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In recent weeks, The Weeknd has been teasing seemingly a couple things. One is more mysterious, but it appears to be a new album. The other thing, we know what it is for certain: a special concert in São Paulo, Brazil on September 7.

It turns out you won’t have to head to South America to catch the performance: It was announced today (August 21) that the São Paulo performance will be livestreamed via YouTube. The broadcast is set to start on the 7th at 5 p.m. ET (8 p.m. PT), via The Weeknd’s YouTube channel.

The Weeknd says of the news in a statement:

“I’m so excited to announce that we’ll be live streaming my show from São Paulo, Brazil, so everyone around the world can be a part of this special night. I wish I could come to every city and town on earth, but moments like this give us the chance to connect in real time at least and share that energy together, no matter where you are.”

A press release notes the “highly anticipated performance is expected to feature chart-topping hits and potentially offer a glimpse into what’s next for the artist.” So, it seems the big show might just shed some light on the more mysterious parts of The Weeknd’s recent activity.

The year 1999 is having a moment. First it was the trailer for A24’s technology uprising comedy Y2K; now it’s Foxing releasing the music video for “Hell 99.” The ferocious single from the band’s upcoming self-titled album begins with the memorable lyrics: “1999 / Stuck until the end / Suffer till the end / Masochistic trend / Carson MTV / Bizkit NYE / F*ck f*ck f*ck.”

“‘Hell 99’ is about burnout and fatigue,” guitarist Eric Hudson said. “It is meant to capture frustration and mania with repeating cultural trends, the way a cat video and a horrifying news story can be viewed in successive moments, and the mental fatigue and shame that you are left with in taking it all in.”

You can watch the music video above.

“Hell 99” is the second single (after “Greyhound”) from Foxing, which has been described as “an album that balances hopefulness and nihilism, the pastoral with the tumultuous. Whether oscillating between visceral noise rock and intimate bedroom cassette experiments on opener ‘Secret History’ or cruising at the edge of collapse on ‘Barking,’ the dramatic dynamics that have long permeated Foxing’s music have never felt so extreme.”

Foxing is out 9/13 via Grand Paradise. Find more information here.

“I can’t even imagine being at their level — it must suck.”

Post Malone said this a few days ago, about the astronomical fame levels Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have achieved. He added, “That’s so much pressure.”

To recap, he’s talking about two transcendent figures who are uncommonly famous and are at and approaching billionaire status, respectively. The pressures of fame aren’t just reserved for people on that echelon, though. There are just different tiers, but regardless of the level, it sounds like it’s often not a lot of fun.

That’s a well-worn thought, but it’s still one that can be hard to relate to: For those who haven’t experienced fame like this, the idea can feel abstract.

In 2019, Swift said, “Pop music can feel like it’s The Hunger Games, and like we’re gladiators. And you can really lose focus of the fact that that’s how it feels because that’s how a lot of stan Twitter and tabloids and blogs make it seem – the overanalyzing of everything makes it feel really intense.”

It can be tough to relate to Swift here. Not because what she’s saying is hard to understand or doesn’t have merit, but because she’s at such a different place than we are, and has been for decades. How similar is my life to Taylor Swift’s? We’re both 5’11” and have multiple cats we spend a lot of time thinking about. That’s about it. A lack of common ground makes it so it’s difficult to have empathy and truly consider what she’s saying about fame in relation to a life experience like mine. To most, Swift is a thing they see on social media and Spotify, a “figure,” not a person. Her existence is different and we could never understand.

What would help is something like the idea that half-jokingly gets thrown around in online conversations every four years: They should have an unexceptional no-name competing in the Olympics, to illustrate to us at home how tough the events really are, to add a relatable reference point. (Raygun doesn’t count.)

Just take a regular person, make them a massive pop star for a few months, and have them report back on the experience. Well, we have basically that now: Chappell Roan.

After a stint opening on Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour earlier this year, Roan released “Good Luck, Babe!” in April, which became her breakout single. From there, Roan turned into a big deal quickly: Just four months later, she drew what appeared to be one of the largest crowds in Lollapalooza history.

Roan had some success before “Good Luck, Babe!,” with her 2017 EP School Nights and 2023 album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, but at the start of 2024, she was functionally an ordinary person, able to do drugs in public and have bar-stranger make-outs without anybody caring beyond the normal amount.

Massive fame coming on so rapidly has been a significant shock for Roan, but the surprising part is how open she has been about it all.

Somebody in her position, unexpectedly rocketing into the public consciousness, might hesitate to complain about the upward trajectory they’re on, in fear of rocking the boat and losing momentum. But, Roan doesn’t seem to care about that. Her candor has offered a rare window for us faceless randos — like Roan herself mostly was, relatively speaking, just months ago — to have relatable perspective on what the pressures of fame are actually like.

Roan has publicly discussed the topic a number of times (here, here, here), but it has so far culminated in a pair of TikTok videos shared on August 19. In one video, she lays out a scenario, taking place between two ordinary people:

“If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her from the car window? Would you harass her in public? Would you go up to a random lady and say, ‘Can I get a photo with you?’ And she’s like, ‘No, what the f*ck?’ And then you get mad at this random lady? Would you be offended if she says no to your time because she has her own time? Would you stalk her family? Would you follow her around? Would you try to dissect her life and bully her online? This is a lady you don’t know. And she doesn’t know you at all. Would you assume that she’s a good person, assume she’s a bad person? Would you assume everything you read about her online is true? I’m a random b*tch. You’re a random b*tch. Just think about that for a second, OK?”

She added in a follow-up video, “I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, the career field I’ve chosen. That does not make it OK. […] I don’t want whatever the f*ck you think you’re supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity. […] I’m allowed to say no to creepy behavior, OK?”

Roan has been star-level famous for less than half a year and she’s already sick of it. That should tell us something. She’s surely not the only one, either. Imagine what it’d be like to be stopped every time you go do groceries. Imagine what it’s like to step out as Taylor Swift every day. Post Malone put it best: “It must suck.”

It won’t happen on a large scale because stans are going to stan, but hopefully some people see what Roan, a “random b*tch” like them, is saying and reconsider how they approach their next celebrity sighting. They’re not just “figures”: they’re people.

The engines are revving for Mickey Heller and his Lincoln to return for Netflix‘s The Lincoln Lawyer. The third season will arrive long after the Matthew McConaughey movie of yesteryear, and the even better news is that everything is coming up Neve Campbell these days. Not only will she unexpectedly return for Scream 7, but she’s also making her way back to the Manuel Garcia-Rulfo-starring series on Netflix.

When Will The Lincoln Lawyer Return For Season 3?

The popular series will return on October 17 with a full season’s worth of episodes, which almost seems unusual in this era of split seasons on Netflix. Audiences will take that gesture whenever they can get it, and this season will continue adapting Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels while specifically zeroing in on the fifth book, The Gods of Guilt, which finds Mickey tied to a murder victim, an ex-sex worker and former law client who had descended back into some bad habits. According to executive producer Ross Fineman speaking to TV Insider, this might be “the toughest case he’s ever had.”

How will Neve Campbell fit into this season as Maggie? After moving to another city, Mickey’s ex will likely be present only in flashback form. According to a previous announcement about the series renewal, Netflix made the decision to have Maggie help flesh out Mickey’s various sides, including “the husband, the father, and the man that he would come to be.” This, in turn, could help explain Mickey’s decisions involving this season’s main dilemma surrounding his former client.

In June, Omar Apollo released his second album, God Said No, following the three singles, “Spite,” “Dispose Of Me,” and “Less Of You.”

This past Tuesday (August 20), he kicked off the God Said No Tour in Indianapolis, Indiana, and while the new album gets plenty of burn in the setlist — which you can see below, courtesy of setlist.fm — his debut album Ivory is actually the best represented song in the setlist, with eight songs to seven for God Said No. Check out the setlist below.

God Said No Tour Setlist

01. “Be Careful With Me”
02. “Useless”
03. “Spite Less Of You”
04. “Less Of You”
05. “Done With You”
06. “3 Boys”
07. “Petrified”
08. “While U Can”
09. “Drifting”
10. “How”
11. “Invincible”
12. “En el olvido”
13. “Dos uno nueve (219)”
14. “Endlessly”
15. “Killing Me”
16. “Want U Around”
17. “Empty”
18. “Kamikaze”
19. “Tamagotchi”
20. “Life’s Unfair”
21. “Against Me”
22. “Dispose Of Me”
23. “Evergreen”
24. “Glow”
25. “Go Away”

Omar Apollo God Said No Tour Dates

08/21 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
08/23 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
08/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Highmark Skyline Stage at The Mann
09/03 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
09/04 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
09/06 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion
09/07 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
09/10 – Cincinnati, OH @ The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park
09/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
09/13 – Charlotte, NC @ Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
09/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
09/16 – Miami, FL @ FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park
09/17 – Orlando, FL @ Orlando Amphitheater
09/19 – Houston, TX @ The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall
09/21 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
09/22 – Irving (Dallas), TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
09/24 – Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary
09/26 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09/29 – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
10/01 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
10/02 – Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield
10/04 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
10/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
10/08 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
10/10 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre
10/11 – San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Usher‘s latest tour lives up to its title, with hits from across his decades-long discography. The rescheduled Past Present Future Tour kickoff show in Washington, DC last night gave us our first glimpse of the setlist, which you can see below, courtesy of setlist.fm. From his underrated self-titled debut, to his new album, Coming Home, Usher’s entire career is represented.

Unsurprisingly, more songs come from Confessions — Usher’s best-performing album to date — than any other, with appearances from “Bad Girl,” “Burn,” “Caught Up,” “My Boo,” “Superstar,” and of course, the title song throughout the set. “Yeah!” actually makes two appearances, with a 30-second teaser early in the set before closing with a blowout, encore performance. Raymond v. Raymond is the second-most represented of his projects, with “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love,” “OMG,” and “There Goes My Baby” all showing up; “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” even opens the show.

Check out the setlist below.

01. “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home”
02. “Can U Get Wit It”
03. “My Way”
04. “You Make Me Wanna…”
05. “U Remind Me”
06. “U Don’t Have To Call”
07. “Caught Up”
08. “Yeah!”
09. “Love In This Club”
10. “Tell Me”
11. “New Flame”
12. “Margiela”
13. “Party”
14. “Lovers And Friends”
15. “Nice And Slow”
16. “U Got It Bad”
17. “Climax”
18. “Burn”
19. “Confessions Part II”
20. “OMG”
21. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love”
22. “Without You”
23. “Superstar”
24. “There Goes My Gaby”
25. “My Boo”
26. “I Don’t Mind”
27. “Throwback”
28. “Bad Girl”
29. “Good Kisser”
30. “Ruin Me”
31. “Seduction”
32. “Good Good”
33. “Yeah!”

From 2007 to 2009, Nicki Minaj had a run of mixtapes that included Playtime Is Over, Sucka Free, and Beam Me Up Scotty. The releases were important for Minaj’s career, as they served as the lead-up to her classic debut album, 2010’s Pink Friday. It looks like Minaj wants to honor that era with a new tour.

A few days ago, Minaj announced a new leg of the Pink Friday 2 World Tour. On Monday (August 19), Minaj polled her fans on X (formerly Twitter), asking what songs she didn’t perform on the first tour leg they’d like to see her bust out during future shows.

Well, one fan asked for Beam Me Up Scotty cut “Envy,” Minaj responded, “We’ll save that for the mixtape tour guys. Another idea I had a while back.”

At this point, it seems like the mixtape-focused tour is little more than idea at the moment, especially with the new Pink Friday 2 World Tour dates being at the forefront of Minaj’s mind. But, she at least feels strongly enough about the concept to publicly talk about it on social media, so time will tell.

There’s certainly still interest in the mixtapes: Beam Me Up Scotty was reissued in 2021 and it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Like all the great “he said, she said” disputes, this one began with a TMZ interview.

Earlier this week, the tabloid news organization shared an interview with Haliey Welch, a.k.a. Hawk Tuah Girl, asking her if any famous people have slid into her DMs since she went viral for her salacious suggestion on how to make a man go crazy in bed. She said rapper Yung Gravy messaged her “to take me on a date and I was like, nah, I don’t know about that.”

However, Yung Gravy denied this was the case — and he had the receipts to prove it. “Can’t be nice anymore, LOL,” he wrote on X, along with a screenshot of his interaction with Welch that makes it seem like she reached out to him first. Plot twist! But then Welch replied to Yung Gravy’s screenshot with one of her own (“Haha u messaged first”), showing that it was, indeed, the “Betty (Get Money)” rapper who made the first move, even if the move wasn’t asking her out on a date but instead inviting her to one of his upcoming concerts.

Welch acknowledged the miscommunication in a follow-up tweet. “Maybe I misread it…let’s call a truce Mr Gravy,” she wrote.

As for Mr. Gravy, he told TMZ that he messaged Welch because “I wanted to show her some love.” He continued, “I saw people hating on her and, you know, being mad negative. All she’s doing is talking about sex and doing it the right way. That’s what I do and no one’s mad about that.”

He also said that women deserve their own “hawk tuah.” His suggestion? “For all the boys out there, if I’m going down on a woman, we’ll call it the ‘splash stallion.’”

That could use some work, or better yet, it never comes up again and we all move on.

Snoop Dogg was one of the most talked about non-competing Team USA members. His advocacy reportedly earned him a hefty seven figure check. Before cashing checking for commentary work, the “Gin And Juice” rapper’s music brought home the bacon.

Today (August 20), at the 2024 Democratic National Convention his home state honored his early career. During California’s roll call, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, its delegates subtly paid tribute to several hip-hop legends from the Golden State. As Newsom delivered his speech (viewable here) to advocate for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, songs from California legends Dr. Dre, the late Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, and of course, Snoop Dogg played in the background.

Although none of the living acts were present to perform their classic tracks, that didn’t stop viewers at home from performing karaoke to the instrumentals. Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode” featuring Snoop Dogg, Tupac’s “California Love” featuring Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” and “Not Like Us,” all made the state’s unofficial 2024 DNC playlist.

California wasn’t the only state to lean on hits from beloved natives. As a proud product of Atlanta, Lil Jon threw his support behind the Georgia delegates with a performance of his song “Turn Down For What” with DJ Snake.

If there was ever a time to be demure, a political event would be atop the list. However, when it comes to having a good time, Lil Jon has no occasional restrictions. Tonight (August 20), the Democratic Party and its supporters learned this all too well.

During tonight’s 2024 Democratic National Convention, “Get Low” rapper surprised attendees as Georgia’s official roll caller (viewable here).

Essential, the roll call is for state representatives to verbalize their support for a candidate. Instead of the traditionally vanilla call-outs, Lil Jon helped transform Georgia’s time into one short-lived but now forever iconic performance of his song with DJ Snake, “Turn Down For What.”

As an extra razzle-dazzle, Lil Jon made a fun adjustment to the track’s lyrics to shout out Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential running mate, Tim Walz. Users online are tickled by Lil Jon’s appearance and took to X (formerly Twitter) to show it.

“Lil John is the only hype man that legit hit everywhere,” wrote one user.

“This has to be the most lit roll call in political history. ,” penned another.

“Lil Jon be getting the crowd hype wherever he’s at,” added another.

“He turned up for WALZ ,” joked another.

Similar to Megan Thee Stallion’s performance during Harris’ rally in Georgia, not every one was onboard for Lil Jon’s impromptu set. But others chimed in to put out the burning backlash.

“I know people are going to criticize this but come on, the convention is 4 hours long. You need to break up the monotony, formal processes, and speeches with some light fun and entertainment. Makes people more alert and attentive for the night,” chimed a user.

Lil Jon’s performance is interesting considering the fact that he slammed a Republican Congressman for citing his lyrics. However, given his past feud with former President Donald Trump, his backing of the Dems makes sense in more ways than one.