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Sure, you could listen to the CDC and start going outside again sans mask… or you could skip the whole “rejoining society” trend and stay inside to binge all of the shows and movies coming to Hulu this month. We know what we’d choose. The second season of FX’s surprise hit comedy Dave, a pregnancy thriller starring Ilana Glazer, a handful of blockbusters and even more returning cable series are all much more tempting than eating inside an Olive Garden, after all.

Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) Hulu this June.

Dave: Season 2 (streaming 6/17)

FX’s breakout comedy returns this month and sees Lil Dicky figuring out how to take his rap game to the next level after that wild radio show interview that capped off the season one finale of the show last year. Expect plenty of celebrity guest appearances — Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Benny Blanco, Kyle Kuzma, Doja Cat, J Balvin, Rae Sremmurd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lil Yachty, Lil Nas X, and Kevin Hart to name a few — plus some new faces from Lil Dicky’s record label who are responsible for keeping his budding career on track.

False Positive (Hulu film streaming 6/25)

Ilana Glazer stars in this pregnancy thriller that also features Justin Theroux and Pierce Brosnan. Glazer plays Lucy, a young woman struggling with fertility issues who seeks the help of a renowned doctor (Brosnan). Theroux plays Lucy’s husband, Adrian. The two eventually get pregnant, but Lucy quickly starts to realize there’s something sinister going on with her doctor’s practice and his interest in her child.

Avail. 6/1
Changing the Game (Hulu Original)
American Ninja Warrior: Season 13 Premiere
Housebroken: Series Premiere
Small Fortune: Complete Season 1
50/50 (2011)
A Most Wanted Ma (2014)
A Perfect Day (2006)
A Prayer For The Dying (1987)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Across The Universe (2007)
Alive (1993)
Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid (2004)
Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
Anacondas: Trail Of Blood (2009)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Big Chill (1983)
The Birdcage (1997)
Black And White (2000)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project: Book of Shadows (2000)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Blue Streak (1999)
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star (2011)
Charlotte’s Web (1973)
The Company You Keep (2013)
Conviction (2010)
Convicts (1991)
Convoy (1978)
The Cookout (2004)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Desperate Measures (1998)
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
Dragonfly (2002)
Driven (2001)
El Dorado (1967)
Face/Off (1997)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
The Full Monty (1997)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Gamer (2009)
Get Smart (2008)
Hanging Up (2000)
Hud (1963)
The Hustler (1961)
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Just Wright (2009)
Kick-Ass (2010)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2000)
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
The Last House on the Left (2009)
Little Women (1994)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Love Letter (1999)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Once Upon A Crime… (1992)
Ordinary People (1980)
Places In The Heart (1984)
Primary Colors (1998)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Richie Rich (1994)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Sabrina (1995)
Savage State(2021)
Saving Silverman (2001)
Scorpio (1973)
Silence (2016)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The Soloist (2009)
Some Girls (1988)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Soul Survivors (2001)
Still Waiting (2009)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Switchback (1997)
The Time Machine (2002)
To Die For (1995)
The Upside (2017)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Waiting… (2005)
Walking Tall (1973)
Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
Wilde (1998)
Wings Of Courage (1995)
Witless Protection (2008)
Young Adult (2011)

Avail. 6/2
America’s Got Talent: Season 16 Premiere

Avail. 6/3
MasterChef: Season 11 Premiere
A Glitch in the Matrix (2020)
Night of the Kings (2021)

Avail. 6/4
The New York Times Presents: New Episode
Beat Shazam: Season 4 Premiere

Avail. 6/5
Emergency Call: Season 2 Premiere
Rams (2021)

Avail. 6/7
Celebrity Family Feud: Season 7 Premiere
The Chase: Season 2 Premiere
To Tell the Truth: Season 7 Premiere

Avail. 6/8
The Bachelorette: Season 17 Premiere
Legion Of Brothers (2017)

Avail. 6/9
The Croods: A New Age (2020)

Avail. 6/10
Trolls: TrollsTopia: Complete Season 3 (Hulu Original)
Card Sharks: Season 3 Premiere
Trust (2021)
Two of Us (2019)

Avail. 6/11
Love Victor: Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original)
Real Housewives of Potomac: Complete Season 5
Come True (2021)

Avail. 6/13
Dragonheart (1996)
Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse (2014)
Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
Not Fade Away (2012)
Willy’s Wonderland (2021)

Avail. 6/14
Rūrangi: Complete Season 1 (The Yellow Affair)

Avail. 6/15
Accused: Guilty or Innocent?: Complete Season 1
Alone: Complete Season 7
Alone: The Beast: Complete Season 1
America Our Defining Hours: Complete Season 1
The Celebrity Dating Game: Complete Season 1
Dance Moms: Complete Season 8
Duck Dynasty: Complete Season 3
Forged in Fire: Complete Season 7
Hoarders: Complete Season 11
Married at First Sight: Complete Season 11
Mountain Men: Complete Season 6
Swamp People: Complete Season 11
The UnXplained with William Shatner: Complete Season 1B
Born to Play (2020)
Gone Girl (2014)
Her Deadly Sugar Daddy
Her Name Is Chef (2020)
Michael Smerconish: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking (2020)
Nasrin (2020)
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson (2020)
The Outside Story (2021)
Secret Life of a Celebrity Surrogate (2020)

Avail. 6/17
DAVE: Season 2 Premiere (FX on Hulu)
Phobias (2021)

Avail. 6/18
Holey Moley 3D in 2D: Season 3 Premiere
The Hustler: Season 2 Premiere
When Nature Calls: Series Premiere

Avail. 6/20
The Guilt Trip (2012)

Avail. 6/21
Cutthroat Kitchen: Complete Seasons 2 & 3
Worst Cooks In America: Complete Season 4
Backyard Builds: Complete Seasons 1 – 4
Big Bucket Food List: Complete Season 1 – 2
Family Home Overhaul: Complete Season 1
Farmhouse Facelift: Complete Season 1
Home to Win: Complete Seasons 1 – 3
Home to Win for the Holidays: Complete Season 1
Jr. Chef Showdown: Complete Seasons 1 – 2
Save My Reno: Complete Seasons 1 – 4
Hot Market: Complete Season 1
Wall of Chefs: Complete Season 1
Hostiles (2017)

Avail. 6/22
Monster Trucks (2017)

Avail. 6/23
College Bowl: Series Premiere
Motherland: Fort Salem: Season 2 Premiere

Avail. 6/24
An American Haunting (2006)

Avail. 6/25
FALSE POSITIVE (2021) (Hulu Original)
Making It: Season 3 Premiere

Avail. 6/26
The Chloe Show: Series Premiere

Avail. 6/27
Safer at Home (2021)

Avail. 6/29
Bratz: The Movie (2007)
Harvie & The Magic Museum (2021)

Avail. 6/30
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Jack Reacher (2012)
The Sweet Life (2016)

Leaving 6/4
Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019)

Leaving 6/5
The Appearance (2018)

Leaving 6/11
Intrigo: Samaria (2019)
LA 92 (2020)

Leaving 6/17
Identity (2003)

Leaving 6/30
28 Days Later (2003)
50 First Dates (2004)
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
A Simple Plan (1998)
A Storks Journey (2017)
The Birdcage (1997)
Blue Streak (1999)
Brooklyn’s Finest (2010)
Bug (2007)
Bulworth (1998)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Changeling (2008)
Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’ (1983)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Convicts (1991)
Convoy (1978)
The Core (2003)
The Devil’s Double (2011)
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)
Face/Off (1997)
The Foot Fist Way (2008)
Frankie & Alice (2014)
The Full Monty (1997)
Garden State (2004)
Get Smart (2008)
Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)
Guess Who (2005)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
I Am Legend (2007)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
Junior (1994)
Knowing (2009)
Little Women (1994)
Live Free Or Die Hard (2007)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
Monster’s Ball (2001)
Mystery Science Theatre (1996)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
New In Town (2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Once Upon a Crime… (1992)
Pandorum (2009)
Paycheck (2003)
The Polar Express (2004)
The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Ramona and Beezus (2009)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Rio (2011)
Salt (2010)
The Sandlot (1993)
Saving Silverman (2001)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Scorpio (1973)
Sex and the City (2008)
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)
Some Girls (1988)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Soul Plane (2004)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Thirst (2009)
Vantage Point (2008)
Vertical Limit (2000)
Walking Tall (1973)
War (2007)
The Wedding Planner (2001)

Back in October, Phoebe Bridgers announced that she was teaming up with Dead Oceans to launch her own record label, Saddest Factory Records. Not long after that, she started pushing Claud, who has become an indie favorite, as the label’s first artist. Today, the roster has expanded, as Muna has announced they are the newest Saddest Factory artist.

In a tongue-in-cheek statement, the band explained how they came to join the Saddest Factory team, saying:

“Phoebe asked us to be in a four person couple with her. We said, ‘Sadly, we are all taken but we will happily sign to your record label for the small fee of 10 million dollars.’ After much negotiation, she obliged. We look forward to this lifelong partnership and Phoebe raising our first born children, as was included in the contract. This will be the last time we speak publicly as we will be giving her our voices in a cursed golden locket (with the exception of our bi-monthly contribution to the Podcast Industrial Complex). And maybe some music.”

In her own statement, Bridgers added, “I thought they were a boy band.”

Presumably, this all means that Muna is readying their upcoming third album. Their last full-length album, Saves The World, was released in 2019.

UK post punk outfit Black Midi returns with a few exciting announcements. Not only did they share another preview of their impending Cavalcade LP, but they’ve expanded their tour dates an announced a special sweepstakes contest.

The new track “Chondromalacia Patella” shares a similar sound to the bands previously released singles “Slow,” “John L,” and “Sweater.” Inspired by one of the band members’ knee injury, the single boasts their signature abrasive guitars and quick-tempoed chords.

Alongside the single’s release, Black Midi announced they’re officially launching a “Golden Ticket” contest. One special ticket will be inserted to the band’s LP sold in the US and one in the UK. Those who find the Golden Ticket are able to choose one of three prizes. They can choose to have Black Midi perform at a specified function, get the chance to spend the day in the studio with them, or they can secure guestlist spots for two people for all future worldwide Black Midi headline live shows for the next ten years.

Listen to Black Midi’s “Chondromalacia Patella” above and find their expanded 2021 and 2022 tour dates below.

10/10/2021 — Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
10/04/2021 — San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/05/2021 — Sonoma, CA @ Sebastiani Theatre
10/07/2021 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
10/08/2021 — San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/09/2021 — Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s
10/11/2021 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
10/12/2021 — Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
10/14/2021 — Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s
10/15/2021 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit
10/16/2021 — Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
10/18/2021 — Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/19/2021 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/21/2021 — Baltimore, MD @ Union Brewery
10/23/2021 — Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern
10/26/2021 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
10/27/2021 — New Orleans, LA @ Republic
10/29/2021 — Austin, TX @ TBD
10/30/2021 — Houston, TX @ The Secret Group
03/22/2022 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
03/25/2022 — Detroit, MI @ The Majestic
03/26/2022 — Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
03/28/2022 — Montreal, QC @ Société des Art Technologiques
03/29/2022 — Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
03/30/2022 — Providence, RI @ Columbus Theater
04/03/2022 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
04/05/2022 — Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
04/06/2022 — Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
04/09/2022 — Nashville, TN @ Basement East
04/11/2022 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune
04/12/2022 — Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret
04/13/2022 — Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
04/19/2022 — Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre

Cavalcade is out 5/28 via Rough Trade. Pre-order it here.

While sitting down to promote her upcoming role in the Eternals that’s finally making its way to theaters after being delayed for over a year, Salma Hayek revealed that she’s been battling a private COVIDstruggle of her own. The actress revealed that she was infected very early in the pandemic, and at the time, the prognosis was not looking good.

According to Variety, Hayek has never talked publicly about her health struggles until dialing in for a Zoom interview to talk about all things Marvel:

“My doctor begged me to go to the hospital because it was so bad,” says Hayek, 54, from the London manse that she shares with her husband, Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault, and their 13-year-old daughter, Valentina. “I said, ‘No, thank you. I’d rather die at home.’”

Hayek spent about seven weeks isolated in a room of the house. At one point, she was put on oxygen. She still hasn’t fully regained the energy she once had.

Despite still suffering from the long-haul effects, Hayek returned to work last April and began filming Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci alongside Adam Driver and Lady Gaga. “It was the perfect job to just get back into it,” Hayek told Variety.

As for the Eternals, Marvel fans caught their first glimpse of Hayek as Ajak when the studio dropped its Phase 4 trailer/celebration of movies at the beginning of May. An official trailer for Eternals is rumored to be coming soon, which should give fans an even better look at Hayek and the ridiculously good-looking cast in action.

(Via Variety)

Phosphorescent dropped his latest album, C’est La Vie, in 2018. That came after a long wait, though, as his previous albums before that were 2013’s Muchacho and 2010’s Here’s To Taking It Easy. Now, Phosphorescent is getting ready to revisit that era with his next release, The BBC Sessions, which is set to drop on June 11 via Dead Oceans.

The five-track EP features performances from a pair of BBC Radio performances, one from 2011 and one from 2013. The collection opens with a previously unreleased rendition of “Song For Zula” from the 2013 session, which has been shared today. That is followed by “Terror In The Canyons (The Wounded Master)” from the same performance. Rounding out the release are three songs from the 2011 session: “At Death, A Proclamation,” “Los Angeles,” and “We’ll Be Here Soon.”

Listen to “Song For Zula” above. Below, check out the The BBC Sessions art and tracklist. Also revisit our 2018 interview with Phosphorescent here.

1. “Song For Zula” (BBC Radio Performance 2013)
2. “Terror In The Canyons (The Wounded Master)” (BBC Radio Performance 2013)
3. “At Death, A Proclamation” (BBC Radio Performance 2011)
4. “Los Angeles” (BBC Radio Performance 2011)
5. “We’ll Be Here Soon” (BBC Radio Performance 2011)

The BBC Sessions is out 6/11 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order it here.

React Like You Know is back and this week, we’ve got a new panel and an inescapable, game-changing classic for them to watch and respond to. When Missy Elliott‘s Hype Williams-directed video for her debut single “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” dropped in 1997, it blew minds with its eye-popping, surreal imagery, avant-garde fashion choices (the air-filled “trash bag” jumpsuit!), and Williams’ signature fish-eye lens technique. It’s safe to say, hip-hop wouldn’t look anything like it does today without Missy’s adventurous debut video.

So, how does it measure up for our gen-Z panelists? Well, the episode opens with a few “Oh my God!” exclamations from Erica Banks and Fousheé, and even NLE Choppa can’t help but gush, “Missy was beautiful!” BRS Kash notes the fish-eye look “makes the video so much more dramatic,” while Blac Chyna, Cozz, and DaniLeigh all shout out the “trash bag” style — even though Missy revealed long ago it was a patent-leather jumpsuit. The Hummer also gets a lot of attention from the panel, while our studio team gets some interesting responses about the producer-artist relationship between Timbaland and Missy, as well as whether Puff Daddy can be “all in their videos — dancin.’” (The answer’s a resounding yes.)

Missy, meanwhile, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her third album, Miss E… So Addictive, with the release of her equally groundbreaking 2001 MTV VMAs performance on YouTube coming later today.

Watch the latest React Like You video above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Jim Carrey won a Golden Globe for his performance in Man on the Moon, but it came at a cost — to everyone around him.

As chronicled in the documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Carrey became Andy Kaufman for months, “like the ghost had possessed his body.” This “process” included the comedian’s alter-egos, slimy lounge singer Tony Clifton and a misogynistic wrestler. He essentially gave himself free rein to be a nightmare on set under the guise of method acting, which actor Martin Freeman spoke out against in a recent interview.

On the Off Menu podcast, the Sherlock star called Carrey’s behavior on the Man on the Moon set the “most self-aggrandizing, selfish, narcissistic f*cking bollocks I have ever seen… When younger, I think it’s quite common to think that completely losing yourself is the goal because it feels grown-up and it feels proper. But the older I’ve got, the more I don’t really look to that. To be honest, it’s quite a pain in the arse when someone ‘loses themselves.’ It is a massive pain in the arse because it’s no longer a craft and a job.”

Freeman thinks Carrey is probably a “lovely and smart person,” but he draws the line at his method acting. “The idea that anything in our culture would celebrate or support it is deranged, literally deranged,” he said. “You need to keep grounded in reality, and that’s not to say you don’t lose yourself in the time between ‘action’ and ‘cut,’ but I think the rest of it is absolute pretentious nonsense and highly amateurish. It is not professional.”

So… I’m guessing Freeman won’t be in Sonic the Hedgehog 2?

(Via the Telegraph)

When video game companies say that they want to create a game as a service that can continue to be profitable well after release there is one title that is the model: Grand Theft Auto V. Everyone knows the popularity of the Grand Theft Auto series, but it’s hard to believe even the most optimistic of developers knew that a game released in 2013 was going to continue to be relevant into 2021.

Yet, that is exactly what is going to be happening. We’ve already known that the game would be ported to next-gen consoles, but it would have been a safe assumption to guess that it would just be a port and nothing else. However, as we approach an intended November release it’s becoming clear that Rockstar plans to put some resources behind this port. Via VideoGamesChronicle.

On Tuesday, Rockstar said that this summer’s updates to GTA Online will include “special benefits” for players to take advantage of the expanded and enhanced versions when they drop.

Plus, in honor of the upcoming 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, “more fun surprises” are planned, including some specifically for GTA Online players.

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“Grand Theft Auto V remains one of the most iconic titles ever released and it continues to exceed our expectations, having sold in over 140 million units,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said.

“In fact, in calendar 2020, more copies of Grand Theft Auto V were sold than in any other year except for 2013 when it first launched on PS3 and Xbox 360.”

GTA V is an anomaly. It’s already the most profitable piece of media in history, but how it got to that point is unlike other long-lasting titles. It’s not unheard of for a game to have a long lifespan, but that is typically the case with MMO’s like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, etc. However, these titles change frequently over that lifespan. Expansions are released, the worlds change, and the game itself will see massive updates. GTA V’s additions have been far more minor in comparison.

This isn’t to say that GTA V’s developers have done absolutely nothing to improve their game. They’ve worked tirelessly to add content to GTA Online since launch with new missions and events. The main game has received new features in ports, but traditional console games typically lose steam after a year or two even with this kind of support. That GTA V has managed to survive this long speaks volumes to how much the community surrounding that game enjoys GTA V, but for a game to become the most profitable of all time it needs more than just a diehard community.

Like many things in modern video games a lot of it can be traced back to Twitch. The online streaming service can keep games alive well past release, or in the case of something like an Among Us, it can vault it to popularity years after it initially came out. GTA V is a fun enough game on its own, but the secret to its long-sustained popularity can be traced back to Twitch.

GTA V is regularly a highly viewed game on Twitch. As of 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, it has 130K viewers. So what exactly is everyone on Twitch doing? Role-playing! GTA as a franchise has always been at its most fun when the player took control of their own experience. The game releases you into a world and says “Go do whatever you want,” but how much fun that really depends on the imagination. Some players can only play within the constraints of the game, but others have always managed to go well beyond that and make their own experience.

When the developers added an online element to it, the players took off and ran with it to create their own universes. Easily the most popular type of way to play GTA V right now is to create a character and role-play it with others, and this isn’t just something nerds are doing in their basement. NBA stars like Anthony Davis are getting in on the fun as well.

There is nothing more powerful in video games than player choice. When players are given the opportunity to go off and make something on their own they can take a game well beyond its own limitations. GTA V on its own is an award winning game that was considered one of the best on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

GTA V in 2021 is an immersive experience where players can be whatever they want to be. That is how even now it is still the most profitable video game ever made.

Olivia Rodrigo is gearing up for the release of her highly-anticipated debut album Sour. A fair amount of buzz has been created around Rodrigo’s songwriting career after her No. 1 debut single “Drivers License” broke several chart records. The track was originally written as a heartbreak anthem, but Rodrigo now says her opinion on the song has changed since its massive success.

Rodrigo recently sat down for an interview with Nylon about her burgeoning songwriting career. Describing how her feelings about “Drivers License” are different now, Rodrigo said:

“One thing that did change a lot is the pride and how empowered I feel when I listen to ‘Drivers license.’ Before, it was like, ‘Ah, it’s a sad song that I wrote to manifest what I was going through,’ and now, after seeing the reaction that it had, I feel like that vulnerability is really, really powerful. It makes me happy, and not depressed.”

Elsewhere in the conversation, Rodrigo said the love triangle drama that exploded after the single’s release didn’t faze her. However, she did go back and revise some song lyrics on the album to make them more vague. “Broad storytelling just isn’t fun in any art medium,” she said. “So yeah, there have been some songs where I’ve gone back and made revisions to make it a little less specific because sometimes, I think, the drama takes away from the songwriting. I completely understand people’s curiosity. I get so curious about my favorite songwriters and the meaning behind their songs. But songwriting and singer-songwriter music in particular is so special because you can be as specific as you want, but there’s still [space to] fill in the blanks. And lots of the time, people will fill in the blanks with details from their own life. If they don’t want to, they can fill it in with details of my life and if that’s what makes it impactful to them, that’s fine. As long as the song means something to you, it’s all good.”

Sour is out 5/21 via Interscope. Pre-order it here.

The Boston Celtics, despite their myriad of injury and COVID-related struggles this season, are headed to the NBA playoffs. The team earned the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference on Tuesday night by taking down the Washington Wizards, 118-100, behind a monster outing from Jayson Tatum and a really nice night from Kemba Walker.

Now, things get exponentially harder than a one-off against Washington. Getting the 7-seed means that Boston has a first-round matchup with the Brooklyn Nets, which are healthy, boast all three of their All-Star players, and beat the Celtics all three times they squared off this season. It’s a tall task for Boston, even if the team was fully healthy, and as a result, Brad Stevens had a surprisingly candid response to the upcoming matchup.

On one hand, it is a bit strange that Stevens said something like this, as it looks like a coach is throwing up a white flag before the games are even played, even if he admits that there’s a path forward that involves everything clicking for the Celtics. On the other, there is something refreshing about not getting the usual coachspeak and instead saying the extremely obvious thing — it is, indeed, hard to see Boston beating Brooklyn! — about the upcoming matchup.

Game 1 of Celtics-Nets will tip off at 8 p.m. EST on Saturday, May 22.