It hasn’t been long since fans have been treated to new Bad Bunny music, as he just dropped off a “song of the summer” contender, “Yonaguni,” back in June. Now, out of nowhere, he’s back with more, as he has shared the club-ready trap banger “De Museo” with no advance warning.
Although the track isn’t officially included in the Fast 9 soundtrack, it does appear in the latest Fast & Furious film. Bad Bunny, by the way, actually has a brief role in the movie, playing the part of “Lookout.”
Perhaps the new song will find its way into setlists on Bad Bunny’s upcoming tour, which is set to be a huge one. The trek, in support of his 2020 album El Último Tour Del Mundo, will start in February 2022 and run through to that April. Fans were eager to get tickets, as the tour was one of the fastest-selling in Ticketmaster history and the fastest-selling since 2018.
In the latest episode of Uproxx’s newest show, How I Blew Up narrated by Cherise Johnson, LA native and XXL Freshman Blxst breaks down his rise to stardom, from humble beginnings as just another aspiring artist tweeting links at stars to receiving comparisons to late West Coast great Nate Dogg thanks to his smooth vocal ability. “Early on I was really rapping,” he recalls. “Until I really got comfortable with my singing voice, I was kinda insecure back then.” However, he says, he eventually grew into his talent, ending up on many other rappers’ hooks, including YG and Mozzy’s “Perfect Timing.”
He also explains how one of his greatest struggles, fatherhood, helped make him “more purposeful.” The tumultuous period immediately after his son was born “made me realize that it’s not all about me — it just put extra pressure that I needed.” The video traces the growth in Blxst’s career from his start releasing music while attending Upland High School to working on his next collaborative mixtape with frequent collaborator Bino Rideaux (recently releasing the video for the lead single “Movie“), as well as his upcoming debut full-length album, riding the success of his 2020 EP No Love Lost.
In a surprise drop considering these COVID times have thrown release schedules to the wind, HBO has released the first teaser trailer for season three of Succession. Right off the bat, the season premiere is now slated for Fall 2021, which isn’t a firm date, but we’ll take it. More importantly, the teaser shows that the razor-sharp writing and acting is still as acerbic as ever as Season 3 will dive right into the fallout of Jeremy Strong’s Kendall Roy finally knifing his father Logan (Brian Cox) in the back during a climactic press conference at the end of Season 2.
As evidenced by the teaser, battle lines are being drawn as Kendall and Logan officially go to war. While Kendall has tried to usurp his father before, those attempts failed miserably and tragically. But this time around, Kendall fired what could be a fatal shot, and Logan is not going down easily. He’s ready to tear Kendall apart in every way possible. Whether it’s in the boardroom, over the phone in a battle of barbs that makes Kendall look like a toddler trying to dunk on Jordan, and even physically if Logan can get his hands on his son.
However, noticeably missing from the teaser are new additions to the cast, Adrian Brody and Alexander Skarsgard, who better be ready with cutting bon mots, or they’re going to get steamrolled just like poor Kendall with his “run up the beanstalk” line. Not quite as embarrassing as the “I love my daddy” rap, but close.
While there’s still no word on whether or not we’ll get another annoyingly catchy song in the upcoming Witcher spinoff series, it’s clear the show won’t be lacking in talent. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Star Trek Discovery, Crazy Rich Asians) has been cast in the upcoming Witcher prequel, The Witcher: Blood Origins, as a major character named Scían. As of right now, not much is known about Scían, but based on Netflix’s description of the elven warrior one thing seems pretty clear: she’s going to be a total badass.
“Scían is the very last of her nomadic tribe of sword-elves. No one can come close to her artistry with the blade, and no one carries as much loss within their heart. When a chance presents itself to retrieve a stolen sacred sword, taken from her fallen tribe by nefarious means, she launches herself into a deadly quest that will change the outcome of the Continent.”
Announced last year, The Witcher: Blood Origins takes place roughly 1200 years prior to the events of The Witcher and tells “a story lost to time” in the The Witcher universe: The Conjunction of the Spheres. The Conjunction of the Spheres refers to the cataclysmic event in which the many universes existing in the world of The Witcher collided into one another, creating multidimensional rifts that allowed supernatural creatures and magic to enter the world. The event plunged the world into a time of darkness and despair, pushing several towards the brink of extinction while providing others with opportunities to relocate and seize power. According to Netflix, the six-episode series will explain how exactly this event occurred, as well as how the first witchers came to be.
Yeoh will be joining Game of Thrones actor Laurence O’Fuarain as well as Iron First and The Originals writer Declan de Barra on the project that is scheduled to begin shooting later this year. Here’s hoping we learn even more about The Witcher: Blood Origins — and The Witcher Season 2 — during this weekend’s first-ever WitcherCon, held exclusively online on YouTube and Twitch July 9-10.
South Korean producer, rapper, DJ, and singer Park Hye Jin has announced plans to release her debut LP, Before I Die, in the fall via Ninja Tune. The album is entirely written, produced, and performed by Park and follows a lengthy list of high-profile collaborations with artists like Clams Casino and Take A Daytrip (“Y Don’t U”), Blood Orange (“Call Me (Freestyle)”), Nosaj Thing (“Clouds”), and Galcher Lustwerk.
In addition to the album news, Park has released the LP’s lead single, “Let’s Sing Let’s Dance,” a skittering, chilled-out dance track sung in Korean and English.
Listen to “Let’s Sing Let’s Dance” above. The Before I Die tracklist is below, and so are Park’s upcoming US fall tour dates, kicking off in Toronto in October.
Ninja Tune
1. “Let’s Sing Let’s Dance”
2. “I Need You”
3. “Before I Die”
4. “Good Morning Good Night”
5. “Me Trust Me”
6. “Where Did I Go”
7. “Never Give Up”
8. “Can I Get Your Number”
9. “Whatchu Doin Later”
10. “Sex With ME (DEFG)”
11. “Where Are You Think”
12. “Never Die”
13. “Hey, Hey, Hey”
14. “Sunday ASAP”
15. “I Jus Wanna Be Happy”
10/7 — Toronto, ON @ Coda
10/8 — Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
10/22 — Miami, FL @ III Points Festival
10/23 — New Orleans, LA @ Buku Festival
Before I Die is out 9/10 via Ninja Tune. Pre-order it here.
The word “best” sure does get thrown around a lot in the whiskey world. Lord knows I’m guilty of it. But there are bottles of whisk(e)y that do stand out and rise above the scores of other entries in the field. One of those bottles is one of my favorite whiskies of all time, Talisker 25.
I have a deep love for Talisker. It was the first real single malt I was introduced to (by my father-in-law) on my first ever trip to Edinburgh. So the nostalgia factor is through the roof. Then, I ended up going to the Isle of Skye, drinking Talisker 25 in the shadow of The Old Man of Storr while looking out over the sea. Needless to say, my brain is programmed to prefer this whisky.
But there’s more to it than just that. This is a bottle I never hesitate to buy because it’s what I truly want to drink — more than any bourbon, rye, Canadian whisky, or… any other style, frankly. It’s not that I don’t deeply enjoy those whiskeys or love showing them off and leading tastings with friends and all of you. Talisker 25 is just more personal. It’s my whisky. It’s what I reach for at the end of the week or after a long, hard spell. Comfort food, but with whisky.
Let’s dive into what’s in a bottle of Talisker 25. And if this sounds like something you’d dig, click on the price to grab your own bottle.
This whisky is a marriage of American bourbon barrels, Spanish sherry casks, and Talisker’s seaside location. The whiskies in this single malt spend a minimum of 25 years resting in old bourbon and sherry barrels a few short steps from the sea in the Isle of Skye. Talisker’s tiny warehouse feels a bit like an old pirate ship that’s seen too many sea battles and that aura is imbued into every barrel as it matures.
Tasting Notes:
This one opens with a note of wet wildflowers next to sweet beeswax candles (unlit) with hints of murky apple cider, creamy chocolate, and a whisper of briny campfire smoke. The taste really brings out the wooden beams of the Talisker warehouse with notes of sea salt next to cobwebs and wet moss that’s all counterpointed by a blossoming wisteria, orange tobacco, and a little bit more of that campfire smoke lurking in the background. The end holds onto the florals as it slowly fades away, leaving you with a wisp of smoke, a mist of sea spray, and a touch of that orange.
The Bottle:
The bottle is that classic scotch single malt bottle that feels like it was built to be stored on a roving sea vessel 200 years ago. The real highlight is the box with a velvet cushion. It’s a nice touch that elevates this beyond just glass and cardboard.
Bottom Line:
This isn’t an either/or whisky. It’s not going to either push you deeper or push you away. This whisky is so well-rounded, soft, and inviting that it can only pull you deeper into the world of subtle single malts and whisky in general.
Is it the best whisky is in the world? Right now, maybe. For my palate, 100 percent. Tomorrow, who knows? That all being said, it’s so rare to find something this refined, dialed, and (relatively) easy to find that will elevate your palate with every single sip. All of that makes it pretty damn special.
Rating:
100/100 — This is perfect. Or, if it isn’t, I’m not able to think of why.
The 12-player roster for Team USA women’s basketball is set and ready to play for a seventh consecutive gold medal. The team is headlined by two players chasing a fifth gold: Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, as well as six first-time Olympians including A’ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Jewell Loyd, Ariel Atkins and Chelsea Gray. The roster is rounded out by Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Tina Charles, and Breanna Stewart.
The team controversially won’t include Nneka Ogwumike, the WNBA star who has competed for Team USA in various competitions including the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where she won MVP. The 30-year-old is the only former WNBA MVP to not compete at any Olympic games (so far).
Even without Ogwumike, Team USA is the overwhelming Olympic favorite. The team is set to play three exhibition games in Las Vegas on July 14 against the WNBA All-Stars, July 16 against Australia, and July 18 against Nigeria before heading to Tokyo. They open up Olympic group stage play on July 27 against Nigeria followed by a July 30 matchup against Japan and August 2 game against France. (The complete Olympic women’s basketball tournament schedule can be found here.)
On Monday, USA Basketball announced which numbers its players will wear at the Olympic games. Jerseys run from No. 4 to No. 15. Ariel Atkins is the lone player to wear the same jersey number for Team USA as she does in the WNBA (No. 7). Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will continue to wear their numbers (6 and 12) from year’s past.
A few years ago, Quentin Tarantino was asked by a San Diego Comic-Con attendee (back when SDCC was an in-person event) to name his favorite scene from his movies. “That’s actually such a good question I don’t even know if I have an answer for it, especially with this pressed-for-time bullsh*t,” the filmmaker answered. “My favorite thing I think I’ve ever written is the scene at the French farmhouse at the beginning of Inglourious Basterds. Before that, it was in my very first script, True Romance, it was the whole Sicilian speech. That was the one to beat. And then when I finally wrote that scene in Inglorious Basterds, I was like, oh, I think I finally beat that one!”
Try to convince me he doesn’t have a burner Letterboxd account. You can’t.
Anyway, the Inglourious Basterds scene is still his all-time favorite, but on CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend podcast, Tarantino named his favorite scene from his recent triumph Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It involves Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Trudi Frazer (youngster Julia Butters) talking on the phone, and if that doesn’t sound familiar, it’s because it’s not in the movie (it’s in the novelization and its trailer).
That was my favorite scene in the script. So the idea that that wouldn’t be in the movie was unfathomable… I think it was probably Leo’s favorite scene that he shot. We were in tears. It was the only time… I’ve gotten misty-eyed every once in a while when I was shooting this scene versus that scene. But that thing, I mean, Julia [Butters] was in tears every time we finished every take.
As for why the scene was excised from the final version, Tarantino explained, “It seems like an ending to the movie.” Maybe it’ll make the 20-hour cut.
On Instagram, the media mogul posted a video of himself eating fruit and dancing by his pool — a fairly typical day in the life of Diddy, I guess. But it’s the caption drawing all the attention at the moment, as Diddy insists that “one day when I was growing up, I woke up and there was 15 roaches on my face. At that moment I said hell no, I refuse to live like this. Work hard, believe in your crazy dreams… AND NEVER SETTLE!”
Unfortunately for Diddy, the clearly overestimated number of insects in his story “bugged” some fans on Twitter, and naturally, he became the subject of the latest roast session, clearing him out for his faux pas and calling cap with their own roach stories. Check out the responses below.
Xbox has never been a stranger to getting famous musicians involved with their brand to promote their products. Around Christmas, places like Twitter are usually full of Usher wishing a Merry Christmas to Xbox, for example. Their latest attempt to involve music as a promotional tool, though, is one of the weirdest advertisements you will ever see.
R&B group All-4-One has went and made a music video for Xbox. In a bizarre remix/homage of their hit song “I Swear,” this is “It’s All There (I Swear),” which shows how essentially everything a gamer could ever want is right there on Xbox. Yes, this is real, and it’s one of the stranger music videos you will ever see. That said, “I Swear” is a heat rock no matter what year it ism so this song is way better than it has any right to be.
Also, the music video featured an ESRB rating and I can’t figure out if they were legally required to do that or if it was just a fun detail.
YouTube
It goes without saying, but more companies should consider silly ideas like this because they’re fun and allow all of us to smile and laugh together. These are video games, they don’t have to be serious and Xbox seems to understand that better than most.
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