This isn’t another McFarland endeavor: He just licensed the name to a new company formed by media executive Shawn Rech.
Per the Fyre Music Streaming website, “FYRE Music Streaming is both a subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) app and a Free Ad-Supported Television Network (FAST). The apps will go live on Thanksgiving 2025 (November 27, 2025) and the FAST networks will populate on multiple platforms soon afterwards. The app works similar to well-known subscription services like Netflix. As far as FAST networks, we are targeting LG, Samsung, Roku, Vizio, Amazon and Pluto among others and are seeking their approval.”
The page also notes pricing for the SVOD app isn’t finalized, but is set to be less than $5 per month, and that Rech previously launched the crime streaming network TruBlu alongside Chris Hansen.
Per Billboard, Rech says in a press release that the hope is for the service to become a “home for the most passionate music fans and undiscovered talent around the world.” Rech also told the publication the service “is like a curated YouTube with an emphasis on music,” adding, “The relationship is between the artist and the fan through a single conduit. We intend to be that conduit.”
Rech also explained why he wanted the Fyre name, saying, “I just want people to remember the name. It’s really that simple. It’s PT Barnum. All publicity is good publicity.”
“Music networks are all just programming now and I have no interest in watching people slip on bananas. It has nothing to do with music. I needed a big name that people would remember, even if it’s attached to infamy, so that’s why I bought these [trademarks] to start the streaming network. This isn’t about festivals or hype — it’s about putting the power of music discovery back in the hands of the fans. We’re building something authentic and lasting.”
Billboard also notes the platform may “potentially feature McFarland in a potential talent role in the future.”
In life there are a few places you do not want to end up. Near the top of the list is prison, an emergency room, and one 50 Cent’s bad side. The “Many Men” rapper is known for plethora of things including holding a lifelong grudge (just ask Ja Rule).
With 50 Cent seated in a courtside seat, Budden could be seen just over is shoulder a row back. Viewers at-home shared screenshots of the moment across social media assuming it was an awkward encounter. However, in an Instagram post (viewable here), 50 Cent implied it was actually rather pleasant.
“I ran into Joe at the game,” he wrote. “He said I don’t need therapy No MORE .”
50 Cent’s remark referred to a statement Budden made at the height of their feud. After a few rounds of digital exchanges, Budden took to his namesake podcast to slam 50 for his troll-like actions.
“Hip Hop is the new meaning for ‘I need therapy,’” he said. “Kanye West needs therapy. 50 Cent needs therapy. I don’t care if you agree with the rationale. And 50 is 50. He gon’ stand in it. He gon’ stand strong in it.”
50 Cent clapped back with a dig at allegations that Budden was arrested for public lewdness. “Stay out of my mix Joe talking about I need therapy,” he wrote. “B*tch you need to stop walking around naked. The f*ck is you doing in the hallway with ya balls out PUNK!”
Despite 50 Cent’s now-deleted AI-generated explicit images of Budden and Budden hinted at subsequent legal action, they were able to move past that dust-up.
Beyoncé‘s defines ‘diva‘ as the female version of a hustler. But, Model/Actriz’s interpretation of the world is quite different or so their latest song suggests.
With the band’s album, Pirouette, due out soon Model/Actriz delivers another sonic slice of their forthcoming body of work. Model/Actriz’s dizzying new single, “Diva,” is a messy exploration of love triangles.
“Yeah, I met a guy in Copenhagen / He was gay but had a girlfriend / I met a guy in Amsterdam / Closed the bar down, and then I kissed him,” sings vocalist Cole Haden.
In a statement, Haden spoke about the creative inspiration behind the tune. “The writing on ‘Pirouette’ as a whole feels more conversational than anything we’ve done before,” said Haden. “However, the process that begot ‘Diva’ was the most off-the-cuff of any of the tracks on the album.”
Haden later adds: “The song takes place on a date, and the song references many of the real ones I’ve been on while on tour. Specifically, I’m remembering the times where frivolity shifted to mourning as we both realized we may never see each other again once the night is over. What I’ve learned is that in order to be ‘that b*tch,’ one must make use of the melancholia.”
Listen to Model/Actriz’s new single “Diva” above.
Pirouette is out 5/2 via True Panther + Dirty Hit. Find more information here.
The Chainsmokers are one of EDM’s most popular duos. Due to this, the “No Shade At Pitti” musicians’ presence is often in high demand. So, naturally Alex Pall and Drew Taggart have commanded some of the largest music festival stages, famous nightclub, and more. But their latest gig’s location was a match made in party heaven.
Yesterday (April 20), The Chainsmokers revealed they played a surprise set at an Arizona fraternity house. But they were not they only folks to crash the pop-up gig. In the now-viral video shared to Instagram (viewable here), The Chainsmokers’ set was immediately interrupted by local police.
After the packed crowd of college students sang along to some of their tunes, it cut to an officer addressing attendees.
“Listen up,” yelled the officer on a microphone. “If you are under the age of 21, I’m going to tell you to leave right now. Or I’m gonna start writing tickets and start arresting folks.”
But The Chainsmokers refused to end the show. Instead, they opted to pay a fine ensuring they could finish out their set. “We played 45 seconds of a song, and we got shut down by the cops already,” laughed Pall. “But we’re paying the fine, and we’re going to get another 15 minutes.”
This is sure to be a college memory the attendees will cherish.
Tyla’s breakout hit “Water” details her metaphorical desires linked to the quenching liquid. But the tense tidal wave she’s currently facing did not quite fit that fantasy.
Thousands of fans praised Tyla for paying homage to Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance costume. They only problem is Tyla did not intend to reference the get-up. Over on X (formerly Twitter), Tyla revealed that was not inspired by Spears. Unfortunately, Tyla’s confession rubbed Spears fans the wrong way.
“Love her, but I just thought the outfit was fly,” she answered user. “No inspo.”
Although many users found Tyla’s response hard to believe considering Spears’ pop superstar status, others pointed out Tyla’s South African roots. One user took it a step further by insulting Tyla.
“I personally think she is a copycat and too full of herself,” wrote the user.
Tyla immediately shut down the users with a snappy comeback of her own. “Personally I think you should [shut the f*ck up],” replied Tyla.
Tyla may be from South Africa where the pop stars vary from the US, but disrespect is global. So, the Grammy Award-winner refused to let the remark go unaddressed.
Based on both parties ramped up legal actions, it appears Drake’s defamation lawsuit against UMG could head to trial. In case it does, Kendrick Lamar could find himself in front of a judge thanks to the lyrics featured in his Grammy Award-winning Drake diss track, “Not Like Us.” But Kendrick seems to be ready for his day in court should he be deposed.
During the opening night of his Grand National Tour, Kendrick Lamar recreated a sketch (viewable here) where he was forced to answer questions about the dates May 4, 2024, and February 9, 2025. Those dates so happen to line up with the release of “Not Like Us” and Kendrick’s Apple Music Superbowl Halftime Show performance–both of which were mentioned in Drake’s court filing. The clip could be perceived as Kendrick Lamar mocking Drake for moving a rap feud from the booth to the judicial system.
However, users online have theorized that the video is not just a jab at Drake but a reference to two other notable moments in hip-hop history. The first and most popular fan theory is Kendrick’s clip is also poked fun at Drake’s mentor and longtime friend Lil Wayne’s infamous 2012 court deposition.
The deposition was centered around Wayne’s legal action against Quincy Jones III for the way he was portrayed in the 2009 documentary The Carter.
Others claimed Kendrick Lamar was subtly paying homage to the late Tupac. In 1995, Tupac was deposed due to the lyrics of his songs.
Kendrick Lamar has said time and time again that everything he does has a deeper meaning. As for the exact meaning of the deposition sketch, at this time fans can only speculate.
The Sandman will return to Netflix this year for a second and final season, and Good Omens‘ third season has been reduced to a wrap-up episode for Prime Video/Amazon with post-production ongoing. So, Morpheus and the Endless will finish their story sooner than Neil Gaiman’s comic book readers would have preferred, and the same goes for Crowley and Aziraphale, but is there any hope of other Gaiman stories still appearing onscreen?
Netflix had already cancelled Dead Boy Detectives, Disney chose to end their work on a Graveyard Book adaptation, and Dark Horse comics nixed the Anansi Boys comic book series, which would have told more stories about the American Gods-related project. However, this doesn’t address the Anansi Boys TV show that has been in the works from Amazon for several years. The limited series had finished filming, but some insight has recently arrived.
Has Anansi Boys Been Cancelled Despite Completing Filming?
Officially, the streaming gods have not announced a cancellation. However, star Delroy Lindo, who portrays West African trickster god Anansi in the series, recently told Entertainment Weekly (while promoting Ryan Coogler’s Sinners) how he doubts that Anansi Boys will ever stream:
“I don’t think that’ll ever see the light of day. It’s too bad on many levels, but I was really excited to do it.” When EW asked Lindo earlier in the conversation what he’s learned from derailed projects like this, he responded, “Don’t count your chickens, man. It’s a shame. I could be wrong about Anansi Boys. Maybe it’ll be released. This is another reason to knock on wood.” He performs the gesture again. “Because there are banana peels all over the landscape. No matter how experienced the level of talent that’s involved, one can always slip up, which brings me back to the knocking on wood thing. S— can happen, man. At any point.”
The limited TV series was presumed to revolve around Anansi and his son, Charlie Nancy, along with a long-lost brother who suddenly emerges and wreaks havoc in Gaiman’s Anansi Boys novel. Cameras finished rolling about two years ago before co-showrunner Douglas Mackinnon abruptly exited both this project and Good Omens.
Meanwhile, Gaiman continues to deny the allegations against him (and he further did so on his own website). And most recently, New York Magazine reported that he sued Caroline Wallner, who is one of Gaiman’s former employees that lodged sexual misconduct accusations against him, for allegedly violating a non-disclosure agreement.
Nino Paid’s tone in his music comes off cold and maybe even nonchalant, but the words that pair with it prove that to be far from the truth. The DMV rapper elevated his game with his second album Love Me As I Am which features a booming 18 songs that clock in at a very digestible 36 minutes. When you rap as matter-of-factly as Nino Paid does, you don’t need that much time to get your point across.
As Nino describes it, Love Me As I Am is an account of “the pain, the hardships, and even the good times.” He added, “This tape is everything I been thru and everything in between.” Nino’s truth may not be be pretty, but he’s not afraid of it and he’s not afraid to tell his story. Numerous examples of this come alive on Love Me As I Am like on “Joey Story” where recounts the suicide of a lonely friend in pursuit of riches as a potential companion. Nino retrospection on “Play This At My Funeral” is drowned in eerie foreshadowing while “Tears In The Hotbox” looks up at the cloudy skies in search of a silver lining regardless of whether the sun comes back out.
With Love Me As I Am and “Regular Type” out now, we placed Nino Paid under the Uproxx Music 20 spotlight to learn more about his influences, inspirations, and aspirations. Scroll down to discover the best of Nino Paid.
You get 24 hours to yourself to do anything you want, with unlimited resources: What are you doing? And spare no details!
I’d gather up as much money as I can so I can prepare for the next 24 hours…
What is the best song you’ve ever made?
It would be “Feel Better” it felt like I was rawer back then, and I love the beat and lyrics and anytime it comes on. It’s always a vibe I f*ck with.
What’s a feature you need to secure before you die?
I have to get something with Adele or someone like that singing on my song.
If you could appear in a future season of a current TV show, which one would it be and why?
Adventure Time because they put real life characters in cartoons sometimes, so I’d want to be in a cartoon.
Which celebrity do you admire or respect for their personality and why?
I really couldn’t tell you that one, I ain’t gonna lie,
Share your opinion on something no one could ever change your mind about.
Aliens are real, God is Real, and that’s it.
What is the best song you’ve ever heard in your life and what do you love about it?
Probably something from the late ’90s or early 2000s but I can’t say one
What’s your favorite city in the world to perform, and what’s a city you’re excited to perform in for the first time?
My favorite city to perform in so far is Virginia, but I’m looking forward to Toronto on this tour. I also can’t wait to get to Europe.
You are throwing a music festival. Give us the dream lineup of 5 artists that will perform with you and the location where it would be held.
I’d do all up-and-coming artists: Myself, Benji Blue Bills, RRoxket, Lil Tony, and Karrahbooo.
What would you be doing now if it weren’t for music?
I don’t even know, can’t see myself doing anything else.
If you could see five years into the future or go five years into the past, which one would you pick and why?
Five years into the future because me seeing 5 years into the past isn’t gonna do anything. I’d rather see the future than the past, I’ve already been through the past.
What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?
Finish school and go to college for business major.
It’s 2050. The world hasn’t ended, and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?
I want it to be like therapy some sh*t you put on and make you feel better, timeless music forever.
Love Me As I Am is out now via Signal Records/Columbia Records. Find out more information here.
Post Malone provided a late-fest high-point, too. During his April 20 set, he welcomed a couple of guests onto the stage. Jelly Roll joined for “Losers” (here’s a video). Malone told Jelly (as NME notes), “I knew from the first moment that I f*cking hugged you that you had the biggest heart in the f*cking universe, and I can only say thank you so very much, and thank you for coming out tonight and I love you and I can’t wait to kick some f*cking ass. You are the greatest motherf*cker in the world.”
Towards the end of the set, Ed Sheeran also showed up, accompanying Malone for his Swae Lee collaboration “Sunflower” (here’s a video).
Check out Malone’s full setlist below.
Post Malone’s Coachella 2025 Weekend 2 Setlist
1. “Texas Tea”
2. “Wow”
3. “Better Now”
4. “Lemon Tree”
5. “Wrong Ones”
6. “Go Flex”
7. “I Fall Apart”
8. “Losers” (with Jelly Roll)
9. “Goodbyes”
10. “M-E-X-I-C-O”
11. “What Don’t Belong To Me”
12. “Circles”
13. “White Iverson”
14. “Psycho”
15. “Dead At The Honky Tonk”
16. “Rockstar”
17. “Sunflower” (with Ed Sheeran)
18. “I Had Some Help”
19. “Congratulations”
Opening with stripped-back acoustic guitar and what she called, “dry vocals,” Lana Del Rey’s “Henry, come on,” the first single from her yet to be released 10th album, finally dropped on April 11. The song is rich with lush strings as she contends at the chorus, “Last call ’Hey, y’all’ / Hang his hat up on the wall / Tell him that his cowgirl is gone.” She purrs into the next line with “Go on and giddy up / Soft leather, blue jeans / Call us into void’s dreams / Return it but say it was fun.” She told fans on the day before the breakup song’s release, “I don’t want to say it’s my favorite song, but I do really think it’s the song that the album hinges on.”
After teasing a Country album (at some points labeled a “Southern Gothic” with Del Ray telling the world that it’s more “Americana” than anything else) for more than a year and sitting on the ethereal “Henry” for what she described as “17 long months,” the world got its first taste of Lana officially gone Country. Her latest offering is still bursting with all the winks and visceral lyricism the incomparable songwriter has made her reputation with, as well as the Americana themes she’s fiddled with for most of her career, but this time with enough twang and Western symbolism to officially push the alternative-pop-sad-girl-indie-songbird into a new era of sound.
During an Instagram live, she described working on “Henry” and wanting it to have “a Glen Campbell feeling on the top and a little bit of Disney” and “sticks on the bottom.” The sweeping track nails it. And though it may be hyped as fresh sonic terrain for Del Rey, who plans on sharing much of her upcoming album live while performing at this year’s Stagecoach — the annual Country music festival held on the same grounds of Coachella each year — looking back on her discography and recent, deeper leans into roots music, her next album seems destined to be more of a return home than a trip outside of her aural territory.
It’s no surprise that Lana Del Rey — a sonic and dare we say, industry rule breaker — would delve into a new genre at this point in her career, playing a festival alongside Country music stalwarts like Zach Bryan, Luke Combs, Brothers Osbourne, and fellow genre-bender Jelly Roll. Last year, she made a surprise appearance during Paul Cauthen’s Stagecoach set, after headlining Coachella two weekends in a row. The pair performed “Unchained Melody,” and Lana was snapped around the Polo Fields, taking photos with fans and rubbing shoulders with other musicians with a propensity for storytelling. And then there was her 2024 release with Quavo, “Tough,” a track blending trap and country, complete with the lyrics “Tough like the scuff on a pair of old leather boots / Like the blue collar, red-dirt attitude,” and the well-worn Southern idiom “Sure as the good Lord’s up above.” In 2023, she released a cover of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” after a tour stop in West Virginia. And although art doesn’t always imitate life, she’s spent the past few years playing smaller, homegrown areas, not to mention getting hitched to an alligator tour guide in Louisiana. So, despite songs and an upbringing that point to the biggest cities of the East and West Coast, there’s something deeply down home about Ms. Del Rey (and that doesn’t just point to her brief stint at the Southern staple, Waffle House).
See to be a good songwriter, you have to be a good storyteller. You know, the kind that drops analogies about Icarus and Greek mythology into her first official Country song. The same type of writer who made you feel the expansiveness of the road on “Ride,” the kind of lyricist who could make your heart jump while whistling about cartwheels on “A&W.” Roots music, Americana songs, they’re about stories — ones that make you long, yearn, your stomach flip, your heart race. Del Rey’s songwriting could win in any genre category (and we’ll discuss our thoughts on her not having a Grammy yet at a later date.) But in Country? With every lyric, every layered acoustic revelation, she’s been preparing for this release her whole life.
Speaking of the aforementioned rule-breaking, her marketing for the album formerly known as Lasso, or at least the conversation around it, has also paid zero allegiance to the typical rollout rules. Last November, she told fans she’d release her much-awaited 10th album in May of this year. She then said the album would now be called The Right Person Will Stay, sharing on Instagram that it had “13 tracks” and adding that she was “happy for you to hear a few songs coming up before Stagecoach.” Then, last week, she shared during an Instagram live, “I mean, you know it’s not going to come on time, right? Should I even tell you that the name changed again? Should I even tell you that while you’re so happy that you have a song? Maybe I’ll wait.”
As I’m writing this, Lana just released “Bluebird.” A slow lullaby that lays her voice bare, with classic delivery and themes of freedom. Echoing strings and a deeply felt request: “Find a way to fly” before a harmonica sneaks in. Chills. Now, we wait with bated breath to hear the final album title, and the rest of her new songs. But for those pulling up their boots and donning their best Stetson at Stagecoach this year, sounds like you won’t have to.
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