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The 1975 frontman Matty Healy not only still has a Tumblr account, he’s been updating it with his favorite albums of all-time. The latest collection, “My favourite records pt3,” is dominated by punk, indie, and emo albums, including Let It Be by The Replacements; Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement; and Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate. There’s also American Football’s self-titled debut, Drive Like Jehu’s Yank Crime, and My Bloody Valentine’s MBV.

In case you’re wondering: no Taylor Swift album made the cut, but there are connections to “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” singer. In part 2, Healy picked Hats by The Blue Nile; the album features “The Downtown Lights,” which Swift references in The Tortured Poets Department highlight “Guilty As Sin?” He also picked Bon Iver and 22, a million by Bon Iver, who she collaborated with on Folklore and Evermore.

You can see all of Matty’s favorites below.

Part 1

Nation Of Ulysses — 13 Point Program To Destroy America
Compound Red — Press Play and Record: Songs Played And Recorded By Compound Red
Nahawa Doumbia — La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3
Brainiac — Bonsai Superstar
Brainiac — Hissing Prigs In Static Couture
Brainiac Electro — Shock For President EP
I Hate Myself — Ten Songs
Little Feat Feats — Don’t Fail Me Now
Little Feat — Dixie Chicken
The Meters — Rejuvenation
This Heat — Made Available
Modest Mouse — The Lonesome Crowded West
Daryl Johns — Daryl Johns
Howlin’ Wolf — The Howlin Wolf Album
Unwound — Repetition
Lil B — 6 Kiss
Faces — A Nod Is As Good As A Wink….To A Blind Horse
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Clear Spot
The Fall — Hip Priest And Kamerads
The Fall — John Peel Session 15/9/81
Robbie Basho — Venus In Cancer

Part 2

The Streets — Original Pirate Material
Loren Connors — Evangeline
Suicide — The Second Album + The First Rehearsal Tapes
Sigur Rós — Takk…
Glen Branca — Ascension
Theoretical Girls — Theoretical Girls
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross — The Social Network
Pesky — Smells Like Tween Spirit
Boards Of Canada — Music Has The Right To Children
Bob Dylan — Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan — Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan — Time Out Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan — The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
The Velvet Underground — Velvet Underground And Nico
Joy Division — Unknown Pleasures
The Brian Jonestown Massacre — Aufheben
LCD Soundsystem — The Sound Of Silver
The Blue Nile — Hats
Steve Reich — Music For 18 Musicians
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Bon Iver — Bon Iver
Bon Iver — 22, a million
Labi Siffre — Crying Laughing Loving Lying
Big Star — #1 Record
James Taylor — Pull Over (Live)
Brian Eno — Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Radiohead — Amnesiac
Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
Daniel Johnston — ‘Welcome To My World’ The Music Of Daniel Johnston
Xxyyxx — Xxyyxx
Little Feat — Waiting For Columbus (Live)
Satie, Alena Chery — Gnossienne No. 1
Yo La Tengo — We Have Amnesia Sometimes
Chamberlain — The Moon, My Saddle
Liquid Liquid — Optimo
The Durruti Collumn — Vinnie Riley
Gustav Mahler & Antoni Wit — Mahler, G: Symphony No. 5
Iannis Xenakis — Orchestral Works Vol. 5

Part 3

Life Without Buildings — Any Other City
125 Rue Montmartre — Discography
One Last Wish — 1986
Texas Is The Reason — Do You Know Who You Are?
Moss Icon — Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly
Rival Schools — United By Fate
Glassjaw — Worship And Tribute
Indian Summer — Woolworm
Mineral — EndSerenading
Cursive — Domestica
Refused — Songs To Fan the Flames Of Discontent
The Replacements — Let It Be
American Football — American Football
Iron & Wine — Around The Well
Braid — Frame And Canvas
Jets to Brazil — Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Embrace — Embrace
Rites Of Spring — Rites Of Spring
Heroin — Discography
Still Life — From Angry Heads With Skyward Eyes
Penfold — Amateurs & Professionals
Drive Like Jehu — Yank Crime
The Maple State — At Least Until We’ve Settled In
Hundred Reasons — Ideas Above Our Station
Pavement — Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
My Bloody Valentine — mvb
Algernon Cadwallader — Fun
Duster — Cooking
Piebald — We Are The Only Friends We Have
Sunny Day Real Estate — Diary
Indian Summer — Giving Birth To Thunder

Tyler The Creator has been on tour in support of Chromakopia for about two months now, and he’s still got plenty of touring to go with shows scheduled through to September. While he’s still relatively early in the run, there’s one annoyance he’d like to nip in the bud: fans chanting song requests.

On March 21, a fan tweeted, “I love how the crowd chanted Cherry Bomb and Tyler was like ‘ N**** No’@tylerthecreator.” Another replied, “I started that Cherry Bomb chant on Saturday and I will start it again tonight. I need to hear DEATHCAMP live.” To that, Tyler responded today (March 24), “chant all you want ( i hope you dont, its mad annoying during the show) im not gonna play it, chanting doesnt make me magically wanna play it.”

That said, despite that minor hiccup, the tour is going great for Tyler: He also tweeted today, “CHROMAKOPIA tour has been wonderful so far, thank you all for coming.”

Meanwhile, a month ago, Tyler had a different note for his fans when he tweeted, “yo when you see me dont be asking questions like ‘ whY are you here in a major city….. are you renting a house here…where you going’ like n**** I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND, are you a cop? weird ass questions… say hi blah blah and keep it moving so i can finish my walk lol.”

Earlier this year, Ethel Cain released her anti-fame EP, Perverts. She’s already announced a new album: Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You is described as a prequel to 2022’s acclaimed Preacher’s Daughter, featuring one of the best songs that year, “American Teenager.” An exact release date hasn’t been announced, but the project is due out in August.

Cain also shared tour dates for the Willoughby Tucker Forever tour, which also kicks off in August. Pre-sale tickets begin Wednesday, March 26, at 10 a.m. local time with tickets on sale to the public on Friday, March 28, at 10 a.m. local time. You can find more information here.

You can see the album cover for Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You and complete dates for the Willoughby Tucker Forever tour below.

Ethel Cain’s Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You Album Cover Artwork

Ethel Cain’s 2025 Tour Dates: Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour

08/12 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/13 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/15 — Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
08/16 — Portland, OR @ Edgefield
08/18 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Berkeley
08/20 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
08/22 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
08/24 — Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
08/25 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
08/26 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
08/28 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
08/29 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
08/30 — Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards
09/04 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
09/05 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
09/06 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
09/09 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
09/10 — Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
09/12 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
09/13 — Buffalo, NY @ Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
09/15 — Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/16 — Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/17 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
09/19 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
09/20 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)
10/02 — Manchester, England @ O2 Apollo
10/04 — Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy Glasgow
10/09 — London, England @ Eventim Apollo
10/14 — Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
10/15 — Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
10/16 — Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
10/18 — Paris, France @ L’Olympia
10/21 — Cologne, Germany @ Carlswerk Victoria
10/23 — Berlin, Germany @ Huxley’s Neue Welt
10/24 — Hamburg, Germany @ Docks
10/25 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
10/27 — Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
10/28 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Fållan
10/31 — Warsaw, Poland @ Stodola
11/01 — Prague, Czech Republic @ Roxy
11/02 — Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
11/04 — Zurich, Switzerland @ X-tra
11/05 — Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
11/07 — Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
11/08 — Madrid, Spain @ Teatro Eslava
11/09 — Lisbon, Portugal @ LAV Warehouse

Playboi Carti’s Music was one of the year’s most anticipated albums. (It’s been one of the most anticipated albums of the year for the past few years, really.) So, here’s the non-surprising news: On the new Billboard 200 chart dated March 26, Music debuted in the No. 1 spot.

Billboard reports that per Luminate, the album had 298,000 equivalent album units earned in the US for the week ending March 20. However, Carti doesn’t agree with that number: In response to an Akademiks tweet noting the 298K sales number, Carti responded, “320.”

Even with Billboard‘s lower figure, Music still had the biggest week for a rap album in 2025 so far, and the second biggest week overall for all genres; The only album ahead of it is The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, which racked up 490,000 units in its opening week in February.

On top of that, songs from Music drew a total of 384 million on-demand streams. This is the biggest streaming week for an album in almost a year, since Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department had a massive second week in May with 428 million plays. Narrowing it down to rap, Music had the biggest streaming week since the debut week of Drake’s For All The Dogs, with 514 million streams in October 2023.

Taylor Swift’s workout for The Eras Tour involved lots of running on a treadmill. Dua Lipa is going with a different method for the Radical Optimism Tour. “Show prep,” the “Houdini” singer wrote on Instagram, along with multiple videos where she’s doing yoga. The physicality and flexibility on display is impressive; it would have to be to perform her dance-heavy live show every night.

Dua Lipa previously discussed her workout with Marie Claire UK. “I try and work out as much as I can. It’s such a busy lifestyle I feel like I need to try and do something for myself every day,” she said. “I love doing something that’s really fast and quick, like a 15-minute HIIT session which I can do before I start my day. If I’ve got a really early call time I don’t want to be waking up hours before I need to, to go and do a workout. So a high intensity workout, shower, breakfast, and I’m on my way.”

She continued, “When I have a tiny bit more time on my side I love mixing up lots of different training, finding different workouts in whatever city I’m in, whether it’s yoga, Pilates, boxing or spinning. Whatever it is, I try to change it up every day to keep things interesting. When you’re on a tour bus, every day and every place is different, so you never know what you’re going to find. That’s always one way to keep it interesting.”

You can watch Dua Lipa’s yoga videos here.

K-pop favorites NewJeans are coming off an interesting weekend. The group was in Hong Kong to play ComplexCon on March 23. It was their first performance since rebranding as NJZ, and they debuted a new song called “Pitstop” (here’s a video).

The headline, though, is that the group also announced they’re going on a hiatus.

Why Is NewJeans (AKA NJZ) Going On Hiatus?

As NME notes, the band said, “We have decided to stop all activities for the time being in accordance with the court ruling. It wasn’t an easy decision but a necessary one.”

This comes after months of conflict between NewJeans and former label ADOR. In November 2024, the group members claimed they were leaving the agency due to a dispute, but ADOR insisted the agreement between them and the group was still in effect. Then, the band rebranded as NJZ in February, but shortly before ComplexCon, ADOR was granted an injunction that prevents the group from operating as NJZ.

Meanwhile, at ComplexCon, the group’s Minji said, “We knew this wouldn’t be easy from the start. We will continue to voice our opinions while respecting the court’s decision and the process. We have no regrets.”

Hyein also said, “Some people may think staying [with ADOR] would have been better for us, but this was about protecting ourselves. We believe we will come back stronger and do not regret our decision.”

Minji added, “Please don’t see this as the end — we will return, and when we do, we want to meet you again with bright, smiling faces. We know this may be disappointing and upsetting for Bunnies [NewJeans’ fandom], but this is how we protect ourselves, and only by doing this can we return stronger.”

Since late November 2024, Jack Harlow has shared a new track every several weeks or so. But despite his latest track, “Just Us” featuring Doja Cat, growing in popularity it hasn’t increased Harlow’s urge to drop a new album.

During an appearance Apple Music’s New Music Daily with Zane Lowe, Jack Harlow confessed his forthcoming project is taking longer than usual. But he’s fine with that.

“Where’s the f*cking album,” asked Lowe. “You’re just teasing us with hit after hit. What’s going on? Let’s get to the big question, where is the album?”

“That is a big question,” replied Harlow. “I ask myself this all the time. Where is the album.”

After his letting go of his signature sarcasm, Harlow opened up about why the forthcoming body of work hasn’t been announced let alone released yet. “It’s in process,” he said. ” I’m trying to transcend. I wanna do something I’ve never done, and I’m just starting to slowly accept that it is going to take me longer than any of my past projects if I want it to be like nothing I’ve ever done maybe it will take longer than things I have done.”

As for the songs supporters have already been shared (including “Just Us,” “Set You Free,” “Tranquility,” and “Hello Miss Johnson“), Harlow isn’t sure that he’ll include them on the project. “It depends on how the album shakes out sonically,” he said with a level of uncertainty in his voice.

At one point users online were upset that Harlow might be stepping away from rap music all together. Now, they’re anxious over when his full length return will be.

Watch Jack Harlow’s full chat with Zane Lowe for Apple Music’s New Music Daily above.

Ask and you shall receive (no matter how strange the request). During one of Dua Lipa’s recent Radical Optimism Tour stops she made one concertgoer promise to fulfill a bizarre demand.

While performing in Melbourne, Australia, the “Break My Heart” singer gifted one fan with a flash drive containing a copy of her unreleased remix of “Physical” featuring Troye Sivan. After handing off the digital storage device, Lipa made the supporter vow that they would leak the track online. Eventually, users online lost hope in the lucky concertgoer because the following day the tune had not been posted.

Well, yesterday (March 22), the supporter made good on their promise by sending the record to a Dua Lipa fan page on X (formerly Twitter). “ PHYSICAL – DUA LIPA FEAT. TROYE SIVAN,” wrote the account uploading the audio to X.

Quickly the post gained steam across the platforms. So much so, that it hit Dua Lipa’s desk. After checking out the post and confirming its authenticity, Dua Lipa went on to thank the unnamed fan for finally releasing the file.

“You got the job done ,” she wrote.

The remix of “Physical” featuring Troye Sivan is not available on any streaming platforms, which makes the post an X-clusive.

In less than a week, the long-awaited deluxe version of Ariana Grande’s album Eternal Sunshine will hit streaming platform. The wave of new Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead tracks isn’t the only thing she’s ready to unload.

The upcoming body of work will be paired with an official short film. Today (March 23), “The Boy Is Mine” singer announced the forthcoming film’s screening schedule and host cities.

Unlike last year’s trend of nationwide showings for music adjacent pictures, Grande’s Brighter Days Ahead short film will only be presented in select cities. On Sunday, March 30, fans can attend an exclusive screening in either Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, or Grande’s hometown Boca Raton, Florida.

The exact location for the screenings has not yet been disclosed. However, Grande did post the RSVP link in order to gain entry into the event on her official Instagram page. On the landing page, Grande stressed that even if supporters signed up before the screening’s March 26, 9 a.m. Eastern cutout time, that does not guarantee them a seat.

Still, Grande’s biggest fans have rushed to have their names added to the exclusive guest list. For the time being, fans are counting down the days until Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead is released.

To RSVP for Ariana Grande’s Brighter Days Ahead screenings, click here.

Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead is out 3/28 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

Sauce Walka’s camp has been struck with tragedy. Over the weekend, the “Ghetto Gospel” rapper has professional commitments in Memphis, which included an appearance at a birthday bash for budding musician Dan Joe.

Sadly during this trip, Sauce Walka was critically injured in a shooting that claimed the life of his rising artist Sayso P. According to FOX 13 Memphis, yesterday (March 22) while in the city’s downtown area Sauce Walka and Sayso P were targeted by assailants. As the pair were outside the Westin Hotel near the FedExForum, gunmen approached Sauce Walka and Sayso P opening fire.

In a statement provided to the outlet, a representative for the Memphis Police Department said Walka was critically shot in the leg. He was then rushed off to Regional One Health hospital for treatment. Now, Walka’s status has been upgraded to non-critical condition. But Sayso P was fatally shot and pronounced dead on the scene.

Although the MPD have identified the vehicle used by the assailants, no arrest has been made at this time. Following witness accounts of the deadly incident, authorities reiterated that the shooting was not a random act of violence.

During a live broadcast hosted by Wack 100 (listenable here), the former manager of late rapper Mo3, Brandon Rainwater backed MPD’s suspensions.

Sauce Walka has not yet issued a public statement regarding the incident.