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If you think oatmeal is only for your breakfast bowl and not your pint glass, you’re missing out. Popular since the 1800s in England, the oatmeal stout gets its name because of the high percentage of oats in the mash on top of the usual barley. Well known for its sweet, rich flavor profile, the oats give the beer a creamy, smooth mouthfeel. While most popular during the colder months, this stout is a great choice for any season.

It doesn’t matter if it’s the middle of winter, a rainy spring day, a humid summer night, or a windy, crisp fall afternoon, barrel-aged stouts, milk stouts, imperial stouts, and oatmeal stouts always deliver something worth exploring. A great stout plays on the senses in that wonderfully refreshing way only a great beer can.

To help guide you on your oat-filled adventure, we decided to shout out some of our favorites. We found eight of the best oatmeal stouts that are perfect for all seasons and ranked them on overall flavor. Keep scrolling to see them all.

8. Schlafly Oatmeal Stout

ABV: 5.7%

Average Price: $12 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This traditional, British-style stout is brewed with American ale yeast as well as pale malts, caramel malts, roasted barley, and oat flakes. It’s hopped with Northdown and Marynka hops. The result is a smooth, sweet, lightly nutty, oaty, gently bitter, memorable beer.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is all dried fruits, chocolate, oats, vanilla, and light floral hops. The palate is loaded with sweet oats, dark chocolate, vanilla beans, raisins, candied nuts, and lightly floral, earthy hops. The finish is a nice mix of sweetness and hop bitterness.

Bottom Line:

This is a great example of a no-frills, traditional English-style oatmeal stout and one that should be added to your must-try list.

7. Upslope Oatmeal Stout

ABV: 5%

Average Price: $12 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This beer is both flavorful and incredibly sessionable at 5% ABV. Brewed with roasted malts, oats, and East Kent Golding hops, it’s known for its creamy, smooth, well-balanced flavor profile featuring flavors like toffee, chocolate, oats, and dried fruits.

Tasting Notes:

Nosing it reveals scents of bready malts, roasted barley, dark chocolate, and candied orange peels. Sipping it brings forth notes of roasted barley, freshly baked bread, sweet oats, cocoa powder, raisins, and gently spicy hops. The finish is dry, and bitter, and leaves you craving more.

Bottom Line:

Upslope is the kind of brewery that makes nothing but high-quality brews. This balanced, sessionable oatmeal stout is no different.

6. East Brother Oatmeal Stout

ABV: 5.4%

Average Price: $10 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

East Brother is another brewery that set out the brew an authentic-tasting English-style oatmeal stout. And they did just that. This award-winning beer is creamy, smooth, and filled with flavors like chocolate fudge, dried fruits, and roasted malts.

Tasting Notes:

Complex aromas of roasted barley, chocolate, coffee beans, dried fruits, and light smoke start your tasting experience off on the right foot. The palate is a mixture of dark chocolate, raisins, candied nuts, roasted barley, and sweet oats. The finish is dry and gently bitter.

Bottom Line:

As oatmeal stouts go, this one is a little on the lighter side in terms of mouthfeel. And, with all the heavy stouts out there, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

5. Elysian Dragonstooth Stout

ABV: 8.1%

Average Price: $12 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This monstrous, 8.1% ABV imperial oatmeal stout is brewed with pale malts, Munich malts, and C-77 malts as well as roasted barley and roasted oats. It gets its bitter aroma and flavor from the addition of Magnum hops. Cascade and Centennial hops at extra flavors and aromas.

Tasting Notes:

Aromas of milk chocolate, raisins, butterscotch, toasted barley, and freshly brewed coffee are prevalent on the nose. There’s more of the same on the palate with raisins, plums, toffee, dark chocolate, coffee beans, and roasted barley. The finish is a nice mixture of malt sweetness and hop bitterness.

Bottom Line:

This is a very complex imperial oatmeal stout. It’s the kind of beer that requires multiple sampling to find all the aromas and flavors.

4. Ninkasi Oatis

ABV: 7%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Ninkasi Oatis has a lot of loyal fans. That’s because this 7% ABV oatmeal stout is loaded with roasted malt, dark chocolate, creamy oats, and gently bitter flavors. This is thanks to being brewed with 2-row bade malt, chocolate malts, Vienna malts, roasted barley, and a healthy smattering of oats. It gets its hop aroma and flavor from the use of Nugget hops.

Tasting Notes:

Smells of roasted coffee beans, milk chocolate, raisins, toasted vanilla beans, roasted barley, and light pine are big-time on the nose. The palate is a symphony of roasted barley, vanilla beans, dates, molasses, chocolate, a wisp of smoke, and just a hint of pine needles.

Bottom Line:

Coffee, chocolate, smoke, pine, this oatmeal stout has it all. It ticks all the boxes for warming, robust stouts.

3. Rogue Shakespeare Stout Nitro

ABV: 5.7%

Average Price: $12 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

You don’t have to be a fan of Bill Shakespeare to enjoy this imperial oatmeal stout, but it helps. This year-round offering from the folks at Oregon’s Rogue Ales is brewed with Pacman yeast, rolled oats, and roasted barley, as well as 2-row malt, C120 malt, Chocolate malt, and Munich malt. It’s hopped with Cascade hops and gets its indulgent, creamy mouthfeel from the use of nitro.

Tasting Notes:

A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There are scents of toasted malts, roasted coffee beans, caramelized sugar, light smoke, and vanilla beans. Sipping it reveals notes of brown sugar, roasted barley, pine needles, dark chocolate, espresso beans, and just a hint of smoke. It’s creamy and very complex.

Bottom Line:

The use of nitro adds an extra velvety, creamy mouthfeel to this already exceptional take on the oatmeal stout.

2. Fremont Dark Star

ABV: 8%

Average Price: $13 for a six-pack

The Beer:

One of Fremont’s most popular beers, Dark Star is available all year long. Brewed with 2-row base malt, C-60 malt, Carafa 2 malt, and chocolate malt, as well as roasted barley and flaked outs, it gets its hop flavors from Magnum and Willamette hops.

Tasting Notes:

Pitch black in color, this award-winning imperial oatmeal stout begins with a nose of dark chocolate, roasted barley, yeasty bread, dried fruits, gentle spices, and brown sugar. The palate follows suit with notes of roasted barley, cocoa powder, plums, raisins, toffee, and espresso beans with a slightly acidic, lightly bitter, hoppy finish.

Bottom Line:

When it comes to balance between dark, robust, malty flavors and bitter hoppy ones, you’ll have a hard time topping Fremont Dark Star.

1. Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout

ABV: 5%

Average Price: $11 for a four-pack

The Beer:

No oatmeal stout list is complete without the addition of Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout. This classic, English-style stout only lists a few ingredients including water, malted barley, cane sugar, roasted malt, yeast, hops, oatmeal, and carbon dioxide. That’s all they need to create a rich, robust, sweet, lightly bitter banger of a beer.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is a mix of sticky toffee, roasted malts, baking chocolate, raisins, and freshly brewed coffee. The palate is a mix of roasted barley, dark chocolate, dried fruits, brown sugar, coffee beans, and lightly floral hops. The finish is sweet, malty, and light bitter.

Bottom Line:

If you only try one oatmeal stout on this list, make it this award-winning brew from the folks at Samuel Smith’s. You can’t get any more authentic than this English-made beer.

Sydney Sweeney’s fast-moving career has been chaotic for the past few years, but lately, she has purposefully been taking a breather another busy stretch. That time off has included posting a “thirst trap” and, presumably, hitting the gym hard (to get jacked, obviously) for upcoming filming on her boxing movie. This film will be a biopic of prizefighter Christy Martin, the so-called “Female Rocky” boxer who ruled the 1990s welterweight circuit, and a clue indicates that the movie will arrive before Euphoria‘s third season, which will be filming at a later date. Sorry, Syd’s upcoming projects do not include that rumored Glen Powell re-teaming for The Running Man remake.

Sweeney also insists that her Barbarella reboot will surface, but before that happens, she will be getting into the ring in fighting shape, so let’s get down with what we can expect.

Plot

Christy Martin’s story will not be a straightforward trajectory to victory. A casting notice reveals the film’s working title, Apopka, which suggests that her personal life will be a significant part of the story. Indeed, Apopka is the Florida city where Martin was shot in 2010 by her then-husband and manager, Jim Martin, who shot and maimed his wife after she informed him that their marriage was over. Despite being a champ in the ring and Don King’s first female signee, Christy endured years of emotional and physical abuse by Jim, who was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years.

Filming will reportedly take place in late September through mid November, and the film will be directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, War Machine, Hesher, The King), who cast Sweeney after seeing her true-crime turn in HBO’s Reality. Sweeney has years of experience in kickboxing and is “itching” to “transform my body.” She also called this role “physically and emotionally demanding, there’s a lot of weight to carry. But I love challenging myself.”

Martin has spoken about her domestic abuse ordeal, and both CBS News and The Guardian have reported at length about her physical injuries, as has ESPN, which has (you were warned) an incredibly graphic description along with an account by Christy’s mother about her arrival at the hospital:

Joyce says that when she was at last able to lay eyes on her daughter, it took her breath away. “She had tubes running everywhere, stitches all over her head, on her face. It’s something you never forget.”

Joyce was relieved when she learned Martin was able to speak. The first thing her daughter said to her? “I told you he was crazy, Mom.”

Earlier in their marriage, Jim had punched Martin in the mouth so hard her tooth pierced through her lip. The day it happened, Martin went to the bathroom to clean herself up. As she blotted her face, a few spots of blood dripped onto an obscured section of the wall. Martin decided to leave them there. For years, she’d carefully clean around the bloodstains, taking care not to erase them. Proof of life.

For the upcoming Black Bear and Anonymous Content film, Mirrah Foulkes and Michôd co-wrote the script, and Michôd summarized his approach to the film:

“The film is about Christy as a young gay woman in small-town West Virginia in the 1990s. She came from a relatively conservative family and wasn’t allowed to be who she was so she used boxing as a vehicle to express herself and her rage. She had to make some dangerous and fundamental compromises in her life, the most important of which was marrying an incredibly dangerous man.”

Cast

Sweeney as Martin is the only role that has been publicly confirmed. Jim Martin has yet to be cast, and presumably, we’ll also see a Don King portrayal.

Release Date

With filming scheduled to be complete before the end of 2024, we can bet on a 2025 arrival, likely with festival premieres leading up to the main event. Should we guess fall-winter 2025? Sure.

Trailer

Since filming is around the corner, we will make do with two interviews, including Sweeney telling Women’s Health that it’s important to stay fit because it’s “really fun to be able to kick a guy’s ass.”

The second interview includes Sweeney’s statements on overcoming her past body dysmorphia, and (whether or not she realizes it), there’s some serious role-model-ing going on here.

While promoting her new album, Short N’ Sweet, pop star Sabrina Carpenter tweeted, “This one is for Nicki,” prompting “Barbie World” rapper Nicki Minaj to acknowledge the “Espresso” singer during a livestream. Fans quickly deduced that Carpenter was out for revenge on Nicki’s behalf, involving herself in a long-running rivalry between the Queens rapper and Travis Scott. Here’s a refresher on why Nicki Minaj has beef with Travis Scott, and just how Carpenter fits in.

You may remember that Minaj pitched quite a fit in 2018 after Scott’s album Astroworld returned to the No. 1 spot in its second week, relegating Minaj’s new album Queen to a No. 2 debut after Nicki campaigned heavily for the top spot. Her main grievance was that many of Astroworld‘s second-week sales came from merch bundles the Houston rapper pitched on his website, which Nicki felt was unfair, as fans were really buying the merch, not the album, but Travis got the sales anyway.

“I put my blood sweat & tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling people to come see her and Stormi,” she wrote on Twitter, before restating her case on Queen Radio. She argued that Billboard should change its counting rules — and it did, eventually — but she was unhappy at the possibility that her project might be seen as a relative failure based on the bar of going No. 1 in its first week (which, technically, she set herself, but we’ll leave that alone for a moment).

Which brings us to today, and Sabrina Carpenter. Clearly, Carpenter counts herself one of Minaj’s loyal Barbz (hopefully, not the toxic kind that bullied journalists and other artists on her behalf). With Short N’ Sweet released on the same day as the re-release to streaming of Scott’s breakout mixtape Days Before Rodeo, it looks like Sabrina sees this as a chance to get justice for Ms. Minaj, if her album can top the Billboard 200 over Scott’s — especially as Scott appears to be up to his old shenanigans. Frankly, everybody here seems way too obsessed with the numbers game, especially as they’re probably not even all competing for the same limited group of fans. Maybe they’d all be better served joining adult sports leagues, so they can get their winning fix somewhere more productive. What I’m saying here is: Bring back Rock N’ Jock. For the culture.

The UK’s hottest and fastest rising girl group, FLO, wants their music to touch all corners of the globe. This winter the trio (comprised of Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer) will accomplish just that when their debut studio album, Access All Areas, hit streaming services.

For now, the harmonious ladies are treating supporters to another silky smooth single slated to appear on Access All Areas. “Bending My Rules,” produced by Darhyl ‘DJ’ Camper Jr. is yet another example of why the group has taken off in the ways that they have. Between Jorja, Stella, and Renée’s flawless three part vocal blends and the penetrative lyrics co-authored by DIXON, “Bending My Rules” is the purest essence of R&B. Contrary to the song’s title, FLO hasn’t deviated from or cut any corner when it comes to rounding out this infectious record.

As the group sings, “But I’m nervous / I don’t do this / With just anyone, but you’re bendin’ my rules / Cause I’m nervous, I’m so nеrvous / I don’t want nobody, nobody like I want you,” you can’t help but take on their raw sensibilities.

Listen to FLO’s new single “Bending My Rules” off their upcoming album, Access All Areas, above.

Access All Areas is out 11/15 via Island Records. Find more information here.

You think Taylor Sheridan is prodigious? Check out Ryan Murphy’s filmography.

He’s had a hand in some of the biggest shows on broadcast (Glee, 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star), cable (American Horror Story), and streaming, including Netflix’s The Watcher and Ratched. Murphy is also listed as the co-creator of Monster, an anthology series that covered Jeffrey Dahmer in season one. The popular show will return for a second season soon, this time about Lyle and Erik Menendez, a.k.a. the Menendez brothers. Hopefully without the controversy.

Here’s everything to know about Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, including who was picked to portray the Menéndez family and release date.

Plot

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is a dramatized retelling of the crimes committed by Lyle and Erik Menéndez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. The trial wasn’t an O.J. Simpson-level sensation (as covered in Murphy’s excellent The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story) but it wasn’t far behind.

As Rolling Stone‘s Brenna Ehrlich wrote in 2017, “The Menendez case, which played out in large part on TV screens across the country — and featured a cast of lively, almost garish characters — personified a shocking erosion of the American Dream to its enraptured audience. It turned real-life tragedy into live entertainment, and foreshadowed our current fascination with true-crime docuseries and reality TV.” That was seven years ago! There’s even more now.

If you want to learn all about the case, Robert Rand’s book The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation is a good place to start. As for the show, here is the official plot synopsis provided by Netflix:

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story follows Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. During their trials, the brothers cited years of abuse as the reason for murdering their parents. However, prosecutors argued that their motive was to get their hands on the family fortune.

There better be an entire episode about the Mark Jackson basketball card.

Cast

Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch star as brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndez, respectively, while their parents José and Kitty are portrayed by Javier Bardem (who knows a thing or two about monsters) and Chloë Sevigny.

The rest of the cast includes Nathan Lane as investigative journalist Dominick Dunne; Ari Graynor as district attorney Leslie Abramson; Dallas Roberts as therapist Dr. Jerome Oziel; Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth, the mistress of Dr. Oziel; Jason Butler Harner as Beverly Hills detective Les Zoeller; Enrique Murciano as Lyle and Erik’s uncle Carlos Baralt; and Gil Ozeri as Dr. William Vicary, who should not be confused with Dr. Sweetchat the Small Talk Robot.

Release Date

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will debut on Netflix on September 19, just over 35 years after the crime took place.

Trailer

You can watch the teaser trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story below.

Ice Spice has long shown that she’s proud of her body, as her figure is commonly referenced in her songs (“Phat Butt,” for example) and flaunted in her videos. Now she’s showing off what it takes to take care of her body by unveiling a new workout video.

In the 18-second clip (find it here), Ice is in a gym, rocking a tight bodysuit and a crop-top hoodie as she stretches, lifts weights, uses various pieces of workout equipment, does planks, and runs. She captioned the post, “we beatin them allegations bae [laughing emoji][heart emoji][100 emoji].”

Presumably, “them allegations” refers to recent accusations she has faced, of using Ozempic to help her lose weight. She addressed that previously: During an X Spaces broadcast on August 19, Ice said, “I wish y’all never learned the word ‘Ozempic.’ That’s one thing I wish. Oh my god, like, what even is Ozempic? What the f*ck is that? Like, genuinely, what is that, bro? Like, you lazy [expletive] never heard of a gym? It’s called the gym, it’s called eating healthy, it’s called being on tour. Like, what the hell? Maybe if I was sitting home all day, it would be easier to stay big.”

LL Cool J is still hard as hell. The “Proclivities” rapper might have shelved his joint album with 50 Cent, but LL Cool J’s forthcoming solo album, The Force, will knock out a space for itself on streaming platforms next month.

Today (August 30), LL Cool J shared another taste of his first album in a decade. On his latest single, “Murdergram Deux,” LL Cool J linked up with Eminem to remind rap rookies that the veterans can still lyrically kill beats.

Between their verses, LL Cool J and Eminem pulled out ever sharp-witted trick in the hip-hop book. From swift cadence flips to multi-layered metaphors, “Murdergram Deux,” is a rap masterclass.

“What? A supa-dupa switch / I can’t understand a single word you’re saying / I think you have syrup brain, ’bout to finish you like polyurethane / All that molly probably sure to drain your spinal fluid from your vertebrae / This the Murdergram and I brought my murder game / My sh*t fire, that is why you log on it like Duraflame,” rapped Eminem.

LL Cool J follows that stanza with a fiery take of his own, rapping: “Murdergrams, turn over your ambulance, thirty bullets in advance / Candlelight and crying fans, we go in and buy a land / Slide up behind you, testing my rifle / Give blessings to my disciples, professional I’m a sniper / Like eight miles away, me and Marshall doing murders.”

The two emcees weren’t the only certified rap veteran to craft the record. Behind the scenes Q-Tip served as its co-producer and recording engineer to transport vintage hip-hop instrumental styles to present day.

Listen to “Murdergram Deux” above.

The Force is out 9/6. Find more information here.

Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the decades-old medium hasn’t made a comeback. That doesn’t mean everybody is listening to just their parents’ old music, though. That’s part of it, sure, thanks to rereleases that present classic albums in new ways. A vital part of the renewed vinyl wave, though, is new projects being released as records, of which there are plenty.

Whatever you might be into, each month brings a new slew of vinyl releases that has something for everybody. Some stand out above the rest, naturally, so check out some of our favorite vinyl releases of August below.

Jack White — No Name

Jack White made this release fun, initially dropping it by surprisingly giving unmarked vinyls to Third Man Records customers. Later, White gave the initially mysterious No Name (which Uproxx’s Steven Hyden reckons is a “genuine comeback”) a wider release.

Get it here.

Elliott Smith — XO (Deluxe Edition)

Smith’s classic album XO is getting a majorv inyl reissue for the first time, and it’s a big one, featuring “all the B-sides and assorted tracks that were released on the various singles, promos, and international editions.” This edition was previously released digitally in 2019, but now you can pop it on your record player (as long as you snag one of the 4,000 pressings made available).

Get it here.

Sabrina Carpenter — Short N’ Sweet

Short N’ Sweet has only been out for a few days, but the success of singles “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” have already made it one of the year’s biggest albums. The vinyl options are great, too, as there’s an understated blue pressing as well as a more in-your-face picture disc.

Get it here.

Porter Robinson — Worlds 10th Anniversary and Worlds Live At Second Sky 2019

Robinson made a splash with his debut album Worlds, and ten years on, he has reissued it with lovely holographic cover art as a 2-LP edition. Furthermore, there’s also Worlds Live At Second Sky 2019, which marks the first-ever release of the concert audio from his Second Sky festival.

Get it here.

The Jackson 5 — Get It Together (Reissue)

Elemental Music has been rolling out its Motown Sound Collection over the past few months and one of its latest offerings is a Jackson 5 classic, Get It Together. This is a slick-looking one, as it featured red vinyl and a die-cut cover. Also available from Motown this month is Smokey Robinson & The Miracles’ Make It Happen (Mono edition) and More Hits By The Supremes (Mono edition).

Get it here.

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals — NPR Tiny Desk

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals have one of the biggest Tiny Desk concerts: The YouTube video is one of NPR Music’s three to top 100 million views. Now, it finally has a home in your record collection, as it’s been pressed on vinyl for the first time.

Get it here.

Beabadoobee — This Is How Tomorrow Moves

Beabadoobee’s latest was named one of Uproxx’s most-anticipated albums of the rest of 2024, but now there’s no more need to anticipate since it’s been released. The “red apple” vinyl looks fantastic, too.

Get it here.

Sam Smith — In The Lonely Hour 10 Year Anniversary Edition

Sam Smith became an instant star with their 2014 debut album In The Lonely Hour and its signature hit “Stay With Me.” That was ten years ago now, and Smith has celebrated with an anniversary reissue that includes an exclusive new song called “Little Sailor.”

Get it here.

Young Jeezy — The Recession (Vinyl Me, Please Reissue)

Among Vinyl Me, Please’s exceptional monthly releases for September is Jeezy’s 2008 favorite The Recession. This edition is pressed on stunning onyx-colored vinyl and comes with a new listening notes booklet.

Get it here.

Tinashe — Quantum Baby

“Nasty” has become a 2024 favorite, and there’s more where that came from on Tinashe’s new album, Quantum Baby. The vinyl edition is aesthetically understated but effective, as the LP is pressed on black/brown vinyl that plays well off the cover artwork.

Get it here.

A couple weeks ago, GloRilla hopped on Instagram to share a video of herself topless (but covering her breasts with her hands) in promotion of her remix of Rob49 and Skilla Baby’s “Mama.” Some fans apparently didn’t like what was going on there and there was speculation that GloRilla’s label put her up to the stunt (as HotNewHipHop notes). Now, GloRilla insists that’s not the case.

In a recent Instagram Live broadcast (archived here), Glo explained:

“I be saying motherf*ckers talking about… y’all had so much to say because […] I was dancing to my song holding my titties. Don’t worry about what me and my titties doing. B*tch, I bought them. […] ‘Oh, the label is making GloRilla do this.’ B*tch, the label ain’t making me do sh*t. A hoe gonna be a hoe. […] Y’all just be swearing muthaf*ckers make muthaf*ckers do sh*t. Like, everything I do, I be wanting to do it. Y’all got to learn how to just mind your business sometimes.”

Meanwhile, Glo recently admitted she wasn’t quite sure about Megan Thee Stallion when they first met, telling her, “I first met you at your Hottieween party last year, and I ain’t gonna lie, I was kinda shy. You were just acting like you weren’t drinking that night. I was like… in my head, I’m like, ‘This b*tch ain’t acting like she ain’t drinking,’ like, ‘What’s up with this b*tch?’”

Last night (August 29), Sabrina Carpenter tweeted, “this one’s for nicki.” Some think this is Carpenter helping Minaj reignite her feud with Travis Scott.

As HotNewHipHop notes, back in 2018, Scott’s Astroworld prevented Minaj’s new album Queen from reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. At the time, Minaj criticized Scott for using album bundles to increase his sales numbers, saying on an episode of Queen Radio, “What we’re not gonna do is have that Auto-Tune man selling f*cking sweaters. Telling you he sold half a million albums, because he f*cking didn’t.”

Meanwhile, Carpenter’s new album Short N’ Sweet was released on the same day as Scott’s rerelease of Days Before Rodeo. So, some have come to the conclusion that Carpenter’s tweet is a reference to her and Scott competing for the No. 1 spot, with Carpenter seeking vengeance for Minaj.

Minaj acknowledged Carpenter’s tweet on Instagram Live, saying, “Shout out to Sabrina Carpenter, shout out to all the Sabrina Carpenter fans.”

Carpenter, meanwhile, has been having a ton of fun lately. She killed and kissed Jenna Ortego in her “Taste” video, had a big night with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, and came up with a wild “Nonsense” outro on Chicken Shop Date.