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Blackpink’s captivating performance at 2019’s Coachella exemplified their global success. As member Jennie put it, “Who would imagine thousands of people singing in Korean.” Ever since, they’ve shattered YouTube records and released their debut record The Album. Fans will now be able to follow Blackpink as they prep for their show-stopping Coachella set through the upcoming Netflix documentary, Blackpink: Light Up The Sky. Netflix just shared the trailer to the documentary, giving fans a taste of the behind-the-scenes footage shown in the film.

Along with offering an exclusive look at their Coachella performance, Light Up The Sky also gives insight into the K-pop group’s dynamic and tight-knit bond. According to the members, they’ve all lived together since they were teenagers in a type of “boarding school” that trained them for artistic success.

The trailer also gives a look at the hardships they faced moving away from their families as young teens, but also depicts the surreal moments where they sing in front of thousands of screaming fans. “All I wanted was for people to see the potential in us,” Jennie said in the preview.

Watch Blackpink’s Light Up The Sky trailer above.

The Album is out now via YG Entertainment/Interscope Records. Get it here.

HBO’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Outsider scored high ratings and also left the door ajar for more. El Cuco had seemingly been defeated, as with the book, but then a final scene showed Holly Gibney apparently afflicted with an El Cuco scratch, so thank you very much for those chills, screenwriter Richard Price. Jason Bateman, who directed some episodes and appeared as Terry Maitland, later told Collider that HBO was considering taking a second swing at the bogeyman, and now, Yul Vazquez (who played Yunis, the voice of reason next to Ben Mendelsohn’s Ralph) is adding fuel to that fire.

Yes, my man, Yunis, survived last season, and the man who portrayed him is suggesting a comeback. While speaking with ComicBook to promote Hulu’s Books of Blood (based upon Clive Barker’s work), Vazquez confirmed that “it’s not a limited series.” He obviously realized that he couldn’t say too much, so he repeated himself, and yup, it sure sounds like what Bateman previously said (“I know that they’re talking about it and Richard Price is playing with some ideas and taking some first steps”) is still to be believed. Bateman had also added that a Season 2 would obviously be “a complete free-ball,” given that Season 1 covered all of King’s book, but Price’s changes to the source material only made the story better, so I have faith that it could happen.

As for Price, he previously suggested to IndieWire that HBO would be game for a second season. “There’s no such thing as a series that, if it does well, they’re not going to want a second season,” he said at the time. Given that the show gathered such an intense following (including horror icon Robert Englund), fingers are crossed over here.

However, we should not expect to see El Cuco host/weird bar manager Claude return, since actor Paddy Considine just joined the Game of Thrones prequel as a lead. And even though people really wanna see more Cynthia Erivo, here’s what I think about a lack of Claude and Doppelganger Claude in a second season.

(Via ComicBook)

For nearly two decades now, fans have been eagerly awaiting a new album from The Postal Service, although they wouldn’t be blamed for giving up hope. After all, the group’s sole effort, Give Up, came out all the way back in 2003. They released a tenth anniversary edition of the album in 2013 which included some new material, but also in 2013, Ben Gibbard declared the group would play their last ever show that year.

All that said, it looks like The Postal Service is up to something: The group shared a mysterious teaser video today.

The 18-second video features some new music, the band’s logo, and the text, “Your meeting will begin tomorrow 10.7.20.” The clip was either posted or re-shared by all three band members — Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis — and the group created a new Instagram account for whatever this endeavor is.

It’s not clear what the band is teasing. There’s no significant milestone anniversary for Give Up in the immediate future, as it came out 17 years ago. However, the band formed in 2001, so they could be setting things in motion for 20th anniversary plans.

Some users on Reddit’s r/indieheads have come up with some tantalizing theories. Some suggested the group could be reuniting to do something to benefit the struggling USPS or to encourage voting in the upcoming election (like a livestream performance). Another speculated the pandemic put Gibbard in the right situation to make another Postal Service album: “I’m cautiously optimistic that the insane nature of this year is what gave him the courage and self-permission to dive back in, which makes sense since everyone has been quarantined and secluded which ties right in to how the first and only album by The Postal Service came together (long distance collaboration).”

Whatever the case may be, some sort of news is coming from The Postal Service tomorrow, so stay tuned.

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It looks like the claims that Kendrick Lamar had left Top Dawg Entertainment to sign to his own label, PG Lang, were greatly exaggerated. So says the man himself, with the help of his daughter’s Blues Clues doll, in a new video posted to Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith’s Instagram page. In the first slide, Kendrick, through “Blue,” denies the reports that he would turn his back on the man who effectively helped make him one of hip-hop’s three biggest stars of the last decade, while on the second slide, Kendrick and Top pose for a side-by-side with masks on.

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For the new season of his Netflix talk show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, host David Letterman has amassed quite the collection of talent. In the trailer above, the former-Late Show leader plays the flute with Lizzo; talks to Dave Chappelle about police brutality and systemic racism in the United States; goes shopping with Kim Kardashian; and heads to a llama farm (?) with Robert Downey, Jr. Or maybe it’s RDJ’s actual house. He seems like the kind of guy who would have llamas in his backyard.

“We’ve been doing this show and each time I’m gratified because each time the person in the chair is so much smarter than I am,” Letterman says. That’s because, like any good host, he listens to his guests, whether it’s Kardashian breaking down in tears (“I don’t know why I’m crying, I’ve talked about this before”) or Chappelle telling him, “I was shocked that nobody ever talks about what it feels like to watch a man get murdered that way — by a man in a police uniform. But I don’t want retroactive justice. I don’t want you to get them after I’m dead. I want you to stop it.” Chappelle also wants to know if Letterman smokes weed (he used to… and an animal tranquilizer once, too).

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman returns on October 21.

In a lengthy thread on Twitter, The Good Place star William Jackson Harper detailed a “disturbing” experience where his charity work with military members bumped up against a controversial executive order from President Donald Trump.

According to Harper, he had arranged to have a virtual discussion of Malcolm X with military academy students as part of the his work with Arts In The Armed Forces (AITAF). While he couldn’t have been happier that the students selected the film, which he calls “arguably the greatest biography committed to film,” the situation took an alarming turn a few days before the virtual event when Trump’s executive order entered the scene. Here’s what Harper tweeted:

Two days before the event, I was informed that students at two of the academies would not be taking part for fear of running afoul of President Trump’s “Executive Order Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” which requires that federal and military institutions refrain from training material that promote a “pernicious and false belief that America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country; that some people, simply on account of their race or sex, are oppressors…”

Which meant they possibly couldn’t watch Malcolm X.

Shaken by the implications of the president’s order, Harper took the the administration to task for what he believes is outright censorship.

“I don’t disagree with the idea of combating race and sex stereotyping. But that is not what this order is about. This is censorship,” Harper wrote. “This executive order denies the very real experiences of so many minorities in this country. This executive order is rooted in the fictitious idea that the scourges of racism and sexism are essentially over, and that the poisonous fallout from centuries discrimination isn’t real. But all of these things are real, and they remain to this day some of the most salient malignancies in our society.”

In the end, three of the four academies still attended the virtual event, but Harper was still frightened by the fact that one academy abstained out of fear of backlash from the executive order. He ended his thread by urging everyone to vote. “If we don’t, we are whistling past the graveyard,” he said.

(Via William Jackson Harper on Twitter)

The Antlers were a defining indie group of the late 2000s and early 2010s, but they’ve been quiet in recent years. Their latest release is 2014’s Familiars, which is over six years old now. Today, though, the group has returned to share their first new music since then, a fresh track called “Wheels Roll Home.”

The track has a more optimistic sound than a lot of the band’s previous material, which aligns with what Peter Silberman says of the single: “‘Wheels Roll Home’ is a simple song about the hopeful promise of reunion after a long time gone. It’s that feeling of finding home in someone, eager and impatient to build a life together. It’s the experience of waiting out tumultuous times, longing for stability someday.”

While The Antlers have been away for a while, Silberman has remained busy. He put out his first solo album under his own name, Impermanence, in 2017. As for The Antlers, there is no official indication that “Wheels Roll Home” is the start of a new album cycle, so only time will tell if the track is more than a one-off single or if there is something else to follow.

Listen to “Wheels Roll Home” above.

Earlier this summer, Coachella announced they were working to expand their representation of Black voices within their organization by launching the committee GV Black. Now, sharing their next step in working with GV Black, Coachella has unveiled a line of Black Lives Matter merch designed by Black artists.

For the new line of merch, Coachella tapped a handful of artists. Among the designers are Diana Boardley (who has created designed for Grammy winners and NFL players), Nicholas Mayfield (whose work has been noticed by Migos and Lil Wayne), Supervsn (a South Central LA native who has collaborated with Nipsey Hussle), and Bricks & Wood (a streetwear brand founded by visual artist Kacey Lynch).

Alongside announcing the new collection of merch, Coachella detailed a new initiative aimed at fostering diversity withing their community. In a statement on how they will amplify the voices of Black artists, Coachella said they plan to “share our platform with Black creatives to support their brands and Black nonprofit organizations of their choosing as part of a specialty merchandise collaboration” and “continue this dynamic partnership within the entire festival merchandising ecosystem from design, to strategy, to final product.”

The festival continued to say they will foster an environment that welcomes people of color and the LGBTQ+ community:

“Deepen our work across the intersections of race, gender and mental health as they connect to our existing — transformative justice inspired — harassment prevention program, every one.

Celebrate and empower the LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community through a Queer/Trans mentor-led festival experience meant to support discussion of issues that affect the community and lead to actionable dialogue and change beyond the festival – curated by Juice x Navi, Queer +.

Further our festival’s inclusivity and accessibility efforts, including employment initiatives aimed at BIPOC people with disabilities, via an inaugural program that will host and honor guests within the community, with a focus on forwarding issues facing this group – led by Sabeerah Najee in partnership with Accessible Festivals.”

Check out the merch designs above.

Nipsey Hussle is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

YouTube star Queen Naija has been officially pursuing her music career for a little under three years but has made plenty of headway in that relatively short span of time. Later this month, she plans to release her debut album, Missunderstood, on Capitol Records, with her new single “Lie To Me” leading the way. The song, built on a classic DeBarge sample (hip-hop favorite “A Dream”) and featuring Chicago rapper Lil Durk, finds her stressing what sounds like a semi-toxic relationship.

“Love me good and lie to me,” she urges on the chorus. “Don’t want broken promises, don’t want apologies.” Durk reciprocates, “Lowkey I be textin’ all her friends, she told me she don’t care.” In terms of love songs, it’s low on romance but probably relatable to plenty of listeners who are out there overlooking some serious red flags for the promise of good sex. The video, directed by Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor, chronicles the creation of the song as the two artists flirt back and forth on the phone before meeting up in-person to record it.

Naija’s recruitment of Lil Durk comes at an opportune time for the Windy City rapper. He’s in the midst of a career resurgence after a bout of legal battles, getting a huge co-sign from Drake on “Laugh Now, Cry Later” then capitalizing with his own single “The Voice,” and a new album of the same name coming out later this month. He’s also featured on Bia’s “Same Hands” and Nas’ King’s Disease.

Watch Lil Durk and Queen Naija’s “Lie To Me” video above.

Missunderstood is out 10/30 via Capitol Records. Pre-save it here.

Jason Momoa was recently living the decadent breakfast life in Detroit, but this week? A whole new setting, and it’s not nearly as tasty, probably. The Aquaman star traveled into Canada, where he’s presumably preparing to finish See‘s second season for Apple TV+. And because Canada’s taking this whole pandemic thing seriously, Lisa Bonet’s husband must quarantine all by himself for two weeks. In other words, Jason Momoa is not lifting weights with Lenny Kravitz in the Bahamas, like many of us would prefer to spend isolation time. Instead, he’s confined to a small house. As Momoa confessed to Trevor Noah while calling into The Daily Show on Monday, he’s “going out of my mind.”

Officially, Momoa was on hand to discuss the new documentary, Gather, which he executive produced while hoping to shine light on hardships faced by indigenous communities. The film, which spotlights the vital issue of food sovereignty, is only one example of Momoa’s ongoing activism, and he profusely thanked Noah for watching the film while suggesting that not all interviewers go to such lengths.

The man who embodied Khal Drogo then proceeded to be far too relatable, despite checking into the video feed while wearing a helmet. A helmet for what? No one knows, since Momoa admitted that he’s got “a bike that I can’t ride” while in quarantine. He called the process “gnarly,” and I think many people can agree with what he’s going through right now. However, not all of us have a ton of cool guitars and a drum set to amuse us during this down time. It’s always a blast to watch Momoa fanboy over music, so if you’re at all inclined, you won’t be disappointed to watch the full video above.