Black Sabbath played a farewell concert this summer, but tragically, weeks later, Ozzy Osbourne died at 76 years old, after years of dealing with health issues. Despite that, though, Osbourne was apparently excited by the idea of making a new album with Zakk Wylde, the guitarist who worked with Osbourne on his solo material.
“He was texting me, ‘Zakk, let’s do another record. Because I really loved it when you were going through your Allman Brothers, Skynyrd phase when we did ‘No More Tears,’ it’s heavy but it’s more melodic, it’s not pummeling heavy.’ So I said, ‘Alright Oz, whatever you want.’”
Wylde also spoke about Osbourne’s final concert, saying, “Just the fact that he willed himself to do that thing. Whatever things that we’ve run into, any obstacles or whatever, it’s always just a speed bump and we’ll get through it. So I wasn’t thinking, ‘Oh, this is the last time I’m going to see Oz.’ I just figured we’ll do the gig, and then who knows? You always stay positive on all this stuff.”
He added, “I wasn’t thinking when we were doing the show that this was the last time I’m going to be doing ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’ with the boss or this is the last time I’m going to play ‘Crazy Train’ with him or anything like that. I was just going, ‘Let’s do this and let’s have a good time,’ like always.”
Lorde has been trekking around the world on her Ultrasound World Tour recently (here’s what the setlist has looked like). She hit a snag this past weekend, though, when she had a bout of food poisoning severe enough that she had to call off a show.
In a message shared on her Instagram Story last night (November 9), Lorde explained:
“Luxembourg I’m so sorry to have to tell you that I came down with ruthless food poisoning last night and am still too sick to play for you today. I’ve been resting all day hoping I’d be well enough but I can hardly stand up and you deserve more.
My sincerest apologies to anyone inconvenienced or upset by this. I can’t tell you how much I was looking forward to it: our first ever Lux show, first night of Ultrasound EU and our one show with @oklou, it’s beyond gutting. Please know that if there was ANY way I could pull it off, I’d be out there.
We are actively working with the promoter on rescheduling so hold on to your tickets for now – refunds will be offered if the new date’s no good for you.
Thank you for your grace tonight. Love from a very weak girl x.”
Find Lorde’s upcoming tour dates below.
Lorde’s 2025 Tour Dates: The Ultrasound World Tour
11/10 — Paris, France @ Zénith de Paris @ La Villette %
11/15 — Manchester, UK @ AO Arena =%
11/16 — London, UK @ O2 Arena &%
11/19 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro &%
11/20 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilitia Arena &%
11/22 — Dublin, IE @ RDS Simmonscourt &%
11/24 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ AFAS Live &
11/27 — Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National !
11/29 — Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena !
11/30 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Halle 622 !
12/01 — Munich, Germany @ Zenith !
12/03 — Cologne, Germany @ Palladium !
12/05 — Berlin, Germany @ Max-Schmeling-Halle !
12/06 — Lodz, Poland @ Atlas Arena !
12/08 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ K.B. Hallen !
12/09 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Annexet !
= with Blood Orange
! with The Japanese House
& with Nilüfer Yanya
% with Jim-E Stack
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.
This week saw Rosalía with the week’s biggest release and Hayley Williams continue to expand upon her latest solo album. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
Featured on Rosalía’s new album Lux are people like Björk and Yves Tumor, but there are some icons in the songwriting credits, too. On “Reliquia,” for instance, Rosalía collaborated with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, best known as half of Daft Punk. The song isn’t a dance banger, though, but rather an evocative piano-led piece… until the very end, that is.
Kehlani — “Out The Window”
Kehlani is having some of the biggest success of her career right now, as “Folded” just became her first ever top-ten song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She celebrated the feat with a new song, “Out The Window,” which boasts supreme late-’90s R&B vibes as she thinks about getting back with an old flame.
Hayley Williams — “Showbiz”
When Williams released Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party, the solo project had 17 tracks, which is already a lot. Since then, though, she has continued adding to it again and again. She made the album even longer last week with the addition of the lively pop-rocker “Showbiz.”
Lil Baby — “Try To Love”
After new music earlier this year, Baby has been quiet for the past few months. He broke his silence last week, though, with “Try To Love.” The track sees his contemplating his romantic life with lines like, “Thought I found in love in Atlanta / Until she went ghost like a phantom / I don’t know why I try to love.”
Gorillaz — “The God Of Lying” Feat. Idles
Gorillaz have long been collaborative but they’ve really ramped that up in recent years. The same is true with their upcoming album The Mountain, which includes a good handful of guests. Among them are Idles, with Joe Talbot delivering a dub-style vocal on “The God Of Lying.”
Fred Again.., Sammy Virji, and Reggie — “Talk Of The Town”
Fred is the busiest person in music right now, with his nonstop stream of new music and global performances as part of his latest USB rollout. He delivered once again last week with “Talk Of The Town,” a collab with Sammy Virji and Reggie that Fred says came together in less than a half hour.
Khruangbin — “White Gloves ii”
In November 2015, Khruangbin released their debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You. A decade later, they’ve taken the project for another spin, but releasing a new version of it but with every song re-imagined and re-recorded. Among the highlights is the very chill “White Gloves ii.”
Ice Spice — “Pretty Privilege”
Ice is on the comeback trail and she forged ahead last week with “Pretty Privilege.” On the track, she seems to be pretty directly going after somebody she perceives as an imitator, rapping, “Poser, she hear my song and copy everything I say / Like, what the f*ck? These b*tches dirt, just be yourself, this sh*t could work.”
Laufey — “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town”
Over the past few years, Laufey has made it an annual tradition to contribute to the contemporary Christmas song canon by dropping a new holiday tune. This year’s contribution is a rendition of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town,” which Laufey delivers in a jaunty vocal jazz style that delightfully festive.
Coco Jones — “Skip My House”
Jones is also in the holiday spirit, but she puts a different sort of spin on traditional holiday song topics. On “Skip My House,” she has a message for Santa: He doesn’t need to go to her house this year, not because she’s been bad, but because she’s grateful to have already been blessed with everything she needs.
Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. This week we’re hitting you with a tight but strong five sneaker hot list, which is what we fully expected after last week’s big Holiday-themed releases. The week following a holiday is always a quiet one, and while none of these sneakers have the sort of hype behind them that’ll break the internet, there are some serious gems here.
Nike once again wins the week, grabbing four out of our five picks. New sneakers from the Swoosh include a Stranger Things collaboration, the latest Rare Air, and a signature Eric Koston Air Max. The only other brand bringing anything noteworthy to the table is Adidas, with their chunky Grisedale. But enough talk! Let’s get a look at these shoes.
Here are this week’s best sneaker drops and where to buy them.
Only Nike could make a sneaker built out of mistakes look dope. That’s just the power of the Air Jordan — a sneaker lineage so powerful that we’ll take intentionally flawed pairs just because their small little differences are exciting enough to justify buying yet another pair. That’s the Rare Air series’ whole concept — a compilation of production errors.
Inspired by various imperfections from Jordan samples, the AJ-11 Rare Air sports a tumbled leather upper fused with synthetic detailing, a tinted outsole, and a blocky white, off-white, and royal blue colorway.
The Nike Air Jordan 11 Rare Air is out now for a retail price of $235. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Adidas Grisedale SPZL
Adidas
Price: $180
Chunky, highly utilitarian, and layered, those are three words that rarely describe Adidas sneakers, and yet the Grisedale gives us all three! This chunky little guy sports a leather and textile upper in chocolate tones with teal contrast points and a classic Trefoil logo.
In a weird way, this sneaker feels like Adidas answer to Timberlands, and we’re digging it! It stands as proof that Adidas has some tricks up its sleeve.
The Adidas Grisedale SPZL is out now for a retail price of $180. Pick up a pair via the Adidas CONFIRMED app.
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen a dope Waffle but that all changes this week with the release of the Sail and Neutral Grey Air Max Waffle. This sneaker features a lightweight and breathable textile upper with leather and shaggy suede detailing. For the initiated, this sneaker is a combination of the Tuned Air’s midsole and the Air Max Plus. Get it? The designs are waffled together into one!
The Nike Air Max Waffle Sail and Neutral Grey is out now for a retail price of $145. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Stranger Things x Nike Dunk Low Phantom and Midnight Navy
The return of Stranger Things is upon us, so get prepared for all the brand tie-ins we’re about to be inundated with. Stranger Things-branded ice cream, Stranger Things-branded fast food, Stranger Things branded watches with upside down numbers — there is going to be a lot of merch, and while most of that stuff is straight up junk (no shade Stranger Things fans) there are some cool collaborations out there, like these Stranger Things themed Dunks.
The sneakers feature a distressed upper, vintage 80s design details, stained laces and backwards branding. If you’re into that distressed vibe, these sneakers deliver!
The Stranger Things x Nike Dunk Low Phantom and Midnight Navy is out now for a retail price $155. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Eric Koston x Nike SB Air Max 95 Obsidian and Speed Yellow
In celebration of the Air Max 95’s 30-year anniversary, Nike is linking up with SB signee and pro skater Eric Koston for a customized take of the SB AM 95. This iteration of the sneaker has been optimized for skating with a durable leather and suede upper, double stitch reinforcement, and a herringbone tread for better grip.
Rounding out the design is a beautiful mix of blue and gray tones with bright yellow accents.
The Eric Koston x Nike SB Air Max 96 Obsidian and Speed Yellow is set to drop on November 7th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $190. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Disclaimer: While all of the products recommended here were chosen independently by our editorial staff, Uproxx may receive payment to direct readers to certain retail vendors who are offering these products for purchase.
With the 68th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony set to take place on February 1, 2026, the Recording Academy announced its nominees for awards today. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. emphasized that “The Academy’s top priority is to represent the music people that we serve each year.”
This year, as with so many others past, a sizable portion of the nominees represent the influence and impact of Warner Music Group and its subsidiaries.
Among them are Atlantic’s Bruno Mars, who is nominated for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year alongside Rosé for their hit collaboration “APT.“; Alex Warren, also from Atlantic, is up for Best New Artist alongside Warner Records’ Sombr; and Warner’s Teddy Swims, nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album for his debut album, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).
Meanwhile, PinkPantheress’ “Illegal,” released through Warner, is up for Best Dance Pop Recording, while her album, Fancy That, will compete for Best Dance/Electronic Album with FKA Twigs’ Eusexua, released by Atlantic.
In the Best Rock Album category, Warner is especially well represented, as Deftones (Private Music via Reprise), Linkin Park (From Zero via Warner), and Turnstile (Never Enough via Roadrunner), all earned noms, while Linkin Park (“The Emptiness Machine”) and Turnstile (“NEVER ENOUGH”) are both in competition for Best Rock Performance.
For brands in search of alignment with these artists and their army of fans, Uproxx serves as the gateway to their highly popular YouTube channels. And based on the popularity boom of those channels based around the MTV VMAs, it’s more than fair to assume a similar Grammy bump is coming.
The set times for Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2025 have been announced, with one week to go before the festival itself. Tyler The Creator’s long-running festival has been curated to perfection in years past, and now would be the perfect time to plan your trip.
As usual, there are three stages — Camp, Flog, and Gnaw — with Camp acting as the “main” stage where the headliners Childish Gambino and ASAP Rocky will perform. You can see the set lists below, organized by day and stage in descending order of lateness.
Saturday, November 15
Camp Stage
12:30-01:00 – La Reezy
01:30-02:00 – Navy Blue
02:30-03:05 – Samara Cyn
03:35-04:15 – Somber
04:45-05:30 – Tems
06:15-07:15 – Don Toliver
08:05-09:05 – Tyler, The Creator
09:55-10:55 – Childish Gambino
Flog Stage
01:20-01:50 – Ray Vaughn
02:20-02:50 – Alemeda
03:25-03:55 – AG Club
04:30-05:15 – Men I Trust
05:50-06:35 – Paris Texas
07:10-07:55 – Malcolm Todd
09:15-10:05 – Clipse
Gnaw Stage
01:00-01:30 – Zelooperz
02:00-02:30 – Az Chike
03:05-03:35 – Mike G
04:15-04:45 – BB Trickz
05:30-06:15 – Chezile
07:15-08:00 – Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist
09:10-09:50 – GloRilla
Coco Jones doesn’t need much to have a happy holiday as the year comes to a close. Her latest single, the semi-Christmas-themed “Skip My House,” finds the R&B star counting her blessings — and coming to the conclusion that she’s grateful for things as they are.
“You can skip my house this year,” she informs Santa on the chorus. “I already got everything I need right here / This year, I already counted, and my blessings came in pouring.” Instead, she says, all she needs is “a game night with my family,” as she’s already got “my mother, got my father, got my health right now,” and “a rock on my finger from my man who always holds me down.”
Funnily enough, these sorts of gratitude anthems are quickly becoming Jones’ own holiday tradition. Last year, she celebrated the season with her Coco By The Fireplace EP and its single “Santa Is Me.” While “Skip My House” isn’t currently connected to a larger project, Coco’s been busy enough in 2025 to warrant a little break.
Daft Punk called it quits a few years ago. That said, we’ve been seeing a lot of them lately. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo is on the new Rosalía album, Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555 anime had a one-night theatrical run last year, and the “Daft Punk Experience” recently hit Fortnite.
Speaking of the latter, Fortnite developer Epic Games just partnered with Daft Punk and Magnopus for a new video for “Contact,” the closing track from Random Access Memories. It stars the iconic robot duo drifting through space and navigating environments that look like an iTunes visualizer on steroids.
DJ Falcon, a co-producer on the song, said in an interview shared in 2023:
“Basically, we had the track ID, I’d say, 10 years before they went into the studio for Random Access Memories. I remember working at this studio with them, we spent a day working on something, doing some arpeggio to add on the track. I think they were forcing themselves to be in a situation where they had to learn. They keep moving forward all the time. I think it’s part also of the process, to keep experimenting. They’re always searching for some magic moment, and when it’s happening, it’s kind of a release.”
He added of the song causing studio equipment to malfunction, “I remember looking at Thomas [Bangalter], we looked at each other and we just said nothing. We just had a little smile on our face. We left the studio without saying anything like the whole thing was natural.”
The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards were announced this morning (here’s the full list). Among the most recognized artists is Jack Antonoff, who finds himself all over the list.
Antonoff’s nominations this year are as follows: Album Of The Year for Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend and Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, Record Of The Year for Carpenter’s “Manchild” and Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Song Of The Year for “Manchild” and “Luther,” and Best Rap Song for Lamar’s “TV Off” featuring Lefty Gunplay. He contributed to Man’s Best Friend and GNX, but is not listed as a nominee with those projects in the Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Rap Album categories, per the Recording Academy’s official list of nominations. So, Antonoff’s count this year is seven nominations, which ties him for the second-highest total this year with Lady Gaga and Cirkut.
This consideration comes with some implications. Most notably, Antonoff is now the first-ever producer/songwriter to earn nominations in all three major categories — Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Record Of The Year — with two different artists in the same year. This is the fourth time Antonoff has been nominated in all three categories, and no other producer/songwriter has even done it more than twice.
The 2026 Grammy Awards ceremony is set to take place on February 1, 2026, live at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, airing on CBS and Paramount Plus.
Find the nominees for the categories in which Antonoff is nominated below, and check out the full list of 2026 Grammy nominations here.
Record Of The Year
Bad Bunny — “DtMF”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Billie Eilish — “WILDFLOWER”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA — “luther”
Chappell Roan — “The Subway”
Rosé and Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Album Of The Year
Bad Bunny — DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Justin Bieber — SWAG
Sabrina Carpenter — Man’s Best Friend
Clipse, Pusha T and Malice — Let God Sort Em Out
Lady Gaga — MAYHEM
Kendrick Lamar — GNX
Leon Thomas — MUTT
Tyler, The Creator — CHROMAKOPIA
Song Of The Year
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Rosé and Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Bad Bunny — “DtMF”
HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — “Golden [From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’]”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA — “luther”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Billie Eilish — “WILDFLOWER”
Best Rap Song
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Clipse, Pusha T and Malice Featuring John Legend and Voices Of Fire — “The Birds Don’t Sing”
Tyler, The Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne — “Sticky”
GloRilla — “TGIF”
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay — “tv off”
Billboard‘s recent rule changes sparked a concerned discussion after they resulted in a two-week absence of rap music in the Hot 100 chart’s top 40 for the first time in almost three decades. “Is hip-hop dead?” became a familiar refrain among the culture’s commentators, as they wondered what a lack of top 40 hits meant for the genre in the mainstream.
But today, as the nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, one thing became clear: You just can’t count rap out, even if it hasn’t had any new streaming hits for a while.
This isn’t the first time hip-hop was prematurely declared dead. You’d think all those Chicken Littles out there clutching their pearls and wringing their hands at the prospect of rap’s lost dominance would recall those times, or that many of the most culturally important rap hits weren’t in the top 40 at their time either. Arguably, many of those hits have outlasted whatever was deemed more popular at the time vis-à-vis cultural relevance, anyway.
But with three of the eight nominees for Album of the Year coming from rappers (Clipse’s Let God Sort ‘Em Out, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, and Tyler The Creator’s Chromakopia) and rap well-represented in the two of the remaining three Big Four categories, the proof of rap’s continued relevance is in the proverbial pudding.
While Kendrick Lamar is unsurprisingly nominated for both Record and Song of the Year for his SZA duet “Luther,” his former labelmate Doechii is also nominated for both awards (for “Anxiety“) after winning Best New Artist and Best Rap Album at this year’s Grammys in February. Meanwhile, the rap-specific categories feature more women than ever, with Cardi B joining Doechii in the Best Rap Performance field (for “Outside“) and GloRilla also up for Best Rap Song (for “TGIF“). Glo is also nominated alongside Sexyy Red for their features on Tyler The Creator’s “Sticky,” and for Best Rap Album for her debut Glorious.
All of which adds up to a picture of rap that not only looks healthy, but forecasts continued evolution, even if it’s not necessarily mainstream popular. For what it’s worth, each of this year’s nominees are notable for breaking away from mainstream rap trends — less melodic, more lyrically focused, and much more self-aware and narrative-based than some of what’s been popular in the recent past. The concerns of the nominees’ projects are more insular, mature, and reflective than the pop-friendly records that have dominated for the past few decades.
Likewise, underground stalwart JID, who has long been lauded for forging his own thorny path, returned to the Grammys radar with a nomination for Best Rap Album for God Does Like Ugly — his first since 2022’s The Forever Story. Fridayy also continues to be a Grammy favorite after being nominated for Best Rap Song and Performance for appearing on DJ Khaled’s “God Did.” And Rapsody, who won her first Grammy this year for “3:AM” with Erykah Badu in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category, is once again nominated in that category alongside Terrace Martinand Kenyon Dixon for “WeMaj.”
So, no, the sky is not falling for hip-hop. If anything, the disappearance of rap from the top 40 suggest that the genre is more likely entering a chrysalis phase, withdrawing from the pursuit of mainstream approval and going back to its roots, developing out of sight of commercial interests. If anything, when it reemerges as a chart force, it’ll be the best version of itself, unfiltered, unalloyed, and ready to once again revolutionize the music world.
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