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In a little over 12 hours from this writing, Dallas rap star BigXthaPlug will release his third studio album, I Hope You’re Happy. The album drops after a month-long rollout that revealed the depths of its country music inspirations via singles with Bailey Zimmerman, Shaboozey, Ella Langley, and more. The title track was revealed to feature country pioneer Darius Rucker, and today, BigX gave fans their first listen to the collaboration via its trailer, which he posted on Instagram.

“I hope you’re happy with somebody new,” Rucker croons. “The way that I was when I had you / And I hope he won’t break your heart / And waste all your time / I hope you’re happy with the way you broke mine.” Meanwhile, the accompanying visual largely consists of a closeup on a laughing woman’s face, which ultimately resolves into a long shot of her sitting on the porch of a burning house — an impactful, if wildly unsubtle metaphor for the heartbreak described on the song.

Although I Hope You’re Happy features a slew of country artists, including Jelly Rolly, Post Malone, and Morgan Wallen, BigX won’t call it a country album. “I wouldn’t say my version of country music is country music,” he said in a recent interview. “It’s kind of mixing the two sounds. I’m rapping on a bunch of country-style beats, but it’s not just country. I’m not on there sounding like no cowboy; I’m rapping. I’m just doing it from a country standpoint.”

I Hope You’re Happy is out on 8/22 via 600 Entertainment/UnitedMasters. You can get more info here.

The Marías have been kicking ass over the past few years, but now the band’s María Zardoya wants to try something different: She just launched Not For Radio, a new solo endeavor.

Announcing the project on social media yesterday (August 20), Zardoya wrote:

“i made a solo project @notforradio

don’t worry, the band will be here forever. i love making music as the marías, and nothing will ever change that. but i wanted to challenge myself to make a project that resonated with me in a different way. there are layers to who we all are as individuals, and this is another layer of me, another flower in the garden. welcome to my alternate reality.”

She also shared an audio snippet titled “Message 1,” in which she says, “Hi, it’s Maria. Welcome to Not For Radio, my alternate reality. I wanted to explore on my own what it meant to love and to lose. I keep asking myself the question: Is love worth the pain? If there’s a pain that only love can cause, the ache of someone’s absence, of knowing that they once lived there, inside your home, tangible and tender, but now reside only inside your memory. I don’t know. What do you think? Is love worth the pain? I’m ready to find out.”

This comes days after Zardoya announced a new partnership with YSL Beauty.

This past weekend, Oasis wrapped up the UK stretch of their hot Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour. Aside from the shows themselves, the band also had Oasis Live ’25 Fan Stores available, full of exclusive tour merch. Well, the North American run of the tour kicks off in Toronto this upcoming weekend, and Oasis are bringing the Fan Stores across the pond, too.

So far, the shops are confirmed for four North American cities. Here’s the schedule:

Los Angeles: Wednesday, August 20 at 6250 Hollywood Blvd. Opens daily at 10:00 a.m. PT
Toronto: Thursday, August 21 at 468 Queen St. Opens daily at 11:00 a.m. ET
New York: Saturday, August 23 at 107 Grand Street. Opens daily at 10:00 a.m. ET
Chicago: Tuesday, August 26 at 1421 N Milwaukee Ave. Opens daily at 10:00 a.m. CT

The online store is also live here and it offers a look at what will be available at the Fan Stores. There are a bunch of shirts commemorating both the current tour and looks and moments from the band’s previous eras. There’s other, non-wearable memorabilia, too, like poster prints, tote bags, mugs, stickers, keychains… if you can print a logo on it, there’s a decent chance there’s an Oasis-branded version of it available in the Oasis Live ’25 shop.

In the video for his The Last Wun single “Won’t Stop,” we see Gunna in intensive training for some kind of athletic endeavor. As it turns out, that wasn’t just so he could show off his improving physique. Today, Gunna announced his first-ever Wunna Run 5k, which is set for September 3 in New York’s Prospect Park. Via Gunna’s Great Giveaway nonprofit and NYCRUNS, participants will be able to donate to causes of their choosing. The marathon also provides a platform for Gunna to launch his partnership in the Flerish Hydration drink line and supplements brand Cymbiotika.

Gunna’s Great Giveaway is “an Atlanta-based nonprofit dedicated to uplifting communities through service, resource giveaways, and innovative programs like the Guaranteed Income Program to support underserved families,” according to the NYCRUNS profile, and the course will consist of ” just under one full loop around the park with a final sprint up Center Drive.”

The run club isn’t Gunna’s only display of his commitment to fitness. In June, he also held a youth empowerment camp in Frisco, Texas. Since his release, he’s made it a point to put his money where his mouth is, giving back and pushing forward with his dedication to wellness and having a positive impact on local communities.

You can find more info about the Wunna Run 5K — including free registration, start times, and meetup locations — here.

Director Osgood Perkins and distributor Neon have a good thing going. In 2024, they teamed up for Longlegs, and earlier this year, they released the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey. Now they have a third horror flick on the way: Keeper.

It’s a take on the “haunted cabin” sort of story. However, Perkins has proven that he won’t just blandly stick to established tropes, but take the trappings of the situation to a different level. It certainly helps that he has the talented Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland starring to help realize his vision.

Ahead of the film’s release, keep reading for everything you need to know before it hits theaters.

Plot

An official synopsis reads, “During an anniversary getaway at a remote cabin, a wife (Tatiana Maslany) is left alone after her husband (Rossif Sutherland) departs, only to confront a sinister presence that exposes the cabin’s chilling past.”

Perkins elaborated in an interview with Inverse:

“Keeper is a relationship horror movie about two people on a weekend to this cabin. She’s a city girl; she’s not used to this kind of thing. They’ve never had this particular intimacy before: To be in the quiet woods, at his place. They both have doubts. Neither one is safe in the relationship, as we all feel, or can feel, in our romantic relationships. They both wonder about the other person. There’s that disconnect that we all suffer in our relationships. And it’s coming to this place and wondering what lives there beyond their own insecurities — their own good sides, bad sides, positive traits, negative traits, where they’re confident, where they’re afraid. But also, what lives there in the horror movie sense? What is in this place that’s going to threaten both of them equally?”

Cast

Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland lead the movie.

Maslany discussed with Inverse what it was like working with Perkins, saying, “He never made me feel self-conscious about anything. Any choice, no matter what direction it was in — whether it was completely counter to what made sense, or was not what was written, or was just a little bit outside of the box — he was always encouraging that and fueling that, as opposed to trying to keep me in something… an idea of this character, an idea of what acting is, or an idea of what the scene needed.”

Release Date

The film is set to hit theaters on November 14.

Trailer

Check out the Keeper trailer below.

In 2015, Carly Rae Jepsen kept the momentum established by hits like “Call Me Maybe” and “Good Time” going with a new album, Emotion featuring the hit single “I Really Like You.” As that project turns ten years old, Jepsen is celebrating with an anniversary edition.

Available in digital deluxe, ATMOS, and vinyl variants, the project features six bonus tracks: Two remixes, and the previously unreleased “More,” “Guardian Angel,” “Back Of My Heart,” and “Lost In Devotion.” Vinyl pressings include 1LP blue swirl vinyl, 1LP zoetrope vinyl, and a 2LP magenta swirl vinyl.

Last night (August 19), Jepsen celebrated the album with a sold-out performance at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

Listen to “More” above and find the full Emotion (10th Anniversary Edition) tracklist below.

Carly Rae Jepsen’s Emotion (10th Anniversary Edition) Tracklist

1. “Run Away With Me”
2. “Emotion”
3. “I Really Like You”
4. “Gimmie Love”
5. “All That”
6. “Boy Problems”
7. “Making The Most Of The Night”
8. “Your Type”
9. “Let’s Get Lost”
10. “La Hallucinations”
11. “Warm Blood”
12. “When I Needed You”
13. “Black Heart”
14. “I Didn’t Just Come Here To Dance”
15. “Favourite Colour”
16. “Never Get To Hold You”
17. “Love Again”
18. “Cut To The Feeling”
19. “More”*
20. “Guardian Angel”*
21. “Back Of My Heart”*
22. “Lost In Devotion”*
23. “Run Away With Me (Kyle Shearer Remix)”*
24. “Run Away With Me (Rostam Remix)”*

Emotion (10th Anniversary Edition) is out 10/17 via Interscope/UMe. Find more information here.

A new Florence + The Machine era is upon us. Florence Welch formally announced the upcoming album Everybody Scream yesterday (August 19), and now we have our first new song, the title track. It arrives with a lush and dramatic video.

A press release notes of the inspirations behind the album, “After needing lifesaving surgery on the Dance Fever Tour, Florence’s recovery took her down the path of spiritual mysticism, witchcraft and folk horror as she felt the limits of her body and explored what it means to be ‘healed.’The album treads through womanhood, partnership, aging and dying; exposing the murky in the mundane.”

The release also notes Welch worked on the album with a group that included Aaron Dessner, Mitski, and Mark Bowen of Idles, the latter of whom appears in the “Everybody Scream” video.

Meanwhile, Welch said in 2022 on a perhaps-related note, “I feel like as a female artist, you spend a lot of time screaming into the void for people to take you seriously, in a way that male artists just don’t have to do. [I was] so tired of trying to prove myself to people who are never going to get it.”

Watch the “Everybody Scream” video above.

Everybody Scream is out 10/31 via Polydor. Find more information here.

Once again, Sound Check and Jeremy Hecht expand the show’s musical palette, adding King Princess to the mix. The “1950” singer has diverse tastes, so of course, we put those tastes to the test in the latest episode. She even jokes at the outset, “It’d be easier if it was my ultimate favorite TV show that I could binge over and over, because that’s more of a journey. A song — three minutes!” For what it’s worth, her ultimate show? The Real Housewives. The two also share a chuckle over Jeremy being the “last uncanceled straight man,” which… fair.

Here’s how it works: Jeremy plays two songs for the guest artist, who has to choose one and explain their choice, giving Jeremy a chance to learn their musical taste. Jeremy then has to guess the artist’s life anthem, the song they’d take to a desert island, which the guest wrote down earlier on a piece of paper. Our production team has also given him a decoy song, and Jeremy has to guess which is correct based on what he’s learned in the previous rounds.

This time around, we make King Princess choose between classics from rock legends Led Zeppelin and T. Rex, rap pioneers Foxy Brown and Lil Kim, pop stars Charli XCX and Harry Styles, and icons Cher and David Bowie. King Princess has a new album and tour coming soon, so make sure you check out our post here.

Watch King Princess take on the Sound Check challenge above. New episodes of Sound Check drop every Wednesday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT on Uproxx’s YouTube.

Earlier this week, Joey Badass announced the dates for his upcoming Dark Aura tour, along with a single of the same name. The song is Joey’s first non-diss track of 2025; the Brooklyn rapper spent much of the first part of the year embroiled in a back-and-forth with Long Beach native Ray Vaughn, who took up Joey’s New Year challenge on behalf of Joey’s true target, Kendrick Lamar. It seems Badass is back on his own business, though, as the Dark Aura announcement came just a couple of months after revealing he’s got a second child on the way with partner Serayah. He also announced his next album, Lonely At The Top, in a performance at Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Joey hits the road — accompanied by frequent collaborators Ab-Soul and Rapsody — starting in October. Tickets go on sale on Friday, pre-sale has already started today at 10 AM local time. See dates below. Find more info here.

Joey Badass Dark Aura Tour Dates

10/16 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *^
10/17 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS *^
10/20 — Toronto, ON @ REBEL *^
10/21 — Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues Cleveland *^
10/22 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *^
10/23 — Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre *^
10/25 — Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave *^
10/26 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis *^
10/29 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom *^
10/30 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex *^
11/01— Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *^
11/02 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *^
11/04 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield *^
11/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *^
11/07 — Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Las Vegas *^
11/08 — Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Anaheim *^
11/09 —Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *^
11/11 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin *^
11/12 — Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory *^
11/13 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *^
11/15 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *^
11/16 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works *^
11/18 — Washington, DC @ Echostage *^
11/19 — New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *^
11/21 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia *^

* = w/ Ab-soul
^ = w/ Rapsody

Lonely At The Top is out on 8/29 via Columbia Records.

It has been way over a year since The Vince Staples Show came along and rewrote the book on rapper-led comedy series. We knew the show was a success, between being renewed for a second season by Netflix three months after its premiere, and those comparisons to Atlanta, another groundbreaking show created by a rapper.

But what we didn’t know was exactly when that second season would arrive. Thanks to the nature of the streaming model, anything resembling a set production-to-air schedule has gone the way of the dodo, and Vince himself has never been one of those “constant progress report” sorts of entertainers. When he does have something, though, he lets us know… and he officially has something: a release date for season 2 of The Vince Staples Show.

There wasn’t much to his announcement, just a screenshot and the release date — November 6th — but judging from the still, it certainly looks like the show will continue to present Vince’s off-kilter humor. Also, he’s got a beard now, which is cool. He also reposted Netflix’s announcement, which bears a synopsis: “In the wake of a tragic death, Vince embarks on a wild journey in search of inner peace. However, his path is littered with reminders of his haunted past.”

The Netflix post has a few more screenshots, with Vince driving his mom somewhere with a distressed look on both their faces, and Vince at a creepy, Ivy League-ish dinner party. Hopefully, the extra time away will result in more episodes than season one’s five-part run; we’ll find out in November.