Atlanta-based songwriter Faye Webster is entering a new chapter. It started when Webster wrote her new single “Cheers,” which she notes is a standout track on her forthcoming LP. The singer dropped the song Tuesday and with it, she officially announced her upcoming album, I Know I’m Funny Haha.
The acerbic single arrives alongside an equally-witty visual. As Atlanta’s dirt bike crew Real Bike Life Only pops wheelies behind her, Webster delivers tongue-in-cheek lyrics about how her love interest writes song about someone else. The song is grittier than much of the tracks heard on Webster’s breakout 2019 album Atlanta Millionaire’s Club. It’s held up by grumbling guitar chords which offer an intentional contrast to Webster’s airy vocals.
Speaking about how “Cheers” marks a new era of songwriting, Webster says:
“This song has always felt like a standout from the record to me. It was the kind of song where you’re like ‘oh yeah, this is the one. Right after the first take. It felt different to me and it made it feel like I was entering a new era and chapter for myself. It’s kind of the outlier on the record but at the same time is still so original and identifying to myself. Also it just makes me feel like a badass for once.”
Watch Webster’s “Cheers” video above and check out her I Know I’m Funny Haha album art and tracklist below, as well as Webster’s upcoming tour dates.
Photo by Pooneh Ghana
1. “Better Distractions”
2. “Sometimes”
3. “I Know I’m Funny Haha”
4. “In A Good Way”
5. “Kind Of”
6. “Cheers”
7. “Both All The Time”
8. “A Stranger”
9. “A Dream With A Baseball Player”
10. “Overslept” Feat. Mei Ehara
11. “Half Of Me”
09/07 — Columbus, OH @ A&R Bar
09/08 — Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
09/09 — Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
09/13 — Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/14 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
09/15 — Buffalo, NY @ 9th Ward
09/17 — Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
09/18 — Portland, ME @ Portland House of Music
09/20 — Boston, MA @ Sinclair
09/21 — New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/23 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
09/24 — Washington D.C. @ Union Stage
09/25 — Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
09/27 — Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
09/29 — Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
09/30 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
I Know I’m Funny Haha is out 6/25 via Secretly Canadian. Pre-order it here.
Since their 2000 debut album Parachutes, Coldplay have remained consistent with their release schedule, pumping out a new album at least once every few years. Their latest full-length effort was 2019’s Everyday Life, and now, two years later, it appears there may be something new in the pipeline. At the very least, Chris Martin and company are up to something.
Earlier today, they shared a link to a website called Alien Radio FM. When accessing the site, the page features a rotating globe, which then turns into a four-pointed star. Moving the cursor across the globe plays multilingual messages from around the world. The site also features some mysterious letter-like symbols, which fans believe they have decoded. A prominent theory indicates the band is releasing a new song called “Higher Power” next Friday, May 7. If the band does release a single next week, it would be their first since Everyday Life and their first of 2021.
Adam Sandler is worth an estimated $420 million. He has enough money to fly in the world’s finest breakfast chef (the short-order cook from Not Another Teen Movie) every morning for his family to enjoy only the tastiest pancakes. Instead, he goes to IHOP in his gym shorts and leaves after being told there’s a wait.
Stars, they’re just like us!
“Pleaseee come back,” IHOP (International Hubie of Pancakes) employee Dayanna Rodas captioned a video on TikTok, along with security camera footage of herself informing Sandler, who she didn’t recognize, and one of his daughters that there would be a wait before they could get a table. The clown makeup and “Hamster Dance” song are nice touches. “Not realizing its Adam Sandler and telling him its a 30min wait and him ofc leaving bc hes not going to wait 30mins for IHOP,” she wrote.
The TikTok has been viewed nearly eight million times, but it’s not because Sandler gets angry for being told he has to wait. He doesn’t play the “do you know who I am?” card to cut the line; it appears he leaves and presumably goes somewhere else for mediocre omelettes, like you and I would. Also, check out his outfit. A baggy shorts-wearing king.
“He lives in my neighborhood and frequents one of the restaurants I do and he’s very down to earth,” someone on Reddit wrote (as spotted by Bro Bible). “Doubt he was mad he didn’t get preferential treatment, he’s always so chill.” I do have one question, though: What do you think his usual order at IHOP is? I bet it’s a short stack of pan… clocks.
Recently, HBO Max revealed a quick teaser for original comedy series That Damn Michael Che, and that title tells us (with absolutely no subtlety, which I appreciate) which SNL star will be front and center. However, several other SNL stars from today and yesteryear are right beside him, and that includes Colin Quinn, who previously admitted that he wasn’t the best fit for Weekend Update, but he seems to be a good fit for a priest who’s gearing himself up to hear all of Michael Che’s sins.
Are these comedic sins (recently, he did tell a controversial joke about Israel’s vaccine rollout), or sins in general? We’ll have to wait to find out the answer to that question, but elsewhere in this trailer, we learn that the six-episode season won’t shy away from tackling the all-too-timely issue of policing, and the series promises appearances from Cecily Strong, Heidi Gardner, Ellen Cleghorne, and Colin Jost. Also expect to see Billy Porter, Method Man, Omari Hardwick, and Geoffrey Owens as part of the seemingly endless lineup. From the synopsis:
This groundbreaking new original comedy series uses sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience various every-day situations including racial profiling, unemployment, falling in love and more, from Michael’s perspective.
HBO Max’s That Damn Michael Che will debut on May 6.
Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.
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Jeff Rosenstock – Ska Dream
Jeff Rosenstock surprise-released his latest album No Dream a little under a year ago, and now he’s gone ahead and done it again. Except this time, he re-made No Dream entirely as a ska album. Sounds like a joke, but it isn’t, and Ska Dream is actually an extremely fun listening experience and a nice momentary reprieve from near-constant mayhem. “As with most things ska in my life, what started out as a fun goof with friends eventually morphed into ‘Hey, what if we tried to make it good though?’,” Rosenstock wrote in a statement.
Dinosaur Jr. – Sweep It Into Space
Dinosaur Jr. have been around for nearly 40 years at this point, but their latest Sweep It Into Space shows no signs of slowing down for the veteran alt rockers. The new album was produced by breezy maestro Kurt Vile, and features some of Dinosaur Jr.’s most accessible work to date.
Remember Sports – Like A Stone
Three years after renaming themselves Remember Sports and releasing their first album under the moniker, the Philadelphia outfit is back for another round with Like A Stone. The group says that the making of the record was a truly collaborative experience, with each member’s musical influence making its way onto the final product. This collective experience definitely comes through across Like A Stone, which guitarist Jack Washburn described in a statement as “communal and loud and cathartic, but also kinda confidential and private.”
Dave Grohl & Violet Grohl – “Nausea”
Dave Grohl often speaks about his daughter Violet’s musical abilities, and even had her perform featured vocals on the latest Foo Fighters album. Now, the father and daughter have teamed up for a cover of X’s “Nausea,” which he called in an Instagram post “a moment that superseded anything musical. A life moment that I will cherish forever. A family moment.” I’m not tearing up, you are.
Chvrches – “He Said She Said”
Chvrches spent the last few weeks reactivating their social accounts in anticipation of something new, and now the moment has finally come for the band to launch their new era. Though there is no official album announcement just yet, the band shared “He Said She Said,” which Derrick Rossignol calls for Uproxx “a giant electro-pop tune with gigantic drum sounds and expansive synths.”
Hot Mulligan – “Pop Shuvit (Hall Of Meat, DUH)”
On their new EP, pop-punk heroes Hot Mulligan don’t sound very much like pop-punk heroes anymore. “Pop Shuvit” employs more pop sensibility than we’re used to from the Michigan band, and serves as a preview of their new EP I Won’t Reach Out To You,, which is all about deteriorating interpersonal relationships.
Pronoun – “I Wanna Die But I Can’t (Cuz I Gotta Keep Living)”
Pronoun released one of our favorite sleeper albums in 2019 with I’ll Show You Stronger. Now, Alyse Vellturo is prepping a short-form follow-up with a new EP entitled OMG I Made It. “I Wanna Die But I Can’t” is the first taste of the EP, and employs a similar lo-fi indie-pop vibe built upon harmonies and buzzing guitars that Vellturo perfected on I’ll Show You Stronger.
Ellis – “Hospital”
Just about a year after sharing her dreamy debut LP Born Again, Ellis is back with a new EP. “Hospital” is what Carolyn Droke calls for Uproxx a “cascading and tenderhearted track” that was inspired by the songwriter’s accident-prone tendencies.
Bachelor – “Sick Of Spiraling”
Two of the strongest songwriters in indie rock come together in Bachelor, which features both Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner. “Sick Of Spiraling” is the latest teaser from the duo’s forthcoming debut album Doomin’ Sun, which Derrick Rossignol describes for Uproxx as a “mid-tempo tune [with] some pleasing alt-country influences worked in.”
Jhariah – “Flight Of The Crows”
Jhariah is what you get when you mix the vocal grandeur of a band like Muse with the unpredictability of Radiohead? “Flight Of The Crows” starts out with a spastic drum beat before busting into an almost Broadway-worthy reprise. It’s something completely unique.
Frances Grove – “Get Well Soon”
Utilizing just a lone finger-picked guitar and layered vocal harmonies, Frances Grove delivers a full drama over the course of only four minutes. “Get Well Soon” is reminiscent of the most introspective numbers of Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher, employing similar lyrical stylings and emotional weight.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
When Soccer Mommy released her anticipated sophomore album Color Theory in late February of 2020, she had no way of knowing that her album rollout would be cut short by the pandemic. But now that venues are getting ready to reopen their doors, Soccer Mommy is giving fans another chance to catch her new music on stage with a rescheduled fall 2021 tour.
After previously canceling her 2020 tour, Soccer Mommy offered fans a clever way to suffice. She shared a number of 8-bit videos for her track “Crawling In My Skin,” which showed the band performing at tourist destinations in five different cities. But of course, no video can replace the euphoria of experiencing music live and in a crowd, so Soccer Mommy has made sure to hit a number of major locations across North America with her upcoming tour.
Check out Soccer Mommy’s fall 2021 tour dates below.
09/15 — Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
09/16 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
09/17 — Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *
09/18 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
09/19 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
09/21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
09/22 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
09/23 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
09/25 — Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre *
09/26 — Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre *
09/28 — Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
09/29 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
10/01 — Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom *
10/21 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall ^
10/22 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s East ^
10/23 — Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater ^
10/26 — Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom ^
10/27 — San Diego, CA @ Music Box ^
10/28 — Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre ^
10/29 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^
10/31 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ^
11/01 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
11/02 — Boise, ID @ Olympic ^
11/04 — Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre ^
11/06 — Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room ^
11/07 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^
11/08 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre ^
11/09 — St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall ^
* with Squirrel Flower
^ with Emily Reo
Color Theory is out now via Loma Vista. Get it here.
At just 20 years old, Willow already has over a decade of experience in the music industry. With four albums to her name already, Willow is able to take her music in all sorts of directions. That’s why with her upcoming LP, Willow is showing off her pop punk side. The musician released her Travis Barker-featuring track “Transparent Soul,” ushering in a new era of music.
Willow’s “Transparent Soul” single arrived alongside an equally energetic visual. With expressive vocal delivery, Willow leans on raucous guitars to serve up a scathing critique of someone’s character. “I knew a boy just like you / He’s a snake just like you / Such a fake just like you / But I can see the truth,” she sings.
The musician’s new song is a callback to the artists she grew up listening to in the heyday of pop punk: Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance, and Paramore. Speaking about the new direction of her upcoming album, which she has yet to detail, Willow explained why she decided to explore a pop punk sound:
“I never felt like I could sing that kind of music because I was always trained to sing R&B and pop. I realized that it’s not my voice that can’t sing this kind of music. I was afraid to sing this kind of music because I wasn’t sure what people would think.”
Watch Willow’s “Transparent Soul” video above.
Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
This week in pop music saw a number of exciting releases. Ariana Grande and The Weeknd got together for a soaring remix, Jorja Smith announced an anticipated new project, and Chvrches made a grand return.
The Weeknd — “Save Your Tears (Remix)” Feat. Ariana Grande
Seven years after their first collaboration “Love Me Harder” was released, Ariana Grande teamed up once again with The Weeknd to rework his After Hours track “Save Your Tears.” Grande saccharine vocals melt seamlessly over the song’s serrated synths and adds the illusion that the two musicians are singly directly to each other in the track’s lovelorn lyrics.
Chvrches — “He Said She Said”
Returning for the first time since their 2018 LP, Chvrches make a thundering comeback to tease their next album with the fiery track “He Said She Said,” which details the exhaustion of being a woman. “‘He Said She Said’ is my way of reckoning with things I’ve accepted that I know I shouldn’t have,” Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry said. “Things I pretended weren’t damaging to me. […] All the verse lines are tongue-in-cheek or paraphrased versions of things that have actually been said to me by men in my life. Being a woman is f*cking exhausting and it felt better to scream it into a pop song than scream it into the void.”
Jorja Smith — “Gone”
After ushering in a new era with her hypnotic track “Addicted,” Jorja Smith officially announces her upcoming project Be Right Back with the snappy tune “Gone.” “There’s something about being able to write about one thing and for it to mean so many different things to others,” Smith said about the track. “I love that this song, well any of my songs really, will be interpreted in different ways, depending on the experiences of the people listening. This one is just me asking why people have to be taken from us.”
After a period of creative turmoil, Porter Robinson‘s sophomore album Nurture finally saw the light of day this week. The polished effort includes the touching song “Unfold,” which showcases the album’s hopeful sound. “This album came about during a period of intense creative and emotional struggle,” Robinson said of Nurture. “I had structured my life around the expectation that the only thing that made me happy was writing music. But it was exactly that obsession and imbalance that made writing music an impossibility for me for years.”
Kero Kero Bonito — “Well Rested”
Kero Kero Bonito dropped the three-track EP Civilisation II this week. Their track “Well Rested” is bright and airy, a distinct juxtaposition to it’s theme. “Well Rested” (future), our longest track yet at over seven minutes, addresses The Resurrection and humanity’s distant future,” Kero Kero Bonito said. “It’s a humanist manifesto for the Anthropocene in several parts incorporating chants, an insistent four-to-the-floor and field recordings of natural sites.”
Rebecca Black — “Personal”
Rebecca Black’s hyperpop comeback is already well underway. After featuring on a handful of tracks, reworking her infamous song “Friday,” and sharing the anthem “Girlfriend,” Rebecca Black is getting more “Personal” with her latest single. “’Personal’ represents this reckoning with a consequence of heartbreak I hadn’t really ever understood, which was the guilt and heaviness that comes with being the one to put an end to a relationship when that is not what the other person wants,” Black said. “I’ve learned you can’t really stop two people on roads heading in opposite directions, and it can feel so difficult to consciously make a decision that you know will hurt someone you love, while at the same time knowing it’s the necessary choice for yourself at the end of the day.”
Amber Mark — “Worth It”
Sharing a healthy dose of empowerment, Amber Mark makes a shimmering return with “Worth It,” her first new single in over a year. “We are our own worst critics, and I feel at times we are the hardest on ourselves,” Mark said about the song. “I wrote this song as a mantra to myself in order to lift my spirits in situations where I feel worthless. Whether someone has put you down or you’ve done it to yourself this song is meant to help you pick yourself up again and remind you just how worthy you are of happiness.”
Deadmau5, Rezz — “Hypnocurrency”
Two of the biggest producers in electronic music, Deadmau5 and Rezz, came together to serve up the expressive single “Hypnocurrency.” The track, which the two musicians have been teasing for some time, teeters between bass-heavy beats and bouyant synths.
Ashe — “When I’m Older”
After gaining a following through a handful of singles and EPs, Ashe officially announces her forthcoming debut album Ashlyn with the introspective track “When I’m Older.” “’When I’m Older’ is a record about saying ‘I had all these moments with you and all these memories, and you took up such a big part of my life, that God, I hope that when 10 years from now, 15 years from now, I hope that I don’t miss you anymore,’” she says. “‘I hope that I’m not still telling stories about you or still thinking about you, which ultimately, I don’t know if that’s true, but it’s a good hope.’”
Sasha Sloan — “When Was It Over?” Feat. Sam Hunt
Following up on her 2020 debut album Only Child, Sasha Sloan teamed up with country star Sam Hunt to share a new collaboration. Detailing how the song came about, Sloan said: “‘When Was It Over?’ is about not being able to let go of someone even when you know there’s nothing left. [Co-writer Shane McAnally] brought the title into the room and Sam and I both loved it. The rest fell into place from there.”
Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
When Kevin Love signed a five-year max extension in Cleveland two and a half years ago, it raised some eyebrows. The Cavs were pretty clearly moving into a rebuild after the departures of Kyrie Irving and LeBron James, and the soon-to-be young Cavs weren’t going to fit Love’s timeline to compete for another title.
Many anticipated Love would get traded, at some point, but a combination of injuries and somewhat lackluster play has kept him from creating any kind of trade market over the last few years. As a result, he has been in and out of the lineup with various ailments, and when he plays, his frustration with the situation and losing has occasionally boiled over to some unseemly actions on the floor. On Tuesday, Love felt he got pushed in the back on a play against Toronto and angrily slapped at the ball when the referee tossed it to him on the baseline to inbound it, resulting in one of the strangest plays you’ll see, as the Raptors happily scooped up the loose ball slowly bouncing into the corner and got three points out of it.
While the intention of Love was surely not to swat the ball inbounds and his ire was directed at the officials, it’s still a bad look and the veteran forward didn’t play the fourth quarter or speak to the media after the game. He did, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, apologize to the team afterwards and while a fine may be on the table, the Cavs will handle the situation internally.
Cleveland Cavaliers are addressing the Kevin Love matter internally but the team is focused on turning the page with the forward having apologized last night, league sources tell @YahooSports.
As Cleveland continues to move forward with their young core, one that now seems to firmly be Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, and Jarrett Allen, a decision may need to come sooner than later on Love. He has two years at just over $60 million remaining after this season, and finding a trade partner will be difficult. While this instance wasn’t an issue of Love expressing frustration at his young teammates, we have seen that happen in the past, and it might be best for all parties to part ways and move on from what was once a fruitful partnership.
Cordae’s comeback continues today with the reflective video for “Dream In Color” from his newly released EP, Just Until…. The video is shot in DIY style, following Cordae and his crew as they wander the streets of Los Angeles, stopping at city landmark Jim’s Burgers (hell yes, that’s a landmark, and any real Angeleno will tell you so) for a quick bite before continuing their explorations.
“Dream In Color” is Cordae’s second video from Just Until… after the sentimental “More Life,” as well as his second video of the year overall. Before releasing the EP, Cordae closed out 2020 with videos for “The Parables,” “Soda” with DJ Scheme and Ski Mask The Slump God, “Freeze Tag” with Dinner Party and Snoop Dogg, and “Gifted” with Roddy Ricch. The handful of releases followed a name change after he left the YBN crew and spent much of 2020 working on a follow-up to his Grammy-nominated debut, The Lost Boy. He also turned up at the US Open, where he cheered on his girlfriend, champion tennis star Naomi Osaka.
With two songs down from his four-song EP, the question now is whether the next video we see from him will be from Just Until… or the long-awaited Lost Boy follow-up.
Watch the “Dream In Color” video above.
Cordae is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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