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Not too long ago, Oneohtrix Point Never announced a new album, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, which press materials described as “a nostalgic and self-referential career-defining body of work, collaging maximalist baroque-pop within atmospheric glitter.” Today, Daniel Lopatin returns with another preview of the album: a video for the Caroline Polachek-featuring “Long Road Home.”

The stop-motion clip follows a pair of demonic creatures who become romantically interested in each other. The courtship carries on from there until they eventually become one. The clip is described as an homage to the 1982 Georges Schwizgebel short Le Ravissement de Frank N. Stein.

Co-directors Charlie Fox and Emily Schubert said of the clip in a joint statement, “It’s a romantic fable about love and transformation, which grew out of a lot of wild philosophical conversations with Dan over the summer. We wanted to take these supposedly grotesque or demonic creatures and turn them into the weirdly adorable and heartbreaking protagonists of this courtship ritual. For a song that seems to be sung by something mutant and magical in a time when intimacy is craved and feared, it felt like a hot match; it just felt good inside. And all this stuff started oozing out.”

Watch the “Long Road Home” video above.

NLE Choppa must have recorded his verse for Juicy J‘s “Load It Up” video before he changed his mind about his rap content because he goes all the way in on his usual subject matter, threatening enemies with hollows and Glocks. Meanwhile, Juicy also sticks to his own well-worn script, tossing off lines about weed, women, and cash before his heavily pregnant wife shuts down the video shoot and drags him home in a tongue-in-cheek peek behind the curtain, Wizard of Oz style.

The Memphis great has been gearing up for the release of his new album The Hustle Continues, which also features the Wiz Khalifa collaboration “Gah Damn High.” It’ll be his first full-length album release since 2017’s Rubba Band Business — although he’s also released a handful of mixtapes since then, including ShutDaFukUp and Road To Stay Trippy — and his first independently released project after leaving Columbia Records.

Juicy has also been busy making guest appearances with other artists, including Megan Thee Stallion, French Montana, IDK, Memphis’ own Jucee Froot, and R&B duo THEY..

Choppa, meanwhile, is enjoying a breakout year that included the release of his debut album, his inclusion in XXL‘s 2020 Freshman Class, and his turning over a new leaf, beginning plant-based diet and delving into meditation.

Watch Juicy J and NLE Choppa’s “Load It Up” video above.

NLE Choppa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

After battling zombies for over a decade in six Resident Evil movies, Milla Jovovich (along with director Paul W.S. Anderson) is officially moving onto other beasts, like dragons and other massive creatures who burst out of the desert in Sony’s Monster Hunter trailer. The visuals might remind people of Dune sandworms, but that’s where the similarities end. And that’s alright, considering that Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s heady sci-fi epic masterpiece will come to theaters next year, and Monster Hunter (which is based upon Capcom’s video game franchise) is geared toward sheer escapism. Jovovich portrays Captain Artemis — interestingly enough, a character who doesn’t hail from the video games — and the focus here is on action, one-liners (including a Guardian of the Galaxy joke), and those enormous CGI beasts.

Will the movie actually land in U.S. theaters soon, though? As of now, Sony is holding onto its December 30 release date, and given that this was always planned as a tentpole film (with some Mad Max: Fury Road vibes), it’s doubtful that this project will go straight to VOD. Also, the sound design is clearly meant to make theaters vibrate, with all those monsters flying everywhere and Milla Jovovich shooting them down like it ain’t no thing. More than likely, we’ll see the U.S. date push back with this movie continuing as planned in recovered overseas markets, where it should fare well.

Monster Hunter feels like a welcome popcorn movie (with no viruses!) in a time when it’s sorely needed. Of course, the audience will trade out our world for the place where Artemis and her army suddenly find themselves after slipping into some sort of portal. Anderson recently stated during New York Comic Con that Artemis’ unfamiliarity with this new world (and newness to the franchise) might help simulate the video game for moviegoers who aren’t yet familiar with the franchise’s stories. People will have to acclimate quite quickly to this world, given that the monster invasion appears to be unrelenting. The cast includes T.I. Harris (yes, that T.I. Harris), Ron Perlman, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta, Josh Helman, and Jin Au-Yeung.

Monster Hunter will arrive on December 30, maybe!

The WWE draft was supposed to end with the end of Monday Night Raw this week, but like last year, some WWE Superstars never got drafted on either show, and WWE needed a couple of days to catch up. In addition to Smackdown and Raw, Superstars were drafted on Talking Smack, Raw Talk, and then finally on Twitter.

In addition to everyone covered in the first two Draft Reports, here’s who else has been officially drafted:

RAW

1. Humberto Carrillo
2. Tucker
3. Drew Gulak
4. Andrade
5. Erik of the Viking Raiders
6. Lince Dorado and Gran Metallik

SMACKDOWN

1. Kalisto
2. Shorty G
3. Murphy
4. Billie Kay
5. Tamina
6. Zelina Vega

Finally, although they were never officially drafted, PWInsider is reporting that Mickie James and Andrade will both be on Raw. Mickie’s currently out with a broken nose, but it’s pretty surprising that Andrade, who’s been on TV quite a bit recently, never got drafted on screen.

Other things to note with these additions: Tucker is on Raw while Otis is on Smackdown, so that’s officially that for Heavy Machinery (and quite possibly for Tucker). Billie Kay and Peyton Royce are similarly split up, showing WWE’s dedication to keeping the IIconics apart. Kalisto was separated from the rest of Lucha House Party, although Gran Metallik and Lince Dorado seem likely to stay together as a tag team. Finally, Zelina Vega is truly off on her own now, on a separate brand from her former clients Andrade and Angel Garza. But on Smackdown, a least, she won’t have to worry about further attacks from a fiendish Alexa Bliss.

Here are the complete rosters of both shows as we understand them after the complete draft:

RAW

1. Drew McIntyre
2. Asuka
3. The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, and MVP)
4. AJ Styles
5. Naomi
6. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax
7. Ricochet
8. Mandy Rose
9. The Miz and John Morrison
10. Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods
11. Dana Brooke
12. Angel Garza
13. The Fiend
14. Randy Orton
15. Charlotte Flair
16. Braun Strowman
17. Matt Riddle
18. Jeff Hardy
19. Retribution
20. Keith Lee
21. Alexa Bliss
22. Elias
23. Lacey Evans
24. Sheamus
25. Nikki Cross
26. R-Truth
27. Dabba-Kato
28. Titus O’Neil
29. Peyton Royce
30. Akira Tozawa
31. Lana
32. Riddick Moss
33. Arturo Ruas
34. Humberto Carrillo
35. Tucker
36. Drew Gulak
37. Andrade
38. Erik of the Viking Raiders
39. Lince Dorado and Gran Metallik
40. Andrade
41. Mickie James

SMACKDOWN

1. Roman Reigns
2. Seth Rollins
3. Sasha Banks
4. Bianca Belair
5. Jey Uso
6. Rey and Dominik Mysterio
7. Big E
8. Otis
9. Bayley
10. The Street Profits
11. Daniel Bryan
12. Kevin Owens
13. Lars Sullivan
14. King Corbin
15. Sami Zayn
16. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura
17. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
18. Apollo Crews
19. Carmella
20. Aleister Black
21. Natalya
22. The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott)
23. Kalisto
24. Shorty G
25. Murphy
26. Billie Kay
27. Tamina
28. Zelina Vega

Sturgill Simpson has had a chameleonic career, putting out albums filled with everything from traditional country to straight-up rock and roll. His latest, 2019’s Sound & Fury, falls in the latter camp, but with his next effort, he’s going in a decidedly different direction. Yesterday, the musician announced his next album, Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions, which will feature bluegrass interpretations of some of his past material.

The 20-track album features songs from his first three albums — High Top Mountain, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, and A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — as well as songs from his previous band, Sunday Valley. This was meant to be a surprise release, but info got out early on a streaming site. Simpson shared the cover art and wrote on Instagram, “Welp,..was hoping to surprise everybody on Thursday but somebody somewhere (Germany) got all excited and just couldn’t hold their horses.”

Check out the Cuttin’ Grass art and tracklist below.

1. “All Around You”
2. “All The Pretty Colors”
3. “Breakers Roar”
4. “I Don’t Mind”
5. “I Wonder”
6. “Just Let Go”
7. “Life Ain’t Fair”
8. “A Little Light”
9. “Life Of Sin”
10. “Long White Line”
11. “Living The Dream”
12. “Old King Coal”
13. “Railroad Of Sin”
14. “Sitting Here Without You”
15. “Sometimes Wine”
16. “The Storm”
17. “Time After All”
18. “Turtles All The Way Down”
19. “Voices”
20. “Water In A Well”

Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions is out 10/16.

Sturgill Simpson is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

It’s been a while since Kanye West released any new music, so fans were excited to receive a new freestyle from him, even if it wasn’t quite what they’ve been hoping he’d drop since he began his one-man war against the music industry. Instead, he and his team were apparently feeling “energized,” as he put it in the tweet containing the freestyle video, so he set the freeform rap to a video of a UFC knockout and shared it with his followers.

The freestyle came after Kanye shared a screenshot of election poll results from Kentucky showing him leading both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which was later clarified as a test of reporting code. Of course, Kanye wouldn’t care that the results aren’t valid because he’s Kanye and he believes what he wants, so the claims he makes on the song should be taken with a grain of salt. He does, however, reference the popular Star Wars “high ground” meme, along with a sample of the infamous line from Revenge Of The Sith. He also talks a bit about his recording industry beef.

Check out the new Kanye West tune above, and keep an eye out for Donda, Kanye West’s long-delayed new album.

With the 2020 presidential election not far away, a lot of people are looking for a change. Among those is Demi Lovato, who has released a scathing criticism of Donald Trump with her new song, “Commander In Chief.”

Lovato sings on the ballad’s chorus, “Commander In Chief, honestly / If I did the things you do / I couldn’t sleep, seriously / Do you even know the truth? / We’re in a state of crisis, people are dyin’ / While you line your pockets deep / Commander in Chief, how does it feel to still / b`upre able to breathe?

In a CNN interview, Lovato said of the song:

“It’s very important for me that I get to use my platform for something much bigger than just singing. There’s been so many times where I wanted to write the president a letter or sit down with him and ask him these questions. And then I thought, I don’t really actually want to do that, and I think one way that I could do that is writing a song and releasing it for the whole world to hear, and then he has to answer those questions to everybody and not just me.”

She also spoke about voting, saying, “We have to show up, we have to turn up and vote because it’s so important that our voices are heard. And, honestly, for me, whether you are a Republican or Democrat, just get out and vote. Just get out and vote so that at the end of the day, whatever happens, whoever wins, we can actually look and say, ‘Well, you know what? At least everyone got out there and voted and did their part, and our country spoke.’”

Meanwhile, Finneas, who co-wrote and co-produced the track, also noted on Instagram, “I think people underestimate the bravery it takes to put out a song like this when your platform is as large as Demi’s is. But I’m sure if you asked her, she’d tell you it was her responsibility. It was an Honor to produce this one for the wildly talented Demi Lovato.”

Listen to “Commander In Chief” above.

Showtime’s Shameless will finalize the Chicago-based Gallagher stories with the upcoming Season 11, quite like the U.K. version of the show. With Emmy Rossum’s Fiona departing over a year ago, and the rest of the siblings starting to grow their own families, the time feels right to let them all venture off in their own directions (though I’m still sort-of rooting for a certain character to win a spinoff). Season 11 will premiere on December 9, and here’s where things left off in January:

– Gallovich officially happened with Ian and Mickey finally tying the knot despite plenty of misgivings on both ends. They were terrible cellmates in prison, so will they fare any better with a little more breathing room (and a bathroom with a closing door)?

– Lip fell off the wagon in a big way at the wedding ceremony, which became a funeral for his sobriety Tami’s verbal barbs arguably went too far. Watching him down stiff drink after stiff drink was heartbreaking, and I hope the show brings him back from this cliff. Things are never as real for anyone else on Shameless than they’ve been for Lip.

– Debbie’s on the run from the law after Julia’s mom reported Debbie for statutory rape. According to series creator John Wells, she’ll be required to register as a sex offender, which will complicate things at home, to say the very least.

Heading into Season 11, the show did rewrites before heading back to the set, and Shameless will integrate the pandemic into its various arcs. Here’s Showtime’s synopsis:

The final season of Shameless finds the Gallagher family and the South Side at a crossroads, with changes caused by the COVID pandemic, gentrification and aging to reconcile. As Frank confronts his own mortality and family ties in his alcoholic and drug induced twilight years, Lip struggles with the prospect of becoming the family’s new patriarch. Newlyweds Ian and Mickey are figuring out the rules and responsibilities of being in a committed relationship while Deb embraces her individuality and single motherhood. Carl finds an unlikely new career in law enforcement and Kevin and V struggle to decide whether a hard life on the South Side is worth fighting for.

Noel Fisher, who plays Mickey, has shared some masked set photos.

Well, Shameless has always been a relatable show, which is why it’s so beloved, so it does makes sense for them to confront COVID head on. Granted, I wouldn’t have minded watching the Gallaghers exist in a world where viruses don’t exist, but the show was one of the first to return to production during our current situation, so yes, they’re gonna do this thing. And is Carl really gonna become a cop? Oh boy.

Shameless will return on December 9.

To talk about Amy Adams is to talk about how she’s been nominated for six Oscars, but has never won. And she wasn’t even nominated for arguably her best performance (Enchanted rules; I would also accept the “Me Party” scene from The Muppets).

Will Hillbilly Elegy (with The Terminator reference coming at around 1:30 in the above trailer) be the movie to break the streak?

It certainly fits the criteria: the Appalachian-set drama, based on a “powerful personal memoir that offers a window into one family’s personal journey of survival and triumph,” is directed by Academy favorite Ron Howard and co-stars Glenn Close (who laughs at Adams’ zero-for-six; she’s zero-for-seven!). Also, Adams plays a makeup-free addict, and you know the Oscars love those. But if Hillbilly Elegy doesn’t work, there’s always Nightbitch, the turning-into-a-dog movie. I’m rooting for that one, personally.

Here’s the official plot synopsis:

J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso), a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student, is on the verge of landing his dream job when a family crisis forces him to return to the home he’s tried to forget. J.D. must navigate the complex dynamics of his Appalachian family, including his volatile relationship with his mother Bev (Amy Adams), who’s struggling with addiction. Fueled by memories of his grandmother Mamaw (Glenn Close), the resilient and whip-smart woman who raised him, J.D. comes to embrace his family’s indelible imprint on his own personal journey.

Hillbilly Elegy premieres on Netflix on November 24.

It’s mid-October, which means Halloween is weeks away, which means it’s already time to ignore it and all other upcoming holidays and start counting down to Christmas. Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl is certainly in the holiday spirit, as he has joined The Bird And The Bee — Greg Kurstin (who produced Foo Fighters’ Concrete And Gold) and Inara George — for a cover of a holiday classic: “Little Drummer Boy.”

Yes, Grohl plays drums on the track, which naturally takes on a more rocking vibe than most Christmas music. The recording will appear on Put Up The Lights, an upcoming holiday album from The Bird And The Bee that features covers and original songs.

George said of the album, “Working on a holiday record during summer is always strange, no matter what the circumstance. But working on a holiday album during the summer, and a global pandemic, worldwide civil rights protesting, historical wildfires and the lead up to the most important election of our lives is really, really strange. Although I have to admit, it felt like such a sweet little momentary escape singing ‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…’ all alone in my closet. It was a little respite from reality.”

This isn’t the first time Grohl and The Bird And The Bee have collaborated, as they covered Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” together on The Late Late Show in 2019. Both Kurstin and George also contributed to Foo Fighters’ Concrete And Gold track “Dirty Water.”

Listen to The Bird And The Bee and Grohl’s “Little Drummer Boy” cover above.