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Raphael Saadiq is gearing up for a reunion of his ’80s band, Tony! Toni! Toné!. The group is gearing up for a tour and are working on a new album.

Saadiq spoke with Vulture and revealed that the album would likely come out after their tour. He also revealed that a song that was originally planned for Tony! Toni! Toné!’s album ended up going to Beyoncé.

The song? “Cuff It” from Bey’s seventh album, Renaissance.

“That record was going to be a Tonyies record,” Saadiq said, “the part that just sounds like [mimics the ‘Cuff It’ guitar riff]. But I gave it to a friend of mine and said, ‘I got this record. I was going to do it, but what about Beyoncé?’ She’s one of those people where if she’s feeling it, she’s going 100 percent in. I said, ‘It’s going to move people. It’s going to work, I’m telling you.’ I think she just put it away. From what I heard, The-Dream eventually found it. And he was like, ‘What is that?!”’ I already knew it was one of them joints. I always said, if you drop the right music on an artist, it could go, but I’m glad she has so many eyeballs on her, you know what I mean? You can’t really trick people, it’s got to be good.”

The song has since gone on to be a fan-favorite of Beyoncé‘s, earning a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the beginning of this year. It has also gone viral on TikTok, sparking dance challenges, and pulling in streams to bring it up to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

There were plenty of moments during Shannon Sharpe’s tenure on Undisputed where things got heated between himself and Skip Bayless. It was part of what made them such a unique combination — Bayless has spent his professional career as a provocateur, while Sharpe is a gigantic, fun personality who would have genuine reactions to the stuff Bayless would say.

On the most recent episode of Stephen A. Smith’s podcast, Sharpe looked back on the one time that things nearly boiled over between himself and his former co-host. Back in 2022, during a conversation about Tom Brady’s longevity, Bayless made some comments that clearly rubbed Sharpe the long way, to the point that Sharpe got upset in a way that he was usually pretty good at avoiding. While talking to Smith about the incident, Sharpe went as far as to say that he had to resist the urge to come to physical blows with Bayless over this.

“Why would I be jealous of Tom Brady?” Sharpe said. “I’m happy that Tom — Tom was like me, given an opportunity, he made the most of that opportunity. I think that was, in all of my TV career, I remember going home, calling my sister, I called my brother, my homeboy, everybody had told him, he raced home, he’d watch it. It took a lot. It took a lot for me not to put my hands on him, it actually did.”

Smith said he was “so thankful” Sharpe didn’t do this, presumably because this would have ended extremely badly for Bayless. Since this incident, Sharpe has left Fox (Smith has indicated that this was not his decision) and joined First Take, where he is part of the rotating collection of personalities who debate Smith.

A lot of shady business about Clarence Thomas has emerged in the last handful of months. What’s up with his friendship with a billionaire who collects Nazi memorabilia? What about that shady loan he received from a health care exec to pay for his luxury RV? And what’s a Supreme Court justice doing attending private dinners for the right-leaning Koch brothers? While we’re at it, what is esteemed documentarian Ken Burns doing posing with Thomas at one of those soirees?

Last week, a pic of the guy behind The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Vietnam War, and many others circulated in which he’s seen smiling between Thomas and David Koch, both boogeymen to the left. The uproar was such that Burns had to step in with an explanation.

“Around ten years ago, Ken was stopped and asked to take a photograph with a Supreme Court Justice and David Koch, who was a supporter of public television and would later provide some funding for his film, The Vietnam War,” a spokesperson for Burns told The Hollywood Reporter. “So he took the photo, as he has done with many, many others. Other than the taking of that photograph and innocuous pleasantries, that’s the extent of his contact with Justice Thomas.”

So it was allegedly just a photo op. It may still seem strange that Burns is hanging with the Koch brothers, though their names are on progressive things as well, including an epic doc that explores both the American and Vietnamese side of the Vietnam War.

The photo of Burns, Thomas, and Koch emerged in a ProPublica piece about Thomas attending two functions for the libertarian billionaire brothers. Burns’ name was not mentioned in the piece. Still, for future reference it might not be a great idea for thoughtful documentarians to be posing for pics with people so far to the right that students successfully petition to get him booted from teaching a class.

(Via THR)

Last night (September 22), Måneskin delivered a killer performance at Madison Square Garden. Over the course of the night, the Italian rock band, who won the Eurovision competition in 2021, performed several songs from their third studio album, Rush, as well as their cover of The Four Seasons’ “Beggin’,” which carried them over from Eurovision to TikTok fame. Later into the night, they added their spin on a fan-favorite Kendrick Lamar hit.

“We cannot be the last rock band… but maybe we can be the first rap band,” said Måneskin’s lead vocalist Damiano David, before diving into a cover of the 2017 hit single, “Humble.”

This particular rendition of “Humble” was a lot more guitar-and-drum-driven, but maintained the powerful spirit of the original version.

This performance wasn’t the first time the band has displayed the influence they take from a multitude of genres. In an interview with Esquire, David revealed that this type of genre-fluidity comes naturally to him and the band.

“Not to brag, but for us, it comes easy,” he says. “We have four different and very strong backgrounds—Ethan and Thomas are very into rock n’ roll, punk, more classical, so they bring that energy. And I’m very, very into mainstream music, mainstream hooks, mainstream melodies. So I bring that kind of idea, and they put steroids in what I do.”

You can see a clip of the cover of “Humble” above.

Two weeks ago Lauren Boebert got really into the Beetlejuice musical. News reports claimed — and infrared surveillance footage later confirmed — that the MAGA lawmaker acted up during a regional production of the show, doing things one shouldn’t do while watching a musical: vaping, aggressively signing along, and getting really handsy with her date. Since then she’s tried to make amends, apologizing for her antics and putting the blame where it belongs: on how excited she was to see a musical version of Beetlejuice.

On Friday Boebert took her apology tour to Fox News, where a curiously bespectacled Jesse Watters asked her if, you know, she had just gotten tanked.

“No, Jesse, not at all,” she replied, saying she was just “very excited about the actual musical.” She added that, like many, she’s a “huge fan of Beetlejuice,” advising that anyone should go see it if it’s playing anywhere near them. She then threw in a little joke, asking those that do see it to “please tell me how it ends, because I have yet to see the ending.”

(In her defense, the musical has a slightly rosier ending than the movie, which concludes [SPOILER?] with the titular chaos agent being sent to the after life waiting room and getting his head shrunk. How the big guy recovers is something we’ll learn when the practical effects-heavy sequel hits theaters.)

Boebert agreed with Watters that she got “carried away,” if only just a “little bit.” She also blamed the fact that she’s spent 20 years in a marriage with a stand-up dude and. Back when she was last on the dating scene “there weren’t infrared cameras watching my every move, but it’s a lesson learned.”

Elsewhere in the segment, Boebert admitted she “messed up,” saying that while she’s a “congresswoman and a public figure, believe it or not, I am human too.”

In other news, it appears Boebert’s date that night — a Democrat who owns a drag queen-friendly bar — was as surprised as everyone else that the two had parted ways.

Though almost nine years have passed since Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey separated, Cannon still has love for the music icon. During an interview with The Diary Of A Ceo, Cannon spoke highly of his time with Carey.

He even recalled a time Carey came to his aid after he passed out while jogging in Aspen, Colorado.

“Mariah came in and found me,” said Cannon. “And they rushed me to the ER in Aspen… I didn’t think it was that bad because I had just got back from jogging in Aspen. So they’re like, ‘He probably has altitude sickness.’ Mariah came in and found me. And they rushed me to the ER in Aspen… I didn’t think it was that bad because I had just got back from jogging in Aspen. So they’re like, ‘He probably has altitude sickness.’”

The event took place before Cannon was formally diagnosed with lupus, but it’s something he will always hold dearly.

“I think that’s what you do when you find a help-mate,” said Cannon. “When you find someone that you’re in matrimony with. I went hard for her, and I’d still go hard for her. I’d lay down my life for her, even today.”

This isn’t the first time Cannon has recalled his time with Carey fondly. Back in March, Cannon said Carey was the love of his life.

You can see the interview above.

Boygenius, the musical trio consisting of Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, and Julien Baker, is set to kick off their fall tour in just a few days. The shows are tied to the band’s recent album, The Record, and have a ton of great openers for fans to look forward to.

Here’s what to know.

Who is opening for Boygenius’ 2023 Fall Tour?

Palehound

Palehound is a band, featuring lead singer El Kempner. Over the years, the group released four albums: 2015’s Dry Food, 2017’s A Place I’ll Always Go, 2019’s Black Friday, and most recently, their 2023 album, Eye On The Bat. “It’s kind of like journal-rock, just all of my biggest fears splurted onto some vinyl, no different from writing a diary, really,” Kempner shared about the sound during an interview.

Samia

Making waves with her 2020 debut album, The Baby, Samia has continued to be a presence on the indie-pop scene. Three years later, she followed it up with her sophomore record, Honey. “Usually, when I’m writing it’s from a place of desperation and pain,” she previously revealed to i-D.

Muna

Most Boygenius fans know Muna, but if you don’t, they are also a trio band. And the group is signed to Bridgers’ record label, Saddest Factory Records, who also appeared in the video for their hit single, “Silk Chiffon.” Muna dropped their self-titled album last year and have since opened for Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour.

100 Gecs

100 Gecs is probably the wildest act to open, as the duo is known for their zany electronic songs and their stage presence — which has previously been by dressing up in wizard robes. The duo, Dylan Brady and Laura Les, formed in St. Louis, and would go on to drop their debut album, 1000 Gecs, in 2019.

Sloppy Jane

Sloppy Jane is a band that will be joining Boygenius as a special guest at their Los Angeles show. Lead singer Haley Dahl has been a longtime friend of Bridgers, as she also used to play bass in the group before going solo. In the fall of 2021, Sloppy Jane also signed to Saddest Factory, and dropped their second album, Madison.

Boygenius Fall 2023 Tour Dates

09/25 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall !
09/28 — New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl !
09/30 — Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann ~
10/02 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden =
10/31 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *

! with Palehound
~ with Samia
= with Muna
* with 100 Gecs and special guest Sloppy Jane

Noah Kahan recently did a new interview with Billboard, where he opened up about the success of his Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) album. Most interestingly, he spoke about his collaboration with Post Malone on “Dial Drunk” — and what the rapper was really like behind the scenes.

Kahan described their meeting as “exactly what I wanted an experience with Post Malone to be; he was sitting crossed-legged, drinking Bud Lights [and] smoking cigarettes.”

According to the publication, the two became close because they apparently both really love the movie Walk Hard.

Because of this, Kahan pointed out that “the hang is not over.”

“I would love to get in the room and write music with him [together from scratch],” he added. “What I love about [him] is he is so untethered by genre… I would love to make some weird sh*t.”

Over the past few months, Kahan has seen a surge in popularity after going viral on TikTok. While the album is his third, he made it during the pandemic and truly loved the result.

“There was a feeling in the studio of like, ‘Woah, this is something special,’” he described. “I felt so creatively in control… and I think, at the time, I couldn’t see that as a sign of success or relatability, it just felt so right for me that I was fine with whatever happened.”

Fans can check out Kahan’s collaboration with Post Malone here.

Selena Gomez, on the heels of her recent single “Single Soon,” is once again setting the record about her relationship status. In a hilarious new TikTok,

“Guess who has a boyfriend?” Gomez lip-syncs along to an audio clip in the video. Not me b*tch! Y’all be safe out there!” Her hair is tied in fun braids and she sweetly waves bye at the end.

A few weeks ago, she did an interview tied to the song’s release where she broke down what she’s looking for in her dating requirements. “You gotta be cool, man,” Gomez shared. “Not cool in the sense that people think you’re cool. You just gotta be nice and like, please make me laugh and also just be good to my family and people around you.”

While she had reportedly been dating one of The Chainsmokers at the start of this year, Gomez has since committed to a hot girl summer (and year) with her friends. She spent the Fourth of July with Taylor Swift, the Haim sisters, and more.

In Swift’s caption, she also made it clear that they were all running solo. “Happy belated Independence Day from your local neighborhood independent girlies,” she wrote.

Check out Selena Gomez’s new TikTok below.

BTS’ Suga is officially starting his mandatory military service in South Korea. However, according to Rolling Stone, he has opted for a unique alternate path that still meets the requirements. He will be working as a social service agent, which is a path for those dealing with “physical or mental health issues.”

The publication notes that Suga will still have to complete the three weeks of military training at some point. Previously, there had also been reports that Suga went for the alternate option after having surgery on his shoulder in 2020.

“I’ll faithfully serve and come back,” Suga shared as a message to fans via Weverse. “Please stay healthy and let’s meet all again in 2025.”

Big Hit, the BTS management company, also put out a statement for the BTS Army. They urged fans to “refrain from visiting Suga at his workplace during the period of his service.”

“Please convey your warm regards and encouragement in your hearts only,” the note continued.

BTS is currently on their hiatus as the members finish each of their requirements. Other members, Jin and J-Hope, are already doing theirs. Although Suga is the next to do so, the rest of the band will follow suit. Because of this, BTS likely won’t come back until at least 2025.