It has been a long road to Lana Del Rey’s upcoming country-influenced album.
In early 2024, she declared the project was title Lasso and it was set for release that September. September came and went without the album and that October, Del Rey said, “The songs I have, I love, so I don’t want to turn it into something that’s half cooked, even if it’s super stripped back. I want it to be what it was supposed to be.”
The next month, Del Rey declared the project had a new title, The Right Person Will Stay, and an expected release date of May 21, 2025.
This past April, though, Del Rey indicated the album title and release date had changed yet again. Now, we know more.
In a new interview with W, the piece notes the album is now titled Stove and that part of the reason for the latest delay was that Del Rey decided to add six songs to the project.
She said, “They were more autobiographical than I thought, and that took more time. The majority of the album will have a country flair. Eight years ago, when I was looking to make a country record, no one else was thinking about country. Now everyone is going country! I’ve asked myself, ‘Should I retire all my snakeskin boots? Should I put my cowboy hats in storage?’”
Despite its cultural ubiquity, Apple’s products have never really been all that user-friendly. Consider how long it took Apple to adopt the RCS messaging standard, making it easier for Apple users to finally send and receive secure messages and media from non-Apple users. Then, there’s the fact that it took a literal law to force Apple to embrace USB-C chargers instead of the 8-pin Lightning standard they pioneered.
Well, it looks like the successes of those advances have finally convinced Apple to get with the times in other areas, as well. Today, the tech giant announced that it will finally allow Apple Music users to import their Spotify playlists. Maybe now those year-end lists will finally match. Here’s how:
The recently revamped Music settings menu now includes the option to “Transfer Music from Other Music Services.” You’ll need to sign in to those other services, so have your passwords handy. It’ll likely take a bit for Apple Music to find matches in its own library, and judging from past experiences moving lists from Spotify to Tidal and vice versa, it probably won’t be a perfect process, but Apple’s anticipated that, adding a “Some Music Needs Review” alert. This will present you with close matches and allow you to save them in place of the missing tracks.
You can find more info, including detailed instructions, on Apple’s Help page.
In other news, Spotify is also rolling out a new feature: messaging, which will likely go over like a lead balloon.
It’s always fun when entertainers can turn their hobbies and interests into something they can share with their fans. Billie Eilish, for instance, is a huge Uno fan, hosting game nights with her musician friends, and making waves online for calling out some of the game’s official rules.
She loves the controversial card game so much that she’s designed her own limited-edition pack, now available for pre-sale on her website. Printed on 300-gram premium card stock, the cards bear Billie’s signature, graffiti-inspired aesthetic — you’ll definitely be able to tell 6s from 9s with this pack. Of course, the rules you use are still up to your discretion, but remember, Billie plays stacking rules. “You gotta stack all the pluses and reverse the reverses and skip the skips,” she wrote on Twitter (which I will never once call “X,” are you kidding me?).
Billie’s cutthroat house rules were on full display a few holiday seasons ago, when her game with Denzel Curry, Thundercat, and Vince Staples went viral from fans arguing over whether stacking is indeed a legal move. While Mattel sought to establish this on its official Uno social channels, there were still plenty who believe that this vicious method is the only “true” way to play. If you can’t swim with the sharks, stay out the ocean.
Billie’s still on her Hit Me Hard And Soft Tour after adding shows in May. You can check out the remaining dates here.
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 Doja Cat’s pop era and Sombr capitalize on his recent upswing. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
Earlier this month, Doja dropped some big news: Her new album Vie is set to launch on September 26. While Doja’s previous album, Scarlet, was mostly straight-up rap, she appears to be getting back into the pop lane for her new project, as the ’80s-inspired “Jealous Type” indicates.
Sombr — “Crushing”
Sombr broke through earlier this year with “Undressed” and “Back To Friends.” Now he’s ready to capitalize on the newfound attention with his latest album, I Barely Know Her, which is out now. On “Crushing,” Sombr finds himself evoking a bit of Killers frontman Brandon Flowers.
Laufey — “Forget-Me-Not”
Laufey previously said that for her new album A Matter Of Time, she “wanted to let my heart wander.” Indeed, there’s a lot of feeling on the project, which is out now, like on the lush and delicate “Forget-Me-Not.”
Offset and Gunna — “Different Species”
Offset and Gunna are regular collaborators, and now the musical pals have linked up once again, this time on Offset’s new album, Kiari. Here, they team up on the woozy “Different Species.”
BigXthaPlug — “Box Me Up” Feat. Jelly Roll
BigX is firmly in bed with the country community, as he makes clear on his new album I Hope You’re Happy. The project features collabs with folks like Shaboozey, Bailey Zimmerman, Darius Rucker, Luke Combs, and Jelly Roll, the latter of whom joins in on the heartbroken “Box Me Up.”
Dominic Fike — “Great Pretender”
Fike announced the Rocket mixtape, and a week later, it was out. No time wasted. An immediate highlight is “Great Pretender,” a jaunty number that makes for a fun and soothing three minutes.
Mac DeMarco — “Shining”
DeMarco has kept active in recent years, but his new project Guitar is actually his first non-instrumental studio in a little while, since 2019’s Here Comes The Cowboy. As the title suggests, the album is mostly unadorned, led by vocals, guitar, and light percussion on songs like the simple “Shining.”
Deftones — “Infinite Source”
A few weeks ago, a new Deftones album was just a rumor. Well, things change fast, as now, private music is here and it features standouts like the shoegaze-y “Infinite Source.”
The Dare – “Exhilaration”
On his new release, Freakquencies: Volume 1, The Dare caters exclusive for people on, or yearning for, the dancefloor. He described the project as marrying “French touch, big beat, electro, and acid,” and whatever influences you hear, it’s all club-ready.
Toro Y Moi — “CD-R (unerthed)”
Toro Y Moi delivered Hole Erth, and now he has taken it for another spin with Unerthed: Hole Erth Unplugged. The project completely re-imagines the original album, like with “CD-R,” which went from having hip-hop-inspired production to being more of an alt-country tune.
Mariah The Scientist — “Sacrifice”
Mariah kept her biannual tradition of putting out a new album alive last week with Hearts Sold Separately. She has some cool sounds going on here, too, like the ’80s/’90s synths on the smooth “Sacrifice.”
In 1891, the first production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler was staged. In the hundred-plus years since then, it has became a theater standard, with new productions regularly happening somewhere. It has been adapted to film several times over the years, and now director Nia DaCosta is taking a swing at it in her upcoming film, Hedda.
This time, it’s Tessa Thompson’s turn to play Hedda. DaCosta has also taken some creative liberties with her interpretation of the story: Eilert Lövborg, a man who was once in love with Hedda, is a woman this time, because as DaCosta sees it, the change “helps themes about power and autonomy, about choice, about self-regulation.”
Ahead of the film’s release, keep reading for everything you need to know before it hits theaters.
Plot
The official synopsis reads, “From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. HEDDA (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt–pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.”
DaCosta told Vanity Fair, “Hedda is an inscrutable character. And since the beginning, for the past hundred years, people have been like, ‘What the f*ck is her deal?’ […] Hedda is someone who wants people’s animals to come out. She just feels like everyone is cowardly, everyone’s lying. She has this deepening emptiness inside of her that makes her do things she doesn’t understand — and she is living in a world that she doesn’t get.”
Cast
The movie stars Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss.
Thompson said to Vanity Fair of playing the character, “Nia and I were really interested in this idea of what happens when we’re pretending to be something that we’re not, trying to fit into a world, a life, a marriage, a house, a place that doesn’t suit us. How that perverts our fundamental nature.” DaCosta also praised Thompson: “She’s so brilliant at playing characters who have a roiling ocean inside of them but have to keep a façade. She’s just really great at that tension.”
Release Date
The film is set to hit select theaters on October 22, following its global streaming release via Amazon’s Prime Video on October 29.
Geese is on the rise and the band’s recently single, “Taxes,” was a favorite of Uproxx critic Steven Hyden. They have a new album, Getting Killed, out in a month, and today, they’ve offered another preview of it with the groovy new single “100 Horses.”
A press release notes that thematically, the track “welcomes global collapse with open arms” and dubs it an “absurdist apocalyptic dance party.”
A release also previously said the new album “obliterates any expectations the band has set with their discography to date,” and that it “balances a disarming new tenderness with an intensified anger.”
Listen to “100 Horses” above and find the band’s upcoming tour dates below.
Geese’s 2025 Tour Dates: Getting Killed
10/10 — South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom*
10/11 — Toronto, ON @ Opera House*
10/13 — Detroit, MI @ El Club*
10/15 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall*
10/16 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall*
10/17 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre*
10/18 — St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall*
10/20 — Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre*
10/24 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
10/25 — Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre*
10/26 — Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*
10/28 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore*
10/30 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre*
10/31 — San Diego, CA @ Quartyard^
11/01 — Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom^
11/04 — Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips^
11/05 — Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn^
11/06 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall^
11/08 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West^
11/09 — Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Music Hall^
11/10 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle^
11/12 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club^
11/13 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer^
11/14 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club^
11/15 — Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios^
11/20 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
11/21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount*^
* with Racing Mount Pleasant
^ with Dove Ellis
Getting Killed is out 9/26 via Partisan Records. Find more information here.
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are starting to take shape. Last week, it was announced that Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren, Busta Rhymes, J Balvin (featuring DJ Snake), Ricky Martin, and Sombr would be performing. Now, the roster has expanded further.
Today (August 26), MTV revealed that added to the VMAs lineup are Jelly Roll, Doja Cat, Post Malone, Tate McRae, and Conan Gray.
They’ll take the stage when the show, hosted by LL COOL J, airs live from New York’s UBS Arena on September 7 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Billboard notes that Doja’s time on stage will feature the first televised performance of her recent single “Jealous Type.” All of the other newly announced artists have taken the VMAs stage previously except for McRae and Gray, who are performing for the first time this year.
Meanwhile, as far as nominations, Lady Gaga leads the pack with 12 nods, followed by her “Die With A Smile” cohort Bruno Mars, who has 11. After them are Kendrick Lamar (10), Rosé, Sabrina Carpenter (eight each), Ariana Grande, The Weeknd (seven each), and Billie Eilish (six). Jelly Roll earned his first nominations this year and has four total, as does McRae. Malone has a nod as well, for Best Collaboration with Blake Shelton for “Pour Me A Drink.”
Bruno Mars joked that he’s “almost out of debt” with the Las Vegas mob earlier this summer, and today, he revealed the next step in paying off his fictional vig: A pair of shows to ring in 2026. Bruno will extend his seemingly interminable Las Vegas residence with two New Year’s concerts on December 30th and 31st at Dolby Live at Park MGM.
Bruno’s residency — which kicked off in 2016 — has run for so-long that it sparked rumors that the funk disciple had somehow racked up a $50 million gambling debt with MGM in explanation. The rumor prompted a response from MGM Resorts, which denied such a debt ever existed. “MGM and Bruno’s partnership is longstanding and rooted in mutual respect,” the conglomerate insisted in a statement. “Any speculation otherwise is completely false; he has no debt with MGM. Together, we are excited to continue creating unforgettable experiences for our guests.”
That hasn’t stopped Bruno himself from leaning into the bit. After collaborating with Lady Gaga on “Die With A Smile,” he reposted fans’ jokes crediting the collab to his supposed debt. And when he became the first artist to break 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify, he quipped on his social media, “KEEP STREAMING. I’ll be out of debt in no time .”
Tickets for the New Year’s shows go on sale on Friday, August 29 at 10 AM PT, but you can get access to the pre-sale Wednesday, August 27th, with a Live Nation pre-sale on Thursday, August 28th. You can find more info here.
The last we heard from Spoon was their 2022 album Lucifer On The Sofa, but they’ve started working on a new LP this year. It seems to be going well: They’ve already finished two songs and today (August 26), they shared them: “Chateau Blues” and “Guess I’m Fallin In Love.”
The band’s Britt Daniel says in a statement:
“We started work on an album this year and the way that normally goes, we write, we rehearse, we record, we mix, we get it all wrapped up tightly and then start putting songs out into the world. But as we finished up the first two songs for the LP, it crossed somebody’s mind and eventually all of ours that these two really should come out now. Let’s get them out there. And so here they are today, ‘Chateau Blues’ and ‘Guess I’m Fallin In Love.’ Two new tunes with distinct personalities that were summoned into the world the past few months in Austin TX and Providence RI. It’s a big day all around: tonight we kick off our first tour in a while in Santa Ana, and tomorrow we start up our run with the Pixies — let’s face it, one of theee great bands of all TIMES. A band that some may know has long been near and dear to me. It’s a real pleasure and we’re real happy to be getting back into gig world for a sec. See you down front.”
08/26 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
08/27 — San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square *
08/28 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley *
08/30 — Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield *
08/31 — Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater *
09/02 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
09/04 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Zoo Amphitheatre *
09/05 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater *
09/06 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
09/08 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company *
09/09 — Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater *
09/10 — Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards *
09/12 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
09/14 — Asbury Park, NJ @ See.Hear.Now Festival
09/15 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
09/16 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre *
09/17 — Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle *
09/19 — Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival 2025
09/20 — Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
The last we heard from Spoon was their 2022 album Lucifer On The Sofa, but they’ve started working on a new LP this year. It seems to be going well: They’ve already finished two songs and today (August 26), they shared them: “Chateau Blues” and “Guess I’m Fallin In Love.”
The band’s Britt Daniel says in a statement:
“We started work on an album this year and the way that normally goes, we write, we rehearse, we record, we mix, we get it all wrapped up tightly and then start putting songs out into the world. But as we finished up the first two songs for the LP, it crossed somebody’s mind and eventually all of ours that these two really should come out now. Let’s get them out there. And so here they are today, ‘Chateau Blues’ and ‘Guess I’m Fallin In Love.’ Two new tunes with distinct personalities that were summoned into the world the past few months in Austin TX and Providence RI. It’s a big day all around: tonight we kick off our first tour in a while in Santa Ana, and tomorrow we start up our run with the Pixies — let’s face it, one of theee great bands of all TIMES. A band that some may know has long been near and dear to me. It’s a real pleasure and we’re real happy to be getting back into gig world for a sec. See you down front.”
08/26 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
08/27 — San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square *
08/28 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley *
08/30 — Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield *
08/31 — Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater *
09/02 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
09/04 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Zoo Amphitheatre *
09/05 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater *
09/06 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
09/08 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company *
09/09 — Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater *
09/10 — Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards *
09/12 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
09/14 — Asbury Park, NJ @ See.Hear.Now Festival
09/15 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
09/16 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre *
09/17 — Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle *
09/19 — Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival 2025
09/20 — Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
* with Pixies
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