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BTS turned out to be the gift that kept on giving this year. As the Korean boy band released not one but two full-length albums this year with Map Of The Soul: 7 back in February, and Be coming out just a few weeks ago in November. As is the case with most groups, the idea of solo projects from each member has been heavy on the minds of fans, and today at least, they got an update on those ventures from Jimin.

He released his own solo track, an original holiday song called “Christmas Love” in what might be a bid to test the waters as a solo star. Then again, it might just be a holiday song for fans to help celebrate the season. Jimin posted the song on the BTS blog, complete with lyrics and the personal info for the song, which was produced by Slow Rabbit.

He also wrote a note to fans in Korean, talking about how much childhood memories impact our ideas about holidays and more. Listen to the song above, and definitely keep an eye out for more new music from BTS in the near future — these beloved K-pop stars always have something up their sleeve.

It’s weird to look back at March 2020, isn’t it? We seemed so young then, so naïve, so totally and completely unprepared for what was to come — and cue the ominous music folks, because it was a doozy of a year.

The last night things were “normal” — March 13th — I had drinks scheduled at a friend’s house. I was recently looking back at that email chain, and I cringed. We seemed so glib, embarrassingly so. “I guess we’ll toast to the end of the world,” we joked. That night, my girlfriends and I sat around tallying whose work had told them to work from home on Monday. “How would we even do that?” we wondered.

“I heard we might be working from home for two to four weeks,” one of my friends said. We all laughed. There was no way we would all be working from home for an entire month…right?

Two days later, California effectively shut down, and it wasn’t for just a few weeks. Or even a few months. Basically, if you had come with a time machine to tell my friends and I that night that we’d be working from home for the entire rest of the calendar year (and beyond), we probably would have lost our minds (and finished several more bottles of wine).

Now, in December 2020, the fear around that particular part of the pandemic is gone. We’ve realized… it kind of works. I mean, sure, we miss our coworkers. But we’ve also seen that working remotely can be a positive thing — from freeing us up location-wise to streamlining production so that we have more leisure hours (assuming our employers don’t use it as a way to make us work more, a claim already being leveled at some businesses).

Here are a few of the benefits to working from home that we discovered in 2020. And while none of them are “and you don’t have to change out of pajamas!” — you can assume that’s #1 on the power ranking.

Cutting commutes to work gave us back our time.

Working at a CW show this spring, my commute to the writers’ office in the valley was over an hour. And I did it — without complaint — I loved my job and that’s just…what you have to do in LA. Spend hours a day in a car. But suddenly, with no commute, I had hours more in my day. Those extra two hours could be spent exercising, sleeping in, writing my own stuff — even cooking, because I wasn’t so exhausted from a drive that I just wanted to order pizza.

I missed my co-workers a ton, of course. But I began to dig how much more open my day felt. How little gas I had to buy. Working from home can cut your workday from 11-12 hours to a more reasonable 8-9 and that’s a pretty exciting prospect.

Not having to go in to a physical office meant we could live where we wanted.

If you’ve been struggling to pay rent on a studio or one-bedroom in the city you “have to” live in for your job, you’re not alone. According to a 2019 report from the Harvard Center For Housing Studies, in the nation’s 25 highest-rent markets, 46 percent of renters with incomes of $45,000–74,999 were cost burdened — meaning they paid over 30 percent of their income on housing costs. But if you didn’t have to stay in New York or San Francisco or Seattle, imagine the possibilities that open up.

Ashley B. — a private practice lawyer at a firm in LA, who is wary of using her real name — the chance to work from home prompted a full reexamination of priorities.

“In LA, I live alone — except for my dog! — in a pretty small apartment in Santa Monica without any outdoor space,” she tells me. “When everything shut down, including my gym and a lot of cafes and other places where I’d connect with my friends, it was pretty solitary and a bit draining.”

Ashley had been to Tulum in Mexico a couple of times before. She had friends who lived there and her powerlifting coach had a gym there — so, with no restriction on the place she lived, her tiny apartment suddenly paled in comparison to days spent in the jungle and on the beach. The move was supposed to be temporary.

“I decided to try it out for a couple of months. A couple of months has now turned into 5 or 6 months,” she says. She’s still busy at work, and sometimes the time difference can be rough, but overall – she loves it. “It’s been great to meet new people, be in a town where just about everything is set outdoors, and have some semblance of normal life amid the chaos that is 2020.”

Ashley doesn’t know if it will be a permanent change, but she also thinks this time has shown us that, with technology, being present all the time in the same physical space isn’t as necessary as we used to think.

“It can be tough not to have an opportunity to speak to a judge or prosecutor in person,” she says. “But given that we’ve worked successfully for the last nine months, the earlier assumptions about productivity at home and inability to fully service our clients will be harder to hang onto.”

Fewer cars on the road helped the environment.

It’s pretty crazy how quickly our congested roads went empty in just a couple of weeks. Ron Cohen, a professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Berkeley, was specifically working on a project to map and track cities’ air pollution and greenhouse gases when COVID hit — so with lockdowns starting he had the very interesting opportunity to study what would happen if we all drove less and worked at home more.

“At the beginning of shelter-in-place, we saw a 25% decrease in total CO2 emissions in the East bay,” he says. “That was almost entirely from a reduction in vehicle emissions on the region’s highways. It has given us insight into how the atmosphere responds to emissions from gasoline-fueled passenger cars.”

What they observed was a preview of what life could be like with less cars on the road (or what could happen if half of the cars on the road were electric), and what the data showed was that CO2 (the main greenhouse gas) emissions were dramatically lower. If we all worked from home more, we could continue to enjoy that positive effect on the environment.

Long-term though, Cohen warns, it’s hard to say whether this particular event will have a net positive or negative effect environmentally. Especially, if most workplaces start requiring workers to come in again. Some people may be nervous to use public transit and will opt for cars — adding more to the road, and those who have moved, may make things worse with longer commutes from the suburbs. That said, while Cohen personally can’t wait to travel again, he’s hopeful that this unexpected air data from his project, BEACO2N, will help cities plan for a greener future.

“We hope to support cities in their ambitions for clean air and reduced climate impact,” he says, “Providing them with crystal clear scientific summaries of their current emissions and options for the future only helps that goal.”

Less time at a desk allows us to incorporate more outdoor time.

Spending time in nature, even for short periods of time daily, has been shown to reduce stress, boost your mood, and make you more creative/better at problem-solving. Yet, for many of us, we were still spending long days indoors at work and having a hard time fitting in outdoor adventure on the weekend, let alone on workdays. But a hike at lunchtime, a quick surf (now that you can live near the beach!) in the morning before calls, even just bringing your computer outside — all became tantalizingly possible in 2020.

At my job, zoom fatigue had our showrunner set hours that involved larger breaks and more independent study. Everyone worked just as hard producing their best work — just… a little more on their own time. It worked. Quality over quantity, as the saying goes.

And, against all odds, we still managed to create a sense of community.

Zoom happy hours, work text chains, laughter at/ compassion for the coworker whose cat/baby/partner walked into frame during a meeting — all led to us finding ways to connect even without our physical workspaces. Working from home can be fatiguing, but, over the past year, we learned that we’re more adaptable than we could have imagined.

Who knows what the future will bring. If nothing else, this year has been a master class in letting go of the notion that we have all that much control over the future. But I have to think that there are going to be some permanent shifts in work culture. And if we continue to have some flexibility in where we work, there are certainly positives to be found.

So…who wants to go in on rent in a beach house?

Lil Pump woke up today with Eminem on his mind.

Though it’s almost become a rite of passage for young rappers (or Mariah Carey) to pick a fight with Eminem anymore, Pump’s assessment of Em’s work is pretty harsh, even for detractors. “I woke up on bullsh*t today, I’m back on my f*ck sh*t,” Pump said in an Instagram video, captured and posted to the grid by DJ Akademiks. “You lame as hell. Ain’t nobody listening to your old ass. You lame as f*ck, b*tch.”

While Pump has been catching a lot of flack in recent months for supporting Donald Trump’s campaign for re-election — and because Trump mistakenly refered to him as “Lil Pimp” — Eminem has actually been having a very productive year. He led the charge among rappers against Trump and openly supported Biden, kicked off the year by releasing the surprise album Music To Be Murdered By, and released a companion surprise album to that record, Music To Be Murdered By Side B just a few days ago.

No real word on what prompted Pump’s dismissal of Em, but it seems unlikely the legendary Detroit rapper will even bother with responding to this one-off Instagram diss.

Traveling for the holidays (or even leaving your house) isn’t the greatest idea this year, but fortunately, the streaming services planned way ahead. A lot of content will be dropping on Christmas Day, but in the meantime, what can you stream while feeling festive? You can check out our list of Best Holiday TV episodes, and we selected a handful of wonderful streaming originals for you here.

Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (Netflix film) — Everyone loves Dolly, so at least there’s one thing that you won’t be arguing about with your relatives this season. Featuring an album full of original Dolly music, this film (which co-stars Christine Baranski) revolves around how the coldest of hearts can melt in the face of family, love, and the enduring Christmas spirit of a small town.

The Happiest Season (Hulu film) — Kristen Stewart and MacKenzie Davis star in this rom-com, in which a conservative-family party atmosphere doesn’t exactly go well for proposal plans. Kristen portrays Abby, who plans to pop the question in front of Harper’s loved ones, but there’s one problem: Harper hasn’t come out to the fam yet, so cue a lot of awkwardness. And hilariousness. Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Victor Garber, and Mary Steenburgen all co-star.

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (Netflix film) — Kurt Russell’s hot Santa returns two years after Kate and Teddy saved Christmas. Kate’s now a cynical teenager with family drama, and for some reason, she’s not thrilled to spend Christmas in Cancun. The trouble truly begins when a mysterious toublemaker, Belsnickel, plots to destroy Christmas and make a ground zero out of the North Pole. Russell’s here to help save the day, and yes, Goldie Hawn’s along for the ride.

Noelle (Disney+ film) — Alright, so this movie came out in 2019, but it’s a good one to rewatch while we wait for the Disney+ Christmas Day releases. Anna Kendrick plays Santa’s daughter, who must take over the family business after her dad’s retirement, and she’s also dealing with her brother (Bill Hader) dragging his feet on helping out like he damn well should.

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Netflix film) — Shondaland brings us this career spotlight for Debbie Allen, who’s steadfastly guiding a group of stellar young dancers as they gear up to launch Allen’s yearly “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” production. This film looks like a blast.

Holidate (Netflix film) — As unexpected as it sounds, McG produces this romcom. Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey star as two strangers who hate the holidays, so they pledge to be each other’s date for every blasted family-and-friends occasion for the next year. They have absolutely no romantic interest in each other, so you know how this will turn out, right? Well, Kristin Chenoweth co-stars, and she’s sure to spice things up.

Jeremih had a near-death experience with the Coronavirus this fall and the R&B star’s family even came forward to let fans know just how serious the condition can be. Jeremih has since left the hospital and seems to be doing well, thanking fans and peers for their outpouring of support while he battled a serious side effect of COVID, multi-system inflammatory syndrome that resulted in his organs becoming inflamed.

But now that he’s out and feeling better, the singer said he has concerns about getting a vaccine, as it basically puts an altered form of the virus back into his system. Right around the 13:53 mark, the interviewer brings up the vaccine and Jeremih responds. “Right now? Uhhh, I’m not sure yet,” he said in an interview with Kendra G of WGCI, his first sit down interview since getting out of the hospital. “Right now, I’m good and I’m still taking shots from the hospital. So I’m good for my shots right now.”

The R&B star said he’s also going to keep his hospital bracelet on as a reminder of what he went through. “I just wanted to remind myself of what I’ve been through and sometimes to just remind myself of my purpose on this earth,” he said. “Because while I was in there, I was unsure if I was still going to be able to walk on this earth. So until I get my talk and my walk back I’m going to keep this on.”

Watch the full interview above.

The Houston Rockets became the first team to have to postpone a game this season after they were unable to field a roster of eight players for their opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Seven players were out due to a gathering for haircuts in which three players had positive or inconclusive tests and four others had to be isolated due to contact tracing.

Houston also had a player out with injury, and when adding in James Harden being ruled ineligible for the game for having violated the league’s health and safety party by going to what he described on Instagram as an “event [not a strip club].” Harden was fined $50,000 and will not face a suspension, and will be available to play on Saturday if he continues to test negative through Friday as it was determined he needed four negatives consecutively from Tuesday on.

If that felt like a light punishment for putting his team at risk for spread, you weren’t alone in having questions. Given the severity of the situation, a $50,000 fine for someone who recently turned down $50 million a year doesn’t exactly seem like the thing that will dissuade this from happening again. Adam Silver was asked about that on The Jump on Thursday and his response was not what most anticipated hearing.

For one, the first offense part is technically correct but also this is far from the first video of Harden at a club that’s come out in recent weeks — he rather famously missed the start of camp while training and partying in Atlanta and Las Vegas. However, saying “it’s Christmas” is just bad optics. This isn’t a situation where the time of year should be any factor in adjudicating punishment of violating a health and safety policy in the midst of a pandemic.

If Silver had just said it was a first offense and it’s escalating punishments that are all agreed upon through bargaining with the union, that would’ve sufficed — even if some wouldn’t have been satisfied. Everything else he said makes sense. The game being postponed helped Harden because he would’ve lost a game check (which for him is nearly a quarter million) had it been played. The $50,000 fine is the most he can fine him as commissioner without Harden being able to appeal it. The Christmas note, however, was a misstep from Silver, making it seem as though the league is being lenient because of the holiday season.

If you still haven’t seen all of The Mandalorian and its most recent episode, this is where you stop reading this post and maybe head to Disney+ because, well, spoilers ahead. Because even though Jon Favreau is surprised that the show managed to keep its biggest Season 2 secret under wraps until the final episode started streaming last Friday, the text that follows will ruin said secret.

The rescue effort from Luke Skywalker in the season finale was a huge moment in Star Wars history, officially taking The Mandalorian from a show set in the Star Wars galaxy to one that involves some of its biggest heroes. And while Grogu now embarks on a path where he may or may not get mowed down by a fallen Jedi in the future, in the present Favreau is allowed to marvel that the show kept Skywalker showing up a surprise to fans.

Much like Mark Hamill did on Twitter, Favreau celebrated the improbable fact that the show managed to keep a CGI-ified Skywalker appearing on the show would cap the show’s final episode of the season. The Mandalorian showrunner appeared remotely on Good Morning America to talk about the show’s season finale, some Grogu holiday gear and, most importantly, what it was like to keep that whole Skywalker thing a secret for so long.

“It’s very hard to keep a secret nowadays, especially with Star Wars,” Favreau said. “Every piece of casting leaked, we were so scared right up until it aired that our surprise cameo was going to leak too.”

He’s right, roles like Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano and others managed to get out there this season, but Hamill returning to the Star Wars universe wasn’t anything that was reported with any real certainty despite all the people involved in de-aging the star and making that appearance a reality. It’s a testament to how big a reveal the moment was for the show that everyone decided to do their best to keep it quiet. And much like the debut of Baby Yoda in the first place, keeping the moment safe until the show started streaming is certainly a worth accomplishment in the modern entertainment era.

Roughly four weeks into the 2020-21 college basketball season, lots of film has been digested and many prospects have been analyzed. I’ve yet to construct a full board for this class, though I have a general idea of where I’d rank many guys, but certain prospects whom I consider to be underrated have popped on tape.

ESPN recently updated its top 100 prospects for this class and absent were a few players who should certainly be included. While I can’t advocate for where I’d specifically rank these three guys, I know they are among my top 100, if my board confidently ran that deep at this point. Even then, I’ll provide a general range of where I might slot each player included as to clarify how I feel about them.

Brandon Newman, Purdue redshirt freshman
– 6’5″, 190 pounds
– DOB: Jan. 15, 2001
– Raw stats: 9.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists (1.1 turnovers), 1.0 steals
– Shooting stats: 43.1% on 2s (15 of 35), 43.2% on 3s (16 of 37), 85.7% at the line (6 of 7)
– Advanced stats: 55.8% true shooting, .514 3-point rate, 2.3% steal rate, 5.6 BPM

Newman first entered my radar because Max Carlin of the Prep2Pro NBA Draft podcast had mentioned him a few times. I trust Max’s eye for scouting, and figured Newman was worth a look.

From my first game watching him a few weeks back, I’ve been a fan. He’s someone I’d strongly consider a top-50ish prospect, with the chance for moving higher if he can discern passing reads quicker and show more on-ball ability.

His 3-point numbers, both in efficiency and volume, are sparkling, yet neither convey the versatility of his jumper. Newman is a good relocation shooter and has flashed the ability to hoist off of movement, quickly setting his feet and squaring his body toward the rim to launch. At 6-foot-5 and just 19 years old, it’s a highly impressive skill to display:

Part of what makes Newman a useful prospect offensively is he’s hinted at attacking off the catch, owning some vigor to scoot past defenders if run off the line and has shown ambidextrous finishing craft. Headlined by burst and strength, Newman might have the athletic profile to be an effective closeout attacker, though I’d like to see a larger sample to comfortably project him excelling in these scenarios.

Versatile shooting and potential attacking off the catch in a complementary collegiate role would not suffice for Newman to be a legitimately draftable prospect. And they do not, because he is a very good perimeter defender, both on and off the ball.

On the ball, he moves quite well laterally and is strong enough to curb drives or induce challenging shots short of the rim.

Newman hasn’t been afforded a ton of chances to showcase his on-ball aptitude. But he’s thrived off the ball as someone who executes necessary decisions (such as tagging rollers or rotating to deter 3s from poppers), is consistently well-positioned to tackle his responsibilities and is also a capable playmaker.

Right now, with Newman’s decision-making and passing vision less developed than you’d like, and his lack of on-ball creation, he’s pretty strictly a 3-and-D prospect. The defense, while good, is not elite by my estimation, so unless he takes step forwards in at least one or two of those areas, he’ll remain a top-50 guy rather than a high-end 3-and-D wing deserving of significant first-round buzz.

To an extent, I worry I could be overvaluing the archetype rather than analyzing the actual player, but Newman is good and brings valuable skills on both ends. He can space the floor, guard multiple positions and soundly fulfill team defense duties. That’s good enough for the mid-second round.

Dre Davis, Louisville freshman
– 6’5″, 220 pounds
– DOB: Aug. 23, 2001
– Raw stats: 9.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists (1.8 turnovers)
– Shooting stats: 63.6% on 2s (14 of 22), 27.8% on 3s (5 of 18), 73.7% at the line (14 of 19)
– Advanced stats: 58.1% true shooting, .450 3-point rate, 2.4 BPM

Aside from Saturday’s implosion at Wisconsin (sans star guard Carlik Jones), Louisville has been one of my favorite teams to watch this season. I maintain the Cardinal are a top-25 squad and Davis’ two-way play is a prominent contributor to that status.

Upon my first watch last month, his defense, both on and off the ball, but initially on the ball, resonated. Given his frame, Davis is an exceptional lateral mover, can swiftly flip his hips to change directions and is strong-chested. He repeatedly gave opponents problems on the ball and that’s what first captured my attention. The dude is a menace at the point of attack, mirroring ball-handlers and covering ground with ease.

The intersection of strength and lateral mobility Davis possesses should, in most cases, enable him to defender both wing spots, as well as hold his own against other positions occasionally, at the next level. He’s going to give a lot of assignments issues with his quickness and physicality.

And yet, on-ball defense is only half of the allure for him in this realm. He has incredibly strong hands, which manifests in stunt-and-recover situations, Navigating screens, despite his bulky frame, is rarely an issue. He is well-positioned off the ball and has already drawn a few (at least two) charges this year.

For fun, watch him erase this potentially deep post catch with strength, physicality and technique:

That is 6-foot-11, 235-pound Nate Reuvers, a Wisconsin senior and 2019-20 All-Big Ten honoree. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Davis dominated the possession. He plays larger than he is, which will serve him quite well moving forward, allowing him to guard up and fluster bigger guys in a pinch.

Davis is a heady off-ball and opportunistic scorer — shout out Ross Homan of The Stepien for that term. He relocates around the arc as a willing shooter and times cuts well to score inside, where he’s strong, patient and savvy.

While I don’t anticipate him developing into some elite off-ball bomber, I’m a firm believer in the jumper becoming good enough for him to both space the floor and allow him to attack closeouts, where he can leverage his athletic package to do stuff like this:

Davis will never be some heavy on-ball creator in the NBA, but his strength, flexibility, relatively functional burst and knack for using his frame to shield the ball. compensating for a mundane handle, will give him equity in these sorts of scenarios.

The key is Davis reaching volume and success thresholds from deep to warrant closeouts or pressure. Based on his long-standing willingness (shot 81 triples in 19 EYBL games, .279 3-point rate), free-throw numbers (73.7% this year, 84.4% in EYBL on 90 attempts) and workable form, I believe he will. If he does, that’s a valuable rotation wing, especially given his wide-ranging defensive prowess, and someone I’d consider in the 25-40 range.

Mike Miles, TCU freshman
– 6’1″, 195 pounds
– DOB: Aug. 24, 2002
– Raw stats: 14.9 points, 3.2 assists (2.8 turnovers), 2.4 rebounds
– Shooting stats: 54.1% on 2s (33 of 61), 48.6% on 3s (17 of 35), 77.3% at the line (17 of 22)
– Advanced stats: 62.9% true shooting, .365 3-point rate, 22.0% assist rate, 1.9 BPM

Last week, I was catching up on Cade Cunningham’s most recent game, one against TCU. Midway through, Miles caught my eye. He made a skip pass out of a trap, then drilled a deep spot-up 3. I kept watching, perused his stats and fired up a few more TCU games. Miles rocks. It’s official.

He’s 6-foot-1 — at best — but the guy can absolutely play. The size is undoubtedly a limiting factor for him and even so, he deserves buzz as a top-100 prospect. I’d consider him in the early to mid-second round. He boasts deep range, seamless shooting mechanics, is comfortable shooting with a hand in his face and knows when to relocate.

What I discovered upon watching more film is his ancillary skills are quite good, too. The worry is he’s not athletic enough to compensate for the size hindrances, but Miles can pass, has some tantalizing off-the-bounce juice and is a highly impressive finisher, fueled by ambidexterity and guile.

I wouldn’t consider him a dynamite athlete, especially relative to the requisite threshold at his height, but he has some burst, is a zippy change-of-direction guard and gains leverage as a driver by getting low while maintaining forward momentum. His handle helps forge advantages (in and outs, crossovers, spin moves, between the legs) and Miles is adept at funky-footed, off-beat finishes.

He ranks in the 73rd percentile at the rim in the half-court (12-of-19 shooting) and while it’s early, the film reinforces his effectiveness.

Miles is yet to knock down any pull-up 3s, though he’s shown some off-the-dribble game from mid-range, weaponizing his handle and tough shot-making for scores. Unless he becomes some crazy dynamic space creator, most of his pull-up looks will be contested, something he’d bust out as a complementary initiator in pick-and-rolls rather than on a frequent basis if he projected as a lead creator.

It would be foolish to expect voluminous pull-up reps in the NBA for Miles, but having that skill is always beneficial, even if to varying degrees for prospects. So far, he’s 11 of 26 off the dribble in the half-court, slotting him in the 57th percentile. And those 11 makes include some impressive baskets:

Miles’ passing domain seems suited for spread pick-and-rolls. He’s capable spraying kick-outs on the move to shooters or skip passes to the corner, though his processing can be a bit delayed and creative, impromptu reads haven’t surfaced much yet. But ask him to create in ball-screen actions and he will fulfill your request more often than not.

Standing 6-foot-1 is always going to restrict Miles’ defensive prowess and assuredly relegates him to a one-position defender. Working in his favor is awareness to make necessary rotations as a team defender and the strength + lateral quickness blend to quell drives. Of course, most guys will still be able to shoot over the top without much interference, even if he’s in the proper spots.

I want to see more off-movement shooting attempts from Miles and where his 3-point clip lands by year’s end will be worthwhile to track. From the early film I’ve seen, he’s a legitimate prospect who can shoot, drive/finish, pass and knows how to play defense. The size cannot be overlooked, but the skill and athletic profile make him a worthwhile bet somewhere in 35-50 range.

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Jenny Lewis has long been heralded as one of the greatest songwriters of our era, but her musicianship when it comes to covers shouldn’t be overlooked, either. Teaming up with her sometimes-collaborator Bill Murray, who she last worked with back in 2015 for A Very Murray Christmas special, Lewis has just released an eerie cover of Drake’s massive 2020 song “Laugh Now, Cry Later.”

Captioning the rare cover: “It’s almost christmas! laugh now cry later,” Jenny delivers a whispery, almost jazzy take on the song while Bill holds down the drums. The rendition was part of a longer Instagram Live concert the pair did, but she posted a clip of them covering the song on her grid, too. Check that out below:

Since her last album On The Line from last year officially crossed Lewis over into the realm of classic rock, it’s great to know a legend of her caliber is still keeping up with what’s popular in rap and hip-hop. In fact, earlier this month she did a different kind of collab when she teamed up with Chicago Rapper Serengeti for their track “Unblu.” Taylor Swift is doing folk now, Jenny Lewis is covering and collaborating with rappers, 2020 will never cease to amaze me.

We’re all dealing with different hairstyles in 2020 as we try to cut back on visits to the stylist, but Tennessee Titans linebacker Will Compton took it to a new level this week and was thoroughly roasted by his teammates and the team’s social media staff as a result.

Compton tried to pull off a fade, and what happened doesn’t necessarily look like it was even a mistake, but it’s also hard to say it was a good look, either. There’s some nicely coifed hair at the top of his head and a whole lot of nothing down below, and overall it just looks kind of weird.

The Titans apparently had a good laugh internally about what was happening on Compton’s head, so the Tennessee social media team whipped up an addition to the injury report on Thursday that included Compton, who was listed as Doubtful for his haircut.

The funniest part of all of this is how seemingly confident Compton was about his new look, captioning a carefully posed photo with “IYKYK.” He probably regrets that now.

Compton is not going to actually miss the game because of his haircut, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if his performance suffered after being dismantled by team staff in front of the entire internet today.