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Pusha T‘s penchant for provocation apparently remains untempered by the four years and global pandemic that have taken place since his last album, 2018’s Daytona. The Virginia Beach rapper teased what many took to be a potential album cover on his Instagram Sunday, along with a video of Push performing a snippet of what appears to be a new track that could end up on his upcoming project. And, as in 2018, when he stirred controversy for using a photo of Whitney Houston’s trashed hotel room as the cover for Daytona, it looks like he’s using another pop star’s imagery to promote his latest work.

In Pusha’s latest Instagram post — and his only one, after he seemingly archived the rest of his profile overnight — a photo of a woman has her face obscured by a pile of white powder. However, it didn’t take long for fans to figure out that the woman in the photograph is none other than Lana Del Rey, who’s been known to reference cocaine in her music throughout her career as well (although, not nearly as much as Pusha). Meanwhile, over on Twitter, a number of snippets cropped up, culled from various celebrities’ Instagram Stories, each featuring Push rapping along to one of his new songs at a party attended by Kanye West and Pusha’s manager Steven Victor.

Does this mean Pusha’s next album is coming soon? Stay tuned to find out.

Sunny Day Real Estate has been real on-and-off since they became a defining emo band in the early ’90s, a status they achieved despite a short initial tenure. Their original run was from 1992 to 1995, and since then, they reunited in 1997, broke up again a few years later, reunited yet again in 2009, and disbanded once more in 2013. Now, it appears they’re ready to give it another go: Spin reports that the band is reuniting to play some shows this spring.

The publication also notes the lineup is set to include vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Enigk, guitarist Dan Hoerner, and drummer William Goldsmith, along with other musicians. Original bassist Nate Mendel, who went on to join Foo Fighters (of which he is still a member), is apparently not involved in the reunion.

Furthermore, Brooklyn Vegan reports that Goldsmith took to Instagram to post a screenshot of a new @sdretour Instagram page, as well as a video of him practicing Sunny Day Real Estate’s “Roses In Water.” Both posts have since been deleted. There are currently no posts on the @sdretour page. This comes after Enigk dropped off of most dates of an upcoming Cursive and The Appleseed Cast tour, a tour that kicked off a few days ago and is set to run through to mid-March.

Revisit our 2017 interview with Enigk here.

Ex-president Donald Trump has been lashing out like a caged rat at the New York Attorney General’s investigation (into the fam’s shady business), all while a lot of focus is turning toward the eldest Trump kids regarding January 6. Much of that attention is going toward Ivanka (regarding with her reported attempts to have her dad call off the MAGA rioters), but guess who’s stealing plenty of focus surrounding both investigations?

That’d be Don Jr., He of the amped-up Fox News appearances and who (not too terribly long ago) delivered a glassy-eyed rant that inspired tons of “Motel 6” jokes. The latter video clip featured him ranting about Hunter Biden’s laptop in a run-down looking room, and overall, Don Jr.’s video clips leave people wondering if he needs an intervention. So let’s just say that Don Jr.’s latest self-posted installment won’t quiet the masses. On Friday night, he took to Facebook with a 4:35 rant entitled, “Biden Can’t Read a Teleprompter!”

This one’s a doozy. In particular, one part of the video’s circulating like wildfire because Don Jr. appears to make a fart joke about how President Biden might “let one rip” if they allow him to… be in the same room with someone? It makes no sense, and then Don Jr. begins to ramble about Russia and China and yikes.

It’s no wonder that a Twitter user remarked how this is the perfect example of “why Trump’s lawyers don’t want Don Jr. testifying before the NY AG.”

And all of the intervention jokes have begun afresh as well.

Between this and fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle’s shout-filled ways, every day must be a real adventure at Don Jr.’s house.

Kid Cudi’s been teasing Entergalactic — a multimedia project set to accompany the rollout of his next album — since at least 2019 when he announced he in developing an animated Netflix series based on the concept that summer, but since then, he hasn’t revealed much else about it. However, the release date for the project appears to be drawing nearer, as Cudi excitedly tweeted about process of recording — both the album and his voice role on the series.

“ENTERGALACTIC is the greatest piece of art Ive ever made,” he wrote. “I am so sooo f*ckin proud of this show. U have no idea what ur in for. 3 years in the making.” He recommended fans “watch the show first then consume the album,” and shared that his favorite part of the process was voice acting. “The voice acting was the most fun,” he wrote in reply to one fan’s question. “The music too but I’ve always wanted to do more voice acting and idk it was like another dream come true foreal.”

In the meantime, the Man On The Moon has plenty of other artistic endeavors coming out soon. In March, he’ll star alongside Brittany Snow, Jenna Ortega, and Mia Goth in the A24 horror-comedy X.

This has been a strange few months for Peloton.

On the season premiere of Showtime’s Billions, Mike Wagner, known on the show as Wags, played by David Costabile, suffered a mild heart attack after having a session on one of Peloton’s bikes. Sound familiar?

The stationary bike/exercise cult has had a few ups and downs, including causing the death of long-time Sex and the City character, Mr. Big after he had a heart attack on the bike. Peloton quickly jumped in on the joke, making an advertisement starring Mr.Big himself, Chris Noth. The ad was then pulled after sexual assault allegations against Noth surfaced.

Sources close to the show say that it was just a bizarre coincidence, as the series premiere was shot last spring. Though, they did add in a reference to the Sex and the City reboot, with Wags commenting, “I’m not going out like Mr. Big.” Allegedly, the line was added in later.

Peloton is, uh, not pleased with all of the negative publicity the bikes have been getting. The brand tweeted this morning to clear the air, saying “We get TV shows want to include @onepeloton to get people talking, but to be clear, we did *not* agree for our brand or IP to be used on @SHO_Billions or provide any equipment. As the show itself points out, cardio-vascular exercise helps people lead long, happy lives.”

This is yet another thing Peloton has to deal with, as they recently halted production on their viral bikes, due to lack of demand. Maybe they should consider getting some of the Euphoria teens on a bike for some positive press?

The Righteous Gemstones Halo Report is a weekly recap feature that assigns between zero and five halos to people, things, events, and general topics from each episode. There is very little to this beyond an excuse to highlight cool stuff from a good show and make jokes. And do crappy drawings of halos in MS Paint. We’re having fun.

ZERO HALOS

Kelvin Gemstone

Just a terrible week for the youngest and most muscle-obsessed Gemstone. Lowlights include:

• Having his trip to Israel canceled on the tarmac in front of his muscle men
• Having his muscle men denied entry to BJ’s big baptism gala
• Getting his thumbs torn halfway off his hands by his angry father in front of his muscle men

It’s never a good thing when you leave a baptism in the back of an ambulance. Or anywhere, really. Try to stay out of ambulances. That’s the main point here. But especially if you’re at a baptism.

Getting your party bus riddled with bullets by mysterious men on dirtbikes who may or may not be tied to various underground wrestling circuits

When did you realize things were about to go sideways here? Was it when the first dirtbike pulled up? Was it when the second dirtbike pulled up? Was it when the third and fourth dirtbike pulled up? I hope it was before that last one, just for your own sake out there in the real world. If you see two dudes in blackout helmets pull up on dirtbikes wherever you are, you need to get out of there. Maybe I’ve seen too many movies (I have), but I knew those automatic weapons were coming out the instant I saw the second bike.

Also: Do we assume here that the driver was in on it or do we think the party bus was sabotaged? Was it Junior trying to get revenge on Eli for the disrespect? Was it the Lissons out for blood after the financial betrayal? Can you even imagine how funny it would have been to see an angry and sulking Eli Gemstone riding home in that party bus by himself?

Lots to consider here.

ONE HALO

Jesse Gemstone

Things are not great for Eli Gemstone either. He’s arguing with his dad and his big investment with the Lissons fell apart before they even got to pick a pool shape and his one son is probably just littering their empty house with semen-crusted underpants. The only silver lining in any of it is that his fledgling business opportunity ended in embarrassment in an ax-tossing saloon and not with his former-wrestler father mangling his thumbs at his adult brother-in-law’s 1980s-prom-ass baptism.

It’s a very thin silver lining.

Not letting us follow Levi around for a few minutes, I mean, come on

Levi was really shining out there. Just an incredible performance. I’m sad for BJ that his big day went so poorly but I’m also sad for Levi. Levi was getting after it. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone so happy.

Good for him.

TWO HALOS

Judy Gemstone

Judy is maybe my favorite character on television right now. Every week, it’s something new. Hell, every scene. I saw her singing up there during the baptism and I thought that was going to be the best thing I saw all episode and then the confrontation in the bathroom happened. What a whirlwind. What an absolute tour de force. Edi Patterson is a huge star and it’s time we all start talking about it.

How long do you think she was waiting in that bathroom stall to confront KJ? I suspect it was just a couple of minutes but please do take a moment today and picture her in there for like a half-hour, busting out every time a new person enters the ladies’ room and then getting frustrated it’s not the target of her rage. What a maniac. I love her very much.

Baby Billy Freeman

Baby Billy is a world-class scumbag in any number of ways, starting with him apparently abandoning his son at a pet store on Christmas in the early 1990s and extending to him apparently abandoning his extremely pregnant bride at BJ’s baptism. He’s a con man and a scoundrel and someone who deserves about six or eight different forms of comeuppance as soon as the universe gets its claws on him.

And yet.

I was so happy to see him again this week, up there singing deranged songs and sipping mojitos and just slithering around like a silver snake. Walton Goggins is an American treasure and we should treat him as such.

THREE HALOS

Eli Gemstone

Eli has:

• One useless child trying to invest in a bottomless money lagoon with slippery characters and Joe Jonas
• One useless child throwing an elaborate baptism ball for her bashful husband to make up for a family-free Disney wedding
• One useless child throwing money at a team of muscular Jesus men that may or may not be a cult and has no apparent purpose beyond ripping phone books in half in dramatic stage shows
• D-list semi-professional wrestlers showing up to whip tomatoes at his SUV
• A presumably still injured scrotum
• A possible assault charge pending for snapping thumbs in front of dozens of witnesses

He also got both cake and a bottle of champagne whipped at or near his head. And it’s worth pointing out that this is the second event-style baptism he’s presided over that has ended in disaster, if we count the wave pool fiasco of the series premiere, which we will, always. Point being: It could be better.

The Lissons

They are awful people, users and schemers and schmoozers of the highest caliber, ready to turn on and/or discard anyone the second they have extracted all the value they can, looking at everyone they meet the way a starving person looks at a buffet table. The world would be better off if they drowned in a kidney-shaped pool tomorrow.

I don’t care. I adore them. The line at the end about asking if Jesse and Amber could afford to pay for the drinks and free peanuts. Devastating and cruel and beautiful. I would watch an entire episode about their rise.

Aunt Tiffany

She’s a sweet and simple girl who was born in a toilet. None of this was ever going to end well for her.

FOUR HALOS

Harmon

I want the next episode to open with an adult Harmon with the same sunglasses on and a white cat in his lap, sitting in a massive chair behind a massive desk on the top floor of a skyscraper-like a supervillain, and I want him to fire two darts straight into the eyes of a picture of Baby Billy he has on his wall, and then I want him to look straight into the camera and say “Someone has been… Misbehavin.”

Let me have this. Please.

BJ’s skeptical secular family

Two things are important to note here:

• It is always fun to introduce a relatively normal — “normal” — group of people into a show filled with lunatics because it helps to drive home and ground just how insane everyone is, all the time, sometimes in bathroom rants bc about incestual lust
• I did not care for the mouth kissing

I do understand BJ more now, though. That was helpful.

Martin

A good man who is often forced to deliver bad news. Everyone could use a Martin in their lives.

FIVE HALOS

BJ

So many perfect little moments this week. The tiny arm flails as he was getting baptized. The nose clip he wore. The romper and cummerbund outfit that reflected all of the lights in the entire world. The strip-rage alone in the bathroom. The thing where he calls Judy “lollipop.” The single earring still hanging on despite staggering odds.

He’s the greatest. The only problem here is that it creates a troubling dilemma for me: I want only the best things in the world for him but it is relentlessly funny to watch the football of life get yoinked away from his like a pink-clad Charlie Brown every week.

I have so much to consider.

Keef

I thought I wouldn’t see anything funnier than Keef wearing a backpack on the front of his torso as they were preparing to board the plane but then he did this little sneaky move while hunting for snacks for the muscle men.

I hope Keef and BJ team up to solve mysteries. I need to stress here that I am not joking.

This jorts-wearing wrestling heel in training who showed up in character to try to intimidate Eli in a parking garage using tomatoes and theatrics

What a beautiful television program.

The Eye features music’s best rising artists in a bare-bones studio space to perform renditions of their top songs with only one camera, one microphone, and one take. Featured on the latest installment is Maisie Peters, who is a favorite of some of your favorites.

She’s also a favorite of music consumers over in the United Kingdom, as her debut album, last year’s You Signed Up For This, peaked at No. 2 on the charts on that side of the pond. Fellow UK native Ed Sheeran is a fan, as the album was released on his Gingerbread Man Records label, which is under the Warner Music umbrella. He also once said of her, “She’s a very special artist who continues to push her storytelling in new directions. We had a few great writing sessions together and from there I knew I had to work with her.”

The year before that, Peters made her presence known by contributing “Smile” to the beloved Birds Of Prey soundtrack album and opening for Niall Horan on his European tour. That summer, she also got a Twitter co-sign from Taylor Swift. Peters’ journey began well before all that, though, as she started writing her first songs when she was 12 years old. She honed her craft in subsequent years and dropped her debut single, “Places We Were Made,” in 2017.

Now, Peters’ path has led her to The Eye, where she has performed a couple of You Signed Up For This highlights, “John Hughes Movie” and “Psycho,” the latter being one of the three songs on the album that she co-wrote with Sheeran.

For both songs, Peters took a simple approach, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. Both tunes sounds like they were crafted specifically for this singer-songwriter format, which is actually a far cry from the highly produced pop tunes that the original recordings are. Slick pop aesthetics can often be used to obscure a lack of quality songwriting, but with these performances, Peters proves that’s absolutely not the case with her.

Of “Psycho,” Peters previously said, “One reason I love ‘Psycho’ is because it’s so tight. I went into the studio going, ‘I want to make a song as upbeat as [Carly Rae Jepsen’s] ‘Call Me Maybe.” It was a lofty goal. Who knows if we measured up, but we like to aim high!”

Watch Peters perform “John Hughes Movie” and “Psycho” for The Eye above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

With just a little over a month until it swoops into theaters, The Batman has released a new TV spot that delves deeper into The Riddler‘s plan more than anything we’ve seen before. In the new clip titled “The Game,” Robert Pattinson‘s Bruce Wayne is directly in the crosshairs of Matt Reeves’ serial killer take on the quizzical villain. The new promo also shows Pattinson’s Batman working closely with Jeffrey Wright‘s Commissioner Gordon. However, upping the stakes is the fact that it very much seems like The Riddler is aware of Batman’s secret identity, which is going to make things complicated, but also highlights how the film will tackle a Dark Knight who’s just starting out and not always making the best moves.

While The Riddler seems to be cementing his place as a fierce opponent in the same vein as Heath Ledger’s Joker and Tom Hardy’s Bane, there has been speculation that the character’s identity might not be who the marketing material is suggesting. Paul Dano is believed to be the villain, but eagle-eyed Batman fans can’t help but notice The Riddler’s face has never been shown in any of the teasers or trailers that have dropped in the past few months. But don’t look for that mystery to be solved anytime soon. Warner Bros. recently revealed that The Batman‘s funtime will be clocking it at just under three hours, making it the second longest superhero movie ever behind Avengers: Endgame. That’s a whole lot of Battinson.

The Batman will smash its way into theaters on March 4.

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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 Megan Thee Stallion busting out another risque and catchy track and Lana Del Rey returning for Euphoria. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

For more music recommendations, check out our Listen To This section, as well as our Indie Mixtape and Pop Life newsletters.

Shenseea and Megan Thee Stallion — “Lick”

Shenseea has stacked her resume big-time lately, as she recently landed appearances on Ye’s Donda album and now she has teamed up with Megan Thee Stallion on “Lick.” Like “WAP” before it, the catchy tune comes accompanied by a hyper-sexual video that’s full of both flesh and innuendo.

Lana Del Rey — “Watercolor Eyes”

Euphoria fans got a surprise last week when a new Lana Del Rey tune popped up in a trailer for the show, and now Del Rey has release the whole song, “Watercolor Eyes.” This one ought to please fans of Del Rey’s early work: Uproxx’s Caitlin White notes that while the tune is “slightly more wispy, and her voice is a little wavery,” the “classic strings and piano behind her melodies” are “vintage Lana.”

2 Chainz — “Pop Music” Feat. Moneybagg Yo and Beatking

2 Chainz is close to releasing Dope Don’t Sell Itself, the album that will represent his first full-length release in nearly two years. He offered a look at the project last week with “Pop Music,” a quick tune that runs for just about two minutes but uses that time wisely, letting 2 Chainz and Moneybagg Yo flex on a simple but hard-hitting instrumental.

Conan Gray — “Jigsaw”

2020’s Kid Krow was a major debut for Conan Gray that established him as one of pop’s most appealing up-and-comers, and he kicked off his 2022 with “Jigsaw.” On the slow-burning, anthemic, rock-inspired tune, the young singer gets vulnerable about changing himself to appease others, a practice he intends on leaving behind.

Nilüfer Yanya — “Midnight Sun”

Yanya is similar to Gray in a way, in that her debut album 2019’s Miss Universe came out in the recent past, it made a lot of eyeballs fix themself in the rising star’s direction, and it made fans eagerly anticipate what’s coming next. For Yanya, that’s her sophomore album Panless, which she previewed last week with “Midnight Sun.” Describing the tune as having a tempered beat, Uproxx’s Adrian Spinelli notes, “Guided by heavenly strings, ‘Midnight Sun’ sees Yanya rising further on her quest to self-actualization.”

Rich Brian and Warren Hue — “Getcho Mans”

Rich Brian says his new Brightside EP represents “how the past year has accelerated my growing-up process as an artist and a person.” Indeed, “Getcho Mans” shows that his flow is razor sharp, as both he and Warren Hue offer dexterous, rapid-fire verses on the track.

Khruangbin and Leon Bridges — “Chocolate Hills”

Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, both Texas favorites, showed off their perhaps-unexpected chemistry on their joint 2020 EP Texas Sun. Now, they’re coming back with more new collaborative material with the Texas Moon EP. They previewed it last week with “Chocolate Hills,” on which Bridges finds himself in his pocket singing about love on a sweet tune.

Russ — “Remember (Remix)” Feat. Hailey Knox

Russ’ latest song — “Remember (Remix),” part of his weekly singles series — is a shining example of how the internet has changed the world and especially the music industry. This rework of the song came as a result of Russ putting out a challenge for others to remix the tune, and he liked Knox’s contributions so much that he included her on the new remix.

Guapdad 4000 — “I Need Bands”

Guapdad 4000 kicked off his 2022 by looking backward, as his first song of the year, “I Need Bands,” is built on a sample of LL Cool J’s 1987 favorite “I Need Love.” With how prevalent throwback aesthetics are in today’s culture, though, it doesn’t sound out of place, especially with the song’s modern touches.

Griff and Sigrid — “Head On Fire”

Griff and Sigrid are two of pop’s favorite rising stars, so the recent rumors that the two would be collaborating were especially appealing. Thankfully, the link-up actually came to be, as a few days ago, the pair dropped “Head On Fire,” a thumping and energetic synth-pop tune that delivers a big, catchy hook.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

It’s almost the end of the first month of 2022 and it didn’t take long for us to already have plenty of video games to play. While there haven’t been too many new releases yet, we’ve had plenty to choose from whether it’s getting through our backlogs or making our way through Game Pass.

It’s Game Pass, in particular, that has been helping the year get off to such a strong start. Not only have we had a couple of brand new releases already hit the service, but it’s been adding some absolute powerhouse titles to the service throughout the month. Even better is we have more to look forward to! Unfortunately, we also have a handful of titles that are on their way out by the end of January. If all of this seems overwhelming then don’t worry, because we can point you in the right direction. These are the games that we think everyone should be playing this month.

One New – Death’s Door

One of the best games of 2021, Death’s Door hit Game Pass on January 20 and reminded everyone about how fun that game is. Everything about it from the incredibly smooth combat, to the atmospheric music, to the hysterical writing makes you want to keep playing no matter how often you die. And you will die. A lot. Death’s Door isn’t an impossibly difficult game, but it’s definitely no cakewalk and enemies will respawn anytime the player chooses to return to the hub world. It’s not a souls game, but there are some elements that definitely feel inspired by that genre. As a result, many fans of games like Dark Souls gravitate to Death’s Door. This makes the game a great entry point into the genre, or just a great game to play on its own. It’s at a minimum worth trying out.

One Leaving – Cyber Shadow

We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Cyber Shadow around this time last year, but good times can’t last forever and it’s going to be leaving Game Pass by the end of the month. The NES inspired platformer may feel like an homage to Ninja Gaiden, but make no mistake this is its own game and it does a lot of what it wants to do extremely well. Control feels tight, and levels are a fair challenge, but it does suffer from some drawbacks that unfortunately made most people forget about it as last year went on. It’s a fun time, and only takes 10 hours max to beat, so it’s the perfect game to spend the final week of the month on. Anyone that really enjoys NES style games should give it a try.

One Staying – Banjo Kazooie

Banjo Kazooie recently released to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. This is of course a big deal because Banjo hasn’t been available on a Nintendo console since the Nintendo 64 it originally released on. Of course, the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion pack deal can feel expensive for what you’re getting out of it, and has had a few emulation issues since launching. It’s probably not worth spending the extra money on it if all you want to do is play Banjo Kazooie, or maybe you don’t own a Switch and have a case of FOMO. If that’s the case, then play the Xbox 360 port of the game through Game Pass! It’s largely the same game and even has achievements to collect for the completionists out there. It’s one of the best 3D platformers ever made and is a delight the entire way through so we give it a strong recommendation.

Games Coming To Game Pass

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Availalbe Now
Nobody Saves the World (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Available Now
Death’s Door (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 20
Hitman Trilogy (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 20
Pupperazzi (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 20
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 20
Windjammers 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Available Now
Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Console and PC) – January 27

Leaving On January 31

Cyber Shadow (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Nowhere Prophet (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Prison Architect (PC)
Xeno Crisis (Cloud, Console, and PC)