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Last year, Taylor Swift set a major record, when Red (Taylor’s Version) sold 114,000 copies on vinyl in the week ending November 18, 2021. That was the biggest vinyl sales week for an album since Luminate (formerly MRC Data) began tracking sales in 1991. Now, though, there’s a new record-holder, as Billboard reports Harry Styles’ new album Harry’s House has eclipsed 146,000 copies in the US in its opening week.

Especially noteworthy is the fact that Harry’s House only just came out a few days ago, on May 20: The album claimed the record in just three days of sales (through May 22) and it will presumably add to its total over the next few days.

Next week will be when the new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart is revealed, but this achievement is a forceful indication that Harry’s House will indeed debut on top. If it does manage to dethrone Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and take the top spot, it’ll be Styles’ third consecutive No. 1 album in the US and also his third to debut in the peak position.

Elsewhere, the past few days have been up and down for Styles: Mick Jagger took some shots at him and Styles is fresh off delivering a rocking Wet Leg cover.

David Letterman’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, premiered its fourth season last Friday, tapping musical guests Cardi B and Billie Eilish, actors Ryan Reynolds and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and NBA star Kevin Durant for in-depth conversations and hilarious shenanigans. One guest who straddles the line between actor, musician, and even athlete is Will Smith (y’all saw that episode of Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air where Will is his school’s basketball star), who discusses the audition for his game-changing sitcom, going to therapy, and his rap origins.

Emerging in the late ’80s as one-half of the often-comedic rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince, Smith rose to stardom behind such wholesome hits as “A Nightmare On My Street.” However, as rap had begun to take a turn into harder-edged fare, the Grammy winners were often ridiculed for being “soft,” something that Smith has admitted in the past weighed on him. When Dave asks whether Will and Jeff felt any pressure to change lanes, Will offers that while he didn’t feel any pressure to change, he disliked that characterization.

“I hated that, being called soft,” he says. “The origin of my style and why I pursued it in that way [is] when I was about 12, my grandmother, she found my first rap book… I couldn’t even curse well. It was like, ‘Shit ass damn/Will, you the man.’ Not even good cursing. My grandmother found my rap book and wrote a letter in [the] front of my book and said, ‘Dear Willard, truly intelligent people do not have to use words like these to express themselves. Please show the world that you’re as smart as we think you are. Love, Gigi.’ And that was the reason I never cursed in any of my records.”

You can check out the full episode here.

As Donald Trump maintains his threat to run for president again in 2024, he has yet to back down from his false claim that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. It was the impetus for his meltdown in the middle of an otherwise friendly interview with Piers Morgan, and it’s a ledge that Trump is refusing to back away from even as conservative voices plead with him to knock it off.

One such voice is Fox Business host Stuart Varney, who conducted a phone interview with Trump on Tuesday morning where he tried to convince the former president that voters are tired of hearing his Big Lie. To the surprise of no one, Trump refused to listen to reason. Instead, he argued that everyone should really “study” the 2020 election and make sure it doesn’t “happen again.” Via Mediaite:

VARNEY: I’m getting the sense that the voters just don’t want to go back to a chaotic situation or a toxic situation or a really — you know, a negative situation. They want to be positive. They want to look forward to the future and be positive.

TRUMP: Well, I understand that, Stuart. So, somebody robs the jewelry store of all the jewelry, you should just let them be alone, right? Just say, OK, he got away with it. You know, I just — I disagree with that. And a lot of people in the party disagree with that, Stuart.

Varney’s attempt to talk Trump out of pushing his Big Lie arrived on the same morning that Kellyanne Conway stopped by The View and point-blank said that Joe Biden won the election. However, while she still wishes Trump won, she understands that he’s been pumped up by advisors who lied to him that he’d win in a “landslide” and never prepared him for the possibility that he could lose. Clearly, they pumped Trump up a little too much because it’s over a year later, and he’s still refusing to let the whole thing go despite mountains of evidence and legal rulings proving that Biden won.

(Via Mediaite)

After suffering a relapse, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has voluntarily entered rehab and the band announced via their social media that they have to cancel their June and July Las Vegas residency tour dates. Tyler — who has struggled with maintaining his sobriety in the past — relapsed after taking pain medication following a foot surgery. An incredibly physical performer, the surgery was done in preparation for the stage in 2022, which included the residency at Dolby Live in Vegas.

This is a heartbreaking reminder that the battle with addiction is a never-ending one. Meanwhile, Aerosmith says the plan is to pick up the live dates again in September. All tickets will be refunded for the June and July dates. You can read the full statement from the band below.

As many of you know, our beloved brother Steven has worked on his sobriety for many years. After foot surgery to prepare for the stage and the necessity of pain management during the process, he has recently relapsed and voluntarily entered a treatment program to concentrate on his health and recovery.

We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must cancel our first set of Las Vegas Residency dates this June and July while he focuses on his well-being.

We will continue our 2022 dates starting in September, and we’ll let you know any further updates as soon as we can. We are devastated that we have inconvenienced so many of you, especially our most loyal fans who often travel great distances to experience our shows.

Thank you for your understanding and for your support for Steven during this time.

If you purchased your tickets via Ticketmaster, you will be refunded and will receive an email shortly with details, otherwise please contact your point of purchase for information on refunds.

Days away from the release of her full-length debut album, Baby, We’re Ascending, Haai has released a new track called “Human Sound.” On “Human Sound,” which features vocals from Kai-Isaiah Jamal and Obi Franky, Jamal recites a poem containing themes of social justice and equality, while Franky delivers soothing, transcendental vocals over Haai’s ambiently constructed beat.

Her tour kicks off today in London, and she plans to play several sets internationally this summer, as well as a slew of festival dates.

Check out “Human Sound” above and the Baby, We’re Ascending tour dates, cover art and tracklist below.

05/24 – London, England @ Corsica Studios (LIVE)
05/27 – Miami, Florida @ Floyd @ Space
05/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (Roof)
05/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time @ Warehouse On Watts
05/30 – Detroit, MI @ Movement Festival
06/02 – Bristol, England @ Love Saves The Day
07/03 – Malta @ Annie Mac Presents Lost & Found
07/04 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Riverside Festival
06/06 – Ibiza, Spain @ Circoloco @ DC10
06/09 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
06/11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Parallel
06/11 – Manchester, England @ Parklife Festival
07/12 – Wicklow, Ireland @ Beyond The Pale Festival
07/25 – Somerset, England @ Glastonbury Festival
07/02 – Herefordshire, England @ El Dorado Festival
07/03 – Breda, Netherlands @ Ploegendienst Festival
07/04 – Ibiza, Spain @ Cova Santa
07/06 – Pag, Croatia @ Hideout Festival
07/09 – Bedfordshire, England @ Lost In A Moment
07/14 – Tisno, Croatia @ Love International
07/17 – Lancashire, England @ Beat Herder Festival
07/24 – Cheshire, England @ Blue Dot Festival
08/31 – Ibiza, Spain @ Pacha
08/06 – Bruck an der Leitha, Austria @ Paradise Garden
08/12 – Cornwall, England @ Boardmasters Festival
08/15 – Malta @ Glitch Festival
08/17 – Paredes De Coura, Portugal @ Festival Paredes De Coura
08/19 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
08/20 – London, England @ Field Day
08/21 – Charleville-Mézières, France @ Cabaret Vert
08/22 – Ibiza, Spain @ Circoloco @ DC10
08/27 – Lincoln, England @ Lost Village
09/04 – Ibiza, Spain @ Pikes
09/07 – Vlorë, Albania @ ION Festival
09/10 – Paris, France @ Peacock Festival
10/03 – Ibiza, Spain @ Circoloco @ DC10

1. “Channels”
2. “Pigeon Barron”
3. “Bodies Of Water”
4. “Human Sound” Feat. Kai-Isaiah Jamal and Obi Franky
5. “Louder Always Better”
6. “Biggest Mood Ever” Feat. Alexis Taylor
7. “AM”
8. “FM”
9. “I’ve Been Thinking A Lot Lately”
10. “Purple Jelly Disc” Feat. Obi Franky
11. “Baby, We’re Ascending” Feat. Jon Hopkins
12. “Orca”
13. “Tardigrade”

Baby, We’re Ascending is out 5/27 via Mute Artists. Pre-save it here.

Uproxx’s How I Blew Up is back with veteran Atlanta trap producer Sonny Digital. Breaking down how he went from selling beats for just $300 to helping redefine the sound of Southern hip-hop, Sonny fondly recalls learning to make beats on his older brother’s beat machine and later downloading FL Studio. He also recounts his influences, including proto-trap mainstays like Drumma Boy and Shawty Redd, who were responsible for hits for the likes of Gucci Mane and T.I.

Sonny’s first beat to blow up was the scintillating production for YC’s 2011 song “Racks,” which also featured a then-emerging Future. “None of us were really as big as we were gonna be,” he admits. “It wasn’t really a big song to me. It turned into a big song… I sold the beat to them for $300 because I just looked at it like how I was handling business at the time.”

That’s right, the song that began Future’s rise to being one of hip-hop’s biggest stars only cost $300 — and Sonny had no idea how the business worked back then. In time, though, he became one of the most in-demand producers in Atlanta, and now has a half-dozen platinum records to his name, including hits with 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Future, and Travis Scott.

You can watch the full episode of How I Blew Up above.

Waxahatchee’s Katie Cruthfield and Wynonna (Judd) represent different generations of Americana music. Now they’ve come together for the first time on a splendid duet entitled “Other Side” which captures both Waxahatchee’s sterling folk and Wynonna’s Nashville country comfort.

Recorded at Wynonna’s farmland outside of Nashville, it’s a hopeful track that looks to turn the page on the death of the Judd matriarch, Naomi, last month. The pair carry each other through the tune and Wynonna explained that it was a powerful experience for her.

“In the midst of everything that has happened, I said that I would continue to sing,” she said in a statement. “So, here I am. I met Katie Crutchfield last year and we connected immediately. We recorded ‘Other Side’ in the studio here on the farm and it was one of my favorite recording experiences ever. I’m thankful for the opportunity to sing with the next generation of greatness.”

Crutchfield added, “Wynonna is an icon and a fountain of wisdom. Sharing space with her to create something new was really nothing but a joy and an honor. Her spirit inspires me daily and her continued encouragement has meant the world.”

Meanwhile, both artists are heading out on tour this year. Waxahatchee is supporting her 2020 album Saint Cloud and Wynonna is setting out on The Judds: The Final Tour in celebration of her mother’s life and is bringing along like-minded luminaries in Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Trisha Yearwood, and Martina McBride.

Listen to “Other Side” above and check out the tour dates for both below.

The Judds: The Final Tour dates
09/30 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
10/01 — Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
10/07 — Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
10/08 — Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
10/14 — Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena
10/15 — Huntsville, AL @ Probst Arena @ The Van Braun Center
10/21 — Durant, OK @ Choctaw Grand Theater
10/22 — Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
10/27 — Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum
10/28 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
10/29 — Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena

Waxahatchee tour dates
06/09 — St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
06/10 — St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
06/11 — Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium #
06/13 — Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre #
06/15 — Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC #
06/16 — Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap #
06/17 — Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap #
06/18 — Williamsburg, VA @ Virginia Arts Festival
06/19 — Wilmington, DC @ The Queen $
06/21 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner $
06/22 — New York, NY @ SummerStage in Central Park $^
06/23 — Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall $
06/25 — Montreal, QC @ Theatre Corona $
06/26 — Greenfield, MA @ Green River Festival
08/05 — Fishers, IN @ Nickel Plate District Amphitheater
08/06 — Evanston, IL @ Canal Shores Golf Course (with Lucinda Willams)
08/07 — Milwaukee, WI @ The Pabst Theater
08/20 — Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Concerts @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater @
08/21 — Redmond, VA @ Marymoor Park @

# with Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit and Sheryl Crow
$ with Ohmme
^ with Swearin’
@ with Courtney Barnett, Sleater-Kinney, and Fred Armisen

The closest David Cronenberg has come to directing a family-friendly movie is when he turned down Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Otherwise, he tends to dabble in R-rated body horror, naked bathhouse fights, and movies where people get turned on by car crashes. OK, technically, it was only one movie, 1996’s Crash, but what a movie it is! The Special Jury Prize winner is the better Crash movie, obviously, but it’s also many people’s introduction to Cronenberg’s filmography, including Kristen Stewart.

“I actually know the first movie of David’s that I watched was Crash, when I like was far probably too young to watch it. But I’m really glad I did,” the Oscar-nominated Spencer actress said at a press conference at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. “I felt like I was going to get in trouble, which is why I loved it. And didn’t understand it at all.”

Stewart also didn’t understand Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg’s new movie, until she watched it. “We, the actors, spent every single day after work being like, ‘What the f*ck are we doing?’ But then I watched the movie last night, and it was so crystal clear to me,” she said. “It [was] so exposing, and it does feel like you’re hacking up organs when you’re making something, and if it doesn’t feel that way it’s not worth it.”

Based on the early reviews, Stewart was right to put her faith in Cronenberg. Just think, somewhere out there is the next Kristen Stewart, being confused but intrigued by the “surgery is the new sex” movie at too young of an age. It’s inspiring, really.

(Via IndieWire)

Festival season continues, and with that comes a slew of neon colors, glitter, bold accessories, and outfits that, let’s just say, you’d never want your grandmother to see you in. Putting together outfits is part of the fun of music festivals, as it gives you the opportunity to dress in out-there ensembles you normally wouldn’t wear in your everyday life. Or maybe you would, you do you.

One event in which attendees truly came to impress with their head-turning style choices was The All Day I Dream Festival. The weekend-long party went down from May 12 to 15 at the Woodward Reservoir in Oakdale, California. Not only was the festival packed with a killer lineup, but it also offered on-site camping for the first time.

The All Day I Dream Festival lineup featured renowned electronic music performers including Lee Burridge, Little Dragon, Poolside, Ry X, Cubicolor, GHEIST, Guy Gerber, Jan Blomqvist, Matthew Dekay, Öona Dahl, Sébastien Léger, YokoO, Gorje Hewek, Tim Green, Roy Rosenfeld, Facundo Mohrr, Lost Desert, and tons more.

From eye-catching headpieces to fishnet stockings and fringe, these photos from The All Day I Dream Festival will inspire your next festival look.

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It’s A-me, A-DHL-a

As we close in on the end of the only podcast about the GOATest show of all time, we welcome an old friend back to the pod to help us say goodbye to another one of Jersey’s finest pork store associates. Writer, frequent Frot guest, and Executive Producer for Abbott Elementary and Harley Quinn, Justin Halpern rejoins Matt and Vince to talk about the penultimate episode of The Sopranos, season 6b episode 8, “The Blue Comet.”

Pay your last respects to a loving father, good earner, dutiful husband, and model train enthusiast, Bobby Bacalá. From Junior’s driver to redundant upper management, Bobby lives in our hearts, and in the ziti he left in his freezer.

Other notable dust-biters in this episode: Bert Gervasi, two poor Ukrainian suckers who answered the door for the wrong Italian DHL driver, and a guy riding his motorcycle past the Bada Bing at the wrong time (probably). Through it all, AJ makes everything about himself and his depression, like a natural-born podcaster.

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