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There’s no denying that, for many, the holiday season brings in an air of festivity. The constant loop of Mariah Carey’s mega-hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” eggnog, and the gathering of their closest loved ones is a joyous occasion. Others are hoping to fast-forward through the winter months and straight into the spring season. If that’s you, then the announcement of Dreamville Fest 2024 is right up your alley.

Last month, organizers confirmed that the annual event would return to its home of Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 6 and 7, 2024. This year’s lineup featured an all-star arrangement of Usher, Drake (with a host of guest cameos), Burna Boy, and more. Due to the massive set of entertainers that hit the stage this year, music lovers are curious to see how the 2024 event outdoes itself. So, did Dreamville Fest reveal its 2024 lineup? Not yet.

Although the Chase cardholders’ pre-sale kicks off tomorrow (November 8), the multi-day event has not given any hints about the official lineup. However, since its inception, the festival has always featured performances by Dreamville’s head honcho, J. Cole, and several of the imprint’s signees (Ari Lennox, JID, Earthgang, Cozz, Bas, and Omen). We’ll keep our eyes for the confirmed lineup, but that could be, if it sticks to its schedule, sometime in February 2024.

Dreamville Fest 2024 is set to take place on April 6 and 7, 2024, inside Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Chase cardholders’ pre-sale begins on November 8, 2023, at 10 a.m. Eastern. Find more information here.

House Speaker Mike Johnson not only believes early humans had dinosaurs for pets, he and his teen son also monitor each other’s porn habits. A very normal activity from a very normal man.

Last year, Johnson, who shares the same name as every male NPC in a video game, praised a program (and possible threat to national security) called Covenant Eyes for how it “sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17. So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week.” He added, “I’m proud to tell ya, my son has got a clean slate.”

This was prime fodder for Jimmy Kimmel, who joked “it is possible to be too close with your children” during Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The host then made Johnson an offer. “If you have nobody else in your life to do this with, I will gladly be your porn accountability partner,” he said. “I’m pretty we can do it cross country. I’m very open-minded. Whatever weird stuff you’re watching — I don’t know, clown porn, cosplay, foot fetish, stuff with the tentacles — no problem. I don’t judge. What happens between you, Mike, and your Johnson is your business. But let’s get your son out of this, huh?”

You can watch Kimmel’s monologue above.

In the United States, Taylor Swift rules the music charts. The release of 1989 (Taylor’s Verison) has broken personal career, streaming, pure sales, and charting records. But across the pond, in the United Kingdom, there’s another act making historical waves, and her name is Kenya Grace. Kenya’s smash single, “Strangers,” has catapulted her into mainstream discourse. So, who is “Strangers” singer Kenya Grace?

Kenya is a native of South Africa but was raised in Southampton, England. She is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. As documented by Billboard last month, Kenya’s standout track “Stranger” set a record in the electronic music scene when it became the second No. 1 Hot Dance/Electronic record written, produced, and sung by a woman. “Strangers” beat out Cassö, D-Block Europe, and Raye’s “Prada,” Swift’s “Cruel Summer,” Tate McRae’s “Greedy,” and Tyla’s “Water.”

She quickly took to her official Instagram page to celebrate the milestone. “‘Strangers’ is number 1 in the UK! Guys, this is the most surreal moment of my entire life. I am eternally grateful to every single one of you who streamed, shared, and made videos for ‘Strangers!’ You’re the absolute best people ever, and I love you all so much. Thank you for changing my life forever,” penned Kenya.

During an interview with Vogue, she opened up about the inspiration behind the hit. “Sonically, I wanted to make something that was more ethereal sounding, so I layered synths, high-backing vocals, and lots of reverb to try and create this euphoric sound. Lyrically, it’s just something that I’ve been noticing a lot recently through my own past relationships and other people’s, too: how you can speak to someone for so long and then randomly one night, you just never speak to them ever again. That completely polar opposite change is so common now – I think it’s through Hinge and Tinder and dating apps. I feel like it’s so easy just to dispose of people. Sad but true,” said Kenya.

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

Six years after releasing his highly revered debut studio album, Process, Sampha has returned with new music, starting with “Simple 2.0” and “Only.” Last month, he dropped his long-awaited follow-up album Lahai. Sampha went on to share the inspiration behind the album’s title, saying, “‘Lahai’ [is my] grandfather’s name. My middle name. My next musical chapter. My next album. Fever Dreams. Continuums. Dancing. Generations. Syncopation. Bridges. Grief. Motherlands. Love. Spirit. Fear. Flesh. Flight.”

Before the album was made available online, Sampha revealed he would embark on the Lahai Tour with stops in the United Kingdom and the US. The North American leg kicked off at the Regency Ballroom on October 29 in San Francisco, California. Here is Sampha’s Lahai Tour setlist, according to Setlist.fm.

1. “Plastic 100°C”
2. “Hold On” (SBTRKT cover)
3. “Satellite Business”
4. “Suspended”
5. “Inclination Compass (Tenderness)”
6. “Without”
7. “Gabriel” (Roy Davis Jr. cover)
8. “Stereo Colour Cloud (Shaman’s Dream)”
9. “Spirit 2.0”
10. “Too Much”
11. “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano”
12. “Can’t Go Back”
13. “Dancing Circles”
14. “Only”
15. “Can’t Get Close”
16. “Blood on Me”

Encore:

17. “Happens”

View the remaining tour stops below.

11/7 — New York City @ Webster Hall
11/11 — Washington, D.C. @ Howard Theatre
11/13 — Philadelphia @ Franklin Music Hall
11/15 — Atlanta @ The Eastern
12/4 — Berlin @ Theater des Westens
12/5 — Amsterdam @ Royal Theatre Carré
12/7 — Paris @ Cirque d’Hiver

Six years after releasing his highly revered debut studio album, Process, Sampha has returned with new music, starting with “Simple 2.0” and “Only.” Last month, he dropped his long-awaited follow-up album Lahai. Sampha went on to share the inspiration behind the album’s title, saying, “‘Lahai’ [is my] grandfather’s name. My middle name. My next musical chapter. My next album. Fever Dreams. Continuums. Dancing. Generations. Syncopation. Bridges. Grief. Motherlands. Love. Spirit. Fear. Flesh. Flight.”

Before the album was made available online, Sampha revealed he would embark on the Lahai Tour with stops in the United Kingdom and the US. The North American leg kicked off at the Regency Ballroom on October 29 in San Francisco, California. Here is Sampha’s Lahai Tour setlist, according to Setlist.fm.

1. “Plastic 100°C”
2. “Hold On” (SBTRKT cover)
3. “Satellite Business”
4. “Suspended”
5. “Inclination Compass (Tenderness)”
6. “Without”
7. “Gabriel” (Roy Davis Jr. cover)
8. “Stereo Colour Cloud (Shaman’s Dream)”
9. “Spirit 2.0”
10. “Too Much”
11. “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano”
12. “Can’t Go Back”
13. “Dancing Circles”
14. “Only”
15. “Can’t Get Close”
16. “Blood on Me”

Encore:

17. “Happens”

View the remaining tour stops below.

11/7 — New York City @ Webster Hall
11/11 — Washington, D.C. @ Howard Theatre
11/13 — Philadelphia @ Franklin Music Hall
11/15 — Atlanta @ The Eastern
12/4 — Berlin @ Theater des Westens
12/5 — Amsterdam @ Royal Theatre Carré
12/7 — Paris @ Cirque d’Hiver

When Mike Johnson was named Speaker of the House the other week, no one had any clue who he was, and not only because of his generic name and looks. We know a lot about him now. He holds, shall we say, some wacko extremist views even for today’s wacko extremist. Along with believing early humans had dinosaur pets, there’s also this one: He and his son use a program in which they can monitor each other’s porn habits (or lack thereof). Sounds normal and not creepy! It also sounds like a possible security threat, noted Sarah Silverman.

The comic was back to guest-hosting The Daily Show on Monday, and she couldn’t help but devote significant real estate of her opening to Johnson’s use of Covenant Eyes, which alerts a chosen person whenever you visit a pornographic site. The idea, of course, is to shame that person into never doing it, which sounded weird to Silverman.

“If Mike Johnson doesn’t want to encourage his son to masturbate, why did he name him Jack?” she joked. “You should meet his other kids: Tug and his daughter Fingerblast.”

Silverman questioned the program’s effectiveness with young men. “I’m sorry, there’s no way this app is going to stop people from masturbating, especially 17 year old boys,” she told the crowd. “Seventeen-year-olds don’t need porn. They can jack off to anything. His dad must be like, ‘He really doesn’t look at porn at all, he just spends all his day browsing Ann Taylor Loft.”

She then had some advice for Johnson: “Seriously, don’t use an app to find out if your son is masturbating. Just do it the old-fashioned way: See if his sock shatters like an icicle.”

Silverman then spoke with correspondent Michael Kosta, who argued that having an anti-porn guy as Speaker is perfect.

“Mike Johnson is the kind of guy you want holding the Speaker’s gavel. For one he’s got two free hands, we know that,” Kosta said. “Secondly, do you know how much you can accomplish when you’re not wasting all your time massaging the pig snout? Plus, this gives him that pent-up, near-bursting energy that says, ‘I’m a soft breeze away from exploding all over this carpet.’”

Kosta even suggested that this bizarre news could be a win for the current president, who’s hurting at the polls right now. “He can be the politician who’s into porn,” Kosta said. “He already kind of has the look, you know? He’s got the slicked-back hair He drives a Corvette. He’s always squinting like he just saw something he likes but he doesn’t know why.”

But Silverman brought up a possible security issue. “This website is monitoring everything Mike Johnson looks at. That could include sensitive classified information,” she argued.

“Yeah, but that’s the price we pay for moral rectitude,” Kosta shot back. “Sure, Russia could hack into Covenant eyes and get access to our nuclear codes. But I sleep a little easier at night knowing Mike Johnson isn’t seeing what’s happening to our nation’s stepmoms.”

You can watch Silverman’s Daily Show opening in the video above. The Johnson business begins around the 4:30 mark.

When Mike Johnson was named Speaker of the House the other week, no one had any clue who he was, and not only because of his generic name and looks. We know a lot about him now. He holds, shall we say, some wacko extremist views even for today’s wacko extremist. Along with believing early humans had dinosaur pets, there’s also this one: He and his son use a program in which they can monitor each other’s porn habits (or lack thereof). Sounds normal and not creepy! It also sounds like a possible security threat, noted Sarah Silverman.

The comic was back to guest-hosting The Daily Show on Monday, and she couldn’t help but devote significant real estate of her opening to Johnson’s use of Covenant Eyes, which alerts a chosen person whenever you visit a pornographic site. The idea, of course, is to shame that person into never doing it, which sounded weird to Silverman.

“If Mike Johnson doesn’t want to encourage his son to masturbate, why did he name him Jack?” she joked. “You should meet his other kids: Tug and his daughter Fingerblast.”

Silverman questioned the program’s effectiveness with young men. “I’m sorry, there’s no way this app is going to stop people from masturbating, especially 17 year old boys,” she told the crowd. “Seventeen-year-olds don’t need porn. They can jack off to anything. His dad must be like, ‘He really doesn’t look at porn at all, he just spends all his day browsing Ann Taylor Loft.”

She then had some advice for Johnson: “Seriously, don’t use an app to find out if your son is masturbating. Just do it the old-fashioned way: See if his sock shatters like an icicle.”

Silverman then spoke with correspondent Michael Kosta, who argued that having an anti-porn guy as Speaker is perfect.

“Mike Johnson is the kind of guy you want holding the Speaker’s gavel. For one he’s got two free hands, we know that,” Kosta said. “Secondly, do you know how much you can accomplish when you’re not wasting all your time massaging the pig snout? Plus, this gives him that pent-up, near-bursting energy that says, ‘I’m a soft breeze away from exploding all over this carpet.’”

Kosta even suggested that this bizarre news could be a win for the current president, who’s hurting at the polls right now. “He can be the politician who’s into porn,” Kosta said. “He already kind of has the look, you know? He’s got the slicked-back hair He drives a Corvette. He’s always squinting like he just saw something he likes but he doesn’t know why.”

But Silverman brought up a possible security issue. “This website is monitoring everything Mike Johnson looks at. That could include sensitive classified information,” she argued.

“Yeah, but that’s the price we pay for moral rectitude,” Kosta shot back. “Sure, Russia could hack into Covenant eyes and get access to our nuclear codes. But I sleep a little easier at night knowing Mike Johnson isn’t seeing what’s happening to our nation’s stepmoms.”

You can watch Silverman’s Daily Show opening in the video above. The Johnson business begins around the 4:30 mark.

Dua Lipa isn’t the only artist launching their takeover bid for the new year. White Men Can’t Jump star Jack Harlow has entered his hat into the runnings. On Monday, November 6, Harlow took to his official social media pages, including X (formerly Twitter), to tease his new release with a light-hearted video.

“‘Lovin On Me’ out Friday,” read the caption. In the clip, Harlow, dressed in a Wu-Tang graphic t-shirt, appeared to be on a set, dancing along to a snippet of the track as the chorus — “I don’t like no whips and chains, you can’t tie me down / But you can live your lovin’ on me, baby / Live your lovin’ on me, baby” — blares in the background.

Just before the clip ends, Harlow’s line “I’m vanilla, baby” is played.

Fans showed overwhelming support for the upcoming track, with one person writing, “This song gonna have everyone on TikTok in a legit chokehold lol.”

“A few seconds and I’m in love,” wrote another.

“This is a TikTok banger incoming. Jack [is] about to go viral on TikTok,” remarked another.

Harlow recently joined forces with Jung Kook on the track “3D.” In April, Harlow dropped his album, Jackman.

Lovin On Me is out 11/10 via Atlantic. Find more information here.

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

This weekend brings The Marvels, the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third in Phase Five. It’s the fourth to feature Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, who this time teams up with two fellow heroes: Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau and Imam Vellani’s Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel. As with all MCU titles, you have to have seen — or least read up on — a number of films and shows to grok the plot of The Marvels. Does that include Captain Marvel?

The answer is: Yes, it does. Despite a title referring to three characters, it’s the sequel to Captain Marvel, which in 2019 because the first MCU title centered around a female character. That film introduced the title character to the MCU, showing her backstory as an U.S. Air Force pilot who becomes a member of the elite alien military unit Starforce. She also befriends Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, who later summons her to help out with the events shown in Avengers: Endgame.

Larson’s Captain Marvel later appeared in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Captain Marvel isn’t the only thing to watch before buying a ticket to The Marvels. WandaVision is the show that introduced Parris’ Monica Rambeau, who’s actually the daughter of Danvers’ late friend Maria Rambeau. You’ll also have to have seen the show Ms. Marvel, which debuted the titular character. On top of that, the recent Secret Invasion follows Nick Fury, who’s prominently featured in The Marvels and got into some misadventures you need to know about.

Marvel recently revealed that they’re starting a line of movies and shows that aren’t connected to the MCU and therefore don’t require any homework viewing.

Captain Marvel hits theaters on November 10.

Dua Lipa’s next musical era is on the horizon. This year, the singer’s focused her efforts on her onscreen career, with an appearance in the blockbuster Barbie, with the spy film Argylle in the pipeline. But she’s still found time for her music. After seeming to tell the public that her major comeback was set for next year, Dua Lipa teased her forthcoming single. Last week, she confirmed its release date: November 9.

So who produced Dia Lipa’s “Houdini” single? According to Pop Crave, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker is behind the upcoming track. On Monday, November 6, the platform shared the claim on its official X (formerly Twitter) page.

The rumor was initially birthed in August, following a deep dive with Kurt Soller for The New York Times’ T Magazine:

“The next record will still be pop, she says, lest her ‘fans have a meltdown.’ She doesn’t want to ‘alienate’ them, although she’s developing a new sound that may be informed less by the house and disco beats beneath songs like ‘Physical’ and ‘Hallucinate’ than by 1970s-era psychedelia. She’s working with a smaller group of songwriting collaborators, supposedly including Kevin Parker of the Australian psych-rock band Tame Impala, a rumor she all but confirms by denying: ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about,’ she says, then looks away and laughs a little. Lipa’s dressed — almost studiously — in pop star-off-duty drag: Ugg slip-ons, baggy white jeans, an old Elton John T-shirt, a few diamond-encrusted hoops in each ear.”

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