Lorde has been consistent with album releases throughout her career, as each one since her first has arrived four years after its predecessor: Pure Heroine in 2013, Melodrama in 2017, Solar Power in 2021, and Virgin in 2025. For her next LP, though, she doesn’t want fans to have to wait that long.
“There’s one thing I feel totally committed to — it’s not allowed to be four years [for the next one]. It has to be sooner.” When the interviewer pointed out that Lorde has probably said that before, the singer responded, “I did. But this time I really mean it. I’m over it. It’s time for me to make a different kind of statement that’s less careful or considered.
Elsewhere in the chat, the interviewer brought up Lorde’s Zane Lowe interview from earlier this year and Lorde interjected, “I f*cked up that interview.” She continued, “I was in too girly an outfit, honestly, and I had this hair clip in, and I felt all tight and shy. I couldn’t access it. […] Why the f*ck did I put the hair clip in? And the girly top! If I’m in a girly top on the wrong day, it’s all over.”
After appearances at Austin City Limits over the next two weekends, King Princess is heading out on the road for a tour. Before all that, though, she dropped a new video for Girl Violence standout “Jaime.”
The video was directed by Celine Sutter. Sutter says of it:
“For her album Girl Violence, King Princess has spent the rollout tormented by demonically seductive, maniacal women. In the ‘Jaime’ music video, she finally embodies that feminine figure; this time directing the violence inward, upon herself — or perhaps upon a Bushwick line cook lookalike. Reviving the genderqueer essence of Cheap Queen, this new KP screams, seduces, and hotboxes her boyfriend’s car. At its core, this song plays with the allure of self-destruction: chasing approval that will never come, with King Princess stepping into the role of the villain — and she has never looked better doing it.”
King Princess added, “People on the internet kept saying that Gio looked like me so I decided to cast him in a video so I could torment myself. I can’t stop and I can’t walk away, I love it and I hate it. Sometimes when it comes to girl violence, I am the woman torturing me.”
Watch the “Jaime” video above. Find the Girl Violence cover art and tracklist below, along with King Princess’ upcoming tour dates.
King Princess’ Girl Violence Album Cover Artwork
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King Princess’ Girl Violence Tracklist
1. “Girl Violence”
2. “Jaime”
3. “Origin”
4. “I Feel Pretty”
5. “Cry Cry Cry”
6. “Get Your Heart Broken”
7. “Girls”
8. “Covers”
9. “Say What You Will” Feat. Joe Talbot
10. “RIP KP”
11. “Alone Again”
12. “Slow Down And Shut Up”
13. “Serena”
King Princess’ 2025 Tour Dates
10/03 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/10 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/25 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/26 — Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
10/28 — Richmond, VA @ The National
10/29 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/31 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (late show)
11/01 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/02 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/04 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/05 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/07 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/08 — Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
11/10 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/11 — Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
11/13 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/16 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/17 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/19 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
11/21 — Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
11/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
12/03 — Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
12/05 — Glasgow, Scotland @ Queen Margaret Union
12/06 — Leeds, UK @ Beckett
12/07 — Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
12/09 — London, UK @ Brixton Electric
12/13 — Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
12/14 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
12/16 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Max
12/17 — Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
Girl Violence is out now via section1. Find more information here.
Check out King Princess’ Sound Check episode below.
Doja Cat’s love affair with the popular multiplayer shooter game Fortnite is well-documented, but her involvement is about to get more personal. During an appearance on The Tonight Show to promote her new album Vie, Doja was given the opportunity to debut her new in-game skin, The Mother of Thorns.
In a segment titled “Real Or Fake,” host Jimmy Fallon reads off the names of Fortnite skins that Doja must identify as either authentic or made up by the Tonight Show crew. Names include “Pumpkin Splice,” “Dr. Theodore Flyesbee,” “Lil Whip,” and “Johnny Pockets,” all of which she correctly tags, with the last being The Mother Of Thorns. Doja explains the new skin, “I’m in my villain era. Fortnite made me a boss for their big Halloween event, “Fortnitemares.” Come try me!” Jimmy then surprised Doja with a real-life replica of the character’s in-game throne. The skin will be available on October 9. Check it out below.
In an extended interview posted to YouTube, Doja also broke down her strategy when playing Fortnite, which she described as “a little sweaty.” She joked, “I only started getting good like a year and a half ago.” She described her former playbook as being a “stealth nurse,” which mostly involved hiding, collecting health and shield items, and supporting her teammates. However, as she explained to Jimmy, “It doesn’t get you anywhere. You have to make a choice to start playing.”
King of Kentucky, the annual limited-edition single-barrel bourbon from Brown-Forman, is a perennial bourbon of the year contender, and 2025’s release is finally here.
This year marks the 8th edition of the premium release, which was crafted from 63 single barrels filled in 2007 and bottled at proof levels ranging from 124.4 to 135. The 2025 release also follows a recent trend of increasing age statements for the limited expression, which has previously been a showcase for 14-, 15-, and 16-year-old bourbons (with one outlier, an 18-year expression, released in 2022) in the past few years. The grain recipe in this expression consists of 79% corn, 11% rye, and 10% malted barley, which is notable because it’s the same mashbill used for Old Forester 1924 and Early Times Bottled in Bond Bourbon, two other expressions under the Brown-Forman umbrella of offerings.
In creating this year’s release, Master Distiller Emeritus Chris Morris ended up selecting 63 barrels from the 4th floor of Warehouse J and the first floor of Warehouse G at the Brown-Forman Distillery, with the liquid drawn from two different production dates. Those 63 barrels produced just 5,000 bottles, which will be distributed nationally and carry a suggested retail price (SRP) of $399.
In the past three years, King of Kentucky has made some dramatic leaps on the Uproxx “Best Bourbon Of The Year” lists, jumping from 30th in 2022 to 14th in 2023 before landing in the top three of 2024.
While it remains to be seen how high this year’s expression will rank, it’s almost inevitable that the crown jewel from the Brown-Forman portfolio will be featured yet again.
This single-barrel bourbon was initially distilled in 2007 and then aged for 17 years before being bottled at a proof range of 124.4 to 135. The 5,000-bottle release comes from just 63 barrels that were aged in either Warehouse J or Warehouse G at the Brown-Forman Distillery.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose on this whiskey is full of chocolate fudge, cloves, butterscotch, vanilla extract, and freshly cracked black pepper. It’s an intriguing and inviting melange that asserts its stern proof-point while drawing you deeper into the glass courtesy of its decadent layers of flavor. Fresh black cherries, hazelnut spread, honeysuckle, and torched orange peel notes can also be found as you allow the liquid to rest in the glass and evolve over time. Simply put, the nose is magnificent.
Palate: On first blush, this whiskey is chock-full of a surprisingly bright cherry note with sugar cookies, fresh cinnamon bark, and Tahitian vanilla all flowing over the palate. Accents of fresh almonds, honeyed baklava, a rum-like funk, and hazelnut spread can be found if you go searching, but again, I’m deeply impressed by the buoyancy of the cherry note, which is more Chelan-like than the more standard black cherries or cocktail cherries you tend to find in mature bourbon.
The texture is buttery and full-bodied, making it a reward to roll the liquid over your tongue and slowly savor it with some chewing, where the vanilla and nutty notes are dialed up a bit.
Finish: the finish is incredibly lengthy, and it’s the only part of each sip where the oak influence can be prominently detected. That, of course, isn’t a bad thing, as that slight bit of astringency is balanced by sweet vanilla, almond extract, stewed plum, and faint leather notes. There’s even some honeyed black tea and vermouth-like flavors that emerge at the end, where the bright cherry note remains present but takes a backseat to the bit players.
Bottom Line:
Going into this expression with high expectations is, well, to be expected. What caught me off guard, however, was the sprightly cherry note that accompanied the 2025 King of Kentucky’s prototypical multi-layered sipping experience. It threaded the needle throughout each stage of enjoyment, from the nose to the finish, and provided Oscar-award-winning entertainment alongside supporting flavors that were equally impressive.
To cast a critical blow, the astringency on the finish does increase in prominence over time, and depending on your tolerance for oak, that might mar the experience for you. But at 17 years of age, seasoned bourbon drinkers will anticipate far more oak than you find here, and the overall balance of flavors from start to finish is never disrupted.
The delicate and well-defined Chelan cherry-led sweetness of this year’s expression is deserving of top marks, making it a particularly unique entrant in the vaunted lineup.
The 2025 King of Kentucky is yet another crowning achievement.
Empress Of has a big fall coming up, as in a few days, she’s set to start a run of dates opening for Lorde’sUltrasound World Tour. She also has some new music, as today (October 2), she shared “Blasting Through The Speakers.”
In a statement, Empress Of says of the song:
“I’m very excited to share this song with the world. This year I learned a lot about the things that matter. Music has always been one of those things. After the fires in Altadena, I couldn’t make music for some time. I was afraid to go there. When I made this song, it felt like music was a friend I hadn’t talked to in a while, but was always there to pick up the phone. Thank you for listening to me all these years. Thank you music for always being there.”
No new album has been announced yet, but a press release notes the song “opens up a new chapter for Empress Of.”
Listen to “Blasting Through The Speakers” above and find Empress Of’s upcoming tour dates below.
Empress Of’s 2025 Tour Dates
10/07 — Atlanta, GA @ Gas South Arena *
10/09 — St Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena *
10/10 — Milwaukee, WI @ UW-Milwaukee Panther *
10/11 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory *
10/12 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory *
10/18 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum *
10/19 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre *
10/21 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center *
10/22 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena *
Ever since the advent of recorded music, listeners have been ranking their favorite artists’ albums. It’s always fun, though, to find out how those artists rank their own projects. Doja Cat, who is currently promoting her fifth studio album Vie, was recently challenged to do so by Interview magazine in a clever format: A game of “F*ck, Marry, Kill.” Her answers turned out surprising, but also very typically Doja Cat.
For one, Doja immediately subverted the prompt; Interview‘s Ary Russell’s proffer entailed Vie, Scarlet, and Planet Her, Doja’s most recent albums, but Doja subbed in her first album, Amala, for Scarlet. “That’s not fair,” she explained. “You should have put Amala in there instead of Scarlet. Kill Amala. F*ck Vie. Marry Planet Her.”
It’s a nifty dodge for the rapper-turned-pop-star. After all, Amala was the least successful of her albums, while Scarlet undoubtedly holds a soft spot for her as her most rap-forward project to date. Meanwhile, Hot Pink remains a fan favorite, with her star-status-cementing hits like “Say So” and “Streets.” It also allows her to protect her latest album, which is both a departure and a reset for her; Vie is arguably as much a straightforward R&B record as it is a pop one, but it also reclaims the funk/R&B architecture that undergirds much of “pop” music, giving it the acknowledgement that it was denied for decades.
Doja will give listeners the chance to see that dynamic play out live on her Tour Ma Vie World Tour next year.
The annual Austin City Limits Music Festival is going down over the next two weekends, first from October 3 to 5 and then 10 to 12. For those who can’t make it down to Texas this year, the good news is that there’s an option to livestream it from home.
For the fourth straight year, the festival is partnering with Hulu to offer a livestream of the festival. It will be available to all Hulu subscribers from October 3 to 5 and more information can be found here.
The broadcast schedule isn’t available yet, but when it is, it’ll be viewable on Hulu’s Austin City Limits landing page. Currently, Hulu only indicates they’ll be streaming the first weekend.
On the festival lineup are Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Doja Cat, Luke Combs, The Strokes, Doechii, Feid, Cage The Elephant, T-Pain, Empire Of The Sun, Djo, Mk.gee, Role Model, Wet Leg, Japanese Breakfast, MJ Lenderman, Magdalena Bay, Dr. Dog, King Princess, Marina, The Dare, Jensen McRae, Hotline TNT, and more.
Meanwhile, some tickets are still available, even this close to the festival. General admission tickets for the first weekend are sold out, but some GA+ and VIP tickets are still available. General admission tickets are still available for the second weekend. Find more information here.
Austin City Limits Music Festival 2025 Lineup Poster
Reneé Rapp seems to have become one of Seth Meyers’ favorite Late Night guests. They have a natural chemistry that’s a joy to watch and he’s had her on the show a handful of times over the past couple years. She first appeared in October 2023, then in January 2024, then she made a third appearance last night (October 1).
Their 15-minute chat was all over the map. At one point, they discussed Rapp’s athletic past. She noted that as a kid, she played soccer, basketball, and golf. Rapp revealed she golfs “less now” but that she used to “all the time,” saying it was her “big thing.” Meyers wondered if Rapp was the kind of golfer who lost her cool out on the course and Rapp responded, “Girl, what do you think? What do you think?!”
Rapp elaborated:
“My mom stopped coming to my matches, God love her, ’cause I was… oof, I was losing it. I was losing it. I would throw… I’m not… I wish I was kidding, because looking back on it, it’s like, if I had a kid that did that, I’d be like, ‘Something’s wrong with her.’ I would throw my golf bag down a hill.”
Her rage wasn’t exclusive to golf, as Rapp continued, “But it was the same thing for basketball: They stopped coming to my games ’cause I would foul out so quickly.”
BRIT Award winner Dave has returned to announce his long-awaited third studio album, The Boy Who Played The Harp. Due on October 24, the album be his first full-length release since his 2021 album We’re All Alone in This Together. Since then, he’s proven to be an in-demand collaborator, appearing on albums from Burna Boy last year, and “Sprinter” collaborator Central Cee earlier this year. He also teamed up with Central Cee in 2023 for the Split Decision EP. That effort was followed the same year by “Stop Giving Me Advice” with Jack Harlow and Lyrical Lemonade.
Dave
Outside of music, Dave has spent the past two years building out his philanthropic, filmographic, and athletic portfolios, donating money to families affected by conflict in Congo, Palestine, and Sudan, walking in Louis Vuitton’s 2023 Paris Fashion Week show, and managing Santan FC, one of the 12 teams in Baller League UK. Just picture something like BIG3, but for soccer (football), with six players on each team.
Dave’s first two albums both debuted at No.1 on the UK albums charts and broke all sorts of records, so it’s be interesting to see the response to his new album later this month.
The Boy Who Played The Harp is out on 10/24 via Capitol Records. You can find more info here.
Artemas had a viral smash last year with “I Like The Way You Kiss Me,” which peaked just outside the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has over 1.3 billion streams on Spotify alone. Since then, he has released a number of singles and the Yustyna, and the train keeps on rolling: Today (October 1), Artemas announced Lovercore, a new mixtape.
Arriving alongside the news is three new songs: “Superstar,” “Take It Easy On Me,” and “This One’s Gonna Hurt Me.” The first song got a video, too, and the tune is a techno-inspired anthem.
In a recent interview, Artemas spoke about making his first album, saying, “It’s daunting to create something that cohesive, but it excites me, too. I want to put my flag in the sand. I think I’m making some of the most exciting alt-pop music out there. And I do it all myself. I just haven’t communicated that clearly enough yet.” He also said of the success of “I Like The Way You Kiss Me,” “It would be the death of me to chase that again. Those songs are so random. You just have to stay honest.”
Of the modern music industry path, he added, “I just turned my nose up at it all. I made music in my room, mixed it myself, didn’t care about playlists. It was about finding my fans.”
Listen to the new songs above and below.
Lovercore is out 10/24 via Artemas. Find more information here.
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