Month: February 2025

Hurry Up Tomorrow is not only Abel Tesfaye’s possibly final album as The Weeknd — it’s also the title of a film he made with director Trey Edward Shults (It Comes At Night). The “Timeless” singer plays a version of himself, a “musician plagued by insomnia [who] gets pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence,” according to the official synopsis.

The cast also includes Jenna Ortega (she’s the “stranger”), who discussed her involvement with Hurry Up Tomorrow in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly.

“I actually didn’t think that I was right for it initially,” the Wednesday star said. “But through conversation and built trust with Trey and Abel, it felt like a team and vision I wanted to work with.” Ortega described Hurry Up Tomorrow as an “experimental telling of what it means to be an artist who is changing, evolving, managing their past while trying not to fear the unknown. What a mental block can do to one’s sense of self.”

As for her character, Anima, Ortega said she’s “a version of Abel. A side of him that the persona The Weeknd doesn’t show as much. There were many iterations of Ani as the new script drafts came in, but I just loved that she consistently took no sh*t and felt everything intensely.”

Hurry Up Tomorrow opens in theaters on May 16.

Doechii was among the biggest winners of yesterday’s (February 2) 2025 Grammys: Aside from her kick-ass performance, Alligator Bites Never Heal won Best Rap Album, making Doechii just the third woman to ever win the award.

In celebration, Doechii shared a new song, “Nosebleeds.”

Lyrically, the track is a pretty direct reaction to her big night at the Grammys, with lyrics that all but mention the awards show by name. She ends the first verse, “I don’t know, is she gonna go crazy? Is she gonna go crazy? / Everyone wanted to know what Doechii would do if she didn’t win / I guess we’ll never…”

Later, she essentially gives a thank-you speech mid-song, saying, “Right now is my time and my moment / Thank you to my swamp and thank you, God, I was broke / I thanks you, God, I thank you to Top God Entertainment / Oop— Top Dawg Entertainment / SZA, Zay, Moosa in the hatin’ ass stands / Mommy, Blake High School, and all the b*tches I surpassed / I knew it / Tonight we poppin’ bottles, f*ckin’ hoes, and forgettin’ our name / To the audience wonderin’ how it feels to be famous? / I guess you’ll never…”

Listen to “Nosebleeds” above.

Find the full list of nominees and winners at the 2025 Grammys here.

Now that Beyoncé has finally (finally!) won the Grammy for Album Of The Year, she’s announce the dates for the Cowboy Carter Tour.

There are multiple ways to get tickets for the tour. The BeyHive presale begins February 11, at 12 p.m. local time. Fans can also sign up for the artist pre-sale here for the U.S. and U.K. shows and here for the Paris shows until February 6 at 8 a.m. ET. Those tickets go on sale on February 13 at 12 p.m. local time. The general on-sale takes place the following day, February 14, at 12 p.m. local time.

But that’s not all: Citi is hosting a pre-sale for card members beginning February 12 at 12 p.m. local time, as is Verizon and, for those in the U.K. and France, Mastercard. You can see more information here.

Check out the complete dates below.

Beyoncé’s 2025 Tour Dates: Cowboy Carter Tour

04/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/15 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
05/17 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
05/22 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
05/24 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
05/25 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
05/28 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
06/05 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
06/07 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
06/10 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
06/12 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
06/19 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
06/21 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
06/28 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
06/29 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
07/04 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium
07/07 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium
07/10 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium
07/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium

As you might imagine, SirDavis is the “official spirit” of the tour.

There are a ton of success stories from the 2025 Grammys that went down last night (February 3), but in hip-hop, perhaps none is bigger than that of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track “Not Like Us.” The No. 1 single was nominated for five awards — Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video — and it went ahead and won every single one of them.

Given that the track is a scathing attack against Drake, its success had people thinking about the Canadian rapper, so much so that he was the No. 1 trending topic on X (formerly Twitter) the morning after the Grammys.

One tweet summarized the overarching sentiment of the reactions well: “Imagine being drake and a song that calls you out by name for being a pedophile wins a Grammy for record of the year and the entire crowd is singing along as he walks up to accept the award.”

In reference to Drake’s “Family Matters” lyric “Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go hand him a Grammy right now,” another user wrote, “this Drake line aged the worst as Kendrick Lamar proceeded to be the most awarded artist at this year’s Grammys.”

Others referenced Lamar’s upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show, like one user who wrote, “Drake is about to get called a pedophile by millions of people at the Superbowl, it ain’t even over yet.”

Check out some more tweets here.

Ever since the release of Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album, GNX, fans just can’t get enough of his ad-lib from “TV Off.” His battle cry of “MUSTAAAARD!” launched a thousand memes and much like the condiment from which the producer of the track got his moniker, it’s the perfect way to season up just about any social event.

Including, it turns out, the Grammy Awards, where Kendrick and Mustard’s other collab, “Not Like Us,” did a clean sweep, scooping up the awards for Best Rap Song, Record Of The Year, and Song Of The Year. The sauce on top? Heinz, the condiment conglomerate, used the “MUSTAAAARD!” ad-lib in its new commercial for the product, just moments after Kendrick accepted his big awards on national television (the ad also features the Etta James classic “At Last,” so multiple bags were secured on the way to air).

It might seem like a silly moment, but it truly does highlight the massive cultural impact of Kendrick’s latest efforts — especially as the rollout for GNX was unofficially kicked off by a testy feud between Kendrick and his longtime rival Drake, the highlight of which was “Not Like Us,” which has now become just the second rap song in history to earn Record or Song Of The Year (is it pettiness that prompted him to don a Canadian tuxedo to accept his awards?). Now, Kendrick is inextricably linked with beloved American traditions like dressing a hot dog at a barbecue or ballgame. If that ain’t winning, we don’t know what is.

Check out the commercial above.

Beyoncé has racked up an astounding 99 career Grammy nominations, yet somehow, despite so many beloved projects under her belt, there’s one award that has notably eluded her: Album Of The Year. Finally, though, at the 2025 Grammys, that changed, as Cowboy Carter has taken the title and given Beyoncé her first win in the category.

Beyoncé gave a brief acceptance speech (here’s a video): After acknowledging the Los Angeles firefighters who presented the award, she continued, “I just feel very full and very honored. It’s been many, many years [laughs],” then went into her thank-you’s. She concluded, “I hope we just keep pushing forward, opening doors. God bless y’all, thank you so much.”

The album emerged on top in a stacked category, as it was nominated against André 3000’s New Blue Sun, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft, Chappell Roan’s The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, Charli XCX’s Brat, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet, and Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department.

This of course wasn’t the only major moment of the evening for Beyoncé, as earlier in the show, Cowboy Carter became the first album by a Black artist to win Best Country Album.

Find the full list of nominees and winners at the 2025 Grammys here.

There’s an argument to be made that Charli XCX was the defining artist of 2024 thanks to Brat. It was her biggest mainstream moment yet, so of course she’s involved with the 2025 Grammys. Not only is she nominated, but she is also one of the evening’s performers.

She started by emerging from a black van as she sang “Von Dutch” and strutted into the venue. Once she finally made it to the stage, she transitioned into “Guess” (without Billie Eilish, although she was seen enjoying the performance from the audience), featuring a bunch of party people dancing and making out surrounded by underwear.

Watch the performance here.

Charli, unsurprisingly given how big a year she had thanks to Brat, was one of this year’s leading nominees. Beyoncé leads the pack with 11 nods, but then Charli isn’t far behind with 9: Record Of The Year, Best Music Video (both for “360”), Album Of The Year, Best Dance/Electronic Music Album, Best Recording Package (all for Brat), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Apple”), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (her and Billie Eilish’s “Guess”), Best Dance Pop Recording (“Von Dutch”), and Best Remixed Recording (“Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Feat. Addison Rae”).

Find the full list of nominees and winners at the 2025 Grammys here.

SOMEONE CHECK ON DRAKE IMMEDIATELY. Kendrick Lamar just won the 2025 Grammy for Song Of The Year for “Not Like Us,” receiving the award from Diana Ross just moments after being awarded Record Of The Year, with Mustard celebrating the sweep (“Get the broom out!”). The song, as we previously noted, is just the second to win Record Of The Year, and shares the same distinction with the Song Of The Year award.

The field also included Beyoncé, for “Texas Hold ‘Em”; Billie Eilish, for “Birds Of A Feather”; Chappell Roan, for “Good Luck, Babe!”; Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, for “Die With A Smile”; Sabrina Carpenter, for “Please Please Please”; Shaboozey, for “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”; and Taylor Swift, for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone.

A quick refresher on the difference between Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year: Song Of The Year “goes to the songwriter(s) (hence ‘song’) of new material (not including sampled or interpolated material) of a song.” Meanwhile, Record Of The Year “goes to the artist(s), producer(s), and engineer(s) involved in crafting the specific recording (hence ‘record’) of a song.” So, the person that put the pen to the paper or composed the melodies would get a trophy for Song Of The Year, while the producer (the person who supervises the overall recording) or the engineer (the person who operates the recording/mixing equipment) is eligible for Record, along with the singer/rapper/musician. They are two of the collective Big Four awards, which also include Album Of The Year and Best New Artist, the most prestigious awards of the ceremony.

Check out Uproxx’s full list of 2025 Grammy Award winners here.

Kendrick Lamar is the winner of the 2025 Grammy Award for Record Of The Year. His song, “Not Like Us,” won over a field that included The Beatles’ “Now And Then”; Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em”; Billie Eilish’s “Birds Of A Feather”; Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”; Charli XCX’s “360”; Kendrick Lamar’s “; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”; and Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone.

The win makes “Not Like Us” just the second rap song to win Record Of The Year, following the 2019 win for “This Is America” by Childish Gambino. It’s certainly the first over diss song to achieve the distinction/ During his acceptance speech, Kendrick shouted out just about every LA neighborhood from his own Compton to Pacoima — while wearing a “Canadian tuxedo.” Mustard, who accompanied him to the stage, simply said, “West side!” Someone check on Drake — he can’t possibly be doing well right now.

A quick refresher on the difference between Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year: Record Of The Year “goes to the artist(s), producer(s), and engineer(s) involved in crafting the specific recording (hence ‘record’) of a song.” Meanwhile, Song Of The Year “goes to the songwriter(s) (hence ‘song’) of new material (not including sampled or interpolated material) of a song.” So, the person that put the pen to the paper or composed the melodies would get a trophy for Song Of The Year, while the producer (the person who supervises the overall recording) or the engineer (the person who operates the recording/mixing equipment) is eligible for Record, along with the singer/rapper/musician. They are two of the collective Big Four awards, which also include Album Of The Year and Best New Artist, the most prestigious awards of the ceremony.

Check out Uproxx’s full list of 2025 Grammy Award winners here.

Lady Gaga is having a terrific 2025 Grammys: She (alongside Bruno Mars) landed two nominations for their No. 1 single “Die With A Smile,” she and Mars performed a cover of “California Dreamin,” and there’s more: During a commercial break, she debuted a high-production video for “Abracadabra,” a new song from her upcoming album Mayhem.

Shortly after, she gave the song a proper release and shared the video. The visual was directed by Gaga alongside Parris Goebel and Bethany Vargas (and featuring choreography by Parris Goebel). The clip features Gaga and a group of 40 dancers conveying a struggle between light and dark via evocative human movement.

“Abracadabra” is so far the third song to be revealed from Mayhem, following previous singles “Die With A Smile” and “Disease.”

Gaga previously said her upcoming album “started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,” and she described the creative process as “reassembling a shattered mirror: even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something beautiful and whole in its own new way.”

Watch Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” video above.

Mayhem is out 3/7 via Streamline/Interscope. Find more information here.

This post is being updated.