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One of the star-making features on Kendrick Lamar‘s surprise album GMX was Los Angeles-based rapper Lefty Gunplay on “TV Off.” He’s the one who provided the “sh*t gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious” outro. Today, May 9, Lefty released a new album with JasonMartin (formerly known as Problem), Can’t Get Right, which has received a seal of approval from Kendrick himself.

“Thank you @kendricklamar,” JasonMartin wrote on Instagram along with a screenshot of a conversation between himself and the Grammy winner, listed as simply Dot. “Wow,” Lamar texted about Can’t Get Right. “N***a yall did that!!! I appreciate this too much dawg. The first album of a new artist from gnx. And it’s going up. I’m bout to thump it out here. I’m proud of lefty. And always love for u playing big roles across them boards.”

Lefty previously shared that Lamar “loves me. If I need to talk to Kendrick Lamar right now, he gonna answer. We’re cool like that.” He continued, “If I need him to know that ‘Lefty said he really needs to talk to you,’ he’ll call. I know he will. Shout out Kendrick.”

You can listen to “Cracks In The Ceiling” from Can’t Get Right above. Find more information here.

It’s been a minute since a Netflix series without tons of advance fanfare leaped out of the shadows upon release and attacked the streaming charts. Granted, Adolescence did so in March, and an official renewal hasn’t arrived there yet, although that British-baked series did definitively conclude and would have to be continued as an anthology if that happens.

The Ethernaut landed (and ended) differently with an open-ended finale that followed an expanding setting filled with Buenos Aires-set apocalyptic snow, an alien invasion, and mind control. The sci-fi series also boasted an unusual meeting-of-the-minds between critics (94% approval) and audience (95% raves) over on Rotten Tomatoes. As for streaming numbers? Hot damn. The Ethernaut smashed most of the current Top English Language TV Shows list on Netflix while topping the Non-English Language Series chart with a 10.8 million views and 58.3 million hours streamed in the first week alone.

Sure, it’s only been a week, but the stars are already aligned for more.

Will There Be A The Eternaut Season 2 On Netflix?

For sure. Deadline broke that news while speaking with Netflix’s Latin American content chief, Francisco “Paco” Ramos, who declared that another season is on the way with producer Matías Mosteirin adding that one more season will be plenty:

“Season 2 is going to be very important,” Ramos says. “It’s going to dig into a lot of sci-fi concepts that were just pointed out in Season 1, and they are going to be fully blown.” Mosteirin picks up the thread: “We believe that we will manage to close the whole story in a beautiful way, with probably eight more episodes.”

Variety further reports that this TV series has contributed $33 million into Argentina’s economy. That’s a number that will no doubt grow with the second season. For the further curious, The Ethernaut is based upon the same-named 1957 comic by Hector G. Oesterheld that carried Cold War vibes.

The Ethernaut is currently streaming on Netflix.

We’re now a few years removed from the latest Justin Bieber album, as Justice dropped in early 2021. Fans, naturally, have been craving a new LP since then, and the good news is that he’s been working on music lately. In March, he was spotted in a studio with Fred Again.. and Sekou. Well, he’s still at it: Earlier this week, Bieber took to Instagram to share some photos of himself recording at a picturesque studio.

Some wondered exactly where Bieber was. The photos don’t say explicitly where he was laying down tracks, but he did include an emoji of Iceland’s flag in the post’s caption. Furthermore, a comment from Flóki Studios reads, “We loved having you at Flóki Studios.”

Coincidentally, this news comes not long after Uproxx’s Philip Cosores visited Flóki Studios and its associated hotel Deplar Farm. Both are located in the Troll Peninsula in Northern Iceland.

Flóki Studios Director Wade Koeman told Uproxx, “I think some people, some artists, really excel and get into this place of creativity when all the distractions are gone. And that’s the idea of Flóki — you’re in the middle of nowhere in a place where, most of the time, you’ve never been. You’re just in this whole new environment and it’s beautiful and peaceful, yet it can be blizzarding and chaotic. It’s nature.”

He also said, “We want to be able to have it be accessible for the emerging artists that don’t have [a massive] budget,” but it clearly appeals to big-time acts like Bieber, too.

Read Uproxx’s feature on Flóki Studios and Deplar Farm here.

Karol G’s road to global pop stardom has not been a smooth ride. In fact, the “Contigo” singer allows fans to witness some of those hiccups in her new Netflix documentary, Tomorrow Was Beautiful.

With the triumphant look at her career now available on the streaming platform, Karol G is basking in gratitude, To express that, Karol G released the visual’s original track “Milagros” co-produced by Edgar Barrera and Lexus.

Just as the song’s title implies, Karol G uses the record to express deep gratitude for all she’s accomplished with. “Every time I wake up I realize how blessed / I am I go through the world doing my thing / Paving the way and healing wounds / Leaving seeds on the shores / Of every heart that’s listening to me,” she sang.

Prior to Tomorrow Was Beautiful hitting Netflix, Karol G took to Instagram to gush about the documentary. “I can feel in the bottom of my heart that my life in general has a new beginning and that I’m about to let you see the most beautiful version of me,” she wrote.

Listen to Karol G’s new song “Milagros” above.

Karol G’s original Netflix documentary Tomorrow Was Beautiful is out now. Find more information here.

Okay, I’ll admit it: I was a bit skeptical of Sailorr at first. Music journalists get dozens of press emails about “rising R&B stars” all the time, and they rarely pan out, even if they have viral tracks’ like “Pookie’s Requiem,” “Down Bad,” and “Cut Up.”

But then I saw the cover of Sailorr’s newly released mixtape, From Florida’s Finest, and her video for the focus track “Bitches Brew,” and I gotta say: I’m sold. From the cheeky reimagining of an Animorphs cover to the visual references to the iconic Renaissance painting The Birth Of Venus in the “Bitches Brew” video, and even the title “Bitches Brew” — a nod to jazz legend Miles Davis’ psychedelic, genre-redefining 1970 album — Sailorr has won me over as a self-aware future star, in the vein of a Summer Walker or a SZA.

It all starts here, with a video filmed on the Florida beaches that were the Vietnamese-American talent’s old stomping grounds. They remain so, as she struts the sand in monster boots and a pink bikini, roasting Barbie dolls on the barbecue, lounging with her homegirls in a giant inflatable clamshell, and even bringing out a treadmill to ensure she gets in her steps on something a bit more solid. It’s a wild, surreal visual that could only have come to life in Florida, and only come from an imagination that welcomes inspiration from influences both highbrow and low — the perfect recipe for a heady brew that will almost certainly lead to the growth of an already hardcore fanbase.

Watch Sailorr’s “Bitches Brew” video above.

From Florida’s Finest is out now via BuVision. You can find more info here.

The Dare is playing seven sold-out shows, each with a surprise opener, at Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right next week. Ahead of the residency, the dance-punk artist has released a new song, a cover of “I Can’t Escape Myself” by post-punk band The Sound, from the upcoming deluxe edition of his 2024 album What’s Wrong With New York? titled What’s Wrong With New York?: Afters.

The Dare previously shared “LCA,” which he described as “when the party gets too seedy, too self-destructive, and too excessive. When people get so drunk they start playing Benny Benassi through speakers already blown. Tomorrow seems very far away.”

“I just like the play and the freedom that music and performance allows you,” The Dare (real name: Harrison Patrick Smith) told Rolling Stone last year. “I just kind of crank it up to ten and say whatever I want.”

He continued, “I have no allergy to success or ambition. I want to make the most interesting, beautiful music on the largest scale possible. If that happens, that will be wonderful… I’m just happy that people like it.” The Dare would be even happier if his fans knew how to crowdsurf.

What’s Wrong With New York?: Afters is out 6/20 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

As with James Bond, another spy-thriller frontman, Jack Ryan, has changed faces several times, too. Harrison Ford, Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, and even Ben Affleck have slipped into the shoes of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst and ex-U.S. Marine. Then Prime Video/Amazon ran with four seasons of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan starring John Krasinski, who is now pushing into a new cinematic gear. And sure, there are already several existing Jack Ryan movies (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, The Sum of All Fears, Clear and Present Danger, The Hunt for Red October, and Patriot Games), but why not have another with Krasinski?

That’s the spirit. Amazon MGM, Paramount Pictures, and Skydance came together with that agreement, through which Krasinski’s CIA operative will spring into action again, not too long after the TV series concluded in June 2023. Let’s talk about what intrigue awaits in the upcoming Jack Ryan movie.

Plot

The good news (especially for Dads) is that filming has gone swimmingly and is nearly complete. Amazon MGM recently unveiled some BTS photos, and back in February, Krasinski Instagrammed from Dubai, where he declared, “So. Good. To be. Back! #JackRyanMovie is off and running!!! HUGE thank you to all the inCREDible folks here in Dubai for letting us kickoff in epic fashion in your beautiful city!” From there, production moved to London and NYC. As Just Jared points out, Krasinski and Wendell Pierce (as James Greer) were accompanied by Craig “Radio Man” Castaldo, and by late May, Krasinski will begin an off-Broadway run in Angry Alan, so a Jack Ryan wrap is imminent.

According to Variety has reported that this film will be “the next stage in the evolution of the Tom Clancy franchise starring John Krasinski.” Andrew Bernstein is directing, fourth-season writer Aaron Rabin penned the script, and yep, there’s a ton of secrecy on the plot, but “evolution” suggests that Krasinski could be passing the baton… where, exactly?

This is where we will get speculative. It’s possible that a Mike November spin off is being set up since Michael Kelly is reprising his TV role, but there’s another candidate who cannot be entirely ignored, although Amazon would have to be keeping Michael Peña’s Domingo “Ding” Chavez under tight wraps if that was the case. Is it possible, though? Anything is.

To travel back in time a few years: ahead of Peña’s debut in the fourth season, Deadline reported that Ding was a candidate for a Rainbow Six spin off series Collider then broached the subject with Peña, who seemed receptive while admitting, “I don’t know. It’s up to the fans and up to Amazon … we leave it in their hands.”

Still, there’s been zero evidence that Peña has been spotted on the Jack Ryan movie set, but ya know, Ding has surfaced in 20 Jack Ryan Universe books including seven core Jack Ryan novels, so it would be strange if the character didn’t resurface in this franchise somehow, someday.

This chatter is also not to be confused with a 2023 report about Michael B. Jordan reprising his John Clark character from Without Remorse in a Rainbow Six movie directed by (the incredibly busy) Chad Stahelski. And don’t count on that happening for awhile since Stahelski’s got more John Wick coming and is also developing a Highlander reboot.

Cast

Krasinski will keep rocking those espionage vibes with returning cast members Wendall Pierce (as James Greer) and Michael Kelly (as Mike November). New additions include Sienna Miller in a mystery role along with Max Beesley, Betty Gabriel, JJ Feild, Douglas Hodge.

Release Date

Filming will soon complete, which makes it completely possible for a late 2025 release on streaming. Early 2026 would happen as well, although Amazon MGM hasn’t disclosed whether this will also be a theatrical release, which would obviously modify plans.

Trailer

Since no trailer exists yet, we can just roll with more Ding Chavez. Then maybe it’s time to let him go… or not?

Lord Huron‘s song with Kristen Stewart is one of the 12 tracks that make up the group’s new album, The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1, which was announced today (May 9).

The title is a reference to the mysterious device in the woods on the album cover, as seen below. Singer Ben Schneider expands, “What if you could choose your fate like choosing a song on a jukebox? What if your finger slipped and you got the B-side instead? What if you misunderstood the meaning of the dang song to begin with?”

Lord Huron have also shared “Looking Back,” the eerie opening track from The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1. “The weight of your past can distort your present and future, the way massive celestial objects warp the fabric of the universe. Like a bowling ball on a trampoline,” Schneider said. “This song wonders if it’s possible to let go, or if looking back is a fundamental law of existence.”

You can listen to “Looking Back” above, and check out The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 artwork and tracklist below.

Lord Huron’s The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 Album Cover Artwork

Lord Huron’s The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 Tracklist

1. “Looking Back”
2. “Bag Of Bones”
3. “Nothing I Need”
4. “Is There Anybody Out There”
5. “Who Laughs Last” Feat. Kristen Stewart
6. “The Comedian”
7. “Watch Me Go”
8. “Fire Eternal” Feat. Kazu Makino
9. “It All Comes Back”
10. “Used To Know”
11. “Digging Up The Past”
12. “Life Is Strange”

The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 is out 7/18 via Mercury Records. Find more information here.

With her latest album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, picking up a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album, Shakira remains one of the most successful artists in global music. But, the “Soltera” singer’s career could’ve looked a lot different if label executives ignored a massive request from her.

Yesterday (May 8), Shakira revealed during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that her smash hit “Hips Don’t Lie” with Wyclef Jean almost didn’t get released. As she reflected on the track’s 20th anniversary, she confessed that it was an unplanned, last-minute addition to her 2005 album Oral Fixation Vol. 2.

“I remember my album was already distributed,” she said. “Then this idea came up and Wyclef and I met. We started working on this track.”

She continued: “The funniest thing is that I had a dream — the most random dream about Wyclef. Then I woke up, and my manager called me and said, ‘You know what? Wyclef wants to work with you.’ And I’m like, ‘No, no. It can’t be. I had a dream about Wyclef last night. Why would I dream about Wyclef?’”

Ultimately, the pair knocked out “Hips Don’t Lie.” However, Shakira’s album was already in stores. So, Shakira called in a rather expensive favor with her record label to have the album pulled and replaced with a version containing “Hips Don’t Lie.”

“You’ve got to believe me,” Shakira says she explained to her label on the frazzled phone call. “You’ve got to trust me. You do that, we have a hit. [They] did it, we repackaged the albums, and it changed my story.”

Shakira’s gut instinct and the label’s trust in her paid off in the end. Since its release, it has become a two-time RIAA certified platinum single with over 2 billion streams to date on Spotify alone.

Watch Shakira’s full appearance on The Tonight Show above.

It’s been quite the week for Evanescence’s Amy Lee.

“Bring Me To Life” played a crucial role in the latest episode of Nathan Fielder’s brilliant HBO series The Rehearsal, and now she has a new song out with Halsey. The angsty “Hand That Feeds” is part of the soundtrack for the John Wick spin-off movie From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina, and it’s a fine showcase for both of their soaring voices.

“Hand That Feeds” is dream come true for Halsey, a huge Evanescence fan since childhood. When promoting 2024’s The Great Impersonator, the “Safeword” singer dressed up as 18 of their favorite music icons, including “my OG dark rock queen” Lee on the Fallen album cover. Before “Hand That Feeds” came out, Halsey admitted that they were “freaking out about it.”

Here’s more on From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina (out June 6), which stars Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, the late Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves:

“Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.”

You can listen to “Hand That Feeds” above.