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Metro Boomin played Coachella Friday, April 14, and he truly brought the heat, complete with a notable lineup of surprise guests. He opened his set with John Legend, with the two performing “On Time” together.

Future then joined Metro for six songs, including “Mask Off,” “Superhero (Heroes & Villains),” and “Wicked.” They also teased that their album is on the way.

Metro Boomin used “Metro Spider” as a solo take before then bringing out Don Toliver for “I Can’t Save You,” “Too Many Nights,” and “Around Me.”

After a brief interlude, in which he played the song he has with 21 Savage, Metro was then joined by the fellow rapper, and they went on to play six songs. Among the selections were some of their collabs, including “Bank Account” and “No Heart,” and a cover of Drake’s “Knife Talk.”

The Weeknd and Mike Dean then continued Metro Boomin’s guest lineup, where they played the live debut of “Double Fantasy,” according to Setlist.FM. During The Weeknd’s appearance, he also seemed to shade Rolling Stone, after leaving them out of the regular lyrics to “Heartless,” given a recent article came out about his upcoming HBO series, The Idol.

Future returned once more to join the two to play his song, “Low Life.”

Last but certainly not least, 21 Savage and Diddy joined Metro and The Weeknd to perform “Creepin’” as the set’s closer.

Check out clips from Metro Boomin’s special guest performances above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

For the third time in four years, the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks will meet in the postseason. In 2020, it was Miami stunning Milwaukee in a 5-game drubbing on their way to the Finals. A year later, Milwaukee exacted its revenge in a sweep of the Heat on their way to a championship.

This time around, it’s in the 1-8 first round matchup after the Heat stumbled their way into the playoffs by beating the Bulls in their second Play-In game, after losing to the Hawks at home in the first. Milwaukee will be substantial favorites in the series for good reason, but Miami will look to make life difficult for the Bucks and maybe steal one early to give themselves a chance.

Keys for the Heat

For Miami, it’s pretty simple. They’re going to have to shoot the ball incredibly well from three-point range throughout the series to have a chance against the Bucks. Seeing Max Strus get going against the Bulls was a welcome sight, as he had 31 to match Jimmy Butler for top scoring honors in the win, but Miami will need more than just Strus to get going from distance if they’re to pull off the upset. Tyler Herro is going to have to be at his best, while the “others” like Gabe Vincent, Caleb Martin, and Kevin Love are going to need to be legit threats if they’re going to pry open the Bucks defense that is always looking to wall off the paint first. That’s always Milwaukee’s top line on the defensive gameplan, but against a Heat team so reliant on getting to the basket with Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, the Bucks will be even more focused on protecting the rim in this series.

That means there will be chances to create open shots for the role players, and any chance at a stunning upset starts with them hitting shots at a higher rate than they have all season. From there, Miami will need to recapture some of the defensive magic of 2020 when they frustrated Giannis constantly. Milwaukee’s “others” are better than they were then, and that was evident in the dramatic change in outcomes in the 2021 series. Still, we’ve seen recently how the Bucks halfcourt offense can get bogged down in the playoffs, as it did against Boston a year ago, and if Miami can keep them out of transition (which, again, starts with making shots), then they can hope to get Milwaukee in the mud.

Keys for the Bucks

For Milwaukee, their focus should be on creating a good rhythm on offense. They are an elite defensive team and Miami’s offense doesn’t scare you much no matter who you are, but the way this becomes a tight series is if their offense falters in the halfcourt. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the least of my concerns for Milwaukee, as he has shown the last two postseasons that he’s going to show up and be his MVP-caliber self most every night no matter the defense in front of him.

However, Jrue Holiday in particular needs to get off to a good start in this series as he has had a tendency to become very inefficient offensively in the playoffs. In his two postseasons with the Bucks, he’s posted 39.6/30.8/75.9 shooting splits across 35 games, which is enough of a sample that there’s at least some genuine concern. Part of that is him increasing his defensive intensity and taking on the opposition’s top perimeter matchup, but even so, the Bucks could really use for him to be more like the regular season version of himself offensively in order to make a deep run.

Khris Middleton being back in the fold after missing the conference semis a year ago should help alleviate some of the pressure placed on Holiday to create so much. That said, expect Milwaukee to look for ways to manage Middleton’s minutes load as they have all season to try and keep him fresh for the later rounds as he continues to manage his knee issues. He’s started to find a rhythm in the second half of the season, and if he can be close to his 2021 level, that’s what will unlock the Bucks’ full potential as a contender. Milwaukee getting the 1-seed allows them to avoid having to possibly play both of the other East top dogs, and with that comes the hope that their stars won’t have to put up quite the same minutes load as the Celtics and Sixers in the early rounds.

X-Factors

Tyler Herro is the one player on the Heat capable of taking their offense to another level, but he rarely is consistent enough game to game to be counted on as a major factor in a series. Still, he’s their one hope at finding someone who can just get hot and force Milwaukee to adapt its gameplan defensively. If he can find a way to do that against the Bucks’ length and pressure, things can open up more for Butler and Adebayo — who likewise needs to consistently assert himself offensively in a way we haven’t seen from him. Both of those things are big asks, but that’s how it goes for a considerable underdog.

On Milwaukee’s side, it’s the shooting of the “others” that can determine whether this series requires real work of their stars or can be a relative breeze in four or five games, as the Bucks would love to have as the 1-seed. Joe Ingles, Bobby Portis, Grayson Allen, and Jevon Carter all figure to remain in the rotation for the first round (and given Mike Budenholzer’s tendencies to keep his rotations deep, probably most of the postseason as well), and if they can knock down shots at a strong clip, it’s hard to see the Heat having much of a chance.

It’s been a year and change since Donald Trump, once banned from Twitter, launched his rinky-dink clone of the service. How’s it doing? Better than Trump Steaks or his board game, but nowhere near even the Elon Musk iteration of same. In fact, he’s making pretty much no money off of it.

As per Insider, Trump was forced to file a financial disclosure form due to him running for president yet again. In the filing, he revealed that he’s made “less than $201” off of the Trump Media & Technology Group, the company that put Truth Social out into the world of social media services. Trump owns 90% of the company, which, despite its low profits for the big guy, is valued at somewhere between $5 million and $25 million.

Still, there’s a silver lining for the self-professed rich guy. On the same form, Trump reported that he made somewhere between $100,000 and $1 million off of CIC Digital, the company that released those much-mocked NFTs last year. Those depicted the former president in a variety of laughably heroic poses, including as an astronaut, a cowboy, a superhero, even holding the Statue of Liberty’s torch.

Trump also reported that he banked around $5 million in speaking fees as well as between $100,000 and $1 million off his 1987 memoir The Art of the Deal, whose ghost writer famously slammed him.

The big guy was clearly reluctant to make his earnings public. He announced his campaign back in November, and sought two separate 45-day extensions before finally reporting his earnings. Had he delayed it any further, he would have faced a $200 fine, or about one dollar less than he made off of Truth Social.

(Via Insider)

Last night, Bad Bunny kicked off weekend one of Coachella as Friday’s headliner, and he had some surprises in store to set the bar high. During “Safaera,” he brought out Ñengo Flow and Jowell & Randy.

Another special guest included Post Malone joining him on stage for an acoustic set. The two performed “La Canción” (Bunny’s song with J Balvin) and “Yonaguni,” the latter of which was a cappella, due to technical difficulties.

The two also hugged on stage as the crowd cheered. Fans online, however, were surprised by the duo’s friendship and Post’s appearance, given the two have no songs together. “bad bunny and post malone was not on my 2023 bingo card,” one person wrote.

During the performance, Bad Bunny reportedly revealed that Post was helping him practice English while he was teaching him Spanish.

Despite the shaky moment, the show kept going smoothly. Shortly after, Benito had Jhay Cortez out to play three more songs from the B-stage, as they did “Dákiti,” “Tarot,” and “No Me Conoce.”

“The happiest I’ve been during this whole Bad Bunny set was when Jhay Cortez came out because they have the best songs together,” another Twitter user commented.

Check out Post Malone, Jhay Cortez, Ñengo Flow, and Jowell & Randy performing with Bad Bunny at Coachella above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival returned to Indio, California this weekend, loaded with great music that literally drew fans from all over the world. With Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny and K-pop icons Blackpink among the headliners, Coachella’s global movement is in full swing, with other key artists (Frank Ocean, Blink-182, Phoebe Bridgers) hailing from the festival’s own backyard of Southern California. With so many locales represented, the expectation was that the fans would show up looking as fashionable and as eclectic as ever. And, they certainly delivered.

It’s been slightly more temperate weather conditions in California this year, thanks to a particularly cool and wet SoCal winter (there is even some snow still on the peaks near the fest). One of the questions for the weekend was whether people would tout as much skin as in years past. The answer was a resounding yes, as people still came ready for sun and dancing, even if the thermometer struggled to hit 80 degrees. The fans that didn’t arrive dressed to impress had options as well, with plenty of ways to tout Coachella-specific looks from the many merch vendors and an American Express pop-up with exclusive Blackpink shirts and accessories.

With Coachella’s first day in the books, take a look at some of our favorite festival fashion photos from the fest so far.

After blowing a big lead against the Lakers in their Play-In opener, the Minnesota Timberwolves came back home needing to beat the frisky Oklahoma City Thunder to punch their ticket to back-to-back playoff appearances — something the franchise hasn’t done in 20 years.

Early on, it became apparent that the size differential in the frontcourt was going to be a problem for the Thunder against Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert, who was returning fresh off of a one-game suspension for punching teammate Kyle Anderson during a timeout. For the second straight game, Towns led the charge for Minnesota, but unlike in L.A., he avoided foul trouble and was able to keep the pedal down through the second half to lead the Wolves to a dominant 120-95 victory.

The All-Star big man finished the game with 28 points (11-of-16 shooting), 11 rebounds, and three assists, as the undersized Thunder simply had no answers for him when he attacked the basket.

Early on the Thunder were able to keep pace, as Jalen Williams and Luguentz Dort knocked down four threes apiece, but the size differential just was too much to overcome. They did make a run late in the third quarter to trim the Minnesota lead to 10, which led to a very nervous, hushed reaction from the Timberwolves crowd that was a bit worried they might be witnessing another collapse.

Anthony Edwards, who bounced back from a dismal game in L.A., stemmed the tide with a pair of big buckets in succession, easing the tension in the building and ultimately proving to end the Thunder’s run. He finished the night with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists, reasserting himself in a big way.

Gobert likewise had a big night in his return, with 21 points and 10 rebounds, including the most shocking play of the night in which he scooped a loose ball, dribbled behind his back, and finished at the rim.

The exclamation point of the game fittingly came from the two big men, as Towns fed Gobert on an alley-oop in transition to punctuate a dominant performance.

After a thriller on Wednesday against New Orleans in which they constantly found an answer for every Pelicans run, the Thunder just didn’t have it in them against the Wolves. Their lack of size in the middle was painfully evident against Towns and Gobert, who Timberwolves fans have to be thrilled to see actually punish a size mismatch consistently and thoroughly for a full game. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 22 points, but the Wolves made life hard on him all night, as he was just 5-of-19 from the field. His toughness was on display though, as he returned to the game after taking an inadvertent elbow from Gobert that left him with a nasty shiner on his right eye.

Williams and Dort chipped in 17 points, but OKC just didn’t have the offensive firepower in this one. Minnesota got a balanced attack, led by their three stars but with assistance from Mike Conley (14 points), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (12 points and terrific defense on his cousin, SGA), and Kyle Anderson (11 points off the bench).

The Thunder move into an offseason with far better vibes than any of the other teams that have exited the Play-In alongside them, as their appearance was a surprise and with Chet Holmgren entering the fold next year along with more young talent via their many draft picks — and the possibility that this is the summer some of those get cashed in for veteran help in trades — there is real optimism about the immediate future in Oklahoma City.

The Timberwolves, meanwhile, avoid disaster and get a much needed good vibes win to build momentum into the playoffs, where they will travel to Denver on Sunday to face Nikola Jokic and company in a very difficult series. Still, they have the talent to make things interesting against Denver provided they can put it all together on a nightly basis. That’s far from a guarantee given how their season has gone, but they’ll have a puncher’s chance and will ride a wave of positivity after a dominant win over OKC.

Kaytranada played his Coachella set today, as it was being livestreamed from the outdoor stage. He also brought out a few surprise guests during his performance — keeping with the festival’s tradition of bringing some friends along.

Kali Uchis showed up so the two could deliver their collab, “10%,” after he teased a loop of her vocals on the song. Fans watching from their devices were instantly thrilled.

“I wake up, it’s so good to be me / In the mirror, it’s good to see me / I don’t check for these other b*tches / You can ask God ’cause that’s my witness,” she sang.

As the story goes, back in 2019, the pair had originally premiered the song (and their fourth collaboration) at Coachella, so this brings things full circle.

“Kaytranada brought Kali Uchis out! I’m gagged,” one fan wrote. “yooo kali coming out during kaytranada’s set doing 10% was something i needed today,” another added.

Later into the set, he also brought out Aminé, given the two have a joint album project, titled Kaytraminé, on the horizon.

Throughout the rest of Kaytranada’s show, he incorporated songs like Beyoncé’s “Cuff It” to heighten his trippy and energetic stage presence.

Check out clips from all of Kaytranada’s special guests during his set above.

Blink-182 made a grand return to the stage tonight (April 14) at Coachella 2023. The band arrived to the Sahara stage in its classic line-up, singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge, singer-bassist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Travis Barker. This marks the first time the band has performed all together in almost 9 years.

During their hour-long set, Blink-182 took us back with their ’90s and 2000s hits. They opened with the expletive-filled “Family Reunion,” which smoothly transitioned into “Anthem, Part II.”

The band picked up the pace a little bit, with “The Rock Show,” and smoothly wound down with “Man Overboard” and “Feeling This.”

About midway through, they delivered, with one of their breakthrough hits, “What’s My Age Again,” a reminder of their classics, before they performed their big comeback single, “Edging.”

Blink-182 closed their set with performances of “I Miss You,” “All The Small Things,” and “Dammit,” the lattermost featuring Delonge interpolating TLC’s “No Scrubs.”

Fans were hit with a wave of nostalgia during Blink-182’s performance, as they mostly played songs from their earlier albums, Dude Ranch, Enema Of The State, and their 2003 self-titled album. In fact, they actually didn’t perform any songs from their 2011 album, Neighborhoods, 2016’s California, or 2019’s Nine.

All the while, fans are dying to hear Blink-182’s comeback album, which is imminent.

Next month, the band will kick off their hotly-anticipated comeback tour.

But in the meantime, you can check out clips from the performance above.

Blink-182 is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Taylor Swift played her second night at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium tonight (April 14), and she had some surprises in store for the mystery song section. For starters, she brought out Aaron Dessner, who had been spotted at both nights of her Florida run so far.

The two went on to perform “The Great War” together, from Swift’s recent album, Midnights. Dessner introduced it by noting how honored he was to be watching “the greatest performer on earth do the greatest show of all time.”

“This song took on a new meaning when you guys made enough jokes about trying to get tickets for this tour,” Swift joked later in the intro.

She then kept the similar energy going, commenting that she was changing the tour rules so she could repeat songs from the album at future shows. “Midnights is like the most accurate picture of my life to date,” she shared. “I just am so in a Midnights mood right now.”

Swift played “You’re On Your Own Kid” on the piano as the crowd loudly sang along — and fans online freaked out over missing seemingly the best surprise selections of The Eras Tour so far. The good news is, there’s a high probability she’ll play this one again. Maybe even tomorrow night at her final Tampa date.

Check out clips of Taylor Swift performing with Aaron Dessner and “You’re On Your Own Kid” above.

Halsey has announced a new string of string orchestra concerts that will benefit two LGBTQ+ support organizations, Hard Rock Heals and Outright International & Human Rights Campaign.

After already putting up tickets for two similar gigs in New Jersey this summer, they have now partenered with Hard Rock for performances on June 24 in Hollywood, Florida, June 30 in Gary, Indiana, and July 2 in Wheatland, California.

“Outright International works with partners around the globe to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTIQ human rights movement, document and amplify human rights violations, and advocate for inclusion and equality,” the organization’s website reads.

“The foundation’s motto, Love.Amplifed., seeks to inspire us all to turn up the volume and deliver the message that lives can be improved by the healing power of music,” Hard Rock Heals’ says. “The Hard Rock Heals Foundation provides grants and assistance to health and wellness, disaster relief, humanitarian causes and more around the world.”

Tickets for all three shows are currently on sale. More information can be found here.

As for Halsey, she has continued a busy year, with a lead role in Americana that premiered at SXSW and a cast announcement for Ti West’s upcoming film, Maxxxine — which is currently filming now. Given that their last album was back in 2021, there is also the possibility for new music this year.