Month: November 2022

This article originally appeared on 11.23.16

Hey man, I know today was rough. I’m really sorry. I heard it was a doozy.

It started a lot earlier than it should have. I guess you could say the previous day never really ended.

You put your daughter down for bed around 8 p.m., like usual. You scarfed some food and chugged some NyQuil to try to knock out your throbbing cold, the one you caught from her (love those daycare germs!). Two hours later, you woke up to the sound of her coughing through the baby monitor. Then came the crying.

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You rolled out of bed in a glassy-eyed, cold medicine-induced fog. You stumbled your way up the stairs to soothe her. Nothing worked. She cried every time you tried to lay her back down. Your head was throbbing. Your eyes dry and heavy. Her cries like nails on a chalkboard. You got frustrated and had to just put her down, let her cry while you walked away to cool off. “I can’t do this,” you thought, exhausted, drained. It didn’t matter if you could do it or not because she kept crying, and she needed you.

The whole night went on like this before the sun mercifully came up.

Breakfast time. You sleepwalked your way through cooking an omelet (you burned one side, but does it really matter?). She threw it on the floor and wailed. Did she want a banana? More water? Crackers? Was something hurting? You didn’t know. You just kept handing her things.

This was your entire day.

After that, you carried her over to her toy bin and let her play. She was joyful, finally smiling and laughing. You sat, zombie-like, sipping your coffee and enjoying the brief moment of peace. Then she tripped over a wooden puzzle piece and hit the ground hard. More tears. And then more. Normally she wouldn’t cry this hard, but she was sick. She wasn’t herself. You picked her up and held her and kissed the boo-boo, but she wouldn’t stop crying.

You put her back down because the crying in your ear was like a power drill to your temple. Normally, you’d be so much more patient and nurturing. But you weren’t yourself either.

The whole day was like this. You took her to the store where she refused to stay in the cart. She wanted to run up and down the aisles, which was fine, but then she tripped and fell. Again. More tears. She threw her lunch on the floor and cried about it. You tried to put her down for a nap, but she kicked and flailed until you gave up.

It didn’t matter if you could do it or not because she kept crying, and she needed you.

There were things to be done around the house: chores, projects, cleaning. You had nothing in you but medicine and whatever food you were able to scarf down between tantrums. It was all you could do to muscle your way through bath time and get her into bed.

And you weren’t far behind her. You crawled into bed, drained, knowing she’d probably be up within a matter of hours, hacking and coughing and crying. Poor thing.

When it was finally quiet, you felt bad for her. She didn’t mean to be a pain; she’s just a baby. A baby with a cold, at that. You were so disappointed with yourself. Why couldn’t you have been more patient, more loving? She had a hard day too.

You have to be better than that.

You drifted off to sleep locked in on one single thought: Maybe I’m not cut out for this dad thing.

I know your day was bad. Really bad. But mine was great, and I’m sorry, but I just need to tell someone about it.

Get this: It started at 8 a.m. 8 a.m.!

I know, I know. My daughter slept great. It’s hard to believe she’s so grown up. It doesn’t seem that long ago that she was only sleeping a few hours here and there, then struggling through the night. Last night we put her down at 8.p.m. and didn’t hear a peep out of her for 12 hours. I slept gloriously.

So. Much. Better.

The baby monitor gently crackled to life with her quietly babbling to herself. But I was already up. I climbed the stairs and pushed the door open to her room. She jumped to her feet and saw me, and she smiled the biggest smile I’ve ever seen and bounced up and down in her crib. As I got closer, she shot her arms into the air so I could pick her up. I did, and she laid a sleepy head on my shoulder.

She was a joy at breakfast. She sat in her chair and gulped down her banana while I cooked up an omelet (I nailed it, by the way, perfectly cooked, 10/10). I put on some music and she playfully shimmied her shoulders to the beat. When the eggs were ready, first she blew on them to cool them down, just like I taught her. She then showed off her fork skills and wolfed down the entire plate.

The rest of the day went by in a blur. There was the quick run to the store, where she helped put things in the cart and waved at every single person who passed by. Then, a trip to the park where she finally went down the big scary slide by herself. She came out the bottom giggling and ran to me.

I didn’t want the day to end.

And after I kissed her good night and mommy rocked her to sleep, I was left with just one thought: I am doing pretty OK at this dad thing.

It’s hard to believe sometimes that we are the same person, living the same life. But here’s what I know: Tomorrow is a new day.

I don’t know whether it’ll be good or bad. I really don’t. (I hope it’s good!)

But you know what? At some point, you’re going to look at that spot on the floor where your daughter tripped and face-planted, and you’re going to laugh. When you think about it, it was kind of funny, right? (She was totally fine.)

And eventually you’re going to find an old piece of omelet wedged under the kitchen table, covered in dust after she chucked it over her shoulder, and you’re going to roll your eyes lovingly as you scoop it up and throw it away.

Take it from me: You’re doing the best you can. You’re going to have those days where you wish you could keep it together better, where you wish you could be the perfect parent.

But if you can just hang in there, better days are ahead. I promise.

Trust me, I just had one. And it was totally worth the wait.

Mora was a special guest at Bad Bunny‘s concerts in Argentina this past weekend. The rising Puerto Rican singer-songwriter also released his new album Paraíso on Friday.

Mora writes hits for other artists and releases his own music. He rose to prominence in both fields when Bad Bunny enlisted him as a co-writer on his 2020 album YHLQMDLG. Mora also featured on Bad Bunny’s song “Una Vez.” Since then, Mora has cowritten for Bad Bunny’s other albums El Último Tour Del Mundo and Un Verano Sin Ti.

Bad Bunny’s World’s Hottest Tour visited Argentina on Friday and Saturday night. For both shows, Bad Bunny brought out Mora to perform their collaboration “Una Vez.” The Puerto Rican superstar also gave Mora a chance to perform his own hits like “La Inocente” from his Microdosis album.

Mora followed up his Microdosis album with his new LP Paraíso. From spending the summer in Ibiza, he was inspired to give reggaeton music an electronic update. That refreshing sound is best exemplified in the intro track “Bienvenido Al Paraíso.”

On his dance-ready album, Mora collaborated with Spanish singer Quevedo in the alluring “APA,” Danny Ocean in the dazzling “Eivissa,” and reggaeton pioneer De La Ghetto in the lush “AIRBNB.” Up-and-coming Puerto Rican singer Paopao also features on their ethereal collaboration “Cositas.”

Paraíso is out now via Rimas Entertainment. Listen to it here.

Some artists mentioned here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Even though Daniel Kaluuya is done with certain Marvel movies, it seems like he isn’t done with superheroes altogether! Kaluuya has been cast in the upcoming Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse which will swing into theaters next summer.

Spider-Punk is a relatively new iteration of Spider-Man that was introduced in a 2015 comic by Dan Slott and Olivier Coipel. Spider-Punk, AKA Hobart “Hobie” Brown is a homeless teenager who gets bit by a radioactive spider thanks to Doc Oct’s toxic waste dumping. While details about the upcoming installment are still under wraps, Shameik Moore’s Miles Morales and Hailee Steinfeld’s Spider-Gwen are both on board for the sequel to the Oscar-winning movie.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse also features the voices of Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Issa Rae, Rachel Dratch, Joma Taccone, Shea Whigham, and Jason Schwartzman. This will be Spider-Punk’s first film appearance, though he was originally voiced by Drake Bell in a 2016 episode of Ultimate Spider-Man.

Kaluuya actor famously did not reprise his role of W’Kabi in the upcoming Black Panther installment due to scheduling conflicts. He told The Hollywood Reporter that he was hesitant to speak about his decision due to the backlash from fans. If I said anything, people would be really disappointed. That’s how I feel about it. I think people will be disappointed. They don’t want to be spoiled. They’re surprised in whatever will happen. That’s what was amazing about the first one.” Marvel movies seem a little less stressful when you are just lending your voice to the role, as opposed to your entire body and likeness. So he should be fine!

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

The Billboard 200 chart for the week of November 5 is out, and unsurprisingly, Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights again sits atop the list as the No. 1 album for its second week in a row. In its first week, it sold an eye-popping 1.140 million equivalent album units, making it the best-selling album of 2022 so far. Meanwhile, she also became the first artist ever to sweep the Billboard Hot 100’s top ten, with “Anti-Hero” landing at No. 1.

This week, according to Billboard, Midnights has the largest second-week total for any album since Adele’s 2015 album 25. MIdnights brought in 342,000 equivalent units (25 had 1.162 million), which is a greater total than the next six albums’ totals combined.

Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me came in at No. 2 with 81,000 units, while Bad Baby collected 62,000 units for the third spot with Un Verano Sin Ti. The Beatles’ Revolver reissue takes No. 4 with 54,000 units, while Dangerous: The Double Album by controversial country star Morgan Wallen brought in 41,000 to round out the top five. The remaining top ten albums are The Weeknd’s The Highlights, Baby Keem’s The Melodic Blue, Kodak Black’s Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, and Beyoncé’s Renaissance.

Midnights could face some stiff competition for that No. 1 spot on next week’s chart thanks to the release of Drake and 21 Savage’s joint effort Her Loss.

Recently, Renagade PerRana, Snoop Dogg’s personal blunt roller, estimated the she has rolled nearly half a million joints since working for the rapper. That’s about “75 to 150 joints” per day, totaling around half a pound. That story was believable, given that Snoop is the type of guy to have his own personal blunt roller. While it’s true that Snoop smokes a lot of weed, he now says PerRana was exaggerating.

Yesterday (November 6), he shared a quick video in which he says, “B*tch said I smoke 450,000… b*tch, this is all in a day’s work. Stop lyin’. [How the] f*ck am I gonna smoke all that weed in one day? What am I, a f*ckin’ machine? B*tch, this is the roaches. See? Roaches.” The whole time, in the frame is a pile of nine roaches.

PerRana also recently spoke about how she got the job, saying, “They told me to come back the next night and I had a roll-off with a sound engineer that works with Snoop that, I guess, Snoop recommended and a Venezuelan cigar roller who rolls big boy stogies at parties. And I smoked them, to say the least, in that competition. So from that day forward, I was the premier blunt roller of the planet.”

If you found an item that was left behind at your workplace, and you knew a BTS member owned the owner of that item, what would you do? Would you keep it? Return it? Sell it?

If you chose the latter and decide to sell it, well, know that there will be a huge chance you’ll get caught, just like the former employee of the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs who tried selling a Kangol bucket hat worn by BTS‘ Jungkook.

Earlier today, the former employee admitted to all charges after Seoul’s Seocho Police Station completed the investigation behind an online post by the former staff selling the bucket hat. According to the report from Soompi, the post featured a black Kangol fleece-like bucket hat worn by Jungkook with a listing for 10 million Korean won (approximately $7,100). The person also posted a picture of a civil service employee ID for further verification and authenticity. They claimed ownership of the hat after no one called or visited to claim the item after six months when it was reported as lost property. The BTS member apparently left the hat when the group visited the former employee’s workplace for passport purposes.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that no record of the hat was reported to be a lost item according to its office or the National Police Agency. In addition, HYBE has confirmed Jungkook’s bucket hat to be missing: “It is true that [Jungkook] lost his hat at that place (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).”

Toward the end of Selena Gomez’s Rolling Stone cover story, she said, “This is probably the most you’ll hear about me for a while. I want this to come out, but I also just want this behind me. Every now and then it’s important to just disappear.” The December cover was the capstone of a whirlwind press run promoting her Apple TV+ documentary My Mind & Me, streaming now. In the documentary and magazine story alike, Gomez let fans in on her most vulnerable insecurities and daunting challenges — from the detriments of fame to her battles with bipolar and lupus — but some people are choosing to fixate on a throwaway comment about Taylor Swift. And that’s probably exactly why she’s about to disappear for a while.

At one point in the Rolling Stone profile, writer Alex Morris details the peculiar conflict Gomez experiences as a famous person who can’t always vent about the pressures of celebrity with her non-famous friends. “I never fit in with a cool group of girls that were celebrities. My only friend in the industry really is Taylor [Swift], so I remember feeling like I didn’t belong,” Gomez said in part. “I felt the presence of everyone around me living full lives. I had this position, and I was really happy, but … was I?”

Francia Raisa seemingly took exception to Swift being singled out as Gomez’s only friend in the entertainment industry. Raisa, an actress known for roles in Grown-ish and How I Met Your Father, have been close friends since their ABC Family and Disney days in the 2000s. Raisa famously offered up her kidney for Gomez’s lupus-induced kidney transplant in 2017. Raisa saw Gomez’s quote about Swift being aggregated by E! News on Instagram and simply commented, “Interesting.” The comment was deleted, but it also appears that Raisa has unfollowed Gomez.

As is now customary with these sorts of things, a TikTok user, Stephanie Tleiji, laid out this timeline over the weekend and added her own commentary. “I think that Selena Gomez misspoke in this interview,” Tleiji says in the TikTok. “Where she says Taylor is her only friend in the industry, I think she was referring to, like, the singing industry because not only does she have Francia, who’s an actress who we thought was a very close friend but also Cara Delevingne seems like she’s one of Selena’s closest friends, and she also is in the acting industry.”

Gomez left a comment: “Sorry I didn’t mention every person I know.”

For what it’s worth, Rolling Stone dedicated a passage to Gomez’s 30th birthday party from this summer and listed Raisa, Delevingne, Miley Cyrus, Camila Cabello, Billie Eilish, and Olivia Rodrigo as some of the friends who were in attendance.

Watch the My Mind & Me trailer above, and read the full Rolling Stone cover story here.

Anitta stole the show at the Los40 Music Awards in Spain on Friday night (November 4). While performing her hit “Envolver,” the Brazilian superstar twerked on Spanish politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

Each year, the Los40 Music Awards honors the biggest Spanish and Latin acts in Spain. The ceremony is produced by the Los40 radio station. Anitta won big when she took home the Best Artist Award in the Global Latin category. She also caused a stir with her performance at the show.

Earlier this year, Anitta’s song “Envolver” went viral on TikTok when a video of her performing the sexy choreography circulated online. During her performance at the the Los40 Music Awards, she recreated the dance move where she twerks to the ground while onstage.

Walking through the audience, Anitta also twerked on a few people in the front row. Among those people was Ayuso, the president of the Community of Madrid. The conservative politician previously said she would repeal parts of Madrid’s LGBT law if she could. Anitta, who is openly bisexual, seemingly made a queer statement in her twerking moment with Ayuso.

Another big winner of the night was Rosalía. The Spanish pop star took home Best Album for Motomami and Best Tour for the Motomami World Tour in the Spain categories. She was also honored with a Golden Music Music award. Rosalía hit the stage to perform her song “La Fama” that originally featured The Weeknd. She sang the heartbreaking bachata track by herself in a captivating performance.

Another standout performance came from María Becerra. The Argentine pop star revved-up the stage with her reggaeton banger “Automático.” She won the award for Best Tour in the Global Latin category. Her next album La Nena De Argentina is due out soon.

Some artists mentioned here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Forget about the sneakers and the boys for a second, ITZY‘s got something else up their sleeves.

Known to be a group who tends to trend for their dynamic performances and vast amounts of content, ITZY’s most recent social posts today (November 7) was a surprise announcement for some new music. Titled CHESHIRE, the new EP from the JYP Entertainment pop quintet is set to release at the end of the month, November 30, according to the promotion schedule poster.

Following the announcement, all social profiles from the group have immediately switched over to the new color scheme of the new concept. The EP will be available for pre-order starting today at 7 p.m. PT. However, no further details on the forthcoming release were given.

Considering the group will be attending one of K-pop’s biggest nights at the 2022 MNet Asian Music Awards on release day, one can assume that the group will be making their first live performance from the new project on the award show’s stage.

ITZY is currently on the US leg of their ITZY First World Tour: ‘Checkmate’ and will conclude their eight-city tour on Sunday, November 13 in New York at the Hulu Theater.

CHESHIRE follows the group’s first official English pre-release single “Boys Like You.”

Aside from his new daddy duties, it seems ASAP Rocky has also been busy creating music: The Harlem rapper is rumored to have been working on a new track titled “Taylor Swift.”

The song was leaked in a snippet released earlier this year before being wiped off the internet due to copyright issues. The track is presumably expected to be a part of his upcoming album. Despite no full-length audio available for the song, a few of the bars from the snippet were uploaded to Genius.

“Shoot my shot, got her wet / Bet that’s all neck, girl, that’s wetty,” he raps. “Wetty, gave me all neck, I’ll be headin’, ready / Might just sign my ex-girl, no Malcolm and Eddie.”

As of right now, Rocky has not confirmed or denied that this is the track’s name, and it may be subject to change.

While performing at Rolling Loud this past September, the “LSD” rapper announced that he wouldn’t perform again until his album drops, fueling rumors that the project is expected to drop soon. It was initially rumored that the upcoming album would be titled, All Smiles, but the rapper quickly dispelled that during an interview with Dazed Magazine in May.

“You know, I never publicly said that my album was called All Smiles!” he said. “That one is more of a concept project, it’s music and more. I’m wrapping up the new album now.”

Fans have continued to speculate, sharing memes and tweets now alleging that ASAP Rocky’s project will be called GRIM. It looks like we’ll just have to wait and see.