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Argylle might not have been written by Taylor Swift, but there are still some mysteries about the action flick, which hits theaters this week. Again, it was not written by Swift (though technically some parts have been inspired by her).

The highly-anticipated movie comes from Matthew Vaughn, the mind behind Kingsman, and stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Elly Conway, a best-selling author whose fictional stories start to mirror real-life crimes. Soon, Conway becomes targeted by actual spies, and Conway must team up with a real spy named Aiden (Sam Rockwell) to ensure her own safety. The film also stars Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Rob Delaney Jing Lusi, and Chip, the backpack cat.

While the movie is full of various twists and turns, there actually is a post-credits scene that could possibly connect Argylle will some of Vaughn’s other works.

Spoilers below! If you don’t want to know what the scene is, back out now!

The post-credits scene reveals that the real agent Argylle is actually a Kingsmen agent, which puts Argylle in the Kingsman universe. The movie also teases a potential sequel, which Vaughn says is in the works. While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Vaughn confirmed they are working on more Argylle stories. “For Argylle, we have a book coming and we’re already planning Argylle 2. So there’s a universe and we’re trying to emulate Marvel superheroes with spies. We have Kingsman on one side, Argylle on the other, and we have an idea to bring them together.” Looks like they have been brought together rather quickly!

Steven and Ian begin this week’s episode by discussing the recent story about Talking Heads being offered $80 million to reunite for some festival gigs… and turning it down. Do they really hate each other that much? Or do they accept that you can’t perform Stop Making Sense-style magic in your 70s? The guys also apologize to the city of San Francisco for some recent sports-related slander and check in on Ian’s Fantasy Album team.

After that, they look ahead to the Grammys this weekend and make some predictions. Does Boygenius have a shot as a dark-horse pick? Which fanbase will be the angriest the following morning? Does any of this matter? They also talk about The Greatest Night In Pop, the very entertaining new documentary about the 1985 all-star single “We Are The World” that premiered on Netflix this week. Could such a song ever happen in 2024?

In Recommendation Corner, Ian goes to bat for the Norwegian emo band Flight Mode while Steven talks about the Philly “patio rock” band Memorytown.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 174 here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.

Where were you when Larry David BRUTALLY attacked Elmo? Probably watching it on your computer or phone, laughing. On Thursday, Today hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Craig Melvin were talking to Elmo and his weird dad Louie when, all of a sudden, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star entered the frame and gave Elmo the Iron Claw and air-punched Louie. He just as quickly walked off screen, leaving behind the carnage he caused.

“Mr. Larry, Elmo liked you before!” the Muppet yelled. “Let’s get back on the couch and just talk about how you’re feeling.” As Guthrie admonished him for going too far this time, David replied, “Somebody had to do it!”

Later that evening, David appeared on Late Night on Seth Meyers where he explained what the heck happened. “I don’t think I wanna talk about it,” he said at first. Host Seth Meyers used the word “throttle” to describe what happened to Elmo, which unleashed something in David.

“Yeah. Yeah, I did it. Yeah,” he confessed. “Elmo was talking. Okay? I was waiting to be interviewed. And Elmo was going on…” — this is when he broke into the world’s worst Elmo impression — “…he was going on about mental health. And I had to listen to every word. And I was going, ‘Oh my god, oh my god. I don’t think I can take another second of this.’ And so I got off my chair.” As far as explanations go, this one is pretty, pretty, pretty good.

David has no regrets.

You can watch the Late Night on Seth Meyers clip above.

Happy “What Would You Do If You Were Stuck In One Place And Every Day Was Exactly The Same, And Nothing That You Did Mattered” Day to those who celebrate.

Today is February 2nd, a.k.a. Groundhog Day (also Shakira and Paul Mescal’s birthdays). Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow this morning in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, which means an early spring is on the way. To be fair, “Phil has only been accurate about 40 percent of the time over the past 100 years,” according to the New York Post, but you’ll enjoy watching Groundhog Day, the movie, one hundred percent of the time.

The Harold Ramis-directed 1993 comedy, about a man (Bill Murray) who is stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive February 2nd over and over again, is available to stream on AMC’s website with a cable log-in or AMC+ with a subscription. Otherwise, you’ll have to pay for it on Amazon, Vudu, or Apple TV+ (or watch the Groundhog Day-inspired Russian Doll on Netflix).

AMC is also airing the movie multiple times today, beginning at 11 a.m. EST.

Groundhog Day also stars Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, and in a tiny role, Michael Shannon. He’s so happy to be going to WrestleMania!

Dua Lipa is just getting started with her acting career. So far, though, she has two movies under her belt and they’re both big ones: Barbie and Argylle. One thing Lipa’s performances in those films have in common is that she appears alongside John Cena. People have noticed this, and on Cena’s end, he’d be happy to continue sharing the screen with Lipa.

Cena was a guest on The Late Show yesterday (February 1), and towards the end of the chat, Stephen Colbert mentioned Lipa and asked if she and Cena had become friends. “I would like to think yes” was his response.

He went on to note that Argylle was filmed before Barbie, and on the Argylle set, Lipa told him that she was nervous, all while Cena, seated among Lipa and Henry Cavill, was feeling some nerves himself.

Colbert asked when the next Lipa/Cena collab is happening and Cena said he’s love to do a buddy cop movie with her. Colbert and his staff, ever prepared, had a fictional movie poster ready. The film was called Beautee & The Braun, with the tagline, “You’ve Cena them together in Dua other movies.” An amused Cena responded, “Well, I’ll be back to promote that project, sir.”

Check out the interview clip above.

Dua Lipa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

In Los Angeles last night (February 1), Boygenius played a pair of “secret” acoustic concerts at The Smell. Those two shows were apparently the band’s final ones for at least some time.

Is Boygenius Breaking Up?

Lucy Dacus reportedly said on stage at the second show, “This is our last show, and we’re feeling it.” One of the band members also reportedly said, “We’re going away for the foreseeable future.” This is according to X (formerly Twitter) account Boygenius Source, which Rolling Stone UK called a “reputable fan account.”

Boygenius Source also notes that after the surprise concerts were announced, tickets sold out “in under 30 seconds.” They also shared a full video of the second show on Instagram, so check that out below.

So, is the band breaking up? It sounds like more of a hiatus, based on the phrasing “for the foreseeable future,” which seems to leave the door open for a reunion down the road.

It could be the case that Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, and Julien Baker would like to shift their focuses back to their solo careers at least for a bit. It has been a little while since the group members have put out albums of their own: Bridgers’ most recent solo album, Punisher, was released in 2020, while Dacus and Baker last dropped solo projects in 2021 (Home Video and Little Oblivions, respectively).

Also worth noting is that in a December 2023 interview, Baker said the band’s future was uncertain, saying, “I like it being a surprise. I like having this band be something that, because it’s more ephemeral or whatever, it’s not concretely tied to one of us or a person we have to live in every day. It’s something we can revisit when we feel motivated to, or it’s a place we can retreat to. I like saving it as something sacred instead of feeling like I have to constantly grind on it.”

We are just a month out from Tyla‘s self-titled debut album. Over the past few months, the Afrofusion superstar has gone viral with her globally-inspired songs, and her incredible choreography. One of her newest singles, “Truth Or Dare,” has become an instant fan favorite. Tonight (February 2), Tyla has finally shared the much-anticipated “Truth Or Dare” video.

In the “Truth Or Dare” video, Tyla meets up with a troublesome ex, with whom, she embarks on a disastrous car trip. Unbothered, Tyla can be seen riding with her hair flowing free out of the window. But by the end of the video — and without spoiling it — we see Tyla gets her revenge.

As Tyla’s debut album is near, she is gearing up for a world takeover. In an interview with Complex, Tyla expressed her dreams to become a household name within music.

“I come from a very small place, a little city in South Africa all the way at the bottom of Africa, the tip,” she said. “And literally, I was just a girl with a dream, a girl that didn’t really have much examples… like this wasn’t really possible at that age when I was coming up as an artist, it wasn’t something that was realistic and I made it a reality. We need an African pop star, and hopefully I’m that one.”

You can see the video for “Truth Or Dare” above.

Tyla is out 3/1 via Epic. FInd more information here.

Lil Yachty continues to push the envelope with his sounds. Tonight (February 2), the multifaceted musician has shared “A Cold Sunday,” his trippy, psychedelic new single, continuing the sounds he created with his last album, Let’s Start Here.

Over groovy guitars, Yachty reminds of his rap chops, reiterating how much he’s evolved as an artist.

“It’s a cold Sunday to complain / I hold it in until it rain / I fought demons after fame / I spent millions on terrain,” he raps on the song’s chorus.

In the song’s accompanying video, Yachty is seen through some kaleidoscopic images, as he raps along to what’s sure to be his next viral hit.

Yachty’s last album, Let’s Start Here, was one of the most acclaimed of 2023. And it looks fans won’t have to wait too much longer for new music. In an interview with Complex, Yachty shared that he has lots of new music underway for the near future.

“Making Let’s Start Here took time,” Yachty said. “Every day. But I think about it every day and I’m so excited to start the next album. But I’m just having fun making raps though, and tons of shit that I’m into putting out. I’m so excited as to what I have next and I got some things, I got some things in the pipeline, and it’s coming real soon.”

You can watch the video for “A Cold Sunday” above.

We are just over a week out from Usher‘s sure-to-be iconic Super Bowl performance. On the same day, the illustrious singer will drop his new album, Coming Home. Ahead of the album, Usher has shared a new single, “Ruin.”

The Afrofusion-influenced song features Usher smitten over a special woman. So much so, he can’t imagine the idea of answering the phone to someone else, or giving any of his time to another.

“Wake up in the mornin’ / A different girl be on my line / Constantly be callin’ every day, I still decline / See? This exactly what you did / You ruined me for everybody / You ruined me for everybody,” sings Usher on the song’s chorus.

Nigerian singer Pheelz gives the song a bit of international flair with a verse of his own, wondering how he became taken over by love.

“I be learnin’ tricks where you put the money / ‘Cause back then I was very lonely / I still am, I’m just tryna find peace every day / My heart is on holiday,” sings Pheelz on his verse.

You can listen to “Ruin” above.

Coming Home is out 2/9 via mega/gamma. Find more information here.

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

JT of City Girls is continuing a run of solo bangers. Tonight (February 2), she shared her new single, “Sideways.”

The track features JT establishing herself as a solo act, while still repping the Miami rap duo. Like on her previously released track, “No Bars,” JT maintains her energy, while riding the beat with energy.

“B*tch, I ain’t friendly, I don’t f*ck with y’all b*tches / Tryna take who? It ain’t enough of y’all b*tches / Hoes so phony got me lookin’ at ’em sideways / It’ll never be the same, motherf*cker, old days,” she raps on the song’s chorus.

Over the years, JT has been known to add a punch to City Girls tracks. Her chemistry with her bandmate Caresha “Yung Miami” Brownlee is undeniable. But with “Sideways,” as well as upcoming solo songs, JT aims to make herself a rapper of her own accord. Perhaps a solo album or mixtape may soon be on the way, as she lays the groundwork for longevity.

“‘Sideways’ is a song not a verse,” said JT in a statement, “and in 2024 I want to go from ‘JT has good verses!’ to ‘JT make good songs!’”

You can see the video for “Sideways” above.