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PinkPantheress has taken off with her glitchy music serving as a catchy encapsulation of chaotic internet culture. She’s even teamed up with other online sensations like Ice Spice for the instantly-viral “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2.” However, people are questioning whether digital fame translates well to real-life stages.

A Twitter user shared a video of PinkPantheress performing at Revolve Festival, an annual invitation-only party transpiring the first week of Coachella. It takes place near the festival, also in Indio, California. In the clip, PinkPantheress is pleading for enthusiasm from the crowd.

“For all those who have energy, please, please provide it for not just me but for everyone around you, please,” she says. “I’m from the UK, like, come on! I’m not gonna beg you, though, only if you want to.” The caption harshly reads: “TikTok can only get you so far.”

The British singer replied with an explanation, writing, “Biggest mind you of all time, I stepped out to ppl with not even a smile on their face like idc if you know me but at least a smile?? or something?? I was trying to be hype too! either way lol the oontz oontz music isn’t for everyone, and u can see that here. we rly move tho [heart emoji].”

PinkPantheress is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Brooklyn Nets didn’t have much fun during Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Brooklyn lost by a 20-point margin in the series opener, with Philadelphia making 21 three-pointers and the Nets struggling to connect on even a simple lob pass. However, things were much more friendly to Jacque Vaughn’s team in the first half of Game 2 on Monday, and the most prominent highlight from that 24-minute span arrived late in the second quarter, courtesy of Cam Johnson.

In the final minute of the half, Johnson took a pass from Seth Curry and drove hard to the rim with his right hand. By the time he arrived at the bucket, MVP favorite Joel Embiid was there to meet him, but Johnson got the better of the exchange with a monster, right-handed dunk.

First, Johnson’s dunk made the rounds with a lot of celebration and excitement for the sheer force of what transpired. After all, Embiid is a mountainous human being and, while Johnson isn’t best-known for his dunking ability, he really unleashed in this spot.

From there, it also helped the Nets take a five-point lead into halftime. Considering Brooklyn was a 9.5-point underdog in the game, that was notable in itself, but Johnson was also the star of the half. The former lottery pick finished the half with 22 points to lead all scorers, and Johnson buried four three-pointers for good measure. It was a fantastic overall half, but Johnson saved the best for last and he truly detonated on one of the game’s best rim protectors.

It’s been five months since the tragic murder of Takeoff (real name Kirsnick Khari Ball). The rapper was a pioneer voice in the Atlanta music scene, having had massive success as part of the hip-hop group the Migos. Before his untimely death, the musician had formed the duo Unc & Phew with his uncle Quavo (also a former member of the Migos). Musicians such as NBA Youngboy, former groupmates, and now electronic DJ Calvin Harris have all paid tribute to him.

During his set at Coachella in the desert on Saturday (April 15), Harris made a touching modification to his 2017 song “2017.” Initially, the track appeared on Harris’ album, Best Of 2017: Selected By DJ Shiba Berry, and featured guest appearances by the Migos and Frank Ocean. However, the version Harris played the unedited verse from the fallen Migos member.

Rapper Offset took to Instagram to send Calvin Harris a heartfelt thank you message for his tribute to Takeoff at Coachella. Reposting Harris’ performance video clip, he captioned it, “This so hard man. Thank you,” tagging Harris in the posting along with the rocketship emoji, a nod to his late cousin’s nickname.

Offset has also teased a posthumous verse from the late musician on social media.

Every year, the Inside the NBA crew bids farewell to teams that get knocked out of the postseason with their “Gone Fishin’” segment, photoshopping players onto a boat, which has grown into a fairly elaborate bit where the fellas put on hats and have fishing poles and pretend they too are on a boat.

This year they got a new “Gone Fishin’” vessel for the segment that looks like a superyacht, which prompted Charles Barkley to make a Clarence Thomas joke that had Ernie Johnson stumbling over his words trying to get into the segment.

“This looks like the one Clarence Thomas was ridin’ on and wasn’t tellin’ nobody,” Barkley said, earning some audible guffaws from the studio crew and having Ernie unsure if he should say anything or not.

Thomas, a Supreme Court justice, is embroiled in a number of controversies right now for getting trips paid for by a conservative megadonor — who also apparently bought his mother’s house in Savannah, Georgia. Ernie wasn’t sure if those were waters they should be wading into, but Chuck can’t help but dive in headfirst whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Shaq was the one to steer them back on course, making sure Ernie delivered his signature line about his Neat-O Stat of the Night still being “unsullied by sponsorship.” Ernie seemed to appreciate the big fella helping pull them out of Chuck’s joke, which was delivered with hilarious conviction. Eventually they got on to less topical jokes about the Mavs, Pelicans, Bulls, Thunder, and Raptors.

Life is often stranger than fiction, but sometimes it imitates it. Cocaine Bear, about a grizzly high on Bolivian Marching Powder, was based (however loosely) on a true story. There’s already a “Meth Gator” film en route this summer, but if anyone wants to make another knockoff, have we got a story for you.

As per CNN, some two tons of cocaine — over $400 million worth — was found floating in the Mediterranean off the coast of Sicily. The drugs were found sealed in waterproof floating packages, and though it’s not yet known who it belongs to, it’s suspected that the consignment was left by a cargo ship to be picked up by traffickers.

“The identification and subsequent seizure of this quantity of drugs, one of the largest ever carried out in the national territory, likely prevented the drug from being recovered by criminals for subsequent illegal sale in the national territory, which would have yielded very high earnings,” read a statement from Italian police.

The officers who transported the drugs ashore were given air cover from multiple units, should they come under attack by those seeking it.

Honestly, that in itself would make for a pretty good movie. Others had another idea: about a shark having fun on blow.

Alas, and however improbably, that movie already exists but hasn’t yet been released.

In a way, there’s already been a coke shark movie, sort of.

Others thought about other aquatic critters that would be fun on blow.

Lady Gaga fans have been waiting years for the sequel to her polarizing 2013 album Art Pop. The rumored Artpop: Act II has been teased by the Born This Way pop star as well as by the original Art Pop collaborators. However, the producer of that record, DJ White Shadow, is shutting the talk down once and for all.

According to the Twitter account Gaga Daily, the DJ made a confrontational Instagram Story on Saturday (April 15) with the simple message: “No longer talking about ARTPOP. I am officially finished. Don’t ask me about it. Don’t talk to me about it.” Allegedly, he also deleted all of his posts about the album.

In 2021, DJ White Shadow increased anticipation for Artpop: Act II in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “She has feelings (like any other normal person), and this ‘era’ was a hard time for her too,” he said. “I am sure she will be okay with revisiting it one day and building on it when the time is right. I will continue to push for those songs you want so badly, that LG and I did, and I hope you will get to hear them. Don’t let them die. Continue to get your message to the people in charge. You have the power, don’t give up.”

It’s nice when two nice people find each other. Last year, it was reported that Ali Wong, the beloved stand-up and Beef star, had a two-month fling with Bill Hader, the SNL alum and current mind behind Barry. Was their union too good to be true? Nope, as the two are reportedly back together and officially an item.

The news was confirmed by Page Six after Hader alluded to a new paramour, albeit unnamed, in a new interview with Collider. “My girlfriend and I were just figuring out that I haven’t had a vacation in 10 years,” he said. “I went with her to San Francisco, but that doesn’t really count. So, I’m going to have a vacation.”

Vacations are great and so is love, so kudos to the both of them.

Their tryst late last year was, at the time, described as a “rebound” for the both of them. Wong had just split from Justin Hakuta, her husband of eight years, while Hader had split from Anna Kendrick. The two reportedly split because of scheduling and general busy-ness.

“They’re just super busy with things, but [the split] was certainly amicable. They’re certainly friends,” a source said back then. Another source claimed they were trying to keep the romance from becoming public knowledge.

So anyway, here’s to Beef and here’s to Barry and here’s to two cool, good-seeming people dating each other.

(Via Page Six)

The first of this year’s NBA Awards was handed out on Monday night, with the league announcing Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. as this year’s Defensive Player of the Year. Jackson took home the award with 56 first place votes over finalists Brook Lopez and Evan Mobley.

The young Grizzlies star boasted a league-leading 3.0 blocks per game (and 1.0 steals) in his 63 appearances for Memphis, also leading the league in block rate (9.6 percent). Jackson was also near the top of most every advanced metric, finishing in the top-1o in Defensive Box Plus/Minus, Defensive Win Shares, and Defensive Rating, per Basketball-Reference. All told, his defensive impact was spectacular for the Grizzlies, and his play on that end was a considerable reason they ended up as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.

There were cases to be made for all three finalists, with each finishing higher than the other in various metrics, but Jackson’s defensive prowess is unquestionable. The biggest knock on his campaign was games played, as under the upcoming CBA he wouldn’t be eligible after playing in fewer than 65 games, while Lopez and Mobley appeared in more games. Still, his play when he was healthy was so spectacular that voters, who always factor in games played, still found him deserving of the award.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie continues to break records at the box office, recently becoming the highest-grossing video game adaptation. The film has also just earned one of its lead actors a new accolade of their own.

A tweet posted to Billboard Charts’ official Twitter page shared the news: “Jack Black’s ‘Peaches,’ from The Super Mario Bros. Movie, debuts at No. 83 on this week’s Hot 100 chart.”

The page continued to add that this appearance marked his first career solo song to appear on the chart. Black previously appeared on the chart in 2006 as part of the band Tenacious D’s single “The Pick of Destiny.” That song peaked at No. 78.

The song is a hilariously romantic ballad from the point of view of Black’s character in the film, Bowser, as he professes his burning love for Princess Peach (played by Anya Taylor-Joy). “Peaches” was co-written and produced by Black and the film’s directors Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and engineer John Spike.

Talking about the process of creating the song and working with the actor, Spiker told Insider, “Jack Black is an incredible singer and musician, so we spent a night writing the song and sent the demo to Jack. A couple of days later, Jack sent us back a finished track. He had added his own twist, and his pianist played an original music track for it. We were blown away.”

Fans of the song hope the track goes on to secure an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song next award season.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is in theaters now.

Aespa is on a roll. Last year, they entered a global partnership with Warner Records. In June, they’re going to be the first K-pop act to ever perform at Governors Ball.

After sharing Girls – the 2nd Mini Album in 2022, Aespa is back today (April 17) with the announcement of their third mini album, My World. It will have four different versions with 11 covers. The lead single, “Welcome to MY World,” will arrive on May 2.

Aespa also recently performed their first-ever solo concert. About it, they told Uproxx in our recent Cover Story, “It felt like we were back in the trainee days,” GISELLE explained. “We were thinking about choreography 24/7, sweating every day. That whole day-to-day lifestyle came back to us after a while. And it has been a while since we’ve worked that much. Physically, it was very tiring. But also mentally since there was a lot of pressure because we haven’t had a comeback in a while. Everything, in general, felt kind of distant at the same time ’cause it’s not like we’ve been doing any performances recently. So to do a whole concert suddenly was a lot of pressure. But, at the same time, we were very excited to show our new songs ’cause this time we’re very confident in them. And we actually do love them for real!”

My World is out 5/8. Find more information here.

Aespa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.