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Actress Kristen Bell lives with anxiety and depression.

Maybe you wouldn’t have guessed it scanning through her work on IMDb. She’s the voice behind Anna in “Frozen,” after all; the star of a former hit show called “The Good Place,” for goodness sake.

Those seem like, um … happy roles. Right?

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That’s why Bell is speaking out again about her mental illness.

The media we consume — on our phones, in the magazine aisle, even in Bell’s own delightful TV series and films — rarely convey an accurate depiction of reality. And Bell is advising anyone else living with mental illness not to be fooled.

In a video produced by the Child Mind Institute, Bell opened up about what she’d like to tell her younger self.

“What I would say to my younger self is don’t be fooled by this game of perfection that humans play,” she said. “Because Instagram and magazines and TV shows — they strive for a certain aesthetic, and everything looks so beautiful, and people seem like they don’t have any problems. But everyone’s human.”

She continued (emphasis added):

“Everyone has problems. Everyone feels yucky on the inside sometimes. And you deserve to feel just as beautiful on the days that you wear no makeup, and the days you don’t shower, and the days that you feel like you’re depressed. And you have an obligation to take care of yourself from the inside out, because that’s how you can truly feel beautiful.”

In recent years, Bell has spoken up candidly about her own mental health in hopes it can benefit others.

The actress was diagnosed with anxiety and depression when she was 18 years old. As she explained to “Off Camera with Sam Jones” in 2016, her mom had been the one to fill her in on their family’s history with mental illness.

Bell started taking medication to help — and has no qualms about it. “I still take it today; I have no shame in that,” Bell explained. “You would never deny a diabetic his insulin, but for some reason when someone needs a serotonin inhibitor, they’re immediately ‘crazy’ or something.”

Her anxiety and depression, Bell noted, is probably the biggest differentiation between her own life and the characters she portrays on screen.

Depression and anxiety affect millions of Americans of all ages. But despite their prevalence, stigma surrounding mental illness — dissuading people from reaching out, for instance, or shaming them for taking medication — remains a major barrier stopping people from accessing the resources they need.

Bell wants every kid to know they deserve to feel better.

“Never feel embarrassed or ashamed about who you are,” Bell advises viewers in her new PSA. “Never feel embarrassed or ashamed about the uniqueness that is you, because there are people out there to help. And we’re all just human. And you can do it.”

Learn more about depression and anxiety — and access the help you or your child deserve — at the Child Mind Institute.

The Child Mind Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children struggling with mental health and learning disorders.

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw Rihanna continue her comeback with more new music and Brockhampton continue to count down to the end. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

For more music recommendations, check out our Listen To This section, as well as our Indie Mixtape and Pop Life newsletters. Also find our Uproxx HQ Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly with the best new music, at the end of this post.

Rihanna — “Born Again”

When Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” was announced, there were rumors that it wouldn’t be her only song for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, and that another one, “Born Again,” was on the way. The rumor has now been confirmed, as last week brought “Born Again,” a heartfelt ballad on which she sings of the late Chadwick Boseman, “I’d give my heart to this place / I’d give my whole soul and whatever it takes, never run away / And I’d relive this just to see your face again / I know that you’d do the same, born again.”

Brockhampton — “The Ending”

The end is near for Brockhampton, as the group’s final album, The Family, is set for this month. Their latest preview of it, “The Ending,” is under two minutes long but full of sentiment, with Kevin Abstract reflecting, “I’m thinking ‘Man, one day we all gon’ be some superstars’ / And this is way back before I had a credit card / and this is way back when I ain’t have a debit card / and this is way back when we all still prayed to God.”

Bruce Springsteen — “Turn Back The Hands Of Time”

The Boss is of course best known for his iconic original songs but he’s had fun with covers, too: He dropped the covers album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions in 2006 and now he’s back with another collection of other folks’ songs: Only The Strong Survive. The album dropped a few days ago and when it did, he shared a visual for “Turn Back The Hands Of Time,” a soulful and rousing rendition of Tyrone Davis’ 1970 hit.

GloRilla — “Nut Quick”

GloRilla has had herself a year in 2022, but as it comes to an end, the rising rapper isn’t done yet. Last week, she came through with “Nut Quick,” on which she puts a disappointing male suitor on blast: “He thought I would be crazy after sex, but I ain’t nothin’ / He could’ve been my favorite sneaky link, but he just nut quick.”

Kim Petras — “If Jesus Was A Rockstar”

Petras is in the midst of a career high-point: Her and Sam Smith’s “Unholy” was recently the No. 1 song in the country. Now’s a great time to ride that wave and get some more new music out there, which she did last week with “If Jesus Was A Rockstar,” a vulnerable and upbeat pop-rock number.

Nas — “Thun”

Nas continued his King’s Disease series with King’s Disease III, on which he also continued his long-running beef with Jay-Z. On “Thun,” he raps, “No beef or rivals, they playin’ ‘Ether’ on Tidal / Brothers can do anythin’ when they decide to / In a Range Rover, dissectin’ bars from ‘Takeover’ / Sometimes I text Hova like, “N****, this ain’t over”, laughin’.”

Joe Jonas and Khalid — “Not Alone”

Joe Jonas has a supporting role in the upcoming biographical war movie Devotion and that’s not the only way he got involved in the film. He also provided “Not Alone,” an emotional piano ballad made alongside Khalid that plays over the end credits.

Fleet Foxes — “A Sky Like I’ve Never Seen” Feat. Tim Bernardes

Fleet Foxes went on tour earlier this year and they brought Brazilian singer/guitarist Tim Bernardes with them to open. Now, the two have come together on “A Sky Like I’ve Never Seen,” an expansive new tune for the film Wildcat.

Fivio Foreign and Rvssian — “1 On 3”

Fivio only needed about 90 seconds to make an impact on his latest tune, “1 On 3.” Uproxx’s Alex Gonzalez notes of the tune, “Drill rapper Fivio Foreign teams up with Latin music producer Rvssian to deliver scorching bars over a drill beat with elements of Latin horns. The song clocks in at under two minutes, but Fivio does not miss a beat on Rvssian‘s invigorating track.”

Run The Jewels and Bomba Estéreo — “Nunca Mirar Hacia Atrás (Bomba Estéreo’s Version)”

El-P and Killer Mike just dropped a neat project: RTJ Cu4tro, on which they got some Latin artist to remix songs from 2020’s RTJ4. Among the highlights is a Bomba Estéreo re-work of “Never Look Back,” which has been re-titled “Nunca Mirar Hacia Atrás” and gives the song a more tropical slant.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie may have pushed back his new album, Me Vs. Myself, to avoid clashing with Drake and 21 Savage last week, but that hasn’t affected the rollout very much. Today, he announced the dates for the tour supporting the album, which begins February 7 in Denver, Colorado, and runs through March 24 in London.

The tour will follow the Bronx rapper’s upcoming show at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, which sold out within hours of going on sale. (Incidentally, Drake also has an Apollo show planned, which makes me wonder if they have the same booking agent or what.) The Apollo show will take place just before the release of Me Vs. Myself on December 6 (the album drops on December 9). Features on the album include Lil Durk, Roddy Ricch, and H.E.R., along with a few surprise guests.

You can see the full dates for the Me Vs. Myself tour below. Additional dates are to be announced.

2/7 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
2/9 – Coralville, IA @ Xtreme Arena
2/10 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
2/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
2/14- Dallas, TX @ Southside Ballroom
2/15 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
2/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
2/19 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
2/21 – Toronto, ON @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
2/23 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
2/25 – Washington, DC @ Echostage
3/3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Liacouras Center
3/22 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
3/23 – Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Academy
3/24 – London, UK @ Alexandra Palace

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The University of Virginia suffered the latest shooting tragedy on a college campus late Sunday night, when a former walk-on football player, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., shot and killed three current football players and injured two other students.

The shooting occurred on a school bus returning from an off-campus field trip to see a play in Washington, D.C., with the first call coming in at 10:16 p.m. and police arriving on the scene at 10:30 p.m. Two of the players were found dead at the scene, with the third pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital.

Jones was at large for much of Monday morning before being brought into custody during the university’s press conference, with police chief Tim Longo learning he had been apprehended as he was providing an update to the media.

University president Jim Ryan confirmed the deaths of football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis, and D’Sean Perry. Ryan withheld the names of the two other victims, one of whom is in good condition and the other is in critical condition, for privacy reasons. Ryan also noted that Jones is currently a student but has not been a member of the football team for more than a year. Jones has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.

Lizzo was scheduled to wrap the North American leg of her Special Tour on Saturday, November 19, at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, but she’s having too much fun to stop. The support of Special, her highly anticipated and successful July album, will continue well into next year. Lizzo had already announced 2023 European and UK tour dates for February and March, but today (November 14), she added another 17-date North American leg called The Special 2our.

“SPECIAL 2OUR AINT OVER AND WE HIT THE JACKPOT CUS @latto IS COMING W US!!” Lizzo tweeted, confirming that former Uproxx cover star Latto will stay on as her opener.

The newly revealed stretch will begin on April 21, 2023, at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. American Express card members will have access to tickets from Wednesday (November 16) at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday (November 17) at 10 p.m. local time. The general sale begins Friday (November 18) at 10 a.m. local time on Lizzo’s official website.

The Special 2our will have a lot to live up to, as Lizzo has enjoyed a stellar 2022. She played James Madison’s 200-year-old crystal flute while twerking at her Washington, DC stop and cried in her hometown Detroit. Latto welcomed Stacey Abrams on stage to make a pro-choice statement in Atlanta last month. Away from the tour, Lizzo added an Emmy to her awards cabinet and pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live. If that weren’t enough, she’s releasing her Love, Lizzo documentary to HBO Max on November 24.

See all of her Special 2our dates below.

04/21/2023 — Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
04/22/2023 — Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
04/25/2023 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
04/26/2023 — Memphis, TN @ FedExForum
05/04/2023 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
05/06/2023 — Hartford, CT @ XL Center
05/09/2023 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
05/10/2023 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
05/12/2023 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
05/13/2023 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
05/16/2023 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
05/17/2023 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
05/19/2023 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center
05/20/2023 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
05/24/2023 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
05/25/2023 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
06/02/2023 — Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena

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

Anitta has enjoyed a breakthrough year thanks to the success of the song “Envolver.” On Friday night (November 11), the Brazilian superstar celebrated the one-year anniversary of the global hit’s release.

In November of last year, Anitta released the sexy music video for “Envolver.” In the alluring reggaeton romp, she sang about taking control in the bedroom. In the video, Anitta manifested that hot-and-heavy attraction through choreography. Earlier in the year, Anitta’s dance move where she twerks to the ground while looking like she’s doing a push-up went viral. That drove the song’s success to new heights.

In July, Anitta was awarded a Guinness World Record for becoming the first solo Latin artist to reach No. 1 on Spotify with “Envolver.” The song has over 430 million streams on Spotify. At last night’s MTV Europe Music Awards, Anitta won in the Best Latin Act category against the likes of Bad Bunny, Shakira, Rosalía, and Becky G.

Anitta kept her gratitude short and sweet in an Instagram post. “1 year of ‘Envolver.’ Just grateful!” she wrote. The post included videos of her recording the song and of her signature dance move that helped the song go viral.

Anitta will host the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards on November 17 alongside Luis Fonsi, Thalia, and Laura Pausini. She has been nominated for two awards, including Record Of The Year for “Envolver.”

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

The Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Hornets in back-to-back games, but DJ Khaled emerged as the preeminent winner from Saturday’s matchup in Miami. Khaled sat courtside in his unreleased “We The Best” Crimson Bliss Air Jordan 5s. The sneakers alone weren’t the main attraction, though. Khaled rested his feet on a color-coordinated silk pillow with “WE THE BEST” stitched on it.

“I just went over to ask him, ‘DJ Khaled, why the pillow?’ And he said, ‘These shoes are exclusive. They are not even out yet,’” sideline reporter Ashley Shahahmadi said on the Bally Sports South broadcast. “They are We The Best and Air Jordan, so he said they cannot touch any floors because they are new edition and we gotta keep ’em that way for now.”

Khaled’s new colorway with Nike will be available to the public on November 28 for $225, and his efforts to create buzz worked flawlessly. Heat All-Star Jimmy Butler joked that sitting out the final minute of Miami’s win was “great” because “I got to take my shoes off, put them on my pillow like DJ Khaled was over there doing.”

Butler’s teammate and fellow All-Star Bam Adebayo was spotted rocking a pair, and Khaled was willing to look past Adebayo letting them touch the pavement before November 28.

The Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers’ mascots cleverly recreated the moment, too.

Check out Khaled’s posts about his Jordan 5s below.

Lil Baby has become one of Atlanta rap’s brightest rising stars in recent years and now, the city has honored his success by declaring November 13 Dominique “Lil Baby” Jones Day. The city presented the proclamation declaring it Lil Baby Day during a ceremony on Sunday (November 13), presenting the rapper with a plaque acknowledging both his role as a “musical ambassador” for Atlanta and his philanthropic efforts in the city.

Earlier this year, Lil Baby was given the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award at Black Music Action Coalition’s second annual Music in Action Awards Gala after launching a jobs program and a $150,000 scholarship for young people in Atlanta. For the last three years, he’s hosted a back-to-school backpack giveaway, and last year, he gave away bikes for kids in Atlanta, refurbished a basketball court, and even bought out a local Foot Locker’s entire stock to share with the families of his hometown.

Lil Baby joined rap peers such as fellow Atlanta natives Gunna and Lil Nas X, Nas, and Travis Scott in being honored by his hometown. He’s been having a stellar year lately, releasing his third album It’s Only Me last month, putting out a documentary based on his life, and receiving a songwriting award from ASCAP.

Season two of Last Week Tonight lead-in show The White Lotus got off to a dong-swinging start. In the season two premiere of Mike White’s Emmy-winning series, Cameron (played by Theo James) changes in front of Aubrey Plaza’s Harper, who gave an April Ludgate-like reaction to the incident. The undressing scene shows… a lot, but it was originally going to show even more, according to James.

“What he does is — this is Mike’s writing — he treads the boundary of how calculated that was, or was it just easy-breezy? On the day, we had to figure out what that was because the original derivation of it, it’s kind of full-frontal, if you know what I mean,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “We shot that and it felt too much, too aggressive. What we came to is a bit more opaque, and that’s what Mike does so well.” It’s also required.

In season one of The White Lotus, Steve Zahn showed off his junk to his on-screen wife, Connie “Mrs. Coach” Britton. Well, his fake junk. “I remember when I got the script asking Mike if I was going to have to do full frontal,” he told The Wrap. “And he’s like, ‘No, it’s going to be a prosthetic.’ I did have to approve the prosthetic that they used. He showed it to me first.” Zahn’s reaction: “Yeah, that’ll do it.” It’s the Babe of hogs.

(Via EW)

Foo Fighters have maintained a relatively low profile since the death of Taylor Hawkins (save for the pair of Hawkins tribute concerts earlier this year), but Dave Grohl has sprinkled in appearances here and there. He joined Paul McCartney at Glastonbury, popped up at Judd Apatow’s benefit concert in August, and performed at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony a week ago. Now, Grohl has once again taken the stage: As was announced in August, Grohl was part of the lineup for Joe Walsh’s 2022 VetsAid charity concert, which went down on November 13 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Grohl didn’t perform his own set, but instead featured during a number of other performances. The Breeders had a set and Grohl helped them close it out by joining for a cover of Pixies’ “Gigantic.” Walsh’s band James Gang also wrapped up their set with “Funk #49” accompanied by Grohl. To close out the entire event, Walsh played four songs and Grohl joined in on the last two: “Life’s Been Good” and “Rocky Mountain Way.”

The event had a strong lineup aside from the aforementioned artists, as it also featured The Black Keys and Nine Inch Nails.

Check out Grohl’s performances below.

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