Odds are, nobody expected Drake to announce a new project coming soon. After all, he just released his eighth album, For All The Dogs, in October. However, Drake indeed is dropping something new tomorrow (November 17): Today, he announced the release of Scary Hours 3.
When Will Drake’s ‘Scary Hours 3’ Be On Spotify?
Drake captioned his announcement post, “Scary Hours 3, Tonight at Midnight.” So, assuming Scary Hours 3 hits Spotify when it’s supposed to, the project should be streaming on the platform at midnight ET on November 17 (or 9 p.m. PT on November 16). If you live elsewhere in the world and aren’t sure what date and time this is where you are, here’s a time zone converter set to midnight ET on the 17th. Just add your time zone and the site will tell you what date and time Scary Hours 3 will be streaming in your region.
Drake offered some background on the project in his announcement video, noting, “It’s coming to me in a way that I haven’t experienced maybe since, like, If You’re Reading This, where it’s just kind of like, I feel like I’m on drugs. I feel like I’m in that mental state without doing anything. I did those songs in the last five days. I didn’t have one bar written down for those songs on the night that For All The Dogs dropped. It’s not like I’m picking up from some unfinished sh*t, you know, this is just… it’s happening on its own.”
John Lennon once claimed that The Beatles are bigger than Jesus. But not only is Taylor Swift bigger than The Beatles (for this week, at least), Jesus will be dressed up like the pop star.
The famous Christ The Redeemer statue in Brazil, where Swift is bringing The Eras Tour for three shows this weekend, will “honor” the pop star following a fan-led campaign. “We will have Taylor Swift duly honored, her arrival in Rio. Welcome, Taylor Swift. And may you be happy, with the Swifties,” Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes said, according to a translated article from G1.
The news was confirmed by the Sanctuary of Christ The Redeemer, which came together with Rio de Janeiro city hall and Swift’s label for “a campaign to collect food and water,” adding, “Details will still be released this Thursday.” It’s unclear if the “Junior Jewels” shirt from the “You Belong With Me” music video will be projected on the statue, as Swifties are hoping for, or maybe something more obscure, like a “Bleachella” makeover.
Anthony Roberto Justus, who goes by @taylorswiftbrazilians on Instagram, told USA Today, “The idea of designing a T-shirt showcases our love of her art and shows that we are all eagerly awaiting her arrival with love. We tagged the mayor. He saw it, and he thought it was brilliant.” He added that the statue is “not a place for advertising. It is often used to highlight significant elements of culture. Christ represents a point of reflection, where we find peace, and is one of the greatest beauties of our country. It’s an honor to host Taylor.”
It was just a few weeks ago that Drake released his latest album, For All The Dogs. He’s not taking the rest of 2023 off, though: Today (November 16), he announced that Scary Hours 3 is set for release tomorrow, November 17. In the hours leading up to the new project, let’s run down everything we know about it so far.
Scary Hours 3 Release Date
Scary Hours 3 is out 11/17 via OVO/Republic.
Scary Hours 3 Tracklist
The Scary Hours 3 tracklist has not yet been revealed. Worth noting, though, is that Scary Hours featured two songs while Scary Hours 2 had three tracks, so Scary Hours 3 may have a similar length.
Scary Hours 3 Features
It is not currently known if any featured artists will appear on Scary Hours 3. In the trailer announcing the project, though, it was revealed that Noel Cadastre, Drake, and Kevin Durant are executive producers.
Scary Hours 3 Artwork
The project does not yet have a confirmed album cover. Multiple social media accounts have shared what is supposedly the official Scary Hours 3 artwork, but the image is actually a fan creation from 2022.
Scary Hours 3 Singles
No singles from the project have been announced yet.
Scary Hours 3 Tour
A tour specifically in support of Scary Hours 3 has not been announced. Earlier this week, though, Drake and J. Cole revealed they will embark on It’s All A Blur Tour — Big As The What? together starting in January 2024.
On October 6, Drake released For All The Dogs, his eighth album. He could have easily just taken the rest of 2023 off to relax and plot his 2024. Instead, he’s ending the year with yet another bang: Early this morning (November 16), Drake shared a trailer for Scary Hours 3, which is set to release at midnight tomorrow, November 17.
In a video captioned “Scary Hours 3, Tonight at Midnight,” there’s some nighttime footage of a city before Drake enters a theater and watches an orchestra perform. At the end of the clip, a program pamphlet is shown, which notes that Scary Hours 3 is executive produced by Noel Cadastre, Drake, and Kevin Durant.
In a voiceover, Drake says:
“I’ll say this to you: I’m not… I feel no need to appease anybody. I feel so confident about the body of work that I just dropped that I know I could go and disappear for, whatever, six months, a year, two years — even though I’m not really, like, into [laughs] I’m not really into the super lengthy disappearances for the sake of mystery, but… you know, ultimately, it’s coming to me in a way that I haven’t experienced maybe since, like, If You’re Reading This, where it’s just kind of like, I feel like I’m on drugs. I feel like I’m in that mental state without doing anything. I did those songs in the last five days. I didn’t have one bar written down for those songs on the night that For All The Dogs dropped. It’s not like I’m picking up from some unfinished sh*t, you know, this is just… it’s happening on its own. And, you know, who am I to fight it, right? And to fight back against the right thing would be… you know.”
In January 2020, Ice Cube stopped by Uproxx‘s People’s Party With Talib Kweliand discussed the backstory of the late Eazy-E’s “Boyz N The Hood.” Cube explained that the song was originally meant for a New York-based group named Homeboys Only, but it wasn’t a lyrical fit, so “[Dr.] Dre convinced Eazy to do it.”
But Eazy-E never needed convincing to stump for Compton, California, his hometown that was put on the map by him, Cube, and the rest of N.W.A. Now Compton will make Eazy-E’s relationship to Compton tangibly and permanently inextricable.
According to several Los Angeles-based outlets, such as ABC7 and KTLA, the 100 block of Auto Drive South, located on Alameda Street and runs into the Gateway Towne Center shopping plaza, will be renamed Eazy Street.
Per The Los Angeles Times, “A block party will be held at the street on November 22 to celebrate the moment with performances and appearances from the ‘Boyz-n-the-Hood’ rapper’s children and his former collaborators.” The paperalso noted that Compton City Council previously voted unanimously to rename the street in September.
“My dad loved where he was from,” Eazy-E’s daughter, Erica Wright, said in a statement, as per The Los Angeles Times. “Nothing could keep him from Compton. Nothing could keep his parents from Compton. This will forever be a highlight in my life.”
Eazy-E’s son, Eric Darnell Wright Jr. added, “The street naming serves as a symbol of recognition and commemoration, ensuring that our father […] has a legacy that will be remembered and celebrated for generations to come.”
What’s the funniest movie of 2023? There’s a chance it’s Bottoms. Director Emma Seligman’s follow-up to her very funny indie Shiva Baby, the comedy stars Rachel Sennott — that film’s star, also one of the bright spots of Bodies Bodies Bodies — and The Bears’s Aye Edebiri as two high schoolers who start a fight club as a way to hit on girls. That’s really only the beginning of the insanity of what aims for a live-action Simpsons episode. Not enough people saw it during its theatrical run, but it’s the kind of cult item that picks up most of its fanbase on home video. So when is Bottoms coming to streaming?
Technically, though, it’s already there. Released in late August, it was available for online rental or purchase by late September. Right now it goes for about four bucks on Amazon Prime.
But you’re wondering when it’s going to be available as part of some streamer’s subscription. The answer to that is a bit more murky. Bottoms was released by MGM, which was purchased not long ago by Amazon. As of this writing it’s unclear if Amazon will make it available on Amazon Prime, perhaps next month, or if the movie will mosey on over to MGM+, formerly known as Epix.
So hang tight, Bottoms heads! But if you can’t wait to watch two of the most talened up-and-coming comic performers beat the crap out of their crushes — and also some footballer players — then you’ll have to throw a few bucks around.
In April, The Kid Laroi was a special guest during Post Malone’s VR concert at Meta’s Horizon Worlds, which was reviewed by Uproxx‘s Lexi Lane. Now, it’s Laroi’s turn to play headliner. On Wednesday, November 15, Meta Quest announced its Music Valley Concert Series. As per press release, it is billed as “an all-new virtual music festival experience in Horizon Worlds featuring brand new concerts with an epic lineup.” That lineup includes Laroi, Blackpink, and Victoria Monét.
Meta’s official website expounded upon what to expect from Blackpink: A VR Encore on December 26, as excerpted below:
“Produced by The Diamond Bros in partnership with Meta, Blackpink: A VR Encore was filmed at the sold-out Born Pink World Tour finale show at the Gocheok Sky Dome. It features some of the band’s biggest hits like ‘How You Like That,’ ‘You & Me,’ ‘Pink Venom,’ and more. The 70-minute concert special was custom-captured and produced for VR and filmed with the goal of giving people a unique first-person experience that catapults fans right into the heart of Seoul.”
A separate Meta release confirmed that Music Valley will begin with The Kid Laroi performing “Too Much” on November 28 as part of the larger iHeartRadio VR Concert Series scheduled to run from November 18 until February 2024. The iHeartRadio VR Concert Series will also include shows from Monét (on December 4), BTS’ Jung Kook (December 11), Jorja Smith (January 15), and Alec Benjamin (February 5).
Additionally, Red Rocks Live In VR will run in Horizon Worlds from December 18 until January 2024. Find more information here.
Alec Benjamin is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It’s important to cherish every moment we have with our pets because after they’re gone, there’s nothing most of us wouldn’t do to spend another moment with them. Daniel Esparza, a virtual reality guru, used his technical magic to create a world where he could be with his deceased dog, Sam, whenever he liked.
“She was my companion for almost 13 years,” Esparza told The Dodo. “She was a Labrador, very cute and intelligent.”
After Daniel learned he didn’t have much time left with Sam, he planned to take her to the beach for a final vacation. Sadly, she passed before he could make it happen. “She fell asleep one day and didn’t wake up,” he said.
However, there was a way they could be together. Before Sam’s passing, Daniel made a 3D scan of her sleeping. Daniel then created a virtual world where Sam lives on a beach so they could spend time together.
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Daniel posted a video of Sam’s virtual forever home on X, and it went viral, earning over 650,000 views. One commenter asked if being able to see Sam in virtual reality helped with his grief.
“It feels nice to have that kind of backup memory where you can see her like if she’s sleeping, it’s different from a photo because you can see it in real size in VR, almost like if it’s right there,” Daniel replied. “Also, in the future, I can share this memory with my kids or grandchildren.”
In late October, Daniel got a new dog, a German Shepard named Sunny.
2nd week with Sunny, my German shepherd. I just want to say thanks to all the people who responded the post with Sam in VR, I really appreciate that, I will never forget those beautiful moments with Sam and with my other Labrator called Miranda. Now its time for new adventures.
“Before [production company] Level Forward even brought the idea of making a musical of The Queen’s Gambit, I was a fan of the Netflix show, and an even greater fan of the original novel,” Mitski said in a statement. “So I was already determined to be a member of this team. And then I met Eboni [Booth] and Whitney [White], and my determination grew tenfold! I absolutely had to be a part of this! I am ecstatic to get to work with all of these amazing creatives, who’ve each built beautiful and unique repertoires of their own.”
Level Forward’s The Queen’s Gambit musical adaptation was first announced in March 2021, as reported by THRat the time.
Netflix’s 2020 miniseries starred Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon and it won 11 Primetime Emmys. The series’ official description reads, “Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.”
When he was named Speaker of the House less than a month ago, Mike Johnson may have seemed like an AI Republican. After reporters scrambled to find out who he was, they learned he was more like Ned Flanders on steroids. The Louisiana representative has been desperately trying to scrub a long history of anti-LGTBQIA+ rhetoric, in between trying to oversee a party so chaotic they couldn’t even stomach Kevin McCarthy. There’s still much unknown about him, but would you be surprised that his origin story involves trying to shutter a strip club?
A new report by The Washington Post details how a young Johnson, four years out of law school, set his sights on stopping a club called Deja Vu from opening in Streveport, which he would he would later represent. Worked up over a late night research session, Johnson shlepped out to a city council meeting, imploring local lawmakers to put the kibosh on what he called another “SOB,” or a “sexually oriented business.”
Alas, Johnson’s pitch ended in failure. But in a way it was a win. After all, it’s what inspired him to move from law into politics, transforming him into a culture warrior:
“This is when Mike arrived on the scene,” said Scott Sinclair, a Shreveport attorney involved in unsuccessful litigation against the strip club. “It’s very consistent with his character, from what I’ve seen. Mike’s got a very strong faith-based position. He’s a Christian, and he doesn’t mind anybody knowing that.”
How big does the failed strip club battle loom in Johnson’s legend? So much so that the Alliance Defense Fund, the Christian nonprofit he joined after the spat. In 2003, the ADF even turned the career shift into myth: They cut a radio ad in which Johnson returned home one evening to inform his wife that, due to the aborted strip club battle, he was forced to make a decision: give up that fight or lose his job at his law firm. He chose the latter.
Thing is, a colleague at said firm claimed that wasn’t true:
Don Armand, a partner at the Shreveport firm where Johnson had been working, said the claim that he was required to leave because of his advocacy against the strip club is inaccurate. “Mike was not fired, or asked to leave our firm or forced out in any way,” Armand, who worked with Johnson at the firm Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley & Cromwell, wrote in an email.
Instead, Johnson simply told them he wanted to return to the ADF, for whom he’d already worked. “It was his career choice,” Armand said.
Johnson went on to work for the ADF for eight years, where he was given a national platform to denounce issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
What’s more, Johnson’s case against the Deja Vu strip club was bunk:
In a four-page “Legal Analysis,” which was obtained by The Post, Johnson argued that the city could revoke the construction permit granted to the club because of its proximity to a planned but not yet constructed railroad museum. A city ordinance barred “sexually oriented businesses” from operating within 1,000 feet of a “nonprofit educational museum,” and Johnson argued that the railroad museum would qualify.
He later argued that the city had authority to block Deja Vu because of its proximity to a plot of land said to be designated for a public park.
Bradley Shafer, a Michigan-based lawyer who represented the club’s owners, said Johnson’s analysis represented a “deliberate misreading” of the city’s rules and foreshadowed his “disdain for the rule of law,” referring to his leading role in the congressional effort to reverse the results of the 2020 election.
“He doesn’t care about the truth,” Shafer said. “He misquoted and misconstrued the city’s statute. His view was that his religion and his view of God entitled him to do anything he wanted.”
Since scoring his new gig, Johnson has been trying to pass himself as a nice and normal and unthreatening bureaucrat who tolerates those who don’t share his views. Instead it seems like he’s worse: a reactionary who’s bad at his job, who can’t even block a strip club, and who now lords over a chamber that’s turned into the WWE.
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