The Las Vegas Aces picked up a win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday night, but the story of the night wasn’t just a win over a strong opponent, it was A’ja Wilson once again making WNBA history.
The two-time MVP — and the heavy favorite to make it three this season — had another big game with 29 points and nine rebounds in the win. With that performance, Wilson eclipsed 1,000 points on the season, becoming the first player in league history to accomplish that feat.
Wilson is averaging 27 points and 12 rebounds on the season as she continues to find ways to up her production, and crossing the 1,000 point Mark was a momentous occasion. After the game, her Aces teammates gave her a water bath celebration in the locker room before Wilson delivered an incredibly emotional and heartfelt speech to the team. Wilson fought back tears while trying to explain how special this team is, saying they’ll never fully know what they mean to her on and off the court. Wilson explains that her teammates inspire her every day when she comes into the facility and makes sure they know how much she appreciates everything they do.
It’s a very cool moment for Wilson and the Aces and it’s great fans get that peek behind the curtain to see that bond between the star and her teammates, as they celebrate a major milestone in league history. It likely won’t be the last record Wilson sets this year, as she’s just three rebounds shy of the single season record (set this year by Angel Reese before her season ending injury).
It looks like Megan Thee Stallion isn’t yet done rolling out new music for 2024. Ahead of the release of her new album, Megan, the Houston Hottie shared plenty of promo material featuring chrysalis imagery, to reflect the new stage of her career and life she was entering (even as some fans protested that it was inconsistent with the reptile theming she used to kick off the rollout).
Apparently, she considers her metamorphosis complete. Meg shared a teaser on social media for something called Megan: Act Two (which is, presumably, a follow-up or extension of her new album) in which she transforms, growing butterfly-like wings. In the caption, she wrote, “Stay tuned, hotties.”
If this means new music is on the way from Thee Stallion this year, it’ll round out one busy 2024 for the big anime fan. In addition to Megan, she also joined Latto on her “Sunday Service” remix with Flo Milli, collaborated with GloRilla on “Wanna Be” and the “Wanna Be Remix” with Cardi B, and dropped “Neva Play” with RM — a song that now seems likely to end up on Megan: Act Two and is the official theme song for the WWE’s current season. Aside from those official singles, she also helped create a remake of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” for Pepsi and the NFL.
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.
This week saw The Weeknd continue his new album rollout and Charli XCX keeping Brat alive. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
Hurry Up Tomorrow, the final part of the After Hours and Dawn FM trilogy, is coming, The Weeknd confirmed earlier this month. Last week, he shared the new single “Dancing In The Flames,” and the synth-pop tune is clearly in the same aesthetic universe as the albums that preceded it.
Charli XCX — “Talk Talk Featuring Troye Sivan”
Brat Summer is over (per Charli XCX herself), but that doesn’t mean she’s done with Brat: She just announced Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat, and among the tracks featured on the project is her new remix of “Talk Talk” with Troye Sivan and even a Dua Lipa cameo.
Playboi Carti — “All Red”
Carti just announced his new album Music, and while he didn’t unveil a release date, he did share “All Red.” Carti strays away from his typical higher-pitched voice here for a deeper-sounding flow.
Eminem — “Kyrie & Luka” Feat. 2 Chainz
Eminem dropped some new music via The Death Of Slim Shady: Mourner Edition and among the fresh tracks is the 2 Chainz collaboration “Kyrie & Luka.” Likening themselves to Dallas Mavericks stars Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić, the two flex all over the boastful track.
FKA Twigs — “Eusexua”
“Eusexua is like a feeling of ‘I’m that b*tch,’” a new video from FKA Twigs explains of her upcoming album. She recently said the album “isn’t techno but the spirit is there,” and you can definitely hear the spirit on the title track.
Fousheé (another former Uproxx cover star) just released her second album, Pointy Heights. It’s named after a plot of Jamaican land owned by her grandfather, and Fousheé honors “the people that truly make a place feel like home” on the dreamy “Feel Like Home.”
Nilüfer Yanya — “Just A Western”
Yanya’s new project My Method Actor is here, and she preceded it with one final pre-album sneak peek, “Just A Western.” Her signature soothing voice carries the warm and comforting tune.
Suki Waterhouse — “Model, Actress, Whatever”
Waterhouse recently told Uproxx of her new album Memoirs Of A Sparklemuffin, “I was on Google late one night and found this Sparklemuffin spider, which has a ridiculous name, and thought, ‘I would love to have that in an album title.’ I started fleshing out the story around the Sparklemuffin and writing out each song connected to the story. […] I just love the idea of this little Sparklemuffin on the quest of redemption, with me as the Queen Sparklemuffin.”
The Linda Lindas — “No Obligation”
We’re about a month away from No Obligation, the latest album from young rockers The Linda Lindas. The unveiled the title track last week and the tune is two minutes of non-stop punk energy.
A few days ago, Cardi B announced a major life change: She had given birth to her third child, a daughter. She revealed the news with some photos and videos from the delivery room. Now, she’s back with more.
Yesterday (September 15), Cardi shared a behind-the-scenes video on TikTok (find the video here). The clip is similar to the previously shared photos and videos, but is a better slice-of-life representation of what the room was like. The video shows Cardi holding her newborn, Offset getting some skin-to-skin contact with the baby, and Kulture telling Cardi on FaceTime that she’s going to see her new sister.
When Cardi initially announced her pregnancy, she wrote, “With every ending comes a new beginning! I am so grateful to have shared this season with you, you have brought me more love, more life and most of all renewed my power! Reminded me that I can have it all! You’ve reminded me that I never have to choose between life, love, and my passion! I love you so much and can not wait for you to witness what you helped me accomplish, what you pushed me to do! It’s so much easier taking life’s twists, turns and test laying down, but you, your brother and your sister have shown me why it’s worth it to push through!”
Instead of doing a DELUXE to Pink Friday 2, I’ve decided to do a brand new album. I’ll still incorporate new songs like #Mamita & [The ‘anxiety’ song] for the remainder of the tour tho…and I’ll announce the new date within the next couple weeks. The new music is just too good to be thrown away on a deluxe album. Last night, the songs I recorded were just way too iconic. I love you guys so much. You know that. I know you do. I’ll still give you something leading up to the announcement, so no worries.
PF3 is about to do PRECISELY wtf BEEN needed to be done. TRUST ME BARBZ. IM SO EXCITED. BLESSED. LOVED (by the Barbz) & fortunately (for the Barbz & me), I’ve learned A LOT since 12/08/23.
PF2 means so much to me. As my 1st album as #PapaBear mama, it’s just very special to me for so many reasons you guys aren’t aware of. I put every song on there in a specific order, etc. So to honor that, I’m going to give it the respect & integrity it deserves as a beautiful body of work & not add anything else to it. 1 or 2 songs is no big deal but 5-7 songs feels a little sloppy right now (In my humble opinion). This era has just been so successful, rewarding, satisfying, etc. after much thought, I want to be for CERTAIN that I am being intentional about every single decision being made around both PF2 AND PF3.
I’ll be hitting the stage shortly in #GagCityBIRMINGHAM
There’s nothing “casual” about Chappell Roan‘s love of horror movies.
During a recent Rolling Stone cover story, your favorite artist’s favorite artist revealed that she has a private Letterboxd account, which contains an ever-growing list of horror movies she wants to see. It’s largely “horrifying” titles from Japan and Taiwan, although her recent favorites include A24’s Talk to Me (“I thought that was so special for a horror movie to make me cry”) and twist-filled Barbarian. If Roan is looking for a new song to cover on her The Midwest Princess Tour, might I suggest “Fire Fire Fire, Hiss” from Longlegs?
Roan also discussed why her first Billboard Hot 100 top-10 hit “Good Luck, Babe!” (which, come to think of it, would be a good name for a horror movie) doesn’t have a music video. “I’m too tired,” the “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl” singer said. “Do you know how hard it is to do a music video when you’re this exhausted and burnt?”
She added, “It’s a hit without a video. I have a top-10 hit with a lyric video.”
Roan’s The Midwest Princess Tour wraps up in October with a pair of festival performances over two weekends at Austin City Limits 2024.
Sturgill Simpson dropped Passage du Desir, his first album as Johnny Blue Skies, this July. Now he’s taking the project on the road, as the Why Not? Tour just kicked off this past weekend.
Simpson had two shows this weekend: One at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on September 14, and one at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara on the 15th. The performances were relatively similar when it comes to song selections, although they were pretty different when it comes to song order. Notably, both sets featured a lot of covers.
Find the setlist from the Santa Barbara show (via setlist.fm) below, along with Simpson’s tour dates.
Sturgill Simpson’s Why Not? Tour Setlist
1. “The Promise” (When In Rome cover)
2. “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” (Procol Harum cover)
3. “I Don’t Mind”
4. “All Said And Done”
5. “Long White Line” (Moore & Napier cover)
6. “Railroad Of Sin”
7. “Brace For Impact” (Live A Little)
8. “A Good Look”
9. “Stir It Up” (Bob Marley cover) (snippet)
10. “Just Let Go”
11. “LA Woman” (The Doors cover)
12. “All Around You”
13. “Life Of Sin”
14. “Remember To Breathe”
15. “Turtles All The Way Down”
16. “It Ain’t All Flowers”
17. “Best Clockmaker On Mars”
18. “Crying” (Roy Orbison cover)
19. “Right Kind Of Dream”
20. “I’d Have To Be Crazy” (Steven Fromholz cover)
21. “Living The Dream”
22. “One For The Road”
23. “Purple Rain” (Prince cover)
24. “If The Sun Never Rises Again”
25. “Spanish Moon” (Little Feat cover)
26. “Fastest Horse In Town”
27. “Scooter Blues”
28. “Voices”
29. “Midnight Rider” (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
30. “Red Red Wine” (Neil Diamond cover)
31. “Sing Along”
32. “You Don’t Miss Your Water” (William Bell cover)
33. “Mint Tea”
34. “Jupiter’s Faerie”
35. “Call To Arms”
Sturgill Simpson’s 2024 Tour Dates: Why Not? Tour
09/14 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
09/15 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
09/17 — West Valley City, UT @ Maverik Center
09/19 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater
09/20 — George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre *
09/22 — Missoula, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
09/24 — Moorhead, MN @ Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheater
09/25 — Minneapolis, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09/27 — Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
09/28 — Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
10/01 — Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed
10/02 — Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed
10/04 — Brandon, MS @ The Brandon Amphitheater
10/04-06 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/08 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Criterion
10/09 — Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
10/11-13 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/15 — St. Louis, MO @ Fabulous Fox Theatre
10/18 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
10/19 — Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
10/21 — Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com Arena
10/22 — Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
10/24 — Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena
10/25 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
11/12 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
11/15 — Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
11/18 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
11/20 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
11/21 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
11/23 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
A few months after her Copa América halftime show set, Shakira returned to Miami to promote her single, “Soltera,” at LIV Nightclub. But the performance came to an abrupt end after someone — or someones — in the audience appeared to film up her dress.
According to Billboard, Shakira can “clearly be seen gathering up her short skirt at several points and waving the index fingers on both hands as she looks down at an unseen person off screen with a gesture indicating that they should stop what they’re doing.” At one point, she makes the “I see you” motion. After a few more hip swivels, a seemingly frustrated Shakira leaves the stage.
Shakira released a new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (translation: Women No Longer Cry), earlier this year. “Making this music has shown me that my pain can be transformed into creativity,” she told Allure. “The songs are full of anecdotes and some very intense emotions I have experienced in these two years. But creating this album has been a transformation in which I have been reborn as a woman. I have rebuilt myself in the ways I believe are appropriate. No one tells me how to cry or when to cry, no one tells me how to raise my children, no one tells me how I become a better version of myself. I decide that.”
Tito’s (real name Toriano Adaryll Jackson) sons TJ, Taj, and Taryll confirmed his death on Instagram late last night/early this morning (September 16), writing:
“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that our beloved father, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson is no longer with us. We are shocked, saddened and heartbroken. Our father was an incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being. Some of you may know him as Tito Jackson from the legendary Jackson 5, some may know him as ‘Coach Tito’ or some know him as ‘Poppa T.’ Nevertheless, he will be missed tremendously. It will forever be ‘Tito Time’ for us. Please remember to do what our father always preached and that is ‘Love One Another.’ We love you Pops.
Your boys,
Taj, Taryll and TJ.”
Tito’s nephew Siggy Jackson also confirmed the news to People, while Steve Manning, a former Jackson family manager, told Entertainment Tonight he “believes” Tito suffered a heart attack while driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma.
Tito was born in Gary, Indiana on October 15, 1953. He was an original member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons) and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a member of the group. He released his first solo album, Tito Time, in 2016, and it spawned two singles that landed on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart: “Get It Baby” featuring Big Daddy Kane and “One Way Street.” His final album released during his lifetime was 2021’s Under Your Spell.
In a 2021 interview with the Grammy Awards, Tito said, “I’m proud of my career. I wish I had the head I have now about my career when I was much younger. I could have done a lot more when I was younger. But I’m proud of my accomplishments — the records that we hold as well as the inductees and all of these other things. Like I said, what else do I have to prove? […] It’s just been great, you know? The brothers don’t record like we used to, but I think it’s important to keep on singing a song as long as there’s a song to sing.”
Perpetual Emmy winner John Oliver brought his punchy personality while accepting the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series trophy. The Last Week Tonight host, of course, is skilled at mixing comedy with drama on hard-hitting subjects, yet he usually brings levity to awards ceremonies. In 2020, he also brought his red plush hoodie to his speech, but this year, he paid tribute to his late dog to both somber and humorous effect.
Well, he tried to pay that tribute while the Emmys producers began to play the “kindly leave the stage” music. As seen above, Oliver didn’t accept that gesture without a muted (albeit good-humored) “f*ck you” transpiring. Y’all know that John Oliver loves a hearty “f*ck you,” right?
“We have the most fantastic dog,” Oliver began. “She was at our wedding, she got us through the pandemic, she was with us through pregnancies.” And when the telltale music began to hit, Oliver humorously called it the “perfect choice of music” because “[w]e had to say goodbye to her. I feel like Sarah McLachlan right now.”
That’s when the “F*ck you! There you go” dropped, along with “[t]his is for all dogs … You all deserve a treat. Play me off now! Thanks so much.” Woof.
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