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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 Post Malone’s first country album and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars meld their generation-defining voices. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

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Post Malone — “California Sober” Feat. Chris Stapleton

Post Malone just reached a major milestone in his young country music career with his first album in the genre, F-1 Trillion, which includes collaborations like the catchy Chris Stapleton link-up “California Sober.” Mere hours after the album was unveiled, though, Malone went ahead and essentially dropped another new album.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”

The rumors were true: Gaga and Mars have a new collaboration, “Die With A Smile,” out now. Two of the most respected vocalists and entertainers working today have met up at last, and the two smartly highlight their otherworldly vocal chops on the romantic ballad.

Lisa — “New Woman” Feat. Rosalía

Blackpink is coming back at some point, but in the meantime, members like Lisa are focusing on their solo careers. Just last week, for example, she and Rosalía collaborated on “New Woman,” a Max Martin- and ILYA-produced banger.

Jean Dawson — “Die For Me” Feat. Lil Yachty

Dawson and Yachty hit the road together last year for the Field Trip Global Tour, and they didn’t stop there. Yachty just featured on Dawson’s emotional new cut “Die For Me.”

Big Sean — “Together Forever”

We don’t know exactly why Big Sean and The Alchemist’s delayed upcoming album Better Me Than You is dropping, but they at least gave fans “Together Forever” to hold them over. The smooth tune is yet another example of how well the two pair together.

Tinashe — “No Broke Boys”

Tinashe is having herself a killer summer thanks to the success of “Nasty,” and now she’s continuing her prosperous run with a new album, Quantum Baby. It’s a quick project at barely over 20 minutes, but it’s full of catchy moments, like the standard-setting “No Broke Boys.”

Halsey — “Lonely Is The Muse”

Working with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on her album 2021 album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power was clearly a huge moment for Halsey. She’s clearly not ready to leave that project’s rock edge completely behind, either, as she showed on last week’s “Lonely Is The Muse.”

Charly Bliss — “Back There Now”

Charly Bliss recently told Uproxx of their new album , “We’ve always loved both very sleek pop and really crunchy guitar music, and I think the bands that have been our touchstones for the longest have also kind of done that as well, like played between those worlds.”

Nilüfer Yanya — “Mutations”

In a month, we’ll have My Method Actor, a new album from Nilüfer Yanya. For now, we have “Mutations,” a brooding and smoldering tune that sees Yanya doing what she needs to get by.

Cash Cobain and Laila — “Problem”

Cobain’s “Problem” is basically a remix of Laila’s single “Not My Problem,” but it’s more than that. It’s also this week’s biggest hip-hop summit, as the tune features verses from (inhales deeply) Fabolous, Kenzo B, Big Sean, Lay Bankz, Luh Tyler, Anycia, Chow Lee, Kaliii, 6lack, Flo Milli, YN Jay, Flee, Don Q, and Rob49.

Will Chappell Roan follow Lady Gaga‘s path as a multi-hyphenate singer/actor? “Actors are f*cking crazy,” she told SNL‘s Bowen Yang during a conversation for Interview Magazine. So… that sounds like a no?

Roan is the most exciting name in pop at the moment, thanks to her joyful debut album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess and cathartic live shows. But with that success comes a lot of people asking her to do things she’s not particularly interested in, including acting.

“I get so freaked out by film people,” she explained. “I’ve been asked in the past couple of weeks, like, ‘You want the lead in XYZ?’ and I’m like, ‘No.’ I appreciate it, but literally, no.”

The “Hot To Go!” singer started doing music because, as she put it, “I wanted to get my foot in the door for acting, and then I moved to Los Angeles, and I was like, ‘F*ck that.’ The industry is legitimately so scary, and it is so out of my control. I can put out music whenever I want. I don’t have to wait for a casting director to be like, ‘It would be great if we cast you, and then we’ll decide your schedule for the next three months.’”

The only kind of role that might get Roan’s attention is a cameo where she can do something “really specific and really silly.” The campaign to get Chappell Roan on Tim Robinson’s HBO show begins now.

Charli XCX made it into Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and onto former US President Barack Obama’s summer playlist with Brat, her sixth studio album that hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The Kardashian/Jenner family is the closest thing this country has to a monarchy, and Charli XCX has infiltrated them as well.

On Monday, August 19, Charli XCX was revealed as the face of Kardashian’s latest Skims campaign. The British pop star modeled Skims Cotton in photos shot by Petra Collins. Charli XCX also posted a humorous behind-the-scenes video from her photoshoot.

“Skims empowers people to feel confident in their own skin, which is the essence of Brat,” Charli XCX said in a statement, as per Variety. “I am excited to be working with a brand that understands that comfort and style don’t need to be compromised. Shooting with Petra for this campaign was a dream, and I was so excited to get on set and wear these timeless, sexy pieces. Also the puppies were beyond cute.”

The Skims Cottons collection is comprised of the Cotton Rib Split Bralette, Cotton Rib Boxer, Cotton Fleece Shrunken Waffle-Lined Zip-Up Hoodie, and Cotton Rib Bikini. The collection will become available for purchase at noon ET on Wednesday, August 21, on Skims’ official website.

Charli XCX follows musicians such as Sabrina Carpenter, Lana Del Rey, Cardi B, Usher, Ice Spice and PinkPantheress, SZA, Rosalía, and Snoop Dogg as Skims models.

It was rumored last week that Dakota Johnson and Coldplay leader Chris Martin had called off their engagement and had broken up. Those reports were quickly refuted, though, and now Johnson herself seems to have quietly chimed in.

As E! notes, Johnson was spotted out in Malibu, California on August 16 (alongside Blake Lee and Jeremy Allen White). In a paparazzi photo, she appears to pretty intentionally be flashing an emerald ring on her ring finger, seemingly the same ring that sparked engagement rumors in 2020.

An August 16 report from The Daily Mail claimed Martin and Johnson “have called off their engagement and split for good after drifting apart,” and that Martin had “now accepted the relationship is over — and it’s best to move on.” The publication also said that Johnson “was pictured last weekend without her emerald engagement ring as she walked her dog in Malibu where she used to live with the Coldplay frontman.”

Hours after that, TMZ refuted the report, writing, “Dakota Johnson and her fiancé Chris Martin are still rocking it despite the buzz they broke up over clashing schedules … which TMZ has confirmed is nothing but a false alarm. A rep for Dakota confirms to TMZ … their breakup is not true — the couple remains happily together.” They added, “A source tells TMZ Dakota was right there cheering on Chris at Coldplay’s Helsinki show just 2 weeks ago — and to top it off, the band’s new video for ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ released around the same time was produced by Dakota’s own TeaTime Pictures.”

The third season of Abbott Elementary scored a mention in Uproxx’s “Best TV Shows Of 2024 (So Far)” list. Last month, Quinta Brunson confirmed the upcoming fourth season will feature a “crossover” episode.

“We will be doing an interesting crossover this season,” the creator of the acclaimed ABC comedy said, per Variety. “I’m not gonna tell you with who, or with what, or where, or when, but it’s really exciting and I think it’ll change television as we know it.”

Tyler James Williams has an idea.

“I would love to see Solange [Knowles] as a cousin,” Williams told People. “I feel like we look alike. It’s like us and then my dad is Orlando [Jones]. Yeah, I think Solange would be great. Just add a family member.”

Williams has earned three Primetime Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Gregory Eddie on Abbott Elementary.

Through the first three seasons, the list of star Abbott cameos includes Vince Staples, Questlove, Zack Fox, Kevin Hart, Ayo Edebiri, Andre Iguodala, Jason Kelce, Jalen Hurts, Brandon Graham, and Gritty.

Sexyy Red has made her case to appear on the show, so maybe she’ll join the list when Abbott Elementary returns for its fourth season premiere on October 9.

Haliey Welch, a.k.a. Hawk Tuah Girl, has gone from having no social media presence to over 2.3 million followers on Instagram in less than two months, ever since she taught the world to “spit on that thing.”

When asked by TMZ if any famous people have slid into her DMs, Welch (who is capitalizing and making bank on her viral fame) mentioned rapper Yung Gravy. “He wants to take me on a date and I was like, nah, I don’t know about that,” she said while making the cut it out gesture.

You can watch the video (which appears to have been filmed the same day that Hawk Tuah Girl threw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game, causing everyone to lose their minds) here.

This isn’t the first time that Yung Gravy has taken Michael Scott’s Wayne Gretzky quote to heart. After Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello announced their split last year, the “Betty (Get Money)” rapper wrote “LETS F*CKIN GOOOOO” on Twitter and shared a headline about the breakup in an Instagram Story, adding multiple saluting emojis. As far as we can tell, the Modern Family actress has not accepted his advances.

It doesn’t sound like Hawk Tuah Girl is going to, either.

Olivia Rodrigo has been on the Guts World Tour for months now, but it sounds like she’s spent about half of it asleep, as she just spoke about just how much sleep she gets while on the road.

In a recent interview with Complex, Rodrigo was asked how she spends her time on tour and she said, “Oh, wow. Well, I sleep so much on tour. I sleep for 13 hours a day sometimes. I’m so exhausted. So that passes a lot of the time. But I’ve just been reading and I’ve been watching all of my comfort shows. I’ve been watching Sex And The City every day to make myself feel like I’m grounded and at home [laughs].”

Rodrigo has long been a fan of getting her REM cycles in: She told People something similar in 2023, saying, “I sleep so much when I’m on tour, it’s kind of crazy. There were some nights where I was just so exhausted from playing a show that I would sleep for 14 hours. Eating healthy is important and also having people that you really love come on the road with you helps a lot — people who can replenish your energy and nurture you.”

Find the full Complex interview here.

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever seem to have used their month off from the Olympic break wisely, as they’ve come out and won their first two games in impressive fashion. After beating the Mercury 98-89 on Friday, the Fever turned right back around and thumped the Storm in a 92-75 rout that saw them runaway in the fourth quarter, led by Lexie Hull’s red-hot shooting game.

A night after putting up a 29-point, 10-assist, 5-rebound performance against Phoenix, Clark had another big game in the win over Seattle, boasting 23 points, nine assists, and five rebounds in the win. While Indiana eventually pulled away for a lopsided win (they hit 11-of-12 shots, including 8-of-9 from three, in the fourth), things were tense in the third quarter, as the two teams went back-and-forth. Early in the third, Clark missed a three and slapped the stanchion in frustration with herself and got T’d up for it (video here). It was a soft T, as you usually only see one handed out if someone throws a ball off the stanchion, not slaps it with their hand.

After the game, Clark was asked about the T and said the referee told her she got it for “being disrespectful to the game of basketball.”

“I got a technical for basically being mad at myself, because I missed a three and then went and hit the backboard. And he told me it was ‘disrespectful to the game of basketball,’” Clark said. So, I don’t know, it reminded me of the technical I got in college where I said ‘dammit,’ where it’s like a personal frustration. Had nothing to do with my team, had nothing to do with the refs, had nothing to do with the other team, it’s just because I’m a competitor, and I felt like I should be making more shots. But I think he fired me up to continue to play a lot harder. I thought we got a lot better after he did that, so I want to thank him for that.”

We’ll see if the league upholds Clark’s T upon review, but it certainly seems like one that could’ve been ignored. However, it might’ve given Clark a little extra juice, as she noted she played a lot better after that, so perhaps it wasn’t all bad.

Hell hath no fury like a pop standom scorned. Kesha fans are leading the latest backlash storm online. Supporters of the “Tik Tok” singer noticed that Kesha’s name was mysteriously removed from one of her biggest collaboration and sprung into action.

Yesterday (August 18) over on YouTube, Kesha’s name vanished from the title of Pitbull’s song, “Timber.” Shortly after, folks took to Reddit to speculate about what led to the video title’s modification. But, Pitbull took to his X (formerly Twitter) page to nip any rumors of beef in the bud.

After recently purchasing the naming rights of Florida International University’s stadium, Pitbull knows just how important titling is.

In screenshots captured by Pop Crave (viewable here), Pitbull wrote: “Kesha and I have an incredible song together. Nothing will change this. Team Pitbull is looking into this matter. Always nothing but love for Kesha. Dale!”

Users online weighted in on technology mix up.

“Happy that Pitbull is standing up for Kesha like this,” wrote one user.

“Same situation happened with ‘Taki Taki’ they removed Selena’s name. I think it’s just a glitch,” penned another.

“I don’t know why anyone even doubted Pitbull. He doesn’t like anyyyy drama surrounding his brand. Love, light and booty rocking,” joked another.

The RIAA diamond certified record was released in 2013 and featured on Pitbull’s album, Meltdown. As of today (August 18), the official video’s view count on YouTube sits at 1.5 billion.

Unfortunately, Kash Doll has become the latest celebrity to experience a home burglary. Yesterday (August 17), the “Bossa Nova” rapper confirmed that her Atlanta residence was broken into by armed intruders on August 15.

Although Kash Doll confirmed that she was present at the time of the incident, her children’s father and fellow rapper Tracy T was. While the blended family should be privately regrouping after the frightening matter, Kash Doll was seemingly forced to publicly break her silence after rumors began to circulate surrounding the foiled plot.

In a video (viewable here) shared to her Instagram page, Kash Doll slammed a local community leader for spreading the claim that she operated a “drug house.”

“I normally don’t put the internet in my business,” she said. “Because I just feel like you share certain things, and you keep certain things to yourself, right? But I’ve been violated bad since I in Detroit. I guess people were looking at my story, and they see that I’m not home. And they found that this was the best opportunity to run inside my house and get all my Birkin bags in Atlanta. However, that’s cool; they got caught.”

Kash Doll then filled followers in on what happened during the break-in. “They got into a shootout with my child’s father,” she said. And the police got all of them. Yeah, we ain’t took no L.”

She then turned her attention to Ronnie Mayers, a Brookhaven community leader, for his alleged remarks to a local news outlet regarding the incident. “He went to the news and told them that my house is a drug house,” she said. “The sacrifices I make, how hard I work, everything that I do; for you to just associate me with drugs, just because I’m young, Black and successful. That’s crazy! That you went to the internet, no, you went to the news my n**** and told the news that me and my child’s father is running a drug house.”

According to Fox 5’s Atlanta affiliate, three of the suspects (Eugene Burns, Davion Harper, and Tyson Kamari Kirksey) were detained after leading police on a chase. Burns was reportedly shot after firing at the police and is being treated for his injuries. A fourth suspect still remains at large.