Month: June 2023

In the courtroom, Cardi B doesn’t miss. The “Put It On Da Floor (Remix)” rapper landed another sizable monetary settlement. After fighting a $5 million misappropriation of likeness lawsuit filed by RVCA marketing manager Kevin Brophy, a judge ruled in the entertainer’s favor. Although the verdict was announced in October 2022, the case was far from over.

It is now being reported by Billboard that the accuser, Brophy, has to pay back Cardi B’s legal fees, totaling $350,000. In the paperwork obtained by the outlet, the legal representatives for both wrote, “The parties now have reached an agreement avoiding the necessity of defendants’ motion for attorney’s fees and application to tax costs.”

The 2017 case stemmed from Cardi B’s Gangsta B*tch Music, Vol. 1 mixtape cover art. In the artwork, Cardi appears to be receiving oral sex from a tattooed man. Brophy alleged that the male model used for the Photoshop played on his likeness based on their similar back tattoo, testifying, “It felt like my Michelangelo was stolen off the wall and just literally ripped off and robbed and just put wherever these people wanted to put it. It looks like I’m giving oral sex to somebody that’s not my wife, somebody that’s not my partner, and an image that I never signed off on, ever.”

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The 1975 is heading back to North America this fall with a new Still At Their Very Best tour.

Throughout the run, they will play shows at massive venues like Madison Square Garden in New York City and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. Fans can also catch them at the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Vegas and Atlanta’s Music Midtown along the way.

The band’s fan presale opens on Wednesday, June 21 at 10 a.m. local time, with the general sale opening on June 23 at the same time set. Find more information here.

Continue scrolling for the complete list of tour dates.

09/26 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
09/28 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
09/30 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
10/02 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
10/05 — Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena
10/07 — Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
10/12 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
10/17 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/18 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
10/20 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
10/22 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
10/23 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Arena
10/25 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
10/26 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
10/28 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
10/31 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
11/02 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
11/03 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
11/05 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
11/08 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
11/10 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena
11/12 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
11/14 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
11/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
11/18 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
11/20 — London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens
11/22 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
11/26 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
11/27 — Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena
11/29 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
12/01 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
12/02 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

With The Flash getting ready to zoom into theaters this week, the film will apparently arrive with a few tricks up its sleeves. Director Andy Muschietti has revealed that The Flash will have a post-credit scene that was purposefully left out of the most recent advance screenings for critics. The studio has been intensely worried about leaks, and at one point, it was literally blurring out the secret ending to the film.

However, all will be revealed soon. In an interview with Collider‘s Steven Weintraub, Muschietti has confirmed there will be a post-credit scene and a few other twists:

Explaining that production decided to cut a post-credit scene “just to avoid any kind of possible leaks,” Muschietti teased that the team has “a couple more surprises” up their sleeves when the film celebrates its theatrical release on June 16.

Those surprises must be pretty huge considering Muschietti has already casually revealed that Nicolas Cage will finally get to play his version of Superman in The Flash like it’s no big thing. (The actor was infamously set to star in a Superman movie from Tim Burton that never saw the light of day.) Presumably, there will be other mind-blowing cameos in The Flash that were held back from advance screenings just like the post-credits scene. That said, the cat might already be out of the bag.

Despite Muschietti’s best efforts, the post-credits scene has been subject to rumors of leaking with claimed details bouncing around the internet, so be careful out there.

The Flash races into theaters on June 16.

(Via Collider)

A day after the pre-save link for Doja Cat’s new single “Attention” was apparently leaked early, Doja has shared the official artwork for the single (or possibly even her album, rumored to be titled Scarlet) herself. On both Instagram and Twitter, Doja posted the artwork, which features a triangular shape drawn in red ink, evoking the “scarlet” theme and even suggesting — as some fans noted — blood. Considering Doja’s proclivity for provocation, all those associations are likely intentional. Accompanying the cover art is the date 6/16/23, this Friday, so we won’t have long to wait.

The rollout for Doja’s fourth album has been fraught with chaotic energy — something Doja credited to her ADHD. At one point, she insisted that the album was called Hellmouth but since then, she’s claimed that she has changed the title multiple times. Last year, she stated that the album would lean more into rap than her previous efforts, but just months later, she had changed her mind, saying it would be an R&B album instead.

Then, early this year, she said the album would be more punk-oriented before flip-flopping on Twitter over whether to quit music altogether. Now, it looks like this wild ride is nearing its destination and Doja’s next album — whatever it’s called and however it sounds — will be out sooner rather than later.

With the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA championship on Monday night, Tuesday morning on sports television was all about reaction to Denver’s title and the always popular “way too early” look ahead to the 2023-24 season, despite the draft and free agency still weeks away.

On First Take, this meant unleashing Chris “Mad Dog” Russo to list out his top 5 contenders for the 2024 title, which I’m not sure you could find a single soul that would have the same list.

Stephen A.’s facial expressions throughout this segment are really incredible, but none more than when Mad Dog starts out with the Oklahoma City Thunder as his No. 5 contender, citing Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, aka “what’s his name there, the guard, I always forget.” He then goes to the Kings, saying they’ll only get better while explaining he can’t put the Suns on his list because Kevin Durant is “bad karma,” which is an incredible reason to be out on the Suns. After that he puts his only East team on the board with the Bucks before getting to the current champs in Denver, who he compares to Warriors and Blazers teams from the 1970s which is the most Mad Dog thing in history.

His No. 1 team is the Warriors, who he says “has got one more championship in their bones before they all fade away and discard,” which is an incredible thing to say about a sports team. It’s a true masterclass in takesmithing, and leaving Stephen A. in the side box the entire time is inspired production work because his mute reaction to every Mad Dog tangent is wonderful.

The Barbies from Barbie dropped by The Kelly Clarkson Show this week for a Barbie-themed episode. Will you stop saying Barbie so much? (No.)

In addition to discussing the infamous cast sleepover, the one in which a not-invited Ryan Gosling sent a Scottish man in a kilt to recite the Braveheart speech, stars Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, America Ferrera, and Kate McKinnon talked about their personal connections to the pop culture icon.

When she was a kid growing up in Australia, Robbie received a Barbie Dreamhouse for Christmas. It meant so much to the actress that she requested — nay, demanded — that Greta Gerwig include it in the movie.

“I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this Barbie movie to be, let’s do that. Except I just have one favor,” she recalled telling the director. “Please, please, please can we have a Dreamhouse where she has a slide that goes from her bedroom down to her pool, because that is my goal in life.”

Robbie asked for a very pink Barbie Dreamhouse; Gosling wanted underwear with Ken’s name on it. Both wishes came true.

Here’s more from The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s Barbie episode.

Barbie comes out on July 21st. Good luck, Oppenheimer.

Steven Yeun is known for his lengthy acting credits appearing in The Walking Dead, Nope, and more. However, it wasn’t until the entertainer could showcase his love for music until Netflix’s Beef.

Yeun’s performance of the classic hymn “Amazing Grace” moved viewers, but his cover of Incubus’ 1999 song “Drive” truly blew fans’ minds. When the series’ official score was released in April, it didn’t make the cut. Now, the full version of the cover has hit streaming platforms as part of Beef: The Bonus Tracks.

During an appearance on the podcast Skip Intro, host Krista Smith asked Yeun about his love for music, to which he replied, “As an immigrant kid growing up in the Midwest, that was really my only real safe space. There was another reality happening [in Korean church] where maybe how we couldn’t assert ourselves in wider America, we could at least feel for ourselves in that particular place.”

Other tracks featured on the bonus album include “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech In Pain,” “I Am Inhibited By A Cry,” “Such Inward Secret Creatures,” “I Am A Cage,” “Just Not All At The Same Time,” “Figures Of Light,” and “The Drama Of Original Choice,” all of which are performed by Bobby Krllic.

Listen to Yeun’s “Drive” cover above and the full soundtrack below.

The DMV area was one that was long overlooked in hip-hop through its first 30 or so years, but in the early 2010s, it rose in prominence and has been climbing ever since thanks to the efforts of rappers like Wale, IDK, Rico Nasty, and Shy Glizzy. However, one of Washington DC’s foremost pioneers had been missing out on the region’s boom.

Fat Trel, who first broke out in 2012 thanks to his Nightmare On E Street mixtape, spent much of the latter half of the 2010s in prison due to a string of arrests and possession of a weapon. Now, he’s out and looking to restart his career in earnest with the mixtape Nightmare On E Street 2. He details his impending comeback in a new mini-documentary titled The Road To Nightmare On E Street 2.

Trel was initially locked up in 2016 for using counterfeit currency and driving while intoxicated. In 2018, though, he was arrested for possession of a so-called “ghost gun” and sentenced in 2021 to two years and six months in federal prison (he was released later that year thanks to time served). After a probation violation in December, he served out another 11 months before being released in November.

The documentary details Trel’s love for music and recommitment to the art form as he works to stay out of trouble and enjoy the fruits of his labor as DC, Maryland, and Virginia finally start to see more popularity. Trel’s peers like Shy Glizzy and Wale appear in the doc, as he recounts his rise to stardom and expresses his hopes for the future.

Watch The Road To Nightmare On E Street 2 above.

Fat Trel is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

“There are times pop music is the end result when I’m in the studio, but I don’t really go in and say, ‘Today I am going to make a pop song,’ but it can happen,” Post Malone reportedly once said. While the rapper isn’t on this list, a lot of other pop artists likely feel the same way about how their songs just sort of materialize into a hit.

Continue scrolling for Uproxx’s Best New Pop guide from this week.

Rosalía — “Tuya”

Rosalía is completely in her romance era and honoring her boyfriend, Rauw Alejandro, with a special song about their relationship’s moments. “Exploring is part of who I am as a musician and in the case of ‘Tuya,’ inspirations such as reggaeton, Japanese instruments, flamenco, and gabber techno coexist at the same level,” she shared in a statement.

BTS — “Take Two”

BTS’ hiatus isn’t stopping them from treating fans to some new music to hold them over until a return. Their new “Take Two” addresses their Army directly, speaking to how they’re all living in the moment together, “Yeah, wе never felt so young / When together sing the song… Yeah, we never felt so right / When I got you by my side.”

Niall Horan — “The Show”

The title track from Niall Horan’s new album finds him reflecting on how life’s mistakes make us who we are at the end of the day. “If everythin’ was simple, how would we know? / How to fix your tears, how to fake a show / How to paint a smile, yeah, how would we know? / How good we have it, though?” he asks in the chorus.

Sam Smith, Madonna — “Vulgar”

Sam Smith brought Madonna on to be the most fitting option to turn up the drama on their new song, “Vulgar.” The duo recorded it reportedly the day after the Grammy Awards. “If you f*ck with Sam tonight, you’re f*cking with me / So watch what you say or I’ll split your banana,” Madonna fires back during her turn on the track.

Shawn Mendes — “What The Hell Are We Dying For”

With a viral cover art that features an image from the recent wildfires, most had wondered how he was able to turn something around so fast. Before the release, Mendes shared he had just finished it a few hours before — and it also seems to possibly give some insight into his relationship/breakup with Camila Cabello.

PinkPantheress — “Angel”

Another hit in the making from the Barbie soundtrack that has yet to miss, PinkPantheress’ “Angel” is the next drop to hype audiences up to go see the blockbuster next month. While the instrumental is just as bubbly as the rest, lyrically, she is haunted by a lost love.

Renée Rapp — “Snow Angel”

While actress Renée Rapp is set to star in an upcoming Mean Girls adaptation, she is also keeping her musical side just as sharp to prepare, as she welcomes a new era with “Snow Angel.” The track finds her trying to push as best as she can through emotional battles.

Janelle Monáe — “Phenomenal” (feat. Doechii)

“Dance ’cause there ain’t nobody else in this b*tch like you,” Monáe and Doechii sing in the bridge of “Phenomenal.” The collaboration, which appears on her new album, The Age Of Pleasure, finds the two musicians reveling in their self-worth — making it an anthem to lift fans up.

Gus Dapperton — “Sunset”

“Your light is like the beacon I will never see / Killed the flame, I’m divin’ deeper in the darkness / Burned every bridge, now there’s nothin’ left to spark it,” Dapperton sings on his newest, “Sunset.” The pining pop track is set to appear on his upcoming album, Henge, which arrives next month.

Noah Kahan — “Dial Drunk”

Noah Kahan’s “Dial Drunk” has already become a viral sensation on TikTok even before its official release. Now, the song has the potential to become a charting hit, as fans are loving the folksy tale of a bad guy’s point-of-view.

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

Haim played the Gov Ball music festival in NYC over the weekend. However, even after years in the industry, men still have something to say about the band’s performances.

“Is it me or is that bassist just acting?” Lakeshore Records’ A&R director Eric Craig commented on one of NME‘s Instagram posts of Este Haim playing, according to People Magazine.

The group eventually caught Craig’s comment and had some thoughts to respond. “I’m so used to seeing this sh*t on every f*cking video of us playing ever, but I’m so over it. Don’t ever say we don’t play our f*cking instruments,” they replied — posting a screenshot of it to their IG story.

It’s also not the first time Este Haim has received these misogynistic remarks about her playing bass. “I get [told], ‘I love that you don’t care what you look like when you play. I love that you don’t care what your face looks like when you play. I love that about you,’” she told NME in 2019. “God, thank you so much. Like, f*ck you.”

“Even the other day we were doing an interview, and it was a male journalist,” she shared with L’Officiel the following year. “He was like, ‘I want to ask you about your song ‘3AM,’’ and I was like ‘Great, love! Let’s talk about it.’ And he was like, ‘The bass line is incredible, you know? Who played it?’ And I was concerned, ’cause I was like, ‘Oh sh*t, was there a discrepancy on the credits?’ He was like, ‘Oh, I haven’t seen the credits.’”

Since Haim pushed back on IG, fans have flooded the NME post’s comments with lots of love for Este.