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Always the performer, Maxwell is known for giving his fans soulful and intimate shows, but recently, he’s been catching attention for something new — his killer dance moves.

The #MaxwellChallenge has taken over the internet after a viral video of the singer performing on stage was shared on social media. In the footage, the Brooklyn singer can be seen dropping it like it’s hot, with knees of steel.

It looks like people have been enjoying the viral challenge, judging by the hilarious responses on Twitter. Interestingly, the “Pretty Wings” singer’s knees have caused quite the conversation on social media, with some fans debating if his dance abilities rival Megan The Stallion.

“Not Maxwell got Megan knees,” one person tweeted.

The singer gave fans a cheeky response regarding his viral video, offering folks a chance to see if they do better.

“Y’all wanna laugh, but your knees ain’t built like that. This the Maxwell Challenge,” he wrote with a dancing man emoji.

“Y’all done pissed this man off. Maxwell said CHALLENGE!!!” said comedian Roy Woods in response to the singer’s hilarious declaration.

The singer has been going viral a lot lately. Just recently, his classic jam, “Ascension,” was taking over TikTok.

With all that’s going on in the world, a light-heartened challenge might be what we all need. It’s still yet to be determined if anyone’s knees are up for the challenge, though.

Jesse Eisenberg hasn’t really returned to television since his short stint on Modern Family in 2014, and who could blame him? But after starring in the critically acclaimed movie that helped him become a household name, Now You See Me 2, he can do basically whatever he wants. He also has a bunch of award nominations but we don’t have to talk about those.

Eisenberg stars in the FX series Fleishman Is In Trouble, based on the 2019 best-selling novel of the same name. Eisenberg plays the titular Toby Fleishman, who is going through a messy divorce with Claire Danes when she suddenly disappears, leaving him a newly single dad of two in New York City, which is a horror movie in its own right. As per the official description:

Fleishman Is In Trouble is the story of recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return.

The series also stars Lizzy Caplan and Adam Brody. The first trailer was revealed today, featuring some signature Eisenberg wit and Claire Danes screaming at the top of her lungs more than once. THIS is television!

Fleishman Is In Trouble premieres on FX and Hulu on November 17th. Check out the trailer above.

After three years of being on hiatus and partnering with Transparent Arts over the summer, The Rose returned with a great welcome from their fans, the industry, and, most excitingly, the music charts.

Releasing their first ever studio album Heal earlier this month (October 7), The Rose recently earned the title of the highest charting Korean rock act on Billboard‘s Heatseekers chart last week, according to a press release.

The rock quartet lands themselves at No. 4 on the chart, while also placing in the Emerging Artists chart at No. 12. In addition, Heal also placed in other charts such as Top New Artists Albums (No. 1), Independent Current Albums (No. 9), Current Rock (No. 9), and Current Albums (No. 17), all while being the first Korean rock band in all categories.

The Rose — consisting of members Woosung, Dojoon, Jaehyeong, and Hajoon — is currently on the North American leg of their Heal Together tour to promote their full-length album and its lead single “Sour.” The indie-rock band will continue their world tour until the end of the year and into 2023 making stops in South America, Europe and South East Asia.

Check out the full tracklist to Heal below.

1. “~”
2. “Definition Of Ugly Is”
3. “Childhood”
4. “Shift”
5. “Cure”
6. “See-Saw”
7. “Time”
8. “Yes” Feat. James Reid
9.”Sour”
10. “–”

If you haven’t seen Barbarian, there’s probably one thing you know about Barbarian: don’t know anything about Barbarian. The horror movie, starring Georgina Campbell and Bill Skarsgård and written and directed by Zach Cregger (from the Whitest Kids U’ Know), made $42 million at the box office on a $4.5 budget thanks to word-of-mouth buzz and strong reviews. But if you didn’t catch it in theaters, Barbarian is now available on HBO Max, just in time for Halloween. It’s best to watch it before October 31; you don’t want someone in a Barbarian costume (not this one) to ruin it for you.

Cregger told Bloody Disgusting that his comedy background helped him write a horror movie. “It’s all about subverting expectations. It’s all about being a step ahead of the audience, zigging when they expect you to zag, and timing. It’s just timing and tone,” he said. “That’s the anatomy of a joke; that’s the anatomy of a scare. I do feel like I’ve been working that muscle group out for a long time through comedy.” Jordan Peele can relate.

Here’s the plot synopsis from the trailer:

In Barbarian, a young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.

Here’s some more horror goodies on HBO Max.

After headline-grabbing trades in the offseason, the Utah Jazz entered the 2022-23 season with modest expectations. Donovan Mitchell is now leading the Cleveland Cavaliers and, while Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves are scuffling in the early going, his absence projected to be a massive loss for Utah on defense. In fact, the wise folks in Las Vegas pegged the Jazz for a season-long win total in the low-to-mid 20’s, and rumblings are ongoing that Utah might pull the plug on veterans with future-facing trades at any moment.

An odd thing happened to begin the season, though, in that the Jazz won their first three games. Utah did suffer its first loss on Monday in Houston, but the Jazz, as currently constructed, might be quite frisky. The folks at FiveThirtyEight drew a lot of ire for projecting Utah for 39 victories on the eve of the season and, frankly, that number is likely too high for what will happen with the Jazz. It was an opportunity to remember that Utah still has a bevy of quality options on its current roster, however, and that shows in the early going.

Utah deployed a 10-man rotation in each of the first four games, with each player averaging more than six points per game. The Jazz do have a rookie in the mix in first-round pick Walker Kessler but, elsewhere, Utah’s rotation is buoyed by quality veterans like Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson, talented additions like Collin Sexton, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Lauri Markkanen, and even potent role players like Malik Beasley and Kelly Olynyk.

The Jazz may not maintain a top-10 offense this season, but the team’s current pieces are capable of high-end production on that end of the floor. The defense projects to be a step (or two) behind the offense but, of course, the big question is just how long the Jazz might keep this group together. Danny Ainge hasn’t exactly hidden his intentions toward a full-blown rebuild and, with Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson headlining a fun draft class, the Jazz might want to rack up losses. With that said, Utah is probably going to have to be active in the tanking race rather than simply relying on this roster to take on losses, and the first three games were a reminder of that.

Where do the Jazz land in the first edition of our DIME power rankings in 2022-23? Let’s find out.

1. Milwaukee Bucks (2-0, Last week — n/a)

Milwaukee doesn’t play its third game of the season until Wednesday, with a friendly slate of rest early in the campaign. The Bucks are also 2-0 with a road win over Philadelphia, and Giannis Antetokounmpo just scored 44 points in 28 minutes against Houston. Milwaukee isn’t at full strength without Khris Middleton, but the Bucks have the best player in the world and a stifling defense. That’s a solid formula.

2. Golden State Warriors (2-1, Last week — n/a)

The Warriors did lose to the Nuggets at home but, this early in the season, a head-to-head result isn’t going to change the thinking too much. That is especially true of the reigning champs, and both Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are on minutes limits to begin the season. When Golden State’s key guys are out there, the results look fantastic. That’s pretty much all that matters.

3. Phoenix Suns (2-1, Last week — n/a)

Phoenix has a chance to make a mark on Tuesday against Golden State. In the meantime, the Suns look just fine, and it would be unwise to forget this was the best regular season team in the NBA in 2021-22. Phoenix also reminded everyone of its upside with a furious comeback win over Dallas, and playoff concerns aren’t the same as regular season concerns.

4. Boston Celtics (3-1, Last week — n/a)

At one point on Monday evening, Boston was going to be No. 1 on this list. The Celtics led the Bulls by 19 points and seemed to be on the way to another win. Then, Boston was out-scored by a 84-44 margin over an extended sample and, needless to say, a loss arrived. There is no reason to worry about the Celtics, but that result bumped them off the top perch.

5. L.A. Clippers (2-1, Last week — n/a)

Kawhi Leonard is coming off the bench, and the Clippers aren’t exactly lighting it up on offense right now. L.A. is also very much looking the part on defense, and this is a team with unfathomable depth and two legitimate stars. Paul George looked a lot like Paul George with a 40-point outburst this week, and there is a lot to like.

6. Portland Trail Blazers (4-0, Last week — n/a)

By performance only this season, Portland might be No. 1. The Blazers aren’t as good as the teams ahead of them on this list, but Portland is rolling at 4-0 with a +8.3 net rating and some impressive wins. Anfernee Simons went nuts on Monday night and Damian Lillard looks to be “back” in full after last season’s hiatus.

7. Memphis Grizzlies (3-1, Last week — n/a)

Memphis was absolutely blasted by Dallas, and that result isn’t great. It was also an early-season spot in which the Grizzlies had a significant rest disadvantage and, quite frankly, no one believes Memphis is actually the team that popped up in that spot. The Grizzlies won the other three games over the first week-plus, including a double-digit win over Brooklyn, and Ja Morant is averaging 35.2 points per game. That’ll play.

8. New Orleans Pelicans (2-1, Last week — n/a)

After a pair of road wins to open the campaign, the Pelicans lost at home to the Jazz. As noted above, that isn’t a disastrous loss against the current version of Utah’s roster, and New Orleans has a high-profile TNT matchup against Dallas on Tuesday (albeit without Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson available). The Pelicans are deep, talented, and relentless, which projects as a nice combination.

9. Atlanta Hawks (2-1, Last week — n/a)

The Hawks put together a pretty hideous performance on Sunday, losing at home by 17 points to the shorthanded Hornets. Atlanta’s wins also came against projected lottery teams (Houston, Orlando), and it isn’t as if the Hawks are lighting it up on offense just yet. There are positive signs on defense, though, which brings encouragement to a group that will almost certainly be efficient on offense with Trae Young on the floor.

10. Cleveland Cavaliers (2-1, Last week — n/a)

Donovan Mitchell had 37 points in his first home game in Cleveland. It helps to have Donovan Mitchell, especially while Darius Garland recovers from a nasty poke to the eye in the opener. The Cavs do have a head-to-head loss to Toronto, but it came on the road and Cleveland blasted Chicago in the middle of those games. Cleveland also has a top-five defensive rating, which harkens back to last season’s hot start.

11. Dallas Mavericks (1-1, Last week — n/a)

The sample is small with only two games for Dallas. The Mavericks blew the Grizzlies out and seemed to be on the way to a similar result against the Suns before faltering. We need to see more, but Luka Doncic is the current betting favorite for MVP and Christian Wood looks to be checking the boxes the Mavs hoped he could.

12. Denver Nuggets (2-2, Last week — n/a)

It’s been a roller coaster already for the Nuggets. Denver has a pair of 20-point losses to Utah and Portland, but the Nuggets also beat the Warriors on the road. Defense has been the big problem, allowing more than 1.2 points per possession, and there is work to do to find the team’s equilibrium.

13. Charlotte Hornets (2-1, Last week — n/a)

Even without LaMelo Ball for the first three games, the Hornets are scoring 1.18 points per possession. That wouldn’t sustain long-term without the team’s offensive engine, but any panic about Steve Clifford turning the dial down on this offense should be quelled. The other end is an adventure, but Charlotte may have something in Nick Richards at center.

14. New York Knicks (2-1, Last week — n/a)

New York has basically held serve. The Knicks beat the Magic and Pistons at home with a road loss in Memphis. Jalen Brunson is already paying dividends as a steady hand on offense, and the defense is well-coached and sound. That basically sounds like the Knicks to me.

15. Utah Jazz (3-1, Last week — n/a)

Don’t look now, but the Jazz might be 4-1 by the end of Wednesday. Utah hosts Houston in its next game.

16. San Antonio Spurs (3-1, Last week — n/a)

Unlike Utah, San Antonio doesn’t have a leftover stockpile of veteran talent, but Gregg Popovich’s team is 3-1 anyway. The Spurs have three straight road wins (!), even with Popovich seemingly making fun of his team at every turn. It’s a wild scene, but guys like Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell are performing well in newly prominent roles.

17. Toronto Raptors (2-2, Last week — n/a)

A 2-2 mark is probably the expected result given Toronto’s schedule. The Raptors opened with road games against Brooklyn and Miami (twice) with a home game against Cleveland. Holding steady with that slate is encouraging, and Pascal Siakam is playing at a star level.

18. Minnesota Timberwolves (2-2, Last week — n/a)

Optimism was sky-high in the Twin Cities before the season, and maybe it still is. However, Minnesota has lost at home to both Utah and San Antonio, and the Wolves looked very shaky on defense in both losses. They did win twice against OKC, but those victories aren’t changing anyone’s mind. It might take some time to fully integrate Rudy Gobert on both ends.

19. Brooklyn Nets (1-2, Last week — n/a)

After a hideous opening night, Brooklyn’s offense has been better, and Joe Harris is back. That should help, but the Nets are also giving up almost 1.25 points per possession. That is a much bigger concern, and one that Ben Simmons hasn’t been able to fix in his return to the floor.

20. Philadelphia 76ers (1-3, Last week — n/a)

Mercifully, the Sixers won a basketball game on Monday. Philly opened 0-3 and a home loss to San Antonio set off all kinds of alarms. The defense has been pretty dreadful to this point, even from Joel Embiid at times, but perhaps the reinvigoration of James Harden will help to lift the spirits.

21. Miami Heat (1-3, Last week — n/a)

No one should be overly worried about Miami given the team’s track record, but the start has been gross. Bam Adebayo is scuffling on offense and Miami’s defense ranks below the league average. The Heat (still) don’t have a power forward of note, and only a pretty tough schedule might throw folks off the scent of some legitimately questionable showings.

22. Washington Wizards (2-1, Last week — n/a)

Washington isn’t exciting in the slightest, but they’ve been frisky to start the season. Depth is a strength for the Wizards, and Washington has held opponents to fewer than 1.07 points per possession. Long-term, the offense should be better than its been, but bench lineups have dragged the numbers down so far.

23. Chicago Bulls (2-2, Last week — n/a)

As noted above, the Bulls absolutely blitzed the Celtics in the middle of Monday’s game, and perhaps this is too low as a result. Still, Chicago’s offense is sputtering on the whole, Zach LaVine has only played in two games, and Patrick Williams can barely get on the floor.

24. Indiana Pacers (1-3, Last week — n/a)

The Pacers probably aren’t going to be very good, but Bennedict Mathurin is turning heads. The rookie wing is averaging 22.3 points per game in only 27.8 minutes off the bench, and that comes after a lights-out preseason and Summer League performance. Maybe he’s human, but Mathurin seems to be a machine right now.

25. Los Angeles Lakers (0-3, Last week — n/a)

Want to know how bad the offense has been for the Lakers? As of Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Lakers have the second-best defensive rating in the NBA, and Los Angeles is winless. That’s tough to do, but the Lakers are scoring fewer than a point per possession and shooting 21 percent from three-point range. It’s a mess.

26. Sacramento Kings (0-3, Last week — n/a)

Mike Brown is still looking for his first win as Sacramento’s head coach, but that is a bit misleading. Yes, the Kings are 0-3, but Sacramento’s three losses came by a total of 14 points, and each was against a strong opponent. De’Aaron Fox, Keegan Murray, and Kevin Huerter are all off to positive starts, but the persistent question comes with Sacramento’s defense.

27. Detroit Pistons (1-3, Last week — n/a)

The Pistons have the worst net rating (-9.7) through the first week of the season, and Detroit’s only win came at home against the No. 30 team on the list. Positively, the Bojan Bogdanovic experiment is already returning results, but it’s been a bit of a slow start for Cade Cunningham and the rest of the offense.

28. Houston Rockets (1-3, Last week — n/a)

Houston was bound for the bottom until a win over Utah on Monday. That gave the Jazz their first loss, and both Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. scored 25-plus points in the victory. Houston’s defense has been quite bad so far, though there is a potential caveat in that the Rockets faced Atlanta, Memphis, and Milwaukee to open the season.

29. Oklahoma City Thunder (0-3, Last week — n/a)

Oklahoma City has actually been pretty good so far. The Thunder are 0-3, but the losses came to Minnesota (twice) and Denver, and none of the defeats were by more than 10 points. The offense is still probably going to be pretty bad, but close-fought losses are what you want in OKC right now.

30. Orlando Magic (0-4, Last week — n/a)

Only one team has four losses and it’s the Magic. There are some injuries to consider, but the big thing is that Paolo Banchero looks the part. The No. 1 pick is averaging 22.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in his first four NBA contests.

Fans of indie music from the mid-2000s probably immediately notice something about The 1975’s new album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language: The album-opening track “The 1975” is heavily inspired by the piano part in LCD Soundsystem’s 2007 favorite “All My Friends.” That was very much intentional, as Matty Healy loves the LCD song. In fact, it’s his favorite one of all time.

In a recent interview with NME, he called it “the most reflective, celebratory, present, nostalgic song” and continued, “It’s the best song ever. Especially for guys exactly our age. It’s our song. It’s the cool guys’ ‘Mr. Brightside.’”

Healy previously spoke about The Killers in a 2018 interview, while discussing a critic’s impression of The 1975, saying, “I heard the New York Times podcast led by the main rock guy, an older guy, and he was so concerned with trying to understand [us]. ‘No, no, no! R.E.M. was inspired by this, and then you have the Killers, so the 1975’s rock music is going to be the Killers!’ It’s all these assumptions. The generational divide is so massive now. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a 15-year-old consuming music. I used to be imagine the utopian idea of waking up one morning, looking at your record collection, and genre not existing — this ecstatic, transcendent, spiritual experience. That must be what it’s like to go on Spotify as a younger person now.”

Bob Woodward has been promoting his upcoming audiobook, The Trump Tapes, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. A collection of audio recordings from Woodward’s conversations with Donald Trump during his tumultuous presidency.

Woodward had previously detailed those interviews in his 2020 book, Rage, which exposed Trump’s openness about lying to the American public about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak. According to his new essay in The Washington Post, the audiobook is Woodward’s efforts to help voters truly understand Trump by letting them hear his actual voice, and the former president is not thrilled.

Trump lashed out at Woodward in a new Truth Social post where he tried to claim that Woodward isn’t authorized to use his voice, which is not how journalism works by the way. Via Mediaite:

As he fully understands, writer Bob Woodward never got my permission to release tapes of my various interviews with him.Those tapes were allowed only for purposes of making sure that he got my quotes & statements correct for “the WRITTEN WORD,” in other words, for his, nevertheless, highly inaccurate book.The tapes are much better than the book, at least if they were not bludgeoned to death by him to make me look as bad as possible, but he & his publisher had NO right to use my “VOICE” or them!

Naturally, Trump has every reason to freak out. The book isn’t even out yet, and so far, Woodward has exposed that Trump knew that his Kim Jong Un letters were classified. Trump bragged that they’re “so top secret,” which flies in the face of his defense that the documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago were declassified. Woodward also revealed that Trump told his youngest son Barron that the Chinese could’ve “fixed” the coronavirus, but didn’t for some reason. Basically, the tapes are pure, unfiltered Trump.

(Via Mediaite)

Towards the end of Taylor Swift’s appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon yesterday (October 24), Swift and Fallon shift gears from discussing her new album, Midnights, to another one of Swift’s favorite subjects: cats. She is a proud owner and cat mom to three, Meredith, Olivia, and Benji. Swift had also noted in her NYU honorary graduation speech that the only way she would be needed as an actual doctor was if someone needed the names of a bunch of cat breeds.

“That was me committing an act of extreme hyperbole,” Swift jokes. “I’ can name fifty cats in five seconds.’ I was trying to make a joke. I don’t think I can actually do that.”

Still, Fallon wants to put her to the challenge of seeing how many cats she can name in thirty seconds. Swift delightfully accepts as the score counter appears in the video. “Scottish fold, ragdoll, ragamuffin,” she begins, rattling off several cat breeds in the process.

Towards the end, she appears to lose count and fumble slightly while still managing to find additional types of cats. “A black cat, a calico cat, a cat that knocks pens off of desks,” Swift finishes — reaching a grand total of 24 types.

Watch the relevant part of Swift’s Tonight Show interview. Fast-forward to 10:00 to see her cat challenge.

As one major HBO property wraps up its first season, a second familial drama show is slated to return sometime in 2023. Fans will need to fill the Daemon-sized hole in their hearts with someone like Logan Roy or Tom Wambsgans, and that will have to do! HBO seems to have waited long enough for another season to keep fans on the edge of their seats, but not too long that people decide to cancel their HBO Max subscription for a few months. So that was nice of them.

The fourth season of the hit series Succession will return next year on HBO, and fans were given a first look earlier this week in a trailer that promises a “rebel alliance” brewing among the Roy family (but StarWars is a Disney property so they can’t really call it that, right?). The fourth season promises to bring all of the shenanigans and superfluous cursing back for another round. Plus: more Alexander Skarsgård!!! As per the official description:

In season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.

Production for season four took place over the summer and fall throughout New York, California, and Norway. While there is no confirmed release date, it’s likely that the Roys will return in the spring of 2023, just a little over a year since season three concluded in December 2021.

HBO Max has a pretty hefty release schedule for next year ahead of its merger with Discovery+, so maybe it’s best to keep those subscriptions active after all. At least until Barry’s final season.

October is ending with arguably the wildest week for the best of new pop music. Two of the biggest pop stars released brand new albums on the same day. One of the previously-mentioned powerhouse performers broke a ton of records with said album, and even released a special 3am Edition with seven new songs as a surprise. In addition, a certain Disney actor returned with another single this week. (It rules.)

Continue scrolling to see everything pop-focused that Uproxx loved this week. Here’s the best new pop music this week.

Taylor Swift — “Sweet Nothing”

On Taylor Swift’s Midnights album, “Sweet Nothing” serves as the soft side to all the hints of Reputation-era energy early on in the tracklist (“Karma” and “Vigilante Sh*t”). Co-written with her longtime partner, the two find comfort in one another and the little moments as they manage to ignore all the external drama surrounding them. However, as most Swift songs go, the bridge stands out as the most heartbreaking part. “And the voices that implore, you should be doing more / To you, I can admit, that I’m just too soft for all of it,” she notes, tying it with “You’re On Your Own, Kid” and “Would’ve, Could’ve Should’ve” as the album’s saddest.

Carly Rae Jepsen – “Surrender My Heart”

Carly Rae Jepsen opens her new album with “Surrender My Heart,” a song that sparkles as the arpeggiating synths propel it forward. Despite being one of the shortest run times on the record, it sets the tone for the themes to come. “I’m trying not to f*ck this up,” Jepsen declares just before the pre-chorus kicks in. There’s tinges of sadness, but at its core, it is a carefree dance anthem about craving openness in a relationship.

Ellie Goulding — “Let It Die”

“Let It Die” carries a similar dance floor energy, just with the production over Ellie Goulding’s vocals giving the song more of an EDM feel rather than pure pop. As a single, it’s not quite Goulding’s strongest — compared to her past hits of “Love Me Like You Do” and “Lights” — as the electronic style seems to take over the track. She has a powerful and recognizably unique voice, which deserves the chance to shine. It is, however, perfect if you take it as a quick-paced party play, earning it a spot on this list.

Blu DeTiger — “Elevator”

Bass queen Blu DeTiger is back with a new single, “Elevator.” Gritty and incredibly catchy, she brings a blend of retro indie rock vibes with a story about a nighttime party scene. “Call your mama, call your karma, I don’t wanna dance with you,” DeTiger detests before recognizing, “I can be a big shot too.” It’s one of those nights where you just want to do your own thing, and won’t let anybody stop you.

Joshua Bassett — “I’m Sorry”

Opening with a somber acoustic guitar line, Joshua Bassett’s latest weekly single, “I’m Sorry,” is a sympathetic message to someone he used to love. He paints pictures, from writing songs after a few drinks late at night to wondering whether someone’s mother hates him. At the end of all of it, he takes the blame and is incredibly apologetic to the unnamed person.

Caroline Polachek — “Sunset”

“Sunset” is a fast-paced, flamenco-inspired single from Caroline Polachek that shines on the instrumental and production style. The music video finds Polachek at a party, driving through the streets of Barcelona, and wandering the beach… just as the sunset comes. Through it all, she encapsulates wanting to run away with a relationship — all while providing some fun claps in the background.

Katherine Li — “Miss Me Too”

Katherine Li opens “Miss Me Too” with a sample of a voice recording, where she warns listeners that she “just woke up” and “it might be a little rough.” The exact opposite proves true, as Li glides through the song, despite the emotional detailing about her feelings of reminiscing on a relationship. Her message boils down to one line in the chorus: “I hope that you still miss me too.”

Emlyn — “Girl’s Girl”

Bringing the pop-rock fire, “Girl’s Girl” is Emlyn’s take on supporting fellow women when it comes to handling toxicity. Each line is biting, bringing a unique rhyme as it digs at a certain type of man. “So, she broke your PS4 / But didn’t you go and break her to her core?” Yeah.

Bishop Briggs — “Superhuman”

Bishop Briggs’ “Superhuman” places her powerful vocals at the forefront, with a soft piano ballad about making it through tough times. By the chorus and second verse, Briggs transforms the song by introducing layered harmonies and percussion. The enthusiasm she has for someone surviving “the eye of the storm” explodes by the end, truly carrying home the message.

Kenzie — “100 Degrees”

Kenzie might be most recognizable for her past appearances on Dance Moms. However, her new single “100 Degrees” proves she has the power to propel her career in music forward. A synth-heavy pop hit-in-the-making, Kenzie weaves in autobiographical lyricism to piece together the picture about missing someone. “Tell me, is your halo heavy?” she poses on the second verse. Sleek and seamless, there is serious potential for this one to go far, especially with TikTok’s popularity.

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