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Ed Sheeran’s new album Play is out tomorrow (September 12). Sheeran is thinking much further into the future than that, though, as per his will, fans will one day have a posthumous album titled Eject.

Sheeran talked Apple Music’s Zane Lowe through it in an interview shared yesterday (September 10), saying:

“It’s actually in my will and Cherry [Seaborn, his wife] gets to pick the tracks for it. It’s fully, like… it’s in there if I were to go tomorrow. […] My will of wishes is to make a record out of all the songs from the age of 18, so when I pass away. Choose the ten best. And it’s like, imagine if Paul McCartney dies and there’s early 16-year-old Beatles recordings and then right up to it, the ten best of his entire career. Lots of people won’t like that of me, but there’ll be lots of my fans that would find that super interesting.”

He elaborated on the reasons behind his planning, saying, “You know how posthumous albums come out but they’re sort of unplanned? I want to sort make a planned one. And I’ll talk to Cherry throughout my life, like, “I really I like one, I really like this one, I really like this one.’ […] I don’t want to go and someone just to jumble up stuff and put it out. I want it to be planned.”

Watch the full interview above. Find the Play cover art and tracklist below.

Ed Sheeran’s Play Album Cover Artwork

Ed Sheeran’s Play Tracklist

1. “Opening”
2. “Sapphire”
3. “Azizam”
4. “Old Phone”
5. “Symmetry”
6. “Camera”
7. “In Other Words”
8. “A Little More”
9. “Slowly”
10. “Don’t Look Down”
11. “The Vow”
12. “For Always”
13. “Heaven”

Play is out 9/12 via Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

A week ago, Gorillaz apparently debuted a whole new album during their phone-free show in London, which fans only learned about through setlist.fm after the fact. It turns out, though, that we didn’t have to wait long to find out more about the album, as the virtual band — the brainchild of Blur frontman Damon Albarn — announced the new album’s title and release date today.

The Mountain is due on March 20th, 2026, belying the group’s initial 2025 release vow, and will feature appearances from Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, Anoushka Shankar, Asha Puthli, Bizarrap, Black Thought of The Roots, IDLES, Johnny Marr, Jalen Ngonda, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon of The Clash, Yasiin Bey, and more. The band also released the album’s first single, “The Happy Dictator,” which features Sparks, along with a visualizer punctuated by WWII-era aesthetics and lyrics captioned in Devanagari. This lines up with one of the accounts of the album’s sound online, which promised, “The album was heavy on Indian tunes. The orchestra was quite large: four strings, four backing vocalists, three Indian instruments, etc.”

You can listen to “The Happy Dictator” above.

The Mountain is due on 3/20/2026 via Parlophone/Warner. You can find more info here.

Gorillaz The Mountain Tracklist

01. “The Mountain” (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
02. “The Moon Cave” (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
03. “The Happy Dictator” (feat. Sparks)
04. “The Hardest Thing” (feat. Tony Allen)
05. “Orange County” (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
06. “The God of Lying” (feat. IDLES)
07. “The Empty Dream Machine” (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
08. “The Manifesto” (feat. Trueno and Proof)
09. “The Plastic Guru” (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
10. “Delirium” (feat. Mark E. Smith)
11. “Damascus” (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
12. “The Shadowy Ligh”t (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
13. “Casablanca” (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
14. “The Sweet Prince” (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
15. “The Sad God” (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)

Sombr‘s debut album, I Barely Know Her, finds a confident 20-year-old star who writes and produces his own music, incorporating intros, outros, and bridges, and taking creative risks that bet on his own prodigious talent. And the world is reacting, with a sold-out world tour that runs into 2026, cool-kid alignment with a booking at Tyler, The Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw, and hismindblowing VMA performance/win.

Sombr’s growth is undeniable.

Check out the stats:

– +33% Spotify listeners in 90 days (56.3MM+)
– 241MM YouTube views
– 138.8MM TikTok likes
– 150% viewership increase

But his fans aren’t just streaming or spending money on concert tickets. They shop often. They share loudly. They blur the lines between fashion, lifestyle, and music, shaping the next wave of youth culture while over-indexing for H&M, Prada, Levi’s, Starbucks, Netflix, and Coachella.

Check out our recent Linkedin breakdown showing why Sombr is more than just an artist; he’s the face of a new youth movement and see how UPROXX STUDIOS can uniquely align you with Sombr in authentic and impactful ways.

The 2025 VMAs proved what we’ve known all along: music videos belong on TV.

The show posted a 42% year-over-year surge, with 5.5 million viewers across CBS, MTV, and Paramount+, its best performance since 2019.

That’s the influence and impact of music videos. These aren’t “content” made to be lazily engaged with and fill feeds. These provide significant connections to fan-favorite artists and songs, as well as substantial statements from iconic creative visionaries.

Music videos command attention and fuel obsession. Because fans care, they watch, remix, and debate. They show up on prime time not just for spectacle, but because they’re emotionally invested.

And the VMAs translated that energy. That full-choir moment with Alex Warren? That was a cultural moment made possible by music videos – their reach, their resonance, their relevance.

Even up against a network juggernaut, music videos performed, going head-to-head with Sunday Night Football. Most shows would’ve been buried, but music videos gave people a reason to choose culture over sports competition.

Beyond the Broadcast

What happened on CBS was only the start. The real story played out across YouTube, where fans surged to Warner Music Group artist channels powered by UPROXX:

– Sombr: video views up +150%, from ~80M in a typical week to 200M+ weekly views

– Alex Warren: up +43%, hitting 25M+ weekly views as he took home Best New Artist

– Busta Rhymes: up +23%, climbing past 15M weekly views tied to his Visionary Award moment

These aren’t background bumps — they’re massive spikes in video consumption tied directly to cultural heat. The broadcast made headlines, but the viewership wave carried across platforms.

Why Brands Should Care

Music videos have become the new sports highlights (only better): short, high-impact, replayed endlessly, and commanding full-screen attention. On Connected TV, they turn the living room into a stadium of sound and visuals.

But unlike sports, music videos don’t follow a rigid schedule. They’re evergreen and breaking news at the same time, giving brands the chance to plug into culture every week, not just during a 17-game season.

WMG Artist Domination

The awards themselves reinforced it: Warner Music Group artists swept the night.
Song of the Year – ROSÉ & Bruno Mars “APT.”
Best New Artist – Alex Warren
Best Collaboration – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”
Best Alternative – Sombr “Back to Friends”
Best Rock – Coldplay “All My Love”

These are the same superstar artists that anchor UPROXX’s premium CTV and YouTube inventory — the cultural gravity brands can tap into every week.

The Bigger Picture

Missed the VMAs? You didn’t miss the movement.

Music videos don’t happen once a year on CBS — they happen every day, every week, and they live forever. With UPROXX, brands don’t gamble on adjacency. They get guaranteed access to the Warner Music Group catalog — Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Linkin Park, and more.

If sports own Sundays, music videos own culture the rest of the week. And with UPROXX, your brand gets front row access.

Maryland rapper IDK is well-known for loving to infuse his gritty street raps with ’90s-esque jazz flair. His albums like F65 and Bravado + Intimo have often employed plenty of brass and loose drumming inspired by the greats, and today, he gets to return the favor to one of jazz’s hottest rising stars.

In Theo Croker’s new “My Friend” video, IDK wanders the streets of Los Angeles, his adopted home, reeling off his ruthless worldview, in which ski masks are a necessity, not a hypebeast’s accessory. Meanwhile, Croker and Sector 202, the band that backed IDK’s most recent NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, continue to push the boundaries of their blend of jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music, building to a magnificent crescendo.

“My Friend” is the latest single from Croker’s forthcoming Dream Manifest (Deluxe). It’s due on October 24 via Dom Recs, with features from anaïs, Theophilus London, Nosajthing, Natureboy Flako, and more. The original version of Dream Manifest, released on June 13 this year, is also now available for the first time on vinyl via Fat Beats. Meanwhile, the Grammy-nominated trumpeter, composer, and producer will return to Los Angeles in December for two nights at the recently opened Blue Note Jazz Club.

Watch Theo Croker’s “My Friend” video with IDK above.

Dream Manifest (Deluxe) is due on 10/24 via Dom Recs. You can find more info here.

BigXthaPlug sits down with UPROXX Chief Visionary Officer will.i.am for a powerful discussion about purpose.

Kelly Osbourne is currently hosting the new TV series Lego Masters Jr., which premiered in August. Of course, she’s also going through a difficult time at the moment with the recent death of her father, Ozzy Osbourne. This week’s episode of Lego Masters Jr. was surely an emotional one for her to watch back, then, as Ozzy makes a cameo. Billboard notes this is Ozzy’s first posthumous TV appearance.

Reality Club FOX shared the clip on TikTok. In the scene, Kelly recruits her dad, who appears remotely via video, to give contestants a warning that they have one hour left to finish their current build. She asks her father, “Hi dad, we need someone to scare a few of the kids. Would you mind?” With some menacing laughs, Ozzy tells the kids about their remaining time as the on-set lights turned a scary red.

Meanwhile, Kelly recently addressed her emotional status with an Instagram Story post of her with a bird perched on her hand. She wrote over the photo, “In all my sadness & grief I have found something that truly makes me happy! I never thought I would find my smile again through falconry but I did. I absolutely love being with the birds!”

Check out our recent ranking of the best Black Sabbath songs.

Kali Uchis checked in a few months ago with Sincerely,, a new album she dropped in May. She has more to say on that front, as she just announced a deluxe edition, titled Sincerely: P.S..

Among the new offerings is a collaboration with Ravyn Lenae, “Cry About It!.” The pair also performed the song on The Tonight Show yesterday:

Uchis previously said that the original Sincerely, album was inspired by a “life-altering event,” saying, “The album is about the complexities of life and finding ways to find joy in life despite the world. Finding ways to appreciate every moment and not take life for granted. Treat every day special. It’s my most existential and honest work. It’s definitely the most beautiful body of work to me, and it’s going to be, for me, the most meaningful and impactful.”

Listen to “Cry About It!” above. Check out the Sincerely: P.S. cover art below, along with Uchis’ upcoming tour dates.

Kali Uchis’ Sincerely: P.S. Album Cover Artwork

Kali Uchis’ 2025 Tour Dates: The Sincerely, Tour

09/11 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/12 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/14 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
09/16 — Laval, QC @ Place Bell
09/17 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/19 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
09/20 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
09/22 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
09/23 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
09/25 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
09/27 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
09/28 — Inglewood, CA @ Intuit Dome
10/23 — Highland, CA @ Yaamava Resort & Casino

Sincerely: P.S. is out 9/26 via Capitol. Find more information here.

Last year, it was announced that Lil Dicky’s beloved FX show Dave was on pause. Well, Andrew Santino, who plays Dicky’s manager Mike on the show, is pretty certain that the actual fate of Dave is that the series is finished.

In a new interview with Variety, Santino was asked about the show being on “pause” and he answered:

“That’s not on pause. That thing is gone. I don’t even know why that narrative is out there, that’s not true. We’re not doing the show. I think people said it was on pause to protect the relationship of the show, but that’s all nonsense. The show is done. We are all going our own way and doing our own thing. It was a great run, and we all enjoyed it very much. It ran its beautiful little course, and that was a wonderful moment in time. I’m happy I was a part of it, but in no world do I think the show would ever come back.”

When asked if it was the network’s decision to end the show, he continued, “I was a hired gun. That was between Dave Burd, Jeff Schaffer and FX. I had no power over what was happening. I kind of found out when everybody else found out that it wasn’t coming back. But people saying, ‘Perhaps we’ll pause it and come back’… I know better. Dad left to get cigarettes. He’s not coming home.”

Check out the full interview here.

Doja Cat has been all-in on the 1980s nostalgia for the rollout of her upcoming album, Vie. Its lead single, “Jealous Type,” borrows liberally from the New Wave sound, while its video is awash in the decade’s opulent aesthetics. Doja also tapped an ’80s icon, Kenny G, to help her in her MTV Video Music Awards performance of the song, along with breakdancers in 8-ball jackets and flattop haircuts. And now, she’s pulled out another ’80s deep cut to announce the deluxe edition of Vie, which will be an iTunes exclusive.

In a new video on Instagram, Doja dons the demeanor of cult icon Max Headroom, “the first computer-generated TV presenter.” Bedecked in the character’s signature boxy black suit and standing in front of the neon line-adorned blue screen that first brought Max Headroom to life, Doja announces, “My new deluxe album is up for pre-order on iTunes now.” The pre-order promises teases of new songs, exclusive content ahead of the album release, and a surprise when it comes out. And it just wouldn’t be a Max Headroom-style promo if she didn’t glitch out a little in the middle.

For those who might be too young to catch the reference, Headroom was the star of a British TV movie, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into The Future in 1985, where the “AI” is created using the brainwaves of an unconscious journalist and satirizing TV presenters of the time. Later, the character hosted a variety show, and starred in an American drama series, as well as becoming a spokesperson for New Coke. The character was previously referenced in hip-hop Eminem, who donned the Max Headroom persona in his “Rap God” video.

Vie is due on 9/26 via RCA Records. You can find more info at DojaCat.com.