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Last Friday, March 8, Future and Metro Boomin announced their forthcoming joint double album, We Don’t Trust You, which Uproxx’s Aaron Williams listed among “The Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Albums Of Spring 2024.” The first release dates are March 22 and April 12, and Metro stoked the anticipatory fires on Wednesday, March 13.

Metro Boomin, who was nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical at the 2024 Grammys and has promised to drop three albums in 2024 “at the very least,” first posted another trailer across his socials alongside the message, “Revenge season starts in 9 days #WeDontTrustYou.” Then, on X (formerly Twitter), Metro posted a few cryptic teasers regarding the We Don’t Trust You tracklist.

Are There Features On Metro Boomin & Future’s We Don’t Trust You Album?

There is not a clear-cut answer to this — yet. It’s up for interpretation, which is probably just as Future and Metro Boomin want it. The first of Metro’s X posts showed him and Future in what appears to be the same desert from the initial We Don’t Trust You trailer. “#nofeatures #wedonttrustyou,” Metro wrote.

So, no features, right? Well, an hour-ish later, Metro posted again: “#TYPESH*T @1future @trvisXX @playboicarti #wedonttrustyou.” That seems to indicate that there will be a single called “Type Sh*t” featuring Playboi Carti and Travis Scott. Carti confirmed his feature on Instagram, as captured by Complex. Carti also posted a video to his Instagram Story showing him (or someone) driving around blasting a snippet of what we can only assume is “Type Sh*t” because Carti wrote atop the video, “@metroboomin @travisscott @future TYPE SH*T.”

Because We Don’t Trust You is a two-album project, it’s still on the board that one of them will be featureless.

Sorry, but Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney aren’t dating in real life. They have great on-screen chemistry in Anyone But You, the modestly budgeted romantic-comedy that became a surprise box office hit with a $200 million-plus worldwide gross, but she’s engaged to Jonathan Davino and he’s been spotted with a former Miss World Israel.

The Daily Mail reports that Powell was seen with Noa Kochba “at Largo at the Coronet, a nightclub in Los Angeles. Following their fun-filled night out, alongside a group of stunning women, the 35-year-old actor and beauty queen, 25, were seen making their way to her car through a mass of fans crowded outside the building waiting for his autograph.” Hopefully at least one person asked him to sign their copy of Everybody Wants Some!!, where Powell plays everyone’s cool best friend.

The performer most recently dated model Gigi Paris for three years, before calling it quits in April 2023 while filming his latest movie Anyone But You. In December, Powell credited Sweeney as the mastermind behind playing up the dating rumors between them to promote their film. When asked about their decision to lean into their characters, Ben and Bea, the actor star, 35, opened up about utilizing their “authentic chemistry” to entice viewers to watch their rom-com.

Look for Powell next in Richard Linklater’s Hitman.

(Via the Daily Mail)

It’s that time of year again. Do I mean Daylight Savings Time? Not exactly. The start of spring? Not quite. The time when votes are cast for the Rock & Roll Of Fame? Absolutely.

I started voting for the Rock Hall in 2021. Before that, I spent a lot of time online complaining about the Rock Hall. I still complain about the Rock Hall online. Therefore, I feel like it is only fair to make my ballot public, so that people can complain about me if they want. (Don’t worry, I won’t hear it, you will be muted.)

Before I share my ballot, here are seven pieces of essential information.

1) There are 15 nominees this year. I did not pick the nominees. I do not know how the nominees are picked. Do not blame me for the nominees. Do not say, “Why didn’t you vote for Warren Zevon?” as that is not an option this year. (I wish it were, but it is not.)

2) “But why are there non-rock acts nominated for the Rock Hall?” Sir, this question has been asked and answered one billion times. I will not waste time addressing it here.

3) You are allowed to vote for seven acts. That is two more than last year. There are no write-ins. (Please see my Warren Zevon note above.) Ballots are due on April 15, and the inductees will be announced (I think) sometime in May.

4) I have no idea how much weight the fan vote is given but my guess is “not much.”

5) This is a “fairly qualified” class. In 2023, it was “extremely qualified.” Last year, I could have made a case for voting for any candidate. That is not true this year. There are at least two acts that I feel don’t merit serious consideration. (I’ll make it clear which ones I mean below.)

6) In some cases, I didn’t vote for a particular artist I feel is deserving because I am confident that many other voters will go for them. Likewise, I felt compelled to support certain acts because they might potentially be overlooked.

7) I understand that the Rock Hall “does not really matter” and that you might “not give a rat’s ass about who is voted in.” That is all well and good. Nobody is forcing you to care. You may exit the conversation now.

Okay, let’s vote.

Mary J. Blige

Her case is strong, and it goes like this: The most dominant form of pop music in the past 30 years is an amalgam of R&B and hip-hop. And Mary J.’s nickname is The Queen Of Hip-Hop Soul. She rules the music that has ruled pop music. Her first eight albums, released between 1992 and 2007, went at least platinum, which indicates that she was a central figure on the charts for most of the ’90s and aughts. If the idea of the Rock Hall is to tell the story of popular music, you can’t talk about R&B and hip-hop during the decades when that music reigned supreme without including Mary J.

Her case is solid. I think she will get in. And I don’t think she needs my vote to get there.

My vote: No.

Mariah Carey

The most famous and commercially successful nominee this year. Twenty years ago, her stock was at rock bottom in the wake of the Glitter debacle. But now, she is pretty much universally beloved. She has sold 220 million records worldwide, she has the record for most No. 1 singles by a solo act (19), she owns the most popular Christmas song of all-time, and even Glitter is now considered a cult classic. She is this year’s Dolly Parton/Tina Turner-style slam-dunk choice. There is a next-to-zero chance that she doesn’t get in.

Therefore, she does not need my vote.

My vote: No.

Cher

Her case is related to her longevity. She was a pop star in the ’60s, she was a TV star in the ’70s, she was a pop star and a movie star in the ’80s, she made Autotune cool in the ’90s, she mounted some wildly successful retirement tours in the aughts, and she made a Mamma Mia! movie in the 2010s. Cher is an incredible star and character. But is she a great musical artist? I like “I Got You Babe.” I like “Gypsies, Tramps, And Thieves.” I like “If I Could Turn Back Time.” I like “Believe.” Cher has bangers. I just wish I could also factor in her work in Moonstruck and Silkwood. But I can’t.

My vote: No.

Dave Matthews Band

Anyone who has paid attention to anything I have written about the Rock Hall knows that I have a vested interest in rock bands from the ’80s and ’90s getting in, as this remains a weirdly overlooked body of potential nominees. DMB obviously falls in this camp. In the late ’90s, they were one of the biggest bands in America. They eventually became a stadium act, and unlike most groups from the jam-band scene, they also managed to score pop hits. Today, they remain a popular touring attraction, and critical revisionists have also reassessed the artistic value of their output. In 2020, they easily won the fan vote, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they did it again this year.

I appreciate all of this. Their support is broad, deep, and genuine. However, despite several attempts, I personally can’t stand DMB’s music. And there are other acts from this era nominated this year that I love.

My vote: No.

Eric B. & Rakim

One of the foundational acts of ’80s hip-hop. In their time they were known as rap music for the rap music aficionado. Their 1987 album Paid In Full is one of the best debuts of all-time — not just for hip-hop but for any genre. And it holds up well today as a signifier of old-school rap’s timeless pleasures. While their other records aren’t as accomplished, Eric B. & Rakim helped to integrate jazz into rap and set a new standard for lyrical sophistication, which influenced the course of the music well into the next decade. There is no good reason not to vote for them. But there is a reason nonetheless: I have seven votes and not eight.

My vote: No.

Foreigner

Mark Ronson has been busy campaigning lately for these stalwart corporate rockers who peaked in the late ’70s and early ’80s. But this is one of the two acts I feel don’t belong here. Foreigner’s inclusion once again exposes the willingness of the nominating committee to dredge up every quasi-significant boomer-era band at the expense of countless deserving alt-rock and indie acts with far better pedigrees. I admit to enjoying some of their power ballads from the Reagan era — “I Want To Know What Love Is” being a prime example — but overall this is a workmanlike band whose unexceptional, by-the-numbers boogie-gruel has been played way too much on classic-rock radio.

My vote: No.

Peter Frampton

A fine guitarist, both with Humble Pie (not in the Rock Hall) and on his own. I appreciate the hits from Frampton Comes Alive!, including the 15-minute one with all the Talkbox emoting. Peter Frampton is totally, solidly, aggressively okay. But, like Foreigner, Frampton’s nomination is yet another indicator that the current powers-that-be at the Rock Hall would rather put C-tier classic-rockers up for consideration than, say, Sonic Youth or The Replacements. No offense, but I do not feel like they do.

My vote: No.

Jane’s Addiction

I suspect that many voters will overlook them because (1) the aforementioned bias against alt-rock bands (2) their relative lack of big-time pop success and (3) the relative shortness of their career, which — if we’re talking about when they were truly great — only lasted a few years. But the albums they put out during this brief golden era, 1988’s Nothing’s Shocking and 1990’s Ritual de lo Habitual, are both masterpieces. And in terms of influence, those records helped to invent the sound of ’90s alternative rock, particularly grunge. I think Jane’s Addiction is not only legitimately great, but also legitimately important.

My vote: Yes.

Kool & The Gang

The most underrated of this year’s nominees. Kool & The Gang had an Aerosmith-like duality in the ’80s. I discovered them as a young kid when they were making yacht rock-y R&B custom-fit for roller rinks and episodes of Soul Train airing on WGN. This was the era of irresistible hits like “Celebration,” “Too Hot,” “Joanna,” and “Cherish.” It wasn’t until I was in my teens (via the Pulp Fiction soundtrack) that I learned about their hard-funk “Jungle Boogie” phase in the ’70s. In either guise, they were one of the best and most resilient bands of their ilk during those decades. I loved them then, and I love them now.

My vote: Yes.

Lenny Kravitz

Back in 2018 I wrote a column called “Why Lenny Kravitz Is Good In Spite Of Being Mostly Bad.” I posited my theory that Lenny Kravitz has three great songs and 80 bad ones, but that’s okay because those three songs (“Always On The Run,” “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over,” and “Are You Gonna Go My Way”) are so good that it makes me overlook the many, many Lenny Kravitz tunes that are awful. (Even his cover of “American Woman,” which is just abysmally stinky.) I still agree with the premise of the article, though I admit that the Rock Hall ballot truly puts it to the test. I love those three songs, but are they enough to make me overlook the fact that Lenny also put out “Fly Away,” one of the dumbest rock songs of the ’90s?

I’m going to flip a coin.

My vote: No.

Oasis

I’ll be brief. I have already publicly stated my love for this band on many occasions. And I already wrote a bunch of words about why I think they will be voted in. My stance here is already perfectly clear. Explaining any further would be like listening to Sean Hannity explain who he is voting for president this year. Nobody cares because everybody already knows.

My vote: Yes.

Sinéad O’Connor

The Rock Hall tends to be coldly unsentimental about inducting artists that have died. Soundgarden was nominated right after Chris Cornell’s death, and it wasn’t enough to overcome the institution’s entrenched alt-rock bias. There was a public push to induct Warren Zevon last year upon the 20th anniversary of his passing and the Rock Hall instead left his spirit sitting alone at the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel. But I think things will be different for Sinéad O’Connor. There’s a general feeling that she was treated poorly during her life, as well as an acknowledgement that her activism (to say nothing of her music, particularly the records she put out in the ’80s and early ’90s) was ahead of its time. Putting Sinéad O’Connor in the Rock Hall — even though the woman herself would have likely scoffed at the honor — seems like the least we can do.

My vote: Yes.

Ozzy Osbourne

He’s already in as a member of Black Sabbath. But his solo career is also hugely important to the history of metal. Records like Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman helped to set the template for rock music that was edgy and subversive while simultaneously appealing to millions upon millions of stoned teenagers. And that music continues to find new audiences. Last weekend, I took my kids to the movies and I heard “Crazy Train” in the trailer for Inside Out 2 and then again during Kung Fu Panda 4. Ozzy is still being subliminally slipped into young, impressionable minds. Which I will absolutely support until my kids start biting the heads off of bats.

My vote: Yes.

Sade

For years Kate Bush was the “slightly left-of-center but still hugely popular star that has remained cool for younger generations” nominee that struggled to get in the Rock Hall. I wonder if that torch has now been passed to Sade. A popular hitmaker going back to the ’80s, Sade continues to grow in popular and critical esteem even as the Nigerian-born singer-songwriter (like Bush) has mostly stayed out of the spotlight. Her last album came out in 2010, but Sade’s sultry, low-key R&B feels as influential as ever on a generation of artists dedicated to making vibes-heavy jams for streaming platforms. This is her first nomination and I think she should get in, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes her a couple of nominations to finally clear the threshold.

My vote: Yes.

A Tribe Called Quest

This their third nomination. I voted for them the first two times. I will keep voting for them until they make it.

My vote: Yes.

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Zack Snyder recently stopped by The Joe Rogan Experience where he defended his ultra-aggressive version of Batman that had no qualms killing people. (Snyder also argued that more people saw Rebel Moon than Barbie, so it was a busy day for Zack.) However, comic book legend Grant Morrison caught wind of Snyder’s remarks and has now fired back with a response on why killing goes against the Dark Knight’s character.

“If Batman killed his enemies, he’d be the Joker, and Commissioner Gordon would have to lock him up!” Morrison argued in the latest issue of their newsletter before going even deeper into the psychology of the classic hero.

Via ScreenRant:

“That Batman puts himself in danger every night but steadfastly refuses to murder is an essential element of the character’s magnificent, horrendous, childlike psychosis,” Morrison writes, speaking to the hero’s code of honor that was locked in from the time he was a small child. In a way, Bruce Wayne never really grew out of that “childlike” state, stuck forever as the little boy who lost his parents in Crime Alley. Morrison describes this as “fundamental to (Batman’s) grandeur as a fictional adventure hero! Is this not obvious?”

Morrison has been a prolific writer for DC Comics for decades, so he’s intimately versed in all things Batman. Not only that, but his takes on both the Dark Knight and Superman are currently guiding James Gunn‘s new DC Universe that is paving over the “SnyderVerse” that failed to connect with audiences. Snyder’s live-action universe was a failure, but that hasn’t stopped him from saying he was right to make Batman a killer.

“You’re protecting your god in a weird way, right?” Snyder told Rogan. “You’re making your god irrelevant if he can’t be in that situation. He has to now deal with that. If he does do that what does that mean? What does it tell you, does he stand up to it? Does he survive that as a god? As your god, can Batman survive that?”

Snyder ended his remarks by saying it’s “ridiculous” that Batman wouldn’t kill somebody “given the circumstances in which he operates.”

(Via ScreenRant)

This is a midseason power ranking of the characters we’ve met through the first four episodes of the FX/Hulu series Shōgun . I have admittedly not read the source material and I am learning things about it all in real-time, like many of you, so these are all based on vibes more than anything else. That said, I stand by them completely.

UNRANKED: Nagakado the failson (I still don’t understand all the ins and outs of the politics at play here but I sure as hell recognize a naive dipshit with a daddy complex when I see one); Omi the failnephew (I almost respect this dope’s commitment to screwing everything up); baby earthquakes (the ground should not move); getting boiled alive (no thanks); corrupt priests and lords (you can’t swing a sword on this show without hitting one); Yaechiyo the child heir (I love my sweet little powerful boy); Buntaro (I hated him very much for being mean to Mariko and I am furious he got to die a hero; sailing a ship through a storm (I’ve had just about enough of waves); Taiko the previous shogun (really his fault for causing all of this by dying); swords, generally (just massively cooler than guns)

10. Ishido

Part of me wants to watch a version of this show that’s exactly the same but told from his perspective. Like, we see him as some shady overlord who is trying to amass power by creating allegiances with various corrupt figures who have their own nefarious motives, but that’s because most of our information about it all is coming from Toranaga and John’s side of the relationship. I bet Ishido sees himself as the only reasonable person in all of it, though. He probably thinks he’s doing something good.

Put it this way: I still do not like him very much but I have been having a lot of fun picturing him trying to explain all the shenanigans and chicanery Toranaga has been up to in the various attempts to thwart the leadership group. Imagine you and your coworkers are trying to push out some loose cannon you suspect of trying to secretly build enough strength to overthrow all of you and then right when you think you have him nailed he slips off to the beach without telling anyone and ties you up with the fine print in the company charter.

You would absolutely throw everything off your desk.

9. Hiromatsu

Things I like about this guy:

• He is Toranaga’s general and main advisor, which seems like a fun if stressful job
• He seems like a real sneaky little rascal and he has this fun smirk he does when he’s up to something
• Really just a tremendous mustache

Should probably have him much higher.

8. Haircuts with a bald spot on top

Tons of people on this show are rocking this look. The Catholic clergy and translators, the Japanese warriors, bald heads everywhere, on purpose, for style and fashion.

Why did these go out of style? We actually went the opposite way in the last 500 years, with a lot of male haircuts now featuring shaved/buzzed sides and long and/or spiky hair on top. I vote we bring this back, the thing where cool/powerful people have no hair on top of their heads. It looks great. We should try it. Like, all of us, as a society, starting with the world’s most handsome and charming A-list stars. My stance on this matter has absolutely nothing to do with my own receding hairline. How dare any of you assume otherwise.

7. Rodrigues

I love this profane sailor so much. I get kind of annoyed whenever he’s not featured in an episode. The scene where he and John were steering their ships through rocks and hurling profane insults at each other as a sign of grudging respect was maybe my favorite part of the whole show. Just two dudes, enemies on paper, calling each other the filthiest names they can think of while engaged in a deadly watch of naval wits. I would watch a show — even just a two-hour extended episode — where it’s just the two of them sailing back to Europe together, shouting at each other and making threats of bodily harm to various family members as they battle the sea and stop at various ports in Asia and South America and Europe. I need you to know I am serious about this.

Also, and there’s a good chance this is just a product of me still mourning the loss of Our Flag Means Death, but at one point I kind of wanted them to kiss a little. There’s really a void right now when it comes to shows about brutal and profane pirates who are also gay. Something to consider.

6. Yabushige

ON ONE HAND: Kind of a weasel. Only out for himself. Playing both sides against each other in any way he can to keep himself from getting executed. Feels like the kind of guy who would happily murder a village of innocent people if it kept him in the good graces of the powerful. Boiled a guy alive for fun.

ON THE OTHER HAND: I… don’t know. I really like him. I probably shouldn’t? I am conflicted about all of this but definitely not as conflicted as I should be. If he is ever discovered and killed I will be very sad. Again, I don’t know.

5. Firing cannons at stuff in a field

Honestly, it looks like a good time. You and the homies outside on a nice spring day just blasting cannons at stuff on the other side of a big field. I bet it’s relaxing, like how people do ax-throwing to blow off steam now. Bring back medieval warfare tactics but make it therapy. This is a good idea. You can take it and use it. The only condition is that I get to come shoot the cannons at stuff for free.

4. Fuji

Usami Fuji:

• Lost her husband and infant to execution because the husband popped off when he shouldn’t
• Is now in a kind of forced servitude situation with John at the behest of Toranaga
• Pulled one of John’s guns on the dipshit nephew and later traded a sword for a gun with him in maybe the sweetest exchange of weaponry ever committed to film

Fuji is cool. I need to see her thrive before this is over.

3. John Blackthorne

The man hates Catholics and Portugal and bathing but he does love cannons and drawing maps and swearing. He’s now involved in two different wars in a country he doesn’t understand and the only person he trusts to translate for him is a mysterious lady whose exact allegiances are still a bit murky. Also, he loves her. Also, she loves him. Which complicates my desire to see him kiss Rodrigues. This is much more of a Me Problem than it is a problem for the show.

As I mentioned above, I have never read the book this is all based on and I refuse to get ahead of myself by researching how it all plays out, but I’m very interested in seeing how this all shakes down for John. The good news is that he and Toranaga seem to have a strange little friendship brewing, as evidenced by their “we’re not so different” glance during the diving/swimming lesson on the boat the other week. The bad news is that the show took away his massive ding-dong.

Win some, lose some, I guess.

2. Toranaga

Toranaga:

• Is always about 6-8 steps ahead of whoever has engaged him in a battle of wits, which is a fun trait in any character
• Gets this little twinkle in his eye when he has a good idea, which is a good trait in any person, real or fictional
• Has a bozo son who is hellbent on mucking everything up

There’s more to him than this but it’s hard to sketch a character more up my alley than those three bullet points.

1. Mariko

Mariko is strong and mysterious and maybe up to something and she slashed a bunch of goons with a sword and when you combine all of those things together I really do not see how any of you could have possibly expected me to put any other character from this show in the top spot so far.

Less than a day after being fired from Kanye West’s Yeezy brand, Julieanna Goddard — aka YesJuz — has addressed her sudden removal in such a way that the brand is now apparently reconsidering terminating her contract. To make a long-ish story short, Goddard had been heavily involved in the promotion of Kanye’s Vultures trio of albums, but was accused of violating a non-disclosure agreement by holding a Twitter Spaces to get feedback from fans.

After Yeezy publicly announced her firing — in just about the least professional way possible — Goddard posted a tweet thread on Twitter addressing the firing and calling out Yeezy staff, particularly chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos, for being unqualified for their roles in the company.

“Ye is up against the system. Having the discussion with fans in an open forum setting was unconventional, but it allowed for inclusivity & open visibility for an entire fan base to opt in, give feedback, be heard, connect with one another to combine efforts. Which is what i feel is needed for Ye to stay on top for these next two runs. I was also given specific direction to ‘rally’ the fans, let them each lead their own chapters, activate within their locations- etc. This was MY way of doing so. I am not a conventional woman & this is why i worked at the company i worked at in the first place.”

“I never wanted work done for free. I wanted to help the fans present their work to Ye so that he could hire them instead of stale ass losers who dont know the slightest thing about culture like Ben Priest & Milo Pedofilist to build his company for him. Anyone who has ever been in contact with me for as little as 5 minutes knows the last thing id ever need to steal, is an idea. I’d actually pay to have less as the amount of ideas i have overwhelm me daily.”

She also shared tweets in which she criticized the controversial Yiannopoulos (who has been accused of being, at best, a right-wing troll, and at worst, a literal Nazi) for some unseemly comments he made about Ye’s superfans, providing screenshots for evidence. You can view them here.

She also dared Yeezy to sue her, writing, “F*ck an NDA,” while defending herself from the commonly lobbed “culture vulture” accusations she’s been fielding since at least 2017. After logging off for the night, she apparently received correspondence from Yiannopolous, which she naturally screen shot and posted on Twitter for the world to see. “We are willing to meet and reconsider next steps and your future with YZY as a contractor,” he wrote. Her reply: “As soon as Yeezy is free of pedophilic, sexist, homophobic, racists, I will be more than happy to speak to Ye directly about being a part of the team. Obviously, this means you’d need to quit or be fired.”

Sheesh. When YesJulz gets one up on you, you might be cooked. Don’t clap too hard for her though. As she pointed out in her tweetstorm last night, she’s worked for Kanye since 2018 — meaning after the Trump stuff, through the antisemitism kerfuffle, while he bullied and harassed his ex-wife and her family, and through two separate stints of Yiannopoulos as “chief of staff” of Yeezy (whatever the hell that’s supposed to be). Her high horse has no shoes and it damn sure can’t run. Again, none of these people is the “good guy” here, and the best “next steps” would be for them all to quietly retire from public life and go be Walmart greeters or something.

Lil Nas X is giving fans a glimpse of his upcoming Nasarati 2 mixtape, by sharing some teasers of songs from the project. Yesterday (March 13) on TikTok, he posted a video of himself rapping in an airport. However, as of right now, it is currently unavailable on the app.

“My big sis just had another baby, popped him out the labia / My other nephew sitting in class with a broken knuckle,” Lil Nas X raps, before pointing out a fight happening. “Now listen, I ain’t saying I condone that sh*t / F*ck it, I’m saying I condone that sh*t,” he said in the video.

As for why he might have taken the snippet down, Lil Nas X has been vocal about his struggle when it comes to putting out his music — and the fear that comes with it. “Been hoarding music for years smh i hate my relationship with fear of my songs not doing well and perception,” he shared on Instagram previously. “i wish i could just release music and not give af.”

He also asked fans to pick their favorites out of the little clips he’s released so far, so he simply might be building anticipation and interest in certain songs that way.

Check out the teaser of Lil Nas X’s new music below.

The late Brandon Lee’s iconic turn as Eric Draven in The Crow (1994) will never be matched, and it’s fair to say that the original film’s fans are steadfastly devoted to the version brought to screen by director Alex Proyas. In a statement via Lionsgate, remake director Rupert Sanders does not sidestep the gothy elephant lurking in the alley: “It was a culture-defining film that is beloved to this day and has inspired many other iterations both inside and outside the Crow Universe.”

A trailer for the 2024 remake for the movie has now arrived. We’ll have to wait and see how viewers fully respond, but this doesn’t roll out as divisively as expected. Also, the original film did have plentiful violence and gory scenes, but the updated version of Eric Draven feels amplified in displays of his invulnerability after rising from the grave. With that said, Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs surely knew that fans of the original film (and the graphic novel by James O’Barr) would react strongly to this remake no matter what the results, which will no doubt be discussed at length upon its release.

For now, here’s the synopsis, which changes the reason why Shelley and Eric were targeted. It’s difficult to tell from the trailer whether this switch will be as unfaithful to the Shelley character as it could turn out to be:

Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

The Crow remake swoops into theaters on June 7, 2024.

On Thursday morning, March 14, Glastonbury unveiled its 2024 lineup. The star-studded laundry list is headlined by Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA, and Shania Twain. Other notable performers include (but are far from limited to) Avril Lavigne, Brittany Howard, Burna Boy, Camila Cabello, Cyndi Lauper, Disclosure, Idles, James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Jessie Ware, Kenya Grace, Little Simz, and The National.

The annual music festival is scheduled for June 26 to 30, 2024, at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, England.

Find everything you need to know about Glastonbury Festival 2024 ticketing below.

How Much Are Tickets For The 2024 Glastonbury Festival?

Well, according to Glastonbury Festival, “Tickets for this year’s Festival are sold out, but our prize draw for 20 pairs is raising emergency funds to support people affected by conflict.” You can enter the prize draw here. As of this writing, 22,751 people had entered and donated money, raising over £420,240 (roughly $536,850).

Last November, the UK’s Evening Standard reported, “Standard tickets to Glastonbury Festival 2024 have sold out in less than an hour.” Glastonbury confirmed the tickets had quickly sold out and promised, “There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2024.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Meghan Trainor has been enjoying a second wave lately. After starting her career with major hits “All About That Bass” and “Lips Are Movin,” Trainor has become a dominant presence on TikTok with songs like “Made You Look” and “Mother,” both from her 2022 album Takin’ It Back. (She also generated some attention in 2023 for talking about sex with “big boy” husband Daryl Sabara.)

Now, she’s looking to ride the wave even further: Today (March 14), Trainor announced Timeless, her sixth album. The project is set for release on June 14, but today, she shared “Been Like This,” a new collaboration with T-Pain. As would be expected from Trainor, the song brings vintage doo-wop sounds to present day in a poppy and fun way.

Meanwhile, Trainor gave birth to her second child last summer, she announced at the time with adorable photos. Also last year, Trainor spoke about the time she and Charlie Puth made out while working on their 2015 duet “Marvin Gaye.” Puth later confirmed the story, saying, “I had just moved to LA and yeah, I’m not denying that happened. That definitely did happen once in 2015. I also don’t think I’d ever had vodka before, Grey Goose vodka.”

Listen to “Been Like This” above.

Meghan Trainor’s Timeless Album Cover Artwork

Timeless is out 6/14 via Epic Records. Find more information here.

Charlie Puth is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.