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Fred Again.. had a big year in 2022 with his release of the album Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022). But the momentum hasn’t stopped. He’s on Skrillex’s new album, and joined him for a special pop-up show at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden. Today (April 10), he took his talent to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert.

The performance is intimate and impressive, serving as a recap of last year’s record. He plays “Kyle (I Found You),” “Roze (Forgive),” “Adam (Interlude),” “Me (Heavy),” “Berwyn (Interlude), ” “Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This),” and “Faisal (Envelops Me).”

Last year, he discussed what it was like making music with Ed Sheeran. “We were very sort of twins from the beginning,” he said. “We have a very similar tastes and upbringing in music. So, it was very natural and effortless. And we both like to write quickly. And the thing I would say mostly from… it’s similar to Burna Boy, actually. And it’s the instincts thing. He’s just instinct, instinct, instinct, instinct. Every time he’s writing, it’s just like, ‘Go, go, go, go, work it out later.’ And sometimes there’ll be a little tweak you make later, but fundamentally, the thing is born from instinct, and then you can fine-tune the thing beyond that.”

Watch the musician’s Tiny Desk Concert above.

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

Warning: There be spoilers for Succession Season 4 Episode 3, which had a big, shocking thing happen.

Over four seasons of Succession, Brian Cox has gone from respected character actor — he was the original screen incarnation of Hannibal Lecter, in 1986’s Manhunter, to name one illustrious credit — to a household name. Since then he’s cut a fearsome figure. Not only is he terrifying as tyrannical one-man business empire Logan Roy, but he’s not above speaking his mind, including about his colleagues’ acting approaches.

So if you’re Jesse Armstrong, Succession’s creator and showrunner, and you have to inform Cox that his character’s going to eat it, you’d probably be a little on edge. In a behind-the-episode featurette on HBO Max, Armstrong talks about what that was like.

“I was very nervous to tell him ’cause there’s lots of anxieties about whether it’s the right creative decision, and there’s anxieties that someone who I love working with and who’s been at the center of the show will feel rejected on a human level for not being in it anymore when he’s been so central to the whole thing,” Armstrong revealed.

But he had nothing to worry about, and Cox “took it like a total pro,” Armstrong said. “He was professional and decent and kind enough to make it a pretty good meeting but a sad and significant one.”

Cox repaid the compliment. “When you work with the genius of somebody like Jesse, it’s always sad when that comes to an end, there’s no question about it, because you’ve had such great respect,” he says in the featurette.

In short, Brian Cox in real life isn’t as terrifying as Logan Roy. Even if you do some variation on Method acting on set, the worst he’s going to do is complain about you to journalists.

(Via Insider)

Ella Mai’s highly anticipated Heart On My Sleeve Tour is in full swing. The “How” singer is embarking on a 34-city tour with sole opening support from singer Thuy. With just a handful of shows complete, as the tour only officially kicked off on March 31 in Wallingford, Connecticut, fans are eager for the day the songwriter sets roots in their region.

With the Grammy Award-winning recording artist only recently releasing the deluxe version of her namesake album, in preparation for seeing the musician live, fans want to know what is Ella Mai’s setlist of songs for the tour.

View Ella Mai’s Heart On My Sleeve Tour setlist, according to Setlist.Fm and the remaining tour dates below.

1. “Trying”
2. “Not Another Love Song”
3. “Pieces”
4. “Break My Heart”
5. “10,000 Hours”
6. “Shot Clock”
7. “Leave You Alone”
8. “Boo’d Up”
9. “A Mess”
10. “Didn’t Say”
11. “Sink Or Swim”
12. “Power Of A Women”
13. “Naked”
14. “Trip”
15. “2 O’Clock”
16. “How”
17. “This Is”
18. “DFMU”

04/12 – Miami, FL @ Revolution Live
04/13 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
04/18 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
04/19 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
04/21 – Richmond, VA @ The National
04/22 – Norfolk, VA @The NorVa
04/24 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
04/25 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
04/27 – New Orleans, LA@ The Joy Theater
04/30 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
05/01 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
05/04 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
05/05 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
05/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
05/13 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
05/14 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/15 – Vancouver, BC @ Harbour Event & Convention
05/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
05/18 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
05/20 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
05/22 – Minneapolis, MN @The Fillmore
05/24 – Chicago, IL @House of Blues
05/25 – Indianapolis, IN @Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
05/27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
05/28 – Columbus, OH @Newport Music Hall
05/30 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
06/01 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY

According to Nav, Canadians have better manners. So, to showcase the respectable demeanor of his fellow citizens of the North, the rapper has something special in store for the final Never Sleep Tour stop. The tour initially kicked off in February with special guests RealestK and SoFaygoand. Over the course of the tour, singer Bryson Tiller came on board. Now, the tour is coming to an end.

To celebrate the end of the tour tomorrow (April 11), Nav will live stream his closing set in via Twitch. In the announcement video uploaded to social media, the entertainer’s headlining performance at the Scotiabank Arena in his hometown of Toronto will be broadcast for free beginning at 10 pm eastern time via his record label’s official Twitch channel, 3point5.

When discussing how to pandemic shook him after being forced to shelter in place, the producer told Complex, “Being inside the house, it kind of humbled me because I was always on tour, and people were always in my face and screaming for me. It just humbled me and made me deal with a lot of issues that I didn’t know I had. And that helps the music and the content.”

As the final show of his tour, Nav is sure to leave it all on the stage, especially being in his hometown. For more information, click here.

Time was audiences waited six months, sometimes even a year after a theatrical debut for a new movie to wind up on home video. Not anymore. The pandemic has screwed up the industry’s release plans, with each studio or streamer having its own plans. But what of Air, a movie produced and distributed by Amazon. The basketball docudrama is their first wide release since 2019’s Late Night. It’s only playing in theaters right now, and Amazon can drop it on their service whenever they feel like it.

So when is Air hitting Amazon Prime?

There is no official answer just yet, but there’s an inkling of when it could happen. In a profile of the company’s movie wing from late February, Deadline got the skinny on the streamer’s plans. Back then, at least, they were eying a 45-day window from the movie’s April 5 release date. Do the math and that would mean Air could hit Prime on May 20.

That said, Deadline reported that that 45-day window “depends on how well it holds,” meaning that if it’s a smash box office hit — and Amazon feels like making some more scratch — they may extend that later.

So how did Air do opening weekend? Pretty well for a non-blockbuster. It opened third, after The Super Mario Bros. Movie and John Wick: Chapter 4 and ahead of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Scream VI. It even had a decent per-screen-average of $4,122. That’s not setting the box office ablaze, but it’s decent numbers for a movie about a shoe. And it’s doing much better than the previous (very good) Ben Affleck-Matt Damon picture.

Lizzo‘s appearance on The Mandalorian as The Dutchess Of Plazir-15 was amazing for many people, including Jack Black. She played his character’s wife, and he wrote on Instagram that it was “so fun” to work with her.

It got even better. Lizzo shared a revelation in a new TikTok: “YALL I JUST REALIZED THAT IM ROYALTY IN STAR WARS WHICH IS DISNEY WHICH MAKES ME A DISNEY PRINCESS,” she wrote over a video of her flexing pink-streaked hair and cool shades.

She recently revealed that she cried when she was offered the role. “When I was a young girl my dad introduced me to Star Wars like a rite of passage,” she wrote on Instagram. “The trilogy’s are his favorite movies and quickly became mine. When Jon favreau called me and offered the role of The Dutchess I cried all day wishing my dad was still with us cus he’d be so proud. Star Wars was a dream I never thought was possible— but thanks to Jon, Bryce, and everyone in the galaxy I am now part of the ever-expanding saga of the stars. I am in honorable company and forever grateful. This is The Way…. and May the Force be with you.”

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

In late March, Lil Baby surprised fans in Florida by making a guest appearance on the Future and Friends One Big Party Tour. Future bringing out the “California Breeze” rapper on stage must’ve reignited Lil Baby’s love for performing live to a stadium of roaring fans. So much so that in his latest social media post, the entertainer took time away from his vacation to scout opening acts for a tour of his own.

As he runs the idea by fellow musicians The Kid Laroi, GloRilla, and Gloss Up on FaceTime, everyone eagerly agrees to join Lil Baby on the road for his It’s Only Us Tour. Although the Atlanta native is set to perform at the Metro Metro Festival in Montreal and The Governors Ball music festival prior, the tour officially kicks off in July.

Rylo Rodriguez and Hunxho will also join the It’s Only Us Tour as opening support.

Tickets for Lil Baby’s It’s Only Us Tour go on sale beginning on Thursday, April 13, at 10 am local time. For more information, click here.

View the full tour schedule below.

07/26 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
07/28 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
07/29 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
08/01 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
08/02 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena ^*
08/04 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
08/05 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena ^*
08/06 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
08/09 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
08/12 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
08/14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
08/15 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
08/17 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center ^
08/18 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum ^
08/19 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center ^
08/23 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
08/24 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
08/26 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
08/31 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
09/02 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
09/03 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
09/05 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
09/06 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
09/07 — Memphis, TN @ Fedex Forum *
09/08 — Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
09/09 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena *
09/11 –Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
09/12 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
09/15 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
09/16 — Jacksonville, FL @ Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena
09/19 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
09/22 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ FLA Live Arena

^ – No The Kid Laroi
* – No GloRilla

Doja Cat is having a hard time keeping quiet about her new album. She’s also having a hard time telling the truth about it. First, she claimed it had rave influence, and then she said it was a lie and that it was actually R&B-leaning. Finally, she said it would be “predominantly rap,” and began teasing a title.

“DC4 has a title now,” the “Woman” singer tweeted on March 22. She then followed that up with another tweet: “#hellmouth.” Of course, fans proceeded to freak out and conclude that she was officially announced that as the album title, but it’s safe to say that you can never know with Doja.

Yesterday, April 9, she demonstrated her capriciousness once more with another frustrating tweet: “The whole album is no longer rap yall its rock/spoken word and the album title is not Hellmouth anymore.” A minute later, she tweeted, “Album is called Moist Holes.”

On April 8, she also took to Twitter to share a screenshot of audio files, apparently leaking upcoming song titles such as “Wet Vagina,” “Balut,” and “Agora Hills.” She continued to confuse fans about what genre she’ll be tackling with the next LP by writing in a tweet, “No more pop.”

The long wait for the 2023 WNBA Draft has finally ended, and after a thrilling end to the women’s college basketball season, there was plenty of attention on this year’s draft.

The Indiana Fever held the top pick and for the first time in some time, there was real hope for bringing in a timeline-altering player to the franchise that has missed the playoffs each of the past six seasons. Ever since Tamika Catchings’ departure, the Fever have been seeking a cornerstone player and this year might just finally land one in South Carolina star big Aliyah Boston, who was a 3-time unanimous All-American selection while playing for Dawn Staley.

While Boston was a stone-cold lock to go No. 1 to Indiana, the rest of the draft had some discrepancies as to who would go where in the mock draft landscape. Given the propensity for teams making surprising selections and shaking things up in the first round, fans were eagerly waiting to find out what prospects might slip and who might make a surprising leap.

Here are the complete results of the first round, headlined by Boston going to Indiana and the Wings trading in to make four (!) selections.

1. Indiana Fever — Aliyah Boston (South Carolina)
2. Minnesota Lynx — Diamond Miller (Maryland)
3. Dallas Wings — Maddy Siegrist (Villanova)
4. Dallas Wings (trade via Washington Mystics) — Stephanie Soares (Iowa State)

6. Atlanta Dream — Haley Jones (Stanford)
7. Indiana Fever — Grace Berger (Indiana)
8. Atlanta Dream — Laeticia Amihere (South Carolina)
9. Seattle Storm — Jordan Horston (Tennessee)
10. Los Angeles Sparks — Zia Cooke (South Carolina)
11. Dallas Wings — Abby Meyers (Maryland)
12. Minnesota Lynx — Maïa Hirsch (France)

Don Lemon’s been having a rough time lately, what with his controversial comment about GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley not being “in her prime.” Even Michelle Yeoh gave him crap for that one. This probably won’t help: On Monday, the CNN co-host was caught on a hot mic appearing to diss Jon Stewart.

As per The Daily Beast, CNN This Morning ran a segment on the Daily Show alum’s latest viral sensation, in which he called out the Defense department for having a ginormous budget that still somehow lets soldiers go cash-strapped, which he declared “f*cking corruption.”

After the clip aired, but before they cut back to Lemon and company, Lemon’s voice could be heard, saying something about how Stewart “gets a lot of leeway with the comedian thing, though.”

When they cut back, perhaps realizing his off-air discussion had made it onto the soundwaves, Lemon seemingly tried to reverse course, saying, “We were just discussing that Jon Stewart is so much more than a comedian. He is a thought leader.”

Not long after he kept trying to save face. “Yeah, when I was saying comedian and television host, he’s so much more than that,” Lemon told co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. “I don’t even know if you need to qualify Jon Stewart as that. But good interview there.”

Stewart laid low for the first handful of years after leaving The Daily Show in 2015, returning with Apple TV+’s The Problem with Jon Stewart, which finds him routinely taking the powerful to task with exchanges that go viral.

(Via The Daily Beast)