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Since Car Seat Headrest just put out a rock opera, it only feels appropriate to talk about the most commercially successful rock opera of the century. American Idiot was the first Green Day album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and their second to sell over 20 million copies, after CD classic Dookie. The 2004 album was so popular that it was turned into a Broadway musical, and there’s even been talk of a theatrical film.

During the punk band’s Hollywood Walk Of Fame ceremony on Thursday (May 1), singer Billie Joe Armstrong gave an update on the American Idiot movie.

“There was supposed to be [a film], but it never panned out,” he told Variety. “I’m sure something is gonna happen. The musical did so well and they’ve done it in Australia, Italy, Germany, England… It’s traveled so well. Eventually it’s going to happen, I would think.”

Armstrong also discussed Green Day’s habit of only releasing every four years or so. “You have to live life to write songs about your life,” he said. “I do like to take my time with the lyrics to make sure that they project the way I feel, internalize what’s going on in my own life, and what’s going on in the culture… We live in such a crazy world. Now, everything is wide open.”

After taking a detour from music to star in the latest season of White Lotus, Blackpink’s Lisa is back with new material. This time, she features on the latest from Maroon 5, “Priceless.”

The song comes from an upcoming Maroon 5 album that has yet to be officially announced. (the band will be announcing a tour soon, too.) Adam Levine says in a statement:

“It’s just a guitar-based song which we haven’t really done in so long. It happened first for us while we were recording the album. I think it’s just the purest and we are so happy to have Lisa on it. The guitar intro is literally me playing into an audio message on my iPhone with an unplugged guitar. I actually got a little emotional recording ’cause it was sort of reconnecting to our roots, which a lot of our fans have been saying ‘hey we want to hear that sound again.’ It’s been like over 20 years so I think it’s time for that to return.”

The band’s James Valentine adds, “I got super emotional when Adam sent me the original demo of ‘Priceless’ because for me the sound represents Maroon 5’s earlier days. I joined the band in 2001 so when I was seeing them play in 2000, ‘Priceless’ gave me the same sort of excitement from the chords to overall vibe. I was super stoked on it and it established the writing and sound for our upcoming album.”

Watch the “Priceless” video above.

Steven and Ian open this week with a conversation about financial woes at the LP subscription service Vinyl Me Please, and what this says about the “Big Vinyl” industry. They also talk about Steven’s recent column on the most “CD album” albums, and why certain records work better on compact disc.

In the Fantasy Album Draft update, they talk about new records by Model/Actriz and Jenny Hval. Then they review The Scholars, the latest album by Car Seat Headrest, along with discussing the band’s career. In the mailbag, a reader asks about albums made by comedians, including a recent effort by Kyle Mooney, as well as a “yay or nay” verdict on They Might Be Giants.

In Recommendation Corner, Ian talk about the new album by Club Night while Steven goes for the latest from The Convenience.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 237 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 X (formerly Twitter) for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.

It’s funny that Doechii first started making waves last year with a song called “Boom Bap,” a satirical song poking fun at the reputation of her label, TDE. The irony doubled when her debut mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal turned out to be an unabashed celebration of what some online have dubbed “scaring the hoes music.” Doechii doesn’t seem the least bit scared to lean into a throwback, 1990s-inpsired aesthetic.

For the past decade, Westside Gunn and his Griselda imprint have more or less been the standard-bearers for that sort of gritty traditionalist form of rap. So, it only makes sense for him to recruit Doechii to appear on his latest single, the moody, soulful “Egypt,” which has quietly circulated online for the past week courtesy of teasers posted by Doechii in a knowing nod to the supposed clash between her musical taste and those of her peers.

The track opens with a snippet of an interview in which Doechii declares her love for Gunn and the raps of the late, great MF DOOM, then launches into exactly the sort of beat all three rappers love. Doechii even gets to start off her verse with Gunn’s beloved ad-libs. It’s a great song. Check it out above.

Thanks to her unique childhood (which was addressed somewhat in the “Younger And Hotter Than Me” video), it turns out that Selena Gomez never got a chance to go to her prom. And so, Benny Blanco, the big sweetheart that he is, decided to throw his fiancée a prom, complete with a rented limo and mall photoshoot.

The couple captured the experience on film, commemorating the moment in the video for the song “Talk” from their album, I Said I Love You First. The doc-style video follows them as they get their pictures taken and ride in their limo, all while Benny assures Selena that yes, this is really what kids do in high schools all across America to celebrate the end of their four-year ride. Then, the dance begins, with a party at a local high school gymnasium.

With that out of the way, the next big party that the duo has to plan is their wedding, which sounds like it should be decidedly easier to put together, with only one major request from the bride-to-be. “Marty [Martin Short, her Only Murders In The Building co-star] is due to give a speech,” she told Drew Barrymore on her daytime talk show. “I told him he must […] I feel like Marty would have an epic speech.”

You can watch Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez’s “Talk” video above.

I Said I Love You First is out now via SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records. Find more information here.

Just a week after the release of her debut album, Why Not More?, Coco Jones has released a surprise extended edition of the album, adding three new songs. The songs include “Is It Mine” featuring New York rapper Lady London and a live version of “Taste,” the standout, Britney Spears-sampling single from February.

On “Is It Mine,” Coco makes a pass at a potential paramour, wondering, “Let me ask you a question, do you mind? / Let me ask you a question, is that alright? / Let me ask you a question, If I like, is it mine?” Meanwhile, Lady London’s rapid-fire verse puts the ball in her would-be boyfriend’s court, asking him to make a move. London and Jones show some impressive chemistry here, which they’ll show off on their shared Why Not More? Tour which London is playing opener for. You can see the tour dates below.

Listen to “Is It Mine” above and checkout the extended Why Not More? here.

05/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
05/07 – Washington, DC @ Echostage
05/09 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
05/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
05/12 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
05/13 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
05/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
05/16 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
05/18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/19 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
05/21 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
05/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
05/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis
05/25 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece
05/28 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
05/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
05/31 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
06/02 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
06/04 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
06/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
06/07 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
06/10 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
06/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
06/13 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
06/14 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
06/15 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre
06/17 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
06/18 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
06/20 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
06/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
06/24 – Richmond, VA @ The National
06/25 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
06/26 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

Logic has tried his hands at a number of creative outlets besides rap: he’s written a novel, been a video game streamer, and even within rap, has tried multiple genres and even an alter ego. But the one thing we hadn’t seen him do yet was direct a movie — until now.

His directorial debut, titled Paradise Records, takes inspiration from many of the films that he’s talked about loving throughout his career, from Clerks and High Fidelity to Friday and Dog Day Afternoon. In the trailer, he plays the protagonist, a beleaguered record store owner who tries to save his shop, which is a home away from home for a colorful array of characters, including his street-struck father, his pimp uncle, and a slew of slackers and music heads drawn from a cast of Logic’s real-life friends. Deidrich Bader, David Krumholtz, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juicy J, Phil Lamarr, Kevin Smith, Martin Starr, Tony Revolori, and more appear in the trailer, which shows up snippet’s of Logic’s “bad f*ckin’ day” as he tries to save his shop from foreclosure, survive a what looks like a hostage crisis, and of course, navigate his slippery racial identity.

You can watch the trailer for Paradise Records above.

The film will premiere June 6th at Tribeca Film Festival. Stay tuned for wider distribution details. Good luck, Bobby!

In February, Earthgang‘s Johnny Venus — also known as Olu — officially launched his solo career with the soulful “So Beautiful” featuring fellow Atlanta rapper-singer 6lack. Today, Johnny and 6lack officially released the music video for the romantic single, which finds Olu painting a pretty picture while singing to his muse (AI To The World founder Tanyka Renee) and 6lack performing his verse surrounded by athleisure-clad dancers.

Although Venus hasn’t yet revealed the release date for his eventual solo debut, he’s been rolling it out in the careful fashion typical of SinceThe80s, his management since entering the game a decade ago as a member of Earthgang and Spillage Village. With the album Earth 2 Olu in the works, he did share his inspirations for it in a statement with the release of “So Beautiful.” “This is my saga,” he said. “This is the story that I’m telling about myself and my journey and growth, but there will still be those Easter eggs. Because it’s time. Now is the time, now is all we have.”

Meanwhile, 6lack has also been working on his follow-up to 2023’s Since I Have A Lover, setting the tone with “F*ck The Rap Game.”

You can watch Johnny Venus and 6lack’s “So Beautiful” video above.

Ahead of an appearance at Utah’s Kilby Block Party and a European tour, Suki Waterhouse has released a lush new song, “On This Love.”

The track’s music video, which depicts an age-gap relationship between Waterhouse and a much older man, is directed by Waterhouse’s sister Immy.

“She is provocative and playful and is absorbed in the joy of living and the freedom [of] unconventional decisions,” she explained to Rolling Stone about Suki’s character in the video. “Suki’s voice behind the video explores the space between perception and power. The story centers on a relationship that’s easy to label, but harder to understand. Yes, there’s age, yes there’s money, but there’s also a charm, joy, and rhythm that defies the expected.”

You can check out Waterhouse’s tour dates below.

Suki Waterhouse’s 2025 Tour Dates

05/18 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court Block Party
06/06-/06/07 — Melbourne, Australia @ Rising Festival
06/14 — Wichita, KS @ Somewhere Festival
07/10 — Quebec City, QC @ Festival d’été de Québec
08/08 — Aspen, CO @ Up In The Sky Festival
08/13 — Saint Pölten, Austria @ Frequency Festival
08/15 — Charleville-Mézières, FR @ Cabaret Vert Music Festival
08/16 — Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/17 — Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
08/19 — Luxembourg City, Luxembourg @ Den Atelier
08/20 — Paris, FR @ Rock En Seine Festival
08/22 — Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/24 — Reading, UK @ Reading Festivals
08/25-08/26 — London, England @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
08/28 — Belfast, UK @ Ulster Hall
08/31 — Munich, DE @ Super Bloom Festival

Way back in 2021, Megan Thee Stallion announced she had gotten into bed with Popeyes, to both launch a new sauce and to eventually open her own Popeyes location. Well, “eventually” is happening.

Meg recently shared a video of herself visiting the location currently under construction. In the caption, she writes, “MY VERY OWN @popeyes IS OPENING THIS SUMMER HOTTIES [fire emojis] I just visited my location while she’s still just bones [flaming heart emoji][chicken emoji] This is abt to be THEE LITTEST Popeyes ever.” TMZ notes the restaurant is in Miami.

In 2021, Meg said in a statement:

“I’m appreciative of Popeyes commitment to empowering Black women and look forward to opening Popeyes Restaurants. Teaming up with Popeyes is such a milestone in my journey and evolution as an entrepreneur. I’ve always been a fan of the Popeyes brand and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to join the brand and help create the new Megan Thee Stallion Hottie Sauce for their line-up.”

Sami Siddiqui, President of Popeyes Americas, also said, “Popeyes one-of-a-kind partnership with Megan Thee Stallion goes well beyond the average marketing collaboration. We are unifying two pop culture icons, and Megan’s innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial vision is at the core of everything we’re doing. […] We are thrilled to welcome Megan to the Popeyes franchisee family and look forward to working closely with her over many years as she begins her journey as a restaurateur.”