Ever since federal agents raided Mar-a-Lago back in August to retrieve boxes full of stolen classified documents that Donald Trump (illegally) took with him when he left the White House, the former president hasn’t been able to successfully pick a lane as to his defense. On a good day, Team Trump might allow that maybe, possibly, some classified documents might have gotten mixed up in his personal belongings when he was hastily packing. Other times, Trump swears he declassified the documents with his mind. But on Monday, as Raw Story reports, Trump essentially just outright confessed to stealing the documents, and lying about it.
Trump was off on one of his now-regular TRUTH Social tears when he suddenly — and presumably accidentally — revealed the reality of the situation while playing the victim card. The target of Trump’s tirade was Jack Smith, the new special counsel tasked with investigating the former president’s many indiscretions. But it was Trump himself who ended up being on the losing end of this one-sided dialogue in which he raged:
This fully weaponized monster, Jack Smith, shouldn’t be let anywhere near the political persecution of “President Donald J. Trump.” I did nothing wrong on January 6th, and nothing wrong with the Democrats’ fix on the Document Hoax, that is, unless the six previous Presidents did something wrong also….
….When will you invade Bill and Hillary’s home in search of the 33,000 emails she deleted AFTER receiving a subpoena from the U.S. Congress? When will you invade the other Presidents’ homes in search of documents, which are voluminous, which they took with them, but not nearly so openly and transparently as I did?
“Not nearly so openly and transparently as I did?”
Oopsie!
Mary McCord, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for national security from 2016 to 2017, pounced on Trump’s message right away and pointed out that this admission really negates his ability to try and go back to his whole “I believed these documents belonged to me” BS.
“So, even if there was a Pollyannaish defense, he has destroyed it with his own changing of stories,” McCord said. “I think he is going to say his defense to what he said today in that Truth Social post is ‘Oh, no — again I do everything transparently and openly, of course, it wouldn’t be anything I had any knowledge of that was unlawful.’ … But at some point, that just doesn’t hold up anymore.”
Andrew Weissmann, former FBI general counsel and prosecutor who worked with Robert Mueller’s team, added that: “With Donald Trump, one of the things that you have learned through history and you know is a posture is… this is never about the actual facts.” But Weissmann, too, believes that Trump just inadvertently changed the rules of the game by brazenly stating that he took the documents and knew that they were classified (two things he hasn’t always admitted to).
“He seems to be saying, ‘Oh, I, openly and notoriously took these documents, but I believed they were my personal documents,’” said Weissmann. “That the mere act of taking them from the White House sort of magically transmogrified them to be my personal documents. That is belied by the fact that, of course, he didn’t have the power and he has said inconsistent things with that latest defense as has his lawyer, where they agreed that these were documents that belonged to the Archives. So, again, I think again I think it’s really important to remember that this is not at all about the actual facts. It is really Donald Trump engaging and media relations, and it’s going to hurt him at trial.”
As with all things Trump, his words and his actions don’t always match up — so only time will tell how his slip-up might affect his future defense.
Yesterday (November 28), Vanity Fair shared its sixth annual “same interview” with Billie Eilish. This time around, Eilish did something a little different: Early in the taping, she posted an Instagram Story asking her followers for questions. Later in the segment, Eilish scrolled through the many responses, was delighted by the quality of them, and answered a few.
At 11:56 into the video, she started with the question, “least favorite song of your own?” Eilish immediately answered with “Watch,” from her 2017 debut EP Don’t Smile At Me. As for her favorite show of her current tour, she took a second to think and answered, “Boston.” When asked how many songs she’s working on, she replied, “One, currently.”
Somebody asked for the year during which Eilish has experienced the most growth and she answered, “I’ve changed more from the beginning of this year until now than I have in the last, like, five years. I mean, honestly.” She also named her favorite band (“I think I gotta just say The Beatles”), revealed if she’s ever smoked weed (she hasn’t), if she wants to have kids (she does), and if she’s “truly happy” (“I think so”).
Check out the full Vanity Fair interview video above and listen to “Watch” below.
Port City/Clown Shoes/Ommegang/Modern Times/istock/Uproxx
Ever since famed Vermont brewer John Kimmich brewed the first New England-style IPA back in 2004 (Heady Topper, for those wondering), we’ve been in love with this hazy, juicy, tropical fruit-filled IPA style. I remember the first time I ever drank a hazy IPA and how the creamy flavor and sweetness, while still having a nice (yet not bitter) hops presence, knocked my proverbial socks off.
West Coast IPAs, get their bitterness from adding more hops during the boil stage at high heat, thus bringing more biting, sometimes aggressive bitterness. And while there’s a time and place for dank, piney West Coast IPA action, I find myself craving a ride on the fruitier, sweeter side far more often. New England-style IPAs get their juicy flavors from having hops added after the boil and during the fermentation process. (You’re also likely to find a lot of dry-hopping to add even bolder flavors.)
In the years since Heady Topper started an IPA revolution, the style has become increasingly popular, leaving the confines of Vermont (although many breweries there still make their own hazy IPAs) far behind. Craft breweries from Petaluma to Palm Beach have made their fair share of these juicy, hazy bangers. As have some of the largest, most popular breweries in America. And while Sierra Nevada and its iconic Hazy Little Thing always hits the spot, want to take a look at some of the lesser-known, underrated hazies out there.
From Belching Beaver to Modern Times and even Port City, today the smaller brands get their due. To do this, I picked eight underrated hazy IPAs and nosed, tasted, and ranked them. Keep scrolling to see how everything turned out.
The List:
Belching Beaver Hazers Gonna Haze
Modern Times Orderville
Sweetwater H.A.Z.Y. IPA
Clown Shoes Rainbows Are Real
Heretic Make America Juicy Again
Terrapin High and Hazy
Port City Hazy IPA
Ommegang Neon Rainbows
Part 1: The Taste
Taste 1
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of tangerine, pineapple, sweet malts, and just a hint of dank pine are prevalent on the nose. The palate is loaded with orange, pineapple, grapefruit, caramel malts, and gentle hoppy bitterness. The finish is a mix of bitter dryness and tropical fruit juice.
Taste 2
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Tropical fruit galore on this beer’s nose with mango, peach, and dank pine taking center stage. The palate is slightly more exciting with notes of pine needles, grassy hops, dank, citrus, and slightly floral flavors. The aroma was fruity, but the palate is a little more hop-centric, spicy, and floral than I personally prefer.
It lacks the juicy, fruity element most hazy IPAs have.
Taste 3
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Grapefruit, orange peel, mango, peach, and spicy, floral hops are found on the nose. The palate keeps this trend with more citrus peels and juicy tropical fruit flavor. But the dank, slightly piney, bitter hops make a big appearance at the backend, making this is different beer than its hazy appearance would make it seem.
Taste 4
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
The nose has a mix of bready malts as well as tangerine, pineapple, mango, and citrus rinds. It’s inviting, but sadly the palate is thinner than expected with dank pine, tangerine, and sweet malts making the most noteworthy appearances. It’s sweet, dank, and juicy, but more watery than anticipated.
Taste 5
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
It starts with a nose of lemongrass, orange pulp, and lime zest and delves into bready malts, and earthy, floral, slightly dank pine. Drinking it reveals notes of caramel, slight pepper, biscuit-like malts, as well as tangerine, grapefruit, mango, and gentle, pleasing hop bitterness at the finish.
Taste 6
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
The aroma is dank pine, tangerine, pineapple, mango, and grassy, earthy hops. The palate is slightly herbal with notes of dank pine, earthy, grassy, slightly spicy hops, orange, pineapple, mango, and ripe peaches. The finish has a slightly bitter, citrus kick that leaves you wanting more.
Taste 7
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
A nose of wet grass and bright citrus starts off great. The problem is there’s nothing else noticeable on the nose. The palate continues this trend with some melon rind, pineapple, tangerine, and sweet tropical flavors. The finish is sweet with very little bitterness.
Overall, not a bad beer. It’s just a little sweet and one-dimensional for my liking.
Taste 8
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of lemon peels, orange pulp, mango, and pineapple are notable on the nose. The flavor, while propped up with tangerine, lime, grapefruit, and juicy tropical fruit flavors, also has a nice sweet, malty backbone and a lightly bitter, piney finish. A truly complex hazy IPA.
This 5.8% hazy IPA is brewed with 2-row malts, wheat, and flaked oats. It gets its hoppy, citrus-filled flavor profile from the addition of Citra, Simcoe, and Idaho 7 hops. To add to that, it’s dry-hopped with even more Citra, Simcoe, and Idaho 7 hops at the end of the brewing process.
Bottom Line:
If you enjoy very sweet citrus-filled hazy IPAs, this is the beer for you. Otherwise, keep looking for something with a little more balance and complexity.
This highly complicated hazy IPA is brewed with 2-row malts, oats, and wheat as well as Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado, and Azacca hops. It’s dry-hopped with Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado, Azacca, and additionally Simcoe hops.
Bottom Line:
This is the kind of New England-style IPA you’ll likely start your journey with and then eventually move on to something bolder and more flavorful. Rather unexciting.
We all know that rainbows are real, we just didn’t know that we wanted to drink them until right now. This hazy IPA proves it with a mix of sweet malts and Mosaic, Citra, and Azzaca hops. The addition of the terpenes Beta-Pinene and Linalool gives it extra juicy, bright flavors.
Bottom Line:
If you’re more of a West Coast IPA fan who is looking to try a hazy IPA, this is a great beer for you. If you prefer beers that more resemble orange juice than beer, this isn’t the one for you.
This 7.2% ABV hazy IPA is brewed with two-row and optic malts. It gets its fruity, juicy flavor from Mosaic hops as well as a bunch of unlisted “dank” hops. The result is a juicy, fruity, slightly dry hazy IPA that appeals to all IPA fans.
Bottom Line:
This is an interesting beer. It doesn’t know whether it wants to be a sweet, juicy tropical hazy IPA, or a piney, slightly bitter West Coast IPA.
This 6.5% ABV hazy IPA is a comic, beer-centric take on a phrase we’ve all heard many times in the last few years. It gets its tropical fruit, citrus, and slight bitterness from Mosaic, Citra, and the lesser-known Belma hops.
Bottom Line:
This beer looks like it will be an absolute juice bomb. But it’s not and that’s okay. There are more bitter, floral, dank hops than many hazy IPA fans will be prepared for. Drink it anyway, You’ll be glad you did.
This year-round, 6.8% ABV hazy IPA was brewed to have a complex mix of caramel malts and juicy tropical and citrus fruits. It’s loaded with flavors like mango, ripe peaches, orange peel, and just the right amount of hop bitterness.
Bottom Line:
While I love a great juicy, hazy, tropical fruit-filled New England-style IPA. I can also understand the appeal of a hazy IPA balanced between citrus, tropical fruits, malts, and bitter hops.
This juicy, fruity, complex hazy IPA is unfiltered and brewed with London ale yeast before being double dry-hopped with Mosaic, Citra, Simcoe, Centennial, and Topaz hops.
Bottom Line:
While this beer does has a complex, well-balanced flavor profile, it also has a more tropical and citrus-based juicy, creamy flavor than some of the other hazy IPAs on this list.
You absolutely know what you’re going to find when you crack open a beer called Hazers Gonna Haze. Brewed with 2-row malts, flaked oats, and malted oats as well as Citra, Mosaic, and Galaxy hops, it’s known for its hazy, juicy, citrus, and tropical fruit-forward flavor.
Bottom Line:
This hazy IPA ticks all the boxes. It’s filled with tropical fruit and citrus flavors but has enough dank, earthy pine to appeal to all IPA drinkers. It’s a truly well-rounded, memorable beer.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
While balance is the name of the game when it comes to most beers, for hazy IPAs I usually look for massive juice bombs. And while Ommegang Neon Rainbows faired quite well, I was surprised to see a more piney, slightly bitter, hoppy beer take the top spot over some sweeter, juicier beers. That’s a testament to the craft of that brew — surpassing my own personal preferences!
Will Smith continued to open up about the now infamous moment at the Oscars where he walked onstage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife. By candidly discussing how he failed as a human being, Smith is hoping to protect his upcoming film, Emancipation, from being overshadowed by the viral assault. The actor received a hand in that department from The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah, who actually made Smith cry by being so gracious.
“[There are] many nuances and complexities to it, you know, but at the end of the day, I just, I lost it, you know,” Smith confessed to Noah. “I guess what I would say, you just never know what somebody’s going through.”
As Smith expanded on the personal journey he’s been on since slapping Rock onstage, Noah shared that he pushed back on a friend who called him and said that what everyone saw that night was the “real Will Smith.” Via The Hollywood Reporter:
The Daily Show host continued that things were becoming “relentlessly shi*ty” and Smith reacted for the first time.
“It was a lot of things,” the actor said. “It was the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother, you know, is that you know, all of that just bubbled up in that moment. You know, I just that’s not who I wanna be.”
When Noah told Smith he thinks he made a mistake and doesn’t think that’s who the actor is, The Daily Show audience cheered, and Smith began tearing up.
Smith agreed that he pushes himself too hard, and he’s been humbled by the experience that’s forced him to grapple with the fact that he’s human like everybody else.
“I’ve always wanted to be Superman,” he told Noah. “I’ve always wanted to swoop in and save the damsel in distress, you know. And I had to humble down, you know, and realize that I’m a flawed human, and I still have an opportunity to go out in the world and contribute in a way that fills my heart, and hopefully helps other people.”
Spain’s annual Primavera Sound music festival unveiled the 2023 lineup today, and it does not disappoint. Next year’s bill includes Halsey, Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía, Calvin Harris, Depeche Mode, and another Blur reunion appearance. Hosted between Barcelona’s Ciudad de Rock (June 1 to 3) and Madrid’s Parc Del Forum (June 8 to 10), the acts will mainly remain the same for both weekends as the fest aims to stick to a “mirror” theme this year.
Other notable acts include Ghost, FKA Twigs, Måneskin, St. Vincent, The War On Drugs, Turnstile, Pusha T, Caroline Polachek, Maggie Rogers, Japanese Breakfast, Bleachers, Baby Keem, and many more.
“Look for yourself in the Primavera Sound 2023 line-up… and find yourself,” a statement read, via Billboard. “Because we assure you that you are there. After twenty editions, the festival is the mirror in which the community that will come from near and far to Barcelona and for the first time to Madrid next June looks at itself and recognizes itself, but after everything it has experienced, this reflection goes in two directions, marking the richest musical itinerary we can think of: Primavera Sound also looks for and finds itself in its own audience.”
Tickets for the two weekends of 2023’s Primavera Sound festival are available to buy beginning December 1. There are also options for VIP packages and one-day passes. More information is available via the official website.
Continue scrolling to view the full lineup.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Jesse Eisenberg has worked with some of the best directors around, including David Fincher, Noah Baumbach, and whoever directed Now You See Me, the best movie I’ve ever seen about magicians who commit bank heists. Now, Fleishman Is in Trouble star is making his directorial debut with When You Finish Saving the World. The A24 comedy-drama stars Julianne Moore as Evelyn, who runs a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse. At home, she struggles to relate to her teenage son, Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), who has a large online following for playing “classic folk rock with alternative influences.”
You can watch the trailer above. Here’s the official plot synopsis:
Evelyn (Julianne Moore) has devoted herself to helping people in hard times, but she struggles to connect with her son Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), an aspiring internet star oblivious to the problems of the world. As Evelyn attempts to become a parent figure to an unassuming teenager she meets at her shelter, and Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant and politically conscious young woman at his high school, this emotional comedy reveals a funny and sharply perceptive portrait of a mother and son who may seem at odds but who are more alike than either would care to admit.
When You Finish Saving the World opens in theaters on January 20th.
There are very dramatic, possibly earth-shattering moments in every pop-culture watcher’s life where you (also very dramatically) remember where you are when they happened. In other words, I very much remember where I was while viewing the first brutal reviews of 2003’s Gigli. That movie pushed an existing press frenzy sky high, and soon after, co-stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck broke off their engagement. Nearly two decades later, the two followed up their surprise romantic reunion with a surprise Vegas wedding, and Lopez also stars in the upcoming, completely unrelated Shotgun Wedding (alongside Josh Duhamel), arriving Dec. 28.
That’s a lot to consider. For the moment, though, Lopez is promoting her ninth album, which is called This Is Me … Now. As expected, she’s feeling quite emotional, considering that a previous album, This Is Me, arrived in the wake of her 2003 breakup with Ben. And as she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, that split sent her on a “spiral” that lasted nearly two decades. Via US Weekly:
“It was so painful after we broke up. Once we called off that wedding 20 years ago, it was the biggest heartbreak of my life. I honestly felt like I was going to die. It sent me on a spiral for the next 18 years where I just couldn’t get it right.”
As JLo explained, this new round with Ben “is even better than the first time.” So, she’s revisiting old feelings while cherishing new ones, and boy, it’s gotta be wild to come back together with “the love of my life” after gaining so much life experience on several levels. Not to mention that a certain someone acquired a Dunkin’ addiction over the decades. In all seriousness, however, Lopez also told Zane how she “wouldn’t even perform” songs about Ben from her 2002 album.
That’s all water under the bridge, however, and This Is Me… Now will arrive in 2023, marking JLo’s first studio album in eight years.
Adam Sandler wasn’t nominated for anything at the 2022 Gotham Independent Film Awards (Hubie Halloween was snubbed for a third year in a row), but he still took home a trophy. The Uncut Gems actor accepted the Performer Tribute to honor a career that has been guided by two principles: “People in prison need movies, too, and TBS needs content to show between all those basketball games.”
Sandler claimed that his daughters, Sadie and Sunny, wrote his speech, which he was asked to deliver in “that goofy Southern accent that you always do your dumb speeches in.” He agreed. “Dear well-dressed dignitaries, highly-educated hipsters, and various other plus-ones of The Gotham Awards, thank you for giving our daddy, Mr. Adam Sandler, this prestigious lifetime, all-time, primetime, G.O.A.T. achievement Tribute Award,” he said, sounding like a gravel-voiced Colonel Sanders. “It means a lot to him seeing that most of the awards on his trophy shelf are shaped like popcorn buckets, blimps, or fake mini-Oscars that say ‘Father of the Year’, which he sadly purchased himself while wandering in a self-pitying fog through the head shops of Times Square.”
Sandler then explained why his daughters weren’t in attendance:
“We wish we could be at tonight’s award show with all you sophisticated people, but Daddy said, and we quote, ‘I don’t want to spend the whole night that’s supposed to be about me and my greatness listening to you two newly pubertized buffoons screaming, ‘Where is Timothée Chalamet? And how can we squeeze that fine little Jewish ass of his?’”
The group stage of the World Cup is almost over. Beginning on Tuesday, teams will start playing their final games in an effort to learn who will move on to the knockout stage. For the United States men’s national team, that means a matchup with Iran where the mission is simple: win and you’re in.
Heading into Tuesday afternoon’s game, which kicks at 2 p.m. ET, here’s how things stand in Group B:
Every team is technically still alive, even if Wales…well, I’d probably not feel especially good if I was a Wales supporter right now. I am, however, a supporter of the United States, and as such, here are the three ways things could go for them on Tuesday afternoon.
The USMNT is heading home if…
…they don’t beat Iran. Obviously, it would have been preferable if the team didn’t need to get three points in order to move on — only drawing against Wales, where Walker Zimmerman’s clumsy and unnecessary challenge on Gareth Bale led to a penalty that remains the only goal the team has allowed in Qatar, looms quite large.
Having said that, a consolation is that the team is going into its final game knowing exactly what it will need to do from start to finish, and the objective will never change, no matter what happens. At no point will they need to switch their approach to the game up, as they will need to play to win the entire time. So, I guess that’s nice.
Is a draw or a loss possible? Extremely! The Americans have one goal and two total shots on target in group play. Both of these things have been a problem for a few months now, and while Iran got torn apart by England, that was more of a case of England having a really good day while Iran had a really bad day. Their defensive stinginess and organization played a major role in them getting to the World Cup, and they only need a draw to advance. It is not hard to imagine a gross, 0-0 slog that sends the Americans home and the Iranians into the knockout round. If I were Gregg Berhalter, I would simply tell the lads to score a lot of goals. My hunch is he is going to do this.
Assuming an England win over Wales, here’s how things would break down for the United States with a draw and a loss:
Draw: England 7, Iran 4, U.S. 3, Wales 1
Loss: England 7, Iran 6, U.S. 2, Wales 1
It goes without saying, but this wouldn’t be especially good for the Yanks. Let’s get to the better options.
The USMNT is finishing in second if…
…they beat Iran and nothing weird happens in England vs. Wales. The maximum number of points the United States can get is five. England is almost certainly going to beat a Wales team that looked terrible against Iran, listless against the United States, and will not have its starting goalkeeper, Wayne Hennessey, due to a red card he received in the last game. Hennessey’s backup is a starter in the Premier League, Leicester City’s Danny Ward, but regardless, it is extremely difficult to imagine a world where Wales can get all three points here.
Wales is in a position where a win and a draw in the other game would put them through, so they have to go for it. Doing that against an England team that is much better, however, might be a terrible idea, especially if Gareth Southgate wises up and plays Phil Foden.
As for the U.S., the last section focused on their biggest issue, so let’s get to the good stuff. Their defense has not given up an open play goal, allowing 1.55 expected goals (which includes the penalty) against Wales and 0.77 against England, per FotMob. The center back pairing of Zimmerman, aside from that one bad decision in the box, and Tim Ream has been stout — Ream, in particular, has been outstanding — Antonee Robinson seems to have an unlimited gas tank at left back, and Sergiño Dest, whose best asset is his attacking nous, has generally been ok on the right. The midfield trio of Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, and Yunus Musah has done everything asked of them and then some, while Christian Pulisic and Timothy Weah have been dangerous on the wings, even if that last little something have evaded them save for Weah’s goal against the Welsh.
They have the talent to beat an Iran team that can be quite dangerous. Mehdi Taremi and Sardar Azmoun have been two of the top players at World Cup by non-penalty expected goals, but if the Americans can continue to defend and sniff out dangerous moments before they really get a chance to develop, they should be ok, especially if Matt Turner is as good as he has been when he’s been called upon. As for the whole “need to score goals” thing, keep your fingers crossed that Giovanni Reyna — who is the team’s best player at just making stuff happen — plays. (It’s been weird!)
Anyway, this is the most likely outcome. As of this writing, the fine folks in Las Vegas have the USMNT as -105 to win, while a draw is +240 and an Iran win is +310. England and the United States winning would mean the group ends with England on seven points, the U.S. on five, Iran on three, and Wales on one.
The USMNT is winning the group if…
…they beat Iran and stuff gets weird in England vs. Wales. Like, extremely weird. Like, weird in a way that makes me wonder if wasting your time by writing up this section is worth it. If the United States and Wales win, the U.S. wins the group, that simple. England would still make it through unless Wales pumps in a ton of goals. I am extremely confident that this will not happen, even with Harry Kane’s fitness being a question, but hey, England at a major tournament.
The other weird scenario: The United States wins while England and Wales play to a draw. If this occurred, the U.S. and England would have five points each. Basically, there is an extremely narrow path, should this happen, where the United States can overtake England. You can read this if you are interested in learning how tiebreakers work at the World Cup, and here is every single thing that can happen on Tuesday, according to the New York Times.
This scenario is mostly for fun. A good 99.9 percent of the realistic ones are the first two. That means, in all likelihood, Iran or the United States would play the team that wins Group A in the knockout round, which would mean one of Ecuador, Senegal, or The Netherlands. That group will get all sorted out earlier in the day — the first two teams play one another, while the Dutch take on Qatar, which has already been eliminated.
The Group A winners and the Group B runners-up would play on Saturday at 10 p.m. EST in the first game in the round of 16. We’re 90 minutes and stoppage time of soccer away from learning if the United States will be in that game.
When making an album these days, Taylor Swift usually recruits a select team of collaborators to join her on the project. Recently, that has consisted primarily of Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. They both contributed to Midnights, Swift’s latest, and apparently The 1975, despite not appearing on the final album, were involved, too.
In a recent interview with KROQ’s DTS Sound Space, Matty Healy noted how Swift heard some of The 1975’s new album Being Funny In A Foreign Language ahead of its release, through mutual collaborator Antonoff. He was then asked if he got to hear Midnights before that dropped and he replied, “Yeah. We actually worked a bit on that, but then the version of it never came out.”
That got some playful boos from some audience members, to which Healy responded, “No no no, that’s not how it works. It [didn’t work out] for reasons that are not to be criticized. She’s amazing.”
what i’m hearing is that taylor swift ft the 1975 exists but i’ll never get to hear it pic.twitter.com/t9n92Sy6BB
Back in October, Healy denied rumors of the band collaborating with Swift, saying, “Oh no, we’re not. We’d love to, love to work with Taylor Swift. Love Taylor Swift, think she’s one of the best songwriters. Yeah, no… we haven’t done that… we’d love to, though, wouldn’t we? She’s probably sat there just watching… just watching this, pining for a feature on a 1975 track.”
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