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Mariah Carey has become synonymous with heartfelt ballads, while Kaytranada is famous for his dance floor anthems. Today (April 11), the Grammy Award-winning musicians merged their sonic signatures for an infectious collaborations fans are gushing over.

To celebrate Carey’s forthcoming The Emancipation Of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) reissue, the chart-topper tapped Kaytranada for a “Don’t Forget About Us” remix. Instead of stripping the record of its gut-wrenching emotion, Kaytranada masterfully crafted a raw groove to amplify that vulnerability. Whether you’re a Lamb (Mariah Carey superfan) or a newbie to her discography, this re-imagined tune honors its legacy with a fresh perspective.

In a statement, Carey raved about re-releasing her revered body of work. “I’m really happy to celebrate ‘Mimi’s Emancipation’ with this special anniversary re-release,” she said. “While working on this edition, I got to relive all the memories from this pivotal moment in my personal and professional life. This album has some of my biggest hits to date, as well as some personal favorites that are very special to me. Forgotten gems, unreleased bonus tracks and different remixes with incredible collaborators – all of these and more are now available in one place for the first time ever!”

Listen to the remix above.

The Emancipation Of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) is out 5/30 via Def Jam/UMe. Find more information here.

PinkPantheress promised that she was going to be “soooo back” in 2025. She wasn’t kidding: the “Tonight” singer announced that her new mixtape is coming out soon. But what PinkPantheress didn’t mention is that she’s also soooo tall.

A PinkPantheress fan account recently shared a video on X of the singer doing “The Tonight Challenge” with rapper Doechii. A majority of the replies are about the height difference between the artists: “this is NOT what height i thought either of them were,” “their respective heights have really thrown me off, I need a minute,” “is doechii short or is pinkpantheress tall?” And so on.

In response, PinkPantheress wrote, “you guys didn’t know i was a whole 5″9 feet tall?!!!” She also added the Kenya flag emoji. Doechii joined in on the height-based fun, posting, “And yall didn’t know I was 5’2???”

According to the National Center For Health Statistics, the average height for an adult woman in the United States is 5 feet and 3.5 inches. That means PinkPantheress is many inches above average and Doechii is slightly below average (although not as a rapper; she’s well above average there).

But if you’re putting together a basketball team of female rappers, 5’10” Megan Thee Stallion should be your first pick, even if she doesn’t think so.

You can check out the interaction between PinkPantheress and Doechii here.

After the breakout success of their GNX collaboration, and just ahead of the start of their Grand National Tour, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have released the long-awaited video for “Luther.”

The dreamy visuals match the slower paced tempo of the song, as Kendrick and SZA take part in separate romantic rendezvous at the same hotel. The photography is crisp and pretty, with plenty of exquisitely composed, nearly still frames of Kendrick and his companion gazing at each other longingly, while SZA struts through the hallways on her way to her beau’s hotel room.

In the wake of the single’s success, SZA detailed its creation on Sherri earlier this year, saying, “He’s such a genius, and part of his genius is him being so elusive, and so mysterious, and I love it. I don’t know what’s going on as much as you don’t know what’s going on. When ‘Luther’ came on, I said, ‘OK, that’s the vocals we’re using, period,’ and same with Gloria: I said, ‘OK,’ and I love that.”

You can watch the “Luther” video above, and check out the Grand National Tour dates below.

04/19/2025 — Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium
04/23/2025 — Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
04/26/2025 — Arlington, TX @ AT&T Stadium
04/29/2025 — Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium
05/03/2025 — Charlotte, NC @ Bank of America Stadium
05/05/2025 — Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field
05/08/2025 — East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
05/09/2025 — East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
05/12/2025 — Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium
05/17/2025 — Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field
05/21/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/23/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/27/2025 — Glendale, AZ @ State Farm Stadium
05/29/2025 — San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
05/31/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium
06/04/2025 — St. Louis, MO @ The Dome at America’s Center
06/06/2025 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
06/10/2025 — Detroit, MI @ Ford Field
06/12/2025 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
06/16/2025 — Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
06/18/2025 — Washington, DC @ Northwest Stadium

Poker Face has all the elements of a great show: a charismatic star (Natasha Lyonne); a talented creator (Rian Johnson, who also wrote and directed Star Wars: The Last Jedi; a masterpiece), and a fun premise.

Every episode of the Columbo-inspired Peacock series has Charlie Cale (played by Lyonne) solving a different case using her unique ability to tell when someone is lying.

Season 1 was one of the best shows of 2023, and it’s coming back soon for season 2. But when exactly?

When Does Poker Face Season 2 Come Out?

The first three episodes of Poker Face season 2 premiere on Peacock on May 8, followed by a new episode on subsequent Thursdays.

In a note from Lyonne and Johnson, they wrote, “To bring season 2 to life, we pulled visual inspiration from American ’70s cinema, all the stuff we love like Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich. But the backbone of this show is TV – the kind of TV we grew up watching, episodic case of the week gems like Columbo and The Rockford Files and Quantum Leap. Each episode is a mini movie, existing in its own world with a unique tone and vibe, featuring an eccentric lot of characters played by a truly gonzo parade of guest stars.”

That list includes Alia Shawkat, Awkwafina, Carol Kane, Cynthia Erivo, David Alan Grier, David Krumholtz, Ego Nwodim, Geraldine Viswanathan, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Joel Osment, John Cho, John Mulaney, Justin Theroux, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Tom, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey, Method Man, Natasha Leggero, Patti Harrison, Rhea Perlman, Richard Kind, Sam Richardson, Simon Rex, and Taylor Schilling.

You can watch the Poker Face season 2 teaser trailer above.

New York underground rapper Billy Woods is currently promoting his upcoming album Golliwog, which he announced last month and drops in a couple of weeks. Following up the release of the lead single, “Misery,” Woods shares the menacing “Blk Zmby,” which continues his interrogation of some of the myths, stereotypes, and tropes used to define and undermine the lives of Black Americans throughout the country’s harrowing history.

Produced by Steel Tipped Dove, the cacophonous beat impresses the uneasy mood of a horror film over the proceedings, while Woods unpacks the ills of capitalism and modern society with a tongue-twisting, metaphor-ridden verse. “Walking dead, no way, brother,” he raps. “The uninterred hopped in Range’s rover / You already know that chauffeur gold, Mercedes is a go / Did a harvest, whether House Atreides or Harkonnens, that oil gotta flow.”

Woods explainined the inspiration behind Golliwog, which is named after a type of doll, in the press release for the album, setting the stage for a thoughtful sort of horror story in the vein of Get Out or Lovecraft Country. “When I was nine years old, I wrote a story about an evil golliwog,” he said. “My mother read it and told me it was overly derivative and needed some work. Here we are.”

Listen to Billy Woods’ “Blk Zmby” above.

Golliwog is out 5/9 on Backwoodz Studioz.

Justin Vernon’s new Bon Iver album SABLE, fABLE is out now. Last night (April 10), a Wisconsin record store celebrated the release by noting they’ll be giving out a few “behind the scenes” photo books, and they showed off one of the photos from them: A family-looking picture of a seated Vernon holding a young baby as actress Cristin Milioti stands behind him, hands on his shoulder.

Naturally, the situation is causing some confusion. Did Vernon and Milioti have a baby together? As Stereogum notes, Vernon recently told the New York Times Popcast, “Boohoo, I thought I’d have kids and a wife and like, that kind of love in my life. But I have my health. I have joy. I have love in my life everywhere I look.”

Meanwhile, Milioti has made public appearances in recent months (here she is at the SAG Awards in February, and at Paris Fashion Week in March) and she did not appear to be pregnant.

There’s been some discussion online, but most likely, what’s happening here is that it’s just a photo with a borrowed baby. Milioti’s participation also isn’t as random as it may seem, as Milioti established she’s a Bon Iver fan with her 2021 cover of “715 Creeks.”

Country music star Shaboozey had a monumental 2024. From chart domination, a collaboration with Beyoncé, and sold-out performances around the world, Shaboozey is a cowboy on a mission. With upcoming appearances at Coachella and Stagecoach 2025, the “Highway” musician doesn’t plan on slowing down.

Today (April 11), on Shaboozey’s latest single, “Blink Twice” with Myles Smith, the pair demonstrate how to practice gratitude in any circumstance.

“Living on the edge and finding out it’s kinda dull / Realize I am somebody that I don’t know at all / Oh God, would you tell me why I’m worn down to the bone? / Even though I’ve only seen half of the world, I’m coming home / Hanging on to hope, I’m losing grip of time and space / Mind is running circles over something I can’t change,” sings Shaboozey.

Smith follows his own emotional vulnerability, singing: “I tried everything I thought that I may need / I’ve been tryna catch my breath since I was seventeen / I’ve hurt, I’ve cried, had way too much to drink / But I won’t let my life drown in that old kitchen sink.

Shaboozey’s success can be traced back to a heartbreak anthem to drink to. But life has sobered him up enough to bask in the moment of the blessing pouring in. From pouring double shots of whiskey due to emotional anguish to throwing his hands up in worship because of the intoxicating feeling of life’s blessings, Shaboozey’s glass remains full in both cases.

Listen to “Blink Twice” above.

In recent years, Hailee Steinfeld has put a priority on her acting over her music career. But for Sinners, she’ll exist in both words: the Oscar-nominated actress stars as Mary in Ryan Coogler’s horror movie, and she also contributed a song to the soundtrack, her first music release in two years.

For “Dangerous,” Steinfeld told Billboard that she wanted to “tap into Mary’s deep desire to be with [Michael B. Jordan’s character] Stack and (maybe selfishly) not always acknowledging what a dangerous position that puts them in. That sort of unrequited love. There’s a vulnerability in these characters that I really connected with, and I wanted my voice to reflect that.”

As for whether she’ll return to making music or if “Dangerous” is a one-off, Steinfeld said, “There was something so raw and emotional about Sinners that pushed me creatively and personally. The music became an extension of that. It felt honest and it felt like me again. I wouldn’t call this a comeback — it’s about returning to the truth, and I’m so grateful to Ryan and Sinners for giving me the opportunity to do that.”

You can listen to a snippet of “Dangerous” above (the full track comes out at a later date), while Sinners hits theaters on April 18.

The title of Ken Carson’s new project that’s out today, More Chaos, might sound like it’s a deluxe edition of his 2023 album A Great Chaos. But, it’s actually a new album in its own right. Carson is mostly solo on the album, but there’s one notable collaborative track: “Off The Meter,” which features both Playboi Carti and Destroy Lonely.

Carson raps about indulging in some vices on the track’s chorus: “I’m pourin’ this lean up / I got X and I’m Promethazine’d up / My b*tch bad and she pour my codeine up / I just smash when I want, I don’t need her / Yeah, do the dash, b*tch, I’m off of the meter.” Carti and Destroy Lonely cover similar ground in their verses.

Meanwhile, Destroy Lonely is a few months removed from ending 2024 with a run of tour dates. As for Carti, after many, many delays, he finally released his long-awaited album Music, and it’s a hit so far, as it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. More new music could be coming soon, too, as Carti followed the release by teasing another new project.

Listen to “Off The Meter” above.

More Chaos is out now via Opium/Interscope. Find more information here.

The soundtrack to horror-comedy classic Jennifer’s Body is a real time capsule of late 2000s emo and pop-punk. There’s songs from Panic! At The Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cobra Starship, and All Time Low. Hayley Williams also contributed a song to the soundtrack, “Teenagers,” which she has never performed live. But on Thursday (April 11), the Paramore singer posted a video of herself playing the track on Instagram.

“#selfserenades wrote this for the jennifer’s body soundtrack when i was still a teenager,” Williams wrote, along with a video where she’s performing an acoustic version of “Teenagers” (not to be confused with the My Chemical Romance song) while sitting on the floor. In an Instagram Story, she added, “lore behind this one is so ridiculous i cant tell if tellin it would make the song better or worse. anyway, first self-serenade in years… hope it’s fine by you.”

Williams also shouted out two organizations that are doing something about the climate crisis because, as she put it, “the ppl in power dont give a rats ass”:

“@supportandfeed is doing incredible work to educate on how we can make a positive impact on the planet by being more intentional about how/what we eat. they also do a lot to combat food insecurity/inequities in our food systems. go to their site to learn more and find really good plant-based recipes.

@reverb_org is a great resource for music fans & artists/industry folks alike who want to learn how we can do our part by greening up the touring industry. paramore has done multiple tours with their help — check out their work if you wanna learn more.”

You can watch Williams play “Teenagers” here.