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Uproxx’s Steven Hyden named Bon Iver’s SABLE, fABLE one of 2025’s best albums so far, and Justin Vernon isn’t finished with it yet as he shares a fun new video for “From” today (June 25).

In the retro-styled clip, Vernon positions himself at both ends of the ill-fated-marriage pipeline, as both a limo driver for newlyweds and a divorce attorney.

This video certainly went better than one of Vernon’s earlier acting attempts. He recently said of the time he auditioned for the lead role in Inside Llewyn Davis, “They wanted to have a meeting in New York, so I read the script. Over the course of a month, I read it once. I went to the Upper West Side, I believe it was Joel Coen’s apartment. […] In that moment, I realized that I was in an audition and I didn’t know that. And I was completely paralyzed. […] So I’m sitting there, I’m a terrible actor, I’ve read this thing exactly once. […] It was OK that they were laughing at me, because I was so bad. But anyways, it was one of those learning experiences where if something doesn’t feel right to you, and you’re not meant to do it, maybe just let it pass.”

Watch the “From” video above.

Gunna speaks with UPROXX Chief Visionary Officer will.i.am about his creative process, influences, and what he wants from his new era.

Aside from her former labelmate Kendrick Lamar, perhaps no other artist had as big an impact on Doechii’s explosive rise to stardom last year as Tyler The Creator. Tapping Doechii to feature on his Chromakopia cut “Balloon,” Tyler also brought her out during his headlining performance at Camp Flog Gnaw, adding to the praise for her recent string of standout performances from fans watching the livestream online.

The two have teamed up once again, previewing a new song, “Get Right,” during Louis Vuitton’s Paris Fashion Week show. According to Billboard, the song was also produced by Louis Vuitton’s creative director, Pharrell Williams, who has previously collaborated with both rappers separately. Williams styled Doechii for this year’s Met Gala, decking her out in the brand’s signature checkerboard pattern as part of the gala’s theme, Black Dandyism. The song snippet appears at 14:20 in the stream below.

While Doechii’s appearance on Tyler’s “Balloon” helped raise her profile considerably, the Florida native was already well on her way to being a supernova by the time the song dropped. This is thanks to her exquisitely detailed design sensibilities in performances for NPR Music Tiny Desk, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and Genius’ Open Mic series, as well as the runaway success of singles like “What It Is (Block Boy),” “Denial Is A River,” and even a collaboration with pop queen Katy Perry. As Doechii’s star continues to rise, it’ll be fascinating to watch her experiment with new sounds like the ones on “Get Right.”

Lorde, at this point, is a veteran performer. For a long time before she reached that level, though, she didn’t always thrive on stage as she dealt with some anxiety. On The Late Show With Stephen Colbert yesterday (June 24), though, she explained to the host how she got over it.

Lorde told Colbert that she had the “truly the most horrific stage fright” since she was doing community theater performances at about five years old. Colbert asked how she got over it and she wondered out loud if she’s allowed to talk about it. She then said:

“Well, it’s MDMA therapy. […] Truly, like, changed the game on my stage fright. […] From what I have heard, some of these things live very deep in the body, and you hold on to it. You hold on to a response like stage fright for reasons that no amount of talk therapy or brain use could get at. But when you bypass that and get to the body, something shifts. And that totally happened for me. I tried everything for my stage fright. I did this therapy and then literally, I woke up the next day and was like, ‘Oh, it’s over. I know it’s over.’”

Watch the full interview above.

Sabrina Carpenter has been having fun with her Dunkin’ relationship over the past few months. Towards the end of last year, she launched a new drink with the donut-and-coffee slingers via a funny and suggestive new ad. Now, she’s back with another new beverage and commercial.

The ad sees Carpenter working as a phone operator at the Dunkin’ Daydream Hotline (“Daydream Matchmaker” is her job title), answering a call from somebody who says they’re “hot.” After listening some more, Carpenter suggests that what the caller is “really craving” is a Sabrina’s Strawberry Daydream Refresher, a new Dunkin’ menu item. After taking a sip of her own Refresher and licking the foam off her lips, she listens and gets cut off as she says, “I’m sorry, did you…”

As for the new drink, Dunkin’ describes it:

“Crafted with sweet strawberry flavor and creamy oatmilk, then topped with a cloud of velvety cold foam, Sabrina’s Strawberry Daydream Refresher delivers the nostalgic taste of strawberries and cream in a sip that’s rich yet refreshingly light. Dunkin’s creamiest Refresher yet is just the latest example of how Dunkin’ stirs up flavor innovation with fun, seasonal combos that come together in one crave-worthy sip.”

The drink is available at Dunkin’ locations now.

Check out the ad above.

Per the website for the TMZ Celebrity Tour bus, passengers will be able to “spot celebs as you travel through Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and the Sunset Strip!” For at least one recent ride, they weren’t kidding about seeing famous people, as Benson Boone gave one bus-full of customers an experience they aren’t likely to forget.

In a video shared by TMZ (here’s another clip), Boone was in a limo when he spotted the tour bus. He opened the window, said hi to everybody, and gave a box of his new “Moonbeam Ice Cream” Crumbl cookie, which per Crumbl is a “chilled chocolate cookie packed with cookies & cream pieces, crowned with vibrant moonbeam ice cream-inspired lemon, berry, and marshmallow toppings, and finished with a sweet white drizzle and a final sprinkle of cookies & cream.”

Boone then got out of the limo, hopped on the bus, and started shaking hands and saying hi to people. He also talked a bit about his new album and how grateful he is for his success. Then, after finding out a kid on the bus was celebrating their birthday, Boone led everybody in a rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

It was a great moment, so check out the videos here and here.

Rob49‘s hit single “WTHelly” has been nearly inescapable for the past few months, and with a new remix video featuring G Herbo, the New Orleans native looks to extend its legs through the summer. In a wise decision, he keeps the extended outro — which fueled hundreds of viral TikTok videos since the single’s March release — ensuring that cries of “What the helly Berry / What the helly Burton / What the helly ‘Bron James / What the helly Cyrus” will continue to ring out for at least a little while longer.

G Herbo’s remix is one of just four that have been planned, which include versions from Big Sean, Justin Bieber, and Latto. However, after teasing a version with Bieber, Rob49 told Billboard he’s rethinking its release.

“I talked to Justin a couple of days ago, and he was telling me he wanted to do some more songs, so I don’t know,” he said back in May. “It’s funny, when he first did it, he was like, ‘What you think? You think I can go harder?’ I told him like, ‘Man, I love it bro, if you feel comfortable about it, if you like it, then I love it.’ You know? I just told him, ‘If you like it, you like it’.”

You can watch the video for Rob49’s “WTHelly Remix” with G Herbo above.

Modern shoegaze hero Wisp officially has a new album on the way: Today (June 24), Wisp announced If Not Winter. It certainly won’t be winter when the project drops on August 1. Available now is a new single, the both-heavy-and-light “Save Me Now.”

A press release notes the album “represents a complete realization of a boundary-exploding vision for shoegaze,” and that it “finds Wisp synthesizing disparate sonic universes into a singular and evocative aesthetic.” It’s also said to incorporate “the melodic sophistication of pop’s most versatile songwriters, folk’s narrative poetry, and the hierarchy-smashing communal ideals of hardcore.”

In an Alternative Press interview earlier this year, Wisp said of working on the project, “It’s definitely a very hard challenge going from writing singles to making a cohesive album just because the songs have to make sense together, and I want my album to tell a story. […] I’m sticking to the ethereal, fairy tale-esque stuff [that] circulates around Greek mythology, the mermaids and the angels, and I really want to incorporate more mystical creatures into my music, which will be fun to experiment with.”

Watch the “Save Me Now” video above. Wisp also announced a bunch of tour dates, so check out the upcoming shows, including some previously shared, below.

Wisp’s 2025 Tour Dates

08/22 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
08/23 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/24 — Boston, MA @ Royale Boston
08/27 — East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium *^
08/28 — East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium *^
08/31 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field *#
09/01 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field *#
09/03 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium *%
09/05 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium *%
09/06 — Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
09/07 — Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/08 — Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
09/10 — Chicago, IL @ Metro
09/11 — Saint Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
09/13 — Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
09/14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ TBD
09/16 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
09/18 — Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
09/19 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
09/21 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
09/23 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
09/26 — Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
09/27 — El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
09/29 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
09/30 — Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10/01 — Houston, TX @ Numbers
10/03 — Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/04 — Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/22 — Glasgow, UK @ The Garage
10/23 — Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
10/24 — London, UK @ EartH
10/25 — Paris, France @ Maroquinerie
10/27 — Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode, Belgium @ Botanique
10/28 — Cologne, Germany @ Luxor
10/29 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Old Room
10/31 — Hamburg, Geramny @ headCRASH
11/01 — Berlin, Germany @ Urban Spree
11/02 — Warsaw, Poland @ Klub Hybrydy

* supporting System Of A Down
^ supporting Korn
# supporting Avenged Sevenfold
% supporting Deftones

If Not Winter is out 8/1 via Interscope. Find more information here.

The F1 movie soundtrack is the gift that keeps on giving, and today (June 24), it gives again with the release of Peggy Gou’s kinetic single “D.A.N.C.E.”

Gou says of the song, “This track to me is all about connecting with joy and feeling free. I hope it makes people want to dance all summer long.”

Gou’s song follows contributions from Don Toliver and Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch, Tate McRae, and Ed Sheeran.

For Gou, the track arrives after her latest album, 2023’s I Hear You. The project spawned her biggest hit to date: “(It Goes Like) Nanana,” which has over 600 million streams on Spotify and reached the top 5 of the US dance chart.

Listen to “D.A.N.C.E.” above. Also check out Gou’s upcoming tour dates below.

Peggy Gou’s 2025 Tour Dates

06/30 — Circoloco, DC10 @ Ibiza
07/06 — Kappa Futur Festival @ Turin, Italy
07/13 — MAD Cool Festival @ Madrid, Spain
07/14 — Indie Beach @ St Tropez, France
07/16 — Montreux Jazz Festival @ Montreux, Switzerland
07/16 — Rimini, Italy
07/27 — Pacha @ Ibiza
08/02 — Parkoram @ Istanbul, Turkey
08/03 — Sunny Hill Festival @ Pristina, Kosovo
08/09 — Les Plages Electroniques @ Cannes, France
08/14 — Phi Beach @ Sardinia, Italy
08/15 — Panorama Festival @ Puglia, Italy
08/16 — Bittersweet Festival @ Poznan, Poland
08/17 — WECANDANCE Festival @ Belgium
09/21 — Portola Festival @ San Francisco, CA
10/17 — III Points Festival @ Miami, FL

F1 The Album is out 6/27 via Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

The 2025 XXL Freshman class has been revealed. This year’s class includes breakout stars such as Gelo, Ray Vaughn, and Samara Cyn, as well as viral stars 1900Rugrat, BabyChiefDoit, EemTriplin, Ian, Lazer Dim 700, Loe Shimmy, Nino Paid, and YTBFatt. See below for more info about each of these rising stars.

1900Rugrat

Hailing from West Palm Beach, Florida, Rugrat is signed to 300 Entertainment and first gained popularity thanks to his freestyles — specifically his song “One Take Freestyle.”

BabyChiefDoit

At 17 years old, BabyChiefDoit is the youngest member of this year’s class. A Chicago native, he’s best known for tracks like “Snooze You Lose” and “The Viper.”

Eem Triplin

After getting his start as a producer for other artists, Eem Triplin switched to rapping and singing his own tunes, leading to the release of his album Melody of a Memory early this year.

Gelo

If you haven’t heard Gelo’s song “Tweaker” by now, you don’t know ball. Triple entendre, don’t even ask me how. The former hooper turned rapper is preparing the release of his debut album, which drops this week.

Ian

He’s not Tyler The Creator’s favorite, but with the support of Lil Yachty (himself a former Freshman), the Dallas suburbanite has generated a passionate fanbase among the Lyrical Lemonade/Rolling Loud set.

Lazer Dim 700

I first heard Lazer Dim as a guest on Denzel Curry’s “Still In The Paint” and the Florida native’s support has been instrumental in helping the Georgian Lazer Dim find an audience for his unique, hyperactive sound.

Loe Shimmy

Another Florida artist, Loe Shimmy’s distinctive voice (a wobbly nasal croak) has led to standout performances on tracks such as “Let It Out” and his verse on Hurricane Wisdom’s “Salute.”

Nino Paid

Columbia Records picked up the PG County, Maryland artist in 2023 after the viral success of his song “Pain & Possibilities,” leading to the release of two full-length projects to date, last year’s Can’t Go Bacc and this February’s Love Me As I Am.

Ray Vaughn

The TDE-signed Long Beach rapper has made lots of noise this year as one of the primary participants in Joey Badass’ one-sided proxy war with Kendrick Lamar, standing in for his former labelmate with fiery diss tracks defending not just his Compton neighbor, but the wider Los Angeles regional scene.

Samara Cyn

Samara Cyn, currently on tour with Smino, just dropped her EP, Backroads, as a follow-up to her critically hailed debut, The Drive Home.

YTB Fatt

Usually, Memphis artists are from Tennessee, but Fatt is putting West Memphis, Arkansas on the map. Ironically, he’s doing so with the help of Memphis native Moneybagg Yo, as a member of the “Said Sum” rapper’s Loaf Boyz Ventures label.