Madi Diaz brought on Kacey Musgraves to deliver a country-pop collaboration on “Don’t Do Me Good,” a single from Diaz’s forthcoming album, Weird Faith. The emotional track details struggling with a relationship ending, with a slowed-down instrumental to match the dramatic feelings.
Musgraves appears in the second verse, as the two’s vocals do an incredible job of complimenting each other.
The music video finds Diaz wandering through her emotions on a long drive, with stunning shots of the sunset and her going through the yellow lights of a tunnel.
“I wanted this song to feel like calling your friend,” Diaz shared in a statement. “That moment of needing to commiserate and to have that person say ‘yeah, I’ve been there’ and share that experience with you.”
“I am so happy Kacey said ‘yes’ when I asked her to sing on ‘Don’t Do Me Good,’” she added. “This song would have been so awfully lonely without her and I am so grateful I get to hear her voice on this with mine.”
Previously, Diaz dropped the album’s lead single, “Same Risk,” and fans have been excited to hear the rest of the record.
Check out “Don’t Do Me Good” above.
Weird Faith is out 2/9/2024 via Anti-. Find more information here.
Afro Nation, the biggest Afrobeats festival in the world, is returning to Portugal in 2024 with a stacked lineup featuring some of the biggest names in African music. The first wave of announced performers include Rema, Asake, J Hus, Ninho, Tyla, Omah Lay, Flavour, and more. As usual, a second stage will highlight some of Amapiano’s hottest DJs, including Uncle Waffles and Major League DJz. The festival takes place at the Algarve in Portimão on June 26-28, 2024. Tickets go on sale on November 23; you can find more information at afronation.com.
The 2024 performers include some of the genre’s biggest rising stars. Rema enjoyed increased public standing in 2023, performing for the NBA’s 2023 All-Star Game, on The Tonight Show, and at Broccoli City Fest. He also teamed up with hip-hop’s fastest-rising star, Ice Spice, for “Pretty Girl,” which the duo teamed up to perform on SNL.
Meanwhile, Tyla became the first South African musician to chart on the Billboard 200 in fifty years thanks to her hit song “Water” going viral on TikTok. She too made her US television debut recently, in addition to being nominated for the 2024 Grammy Awards. Asake and J Hus both dropped new albums, as well, establishing themselves as forces in the Afrobeats scene.
More performers will likely be announced as March nears, so stay tuned.
This week saw the release of a ton of great new pop music. K-pop powerhouse group and Uproxx cover stars aespa returned to bring the heat on their new mini-album. Dua Lipa is ushering in her new era with a magical song. And so much more.
Check out the rest of Uproxx’s Best New Pop Music roundup below.
Dua Lipa — “Houdini”
After teasing fans for a few months about her new album, it might all have been part of Dua Lipa’s planned tricks, driven home by the fact that her new single is called “Houdini.” The video finds Lipa channeling her inner magician, as she moves through a kaleidoscopic world in the song’s music video.
Stray Kids — “Lalalala”
Stray Kids‘ “Lalalala” finds them grooving along and rocking out to the “rhythm of the world,” according to a Genius lyrical translation. It appears on the band’s new album, fittingly titled Rockstar (in English).
aespa — “Drama”
aespa’s new mini-album is guided by the title track, “Drama,” which finds the girl group showing off their fierce side. “I bring all the drama,” they declare, with a music video that is just as sassy with its energy.
Jonas Brothers — “Strong Enough” (feat. Bailey Zimmerman)
The Jonas Brothers brought along country singer Bailey Zimmerman to deliver their uplifting and romantic new song, “Strong Enough.” “He’s such a talented artist who’s had an amazing year, so it’s been a blast collaborating with him,” the band shared about their collab in a statement.
David Guetta, Kim Petras — “When We Were Young (The Logical Song)”
David Guetta brought Kim Petras along for a new collab, “When We Were Young (The Logical Song).” It serves as a continuation of Guetta’s interpolation series, with this latest edition using Supertramp’s 1979 hit to transform into a modern club-ready take.
The Kid Laroi — “Sorry”
The Kid Laroi dropped his new album, The First Time, over the weekend. The record opens with “Sorry,” a vulnerable take about the musician struggling with fame at 19 — dealing with everything from fake friends to relationship drama, and how he always has to keep working.
PinkPantheress — “Blue”
PinkPantheress put out her debut album, Heaven Knows, recently — with one of the highlights being “Blue.” The song blends the pop star’s signature electronic production sound, as the lyrics focus on someone who’s not in her life anymore.
Gracie Abrams — “Cedar”
Gracie Abrams contributed a new song, “Cedar,” for Apple TV+’s series, The Buccaneers. It finds her reeling through the emotions of a dishonest relationship. “You told me that you felt the same / When I told you how I needed space / But I think it was a lie / It was a lie,” she sings.
Dove Cameron — “Sand”
“’Sand’ is very emblematic of a lot of Alchemical: Volume 1 because this volume is very focused on the fallout of a very important relationship in my life and the journey I took to rebuild myself,” Cameron told People Magazine about her emotional release.
Bella Poarch — “Bad Boy”
“I’ve always had a love and hate relationship with my body since childhood,” Bella Poarch shared on Instagram about her empowering “Bad Boy” song, where she regains control of her body. “I’ve felt insecure about parts of myself, have hid my scars with tattoos, and have fallen into the pressure of looking a certain way.”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
You can take the boy out of the high school musical, but you can never take the high school musical out of the boy. In this case, our boy is Zac Efron, who stars in the hefty new flickThe Iron Claw. Efron recently revealed during a Q&A at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences that his fellow jacked-up costars decided to loosen up the mood on set by singing some classic tunes.
The Iron Claw star Stanley Simons started singing High School Musical songs while the crew was filming a party scene. Simmons explained, “I sung [some of ‘Breaking Free’] to Zac when I was playing my music scene. That was definitely a life experience that I’ll never forget,” Simmons confessed, though Efron wasn’t super impressed with the singing. “When I was singing the song, he was like, ‘Oh, you’re not hitting it, you’re not hitting it.’ I was like, ‘Oh,’ and I redid it. And I think I did a good job!” he added. He should have sung “Get Your Head In The Game” but that’s not his fault since it’s more of an ensemble track.
Efron chimed in, “Goddamn it, Stanley! I do remember that being one of the most fun days of filming that we had. Filming a house party could go one way or the other. It’s a lot of people that are stuck in one room for many days, it can be kind of daunting. But this one was just electric. It felt like a high school party in a really rad way. It was really special.”
The Iron Claw tells the triumphant and tragic story of the Von Erich family of wrestlers. Simons plays Mike, one of the five brothers in the wrestling family. “We really bonded and got to hang out,” Simons added at the event. “When we got on set it just felt natural. They were really welcoming to me, not just my brothers but all the cast members. So it was a little nerve-racking, but they just were very open.” Jeremy Allen White, Holt McCallany, Lily James, Maura Tierney, and Maxwell Jacob Friedman also star in the film.
It’s a shame that there will be no basketball musical numbers in the upcoming sports drama, but you’ll have to settle for some cool wrestling moves and embarrassing hairstyles. It was the ’80s!
Rolling Loud California 2024 will kick off the outdoor live music season next year. Today (November 14), the organizer of the multi-day event announced the full lineup, which includes headliners Nicki Minaj (March 15), Post Malone (March 16), and Lil Uzi Vert (March 17). So, how much are tickets for Rolling Loud California 2024?
On the official Rolling Loud website, one-day passes are not listed for the 2024 California installment. Instead, only three-day packages are shown. The lowest cost option is the 3-day general admission pass. This option starts at $299. Next is the 3-day general admission+, which starts at $449. The 3-day VIP package runs for $599, whereas the 3-day VIP + munchie pack retails for $799.
Each package has different perks and varying age restrictions. Both general admission packages start at 16 years old. The VIP passes start at 18 years old.
Presale for Rolling Loud California 2024 begins on November 16 at 10 a.m. Pacific. The general public sale of tickets will start on November 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific. Find more information here.
Other notable acts slated to perform during Rolling Loud California 2024 include YG, Tyga, PartyNextDoor, Rae Sremmurd, Lil Tecca, Sexyy Red, Suicideboys, Summer Walker, Big Sean, Don Toliver, Bryson Tiller, Ski Mask The Slump God, Chief Keef, NLE Choppa, 03 Greedo, Luh Tyler, Bones, Flo Milli, and Uproxx cover star Kaliii.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
YG & Tyga, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Rae Sremmurd, Sexyy Red, Suicideboys, Summer Walker, Big Sean, Larry June, Don Toliver, Bryson Tiller, Ski Mask The Slump God, Chief Keef, NLE Choppa, 03 Greedo, Luh Tyler, Flo Milli, and more are also playing at the festival.
For those who are interested in attending next year, the festival will be held at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Park, which is on the grounds adjacent to SoFi Stadium.
Earlier this year, the festival had moved to this venue, after hosting it in San Bernadino for 2022. Previous iterations of Rolling Loud California also took place at the Banc Of California Stadium.
“There was no dust or grass or rugged terrain to navigate, with the streets lining the stadium offering the food concessions, water stations, and rest areas all in an easily traversable thoroughfare with few choke points,” Uproxx’s Aaron Williams wrote in his review about Rolling Loud California’s Hollywood Park venue. “Getting around the fest was a breeze. And including three entrances not only increased the sense of convenience but also the feeling that the organizers had prioritized safety, preventing bottlenecking in any one part of the festival grounds as new arrivals got themselves oriented.”
More information about the 2024 festival can be found here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Matt LeBlanc has mourned the death of Friends co-star Matthew Perry in a tribute on Instagram.
“Matthew. It is with a heavy heart I say goodbye. The times we had together are honestly among the favorite times of my life,” he wrote. “It was an honor to share the stage with you and to call you my friend. I will always smile when I think of you and I’ll never forget you. Never. Spread your wings and fly brother you’re finally free. Much love.” LeBlanc added, “And I guess you’re keeping the 20 bucks you owe me.”
The actor also shared behind-the-scenes photos of the Friends cast, including one of the six of them hugging. You can see the post below.
LeBlanc was previously part of a joint statement with co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, and David Schwimmer to pay tribute to Perry, who died of an apparent drowning last month at 54 years old. “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” it read. “For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty’s family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world.”
Rolling Loud California has announced its lineup for 2024. The long-running festival will return to Inglewood’s Hollywood Park (outside SoFi Stadium) on March 15-17 with headliners Lil Uzi Vert, Nicki Minaj, and Post Malone. But who is else is playing the festival? Read on and find out.
Friday, March 15
Nicki Minaj
YG & Tyga
Rae Sremmurd
Lil Tecca
Sexyy Red
Luh Tyler
BLP Kosher
DD Osama
DeeBaby
Tana
Jeleel!
Fat Nick
Terror Reid
Lay Bankz
Robb Bank$
Lil Gnar
AZ Chike
Kanii
Zoe Osama
Sugarhill Ddot
Chow Lee
Fourfive
Anycia
ASM Bopster
Stone Cold Jzzle
K. Charles
Gat$
Saturday, March 16
Post Malone
$uicideboy$
Summer Walker
Big Sean
Larry June
Bones
Flo Milli
Pi’erre Bourne
Veeze
BigXthaPlug
Xavier Wulf
BlueBucksClan
Kaliii
Rob49
DC the Don
KenTheMan
2 Rare
Danny Towers
Filthy
Jordan Ward
Eddy Baker
Savage Gasp
Maiya The Don
Osamason
Wallie the Sensei
2Sdxrt3All
Hoosh
Nate
Sunday, March 17
Lil Uzi Vert
Don Toliver
Bryston Tiller
Ski Mask The Slump God
Chief Keef
NLE Choppa
03 Greedo
That Mexican OT
Mozzy
Pouya
Mike Sherm
Bashfortheworld
Kxllswxtch
310 Babii
Dom Corleo
Sukihana
Chase Shakur
Ryan Trey
Heembeezy
Cash Cobain
Wolfacejoeyy
Rich Amiri
Joony
MC Abdul
Drownmili
Stoop Lauren
BbyAfricka
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.
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Vyva Melinkolya – Unbecoming
Vyva Melinkolya’s songs are gentle yet portentous, similar to a gray sky on the cusp of a violent thunderstorm. But what if the storm never actually arrives, and the monochrome vistas linger like a diaphanous fog? That’s the feeling that Unbecoming, Angel Diaz’s second album as Vyva Melinkolya, evokes. Like the long stretch of pavement on “I65” and the glacial drums on “Stars Don’t Fall,” Diaz’s latest blossoms gradually, revealing the beauty contained within one moment at a time.
Yo La Tengo – The Bunker Sessions
After releasing one of the best albums of their nearly four-decade career back in February, indie rock luminaries Yo La Tengo are here to remind us, once again, what makes them a touchstone for both veteran musicians and relative newcomers. The Bunker Sessions, a five-song live EP recorded at Brooklyn’s Bunker Studio, revivifies the triumphant camaraderie that animated This Stupid World. Composed of four This Stupid World tracks and “Stockholm Syndrome,” a deep cut from their masterpiece I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, The Bunker Sessions reifies Yo La Tengo’s live performances for the at-home listener. Given how vital the trio’s live shows are to the YLT experience, receiving this so soon after This Stupid World feels like a gift.
Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Alibi”
Alynda Segarra knows that time isn’t linear. The past connects us to the present, but the past is all around us in ways not immediately apparent. Their forthcoming album as Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Past Is Still Alive, says as much in its title alone, which was recorded a month after the passing of their father. In “Alibi,” the album’s opening track, Segarra explores their memories of him growing up in the Lower East Side, grappling with addiction, grief, and family in just under three minutes. “You don’t have to die if you don’t wanna die,” they exclaim. Like the Tralfamadorians explain to Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five, time is a construct. It’s possible to transcend it, and Alynda Segarra does.
Nothing / Full Of Hell – “Like Stars In The Firmament”
Blackgaze, the amalgam of black metal and shoegaze, has become a definitive trend of the 2020s. Albums like Deafheaven’s Infinite Granite and Holy Fawn’s Dimensional Bleed are just two examples of the ways black metal’s grim menace and shoegaze’s gossamer weightlessness collide. But rarely have two artists come together to bring the best elements of their disparate styles. Full of Hell and Nothing pull it off on their forthcoming joint LP, When No Birds Sang. On the slowcore ballad “Like Stars In The Firmament,” ringing guitars blanket Dominic Palermo’s airy vocals; Full of Hell, backing him, sounds uncharacteristically serene. This is a project that unearths new sides of both artists. For two bands that often embrace sheer, heavy volume, gorgeous moments like these are almost more jarring than an onslaught of noise would be.
Fabiana Palladino – “I Care”
Drawing inspiration from classic Motown duets, Fabiana Palladino’s latest collaboration with the elusive producer Jai Paul refurbishes the template with a modern sheen. Its steady pulse grounds the track while lush, ping-ponging synths and electronic auxiliary percussion weave in and around Palladino’s disarming vocals. As the lead single for her upcoming album, it’s a marvelous introduction.
Phony – Heater
Naming your album Heater is a bold move. Fortunately, Neil Berthier, who makes jangly, emo-tinged guitar-pop under the moniker Phony, delivers on the premise. His fourth Phony album is packed with heat; from the searing opener “Caroline” to the blistering pace of “Card In A Spoke,” the Joyce Manor touring guitarist never lets up on the momentum. Heater is full-throttle from start to finish.
John Francis Flynn – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky
John Francis Flynn’s music is steeped in tradition. The Irish artist repurposes classic, traditional folk songs by updating them with a singular vision. Flynn’s new album, Look Over the Wall, See the Sky, might not technically be new, given its retreading of foundational ground. But it’s nonetheless affecting, as evidenced by his renditions of songs like “Kitty,” “Dirty Old Town,” and “Mole in the Ground.” It’s a wondrous tribute to national lineage that underscores Flynn’s penchant for striking arrangements.
Hovvdy – “Jean”
Will Taylor and Charlie Martin make arresting indie-folk that beautifully captures their stalwart friendship. Fittingly, their latest single, “Jean,” is “a song about doing well for those you love,” as Taylor explains in a press statement. “Jean,” like last year’s EP, Billboard For My Feelings, and 2021’s LP, True Love, is a microcosm of everything that’s great about this duo: earnest lyrics, transfixing instrumentation, and candid craftsmanship. Dudes rock.
String Machine – Turn Off Anything On Again
Last year’s Hallelujah Hell Yeah, the third album from Pittsburgh indie septet String Machine, revived the baroque, ornamental sounds of early-aughts bands like The New Pornographers and The Decemberists. Their surprise EP, Turn Off Anything On Again, takes a slightly different approach. They recorded the EP’s three songs in a barn that frontman David Beck’s late grandfather owned, located among the verdant scenery of Allegheny National Forest. Surrounded by cowboy paraphernalia and “dozens of saddles in the rafters,” as their Bandcamp page says, String Machine lace their new tracks with alt-country twang. On “Misfire” and “I See You The Same,” drawling guitars sit side-by-side with glimmering synths. Across Turn Off Anything On Again‘s brief runtime, String Machine create an idyll that you’ll want to stay in long after the music stops.
Sleater-Kinney — “Say It Like You Mean It”
Last month, Olympia’s Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein announced Little Rope, their new album coming out this January. Following up on its scorching lead single, “Hell,” the duo have shared “Say It Like You Mean It,” a slightly calmer, bouncier number that details the end of a relationship. “Say it like you mean it / I need to hear it before you go,” Tucker sings, desperation present in every word.
Hurray For The Riff Raff is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Marvel already had a sizable PR problem heading into Loki Season 2 with the Jonathan Majors mess going on. The actor made his MCU debut in the first season of Loki before fully emerging as the next Thanos-level threat in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. However, shortly after that film’s release, Majors was arrested on domestic violence charges and is awaiting trial later this month.
Unfortunately for Marvel, Majors’ arrest happened after filming had already wrapped for Loki Season 2, and early reviews for the first four episodes couldn’t help but note the awkwardness of his presence. That issue was compounded when a Variety report on the behind-the-scenes panic at Marvel contained an eyebrow-raising quote about the Season 2 finale.
“Marvel is truly f*cked with the whole Kang angle,” a source told Variety about the finale, which the trade publication claimed would further position Majors as the MCU’s next big threat. “They haven’t had an opportunity to rewrite until very recently [because of the WGA strike]. But I don’t see a path to how they move forward with him.”
But then something interesting happened. The Loki Season 2 finale arrived without positioning Majors as the next major MCU villain. In fact, the episode actually made it easer to just forget about the Kang variants altogether. There’s a literally a line from Owen Wilson’s Mobius that minimizes the events of Quantumania because the heroes on that timeline “handled it.”
Some sort of tinkering could have taken place, but Loki executive producer Kevin Wright denies that’s the case. In an interview with TVLine, Wright says that the episode was not altered. “The story that is on screen is the one that we set out to make,” he said.
So what happened? Well, according to Wright, Variety did not have all its facts straight. “That report was crazy. I’ll just say that,” Wright said. “That just shows you, I don’t know what people are talking about.”
Wright further denied editing the Season 2 finale to address the Majors situation, and he also said there were never plans for a post-credits scene because it would take away from the epic impact of Loki claiming his throne.
“We never really had any consideration for the larger Marvel universe, and that is why these two seasons were good,” Wright said. “We built our own corner of the sandbox, we told our own story. People got excited about that and went, ‘Oh, Kang!’ and started building on top of that. But to us, we were the keepers of nearly 12 hours of that storytelling, and we wanted that to come to a close.”
Loki is available for streaming on Disney+.
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