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Handsome demon hunters are all the rage right now on streaming, and Netflix‘s Devil May Cry is no exception. The action-adventure game adaptation landed on the streaming service less than two weeks ago (with the fanciful “The Gates of Hell open” phrasing and everything), and the show’s ascension to the Top 10 lists went so swiftly that thoughts immediately began to shift to a potential followup for hired gun Dante (Johnny Yong Bosch) regarding continued conflict between demonic and human worlds.

Will There Be A Devil May Cry Season 2?

Yes. That was fast, right?

The Tudum blog delivered the good news with showrunner Adi Shankar confirmed to be back for the next round after the season finale ended with a cliffhanger. That is to say, although The White Rabbit has been defeated, Dante has been carted off by Darkcom and cryogenically frozen. Exactly how long the show will leave him like that before either Lady or Dante’s twin, Vergil, busts him out remains to be seen.

Regardless of how long the wait for the second season will be, a swift renewal is always welcome news to an eager viewership, especially after fandoms have frequently felt burned by Netflix’s non-renewals of beloved properties. Yep, there’s no “grand delusion” here, only “sweet fortune,” thank goodnesss.

Devil May Cry also stars Kevin Conry, Scout Taylor-Compton, Hoon Lee, and Chris Coppola. The entire first season is now streaming.

21-year-old genre experimentalist 2hollis has announced the dates for the North American tour promoting his new debut album, Star. After touring with Atlanta breakout artist Ken Carson in 2024, and giving a mini-tour in January, 2hollis is set to headline 24 dates after the summer festival season, including two nights in New York at Terminal 5 performing songs like “Afraid” and “Style.”

Tickets for the tour go on-sale on Friday, April 18th at 10AM local time. You can find more info here. You can see the dates below.

2hollis’ new album Star is out now via Interscope. You can find more info here.

9/19/2025 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA San Diego
9/20/2025 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
9/21/2025 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
9/26/2025 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
9/27/2025 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
9/28/2025 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
10/1/2025 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/3/2025 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
10/4/2025 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/6/2025 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
10/7/2025 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
10/8/2025 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/9/2025 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/11/2025 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
10/12/2025 – Richmond, VA @ The National
10/14/2025 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
10/15/2025 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
10/16/2025 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
10/19/2025 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
10/21/2025 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
10/22/2025 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
10/23/2025 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/24/2025 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre

In 2022, Ethel Cain released Preacher’s Daughter. Her debut was one of the most acclaimed albums of the year, yet it failed to chart. Fast-forward three years, and Preacher’s Daughter is currently No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 200 after finally being released on vinyl, just behind albums from Sabrina Carpenter, Morgan Wallen, and Bad Bunny. That makes her the first openly trans artist with a top-10 album in the chart’s decades-long history.

In a world where too many musicians stick to PR-approved scripts and try to game the algorithm, Cain is openly advocating to “#KillMoreCEOs” and releasing an anti-fame album titled Perverts — and she’s bigger than ever for it.

If you’ve never listened to Ethel Cain (the musical moniker of 27-year-old Hayden Silas Anhedönia) before and need a place to start, I would suggest “American Teenager.” The Obama-approved “fake pop song” is a haunting deconstruction of the American dream; if Perverts is her Metal Machine Music, this is her Nebraska. It’s also a key bit of lore in the “Ethel Cain Cinematic Universe,” but you don’t need a deep understanding of Cain’s fictional murderer Isaiah Abram to enjoy the violently buzzing “August Underground.” Or the painful “Hard Times.” Or the apocalyptic guitar solo in “Strangers.”

Preacher’s Daughter is resonating on a global scale in part because it’s immersive. It’s the kind of carefully-crafted, world-building album that’s made to be listened to in its eternity, with a narrative that speaks to people (especially queer folks) who have experienced grief and trauma. Even if you can’t relate to the specifics, you’ll be blown away by the overall experience.

Cain’s music is also a welcome and appealing contrast to the kind of Marvel Cinematic Universe-style winking irony that has taken over so much of culture. She wrote about this in a viral Tumblr post:

nobody takes anything f*cking seriously anymore. it makes me feel so crazy and annoyed because i am constantly bombarded by jokes constantly. it’s not even just me, i see it with literally every artist across multiple genres and mediums. and listen, i LOVE to laugh and i love funny sh*t but like. we are in an irony epidemic. there is such a loss of sincerity and everything has to be a joke at all times. the number of times i have to read the same stupid sh*t like “yes you ate that like isaiah ate ethel” over and over, it makes me SO mad. it’s not everyone obviously but it’s such a huge portion of the people who engage with me online and in real life that it’s truly inescapable. i feel like no matter what i make or what i do, it will always get turned into a f*cking joke. it’s genuinely so embarrassing.

Ethel Cain makes music that’s meant to envelop you, not be turned into a meme. I’ve seen concern among long-time fans that her recent surge in popularity could bring out the same people who meow at Mitski concerts (someone who knows a thing or two about the complications of standom). But Cain — who has a new album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, coming out in August — doesn’t come across as an artist who bothers herself with pandering to the masses; she’s uncompromising in her creative vision.

I’ve only seen Ethel Cain live once. It was in 2023 at Utah’s fantastic Kilby Block Party. She was set to perform on Sunday evening, an unenviable timeslot during a three-day music festival. By that point, many attendees are already considering when to leave; there’s maybe enough energy for the headliner, but that’s about it. Yet despite the less-than-ideal scheduling, Cain drew one of the biggest crowds I saw all weekend.

Cain already had her fans at indie-leaning festivals; now the rest of the world is catching up.

Tom Hardy as a jaded detective. Timothy Olyphant as an underground baddie. The Raid franchise director and Gangs of London co-creator debuting the first project from an “exclusive deal” with Netflix. That’s Havoc in a nutshell.

This project has been several years in the making, which might seem like a long time since Hardy was locked into the role four dang years ago, and that would be a fair judgment. However, gears have been turning more slowly in Hollywood than usual while the double-strike’s effects still work themselves out, and Tom Hardy projects are almost always worth the wait, so although MobLand is currently giving Paramount Plus viewers a nice dose of Gangster Hardy, those who want to see him on the other side of the law (in a complicated way) have an inquiry.

When Does Tom Hardy’s Havoc Premiere On Netflix?

April 25. That’s when the magic will happen with an adrenaline rush (phrased as a “a high octane action thriller” by the streaming service) that will run for 105 minutes. From the synopsis:

Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Is there a brand new trailer, too? You know it:

Many thought that tennis icon Serena Williams popping up during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show and dancing to “Not Like Us” was a clear shot at Drake. Williams, though, continues to not only insist that it wasn’t, but that she would “never” diss Drake.

In a new Time interview, Williams was asked flat-out if her appearance was intended to be a Drake diss and she answered:

“Absolutely not. I would never do that. And that was sad, that anyone would ever think that. I respect how they could. Obviously I can see how someone would think that. But absolutely not. I have never had negative feelings towards him. We’ve known him for so many years.”

She also said of the cameo, “I don’t know if I regret it or not. I don’t know the answer to that.”

Back in February, Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, tweeted, “Some of y’all have no idea how criticized Serena was for this same dance at Wimbledon 13 years ago and it shows…. This is bigger than the music.” Williams responded, “That there my baby daddy and husband. Always got my back. I Love you. Gosh I’m so late to the game (I’ve been sick) & busy investing in billion dollar companies and running @WYNbeauty… def not dancing to be petty lol. I think I proved 23 times over (not counting 4 gold medals) that I simply don’t have time for petty. All love and respect always nothing negative here.”

Young Thug’s first album since being released in 2024 after a two-year incarceration is coming soon. He first teased the long-awaited project via a billboard on the freeway to Coachella, and today, he launched the online shop featuring CDs and vinyl, with two different covers, along with accompanying merch packages.

Thug has not revealed a release date or tracklist as yet, but according to Billboard, there’s speculation it could be available as soon as this Friday, April 18 (happy birthday to me!). Uy Scuti is the name of a red supergiant star located in the constellation Scutum; with this in mind, Thug’s message to fans on social media accompanying the link to the shop — “It’s Time. Red Planet” — makes perfect sense.

The last album Thug released was Business Is Business in 2023, although the album was released during Thug’s incarceration as he awaited trial on racketeering charges, so its reception was muted, tempered by the fact he couldn’t do any promotion for it from behind bars. The level of his involvement in its execution was also a question for fans, as the album was released with two different tracklists, including one sequenced by Metro Boomin.

Since Thugger’s release, he’s only been featured on one mainstream release: Lil Baby’s “Dum, Dumb & Dumber” with Future. He’s also supposedly working with Future on a follow-up to their 2017 joint project Super Slimey.

There’s a reason Lizzo is looking for “Love In Real Life,” not from random strangers on the internet.

“Lizzo drops new pics and somehow pisses people off again!” the “Still Bad” singer wrote on Instagram on Wednesday (April 15). Her caption — which comes with a set of photos where she’s wearing a sparkling purple dress — is a likely reference to the constant comments about her weight and how she’s been “canceled for everything.”

In a follow-up post, Lizzo thanked makeup artist Alexx Mayo and hairstylist JStayReady for her stunning look.

Lizzo also reflected on appearing as the musical guest in the latest episode of Saturday Night Live with host Jon Hamm. “YALL NOTICE I ONLY DO @nbcsnl ON CHRISTMAS OR EASTER?!” she wrote. “ANOTHER SNL IN THE BOOKS– that makes 4! Thank you to Lorne and the whole crew & cast for making me feel at home every time. Thank you to team lizzo always grinding hard — we did it Joe! LOVE IN REAL LIFE ERA HARD LAUNCHED LAST NIGHTTTTTT FORREAL THIS TIME.”

Besides her new album Love In Real Life, which does not currently have a release date, Lizzo is also starring as “Godmother of Rock and Roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the Amazon MGM Studios biopic Rosetta.

Fontaines DC’s latest album, Romance, was one of the highest-ranking projects on the 2024 Uproxx Music Critics Poll. Indeed, it was one of the year’s most beloved indie/rock albums, so more of it is welcomed. Well, that’s just what the band has provided: Today (April 16), they dropped the deluxe edition of the project, which includes a new song, “Before You I Just Forget.”

The band’s Conor Curley says in a press release of the song:

“‘Before You I Just Forget’ is a song that started with a vision of this really blown out sound, something that heaved and shifted with new details, becoming apparent every time you would listen. Like never being able to step in the same river twice, the song morphs and changes, finishing with an incredible string part by Grian.”

Also included are a live version of “Starburster/In Heaven” and the recently released single “It’s Amazing To Be Young.”

Listen to “Before You I Just Forget” above and check out the Romance (Deluxe Edition) tracklist below.

Fontaines DC’s Romance (Deluxe Edition) Tracklist

1. “Romance”
2. “Starburster”
3. “Here’s The Thing”
4. “Desire”
5. “In The Modern World”
6. “Bug”
7. “Motorcycle Boy”
8. “Sundowner”
9. “Horseness Is The Whatness”
10. “Death Kink”
11. “Favourite”
12. “It’s Amazing To Be Young”
13. “Before You I Just Forget”
14. “Starburster / In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)”

Romance (Deluxe Edition) is out now via XL Recordings. Find more information here.

Pride Month is only a few weeks away now, and if you’re in the Brooklyn area and starting to think about how you want to mark the occasion, LadyLand is offering an appealing option. As Billboard notes, festival organizers announced the 2025 lineup today (April 16) and it’s headlined by Cardi B and FKA Twigs.

Also heading to Under The K Bridge in Brooklyn on June 27 and 28 for the festival (hosted by Ladyfag and The Bowery Presents) are Pabllo Vittar, Eartheater, Cobrah, and Sukihana, along with DJ sets from Hercules & Love Affair, VTSS, and Danny Tenaglia.

Tickets for LadyLand 2025 go on sale starting April 18 at 10 a.m. ET. Before that, there’s a pre-sale on April 17. More information can be found on the festival website.

Cardi has famously had an on-off relationship with Offset for years, but Cardi has said she has also been with women, like in 2018 when she tweeted, “I personally myself had experiences with other woman, shiieeett with a lot of woman. I thought the song [Rita Ora’s ‘Girls’] was a good song and I remember my experience.” In 2022, she also noted, “I ate b*tches out before you was born …..Sorry I don’t have razr phone pics to prove it to you,” and said she had a girlfriend when she was a freshman in high school.

For the past few years, rap fans have quietly agitated for a joint album from one of hip-hop’s most elusive duos: Nas and DJ Premier. While their past collaborations have resulted in classic after classic, they’ve kept tantalizingly mum on the subject, even as Nas went on a historic run with Hit-Boy and Premier spearheaded Mass Appeal’s Hip-Hop 50 efforts (that’s Nas’ label, by the way).

But now that both projects are in the rearview, they’ve apparently refocused on that long-rumored project — and completed it. Today, Mass Appeal announced the launch of its Legend Has It… album series, consisting of seven new albums from seven iconic acts. In addition to Nas and Premier’s long-awaited joint project, the initiative includes new albums from the late Big L, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Raekwon, and one other mystery artist, with the campaign calling it an “epic return” (my money’s on Jay-Z).

While only two of the upcoming albums’ titles have been announced (Ghostface’s Supreme Clientele 2 and Raekwon’s Emperor’s New Clothes), just the prospect of new albums from the above-mentioned names will likely be enough to drive hip-hop fans into an album-copping frenzy. Further details on Legend Has It… and each individual album will be announced in the coming weeks and months, so stay tuned.