The Blackpink solo star was spotted at one of his concerts in August, the same month she also wore a Bruno Mars shirt in a recording studio. Now, the pair are hanging out and playing drinking games together.
“So this was me hanging on for dear life after @roses_are_rosie introduced me to this Korean drinking game and got me saucy,” Mars wrote on Instagram. “Soon after, she tried to kiss me, and I was like ‘woah Rosie! what part of the game is this?’ She was like, ‘I ain’t playin games wit you anymore lil boy! Big Rosie bout that BIDNESS!’ Shaken, I replied ‘stop Rosie, I’m scared!’ But other than that, super chill night.” The “Die With A Smile” singer also included a photo of the two of them mid-game (the Apartment Game?) in a pile of hands.
Rosé shared her own recollection of their time together. “the night i taught bruno how to play a korean drinking game,” she wrote.
Mars’ collaboration with Lady Gaga is one of the biggest hits of his career (and that’s saying something from the guy who gave us “Just the Way You Are,” “Locked Out of Heaven,” and “Uptown Funk”). Could a song with Rosé, who just announced her debut album, be next?
Right before Game 3 of the 2024 WNBA Finals, the league announced which 10 players would earn All-WNBA nods for their performance this year. The teams were headlined by A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces and Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx, both of whom were named unanimous First-Team selections by voters.
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart narrowly missed out on a unanimous nod — she earned two Second-Team votes — while Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark and Connecticut Sun standout Alyssa Thomas rounded out the First-Team. While there was a big of a gap between the final First-Team selection (Thomas) and the Second-Team, Sabrina Ionescu of the Liberty was the top finisher on the Second-Team squad. Here’s how the whole thing breaks down, via the league:
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The teams feature four players who are currently participating in the WNBA Finals. Collier is the only player from the Lynx to make it, while Stewart and Ionescu are joined by Jonquel Jones as the Liberty’s representatives. Currently, the best-of-5 series is tied at one game each after the Lynx stunned the Liberty to pick up an overtime victory in Game 1 and New York bounced back with a win in Game 2. Now, things will shift to Minnesota, with Game 3 tipping off on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Jay-Z has become a major figure in the NFL in recent years, ever since he took the reigns on deciding who performs at the Super Bowl Halftime Shows. The NFL is apparently pleased with how this professional relationship has worked out, as Jay and the league have reportedly agreed to extend their deal. This is according to a new Bloomberg report (as XXL notes).
The the NFL owners meeting in Atlanta on October 15, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, “It’s been a mutually positive relationship. I’m not sure either one of us really spend much time talking about contracts. Jay is happy. [Roc Nation CEO] Desiree Perez is happy. I’m happy, so we’re all good.”
It’s not currently clear how much the new deal is worth. Per ESPN, though, the original deal was worth $25 million over five years.
Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the 2024 halftime show, and Jay said of that pick, “Kendrick Lamar is truly a once-in-a-generation artist and performer. His deep love for hip-hop and culture informs his artistic vision. He has an unparalleled ability to define and influence culture globally. Kendrick’s work transcends music, and his impact will be felt for years to come.”
Darren Star knew what he was doing when he delivered Emily In Paris to a world sorely in need of mind-candy content. Quite like the characters of this series find it difficult to stay irritated with Emily Cooper, the show’s audience cannot resist Lily Collins‘ inexplicably irresistible fashionista. The forgivably formulaic show did, however, deliver an unexpected twist in the fourth season finale, which saw Emily assigned by Agence Grateau to stay in Italy. Emily also has a new boyfriend in Rome, which suggests the chance that her six-month assignment could turn into more.
Viewers quickly began to wonder if the series would change its name to Emily In Rome, which does not seem to be the case, but that hasn’t stopped world leaders from exchanging words over the issue. Really.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who must not be satisfied after watching Paris put on an extremely metal Olympics, passionately insisted that the show must stay in France. Perhaps he has a vested interest after First Lady Brigitte Macron made a fourth season cameo, but Emmanuel told Variety (with zero followup on whether he was kidding), “We will fight hard. And we will ask them to remain in Paris! ‘Emily in Paris’ in Rome doesn’t make sense.”
Macron’s discussion of this important diplomatic matter begins around the 2:30 mark below:
Did this turn into a war of words? Maybe. Roberto Gualtieri, mayor of Rome, stirred the pot in response on X/Twitter: “Don’t worry: Emily is doing very well in Rome. And then you can’t control your heart: let’s let her choose.”
Gualtieri then spoke with Hollywood Reporter to express his hope that the French president was “joking,” and he asked, “Doesn’t President Macron have more pressing matters to worry about?” Oh, he wasn’t done yet:
“For example, there a couple of wars going on in Ukraine and in the Middle East, there is a horrible hurricane that hit America and which is linked to climate change, and a few other matters of state in Europe for Macron that are more important than Emily, I imagine … We see Emily’s move to Rome as a confirmation that our city is becoming more and more important, and we are quite relaxed about Netflix production decisions. They know what they are doing. To be honest, we think Mr. Macron should just relax.”
Darren Star must be enjoying this discussion so much. Good for him, but what can we expect from the fifth season?
Plot
Likewise, the fifth season plot will involve at least one character attempting to lure Emily back to France. Sure, Mindy seemed semi-fine with her roommate’s decision to stay in Rome for her job, but Gabriel kind-of lost his sh*t upon hearing the news, and he later showed up to demand that Mindy let him know exactly where Emily is. And that’s nuts, really, because Emily made it clear that his attachment to Camille made her feel like a “mistress,” which is fair because even without a baby in the picture for Gabriel (due to Camille’s revelation of a false pregnancy), he spends holidays with Camille’s fam. It would always be an awkward arrangement, but Gabriel (who also needs a haircut) also doesn’t seem to care about Emily’s needs, only what he wants.
Let him stay dumped, lady.
Emily has also moved on with Marcello, who conveniently lives near Rome, where they will likely be working together as well to market his family business. As Sophie pointed out, Emily is very good at mixing business with pleasure, and that’s probably 75% of the plot as with other seasons, but if Netflix publicizes a different plan for the fifth season, we’ll be all over it.
Cast
Eugenio Franceschini will return as Marcello, and a love triangle has now shifted in favor of Emily (Lily Collins) rather than Gabriel (Lucas Bravo). The continuing cast, unless word surfaces otherwise, will include Ashley Park as Mindy, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie, Bruno Gouery as Luc, Samuel Arnold as Julian, and William Abadie as Antoine. Lucien Laviscount’s Alfie will hopefully continue living his best life, and Camille Rabat’s Camille will perhaps be doing things on her own and for herself.
Release Date
Emily In Paris could be back in late 2025, but 2026 sounds like a more likely possibility.
Trailer
Since we won’t see a trailer for awhile, please relive this moment where Marcello unknowingly lets Gabriel know that he’s a giant “jerk.” Oh boy.
What does “horror” sound like to you? Is it a creepy synth? Pummeling guitars? A maddening drone?
Every year, the creative team behind Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, the most fun, spooky (and Sydney Sweeney-approved!) experience in the country, is tasked with creating music to frighten over one million guests. And after visiting the 10 haunted houses created for the the 2024 edition in Orlando, including intense walk-through experiences themed around A Quiet Place, Ghostbusters, and Insidious, let me tell you: they succeeded.
We recently spoke to assistant director Lora Sauls, senior show director Charles Grey, and composer Sara Barone (who wrote the score for the “Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines” house) about finding horror music inspiration for HHN, theremins, and the most overplayed Halloween song.
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How does the music get picked for the haunted houses?
Lora Sauls: I think the show direction team does a beautiful job of telling the story through sound effects, the audioscape, the score that they play in the haunted houses. Every year, we come up with original content houses that have new stories. And then we get to work with some of the biggest horror franchises, which is really cool. When we’re working with the franchises, we lean into the score that accompanies those films and franchises to make sure that we’re telling their stories. When it comes to original content, our show direction team thinks outside the box on how to tell that story with the score.
Charles Grey: Music in the house, a lot of times, is a character. You just have to determine how much of a character. Is it the main character? Is it a supporting character? I’m just going to make this up, but sometimes if you have a pulse-pounding score, it can detract or it can add. It depends on the story you’re trying to tell. So, for example, this year in “Triplets of Terror,” my goal was to have you feel depressed when you exited the house. So everything was very long strings and minor chords… It’s like this rainy, dreary feeling. And then, in the Major Sweets house, we selected songs from 1951 to 1953, a very specific time era, and it’s all this very bubblegum pop, kind of happy amongst all the horrific torture. But yeah, it’s really determining how far in front you want the score to be. For instance, in “A Quiet Place,” you would think there’s no score in there, but I consider the drones that we selected to be the score. It’s low enough that you’re feeling it, but you’re not truly hearing it.
What is the length of the music loops in the houses?
Sara Barone: For me, the process was I came up with musical ideas and themes in more of a linear form, not thinking so detailed about timings. But then when once the score became fleshed out, some of the loops were quite short. Some were 30 seconds, some were nine seconds, some were 13 seconds. It depended on the function of the loop. So it was very important to come up with thematic ideas that weren’t overly long and complex. And so one of the first things I did was come up with a theme for Saskia [Van Helsing] and it was just a few notes and I repurposed it in different ways, using different orchestrations and instrumentation. But, yeah, it’s just a few notes, and you hear it very quickly. It’s used in various contexts throughout the whole score.
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What can you tell us about the inspiration for the “Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines” house?
Sara: I’m such a fan of the [Universal horror] franchises, and I was very familiar with them. One of my favorite scores of all time is Jerry Goldsmith’s score for The Mummy, so I was really excited that there was an Egypt section of this house. That score has been so inspiring to me for years. For this score, I hoped to pay tribute to the classic monster score vibe with the orchestral arrangement, but in a modern context, because I also incorporated some synthesizers and a lot of vocal textures, specifically female vocals. It’s an all-female monster house, so I thought that would be a cool sound to play with. There’s a lot of solo female vocals, some choir and lots of extended techniques and different unusual vocal sounds that I warped electronically as well.
There’s this “classic” idea of what haunted house music sounds like. It’s what you might hear in a Scooby-Doo cartoon. How much do you lean into that? Or are you trying to shy away from it?
Sara: You know, for me, I think that there are ways to achieve a similar effect [as] some of those traditional styles. It’s very common in the classic horror monster scores to have aleatoric orchestral effects, very non-traditional ways of playing instruments. And so for me, with this score, I incorporated some of that, but I also played with electronically manipulating some of those sounds. So I’ll have an orchestral string effect that sounds a certain way, and in its original form, it’s reminiscent of those classic monster scores. But then I’ll manipulate it by throwing it through a guitar pedal, or some sort of effect that makes it feel a little bit different. Maybe a little bit more modern, but it still is very scary and achieves a similar effect that the original sound did.
CG: I do want to comment on that. Because our houses are so diverse, there’s 10 different stories that we’re telling. We rarely actually get to dabble in that classic, “cheesy” haunted house sound. And so I try to put a theremin somewhere every year. I sneak it in, and then I usually get called out on it. I even told my wife two years ago, she goes, “What do you want for your birthday?” I said, “A theremin.” And she’s like, “I am not having that played in our house all the time,” but theremins are awesome. I’m just defending them.
Is there a currently unrepresented genre of music that you would like to hear in a future house?
CG: Lora, if you remember, maybe two or three years ago, we had the Scarecrow Zone in Central Park, and in that one, it was a lot of lonely guitar and slight banjo with some pitch bending and stuff. I would love to see that kind of mountain music sound a little more sinister, kind of like a gothic Southern sound. It’s not tapped into as much as I think we could. And so I think that’d be a fun challenge for us to go that way.
Sara: I recently got a banjo and started playing with bowing it. It’s the craziest sound. It sort of sounds like a banjo, but not any banjo you’ve ever heard before. So that just got me thinking about that. That would be super cool.
How do you pick the music for the scare zones, where people are walking around the park but not in an actual house?
LS: We try to have our overall sound. We try to have different show directors do that in different years, so that we get different takes on what that overall sound should be. But I loved when Charles did the overall music a couple years ago. He was like, “I want to hear a song that makes me feel like I’m in the event, but I can just sit there and listen to it. I can go grab a hot dog, I can go grab a soda, I can grab a cold beer if I wanted to, and I would still like to hear the sound.” We do have an overall BGM [background music] that’s throughout the whole park, and then we have specific audio designs for our scare zones. So in between those scare zones is where you’ll hear that overall.
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Have you heard from any famous singers about their love for Halloween Horror Nights?
LS: Ariana Grande is a huge fan of our event. She comes to the event quite often, and we’ve heard nothing but amazing things that she absolutely loves.
And finally, what is the most overplayed Halloween song? And what is your favorite Halloween song?
CG: I think we hear “Monster Mash” way too much during Halloween time. Great song, but I only need to hear it once. My daughter’s learning violin right now, and she’s never seen the film Halloween, but she randomly started playing it [mimics John Carpenter score]. I didn’t even know. And I was like, What is this? It actually scared me. John Carpenter’s music, and if you haven’t had a chance to hear some of his later stuff, is really cool and just simple and good. His electronic stuff’s really cool. So I just like John Carpenter’s music a lot for Halloween.
Sara: I think that that piano theme from John Carpenter is probably the most overplayed. I do love it, but that was the thing I thought of immediately for me. One of my favorite Halloween scores is Hocus Pocus. I love that score, and it just brings back memories to my childhood.
LS: For me, “Thriller” is not Halloween music. It came out not during Halloween, but I think it’s played a little too much during Halloween. And then I would agree I love John Carpenter’s music. We don’t hear it enough. But I also agree with Sara. I’m a huge Hocus Pocus fan as well.
Halloween Horror Nights runs on select nights until November 3. You can find more information here.
Earlier this week, it was announced that a new documentary, Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words, will hit Prime Video soon, on October 31. Now, we have our first trailer, and it’s an emotional one.
Meg finds herself shedding tears on numerous occasions, whether she’s discussing the passing of her mother or getting shot by Tory Lanez. Of the latter, Meg says in the trailer, “I want people to understand how this is affecting me. I want people to see how I feel.”
Megan has also had plenty of highlights in her life and career, though, and those are featured here, too.
“The documentary will provide viewers with an intimate perspective into Megan’s life and career. From delving into Megan’s upbringing in Texas to chronicling key milestones in her career, the project will shed light on the many facets of Houston native’s multilayered personality. […]
With a mix of rare archival footage and fresh verité video, the documentary will highlight Megan’s rise from viral freestyling phenom to iconic cultural powerhouse. Beyond amplifying the Houston native’s journey to success, the project will also touch on how Megan overcame various personal hurdles to thrive in her professional career.”
Ibiza is a place for extraordinary, world-class partying. With a slew of musical marathons that go well into the early morning hours with cutting-edge production at dozens of clubs and venues on the White Island, there truly is no place quite like Ibiza’s dancefloors.
While Ibiza’s 2024 summer season comes to a close, globally recognized party brand Elrow is surely making it hard for any other brand to top its hyper-sensory experiential party, “Hallucinarium.” Created in collaboration with visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey, the “higher state of consciousness” party premiered on last month at Amnesia Ibiza, coinciding with the close of the Ibiza season.
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Inspired and based upon the psychedelic, spiritual art of Alex and Allyson Grey, the event took participants on a cosmic journey through the peaks and valleys of human consciousness. Hypnotic backdrops, sacred geometry, performers depicting characters of divine imagination all swirled throughout the venue for a multi-sensory partying experience that went beyond a typical Ibiza party. Less a party and more a kaleidoscopic initiation ceremony, attendees danced with ‘Hallucinangels’ and ‘Moongoats,’ while colossal multifaceted gods invaded a DJ booth flanked by monumental sculptures inspired by interdimensional beings and the secret language of the psychedelic experience.
French house icon HUGEL, tech house sensation Cloonee, Dutch-born and Ibiza-based producer Chelina Manuhutu, Elrow’s Toni Varga, Ibiza-based artist Bastian Bux, and a special back-to-back performance with Eats Everything and Andres Campo soundtracked this ecstatic celebration.
Can’t believe you missed out? The themed immersive experience will make its U.S. debut at Radius in Chicago on November 29th and 30th before closing out Miami’s Art Basel week on December 8th at Factory Town.
Tickets for Chicago’s Friday show can be found here and tickets for Chicago’s Saturday show can be found here. Tickets for Miami’s Art Basel show at Factory Town can be found here.
Halloween is right around the corner, meaning what you decide to do on arguably one of the biggest party nights (or weekend) of the year will determine just how creatively cool you are. It’s one thing to go out and dress up in basic sparkle attire for New Year’s Eve, but as an adult, Halloween is an opportunity to seek out a ticket to an exclusive party and earn “best dressed” of the evening.
Hopefully you already have the perfect costume picked out for your weekend of spooky-themed soirées and found a way to sneak in the best Halloween candy to eat on the dancefloor to keep you raving throughout the night. What you probably don’t have figured out yet is what exactly you’ll be doing.
From New York City’s warehouse-styled Halloween parties to Bali’s beach parties, we’ve scouted over a dozen of the world’s best Halloween parties and festivals to attend. Because that costume of yours deserves more than to be seen by the kids in your neighborhood while handing out candy. Turn that porch light on and set out the bowl of candy and put on your OOO email responder.
Teksupport and el studio have announced the fourth iteration of Black Lotus, an immersive theatrical event. Held on October 24th and October 31st at an undisclosed Manhattan location, Black Lotus invites revelers to step into a shadowed realm where the physical and metaphysical converge, promising an intoxicating atmosphere of transcendence and world-renowned house and techno talent.
Black Lotus will premiere on Thursday, October 24th with sleek cutting-edge curation led by the inimitable Crosstown Rebels and Day Zero founder Damian Lazarus, multi-instrumentalist DJ and producer Mita Gami, Miami-based Tiffy Vera, and a special surprise act. The spectacle continues on Halloween night, where the iconic Guy Gerber will conjure his signature mystique, joined by Australian producer/DJ Kaz James, rising star Nick Morgan, and Grammy-Award winning producer Michael Malih.
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Known as “the world’s largest Halloween music festival,” Escape Halloween will celebrate its spine-chilling 13th edition at NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, CA on Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th. Presented by Insomniac, this year will boast an expansive lineup of over 80 artists across five immersive stages, including dance music superstars Afroki (Afrojack B2B Steve Aoki), stadium-filling superstar Illenium, a rare North American festival appearance from dance mainstay Martin Garrix, pioneering dance producer deadmau5, legendary UK export Fatboy Slim, hip-hop icon Ludacris, and more.
In addition to the music, attendees can dance among Escape’s roaming performers, the Ringmaster’s Troupe, a host of formidable characters who haunt the grounds; explore three-dimensional art superstructures; stroll through Crazy Town, an enigmatic space inhabited by mysterious characters and supernatural forces; grab an enchanted drink at Poison Ivy; do some light grocery shopping at The Butcher; or sit for a spell and watch the interactive shows at the Fire Organ.
We’re not sure what’s better than celebrating Halloween on a beach in Bali. Set to take over White Rock Beach Club on October 31st, the ocean-view venue will be transformed into a haunted haven where music and mystery collide for DNA: Blackout. Attendees will get lost in a 12-hour music marathon from 4pm to 4am headlined by none other than techno sensation Layton Giordani and Indonesia’s own Weird Genius and Karty. The event will also feature multiple themed stages, immersive light shows, interactive art installations, and a costume contest, blending both music, art, and authentic Indonesian culture.
Indonesia’s biggest Halloween music festival Scream Or Dance returns this year for a two-day party at Carnaval Ancol. Attendees will be able to reveal in this year’s theme “The Undiscovered Universe” alongside a lineup of world-class DJs, including Jonas Blue, Yellow Claw, Kaaze, Weird Genius, Avao, Kartypartyy, and more.
Following the historic sold-out 10th anniversary in 2023, Suwannee Hulaween will host a monstrous, multi-genre lineup for the 11th annual edition. Returning home to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida from Thursday, October 24 – Sunday, October 27, Hulaween will feature an expertly-curated lineup of world-renowned musicians that coalesce all corners of the dance floor.
Hulaween 2024 will make history by hosting the world debut of The Bobby Weir Incident, with Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir and veteran festival ringleaders The String Cheese Incident performing together for the first, and perhaps the last time. Additional heavyweights include, Sublime, Killer Mike, Black Pumas, Tash Sultana, Tipper, Chase & Status, Nora En Pure, Chris Lake, Of The Trees, CloZee, LP Giobbi, Daily Bread, Walker & Royce, and more.
Most excitingly, Hulaween will proudly introduce a new 360-stage experience titled OFF LIMITS. The new stage will be located at Spirit Lake and feature underground dance music programming curated by the women-led collective DEFINE EVERYTHING FUTURE (DEF), fire effects by Incendia, and a Funktion-One sound system to merge with Spirit Lake’s lakefront projection mapping, hypnotizing light shows, and interactive installations.
Texas’ most haunting Halloween festival, Freaky Deaky, will host its most electrifying lineup yet as it celebrates Halloween with this year’s theme, “Eternal Night.” Taking over Travis County Exposition Cetnter, attendees will explore a realm of perpetual darkness beckoning thrill-seekers, dance enthusiasts, and night creatures alike. Headliners include the legendary drum and bass duo Chase & Status, the iconic electronic music producer Deadmau5, the pioneering bass music artist Liquid Stranger, the dynamic electronic duo Louis The Child with a special Playground Set, and the electrifying rock and bass fusion artist Sullivan King performing a special Sunset Set. Adding to the excitement, the beloved haunted house attraction makes its return, ensuring a spine-chilling experience for all attendees.
Hocus Pocus returns to Miami for a monstrous installment of this three-day festival, running from October 31st to November 2nd at Factory Town. Presented by Link Miami Rebels, Hocus Pocus promises an unforgettable experience, transforming the venue into a haven for dance enthusiasts with 12 hours of non-stop music daily, from 7pm to 7am featuring 75+ world-renowned legendary acts across four stages. Headliners include Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig, Belgian techno sensation Charlotte De Witte, house music stalwart Jamie Jones, enigmatic Detroit-based DJ Moodymann, New York’s dynamic duo The Martinez Brothers, Ukrainian melodic techno masterminds Artbat, rising UK house producer Eli Brown, chart-topping Scottish DJ duo LF System, genre-blurring Polish producer VTSS, West African house innovator Amémé, Russian techno queen Nina Kraviz, and multi-talented Berlin-based DJ Patrick Mason.
Additionally, guests can enter the “NIGHTMARE” Haunted Warehouse to abandon inhibitions and descend into a surreal nightmare, blurring the lines between reality and the supernatural within its twisted corridors.
Legendary nightlife Ibiza institution CircoLoco has partnered with Teksupport to host this year’s Brooklyn Halloween bash, CircoLoco Halloween. This year’s CircoLoco Halloween celebrations will feature performances from Keinemusik members &ME vs Rampa, Innervisions co-founders Dixon and Âme, Bronx-born duo The Martinez Brothers, Paradise and Hot Creations boss Jamie Jones, and Golfos, comprised of tech house titans PAWSA and Dennis Cruz.
The lineup continues with Italian techno pioneer Joseph Capriati, IFEEL label head Skream, Detroit legend Seth Troxler, Chilean-Swiss DJ Luciano, Canadian icon Blond:ish, desert house duo Bedouin, and Up The Stuss label head Chris Stussy. CircoLoco’s tight knit family of artists will of course be in attendance following summer residencies on the white isle including Leeds-based duo Prospa, fresh off their latest CircoLoco Records release ‘If You Want My Loving,’ SMIILE label founder Chloe Caillet, former NBA player turned clubland favorite Rony Seikaly, and New York native Mink the Circoloco Ibiza resident.
BOO! Halloween returns to Seattle’s WAMU Theater on October 25th and 26th for two nights of spine-chilling fun. This Insomniac-hosted festival features headliners Chris Lorenzo, Hamdi, Kaskade, Odd Mob, Afrojack, ILLENIUM, and more across its three immersive, Halloween-themed stages. Attendees can enjoy Insomniac-curated art installations, haunting decor, immersive spooky actors and characters, indoor rides, and more.
Salt Lake City’s annual Halloween festival Get Freaky will take over the Utah State Fairpark for three nights from October 25th-27th. Attendees can explore a spooky realm soundtracked by top-tier electronic heavyweights such as Rusko, Imanu, Sullivan King, Zomboy, Dimension, Slander, VNSSA, Crankdat, Hol!, INZO, Noizu, and more. This year, the event will also feature the Get Freaky Sideshow Spectacular, featuring a special activation each night. Friday will highlight a freak show costume contest, Saturday will host a gathering of the clowns meetup, and Sunday will welcome a sweet freak show.
Scotland’s largest electronic music festival returns to The Royal Highland Centre mass warehouse complex near Edinburgh Airport for two evenings of world-class house and techno. Over 10,000 attendees will delve into the depths of Terminal V‘s strictly indoor warehouse party that will feature two huge main stages, Halloween-themed decorations, cocktail specials, and more. The international lineup features over 30 acts, including heavyweights Sara Landry, Cera Khin, I Hate Models, Luciid, and more.
Since its inception in 1999, SCREAM has established itself as Canada’s top Halloween event, gathering thousands of partygoers for one evening of costumed revelry. Returning to the expansive Edmonton Expo Center on October 26th, SCREAM will expand to four stages, including additional space in the Hall D arena to host its biggest lineup ever, featuring performances by FISHER, Subtronics, Gordo, Timmy Trumpet, Deathpact, Matt Sassari, and more. From ghastly specters to whimsical characters, attendees are encouraged to wear creative costumes amidst SCREAM’s immersive experiences and live performances.
Since its creation in 2014, Dream Nation has been actively promoting the values and culture of electronic music across its global audiences. The “festival for night owls” will host a multidisicilpinary event where electronic music, dance, street performances, digital arts, and visual arts come together for three nights of artistic discovery. This year, Dream Nation festival will open the doors of the largest exhibition center in France, Paris Nord Villepinte, for the biggest Halloween party in Europe and offer a panorama of electronic music, breaking down the barriers between all genres, including techno, bass, dubstep, drum & bass, trance, psytrance, hardstyle, hardcore, and more.
Over 45,000 attendees will explore an immersive setting with video installations, 3D mapping, holographic projections, laser shows, and fantasticla creatures while dancing to over 60 global electronic heavyweights, including Boys Noize, Sub Focus, Infected Mushroom, Black Tiger Sex Machine, and more.
BTS member Jin is less than a month away from the release of his solo debut, Happy, and today, revealed the tracklist and release date of its lead single, “I’ll Be There.” While “I’ll Be There” is scheduled for release on October 25, another track, “Running Wild,” appears to be a focus for the rollout, as its press release highlights the song was co-written and produced by Take That’s Gary Barlow.
The tracklist was shared in a post by BigHit on Twitter (never calling it “X”), revealing collaborators such as South Korean producers Pdogg and GHSTLOOP, and Take and Toru from the Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK. You can see the full, translated tracklist below, courtesy of the superfans of the r/Kpop subreddit.
Jin is the first member of BTS to complete his mandatory enlistment, an achievement celebrated by both his bandmates and fans. The group will remain on hiatus until 2025, although its members are working on various projects on their own while completing their mandatory military service. Jin will be the last member of the group to release a solo album when Happy drops on November 11 via BigHit. Check out the tracklist below.
Jin Happy Tracklist
01. “Running Wild”
02. “I’ll Be There”
03. “Another Level”
04. “Until It Reaches You”
05. “Heart on the Window” (with WENDY of Red Velvet)
06. “In Yearning/Longing”
The six-team, 30-player league will play all games in Miami this winter, allowing players an opportunity to supplement their WNBA income by staying stateside, rather than going overseas to play in the offseason. On Wednesday, Unrivaled announced its lead broadcast partner will be TNT Sports, which is also taking an equity stake in the league, and will broadcast more than 45 primetime regular season games three nights per week across TNT, truTV, and Max. Mondays and Fridays will feature games on TNT, with Saturday games on truTV.
Getting a national broadcast partner for a fledgling league is a big deal, as it provides not only an easy option for fans seeking out the league to watch games, but presents an opportunity for others to come across games scrolling through the TV guide and discover the league that way. For TNT, it continues their efforts in filling out their sports calendar now that they are headed into the last year of their broadcast deal with the NBA. They already had MLB and NHL deals, but have added the French Open (tennis), NASCAR, college football, and now Unrivaled to maintain a basketball foothold and get in on the women’s basketball boom.
Unrivaled currently has 26 of their 30 player spots filled for next season, featuring a number of big names headlined by their co-founders, Collier and Stewart, along with the likes of Arike Ogunbowale, Chelsea Gray, Angel Reese, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Jewell Loyd, and Kahleah Copper. The remaining four slots remain TBD, but will be announced before games begin on January 17, 2025 in Miami.
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