There are no breaks in Ken Carson’s immediate future. Last year, the “Leather Jacket” rapper hit the road for his Chaos World Tour, after his scheduled run around the world with Playboi Carti was canceled. But instead of taking time off in 2025, Carson is eager and ready to expand his discography.
Today (April 4), Ken Carson announced his next studio album, More Chaos. Over on Instagram, Carson posted what appears to be the project’s official cover. “FourEleven-Link-In-Bio,” he captioned the upload.
The pre-save link in his profile confirmed that More Chaos is indeed a new original album, and it is slated to hit streaming platforms on Friday, April 11.
So far, Carson’s album release schedule has remained consistent. Carson’s sophomore studio album, X, dropped in 2022. In 2023, Carson gave fans A Great Chaos. Then he circled back in 2024, with A Great Chaos Deluxe. Now, More Chaos joins the mix.
Given the body of work’s release date is around the corner, Carson has decided not to share any further details about it including its tracklist or potential guest features. However, many fans believe his 2024 single, “Delusional,” will make the final cut. Continue below to view the artwork for Ken Carson’s forthcoming album, More Chaos.
Artwork
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More Chaos is out on 4/11 via Opium/Interscope. Find more information here.
Taylor Sheridan’s fiercely loyal audience waited years for the second and final season of 1923. The Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren (and Brandon Sklenar, Michelle Randolph, and Robert Patrick)-starring Yellowstone prequel takes a swan dive into Dutton history and connects unexpected dots in the family tree. Last week’s penultimate episode, “The Mountain Teeth of Monsters,” was a gut punch and killed off several characters, including Jack Dutton. Will the dominoes continue to fall in the “supersized” series finale?
Surely. From there, the Yellowstone universe will continue with The Madison, a contemporary spin off that arrive later this year with Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Fox, and Patrick J. Adams among the ensemble cast. And there will of course be further seasons of free-standing Taylor Sheridan shows like Tulsa King, Landman, and Mayor Of Kingstown, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves and need to answer today’s question.
When Will The 1923 Season 2 Episode 7 Stream And How Long Is It?
This week’s series finale, titled “A Dream And A Memory,” will stream on Sunday, March 6 at 12:00am EST on Paramount Plus, which offered a brief description: “Jacob and his crew eagerly await Spencer’s return at the train station; Teonna has a fateful run-in; Alexandra braves the cold.”
The episode will run two hours in length, presumably to provide closure over last week’s deaths and fill in more family tree gaps (according to Elizabeth Strafford actress Michelle Randolph speaking to Brit + Co) before signing off.
Meanwhile, Spencer Dutton actor Brandon Sklenar has promised Radio Times that Sheridan’s script hits a different level with this finale. “It’s so poetic and poignant and beautiful,” The Housemaid star raved. “[S]o badass but so vulnerable. And just filled with so much love. This finale is one of the best things I’ve ever read in my life.” He added, “It was hard to prep for the finale because of how emotional I got just reading [it].”
Britney Spears is perhaps the defining pop star of her era. If you ask Lizzo, though, he thinks that Spears is doing an “impression” of Janet Jackson.
Towards the beginning of a recent episode of the Sibling Rivalry podcast, Lizzo explained her perspective:
“I have to really clear up some sh*t, because people came for me on the internet because I said Janet Jackson is the queen of pop. I said Janet Jackson is the queen of pop, and here is why I said Janet is the queen of pop: Britney Spears is doing a Janet impression, and she said it. Janet is her diva. There were no such things as pop divas before Janet. Janet was first; She was famous when Madonna was a kid watching her on television. And I’m just putting it out there: It’s not because someone is better than the other, she was just first, and she is Janet. She invented this sh*t.”
In 2024, Spears wrote of Jackson, “Thank you to this beautiful lady for keeping my dreams and heart alive. She’s always been the deepest and brightest woman at the same time. She went through so much but I feel she is someone I will look up to for the rest of my life. Thank you for your music and your divine way of untangling intelligence to a far more clear view than anyone could ever imagine.”
Shinichirō Watanabe is best known for his work on Cowboy Bebop, arguably the most acclaimed anime ever made. But since then, he’s largely stayed away from science-fiction — until his new show for Adult Swim, Lazarus.
“After Cowboy Bebop, I wanted to try something different genre-wise, which was how I ended up making Kids on the Slope and Carole & Tuesday,” he told The Verge. “When I wound up working on Blade Runner Black Out 2022, it felt so good to come back to sci-fi, but because that was just a short, I still felt like I needed to find an opportunity to stretch those specific creative muscles.”
Watanabe continued, “I didn’t just want to repeat or rehash what I’d done with Cowboy Bebop, though, and that’s part of why I initially reached out to Chad Stahelski, who worked on the John Wick films. I thought that he was able to really update action sequences in a new way, and I wanted to bring that kind of energy to my next project.”
Here’s everything to know about Lazarus.
Plot
Lazarus begins in 2052, when the world is on the verge of a Common Side Effects-level change thanks to the miracle drug known as “Hapna.” Developed by Dr. Skinner, it supposedly frees people from all pain. But in 2055, it’s discovered that Hapna is “designed with a fatal, retroactive effect, which manifests three years after ingestion, even by those who have only taken it once,” according to the official plot synopsis.
Humanity is doomed in 30 days… unless five agents, including Axel, can find Skinner and get the cure to save civilization.
“We’re talking Watanabe here – this show is an amazing mix of great characters, super fun high-stakes, brilliant directing, and of course, some pretty great music,” Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen said in a statement. “We are all so lucky to be able to watch this genius do his thing.”
Since this is a Shinichirō Watanabe show we’re talking about, Lazarus obviously has killer action sequences, courtesy of the aforementioned Chad Stahelski, and an amazing soundtrack.
“Lazarus is made up of elements I have created in the past. But I am not reviving them, I’m doing something new,” he told Vulture. “There is a certain flavor to this work that is not just action — it’s a story about the end of the world. It is futuristic, but there’s something profoundly sad and melancholic. So with those moods and themes, I picked musicians I thought would fit. I first decided on Bonobo and Floating Points, and the producer Jason Demarco asked me what I thought of Kamasi Washington. I was of course a big fan, and he offered to introduce us. The series goes into a lot of big questions, and Kamasi’s music is suited to that.”
The animation is provided by Studio MAPPA, who also work on Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Vinland Saga (season 2 only).
Cast
The English-language voice cast features David Matranga (who also voices Shoto Todoroki in My Hero Academia) as Dr. Skinner, Jade Kelly as Hersch, Jack Stansbury as Axel, Luci Christian as Chris, Bryson Baugus as Leland, Jovan Jackson as Doug, Annie Wild as Elaina, and Sean Patrick Judge as Abel.
Release Date
Lazarus premieres in English on Saturday, April 5, at midnight during Adult Swim’s Toonami block, and streams the next day on Max. English-language encore airings will debut every Thursday at midnight beginning April 10. Episodes in Japanese with English subtitles will debut in the U.S. on Adult Swim and Max 30 days after the English-language premiere.
“You gotta hear this one song, it’ll change your life, I swear.”
The above line from Garden State, uttered by Natalie Portman’s character in writer/director/star Zach Braff‘s film captures a moment of highly relatable music discovery in its purest form as she passes her headphones to Braff’s character so he can experience The Shins for the first time. It also recalls an era of unapologetic earnestness and enthusiasm. Not 2004, the year the film came out, but when we were each in our more unguardedly romantic 20s.
How you feel about that 5, 10, or 15 years ago era from your own life may color how you feel about Garden State, a film that tells the story of a struggling young actor dealing with loss, numbness, loneliness, and the possibility of a life-saving love. As a result, it might also impact your affection for the landmark indie-infused soundtrack that goes from the opening chords of Coldplay’s “Don’t Panic,” to the dream state of Zero 7’s “In The Waiting Line,” the eye-opening “New Slang” of The Shins, and the gentle drive of Iron & Wine’s version of “Such Great Heights.”
Do you wince when thinking back to that few-years-ago version of yourself and the art that captivated and comforted you? Or do you grant the younger you some grace for how easily you could be consumed by a song, a relationship, or a moment?
The legacy of Garden State (which is front of mind following the soundtrack reunion concert at LA’s Greek Theater last weekend — more on that in a second) will likely forever linger at the intersection of that question, creating a kind of split between those who have deep unending affection for it and those who relish rolling their eyes at its mention.
Why am I bringing this up atop an interview with Braff that’s focused on celebrating the legacy and community that has risen up around the film and its soundtrack? Well, I just have a small, long-held point to make about Garden State and the timelessness of art.
The brainchild of Braff and Cary Brothers (a longtime friend and collaborator of Braff’s whose song, “Blue Eyes,” is a part of the soundtrack), the concert is chock-full of surprises that you can unearth if you’re keen on spoiling things for yourself before watching what The Guardian called “Woodstock for elder millennials.”
It’s also a loving gift to the community of fans that sometimes get left out of the conversation about the film. People who routinely let Braff in on how his film and its soundtrack impacted their lives, including those who connected with their partners and friends over the film and some who have immortalized it via tattoo. (Let’s not contemplate the potential for irony if multiple people have tattoos of Natalie Portman’s character making a noise or doing something no one has ever done before to feel unique.)
Braff’s own relationship to the soundtrack is, as you can imagine, a bit of an emotional minefield. “You have to understand,” he says.”For me, it’s such an intense… it’s like nostalgia overload. My eyes will well. It was such a pivotal moment in my life and it was such a crazy time and I never really thought anyone was going to see this movie.”
While the soundtrack exists as a passport to an eclectic list of artists that also includes Nick Drake, Imogen Heap, and Frou Frou, it took a long while for Braff to absorb its impact on music culture. Even after winning that Grammy.
“I just thought, ‘Oh, people love it.’ I didn’t put it together until years later that this was exposing people who hadn’t been exposed to a new genre of music.” Don’t worry, just to be sure he didn’t forget about that impact, I also told him how the Garden State soundtrack activated my music tastes.
Like the film, which came from Braff’s own experiences with a “quarter-life crisis” and feelings of being adrift while searching for love and purpose, the soundtrack is informed by his own life and experiences, giving the collection its much-remarked-upon mixtape vibe.
“We were going to local music venues (Largo, The Viper Room) and seeing great cool bands and we were sharing music and we just kind of talked about music and we shared songs, mixtapes,” says Braff.
While Garden State is the album and film Braff will be forever most tied to, he has gone on as a filmmaker, melding music and story to great effect (particularly with 2006’s Last Kiss, a film with an under-remembered soundtrack that feels like a pseudo-sequel to the Garden State album featuring many of the same artists as well as Aimee Mann and Rufus Wainwright). However, that initial success has certainly added an element of pressure.
“I felt like I was sort of disappointing the fans if I didn’t bring it as best as I could with the movie(s). I felt, especially the stuff that’s my own personal stuff, A Good Person, Wish I Was Here, Last Kiss, I felt like part of the audience’s experience of the film is going to be the music,” he says. However, that might not continue forever. “I probably need to break out of that and not have that, maybe my next film I won’t put that much pressure on myself about it. But I certainly feel you want to give the fans the experience that they’re expecting, and I definitely have felt that they want good music.”
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Good music endures, of course. Passed on from era to era if we let it, either directly or in how it inspires the next thing. That potential is clear when a 20+-year-old soundtrack can generate a quickly sold-out reunion concert, loads of buzz, and likely thousands and thousands of streams (and untold dollars for a good cause). But forgetting the age and other dividers in front of Garden State (such as reviews that reach beyond reasoned criticism into the land of snarky overhate) is kind of what I’m advocating here because movies and music do not age, only audiences and critics do.
Though Garden State was made in a moment for people in a specific time and place, that moment and those people will move along, but that time and place will get occupied by other people.
25 year olds are still wrestling with things in 2025 that people had to endure in 2005, 1995, and so on (in addition to a L-O-T of other shit that doesn’t need to be gotten into here, of course).
The songs on the soundtrack, which have collectively influenced indie music over that same span, are also right there, ripe for discovery and re-discovery. All you need to do is accept the notion that common threads exist and that an openness to art as something without an expiration date opens up a world of new sounds and stories.
When I ask Braff, near the end of the conversation, whether Garden State can resonate with people in their 20s now, he says, “Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t tell me how much this film meant to them. Oftentimes these days it’s our age people sharing it with their kids or young people who are in a similar (place) or going through a similar experience. I think your early twenties are very daunting and I think that a lot of people then and now can tap into that.”
If you’re a fan, enjoy the nostalgia. If you’re unfamiliar, maybe stream a great concert before checking into a film that might connect with you, something that is a pretty life-changing experience, if you ask me.
BigXthaPlug may be one of rap’s hottest rising stars from the Lone Star State, but that doesn’t mean he’s not willing to step outside his comfort zone. With country music dominating America’s airwaves, charts, and playlists, the Dallas star tries his hand at the twangy genre with “All The Way,” backed up by country crooner Bailey Zimmerman. While Zimmerman provides the whiskey-washed chorus, BigX does what he does best, as they plead with a paramour not to toy with their hearts. “Don’t let me down easy, if you’re gonna leave me,” Bailey sings. “Baby, go and leave me all the way.”
Meanwhile, BigX brings his trademark grit to the verses, warning the lost lover, “If you say that you done, ain’t no take backs / Said you fell out of love and I hate that / But see me, I was stuck like a drug, really fiendin’ for love and somehow, I can’t shake back.”
Despite his gruff, street-ready rhymes and persona, BigX has proven that he’s unafraid to get emotional on tracks such as his most recent single “2AM.” His versatility is proving to be one of his greatest weapons, allowing him to appeal to a broader base than just hardcore rap fans. With this latest collaboration, he could well be expanding his reach yet again.
You can watch BigXthaPlug’s “All The Way” video with Bailey Zimmerman above.
If you’ve been on social media at all over the past couple of weeks, you have more than likely heard a snippet of Rob49‘s new single, “WTHelly” — or at least seen people adopting the unusual lingo coined by the New Orleans native. The song, which he released on March 21, has racked up streams, while a slew of Rob’s famous compatriots from Justin Bieber to GloRilla have been slinging the new slang in their social media posts.
In a recent interview with TMZ, Rob explained the unusual, slightly unhinged title. “It’s something that my partners came up with in New Orleans,” he said. “We just be saying that so I just put it in a song.”
Over on YouTube, which provides a graphic for the most played section of the song’s stream, an explanation for the song’s viral popularity emerged. In the song’s closing bridge, Rob goes nuts with the “WTHelly” exclamation, sending it through a string of transformations that includes “What the hellyanté?” “What the Helly Berry?” “What the helly-bron James?” and “What the helly Cyrus?” The clip lends itself well to uses in TikTok videos, which find users reacting to all kinds of situations with the combination of confusion, disgust, and amusement implied by the exclamation.
Rob49 has made the most of his spotlight over the past two years, getting in collaborations with Travis Scott, Cardi B, and most recently, Cash Cobain and Bay Swag. With “WTHelly” taking over the ‘Tok, he could be due for another huge surge in popularity soon.
You can watch the video for Rob49’s viral hit, “WTHelly,” above.
Back in February, Quavo released his latest solo single, “Trappa Rappa.” Prior to that Quavo appeared on and dropped several interesting collaborations including “Georgia Ways” featuring Luke Bryan and Teddy Swims as well as “Slow It Down” with The Kid Laroi. Now, he’s teasing another musical crossover and could very well include Travis Scott.
Over on Instagram, Travis Scott showed Quavo some birthday love (April 2). “Happy bday to the Cho,” he wrote on a photo of Quavo in his stories.
Acknowledging the shoutout, Quavo reposted the message onto his stories with an eye-catching caption. “HJ2 still…,” he chimed subtly referring to their past joint album.
The pair originally joined forces for a joint project in 2017, releasing the 13-track studio album, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho. Although the rappers have maintained a working relationship in other ways, they never released a follow-up project.
However, Quavo’s hint at a potential sequel to Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho seems to be a birthday wish supporters are happy to get behind.
“This is the one we really need,” wrote one fan on X (formerly Twitter).
This isn’t the first time Quavo has referenced the body of work. While vacationing in July 2024, he asked fans to get Travis Scott onboard with the idea. “Thinkin’ HJ2? Tag Jack,” he captioned an Instagram post.
Could the Huncho Jack hiatus come to an end in 2025? We’ll see.
Earlier this week, PinkPantheress announced the impending release of a new mixtape with a trailer featuring several different versions of the British songwriter-producer. Today, she released the first track from the upcoming project, “Tonight,” which is accompanied by a Bridgerton-inspired video that brings modern house vibes to the Victorian era.
Prior to announcing the tape, PinkPantheress made her unofficial return to the spotlight in February, joining DJ-producer Shygirl on her song “True Religion,” which appeared on the Club Shy Room 2 EP alongside collaborations with Bambii, Jorja Smith, SadBoi, and Saweetie. Before that, PinkPantheress opened the new year with a post of her studio setup, promising “we are so back” with new music.
Fans could have been forgiven for thinking that she wouldn’t release that new music as a single collection. Last year, she ruffled some music fans’ feathers when she suggested that people don’t care about tracklists. “I was like, ‘Do people care about tracklisting?’ I couldn’t believe it,” she said on the Kids Take Over podcast. “Some people would were like, ‘Oh, it’s a great album, but the tracklisting doesn’t make sense.’ I’m like, just listen to the songs.” She questioned the backlash on Twitter, writing, “who cares if i listen to albums in full lol. It’s music, it’s meant to be unique to everyone.”
Now, Keery has a new album, The Crux, out now, and it features a track called “Charlie’s Garden,” which is an ode to Stranger Things castmate Charlie Heaton.
He spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the track, saying, “I guess part of trying to be as honest as I could was realizing that I could use these songs to sing about the people that I love in my life, and to memorialize these times that I’m experiencing. And so it just kind of came about.”
He went on to explain how sharing a backyard with Heaton and Natalia Dyer while filming the final season of Stranger Things led to the song:
“Charlie and Natalia lived together, and I lived with a friend, and our backyards touched. Charlie is always in his yard doing all these chores. Over the summer, we’d have off days, and I would be hanging out, playing guitar, and I’d look back in the yard and he’d be digging, he’d be burying wire. […]
He and Natalia were taking their dog Penny for a walk at the park and they left, and he has a piano in his house and I was just dinking around. ‘Hey, can I play your piano while you’re gone?’ ‘Sure.’ ‘OK, lock up.’ So this song just comes out. Charlie and Natalia come back, and I say, ‘Hey, listen, I got this song!’”
Keery also said of the track, “It’s one of my favorites now, just because the influences are very clear. It’s The Beatles, but [Paul] McCartney specifically, and ELO. It’s an homage to my great friend and my time in Atlanta. So I get a real kick out of listening to that song.”
Heaton even appears on the song, putting on an American accent for a voiceover that’s spread throughout the track.
Listen to “Charlie’s Garden” above.
The Crux is out now via AWAL. Find more information here.
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