s Indiecast episode, hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen discuss the band’s legacy and how their new music compares to their early catalog.
This week also had a few headline-worthy indie news stories. Lana Del Rey went public with her new boyfriend Jack Donoghue, who happens to be the singer of witch house band SALEM, prompting the question: “How the hell did those two meet?” Perhaps the most baffling news this week came from the January 6th hearings, where an ex-member of far-right group The Oathkeepers wore a Descendents t-shirt while testifying. Of course, Descendents were quick to distance themselves from the organization.
The Recommendation Corner this week has Ian revisiting The Blood Brothers discography while Steven shouts out the new album by Nightlands, the side project of The War On Drugs’ Dave Hartley.
New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 97 below and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.
Being sick — especially when the symptoms impact the mouth, nose, or throat — can have a noticeable impact on how our voices sound. For Lizzo, she sees some instances of that as a positive: She actually recorded “Naked,” a song from her new album Special, while she had a sinus infection, which she insists is when she’s at her vocal best.
“Initially, I wanted to write a song about how comfortable I’ve become with myself, but then I evolved as a person. And as I’ve evolved, ‘Naked’ has undergone a lot of rewriting. It has evolved with me. So now it’s like, ‘How accepting are you of me?’ It’s very intimate. I saw Solange perform a couple years ago now at the Lovebox Festival in London, and I was in awe of her set because she had so much nuance. Meanwhile, I’m all bravado. I’m in-your-face, loud-loud-loud, full-throttle. I was like, ‘Man, on my next album, I want nuance.’ Because there’s nothing like the control that she has, the power she has in the quiet.”
She then added of her singing on the song, “So on ‘Naked,’ I’m in a half-falsetto for most of the song. I’m ad-libbing here and there. I’m having a little chat. It’s under your breath. Also, I had a sinus infection when I sang this, and frankly I give the best vocals with a sinus infection.”
Listen to “Naked” above.
Special is out now via Atlantic Records/Nice Life. Get it here.
Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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