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The Dare returns with an unhinged new track, “LCA,” making some indecent proposals and promising to capture the results on film. “LCA” stands for “lights, camera, action,” the famed phrase of (mostly fictional) directors on film sets, and The Dare’s latest track promises a demented production, indeed. “I wanna make it with you,” he admits. “I wanna f*ck till we’re blue / I wanna live like, ‘What would Amy f*ckin’ Winehouse do?’” Exactly the sort of uninhibited hedonism you’d expect from a guy who recently tried to initiate a stage dive at a full sprint. It didn’t go well.

“LCA” is The Dare’s first single since releasing his 2024 album, What’s Wrong With New York, which featured the single “Perfume.” Since then, he’s released another single, “You’re Invited,” and contributed to Charli XCX’s Billie Eilish collaboration, “Guess.” He also embarked on a sold-out tour to promote the album, and it looks like he’s hit the ground running — literally — to start his 2025 campaign.

Upon its release, The Dare’s rave-rock album generated quite the buzz, and it’s clear there’s a hunger for his unique brand of electroclash and punk-dance cool. With “LCA,” it looks like he’s feeding that hunger for the foreseeable future.

You can listen to The Dare’s “LCA” above.

Despite declaring herself the “most hated female rapper,” Sexyy Red’s star continues to rise with another string of raunchy songs. After teaming up with Bruno Mars for the racy “strip club anthem” “Fat Juicy & Wet,” Big Sexyy drops her latest: “Hoochie Coochie.” It’s an unsurprisingly brusque, brash street anthem, which sees Sexyy compare herself to the competition and determining she’s on top.

If the hate should happen to drive Sexyy out of the rap business, she appears to have a solid fall-back plan: Wrestling. After accepting a hosting gig with WWE for a run of NXT shows last year, Sexyy revealed this year that Shawn Michaels, the wrestling promotion’s Senior Vice President of Talent Development, had offered her a permanent role on the show, which she only turned down because of her musical obligations.

Sexyy compared the two professions favorably, saying, “Rapping and wrestling are pretty much the same. It’s not quite acting, but it’s kind of acting too, right? Because when we go home and take off all our jewels and gold and remove the costumes we wear, we then have to go right back to reality with our families.”

You can listen to Sexyy Red’s new song “Hoochie Coochie” above.

Gelo is swerving, bending corners, and well, ROLLING in 2025. Following the viral success of his breakthrough track “Tweaker,” he performed the song during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. He proved that he wasn’t a one-hit wonder thanks to his GloRilla collaboration “Can You Please,” but fans were truly intrigued by a new song that he debuted during his debut performance at Rolling Loud California. Now, that song, “Law N Order,” is officially out, and it looks like Gelo is on the move yet again.

Like his prior releases, “Law N Order” evokes a very specific time in rap history — think the heyday of 106 & Park, complete with throwback jerseys, baggy jeans, and matching fitted caps.

After “Tweaker” blew up in NBA locker rooms and arenas, even his staunchest supporters were floored to learn he had been signed to a deal with Def Jam, although some skepticism regarding the deal’s numbers was warranted. ESPN star reporter Shams Charania explained, “LiAngelo Ball has signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from his label Born2Ball Music Group says. Sources said the deal is worth as much as $13 million, with $8 million guaranteed, and gives Ball full ownership of music and his own record label.” It looks like the label is getting its money’s worth with more potential hits like “Law N Order” — and from the looks of things, Gelo’s stock is only going up.

You can listen to “Law N Order” above.

With just under two months until the release of her upcoming ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus has shared the dreamy video for its third single, “End Of The World.” In the retro-styled video, Miley continues her recent foray into vintage ’70s aesthetics and sounds, crooning the soft-rock ballad in a green-sequined mini-dress as a drummer keeps time next to her. “Let’s pretend it’s not the end of the world,” she croons on the chorus, which is presented as both a romantic entreaty and an ominous forewarning.

Toward the end of March, Cyrus promised that Something Beautiful would be a “one of a kind pop opera” with “a unique visual experience fueled by fantasy.” She first delivered on the latter with the videos for the first two singles, “Prelude” and the title track. In an interview preceding the announcement of the album, the Tennessee native said the album was “inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall. […] My idea was making The Wall, but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture.”

She also described the album as “a concept album that’s an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music.”

Watch Miley Cyrus’ “End Of The World” video above.

Something Beautiful is due on 5/30 via Columbia Records. Find more information here.

The recent trio of The Walking Dead spin offs (Dead City, Daryl Dixon, and The Ones Who Live) have favored shorter seasons in the six-episode realm. That tightly-honed structure allows series to focus on main characters without getting bogged down by weighty side stories that plagued the flagship show near the end (most seasons were 16 episodes, but the final weighed in at 24), but of course, there has been plenty of speculation that a Daryl and Rick reunion could happen somewhere down the line.

If that reunion does happen on a currently running spin off, there’s every reason to believe that a larger ensemble could launch a longer spin off, and if that happens, universe architect Scott Gimple will be pleased. The Direct recently interviewed Gimple, who was discussing how movie plans have indeed been removed from the equation, but a “longer” season structure is a new-ish possibility:

“I mean, I would just say different formats… They’re always in our minds and you know, is it a six-hour, is it a two-hour, is it a… my dream would be another 16-hour a year series. We’re talking about that. Feature films… probably less likely. But different ways that we do the show, we have to do it and we will.”

If the current AMC shows retain momentum, there’s little reason that this won’t happen. Until we hear otherwise, however, we can look forward to more Dead City on May 4, 2025 and a third Daryl and Carol helping later this year. As for more of The Ones Who Live? That seems unlikely, but more of the Rick and Michonne characters could happen elsewhere. Can the world handle a sixteen-episode season of walker drama again, though? From what Gimple is suggesting, it’s likely.

This weekend sees the fifth and final Dreamville Festival, curated by J. Cole and the Dreamville team. But Raleigh, North Carolina, won’t go long without any viral moments: the Raleigh News & Observer reports that city officials have announced a four-year deal for a new music festival at Dorothea Dix Park.

“We’re going to be here for years to come,” Dreamville and Live Nation festival producer Sascha Stone Guttfreund told the publication. “This is a multi-year deal, and we’re so excited to be working with the city of Raleigh together on something new and exciting, and to continue to build on this incredible thing that we’ve done over the years.”

No specific details were given about the new festival, other than Raleigh City Manager Marchell Adams-David saying that “we’re going to continue on the same path that’s been successful for us. Our consumers have told us what they like, and we’re going to try to provide that to them for the next four years.”

J. Cole has “his hands all over” the new festival, according to Adams-David. “We’re using the Dreamville label to a certain extent, [so] he will obviously be involved. Whether or not he headlines. That’s probably not going to be an occurrence, but he is a local resident. He is totally committed to this community, and he is totally committed to this festival.”

Dreamville Festival 2025 includes headlining sets from J. Cole, Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, Erykah Badu, Ludacris, and GloRilla, among many others, as well as a plethora of free events. You can find more information here.

At the top of 2025, Blondshell (a.k.a. Sabrina Teitelbaum) announced a new album, If You Asked For A Picture. We’ve gotten a few tastes of it so far, and today (April 3), Teitelbaum has unveiled a new advance single, “23’s A Baby.”

Teitelbaum says of the track, “The song is partially about being in your twenties and feeling like you’re supposed to know everything (your parents even had kids around that age!) yet you’re truly in the weeds trying to figure out who you are. I wanted it to have a bit of a nursery rhyme feel. It’s a heavy subject so it was important to have fun when we made it.”

She also shared a video for the track, which stars a group of DILFS (inspired loosely by the DILFS Of Disneyland Instagram account) just doing dad things with their strollers.

Teitelbaum sings on the song, “You killed me with your bad habits / You killed me when you had it / The hopelessness is always see-through / You know that I still need you / ‘Cause 23’s a baby / Why do you have a baby? / 23’s a baby / Why do you have a baby?”

Teitelbaum previously described the album as “12 songs about searching for love, family and friendship in many right and wrong places.”

Listen to “23’s A Baby” above.

If You Asked For A Picture is out 5/2 via Partisan Records. Find more information here.

It’s been 13 years, but WU LYF have released a new song. “A New Life Is Coming,” a soaring, seemingly standalone track (no word on an album), follows the group’s announcement that they’re going on tour in Europe.

“Something comes from nothing. WU LYF was always better left unspoken, experienced rather than discussed. Words killed it. You just had to feel it,” a statement from the band reads. “Twelve years after the fire burnt out, life had pulled us apart. We all had walked our separate paths trying to escape the shadow cast by the brief spectacle of our youth. Then something broke. Or healed.”

It continues:

“We set up camp in the loft of a friend’s bookshop behind unfamiliar instruments, familiar emotions, and we began to play, tentative at first but with open hearts and minds, seeking new forms unchained from what had been before. Old friends with new scars, trying not to aggravate the wounds of yesterday.

We are all surprised by the big music that still plays itself through us, an unexpected gift after the longest exile, a gleaming fragment of then, magnified by who we are now. Raw and ecstatic, the fire transfigured.

What it will become we do not know.

You do not dig up the seed to see if it grows. You wait. You trust. You know the tree by its fruits. Our hands know what our minds forgot. This is something that was always there, waiting for us to remember. A new life is coming.”

You can listen to “A New Life Is Coming” above.

Tom Hardy seldom misses, and it sure doesn’t hurt that he’s starring in a Guy Ritchie series that also boasts Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Paddy Considine. Together in Paramount Plus‘ MobLand, they will bring Ritchie’s latest mobster story to life with Brosnan and Mirren standing at the apex of a crime family and Hardy stepping up as the “fixer.”

It’s a role that he was born to portray, although to be fair, the same thing could be said for most Tom Hardy roles. He will also soon be seen in Netflix’s Havoc on the other side of the law, but we’re here to wonder exactly how much gangster-Hardy we will be seeing in Ritchie’s series that began streaming (weekly) on March 30.

How Many Episodes Are In Tom Hardy’s MobLand Season 1?

10 episodes. And surely, nobody can complain about a “longer” streaming season with a show like this.

Hardy recently told JoBlo about how he was down to participate in Ritchie’s “signature brand,” and he enjoyed the family dynamic of the series, too. As for why he hopped onto the small screen, Hardy doesn’t seem opposed to a 10-episode season, either: “In longform storytelling, there’s more opportunity to develop a character, as opposed to the brief window that we get in a movie.”

Enjoy the MobLand trailer from Paramount Plus below.

In just a couple of days, J. Cole and the Dreamville crew will open the doors to kick off what will be the fifth and final Dreamville Festival. The mostly annual showcase, which missed two years duo to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021, grew to be a family affair between the Dreamville family, their die-hard fans, and the team’s favorite artists in a given year. Through five festivals over seven years, Dreamville Festival became the destination for the perfect festival experience: great music, great food, great events, and great energy all surrounded by great people who love music just as much as the person standing next to them in the crowd.

Since its inception in 2019, Dreamville Festival has produced many moments that will forever define its legacy. Many of them feature J. Cole in some capacity, but others are from Dreamville signees and artists from outside the Dreamville bubble who understood the assignment for the festival. So, as we prepare to say goodbye to Dreamville’s beloved festival, let’s take a trip through the past and look back at the most viral moments from Dreamville’s five festivals.

J. Cole’s Performs “Love Yourz” As A Nipsey Hussle Tribute (2019)

The second-ever Dreamville Festival was supposed to be a celebratory affair for hip-hop and music altogether, but just days prior, tragedy struck with the tragic death of Nipsey Hussle. At the 2019 Dreamville Festival, Cole performed his 2014 Forest Hills Drive standout “Love Yourz” as tribute to Nipsey. “I gotta take time on stage and acknowledge someone who had a huge impact on the community, on the f*ckin’ world,” he said on stage before performing the record as images and videos of Nipsey shined on a screen behind Cole. It was later revealed that Cole and Nipsey were planning to collaborate at some point in 2019.

DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Mixtape Celebration With Lil Wayne, Jeezy, And T.I. (2022)

In 2022, DJ Drama and the Dreamville team connected for the surprise D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape which spawned the fan-favorite “Stick” and other highlights like J. Cole’s “Heavens EP.” DJ Drama would get to spotlight his Gangsta Grillz mixtape series just days later at the 2022 Dreamville Festival with a setlist that included guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Jeezy, and T.I. for a classic southern rap set. Having Lil Wayne and T.I. on stage at the same time was a big moment as they had beef dating back to 2016 following T.I. taking issue with Wanye’s comments about the Black Lives Matter movement. Despite that, it was no hard feelings onstage between the rappers. “Shout out to the motherf*ckin’ King T.I. you already know what it is,” Weezy said on stage. “That’s my real motherf*ckin’ brother right there. That’s my motherf*ckin’ daughter’s uncle, y’all don’t even understand, man.”

JID’s First Performance Of “Stick” (2022)

Dreamville’s D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape produced a massive hit with JID and J. Cole’s “Stick” featuring Kenny Mason and Sheck Wes. Truthfully, Dreamville’s head honcho wasn’t needed for the record, as JID and Kenny Mason bring all the required energy and chaos for this raucous track. Released just days before the 2022 Dreamville Festival, JID delivered his first live performance of the song, and the exchange of energy between the Atlanta rapper and the crowd was incredible. Mosh pits erupted in all corners of the crowd as fans just had to go wild and let loose as the song blared from the stage.

J. Cole And Drake’s Co-Headlining Set (2023)

While J. Cole and Drake’s friendship goes back to the late 2000s, fans didn’t get to see it live heavily in the public eye until 2023. It was highlighted by their “First Person Shooter” collaboration that arrived that fall, but months prior, Drake and Cole put on the show of a lifetime when they co-headlined the final set of the 2023 Dreamville Festival. Drake performed smash hits like “Sicko Mode,” “God’s Plan,” and “Nonstop,” favorites like “Know Yourself,” “Marvin’s Room,” and “Headlines.” They also brought out GloRilla, Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, and 21 Savage. Cole, on the other hand, brought out his Dreamville labelmates to grace the stage with him and performed records like “G.O.M.D,” “Love Yourz,” “A Lot,” and “No Role Modelz.”

Usher’s Beyoncé April Fool’s Prank (2023)

Dreamville Fest fell on April Fool’s Day in 2023, so it was only right that someone took advantage of the comedic holiday for entertainment purposes, right? Correct! That person would be Usher, who decided to use his headlining set on day one to momentarily trick the crowd into thinking that he brought out Beyoncé as a guest for the night. “Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, put your hands together for the one, the only — Beyoncé,” Usher said before mischievously saying, “April Fools.” The prank got a good laugh from fans in attendance and at home, making for a moment that added to a great set from Usher led by performances of “Lovers And Friends,” “My Boo,” “You Make Me Wanna…”, and “Yeah!”

J. Cole’s Star-Studded Headlining Set With Lil Yachty, Central Cee, Lil Durk, 6lack & More (2024)

The 2024 Dreamville Festival will always be remembered for reasons that have nothing to do with music. We’ll get into that in a second, but first, there was a performance worth remembering from last year’s festival — that being J. Cole’s headlining set. As Dreamville’s lead artist, it’s important that the label’s annual showcase go out with a bang and Cole decided that the way to ensure that in 2024 was by highlighting the many epic collaborations in his career. That’s why he resurfaced collaborations with the likes of Jeremih (“Planez”), 6lack, (“Pretty Little Fears”), Benny the Butcher (“Johnny P’s Caddy”), Lil Yachty (“The Secret Recipe”), Central Cee (“H.Y.B.”), Lil Durk (“All My Life”), and more. Cole’s set was a beautiful presentation of selflessness and one that should’ve been the most memorable moment of the night.

J. Cole’s Apology To Fans And Exit From Potential Kendrick Beef (2024)

J. Cole’s beautifully constructed closing set for the 2024 Dreamville Festival was sidetracked by what many, including myself, thought was an incredibly shocking move. In a moment of honesty, Cole apologized to his fans for his decision to respond to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” diss with one of his own — that being “7 Minute Drill.” In a moment of reflection, Cole called the record “the lamest sh*t I did in my f*ckin’ life.” He added, “I pray that God will line me back up on my purpose and on my path.” Cole’s surprise apology to both fans and Kendrick Lamar concluded with a promise to remove “7 Minute Drill” from streaming services (which he fulfilled soon after) and a performance of “Love Yourz” as a reminder of the mindset he aims to keep at all times as a musician.

For more information on the 2025 Dreamville Festival, including past announcements and future updates, click here.