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When Taylor Swift shared the tracklist for her album The Life Of A Showgirl in August, Sabrina Carpenter said she was “freaking out” due to her feature on the album-closing title track.

Well, now it’s fans who are freaking out, as the album is out today (October 3). On the title track, Swift and Carpenter sing of a character named “Kitty,” who warns that her life as a showgirl isn’t all glamorous.

Meanwhile, Swift recently explained that the 12 songs that are on the tracklist are all that will be on the album, saying, “With Tortured Poets Department, I was like, ‘Here’s a data dump of everything I thought, felt, experienced in two or three years. Here’s 31 songs.’ This is 12. There’s not a 13th, there’s not other ones coming. This is the record I’ve been wanting to make for a very long time.”

Listen to “The Life Of A Showgirl” above. Check out the The Life Of A Showgirl cover art and tracklist below.

Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl Album Cover Artwork

Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl Tracklist

1. “The Fate Of Ophelia”
2. “Elizabeth Taylor”
3. “Opalite”
4. “Father Figure”
5. “Eldest Daughter”
6. “Ruin The Friendship”
7. “Actually Romantic”
8. “Wi$h Li$t”
9. “Wood”
10. “Cancelled!”
11. “Honey”
12. “The Life Of A Showgirl” Feat. Sabrina Carpenter

The Life Of A Showgirl is out now via Republic. Find more information here.

Fred Again.. recently announced a new era of his ever-evolving USB album, revealing he has ten new songs on the way. Today (October 3), we got the first of them, a collaboration with Amyl And The Sniffers called “You’re A Star.” The track remixes the band’s “Big Dreams.”

Fred and singer Amy Taylor debuted the song during a show in August. Fred previously shared a clip from the performance and captioned it, “this is footage of me witnessing the degree of icon that amyl is. she’s playing Leeds today so joined us in Sheffield last night. yesterday was the first time we got to meet and then we play this out for the first time. cannot waitttt to get to play it live with the full band and everything.”

Fred also shared a video for the song and wrote in the description:

“some usb songs are a bit deeper to me and this is one of those. its like the feeling of tryna clawwww someone u love out of a hole like in the midst of all kindsa chaos and misfortune and heaviness. but like u know theyre a f*ckin starrrr u jus need to try n lift them up just enough to see the mirror for a second!

and talking of f*ckin stars Mrs Amy Sniffer. what an absolutey legend. its been beyond a joy getting to know amy thru this and her and the sniffers are one of the sickest bands in the world. australia we miss you.”

Listen to “You’re A Star” above.

Steven and Ian begin with an extended Cinema-cast about one of the biggest movies of the year, One Battle After Another, as well as an anticipated release coming later this month, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Then they do their fantasy draft for the year’s Q4, and propose a rule change to the draft. Also, did Steven make a huge mistake? We’ll see!

After that, they use a new Richard Ashcroft album as an excuse to talk about a band they both love, The Verve, and where they land in the hierarchy of ’90s Britpop. Finally, they do a “yay or nay” on My Morning Jacket’s classic album Z, upon its 20th anniversary.

In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the Philly band Nyxy Nyx and Steven talks about Minneapolis rocker Will Olsen.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 259 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.

Danny L Harle is cooking something up. In July, he released the PinkPantheress collaboration “Starlight,” his first song for new label home XL Recordings and his first new music since his 2021 debut album Harlecore. Now he’s back with more new music. This time, he has a new partner, as Caroline Polachek joins on “Azimuth.”

The song is a reunion as Harle co-produced the majority of the songs on Polachek’s two latest albums, 2019’s Pang and 2023’s Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.

Harle says of the song:

“‘Azimuth’ felt like the finalisation of an approach that Caroline and I had been orbiting for some time as a way of putting her voice into my music — I sometimes call it the ‘trance siren.’ You can hear manifestations of it in tracks like ‘Insomnia’ from Pang and ‘On The Beach’ from Death Stranding 2, but this was the first time I managed to translate it into my style of dance music. ‘Azimuth’s melody could only have been sung by Caroline, it is designed around her voice, I couldn’t imagine anyone else singing it or giving a performance like that. It also allowed us to play with scale, space and quietness in a way I’ve never done before. For me, ‘Azimuth’ is a trance ballad, despairing but hopeful, best heard in a in club in a sunken cathedral.”

Listen to “Azimuth” above and check out Harle’s upcoming tour dates below.

Danny L Harle’s 2026 Tour Dates

02/06/2026 — Barcelona, Spain @ NITSA
02/13/2026 — London, UK @ HERE at Outernet
02/14/2026 — Manchester, UK @ New Century
02/15/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ Art School
02/19/2026 — Paris, France @ La Gaîté Lyrique
02/20/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ Button Factory
02/21/2026 — Berlin, Germany @ Schwuz

Following the breakout success of his debut album Mutt and its inescapable, self-titled hit single, Leon Thomas has announced his next project, an EP called Pholks. The Disney Channel mainstay turned R&B star announced the new EP alongside the release of its first single, “Just How You Are.”

A funky, upbeat clarion call to the dance floor, “Just How You Are” promises a new direction for Thomas after the spacier, P-Funk-inspired production on Mutt, or its equally syrupy deluxe edition. Rather, it’s more in line with Thomas’ recent collaboration with YG, a more percussion-forward product that shakes off the blues of his prior efforts in favor of brighter sounds and lyrics portraying the other side of the “Mutt” equation: “If you know you had my heart / Could never finish what you started / You love to pick my world apart / But that’s just how you are.”

Thomas has been promoting the single on his social channels for the past week, showing off behind-the-scenes photos and clips from the music video shoot and teasing snippets of the lyrics. Later this month, he kicks off his Mutts Don’t Heel Tour in Dallas, which will run through to just before Christmas in Los Angeles.

You can listen to “Just How You Are” below. Pholks is due on 10/24 via Columbia Records. You can pre-save it here.

Two weekends, dozens of stages, and enough food trucks to fuel a small country — welcome to Austin City Limits 2025. The most popular music fest in Texas goes as big as the state it calls home, and it’s about to take over Zilkner Park with genre-blending lineups, pop-up markets, after-hours parties, and throngs of music lovers hoping to vibe out to Sabrina Carpenter in their ten gallon hats. But remember, this isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. Whether you’re chasing front-row selfies, discovering new acts in the shade of a massive oak, or just soaking in the music while dodging the Texas heat, you’ll need a strategy to make the most of every set, every bite, and every moment. So consider this your roadmap to thriving during ACL weekend one.

Austin City Limit Lineup / Set Times

ACL is one of those “something for everyone” music festivals with over 100 performances spanning genres from pop and rock to hip-hop and EDM. So, yeah, if time management isn’t your strong suit, you’ll need to check in with the fest’s lineup schedule pretty often. Weekend one covers three days and seven stages with Hozier, Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter, and T-Pain all headlining. The fest as a companion app to help keep track of who’s on and who’s next but fair warning, it won’t make choosing between catching Djo’s set or Japanese Breakfast’s any easier.

Must See Non-Headliners

While the headliners will grab your attention, ACL is also packed with under-the-radar gems that could steal the weekend. Don’t sleep on Wet Leg, whose witty indie-rock hooks are made for sun-soaked festival sets or MJ Lenderman with his free-flowing slacker rock energy on stage. Artists like LP Giobbi and Alameda bring genre-blurring beats for those chasing the dancefloor, Gigi Perez and Chuwi deliver soulful lyrics and infectious melodies, and Magdalena Bay provides pure pop escapism. The question isn’t, “Who, beyond the headliners, is worth making time for at this year’s ACL fest?” it’s “Who isn’t?”

Best Austin City Limits Food Spots

ACL Fest 2025 isn’t just about the music — it’s a full-on food fest too. With 70+ vendors (including 17 newcomers) spread across ACL Eats, ACL Eats South, and ACL Sweets, there’s no shortage of bites between sets. Chi’Lantro brings its Korean BBQ–Tex Mex mashup, Koko’s Bavarian serves up bratwurst and pretzels, and newcomers like Brotherton’s BBQ and JABS Burgers add their own flair. Sweet cravings? Amy’s Ice Creams and Tiff’s Treats have you covered. Basically, come hungry and you’re guaranteed to leave happy.

Where & When Is Austin City Limits?

Weekend one of Austin City Limits kicks off Oct. 3-5 in Zilker Park, a sprawling green oasis in the heart of Austin along the Colorado River. Getting there is fairly easy — ride-share, shuttles from downtown hotels, and limited on-site parking are all options. Once inside, the festival stretches across multiple stages and food courts, so plan your route ahead, wear comfortable shoes, and don’t be afraid to use the park’s pathways and maps to navigate between sets, eats, and activations.

And if you aren’t able to attend in person, check out the livestream options.

Fall is here, which means two things: pumpkin spice is covering everything and there’s a cornucopia of movies and TV shows to consume. The next few months have it all – blockbuster spectacles, awards-season heavy hitters, and a buffet of binge-worthy series engineered to make you say “just one more” until it’s suddenly 3 a.m. Oh, and Stranger Things is finally coming back to test just how much nostalgia Netflix can squeeze out of Hawkins before the portal slams shut. This season, it’s less about “what to watch” than “what not to miss before it gets spoiled on social media.

To help sort through the overabundance of choices, we’ve rounded up the shows and films with release dates worth marking on your calendar.

TV Releases

Chad Powers

Release Date: Sept. 30
Why Watch: Adapted from an Eli Manning-starring sketch done for ESPN in 2022, this show about a disgraced college QB-1 pulling a “Mrs. Doubtfire” to sneak back onto the field seems like a fun sidetrack from star Glen Powell’s cinematic charm offensive. It’s also another chance for him to get goofy with disguises, ala last year’s Hit Man. Will this have the heart and ensemble to be the next Ted Lasso, a show that shares a similar lineage and taste for redemptive character arcs? — Jason Tabrys

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Release Date: 0ct. 3
Why Watch: Creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have a sort of twisted obsession with digging up the graves of history’s most notorious real-life villains. If their glossy, gore-splattered biographies of killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez Brothers didn’t prove it, the latest installment in Netflix’s Monster anthology series should. It sees Charlie Hunnam transform himself into soft-spoken body-snatcher Ed Gein via one drooping eyelid and an oversized Oedipal complex. Gein earned the nickname “The Butcher of Plainfield” thanks to his inventive mutilation of victims – both living and buried six feet under. The show also touts him as the “blueprint for modern horror” as his exploits inspired everything from The Silence of the Lambs to Psycho. The real question here isn’t, “Will this show be any good?” but rather, “Will Murphy ever give audiences a serial killer who isn’t a bona fide thirst trap?” — Jessica Toomer

Nobody Wants This: Season 2

Release Date: Oct. 23
Why Watch: Rom-coms can fizzle when they stray too far from the thrill of the courtship, but S2 of this Emmy-nominated out-of-nowhere charmer is going to test that theory, following Adam Brody and Kristen Bell’s characters as their relationship hits the next level. As with S1, there will be plenty of opportunities for awkwardness, meddling family members, culture clashes, and adorableness. Here’s hoping there’s more screen time for former Veep and Succession standouts Tim Simons and Justine Lupe, and their mismatched alliance. — Jason Tabrys

IT: Welcome To Derry

Release Date: Oct. 26
Why Watch: The Stephen King bookshelf is often fertile ground for exploration and re-exploration, but it’s not limitless, with results typically tied closely to the individuals wielding the torch. Mike Flanagan and Frank Darabont? Masters at synthesizing King. Can Andy Muschietti (and producers Jason Fuchs and Brad Kane) stretch the IT story past the first two films that he directed and help create something with enough depth and intrigue to keep us coming back for more week after week? Or is Welcome To Derry just going to be an IP curiosity that flames out quickly? Thankfully, Bill Skarsgaard is back to mess with a new cast of kids… and adult viewers who have completely understandable phobias when it comes to creepy clowns. — Jason Tabrys

I Love L.A.

Release Date: Nov. 2
Why Watch: If there’s one thing Rachel Sennott knows, it’s how to mine chaos for comedy. In I Love L.A., which she created, co-wrote, and stars in, Sennott plays Maya, an aspiring talent manager stumbling through a quarter-life crisis the astrology girlies might dub her “Saturn return.” While she’s getting pummeled by the universe, she’s also orbiting a constellation of toxic friends – people just as messy, directionless, and dopamine-starved as herself. Sennott’s fresh off a string of successful indie films – Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Bottoms, and Shiva Baby – but this show marks her first creative endeavor solo, so expect it to be painfully raw and compulsively watchable. — Jessica Toomer

Pluribus

Release Date: Nov. 7
Why Watch: Little is known about this partial Better Call Saul team reunion between creator Vince Gilligan and series star Rhea Seahorn, but sometimes the names on the title card should be enough. Add to that the concise yet tantalizing show description that promises a story about “the most miserable person on Earth” as she tries to “save the world from happiness” and the promise of Gilligan, who cut his teeth as a writer/producer for The X-Files, returning to the sci-fi genre and Pluribus is one of the most anticipated shows of the season. — Jason Tabrys

Stranger Things: Season 5

Release Date: Nov. 26
Why Watch: Stranger Things is one of the most important shows of this century, but like another series on that list (Lost), it feels like we’ve been waiting for it to close its twisty story for almost as long as it’s been on the air. Does sticking the landing hold ultimate sway over how we remember a show’s complete journey? When’s the last time you thought about Lost or Game Of Thrones without getting a sour taste over their finales? Here’s another one: when’s the last time you thought about Stranger Things without being annoyed by the long gaps in between seasons? They’d better nail this. — Jason Tabrys

Fallout: Season 2

Release Date: Dec. 17
Why Watch: When Prime Video’s irreverent post-apocalyptic adventure returns later this year, its “heroes” will be trading the desert-dusted Wasteland for the neon-soaked ruins of New Vegas. (Warning: any glowing lights are likely radioactive.) The setting change introduces a handful of new villains, from warring factions like Caesar’s Legion and a group of Elvis impersonators known as The Kings, to Justin Theroux’s scheming overlord Robert House – who maybe, probably sparked the end of the world all those years ago. Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins will be back as the mismatched pair hunting down answers to the mysteries that still plague them as they blast their way through the Mojave with those Brotherhood fanatics hot on their trail. This show is one f*cking ride. Jump on now. — Jessica Toomer

Movie Releases

One Battle After Another

Release Date: Sept. 26
What Watch: Leave it to Paul Thomas Anderson to turn Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern literary headache into a political thriller that feels like a chaotic mixtape of revolution war cries, daddy issues, and kung-fu nuns – all set to the squealing tires of one of the most climactic car chases in cinematic history. One Battle After Another follows Leonardo DiCaprio’s Bob, a washed-up radical trying to hide out with his daughter until his crippling paranoia is justified and his past does catch up with them. Add in Sean Penn as a military bulldog named Colonel Lockjaw, Benicio del Toro as a cool and collected dojo owner, and Teyana Taylor stealing scenes by firing off a machine gun while heavily pregnant, and you’ve got the year’s unlikeliest future Oscar-winner. — Jessica Toomer

The Smashing Machine

Release Date: Oct. 3
Why Watch: The hype for this Benny Safdie-led biopic has been massive owing to the shock value of seeing Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson commit to a multi-layered role as Mark Kerr, a real-life successful MMA fighter struggling to navigate his personal life, ambitions, and the physical and emotional toll of his job. We’re eager to see if Johnson is as advertised and at the dawn of a new era as a serious actor, while also wondering if The Smashing Machine finds a way to feel fresh within a genre usually hobbled by its tropes. — Jason Tabrys

Frankenstein

Release Date: Oct. 17
Why Watch: Leave it to Guillermo del Toro to take the most famous monster in literature and make him… hot? Hot but sad? Devastatingly poetic? Really, it’s a combination of all three because del Toro is the kind of creative genius who can find beauty in the most abhorrent. He prefers his Gothic horror lush and atmospheric and possibly capable of inspiring a new TikTok aesthetic. His Frankensteinian experiment for Netflix pairs Jacob Elordi’s lanky, mournful Creature with Oscar Isaac’s tormented Victor Frankenstein, staging their doomed creator-creation dynamic like a toxic situationship with grave consequences. The film swaps lightning bolts and stitched-up clichés for grand sets, practical effects, and del Toro’s trademark cocktail of bittersweet romance and dread while also giving scream queen Mia Goth plenty to sink her teeth into. — Jessica Toomer

Good Fortune

Release Date: Oct. 17
Why Watch: The space for theatrical comedies with big budgets and big ideas behind them has shrunk drastically over the last 15 years, so it’ll be incredibly interesting to see how successful this heavenly life-swap comedy performs with audiences. Writer/Director Aziz Ansari is certainly bringing the star power, casting himself as a struggling victim of the hustle economy who gets to take over the life of a super-rich guy (Seth Rogen) thanks to a meddlesome angel (Keanu Reeves). — Jason Tabrys

Bugonia

Release Date: Oct. 24
Why Watch: If you thought Poor Things was Yorgos Lanthimos at his freakiest, well, then, you haven’t seen Dogtooth. Or this film, which puts poor Emma Stone through the ringer for our own twisted enjoyment. The director’s cinematic muse (along with fellow regular Lanthimos collaborator Jesse Plemmons and newcomer Aidan Delbis) occupy this three-way standoff that feels like a Reddit conspiracy thread made flesh. Plemmons and Delbis play two basement philosophers convinced Stone’s icy CEO is not just a capitalist overlord but an actual alien sent to annihilate humanity. But who’s delusional and who’s just the better liar? — Jessica Toomer

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Release Date: Oct. 24
Why Watch: For the last 50+ years, Bruce Springsteen has been one of the most ubiquitous figures in music and culture. Will audiences buy The Bear star Jeremy Allen White as a young Springsteen without harshly judging his fidelity to their perception of what “The Boss” sounds and looks like? Is there enough willingness to expand on the idea of who Springsteen is with this story of personal excavation during the recording of Nebraska early in his career? We’re excited to find out. — Jason Tabrys

A House of Dynamite

Release Date: Oct. 24
Why Watch: Kathryn Bigelow’s films are often preoccupied with the unthinkable – terrorist manhunts and bomb technicians with an appetite for risk – but she cranks up the disaster scenario meter for her latest Netflix thriller, which first premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival. A patchwork series of multiple POVs, the film covers a tense 20-minute span following the launch of a nuclear weapon that may be heading for the American Midwest. It’s the job of Rebecca Ferguson, Idris Elba, Anthony Ramos, Greta Lee, and Jared Harris to stop it while drawing lines between personal loyalties and more global pressures. It’s Bigelow at her most meticulous, layering human frailty with sharp performances and whiplash-inducing editing that never lets the audience breathe. — Jessica Toomer

Sentimental Value

Release Date: Nov. 7
Why Watch: It’s a great time for international cinema, with audiences primed for several global breakouts each year. Zone Of Interest and Anatomy Of A Fall can find acclaim in the same year. So can Flow, I’m Still Here, and, ahem, Emilia Perez (ducks). This year has at least a handful of buzzy international titles, and Joachim Trier’s follow-up to The Worst Person In The World might be leading the pack. Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve are both getting plenty of award buzz, and Trier’s last movie primed young cinephiles to anticipate his next move. — Philip Cosores

The Running Man

Release Date: Nov. 14
Why Watch: Another project with roots as a Stephen King novel, The Running Man is probably better known for its original theatrical adaptation as a somewhat cheesy ‘80s action film, glimpsing into a dystopic future where people’s favorite TV show has them watching convicts run a violent gauntlet toward freedom. In the latest version, we’re getting another dose of Glen Powell goodness as he takes over for Arnold Schwarzenegger in a more grounded but still high-octane future that feels less theoretical. Co-written and directed by Scott Pilgrim and Baby Driver filmmaker Edgar Wright and co-starring Katy M. O’Brian, Lee Pace, Josh Brolin, and Colman Domingo, The Running Man has a lot of potential to stand out on its own as an absolute blast. — Jason Tabrys

Wicked: For Good

Release Date: Nov. 21
Why Watch: The first Wicked soared because it made Oz feel fresh again — turning a glittery fairy tale into a story of friendship, ambition, and two women daring to rewrite the script they’d been handed. Wicked: For Good blows that up a bit, taking the magic and turning it dark via some pretty moody breakup ballads. Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is now a fugitive, labeled the Wicked Witch of the West, while Glinda (Ariana Grande) inhabits the palace halls of Emerald City, perched on a throne that feels all too precarious. With uprisings, power grabs, fractured friendships, and the arrival of a certain ruby-slippered outsider comes the creeping sense that this is one yellow brick road that doesn’t have a happy ending. — Jessica Toomer

Train Dreams

Release Date: Nov. 21
Why Watch: Director Clint Bentley mines something extraordinary from the unremarkable life of his protagonist in Train Dreams. Billed as a turn-of-the-century introspective epic, the film follows Joel Edgerton’s Robert Granier, a railroad worker forging a path through the American West as he navigates the triumphant and troubled waystations of his life. There’s joy and tragedy, adventure and a bit of aimless wandering, reflections on tolerance and humanity’s interconnectivity. It’s gorgeous and quietly moving and likely too subtle to land with any blockbuster-sized audience but it deserves to be seen and appreciated anyway. — Jessica Toomer

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Release Date: Dec. 12
Why Watch: While Glass Onion has its defenders and functions best if received as a fun lark divorced from high expectations, the film didn’t come close to leaving the same lasting impact that the first Knives Out did. For his next installment, however, Writer/director Rian Johnson seems intent on leaning back into the vibes of the original with a gambit dripping in gothic creepiness and a strong cast surrounding Daniel Craig’s familiar and adored Benoit Blanc (Josh O’Connor, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, to name but a few). — Jason Tabrys

Hamnet

Release Date: Dec. 12
Why Watch: Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet skips the predictable period-drama pomp and dives straight into the messy business of grief, proving that even the world’s most renowned scribe couldn’t write his way out of loss. An adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, the film follows William and Agnes Shakespeare (Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley) as they navigate the devastating fallout of their young son’s untimely death. It’s already been blamed for more than a few emotional breakdowns after premiering at this year’s Telluride Film Festival, so maybe have your therapist on standby for after the credits roll. — Jessica Toomer

Avatar: Fire And Ash

Release Date: Dec. 19
Why Watch: They say Avatar has no cultural relevance. They say that Big Jim is wasting his life on Pandora. They say a lot to try to discredit the biggest and best new IP of this century. But to those people I have one response: If every few years, we get to spend three hours with Jake Sully, Neytiri, Kiri, Spider, Payakan, and all the rest of our blue (or, um, whale-like) friends, we should be thankful. Plus, these movies are consistently great, make billions of dollars, and win awards. What’s not to love? — Philip Cosores

The Housemaid

Release Date: Dec. 19
Why Watch: Sydney Sweeney scrubbing toilets. Amanda Seyfried popping pills and locking poor girls up in her attic. Hot gardeners. Cheating husbands. A kitchen Martha Stewart would kill for. The Housemaid – Paul Feig’s adaptation of Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel – is guilty-pleasure cinema done right. The trick to enjoying it, though? Going in blind. — Jessica Toomer

Marty Supreme

Release Date: Dec. 25
Why Watch: Another elevated sports movie from a Safdie brother, Marty Supreme comes from Josh Safdie and stars Timothée Chalamet as an ebullient tennis player in the 1950s chasing big dreams. Co-starring Tyler, The Creator, Odessa A’zion, and Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow in her most substantial non-Marvel role in years, the film looks the part of an hours-long historical epic with a magnetic character study at its heart. In other words, be prepared for Marty Supreme to EAT when it comes to awards season. — Jason Tabrys

No Other Choice

Release Date: Dec. 25
Why Watch: Park Chan-Wook might not have the Oscars that his compatriot Bong Joon Ho has, but the sense from most film fans is that his time will come. From his vengeance masterpieces to his recent bangers The Handmaiden and Decision To Leave, Director Park has an incredible hit rate, and the buzz out of fall festivals is that his latest lives up to his own high standard. — Philip Cosores

Lorde has been consistent with album releases throughout her career, as each one since her first has arrived four years after its predecessor: Pure Heroine in 2013, Melodrama in 2017, Solar Power in 2021, and Virgin in 2025. For her next LP, though, she doesn’t want fans to have to wait that long.

Towards the end of a new interview with The Los Angeles Times, Lorde said:

“There’s one thing I feel totally committed to — it’s not allowed to be four years [for the next one]. It has to be sooner.” When the interviewer pointed out that Lorde has probably said that before, the singer responded, “I did. But this time I really mean it. I’m over it. It’s time for me to make a different kind of statement that’s less careful or considered.

Elsewhere in the chat, the interviewer brought up Lorde’s Zane Lowe interview from earlier this year and Lorde interjected, “I f*cked up that interview.” She continued, “I was in too girly an outfit, honestly, and I had this hair clip in, and I felt all tight and shy. I couldn’t access it. […] Why the f*ck did I put the hair clip in? And the girly top! If I’m in a girly top on the wrong day, it’s all over.”

Read the full interview here.

After appearances at Austin City Limits over the next two weekends, King Princess is heading out on the road for a tour. Before all that, though, she dropped a new video for Girl Violence standout “Jaime.”

The video was directed by Celine Sutter. Sutter says of it:

“For her album Girl Violence, King Princess has spent the rollout tormented by demonically seductive, maniacal women. In the ‘Jaime’ music video, she finally embodies that feminine figure; this time directing the violence inward, upon herself — or perhaps upon a Bushwick line cook lookalike. Reviving the genderqueer essence of Cheap Queen, this new KP screams, seduces, and hotboxes her boyfriend’s car. At its core, this song plays with the allure of self-destruction: chasing approval that will never come, with King Princess stepping into the role of the villain — and she has never looked better doing it.”

King Princess added, “People on the internet kept saying that Gio looked like me so I decided to cast him in a video so I could torment myself. I can’t stop and I can’t walk away, I love it and I hate it. Sometimes when it comes to girl violence, I am the woman torturing me.”

Watch the “Jaime” video 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.

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Doja Cat’s love affair with the popular multiplayer shooter game Fortnite is well-documented, but her involvement is about to get more personal. During an appearance on The Tonight Show to promote her new album Vie, Doja was given the opportunity to debut her new in-game skin, The Mother of Thorns.

In a segment titled “Real Or Fake,” host Jimmy Fallon reads off the names of Fortnite skins that Doja must identify as either authentic or made up by the Tonight Show crew. Names include “Pumpkin Splice,” “Dr. Theodore Flyesbee,” “Lil Whip,” and “Johnny Pockets,” all of which she correctly tags, with the last being The Mother Of Thorns. Doja explains the new skin, “I’m in my villain era. Fortnite made me a boss for their big Halloween event, “Fortnitemares.” Come try me!” Jimmy then surprised Doja with a real-life replica of the character’s in-game throne. The skin will be available on October 9. Check it out below.

In an extended interview posted to YouTube, Doja also broke down her strategy when playing Fortnite, which she described as “a little sweaty.” She joked, “I only started getting good like a year and a half ago.” She described her former playbook as being a “stealth nurse,” which mostly involved hiding, collecting health and shield items, and supporting her teammates. However, as she explained to Jimmy, “It doesn’t get you anywhere. You have to make a choice to start playing.”

Doja isn’t the only star to get their own Fortnite skin; other in-game stars have included Sabrina Carpenter, Bruno Mars, and Ice Spice.

Check out Doja Cat’s extended interview with The Tonight Show above.