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Holly Humberstone’s past and present collide on Can You Afford To Lose Me?, an 11-track “extended collection” out today (October 24) via Darkroom/Geffen/Polydor. Ten of its songs are cherry-picked from the tracklists of her previously released EPs, last year’s The Walls Are Way Too Thin and 2020’s Falling Asleep At The Wheel, but the opener is a brand-new title track. The ballad is the pinnacle of her vulnerable songwriting that cuts like a knife.

The burgeoning UK star delivers a perfect blend of hushed and soaring vocals over an evocative piano and synth soundscape. It’s a statement in self-worth and demanding accountability in a relationship. “Go ahead and do your worst, but don’t you go and cry when it hurts,” she sings in the chorus. “Can you afford to lose me? / Go ahead and pack your bags / But once you’re gone, you can’t come back.”

Humberstone dropped the Can You Afford To Lose Me? trailer last week and explained the purpose behind the project in the YouTube description.

“The past couple of years have been a whirlwind and I rarely get the chance to reflect on everything that’s happened,” it reads. “Over the past few months I’ve been looking back at the music I’ve made, the people I’ve met, the incredible experiences we’ve shared together and where I’m heading on a personal level. Playing my songs on tour, seeing them out in the world, and how they’ve affected people differently has made me want to give them another life so much so that I’ve put them together in the order I would listen to them in now: a fresh evolution of my first two EPs.”

It continues, “I’ve also added a brand new song called ‘Can You Afford To Lose Me?’ which is probably one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written. I feel like I’ve changed quite a lot since releasing some of my tracks, so I decided not to include a couple of them. While I’ll always love those songs, I wanted to highlight the ones that resonate the most with where I’m at in my life at this moment. I hope you guys can listen to these songs in new ways, just like I have.”

The included songs are “Overkill,” “Scarlett,” “Please Don’t Leave Just Yet,” “Deep End,” “Haunted House,” “Thursday,” “Vanilla,” “The Walls Are Way Too Thin,” “Falling Asleep At The Wheel” and “Friendly Fire.”

Watch the trailer below and stream Can You Afford To Lose Me? here.

Another round of performers for the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards was revealed today (October 24). Puerto Rican icon Marc Anthony will be hitting the stage next month along with reggaeton star Nicky Jam and regional Mexican music singer Ángela Aguilar.

Last week, the first round of performers were revealed. Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro, who is one of the top nominees with eight nominations, was announced as a performer. Colombian pop star Sebastián Yatra, who has four nominations, will be performing as well.

Joining Alejandro and Yatra is salsa music star Marc Anthony. In addition to his previous seven Latin Grammy wins, he is nominated for Album Of The Year for Pa’lla Voy. The title track is nominated for Record Of The Year. Anthony also has three Grammy Awards wins to his name.

Nicky Jam will also be performing. The Puerto Rican singer has two nominations this year. He’s up for Best Reggaeton Performance for “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 41” with Argentine producer Bizarrap and Best Urban Song for “Ojos Rojos.”

Two rising stars in the regional Mexican music scene are joining the line-up. Mexican singer Carin León will be performing. He is nominated for Best Regional Mexican Song for “Como Lo Hice Yo” alongside Matisse. Ángela Aguilar, the daughter of superstar Pepe Aguilar, will be hitting the stage as well. Her nominations include Best Rancho/Mariachi Album and Best Regional Mexican Song.

Other acts added to the performers line-up include Banda Los Recoditos and Sin Bandera. Bad Bunny is the most nominated artist of the year with 10 nominations. The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards will take place in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 17. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Univision.

Following the promotion schedule released that week, it looks like BTS member Jin’s “The Astronaut” is set to launch right on time.

In support of the new single, anticipation continues to grow as Big Hit Music dropped two teaser images consisting of portrait shots of the BTS member in what’s called the ‘Lunar Eclipse’ concept. Dressed all in black in a leather jacket, a pair of classic white Converse hi-tops, hair brushed back, and accessorized, Jin gives off a simple, modern look to your ordinary greaser.

Earlier today, it was reported Jin has left South Korea to fly out to Buenos Aires, Argentina to meet with Coldplay for their live broadcasted concert on Friday, October 28. The Mr. Worldwide Handsome member will be making his live performance debut of “The Astronaut” at the rock band’s show, the same day it releases.

The news comes after a promo teaser revealing Coldplay’s involvement in the single in a text exchange with the BTS member. The band is credited as the co-writers of “The Astronaut” alongside Jin.

However, this isn’t the first time the two parties have collaborated. Last year, BTS and Coldplay teamed up for their hit single “My Universe,” in which Jin himself was able to show a bit of his fanboy side next to the band.

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

As the backlash against Kanye West for his antisemitic comments continues, the Los Angeles Times reports that he’s been dropped by Creative Artists Agency, one of the biggest talent agencies in the entertainment business. He had previously been represented by CAA since 2016 but was represented by CAA prior to that since early in his career (he temporarily switched to UTA in 2015).

Earlier today, the CEO of UTA called on employees in an internal memo to support a growing industry boycott against Kanye after an incident this morning in which a hate group displayed a banner reading “Kanye West was right about the Jews” over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, highlighting the potential harm in his whirlwind hate speech tour over the last few weeks.

Other groups that have dropped Kanye as a result include Vogue and its publisher Anna Wintour, who counted Kanye among her industry associates for some years, Balenciaga, which announced it was nixing any future projects with Kanye, JP Morgan, which closed his accounts, and even Donald Trump, once one of Kanye’s loudest cheerleaders (and vice versa), who reportedly distanced himself from the increasingly toxic Kanye West brand. Meanwhile, Kanye is also facing a $250 million lawsuit from the family of George Floyd for disparaging Floyd’s death as the catalyst for the 2020 uprisings against police brutality.

Karol G made to close out her two consecutive sold-out concerts in LA on a high. On Saturday (October 22), the Colombian superstar brought out Becky G as a surprise guest to perform their hit “Mamiii.”

Becky G and Karol G scored one of the biggest hits of the year when they collaborated for “Mamiii.” After being released in February, the empowering breakup anthem reached No. 15 on Billboard‘s all-genre Hot 100 chart. On Spotify, their song has over 498 million streams. In April, Becky G was a surprise guest during Karol G’s set at Coachella. There the two Latina artists performed “Mamiii” for the first time.

Karol G is currently the touring the US on her Strip Love Tour. She sold-out the Crypto.com Arena twice on Friday and Saturday night. For her final night in LA, Karol G reunited with Becky G, who is a native of the area from Inglewood. This marked the first time that Karol G and Becky G performed “Mamiii” together on her tour. The crowd went wild as the two artists sang the song onstage together.

After the concert, Karol G reflected on the experience of performing with Becky G in her Instragram Stories. With a picture of Becky G during the performance, she wrote in Spanish, “My queen has arrived! The female boss of the night.” Karol G made sure to include a crown emoji next to Becky G’s name.

At the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards, Becky and Karol G are nominated for Best Urban Song for “Mamiii.” Karol G is also nominated for Record and Song Of The Year for her smash hit “Provenza.”

The White Lotus returns on Sunday, giving HBO another strong Sunday night viewing option now that the House of the Dragon has wrapped its first season. Given how well the first season of the Mike White-led show was received, there was always going to be some skepticism that the show would be able to match the tension and intrigue that Season One delivered.

The major changes for the show’s second season start with a location switch: from a tropical Hawaiian paradise to the Sicilian coast. And while Jennifer Coolidge returns from Season One, the show largely sports a new cast with Aubrey Plaza, Michael Imperioli, F. Murray Abraham and Theo James playing major roles. That’s a lot of turnover, of course, and another introspective look at the wealthy having a bad time in a beautiful place may be a bit tired these days.

Monday, however, brought us the first reviews of the show’s second season, and the early returns are that we’re in for a lot of fun overseas this fall. And, well, some very steamy TV. As our very own Carrie Wittmer wrote, the show continues to showcase great acting and improve on a story arc that paid off big in Season One:

Season two of HBO’s The White Lotus wasn’t supposed to exist, yet it feels more essential and intentional than anything else on television this year. The excellent, biting first season was a sharp, uncomfortable by-design analysis of class dynamics in America. Rather than doing the same thing twice, White took his perfect formula and made something new with it. Season two is still about class, but within that, it is also about relationships both professional, familial, platonic, and romantic. But more than anything it is a study of the human impulse.

The Guardian‘s Nick Hilton says there’s “nothing more enjoyable to watch on television right now” and raved about the show’s comedic and dramatic tension alike:

It’s a brilliant cast, one that mixes undoubted comedic clout with dramatic chops. The highest possible compliment to offer The White Lotus is that it never matters to the viewer which of these threads is on-screen. Whether it’s under-sexed Harper and Ethan (“What’s with the boner?”), Bert talking about geriatric intimacy (“It’s a penis, it’s not a sunset”), or Valentina chasing Lucia through the hotel (“She’s one fast slut!”), the show is a sheer joy.

Angie Han of the Hollywood Reporter praised White’s ability to write interesting, if not still awful, characters:

Thankfully, the season is no less lucid in its observations or its sense of empathy. As a creator, White has a special talent for mining the gap between the people his characters want to see themselves as and the people they can’t help being. Here, he uses it to tap into a nebulous anxiety over whether it’s even possible to know what we truly want when we’ve spent our whole lives being told what to want.

Variety‘s Caroline Framke called the show “meandering” at times but also made it clear that “sex lies thick and heavy in the air” basically at all times during the first five hours of TV critics got to screen:

Making any prediction beyond “an orgy, probably?” seems unwise, so I won’t bother. Instead, I’ll just say that “The White Lotus” remains one of TV’s most purely visceral, evocative shows as it digs each of its guests up by their roots, and leave it to the rest of the season to reveal what lies beneath.

Missing from all these reviews, of course, is the final two episodes of the season. So right now few people know if Season Two can reach the finish line still triumphant. But given what we’ve heard on Monday, there’s a lot to like over the next few weeks as the newest ‘Lotus’ story unfolds.

Following the very poorly kept secret that his Superman appears in an end-credits scene for Black Adam, Henry Cavill has officially confirmed that he is returning to the role that he first started all the way back in 2013’s Man of Steel. With his Black Adam scene out in the wild, Cavill posted an Instagram video on Monday where he thanked the fans for their support and teased more Superman to come. He also shared a new character poster for the character’s return in Black Adam.

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

“I wanted to make it official — I am back as Superman,” Cavill said in a video. He thanked the fans, “most of all. Thank you for your support and for your patience.” He added that what audiences saw in Black Adam is a “very small taste” of things to come.

Cavill confirming his Superman return arrives on the heels of reports that Warner Bros. Discovery is aggressively looking to get Man of Steel 2 off the ground as the newly-merged conglomerate undergoes a reshuffling of the DC Comics franchise that will emphasize theatrical releases over streaming titles.

As for the fan reactions, they are overwhelmingly positive. Despite the divisive reception to Zack Snyder‘s attempt to build a DC Cinematic Universe (or DCEU as it was more commonly called), Cavill’s casting as the Man of Steel was never an issue. The actor has always received a ton of goodwill from DC Comics fans, even those who aren’t fans of the Snyderverse.

You can see some of the reactions below as the actor quickly started to trend on Twitter despite some stiff competition from the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer:

And, of course, there was a shoutout to The Rock, who used every big of his significant clout to make Cavill’s return happen. Mostly so Black Adam can punch Superman in the face, but still.

(Via Henry Cavill on Instagram)

Regardless of what the Emmys said, this fall is Selena Gomez SZN. The upcoming 400th episode of Family Guy was partially inspired by her. She squashed any (falsely) perceived beef between her and Hailey Bieber. And today (October 24), she announced she has a new single on the way.

“My Mind & Me,” leading the soundtrack of her documentary of the same name, will arrive November 3. The documentary hits Apple TV+ on November 4.

Gomez shared her documentary’s trailer earlier this month. “Every breath, a breakthrough,” the 30-year-old actress and singer tweeted. “In honor of World Mental Health Day I wanted to share the trailer for my documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.” In a reply to her own tweet, Gomez encouraged her fans to “presave my new song” from the doc. She promised it was “coming soon!!” It’s probably safe to assume that song is “My Mind & Me,” which presumably soundtracked the trailer.

The two-minute, 20-second video is narrated by Gomez’s inner monologue, laid atop spliced footage from her childhood and ups and downs of stardom, including her lupus diagnosis and public mental health struggles. She says, “Just be who you are, Selena. No one cares about what you’re doing. It’s about who I am. Being OK with where I am. I am grateful to be alive. Let me make a promise. I am going to stop living like this. How do I learn to breathe my own breath again?”

In May, Gomez told Deadline she was “in LA working on my album now” and shared a since-deleted TikTok in July that showed her in a recording studio. There’s reason to wonder whether “My Mind & Me” is the beginning of a larger album rollout beyond her documentary. But for now, watch the My Mind & Me trailer below.

Every fan base in every sport shares one belief, and that is that the referees are out to get them.

Smaller market teams are convinced there’s a grand conspiracy against them to help the big guys, while big market teams think the refs hate them like the majority of other fans. It is one of the main roles of officials, to be the scapegoats because it’s easier to blame outside undue influence rather than the truth, which is usually that your favorite team wasn’t as good.

However, because of this, officials have to be very careful about doing anything that could lead to the belief that they would be bias on the field or court. That’s why video of a pair of officials appearing to ask Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans for his autograph after the Bucs dismal loss to the Panthers on Sunday raised some eyebrows and also sparked an NFL investigation into the matter.

We’ll learn the exact context of all of this after the investigation concludes, but it’s safe to say this isn’t a good look no matter what — and is why the “no asking for autographs” rule is in place. Now, given the Bucs lost in rather spectacular fashion to the Panthers as 13-point favorites, it’s pretty clear there wasn’t a lot of referee influence on the game, but you can’t have officials chasing down players in the tunnel to get them to sign something.

Lil Uzi Vert hasn’t been on tour since 2018, but that’s apparently soon to change, according to Complex. The genre-bending rapper, who recently came out as non-binary, announced that they are going on a 20-city headlining tour produced by Live Nation beginning in March 2023. The dates and venues will be announced soon; fans took the announcement as a promising sign that Uzi’s long-awaited third major-label album, The Pink Tape is also on the way after they delayed it in October 2021 to make sure “it won’t suck.”

Uzi’s last album, Eternal Atake, was released in 2020, but they were unable to tour after its release due to the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting industry shutdown. The shutdown was since rescinded but Uzi was already hard at work on the follow-up. To tide fans over in the meantime, Uzi shared the Red & White EP in July of this year, rolling it out piecemeal on their SoundCloud. Since then, Uzi’s been mostly radio silent until earlier this month, when they returned with a new single, “Just Wanna Rock.” The song sees Uzi taking a stab at a new sound, Jersey Club, and could foretell what to expect whenever The Pink Tape does drop.

Lil Uzi Vert is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.