Month: June 2023

Paramore is fully committed to the “Misery Business” revival. The band performed their iconic song last October for the first time since September 2018, and Hayley Williams welcomed PinkPantheress to the Austin City Limits stage for another rendition of “Misery Business” shortly thereafter.

On Wednesday night, Paramore’s second go at Madison Square Garden was accentuated by a surprise appearance from Lil Uzi Vert for — you guessed it — another fresh take on “Misery Business.”

“[We’ve been] talking for a minute, but this is the first time we’ve met in person. I love you,” Williams told Uzi on stage before hugging them, as captured in a video by Robbie Fox and re-posted by Kyle Denis. “You’ve said too many nice things about me. You are so sweet to me and to Paramore, so can we do this bridge again together? And then we’re gonna melt their faces off. Alright? New York City, are you ready? Here we go!”

Variety shared a longer video of the performance:

As mentioned by Williams, Uzi has never hid their Paramore fandom. There is plenty of evidence, such as this YouTube video from January 2017 of Lil Uzi Vert blaring Paramore’s “Ain’t It Fun” in the car.

In March 2020, Williams told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe why she’d turned down an opportunity to collaborate with Lil Uzi Vert. (Note: This was before Uzi changed their pronouns to they/them last July.)

“I remember, too, Uzi asking me to do some stuff with him, and I know that fans are going to be so pissed at me for saying this, but I literally wrote him back on Instagram and I was like, ‘Buddy, I love you so much, but I don’t want to be that famous,’” Williams said (as relayed by NME at the time).

Lil Uzi Vert didn’t give up hope, however. At last summer’s BET Awards, they told Complex that their dream collaboration was still “Hayley Williams from Paramore,” adding, “There’s no one better than Hayley Williams.”

Check out more footage and reactions from fans of Lil Uzi Vert’s full-circle moment with Williams and Paramore below.

Lil Uzi Vert and Paramore are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4.

Like the Fast and Furious movies, the John Wick saga began with relative modesty. The Fast and the Furious, released in the summer of 2001, was about thieves who race hot rods. The original John Wick, from 2014, was about a hitman avenging his murdered puppy. Over its four films (and a forthcoming spinoff, and a forthcoming TV series), its world has greatly and often absurdly expanded further. It’s so big that John Wick may be coming back for a fifth film…despite him, y’know, eating it at the end of round four.

So did John Wick actually die at the end of Chapter 4?

The answer is: Yes, probably, maybe, although maybe not. It certainly seemed like he had at the time. In the climax, Keanu Reeves’ Wick duels Donnie Yen’s Caine, a blind assassin working for the film’s big bad, Bill Skarsgard’s Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont. Caine fatally wounds Wick…but before he croaks, he has enough energy to shoot the Marquis dead. Wick then collapses on the staircase and passes into the infinite. We soon see his grave, which is next to his late wife.

Of course, we didn’t see Wick’s corpse being embalmed and placed into that coffin, or see him being cremated, if that’s the way he wished to go. So like the Fast and Furious films, which keep bringing felled characters back from the dead, it appears we’ll see that John Wick guy again. After all, these movies make enough money to bring anyone back from the grave.

After being fired by the Phoenix Suns following a second-round exit to the Denver Nuggets, Monty Williams did not find himself out of a job for long. The longtime NBA coach is headed to Detroit where he has landed the biggest contract in NBA history for a head coach, making north of $13 million per year — with the chance to make even more on incentives — to take the Pistons to the next level.

One would assume those incentives include some that are very hard to reach (like winning a championship), but even so it is a massive amount of money, topping Gregg Popovich’s deal in San Antonio. It’s clear the Pistons are willing to spend to land one of the top coaching candidates on the market despite being a team with ample questions coming into this offseason. Cade Cunningham’s return is the chief reason for excitement in Detroit, but after falling to the fifth pick in this year’s draft despite having the worst record in the league this past season, there are no guarantees they add a star to go alongside the former No. 1 pick.

With Williams coming on board, it certainly seems like Detroit will be active this summer on the trade and free agent market to upgrade their roster, as this is not the coaching hire you make if you’re trying to continue slowly building through young players.

Last October, BTS announced a hiatus lasting until at least 2025, citing each member’s need to fulfill the military service mandated by South Korea. But the groundbreaking K-pop group isn’t leaving ARMY totally high and dry.

On Tuesday, May 30, Big Hit Music revealed BTS’ plans to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of their formation.

The below release was posted to Weverse and translated to English:

“Hello.
This is BIGHIT MUSIC.

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, BTS will release the digital single ‘Take Two’ this coming June.

All seven members participated in ‘Take Two.’ The song conveys their appreciation toward ARMY for all the love you shower them with and their desire to always be together with you.

We sincerely express our gratitude to ARMY for making the 10th anniversary possible with your endless love for BTS, and we hope that ‘Take Two’ will become a precious ‘Gift’ from BTS to you all.

We ask for your love and support for ‘Take Two.’

Release Date: 1 PM, Friday, June 9, 2023 (KST)

Thank you.”

According to Billboard, BTS’ 10-year anniversary celebration will also include BTS 10th Anniversary FESTA.

“The annual event coincides with the date of the group’s debut (June 13, 2013), and will roll out from today [May 30], culminating in a grand finale June 17 in Seoul,” the publication relayed. “BTS FESTA at Yeouido, in the South Korean capital, will be open to the public.”

Last weekend, Tove Lo performed at the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival, where she joined Duran Duran for “Give It All Up” on top of performing her own set. Now she’s riding that momentum by releasing the dreamy, synth-heavy “I Like U” on Wednesday, May 31.

The Swedish singer initially teased “I Like U” would drop on Thursday, June 1, but couldn’t wait any longer. “Summer is coming… and so is ‘I like u’!” she wrote on Instagram. “Because you deserve it, I’m giving it to you a day early [purple heart emoji] shout out to @timfromthehouse for making it the sweaty nostalgic dance tune it is!”

She continued, “Also, PRIDE is coming and I will be donating a portion of my streaming proceeds from #Ilikeu to the amazing @trevorproject, the leading suicide prevention org for lgbtq young people. Go to their page to get more information on the essential and life saving work they do, and if you’re in a position to donate please do so.”

“I Like U” perfectly captures the disorienting feeling that washes over someone at the onset of a crush, which is mirrored by the Moni Haworth-directed video.

“You say sorry I’m taken / Walk away with a smile / I know I’m not mistaken / You’re the love of my life,” Tove Lo sings to set the stage for the melodic, pulsating hook that will inevitably get stuck in every listener’s head: “La la like you I la la la like you.”

Tove Lo told NME that “I Like U” is “in the vein of the ’90s [and] Y2K-era dance music” and was inspired by “what was going through my head” when she first saw her now-husband. She also shared with the publication that the deluxe version of her October 2022 album Dirt Femme “is coming; it’s just [going to be] a little bit later.”

Watch Tove Lo’s “I Like U” video above.

As Uproxx‘s April cover star, Moneybagg Yo laid out what could be expected from Hard To Love.

“I’m more vulnerable on this project than I ever been because of what I went through in the last two years,” he said. “I experienced a lot and endured a lot. I went through a lot. So, this album is really personal, but I know the world is going to relate to it because of the stuff I’m saying, the subject matter. I know people going through what I went through across the globe.”

Unexpectedly, however, Moneybagg (hilariously) changed his Hard To Love release date to this Friday, June 2, to clear the way for Taylor Swift’s Midnights (Til Dawn Edition) last week.

Last Thursday, May 25, Moneybagg Yo posted a video of him singing along to Swift’s “Lover” in the car before explaining, “I just got the news my little baby, Taylor, dropping tonight. I ain’t gonna lie. Y’all know how I feel about Taylor, man, so I think I’m gonna push Hard To Love back just a few days. Y’all be patient with me. Let Taylor have this sh*t.”

Below is everything (else) we know about Hard To Love: The Mixtape Heartless Edition so far.

Release Date

Hard To Love is out 6/2 via CMG Records/Interscope.

Tracklist

1. “They Say”
2. “Keep It Low” featuring Future
3. “F My BM”
4. “Ocean Spray”
5. “Lies” featuring Fridayy
6. “Sholl Is”
7. “Still”
8. “Free Lil A” (Interlude)
9. “Hurt Man”
10. “Shot Off Gumbo” featuring YTB FATT and Shot Off
11. “No Show”
12. “Where Ya Bih @”
13. “Goin Thro It”
14. “Rock Out” featuring Lil Durk and YTB FATT
15. “Super Wet”
16. “Motion God”
17. “Nun Like Me”
18. “Quickie”
19. “On Wat U On” featuring GloRilla
20. “More Sick”

Features

Moneybagg Yo included seven features across Hard To Love‘s 20 tracks, including his CMG labelmate GloRilla on the previously released “On Wat U On.”

Artwork

Singles

Moneybagg Yo dropped the unflinchingly raunchy “Quickie” in December 2022 and piggybacked on that momentum with the aforementioned “On Wat U On” featuring GloRilla this January.

April delivered the brashly confident “Motion God,” and Moneybagg slid one more single under the wire with the groovy, purple-soaked “Ocean Spray” last week.

Tour

Moneybagg Yo had not announced a supporting tour for Hard To Love as of Wednesday, May 31.

Looks like the third Magic Mike had the words “last dance” in the title for a reason. The threequel came out earlier this year, and was, alas, neither as well-reviewed nor as money-gobbling as its two predecessors. But while there won’t be a fourth, its star is open to another stripper saga — in a few decades.

In an interview with People, Channing Tatum was blunt about the future — or lack thereof — of the Magic Mikes. “I am done. We did it all,” he declared. “We chewed all the meat off the bone on that one. There’s nothing left to do.”

But he joked (or not) he would do it if everyone was old as hell. “That would be the only thing I would come back for, Grumpy Old Strippers,” he said with a laugh. “Like Grumpy Old Men: Septuagenarian Strippers.”

Tatum turned 43 last month, so get ready, audiences of 2050: You might get to see an AARP-aged silver fox former Step Up guy doing for the elderly what The Full Monty did for regular-looking blokes.

It’s not clear if the underperformance of Magic Mike’s Last Dance had something to do with him bailing on the series, but surely the pain of having to get supernaturally ripped had something to do with it.

“It’s hard to look like that,” Tatum said on The Kelly Clarkson Show circa the film’s release. “Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape is not natural. That’s not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy.”

Still, he can always do more movies about dogs.

(Via People)

Eight months after Brawl Out, CM Punk is officially returning to AEW when the promotion’s new Saturday show Collision airs live from Chicago on June 17.

Punk has been missing from action after suffering a torn tricep in his All Out victory over Jon Moxley last September. That win preceded a post-show press conference where Punk launched into a tirade against the EVPs of the show amid allegations he was responsible for sending former friend Colt Cabana to Ring of Honor. Punk and his longtime friend Ace Steel then allegedly brawled with the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega backstage.

Rumors have swirled around Punk’s possible return to the company, and those discussions heightened when AEW announced its decision to run a show at Wembley Stadium later this year. AEW tag team champions FTR told us earlier this year their dream match for the show would be to team with Punk against Omega and the Young Bucks.

For now, the heavily rumored return of Punk will reportedly coincide with somewhat of a brand split, with various names thrown out for his first feud including the likes of Chris Jericho, Samoa Joe, and others. With Wembley in the not-so-distant future, Punk’s return aligns with AEW loading the roster for what could be a defining summer for the promotion.

Music can truly feel like magic sometimes, especially when someone has the voice of an angel—or perhaps a wistful, land-loving mermaid.

Reviews of Halle Bailey’s performance in Disney’s new live-action “The Little Mermaid” have been overwhelmingly positive, which isn’t too surprising considering her vocal talents. But according to co-start Melissa McCarthy, who plays the wicked sea witch Ursula in the film, Bailey’s siren-like appeal didn’t end when the cameras stopped rolling.

In a press interview for the movie, McCarthy shared that Bailey had an endearing habit of quietly humming all the time, sometimes without even realizing that she was doing it. McCarthy’s description of the way she and even members of the sound crew reacted to Bailey’s constant lovely humming is a testament to the heartwarming, wholesome magic of music.

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“Halle is, at all times, incredibly quietly humming. There is always this beautiful…it’s a different melody…it’s so quietly,” said McCarthy. She explained that the actors were mic’d so they could hear one another when they were far away from each other on set, and the mics were so powerful they could even hear if they whispered. And McCarthy would always hear her humming through her earpiece.

“There’s always music generating,” the actor said. “It’s the most beautiful thing in the world.”

McCarthy described how the sound guy with the boom mic would watch her with a look of tender awe. She asked him if he could hear her humming, and he whispered, “I can always hear it. It’s my favorite thing.”

Watch McCarthy describe the “divine” experience of hearing Halle Bailey’s natural musicality on set:

@triplejradio

melissa mccarthy shares one of her favourite moments from the little mermaid set 🥹 #hallebailey #melissamccarthy #thelittlemermaid

The way McCarthy describes it, it almost sounds as if Halle Bailey were a real-life Disney princess. Perhaps the magic is real after all…

If you haven’t seen “The Little Mermaid” yet, check out two of our writers’ spoiler-free thoughts on the film here and here.

There are a few big reasons why 70% of divorces in the United States among heterosexual couples are filed by women. Women have more economic opportunities than in decades past and are better positioned to care for themselves and their children without a husband’s income.

Another big reason is that even though the world has become much more egalitarian than in the past, women still bear the brunt of most of the emotional labor in the home. Gilza Fort-Martinez, a Florida, US-based licensed couples’ therapist, told the BBC that men are socialized to have lower emotional intelligence than women, leaving their wives to do most of the emotional labor.

Secondly, studies show that women still do most of the domestic work in the home, so many are pulling double duty for their households.

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A TikTokker with two children (@thesoontobeexwife) shared why she decided to leave her husband of two decades and her story recounts a common theme: She did all the work and her husband did little but complain.

The video, entitled “Why women leave,” has received over 2 million views.

@thesoontobeexwife

Y’all I laughed when I realized he truly does treat me better now then when he was trying to be in a marriage with me. How is this better?? How did I ever think before was ok?? #toxicrelationship #divorce #mentalloadofmotherhood #divorcetok #divorceisanoption #chooseyou #mentalhealth #mentalload #fyp #mentalload #emotionallabor

“So for the men out there who watch this, which frankly I kind of hope there aren’t any, you have an idea maybe what not to do,” she starts the video. “Yesterday, I go to work all day, go pick up one kid from school, go grocery shopping, go pick up the other kid from school, come home. Kids need a snack–make the snack. Kids want to play outside – we play outside.”

Her husband then comes home after attending a volunteer program, which she didn’t want him to join, and the self-centeredness begins. “So he gets home, he eats the entire carton of blueberries I just purchased for the children’s lunch and asks me what’s for dinner. I tell him I don’t know because the kids had a late snack and they’re not hungry yet,” she says in the video.

She then explains how the last time he cooked, which was a rare event, he nearly punched a hole in the wall because he forgot an ingredient. Their previous home had multiple holes in the walls. Dr. Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist and host of the Power of Different podcast, says that when punch walls it’s a sign that they haven’t “learned to deal with anger in a reasonable way.”

“Anyway, finally one kid is hungry,” the TikTokker continues. “So I offered to make pancakes because they’re quick and easy and it’s late. He sees the pancake batter and sees that there’s wheat flour in it and starts complaining. Says he won’t eat them. Now I am a grown adult making pancakes for my children who I am trying to feed nutritionally balanced meals. So yes, there’s wheat flour in the pancake mix.”

Then her husband says he’s not doing the dishes because he didn’t eat any pancakes. “Friends, the only thing this man does around this house is dishes occasionally. If I cook, he usually does the dishes. I cook most nights. But here’s the thing. That’s all he does. I do everything else. Everything. Everything.”

She then listed all of the household duties she handles.

“I cook, I clean the bathrooms, I make the lunches, I make the breakfasts, I mow the lawn, I do kids’ bedtime. I literally do everything and he does dishes once a day, maybe,” she says.

@thesoontobeexwife

I HAVE OFFICIALLY FILED FOR DIVORCE 🎉 #divorce #divorcetok #toxicrelationship #divorceisanoption #fyp #mentalhealth #chooseyou #iamenough #iwillnotbeafraid #mentalloadofmotherhood #emotionallabor

The video received over 8700 comments and most of them were words of support for the TikTokker who would go on to file for divorce from her husband.

“The amount of women I’ve heard say that their male partners are only teaching how to be completely independent of them, theirs going to be so many lonely men out there,” Gwen wrote. “I was married to someone just like this for over 35 years. You will be so happy when you get away from him,” BeckyButters wrote.

“The way you will no longer be walking on eggshells in your own home is an amazing feeling. You got this!” Barf Simpson added.