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We’re now just a few days away from the release of Bartees Strange’s new album Farm To Table and now he’s offered what will presumably be the final pre-album single, “Wretched.” The track is guided forward by soaring X&Y-era Coldplay guitars and comes with a thumping hook that’s as catchy as anything Chris Martin and company have done in recent years.

Strange says of the song, “This song is about the people who’ve always stood by me, even when I was wretched. When I was trying to be something other than myself — they saw me even through that and held me down. Folks from past lives, and folks who’ll play a big part in my future — I’m grateful for them and the love they’ve poured into me. This song is for and about them.”

He also told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe:

“I’ve been messing with this song for a long time and when it all came together November in London last year, I was just like, ‘Yo, that’s it.’ […] It was all about getting out of the way, just letting the song rock. We were all on our feet, there was only two of us in the room… so we looking at each other like, ‘Yo!’ And then after we did it, I was like, ‘How do we make like six more of these?’

That song in particular is about how thankful I am for all the people who held me down when I did feel wretched. I think a lot of people second guess themselves when they feel it in their tummy — they second guess that feeling — but that’s the light. You gotta follow that. This song and this experience has really showed me the importance of doing that, so I plan to keep doing it.”

Listen the “Wretched” video above.

Farm To Table is out 6/17 via 4AD. Pre-order it here.

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Even in the wake of Young Dolph’s passing, his protege Key Glock is carrying the torch for Paper Route Empire, continuing to support the deluxe version of his 2021 album, Yellow Tape 2. His latest release is the video for “No Choice,” which sees him return to the snowy landscape from his and Dolph’s Dum And Dummer 2 videos as he ruminates on his “hustle or die” mentality over a soulful loop. Shots of Glock on tour, rapping on stage, and even playing basketball are interspersed throughout.

The Memphis native recently gave his first interview since his mentor was shot and killed in front of a local bakery last year, detailing how Dolph’s death has affected him. “I’m maintaining,” he said. “I’m not getting better, I’m not getting worse. I’m just here right now. I can’t shake it, man. I ain’t even gonna lie. I can’t even shake it. It is what it is.”

Since then, though, he has done his best to make Dolph proud — even releasing a single on the label compilation paying tribute to their fallen leader called “Proud” — and dropped videos for “Painkillers” and “Play For Keeps,” as well as appearing in the video for Gucci Mane’s “Blood All On It,” which also featured a verse from the late Dolph.

Watch Key Glock’s “No Choice” video above.

Legendary Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini has signed with MLS side Los Angeles Football Club following the expiration of his contract with Juventus, becoming the latest European star to make the move to the United States. Chiellini tweeted the news on Monday following weeks of reporting and speculation.

In joining MLS, Chiellini follows fellow Italians Lorenzo Insigne, Sebastian Giovinco, Matteo Ferrari and Andrea Pirlo, who all joined MLS later in their playing careers. The 37-year-old center back signed a contract through the 2023 season and is expected to be available for selection when the summer transfer window opens in July. He was signed using targeted allocation money and will not occupy LAFC’s vacant designated player slot, providing the team some roster and cap space flexibility.

“I don’t think there is a mold like [Chiellini]. I think he’s unique,” LAFC general manager John Thorrington told ESPN. “I can’t think of another player who has his track record of being a captain and is a serial winner and all the rest. It’s not as though there are a lot of these players.”

Chiellini leaves Serie A side Juventus following a decorated 17 years with the Turin club, where he is third on its all-time appearance list behind only Alessandro Del Piero and Gianluigi Buffon. With Juventus, he won a record nine consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2020 as well as five Coppa Italia titles and five Supercoppa Italiana titles. He also played in two UEFA Champions League finals, in 2015 and 2017. Chiellini has been named in the Serie A Team of the Year five times and was awarded the Serie A Defender of the Year three times,

He also announced his retirement from international duty having played his last match for Italy at Wembley earlier this month in the UEFA Cup of Champions, the “Finalissima.” Having made his international debut in 2004, Chiellini retires with 117 caps, making him Italy’s joint fourth-highest appearance holder. He helped the Azzurri win UEFA Euro 2020, reach the final of UEFA Euro 2012 and win a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In LA, Chiellini will join a formidable team that currently sits atop the Western Conference standings after a disappointing 2021 campaign in which LAFC missed out on the playoffs. One-third of the way into the 2022 season, LAFC has scored the most goals in MLS this year (29) and has been solid defensively, with only five teams conceding fewer goals. The Black and Gold have a talented group of center backs, including 19-year-old Mamadou Fall and veteran 28-year-old Jesus Murillo, that will likely embrace the opportunity to learn from the Italian defensive legend. Although he is in the twilight of his playing career, the front office is hoping that Chiellini’s presence and leadership in the locker room will pay dividends for the squad.

“The way I look at it is it’s a good group that’s going to get even better, and I think Giorgio adds something different to that group,” Thorrington said. “But I do know what Giorgio adds will make every other one better.”

Rian Johnson has unveiled the official title for his highly anticipated follow-up to Knives Out, which until now, has simply gone by Knives Out 2. The sequel, which is the first of two greenlit by Netflix for a hefty sum, will see Daniel Craig return to the detective role of Benoit Blanc. As for a release date, Netflix and Johnson are still keeping that one a mystery, but the title teaser does hint that the sequel will arrive this Holiday season. More importantly, the title.

“Benoit Blanc’s next case, the follow up to Knives Out, is called GLASS ONION,” Johnson tweeted on Monday along with a look at the film’s logo touting it as “A Knives Out Mystery.”

In addition to Craig, Glass Onion is packing one hell of a cast. Seriously, check out this killer’s row of talent: Edward Norton, Ethan Hawke, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick, Leslie Odom Jr., and Dave Bautista. That should more than make up for the lack of Chris Evans wearing sweaters, or at least act as a consolation prize. Your mileage may vary.

While Glass Onion is set to stream on Netflix later this year, there has been talk of a theatrical release. Following news of financial trouble as the streamer experiences a loss of subscribers, Bloomberg reported that Netflix has been weighing putting the Knives Out sequel in theaters for 45 days to recoup some of the production cost before streaming it to its million of subscribers. As for how well that would work considering audiences are aware they can stream the film at home this holiday season, remains to be seen.

That said, it could be an interesting move to see if Netflix’s Originals really do have box office clout or not, and with its stacked cast, Glass Onion seems like a good enough film to test that theory.

(Via Rian Johnson on Twitter)

This year’s NBA Draft figures to see some significant movement as there a few teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, who have a handful of first round picks and almost no reason to want to use all of them, along with a number of teams that will be looking to make win-now moves on draft night, headlined by the Kings and Blazers picking in the top 7.

Normally, draft trades don’t happen until the day of, but on occasion someone will lock down a deal in the weeks leading up. On Monday, just such a deal was struck involving the Thunder unloading one of their first round picks (the final selection of the first round at No. 30) and some future seconds to Denver in exchange for JaMychal Green and a future protected first.

Green has a player option for next year worth $8.2 million and this certainly seems like a move from Denver that is the precursor to another move, as they unload some money off of their books and create a sizable trade exception in the process. The Nuggets, now armed with picks 21 and 30, could look to move up in the draft or send those picks out to get some veteran help for their roster that is otherwise pretty locked in given the massive contracts held down by Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Michael Porter Jr. If they felt there was an upgrade to what green brought out there, this is a move that gives them some flexibility to make a move this summer.

For the Thunder it’s pretty simple, they continue to use their stash of first round picks and large amounts of free cap space to take on contracts in exchange for future picks that are a bit better than what they send out — the Nuggets protected first is almost assuredly going to end up being better than No. 30. There’s almost no world where Green plays for the Thunder next year, but he’s a valuable enough player OKC could work with him to find a new team this summer via trade, as he’s expected to pick up his option.

While there are plenty of hip-hop producers who can make hits, there is one name that remains highly coveted among most others. J Dilla, the late Detroit producer responsible for classics from the likes of Common, The Roots, Janet Jackson, The Pharcyde, and more, is known for crafting timeless records; because he’s gone, though, getting a Dilla beat is a little like seeing Haley’s Comet. It’s an increasingly rare phenomenon and the recipients are considered among rap’s finest.

Detroit rapper Boldy James may soon be joining that fraternity and with more than just a beat or two. While dropping by the Trill Hip Hop Shop in Phoenix, Arizona, Boldy sat down for an interview with D-Stroy, revealing that not only has he secured some of the last Dilla beats but that he’s also releasing a full project in the near future. “I got a whole entirely produced J Dilla project that I’m about to drop,” he announced. “I would tell you the name of it, but I had to tell you that. I got the last of the Dilla stash.”

In addition to being a Detroit underground rap staple for the past decade, Boldy previously collaborated with Dilla on Rebirth Of Detroit in 2012 alongside Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids on the song “Detroit Game.” His prior works and origin certainly make him an appropriate pick for the rapper to get the “last of the stash” as he puts it and his resume over the past few years, working with Buffalo-based indie label Griselda Records, gives him the credentials to deserve it.

You can watch the full interview above.

Everyone feels like high school is the best time of their lives when in reality it’s just too much homework and not enough critical thinking skills. But when you are a teen, it just makes sense. So when two under-the-radar friends decide to spend their senior year actually going out there and making a name for themselves, it seems like it would be a beautiful inspirational moment, right? It worked for Booksmart! And then, just like Mean Girls, reality hits you like a big yellow school bus.

“I can’t believe we waited so long to start living!” Lana Condor’s character says just moments before her character is seemingly killed by a truck in the middle of the road. Irony is real and it’s rough! Condor stars in Netflix’s upcoming series Boo, Bitch, which follows her character Erika as a high school senior determined to make the year count. Only she can’t because she’s dead. Chaos! She then needs to figure out how to leave this life and make it to the afterlife, which of course only happens once she gets the courage to talk to her crush. High school is so rough. As per the official description:

Over the course of one night, a high school senior, who’s lived her life safely under the radar, seizes the opportunity to change her narrative and start living an epic life, only to find out the next morning… she’s a motherf*%king ghost.

The limited series, which drops July 8th on Netflix, also stars Zoe Colletti, Mason Versaw, Aparna Brielle, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, and Jason Genao. It’s Condor’s first TV project since becoming the breakout star of the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before movies. She will also serve as a producer. Just like her Boo, Bitch character, it seems like she is perpetually stuck in high school.

Paddington is a very good movie about a very good bear.

Paddington 2 is the greatest movie of all-time about a very good bear.

What does that mean for Paddington 3, besides it still being about a very good bear?

We’ll find out soon enough, but at least we know the director and title. The first two wonderfully charming Paddington films were directed by Paul King, but he moved on to the Timothée Chalamet-starring Wonka, leaving an opening for The Return of the King of bear movies. Enter: Dougal Wilson, the “award-winning commercials filmmaker” who has been tapped to direct Paddington in Peru, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“After ten years of working on the Paddington movies, I feel absurdly protective of the little bear, and I’m delighted that Dougal will be there to hold his paw as he embarks on his third big-screen adventure,” King said in a statement. “Dougal’s work is never less than astounding: funny, beautiful, heartfelt, imaginative, and totally original. Aunt Lucy once asked us to ‘Please Look After This Bear.’ I know Dougal will do so admirably.”

Paddington 3 will begin filming in both London and Peru in 2023. But only if we’re kind and polite (and the queen stops hogging Paddington’s free time).

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

Another bombshell from the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill just dropped, and it paints a bizarre picture of what was happening in the White House during the 2020 Presidential Election.

As part of its attempt to determine whether Donald Trump and his advisors planned for an insurrection to take place in early 2021, the committee interviewed dozens of members of Trump’s inner circle, quizzing them on their responses to the outcome of the election. In recently released deposition footage, Trump henchmen like campaign advisor Jason Miller and campaign manager Bill Stepien reveal that one man, in particular, advised Trump to just go ahead and “declare victory” despite knowing mail-in ballots had yet to be counted, and he was likely drunk as a skunk while doling out that advice.

“President Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night and instead, followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani to just claim he won and insist that the vote-counting stop,” Rep. Liz Cheney said during the hearing before interview footage was played.

What followed was testimony from Miller, who confirmed that Giuliani had had “too much to drink” saying, “The mayor was definitely intoxicated but I did not know his level of intoxication when he spoke with the president.” When Giuliani was questioned on what he told the president while under the influence he seemed to have trouble collecting his thoughts and recalling exactly what was said, only admitting that he “spoke to the president several times that night.”

Both Stepien and Miller were against declaring victory so early, understanding that the count wasn’t even close to being done at that point, and though they were two of Trump’s senior campaign advisors, he instead chose to listen to his old buddy Giuliani, who was apparently so white-girl wasted, even he’s not sure what happened that night.

Magic City is an Atlanta landmark, receiving numerous shout-outs in many rappers’ songs. Among those who’ve crafted odes to the home of the famous Lou Williams lemon pepper wings are Fivio Foreign and Quavo, who dropped “Magic City” earlier this year, and local heroes like Jeezy (“Magic City Monday”) and Future (“Magic”).

In fact, the latter has become so closely associated with the strip club, that fans have apparently begun sending him fan mail there, addressed to Nayvadius Wilburn, his government name. The club’s Instagram profile posted a photo of some of the letters, joking in the caption: “Come pick up your mail Mr. Owner!” Future himself responded in the comments: “on my way soon.”

The caption is probably a jokey reference to Future’s verse on 42 Dugg’s “Maybach,” on which he raps, “Magic City, I’m the owner / Tell Steve Harvey I don’t want her.” The line is also referenced in the account’s bio.

While Future may not actually be the club’s owner, he’s certainly given it plenty of new music for its employees to ply their trade. His new album I Never Liked You is out now featuring songs like “Puffin On Zootiez” and “Keep It Burning,” which helped lift it to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — something he’ll surely be happy to celebrate with a trip to the club.