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Over the course of her career, Coi Leray has tried on many different styles, from toe-tapping synth-pop to pulse-pounding jock jams. On her latest single, “Pink Money,” she taps into another wave: rage rap. And who better to help her in her latest sonic experiment than one of the subgenre’s foremost female voices, Bktherula? G Herbo is also here, providing a jolt of ferocious energy with an aggressive verse that isn’t too far out of the drill pioneer’s wheelhouse.

Like most examples of the form, Coi’s latest is defined by a thundering bass drum lead, chanting, loopy lyrics, and gothic-sounding synths.

“Pink Money” arrives in the wake of Coi’s What Happened To Forever EP from February; its release followed Coi’s January announcement that she was pregnant with her first child with Trippie Red, she announced the birth of their daughter in June. It looks like the New Jersey native isn’t about to let motherhood slow her down; if anything, she’s going harder than ever. If this is a taste of the sound of the follow-up to her 2023 self-titled album, she’s only continuing to grow as an artist.

You can listen to Coi Leray’s “Pink Money” featuring Bktherula and G Herbo above.

It might be a little hard to believe, but despite having or appearing on multiple Platinum-certified hits, Massachusetts rapper BIA still hasn’t released her debut album yet. That’ll change on October 10th, when she’ll release her official debut Bianca on Epic Records.

For new single “Dade,” BIA teams up with Memphis rapper Key Glock for a short but effective boastful anthem. As only befits a collaboration with a Memphis rising star, BIA borrows a bit of Memphis legend Project Pat’s flow for her verse, adding yet another layer to her multifaceted style.

The single is her third of the year, following “We On Go,” released in May, and “One Thing,” which landed in July. The former track ended up on the Madden NFL 26 soundtrack; BIA also performed it at both the NCAA’s Women’s Final Four and WNBA All-Star Weekend.

Prior to Bianca, BIA has released three EPs: Nice Girls Finish Last: Cuidado in 2018 (her only release for RCA), For Certain in 2020 (featuring “Whole Lotta Money,” her biggest individual hit to date), and Really Her in 2023. In 2024, BIA most notably joined the rap beef free-for-all, engaging in a brief back and forth with Cardi B before dropping collabs with JID, Flau’jae, Lil Yachty and DDG.

Listen to BIA’s new single, “Dade” featuring Key Glock, above.

Bianca is due 10/10 via Epic Records. You can find more info here.

King Princess’ new album Girl Violence is out today (September 12). The album is light on collaborations, but there is one credited feature: Joe Talbot of Idles. He joins in on “Say What You Will,” an ethereal two-minute number.

In a new interview with The Guardian, Straus spoke about how her role in the show Nine Perfect Strangers informed the new album, saying:

“I took so much from the acting experience and brought it back into making my record; it taught me to be silly and less precious. You have to relinquish so much control when you’re acting: you do your takes, some are sh*t, some are not. But at the end of the day, you’re not constructing the show, you don’t have the control. And I think a lot of my issues around music were about feeling this sense of control over myself.”

Listen to “Say What You Will” above. Find the Girl Violence cover art and tracklist below, along with King Princess’ upcoming tour dates.

King Princess’ Girl Violence Album Cover Artwork

King Princess’ Girl Violence Tracklist

1. “Girl Violence”
2. “Jaime”
3. “Origin”
4. “I Feel Pretty”
5. “Cry Cry Cry”
6. “Get Your Heart Broken”
7. “Girls”
8. “Covers”
9. “Say What You Will” Feat. Joe Talbot
10. “RIP KP”
11. “Alone Again”
12. “Slow Down And Shut Up”
13. “Serena”

King Princess’ 2025 Tour Dates

10/03 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/10 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/25 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/26 — Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
10/28 — Richmond, VA @ The National
10/29 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/31 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (late show)
11/01 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/02 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/04 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/05 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/07 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/08 — Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
11/10 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/11 — Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
11/13 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/16 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/17 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/19 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
11/21 — Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
11/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
12/03 — Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
12/05 — Glasgow, Scotland @ Queen Margaret Union
12/06 — Leeds, UK @ Beckett
12/07 — Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
12/09 — London, UK @ Brixton Electric
12/13 — Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
12/14 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
12/16 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Max
12/17 — Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus

Girl Violence is out now via section1. Find more information here.

Check out King Princess’ Sound Check episode below.

The Beatles: Get Back was a hit, but it landed particularly hard with Matt Damon. He was so moved by the documentary series that he was inspired to rekindle his working relationship with longtime pal Ben Affleck.

In a recent GQ interview, Damon said he told Affleck, “Who cares if we oversaturate the marketplace with movies we’re both in? We’re crazy if we don’t take advantage of the fact that we are both still here and able to do this.”

Damon spoke about this more deeply in a 2024 Deadline chat, saying:

“Ben and I hadn’t written together in so long, and I watched that Peter Jackson Beatles documentary, the one that ends with that performance on the roof. These guys are playing, and it’s The Beatles, and they’re live and you can see the joy that they’re playing with. They’re so excited and then Peter Jackson puts a chyron up that says, ‘This is the last live performance that the Beatles ever gave.’ I was watching it with my youngest daughter and she turned and looked at me. She said, ‘Dad, why are you crying?’ I had tears running down my face because of the missed opportunity that these four incredible musicians who clearly loved each other never got.

That was the impetus behind putting this company [Artists Equity] together. I was like, ‘What are we doing, man? Both of us, this is what we love to do more than anything. The only thing better is doing it together, in any capacity, whether he’s directing or whether we’re acting together or whether we’re producing together, or whether we’re just facilitating for other filmmakers. How much life do we have left and what are we going to do with it?’”

In the last few years, Damon and Affleck have made three movies together: The Last Duel, Air, and The Rip.

Read the full GQ interview here.

It will hopefully be a very long time before we hear Eject, Ed Sheeran’s planned posthumous album. We do have new music now, though, as Play is out today.

Sheeran celebrated the release with a video for the new single “Camera.” He stars alongside Bridgerton‘s Phoebe Dynevor, with he and her enjoying life moments together. Sheeran explained the process behind making the video, writing on social media:

“My original Camera music video idea was using private home footage of mine and Cherrys key moments of our relationship. But as you guys know, we are an intensely private couple, and some things we wanted to keep just for us. So I recreated a few key moments of our relationship for the music video with the wonderful @phoebedynevor. It was so fun shooting this video, almost felt like a holiday for the whole shoot. It was all done on iPhone, and directed by the wonderful @emilnava. Hope you guys love the song, and the video. Both mean the world to me.”

Watch the “Camera” video above. Find the Play cover art and tracklist below.

Ed Sheeran’s Play Album Cover Artwork

Ed Sheeran’s Play Tracklist

1. “Opening”
2. “Sapphire”
3. “Azizam”
4. “Old Phone”
5. “Symmetry”
6. “Camera”
7. “In Other Words”
8. “A Little More”
9. “Slowly”
10. “Don’t Look Down”
11. “The Vow”
12. “For Always”
13. “Heaven”

Play is out now via Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

Steven and Ian begin with a quick conversation about living in a time of political violence and horrific videos popping up freely on social media feeds. From there, they do a hard pivot to a conversation about the recent MTV Video Music Awards (which continue to exist for some reason) and the rapid ascent of the pop-rock singer Sombr, whose recent LP I Barely Know Her dropped last month.

After that, they do a “yay or nay” segment on freak folk. They also find time to finally dip into the mailbag, where they answer emails about the best “day” bands and whether it’s okay to wear a band T-shirt to that band’s concert.

In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about emo band Algernon Cadwallader and Steven goes for the Michigan rock outfit Liquid Mike.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 256 here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.

Times are good for Apple fans. Earlier this week, the company announced a crop of new product iterations. Most notable are the AirPods Pro 3 headphones, a few different models of Apple Watch, and a handful of new iPhones: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

The unveilings have been this week’s biggest tech news and Apple made it even bigger in partnership with Dua Lipa, for a new “Shot On iPhone” campaign.

Lipa partnered with Apple for a new video, which was filmed on the iPhone 17 Pro, that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Radical Optimism Tour. It starts with Dua waking up and getting ready on the morning of a concert. From there, she heads to soundcheck and prepares for the evening with her team. Then, there’s the concert footage, which really shows off what the new device is capable of. Of particular note is the camera’s 8-times zoom capabilities, which even at its maximum captures some impressive on-stage detail.

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, says in a statement of the new phone, “iPhone 17 Pro is by far the most powerful iPhone we’ve ever made, with a stunning new design rebuilt from the inside out to maximize performance and deliver an enormous leap in battery life. With three 48MP Fusion cameras, a new Center Stage front camera experience, and pro-level video features, the creative opportunities are endless. iPhone 17 Pro sets a new standard for the smartphone industry and is a massive upgrade for our most demanding users.”

Check out the video here.

Ed Sheeran’s new album Play is out tomorrow (September 12). Sheeran is thinking much further into the future than that, though, as per his will, fans will one day have a posthumous album titled Eject.

Sheeran talked Apple Music’s Zane Lowe through it in an interview shared yesterday (September 10), saying:

“It’s actually in my will and Cherry [Seaborn, his wife] gets to pick the tracks for it. It’s fully, like… it’s in there if I were to go tomorrow. […] My will of wishes is to make a record out of all the songs from the age of 18, so when I pass away. Choose the ten best. And it’s like, imagine if Paul McCartney dies and there’s early 16-year-old Beatles recordings and then right up to it, the ten best of his entire career. Lots of people won’t like that of me, but there’ll be lots of my fans that would find that super interesting.”

He elaborated on the reasons behind his planning, saying, “You know how posthumous albums come out but they’re sort of unplanned? I want to sort make a planned one. And I’ll talk to Cherry throughout my life, like, “I really I like one, I really like this one, I really like this one.’ […] I don’t want to go and someone just to jumble up stuff and put it out. I want it to be planned.”

Watch the full interview above. Find the Play cover art and tracklist below.

Ed Sheeran’s Play Album Cover Artwork

Ed Sheeran’s Play Tracklist

1. “Opening”
2. “Sapphire”
3. “Azizam”
4. “Old Phone”
5. “Symmetry”
6. “Camera”
7. “In Other Words”
8. “A Little More”
9. “Slowly”
10. “Don’t Look Down”
11. “The Vow”
12. “For Always”
13. “Heaven”

Play is out 9/12 via Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

A week ago, Gorillaz apparently debuted a whole new album during their phone-free show in London, which fans only learned about through setlist.fm after the fact. It turns out, though, that we didn’t have to wait long to find out more about the album, as the virtual band — the brainchild of Blur frontman Damon Albarn — announced the new album’s title and release date today.

The Mountain is due on March 20th, 2026, belying the group’s initial 2025 release vow, and will feature appearances from Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, Anoushka Shankar, Asha Puthli, Bizarrap, Black Thought of The Roots, IDLES, Johnny Marr, Jalen Ngonda, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon of The Clash, Yasiin Bey, and more. The band also released the album’s first single, “The Happy Dictator,” which features Sparks, along with a visualizer punctuated by WWII-era aesthetics and lyrics captioned in Devanagari. This lines up with one of the accounts of the album’s sound online, which promised, “The album was heavy on Indian tunes. The orchestra was quite large: four strings, four backing vocalists, three Indian instruments, etc.”

You can listen to “The Happy Dictator” above.

The Mountain is due on 3/20/2026 via Parlophone/Warner. You can find more info here.

Gorillaz The Mountain Tracklist

01. “The Mountain” (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
02. “The Moon Cave” (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
03. “The Happy Dictator” (feat. Sparks)
04. “The Hardest Thing” (feat. Tony Allen)
05. “Orange County” (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
06. “The God of Lying” (feat. IDLES)
07. “The Empty Dream Machine” (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
08. “The Manifesto” (feat. Trueno and Proof)
09. “The Plastic Guru” (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
10. “Delirium” (feat. Mark E. Smith)
11. “Damascus” (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
12. “The Shadowy Ligh”t (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
13. “Casablanca” (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
14. “The Sweet Prince” (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
15. “The Sad God” (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)

Sombr‘s debut album, I Barely Know Her, finds a confident 20-year-old star who writes and produces his own music, incorporating intros, outros, and bridges, and taking creative risks that bet on his own prodigious talent. And the world is reacting, with a sold-out world tour that runs into 2026, cool-kid alignment with a booking at Tyler, The Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw, and hismindblowing VMA performance/win.

Sombr’s growth is undeniable.

Check out the stats:

– +33% Spotify listeners in 90 days (56.3MM+)
– 241MM YouTube views
– 138.8MM TikTok likes
– 150% viewership increase

But his fans aren’t just streaming or spending money on concert tickets. They shop often. They share loudly. They blur the lines between fashion, lifestyle, and music, shaping the next wave of youth culture while over-indexing for H&M, Prada, Levi’s, Starbucks, Netflix, and Coachella.

Check out our recent Linkedin breakdown showing why Sombr is more than just an artist; he’s the face of a new youth movement and see how UPROXX STUDIOS can uniquely align you with Sombr in authentic and impactful ways.