Year: 2024

Charli XCX is gearing up for a major rest of 2024. Her new album, Brat, is set to arrive on June 7, and later in the year, she and Troye Sivan are co-headlining the Sweat tour. Before all that comes to fruition, Charli has unleashed a video for the new single “360” today, May 10.

Charli pulled out all the stops for the visual, as it features Julia Fox, Chloe Sevigny, Emma Chamberlain, Chloe Cherry, Matisse Andrews, Quenlin Blackwell, Sakura Bready, Greer Cohen, Anna Collins, A.G. Cook, Alex Consani, Gabbriette, Isamaya Ffrench, Blizzy McGuire, Tess McMillan, Salem Mitchell, Hari Nef, Peri Rosenzweig, Rachel Sennott, Richie Shazam, and Niki Takesh.

There’s a lot of plot here: In the clip, Charli rolls up late to a dinner date with a bunch of friends. When she arrives, the room is full of influencers, who declare they have to “fulfill the prophecy of finding a new hot internet girl” because, per Euphoria star Chloe Cherry, “Or else our kind will cease to exist.”

There’s more from there that I won’t spoil here, but once that gets sorted, we get into the music portion of the video, which features Charli and her pals go through a number of adventures together.

Watch the “360” video above.

Brat is out 6/7 via Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

The Boys landed five years ago like a freight train and still goes hard with every consecutive season. The superhero-stomping series continually manages to walk on the edge of the envelope and always go too far but never veer off course, and that’s to the credit of Eric Kripke and his team of creatives knowing exactly how to steer Garth Ennis’ source material.

When was the last time you voluntarily fired up a DCEU or MCU movie on streaming? Exactly. Satire might be largely dead in the real world, but this show knows how to work it in this much-needed context. Homelander will soon turn even more nightmarish, and Billy Butcher is now sacrificing everything in an effort to take him out. That rivalry never grows old, and Butcher might not either, considering what he’s done to himself. With that said, the perfectly paced series has delivered precisely the quantity needed while still maintaining the (highly distasteful) quality at every turn.

Before too terribly long, The Boys: Mexico will add itself to the equation after Gen V kept the brand strong and Diabolical filled in (animated) backstory. Without further bollocks (as Butcher might say), let’s get down to bloody business on the fourth season.

Plot

First off, do you need to watch Gen V before returning to the main attraction? Only if you love yourself. The newest spin off is recommended viewing, but you won’t be completely lost if you only know about the Homelander and Butcher’s season finale cameos, including this gem of a moment:

Viewers will recall that Homelander lasered Marie into unconsciousness. She woke up in a medical facility with most of the other Supes-in-training, and they are likely relegated to The Woods. Whereas Kate and Sam were crowned the “Guardians of Godolkin” and will surface in this season of The Boys while Homelander officially turns the rest of The Seven into “wrathful gods” rather than celebrities in spandex. And joining The Seven (to replace the defected Starlight and “dead”/retired Queen Maeve) will be Firecracker, who will somehow be worse than Stormfront, and Sister Sage, who appears to have powers of persuasion, perhaps to the ultimate detriment of Homelander?

We shall see.

Butcher, for his part, must persuade The Boys to trust him again and will use what he learned (in the Gen V credits scene) about the creation of a Supe-killing virus against Vought International. He intends, presumably, to annihilate The Seven, and of course, he has a long-running (and well justified) vendetta against Homelander. Becca’s son, Ryan, is now fully on his bio dad’s side, so Butcher might still be treading carefully on that front. Perhaps Ryan, in turn, will be Butcher’s Achilles’ heel in another showdown.

No matter what, expect plenty of mayhem (more exploding heads, please), gore, and dongs. The show’s lead VFX wizard, Stephan Fleet, promised to deliver: “I’m excited for the cast of @TheBoysTV to see the crazy sh*t I’m cooking up in VFX! They really put a lot of trust in me.” Get ready, and remember, Homelander can still do whatever the f*ck he pleases although, yes, he will go on trial with the show picking up about a month after the events of Gen V. To get tidy about the plot, let’s peek at the synopsis:

[T]he world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son and his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.

Cast

We can expect most of the usual suspects to come back. Sadly, that does not include Dominique McElligott, although you gotta be happy for Queen Maeve finally being free to pursue a lesbian retirement on a nice farm somewhere. Jensen Ackles has given no inkling that he will return as Soldier Boy, but that’s always possible in the future with him “on ice,” so to speak.

A major new draw this season is Jeffrey Dean Morgan (wish-listed by fans due to his Supernatural run with Kripke), who squeezed in his mysterious role — which still feels like Tek Knight, although Gen V has already given us a Tek Knight (Derek Wilson) in this universe — between The Walking Dead: Dead City shoots. As well, two new Supes, Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) and Firecracker (Valorie Curry) will be around to help bring Homelander’s “wrathful” vision to life, and Ryan Butcher will still be portrayed by Cameron Crovetti.

Those who will return on the Supe side include Antony Starr as Homelander, Chace Crawford as The Deep, Jessie T. Usher as A-Train, and Nathan Mitchell apparently as a new Black Noir. The vigilantes now include Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight, Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Hughie, Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko, and Tomer Capone as Frenchie.

On the peripheral, Claudia Doumit (now established as a bloodbender) is Victoria Neuman, who is growing closer to ruling the “free” world. And in the middle of everything will be Colby Minifie as Ashley.

Release Date

June 13 will be when the magic happens. Expect three episodes to drop that day followed by weekly installments to take the world to July 18, and as lead “Supebuster” Billy Butcher has declared, “Oi, we’re f*ckin’ back.” From there, the wait will begin for the second Gen V season, although filming has been pushed back a few months for script rewrites due to Chance Perdomo’s death.

Don’t forget, though, The Boys: Mexico is also in the works.

Trailer

Have at it, and “you’re f*cking welcome,” according to Billy Butcher.

The wait for The Boys is almost over, praise Vought!

(WARNING: Spoilers for the most recent BMF episode will be found below.)

The tenth of BMF season three was released last night, officially concluding the show’s third season. For this season’s batch of episodes, the focus was on Meech and Terry and their expansion dreams for BMF. Meech set up shop in Atlanta, while Terry held things down in Detroit. In the midst of all of that, the duo traveled to other cities like Miami to set up new hubs. Season three ends with the Meech and Terry working on a plan to expand to St. Louis. What happens next remains to be seen if the show returns for season four.

Will There Be A BMF Season 4?

Yes! STARZ renewed BMF for a fourth season prior to the season three premiere earlier this year. “We’re thrilled to start working on a new season that will continue bold storytelling of the legend of the Flenory brothers that has proven to resonate so deeply with our viewers,” STARZ President of Programming Kathryn Busby said in a press release about the season four renewal.

There’s no word yet on when season four of BMF will premiere, but fans can expect it to debut sometime in 2025.

‘BMF’ season 3 is now streaming on STARZ. Seasons 1 and 2 are also available to stream.

Now that Cillian Murphy has won a leading actor Oscar, he can do what he wants. That includes going back to his roots, so to speak, and although he did a handful of movies before 2002’s 28 Days Later, that film put him on the map. Christopher Nolan agrees, so it must be true, even if Cillian would probably also agree that Daryl Dixon has better weapons at his disposal.

Anyone who has seen 28 Days Later, which Cillian didn’t consider a zombie movie when he signed up, knows that this was one of many haunting performances that he would deliver in the decades to come. Well, we are now sitting a few decades divorced from that movie, which was a simpler time in a way, but also, things have stayed much the same with the concept of a rage-inducing virus in our midst. So, it was time for Cillian to revisit that Danny Boyle-directed world, and he’s up for the challenge. Let’s talk about what is coming together, which is actually more than a single sequel.

Plot

First, let’s consider that the original movie was made on an $8 million budget before pulling in $84 million worldwide. Also recall that the film did a stunning job of making us believe that London was abandoned while following Cillian as Jim, who awoke from a coma into a completely changed world after the aforementioned virus turned humans into speedy zombies. At the end of the film, Jim (now Killian!) remained alive, and although he did not appear in 28 Weeks Later, that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t still exist in this world.

Yes, the time has passed for 28 Months Later, too, but none of that matters anymore. What does make a difference is that Alex Garland is stepping back from directing (after Civil War), and he will be writing 28 Years Later with Danny Boyle back as director — at least for the first movie.

Yup, there’s more than a solitary movie in the cards. According to Hollywood Reporter, Boyle, Garland, and Murphy (who is executive producing, perhaps more) are plotting for a trilogy with each film having a $75 million-ish budget. Garland is game to write the trilogy, and Boyle could be passing the directing baton to Nia DaCosta, who is currently in discussions to go into sequel mode. Further, Sony Pictures will be doing the global distribution honors for the movies that do materialize.

The major question that remains, however, is whether Cillian will reappear onscreen as Jim, which would give us a clue on the plot. Nothing has been confirmed on either note yet, but signs do look positive. The Oppenheimer star recently declared, “I’m available.” He further told Josh Horowitz that “Alex has an idea, and Danny directing is huge, so watch this space.”

Considering how excited Cillian is about this franchise revival, the dude has to be wanting that role to be resurrected, too.

Cast

Thus far, confirmed cast members include Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass, Anna Karenina), Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Bikeriders), Ralph Fiennes (The Menu, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Trial By Fire).

Expect the first three actors on that list to figure prominently into the first movie with O’Connell, as reported by Deadline, picking up “a supporting character in first film and more of a lead role in second.”

Release Date

Sony hasn’t publicized a target release date yet, but given how eager everyone onboard is to do this project, don’t expect a full 28 years to pass before this arrives in theaters. Late 2025 feels plausible for the first film, however.

Trailer

Naturally, several months will pass before we catch a glimpse of what Boyle and Garland have in store for us. In the meantime, please marvel at the empty streets of London again while wondering how they could pull this deserted look off so well.

As the BTS hiatus rolls on, the group’s RM isn’t stopping. His second solo album — Right Place, Wrong Person — is set to drop on May 24. Ahead of then, he has shared a video for a new single, “Come Back To Me.”

A press release notes that on the song, RM “explores the central theme of the new album, ‘right and wrong,’ delving into the paradoxical desire to venture into new territories while longing to remain content in the present.”

The tune is a departure from the slick pop listeners would expect of BTS, as the tune is carried by gentle acoustic guitar and whistles as RM explores more of a John Mayer-esque pop-rock territory. He’s also not afraid to go long: The radio edit runs for about 4 minutes, but the standard version of the song is about 6-and-a-half minutes long.

He first revealed the song while making a surprise appearance at a Suga concert in August 2023. At the time, he called the track one of his favorites from the album.

The video is directed by Lee Sung Jin, known for creating the Emmy-winning 2023 Netflix series Beef. Joseph Lee, who plays the role of George Nakai in Beef, actually has a part in this video, as does Kim Minha of Pachinko fame.

Watch the “Come Back To Me” video above.

Right Place, Wrong Person is out 5/24 via Big Hit. Find more information here.

On a rare off-day from court, Donald Trump hosted a dinner this week for supporters who bought at least 47 of his “mugshot edition” NFTs at 99 bucks a pop. They were also “supposed to receive a physical card with a piece of the suit Trump is said to have worn the day he was arrested last August,” according to Axios, while anyone who purchased 100 NFTs get a piece of the suit “and the tie that Trump was wearing when he was arrested.”

What, no boxers and t-shirt?

On Thursday’s episode of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert reminded everyone about the NFTs of the “most historically significant artifact in United States history.” He said, “Awhile back, a year ago, something like that, who knows anymore, Trump sold NFTs with stirringly stupid images of him doing things like hanging out in space with a fire lion, holding a guitar in a totally normal way, and grilling burgers for a dog that Kristi Noem would later shoot.”

Colbert did the math, and anyone who bought 47 NFTs pissed away at least $4,653. What else could they have spent that money on? This vending machine, Colbert suggested, with enough money left over for Doritos and Skittles, “which coincidentally, were the entrees at Trump’s dinner.”

You can watch The Late Show monologue above.

Post Malone started his career running in hip-hop circles before putting a greater emphasis on poppier music in recent albums. Now, he has another pivot coming, as indicated by his latest single: “I Had Some Help,” a collaboration with country superstar Morgan Wallen.

The midtempo tune, which isn’t short on twang, sees Malone reflecting on his shortcomings, singing on the chorus, “I had some help / It ain’t like I can make this kinda mess all by myself / Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle off the shelf / Been deep in every weekend if you couldn’t tell / They say, ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’ / Hell, I had some help.”

This isn’t just a one-off foray into country for Malone, either: A press release notes the song will be featured on his “first-ever full-length country album this year.” Additional information about that project hasn’t yet been shared.

The new single comes shortly after Malone was one of the highlights of this year’s Stagecoach festival. Uproxx’s Philip Cosores noted, “Though he first emerged through the world of SoundCloud rap, Posty has proven to be good at most things he tries. His own original music has veered into a genreless mélange that reflects the omnivorous tastes of many young music fans, while he’s proven to be adept at everything from Nirvana covers to acting. As a proud Texan, it’s not surprising that he would also slay as a country cover band, curating a set of radio hits that felt like a rowdy bar with a great house band or jukebox.”

Listen to “I Had Some Help” above.

Steven and Ian begin today’s episode with a quick recap of the seemingly on-pause rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, as well as a Sportscast segment on Steven’s bandwagon-jumping with the Minnesota Timberwolves. After that, they address the sad news about the death of Steve Albini at the age of 61. They recap the musician/producer’s illustrious career, and wonder whether his death marks the end of an era in indie music. Then the guys delve into a recent interview with a member of the shoegaze band Whirr and Ian’s run-in with them back in the 2010s.

In the mailbag, a listener comes up with a new term — Poochie band, after the famous Simpsons episode — to describe acts that have one song so good that it makes it impossible to hear any other song they have ever made. What bands apply as “Poochie” material?

In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the latest effort from hardcore band Knocked Loose while Steven backs the new album by Amen Dunes.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 188 here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks picked up a big win during Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals. After getting blown out in Game 1 of the series, Doncic and the Mavs bounced back in a big way, as the team got hot from behind the three-point line en route to a 119-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

With the win, Dallas is now in control of the series, because if they just win their home games, they’ll move on to the conference finals. And as is usually the case in these moments, Doncic came up huge, as the All-Star led his team with 29 points on 11-for-21 shooting with 10 rebounds, seven assists, three steals, a block, and only one turnover in 41 minutes of work.

After the game, Doncic sat down to speak with the press, where he was in what appeared to be a pretty good mood. And then, this happened, and for a brief moment, Doncic was the most scared person in the known universe.

Here’s a clip that gives you a sense of how hard everyone in the room was laughing, including Doncic, who, God bless him, told everyone “I hope that’s not live.”

Anyway, somehow, someway, a press conference happened after this.

The boys are back. K-Pop boy band Stray Kids is expected to release their new album this summer. Ahead of the album, the boys have given fans a taste of their new sounds. Tonight (May 10), Stray Kids dropped their new single “Lose My Breath,” which features Charlie Puth.

A cute, fun hit for the summer, Stray Kids know how to charm the ladies. Some R&B-and-pop-inspired vocals from Puth give the song some lovely, romantic flavor, as well as some crossover potential.

“I lose my breath when you’re walkin’ in / ‘Cause when our lock, it’s like my heart stops / I lose my breath when you’re walkin’ in / You make my knees drop, it’s like I’m in shock,” they sing on the song’s chorus.

The rapid, energetic beat of the track gives some fuel, bringing back what the pop game has been missing.

In the song’s accompanying video, the boys of Stray Kids navigate their daily routines, however, they can’t help but dance, as they are overwhelmed by feelings of love and infatuation. Ready to tear it up no matter where they are, Stray Kids are guaranteed to take over the pop game this summer.

You can see the video for “Lose My Breath” above.