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In the midst of her unexpected breakout year, rising star Chappell Roan has made waves and ruffled feathers with her stance on her newfound fame. The self-proclaimed Midwest Princess has made her need for boundaries with fans fairly clear, and complained about “weird” behavior from her most enthusiastic supporters.

However, her stance has found plenty of support in the creative community, from fellow singers like Mariah Carey, Billie Eilish, and now, Miley Cyrus. The “Flowers” singer told Harper’s Bazaar, “I wish people would not give [Roan] a hard time,” when asked about the singer’s stunning and sudden notoriety. “It’s probably really hard coming into this business with phones and Instagram,” she noted. “That wasn’t always a part of my life, and I’m not a part of it now.” She even added an interesting note that could be taken as advice for Chappell: “I don’t even have my Instagram password.” There’s no doubt that a certain old-school approach to social media — hiring a social media manager and giving her passwords — might help to buffer Chappell Roan from the sort of draining parasocial interactions that have hounded other stars like Doja Cat, Lizzo, and Megan Thee Stallion. While it certainly seems that social media helped launch her career, she’s almost certainly at the stage where she doesn’t really need it anymore to keep herself at the forefront of pop culture.

One of the best EPs of the year goes to Girl Scout. The Swedish indie rockers, fresh off the release of their third EP, Headache, reckons with the pains and pleasures of young adulthood, which can result in a splitting headache pithily described by vocalist Emma Jansson as “AAAAAAAAH!!!!!!” in press materials.

Composed of fuzzed-out basslines, succinct songwriting, and Alex Farrar’s pristine production, Headache captures the four-piece in their most compelling form yet. Let’s hope there’s a full-length record in the works soon.

Following the EP’s release earlier this month, Jansson sat down with Uproxx to talk about Nathan Fielder, Paul McCartney, Gothenburg, and more in our latest Q&A.

What are four words you would use to describe your music?

Playful, earnest, very good.

It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?

Playful, earnest, very very good.

Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?

I wouldn’t say there’s one singular person who has inspired us; it’s an amalgamation of so many people I don’t think I could accurately answer that question (Paul McCartney).

Where did you eat the best meal of your life and what was it?

Tuna Belly Sushi at Tsukiji Fish Market and a Big Mac at any McDonald’s ever.

Tell us about the best concert you’ve ever attended.

Bad Nerves are the best live act every time they play anywhere.

What song never fails to make you emotional?

“Du Måste Finnas” by Helen Sjöholm.

What’s the last thing you Googled?

Tsukiji Fish Market spelling.

Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?

Every tour van I’ve ever been in.

What’s your favorite city in the world to perform and what’s the city you hope to perform in for the first time?

My favorite is probably Gothenburg because so many of my old friends are based on the west coast of Sweden. And the crowd always sings along and makes it a great show. I would love to play in New York at some point though!

What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?

Do the band thing and don’t starve yourself.

What’s one of your hidden talents?

I can put my whole fist in my mouth and I can open beer bottles with my teeth.

If you had a million dollars to donate to charity, what cause would you support and why?

I’d probably have trouble choosing one and donate a big slab of money to several after consulting my butler.

What are your thoughts about AI and the future of music?

I think most people listen to music to feel something, and the easiest way to feel something is to listen to a human being feeling something. Really digging the Paul McCartney AI covers though!

You are throwing a music festival. Give us the dream lineup of 5 artists that will perform with you and the location it would be held.

Coachella but it’s just us, Pavement, The Beatles, Stevie Nicks, Elliott Smith, and Charli XCX.

Who’s your favorite person to follow on social media?

Nathan Fielder.

What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?

Me and Kevin got matching tattoos after our last show in Gothenburg! (Very very drunk).

What is your pre-show ritual?

Lose track of my in-ears and get lost on the way from the dressing room to the stage. And a group huddle.

Who was your first celebrity crush?

Woody from Toy Story.

You have a month off and the resources to take a dream vacation. Where are you going and who is coming with you?

Book a worldwide Girl Scout tour and finally have no expenses to pay :’)

What is your biggest fear?

The music industry.

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According to TMZ, sources with direct knowledge of the 2025 Coachella lineup have confirmed that the festival’s headliners next year will include Lady Gaga, Post Malone, and, as a sign of his ultimate redemption, Travis Scott. Green Day is also rumored to join the bill.

The closest Scott came to headlining the festival was in 2021, when he was initially booked to perform for 2022, but dropped from the bill after his disastrous closing set at his own Astroworld Festival that November, which resulted in 10 deaths, hundreds of injuries, several hundred combined lawsuits, and the upheaval of the festival industry in the years since. In 2022, Kanye West promised to bring Travis out for his own headlining set, which itself was canceled when Ye pulled the plug on negotiations over unreasonable staging demands. Scott settled instead for promoting his then-upcoming album Utopia with billboards along the freeway to Coachella.

That album’s release in August 2023 brought with it the first signs that, while legal proceedings continue, many fans have already forgiven Scott for his missteps at Astroworld, driving the album to one of the best streaming totals of the year. This August, he followed up with the re-release of his breakout mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, to DSPs, again leading hip-hop’s streaming totals for the year. Travis’ return to Coachella will be his first since 2017, when he sub-headlined before being rumored for the canceled 2020 edition.

According to TMZ, sources with direct knowledge of the 2025 Coachella lineup have confirmed that the festival’s headliners next year will include Lady Gaga, Post Malone, and, as a sign of his ultimate redemption, Travis Scott. Green Day is also rumored to join the bill.

The closest Scott came to headlining the festival was in 2021, when he was initially booked to perform for 2022, but dropped from the bill after his disastrous closing set at his own Astroworld Festival that November, which resulted in 10 deaths, hundreds of injuries, several hundred combined lawsuits, and the upheaval of the festival industry in the years since. In 2022, Kanye West promised to bring Travis out for his own headlining set, which itself was canceled when Ye pulled the plug on negotiations over unreasonable staging demands. Scott settled instead for promoting his then-upcoming album Utopia with billboards along the freeway to Coachella.

That album’s release in August 2023 brought with it the first signs that, while legal proceedings continue, many fans have already forgiven Scott for his missteps at Astroworld, driving the album to one of the best streaming totals of the year. This August, he followed up with the re-release of his breakout mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, to DSPs, again leading hip-hop’s streaming totals for the year. Travis’ return to Coachella will be his first since 2017, when he sub-headlined before being rumored for the canceled 2020 edition.

Young Thug is reportedly being sued for singing two conflicting publishing deals by one of the music publishing companies, according to AllHipHop. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), filed the suit, claiming that in 2021, Thugger signed a second deal to sell his catalog for $16 million with Kobalt Group — something he shouldn’t have been able to do, since AEG has owned the rights to the Atlanta rapper’s music since 2017.

According to AEG, the song rights included in the sale to Kobalt were supposed to serve as collateral for a $5.25 million loan to Thug and YSL Records. Thug’s repayment would come through the royalties generated by the songs and any live performances arranged by third-party promoters (i.e., not AEG). By 2019, AEG alleges, Thug had defaulted on the loan, and claims he misrepresented his ability to afford the payments in the first place. It’s not as simple as running a credit check.

When Thug sold the catalog in 2021, he supposedly made around $16 million for the sale, and made his repayment toward AEG even more difficult. AEG says that not only did Thug breach his contract in this way, but he also continued to book shows through third-party promoters without kicking up the profits. The promotion company wants the amount of the original loan, interest, and the royalties from the sold songs. While AEG put its 2022 lawsuit on hold for the duration of Young Thug’s racketeering trial, the trial’s recent conclusion has allowed AEG to move forward with discovery proceedings.

In many circles, Week 11 has been described as the best slate of games so far when it comes to the 2024 NFL season, and it is hard to argue. There was entertaining action in every window other than Monday night and, on a week-to-week basis, that is not always the case. In this space, we also found success with a third winning week in the last four. Granted, it came with a hilarious investment in a team that lost by approximately 100, but a loss counts the same by a half-point or 30 points, right?

Before we get to the Week 12 schedule and five picks against the spread, let’s take a look at the (unfortunately negative) season-long progress.

• Week 11: 3-2
• 2024 Season: 21-33-1

Come get these winners.

Cleveland Browns (+3.5) over Pittsburgh Steelers — Widely Available

We struck with our principles last Thursday to success, and we’re doing it again here. It is unsightly to bet on Cleveland right now, and I won’t argue that. The Browns are 2-8 and having a season from hell. With that said, the market is too high on the Steelers in this spot. Pittsburgh continues to be unreal in an underdog role under Mike Tomlin, but the Steelers are 33-41-3 (44.6%) as a road favorite under his watch. Do I think the games from 2008 impact this week? I do not, but I can’t get this to more than a field goal on a short week in Cleveland. Let’s go Browns.

Indianapolis Colts (+7.5) over Detroit Lions — Widely Available

This is a space that prides itself on taking the stands that few others will take. This is another example. The Lions are dominating everyone. We found that out the hard way last week. But this is really a 7.5-point number on the road? Detroit’s ATS record (8-2) is stellar but things have gone too far. Or maybe we’ll lose this bet and swear off fading the Lions for a while. Either way, I like the home dog here.

TEASER: Houston Texans (-2.5) over Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers (+8.5) over Green Bay Packers — Widely Available

Our Wong teaser of the week is here. Tennessee’s defense has been spunky this season, but the Titans still have Will Levis and a rudderless offense that gives us hope in the Texans at home with the move through key numbers. On the other side, I’ve actually been a touch low on the 49ers compared to the market this season and, while that has been the right stance on the whole, this is a principle play to take it up to 8.5.

Seattle Seahawks (+1) over Arizona Cardinals — BetMGM

Remember when the 12th Man meant something? Well, the Seahawks are 2-4 at home this season, and the word is out on that. While I am not suggesting that home-field advantage is the reason for this play, I like Seattle to keep it going after a strong performance in an upset over San Francisco a week ago. Arizona is off a bye and on a four-game winning streak but, no matter what I do, I can’t get this to a pick’em, much less than +1 available at BetMGM right now.

Baltimore Ravens (-3) over Los Angeles Chargers — Widely Available

I don’t give out many road favorites, but I tend to make exceptions for when the Chargers are the home team. Granted, a lot has changed in Los Angeles, with Jim Harbaugh immediately turning the Chargers into a very competent and effective outfit. However, the Chargers still might have the least significant home-field advantage in the NFL, and Baltimore is at least slightly undervalued here coming off a loss to Pittsburgh.

Every day, thousands of people are deleting their X accounts and moving to Bluesky. But not Bob Dylan. He refuses to get tangled up in Blue(sky). Dylan has been very active on the former-Twitter, including a recent story about attending a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds concert in Paris, France.

“Saw Nick Cave in Paris recently at the Accor Arena and I was really struck by that song Joy where he sings ‘We’ve all had too much sorrow, now it the time for joy.’ I was thinking to myself, yeah that’s about right,” he wrote.

Dylan has also opined on New Orleans restaurants (“Last time in New Orleans we ate at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant on the corner of North Miro and Orleans. If you’re ever there I highly recommend it”) and hockey (“I ran into one of the Buffalo Sabres in the elevator at the Prague hotel. They were in town to play the New Jersey Devils. He invited me to the game but I was performing that night”). He’s also a one-man Letterboxd: “Nick Newman had replied to a tweet a few weeks back asking me what movies I would recommend. I told him to try The Unknown with Lon Chaney and go from there.”

And yes, it’s actually Bob.

The 2025 Grammy nominations were announced earlier this month, and André 3000’s instrumental album New Blue Sun scored a big nod in the Album Of The Year category. It remains to be seen if the project will secure the win, but in the meantime, André is busy preparing some new material to launch in 2025.

In an interview at Camp Flog Gnaw, André was asked what his 2025 plans look like, and he responded, “New music, for sure. New ways to distribute and express. I don’t want to pinpoint what it is, but I just want to express more. Put it like that.”

Meanwhile, in a recent interview with Touré (as Billboard notes), Andre was asked if he has new material in the works, and he said, “At this point, I’m just trying to keep the momentum. There’s such a thing as creative momentum. The next stuff is very interesting, too. We’re almost a third — or halfway — into it. […] I don’t know when it will be ready. Who knows.”

Along with that, André also just shared an 11-minute documentary about the making of New Blue Sun, viewable here. He shared the video on November 17, which was the one-year anniversary of the album’s release.

The 2025 Grammy nominations were announced earlier this month, and André 3000’s instrumental album New Blue Sun scored a big nod in the Album Of The Year category. It remains to be seen if the project will secure the win, but in the meantime, André is busy preparing some new material to launch in 2025.

In an interview at Camp Flog Gnaw, André was asked what his 2025 plans look like, and he responded, “New music, for sure. New ways to distribute and express. I don’t want to pinpoint what it is, but I just want to express more. Put it like that.”

Meanwhile, in a recent interview with Touré (as Billboard notes), Andre was asked if he has new material in the works, and he said, “At this point, I’m just trying to keep the momentum. There’s such a thing as creative momentum. The next stuff is very interesting, too. We’re almost a third — or halfway — into it. […] I don’t know when it will be ready. Who knows.”

Along with that, André also just shared an 11-minute documentary about the making of New Blue Sun, viewable here. He shared the video on November 17, which was the one-year anniversary of the album’s release.

The 2025 Grammy nominations were announced earlier this month, and André 3000’s instrumental album New Blue Sun scored a big nod in the Album Of The Year category. It remains to be seen if the project will secure the win, but in the meantime, André is busy preparing some new material to launch in 2025.

In an interview at Camp Flog Gnaw, André was asked what his 2025 plans look like, and he responded, “New music, for sure. New ways to distribute and express. I don’t want to pinpoint what it is, but I just want to express more. Put it like that.”

Meanwhile, in a recent interview with Touré (as Billboard notes), Andre was asked if he has new material in the works, and he said, “At this point, I’m just trying to keep the momentum. There’s such a thing as creative momentum. The next stuff is very interesting, too. We’re almost a third — or halfway — into it. […] I don’t know when it will be ready. Who knows.”

Along with that, André also just shared an 11-minute documentary about the making of New Blue Sun, viewable here. He shared the video on November 17, which was the one-year anniversary of the album’s release.