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Yellowjackets is part slow-burn horror, part explosive epic, and part teen soap opera…and now the hit series is breaking records. The coming-of-age tale of a group of teenagers surviving in the wilderness is now Showtime’s second-most streamed series in the network’s history, just behind last year’s Dexter revival, Dexter: New Blood.

The season finale on garnered 1.3 million viewers on Sunday alone, more than double the audience from series premiere last November. The series has been a tremendous success on social media sites like Twitter, where it has been constantly trending on Sunday evenings as viewers try to piece together the mystery.

Not only is it reaching massive success with viewers, the show has also racked up several Critics Choice nominations and was nominated for Best Drama Series and Best New Series at the WGA Awards. A second season has also been confirmed, since many of the show’s wild theories have yet to have solid conclusions.

Jana Winograde, president of entertainment at Showtime says, “The wild success of the series in viewership and reviews has been exciting, but what’s been most exciting is watching YELLOWJACKETS explode in the collective zeitgeist – seeing the fans’ unbridled passion for the characters, endless theories about the mystery and even their abundant fan art. This kind of show is magic in a bottle, and we want to thank and congratulate Ashley, Bart, Jonathan and the entire cast and crew for the role they played in its creation. It’s a massive understatement to say that we can’t wait for next season.”

It’s been almost five years since HBO’s hit series Girls left the air, and the creator/star of the millennial drama Lena Dunham has stayed relatively quiet since then.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Dunham recounted what she had been up to over the last few years, including her harrowing experience with COVID-19 in early 2020, and getting married in a pandemic. She just wrote and directed Shark Stick, her first film since directing Tiny Furniture in 2010.

With all the HBO reboots in the works, it’s only natural to bring up a potential Girls revival, to see what Hannah and her crew would have been up to since 2016. Dunham says there is nothing in the works as of yet, but she remains proud of the work she did on the show. “I look back, and just, like, the sheer gall of me, stepping onto set that first day; 24-year-old me standing in Silver Cup Studios, the old Sex and the City studios, going, ‘Let’s do this.’ I’m proud of myself.”

Despite the current revivals, Dunham insists Girls is still on the back burner, and there are no plans to bring the series back. “We all recognize it’s not time yet. I want it to be at a moment when the characters’ lives have really changed. Right now, everyone would just be wanting to see Kylo Ren.”

Dunham also revealed that the future Star Wars star was only meant to share the screen for the first season, but ended up staring for all six seasons. “Adam is intensely striking and charismatic, but that’s not how you would describe him. He just gave the most astonishing, strange audition.”

Here’s to hoping we will revisit Adam, Marnie, Jessa, and Shoshanna sometime in the near future.

London chaos punk symphony Black Country, New Road have shown a penchant for cinematic exploration. The video the septet put out for previous single “Concorde,” was a delightful twist on an alien abduction. But beyond their visuals, their music is a deeply concocted web of sounds that each have a distinct relationship with each other.

Enter “Snow Globes,” the latest single from Black Country, New Road’s upcoming album out next month, Ants From Up There. The sprawling number has an epic feel, as if it’s giving rise to the denouement of the album in which it belongs. Instruments run parallel to each other, creating a sonic mesh that’s clearly part of a bigger story.

Drummer Charlie Wayne explained in a statement how a certain Frank Ocean tune played into the construction of the song:

“Rather than writing a song with a number of distinct sections we wanted to see what we could do with one continuous riff. It was a real exploration in trying to create something maximalist whilst limiting ourselves with minimal musical choices.

Because the melodic instruments are all playing the riff in unison, Snow Globes left the drums with an interesting opportunity. The drums don’t sit separately from the rest of the band on Snow Globes, but we wanted to use them in a way that we hadn’t in the past. The initial idea was to feel like the drums were recorded for a completely separate track. They were meant to be totally arrhythmic and just sort of bubble below the surface — like at the end of White Ferrari. As the song progressed the drums still occupy a slightly different sound world, but because the rest of the band is playing in such a syncopated style, the drums were given a space to disregard rhythm and be completely expressive.”

Listen to “Snow Globes” above.

Ants From Up There is out 2/4 via Ninja Tune. Pre-order it here.

I love IPAs, but I really love double IPAs (also known as “imperial IPAs”). Putting today’s blind tasting squarely in my wheelhouse.

A quick primer: the simplest definition of the IPA is that it’s a hoppier and a higher alcohol version of the classic pale ale. A double IPA is even higher in ABV (landing around eight to ten percent) and the brews are largely known for their extremely hoppy notes and pronounced bitterness. It’s truly a beer for IPA fans who want their beers turned up to eleven and one that might be a little too potent for IPA novices — you might have to work your way up to the bold flavor profile.

There are seemingly endless double IPAs on the market and, sadly, I don’t have time to try them all. So I decided to once again turn to a blind taste test to help me pick the best. I blindly nosed and tasted eight highly rated double IPAs (according to Beeradvocate.com) and then ranked them. It’s as simple as that.

Our lineup today includes:

• Bell’s Hopslam
• Stone Ruination 2.0
• Lawson’s Finest Double Sunshine
• Victory Dirt Wolf
• Firestone Walker Double Haze
• Cigar City Florida Man
• Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA
• Second Fiddle Double Fiddle

Let this Double IPA party commence!

Part 1: The Taste

Taste 1

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find aromas of caramel malts, mangos, guava, tangerines, dank pine, and slight floral hops. The palate is highlighted by notes of passion fruit, mango, orange zest, juicy pineapple, cracker-like malts, slight toffee, floral hops, and a slightly bitter, herbal finish.

Taste 2

Tasting Notes:

The nose isn’t exceptional. There are hints of grapefruit and tangerine, but not much else. The palate is slightly more flavorful with bread-like malts, slight tropical fruit sweetness, wet grass, more citrus zest, and a fairly sweet and not-at-all bitter finish.

It’s a surprisingly sweet beer that needs more bitterness for this category.

Taste 3

Tasting Notes:

This beer’s nose is so complex, it took a few sniffs to find all of the aromas. I noticed scents of pine tree needles, ripe melons, wet grass, resin, slight citrus zest, and herbal, floral hops. The flavors are equally memorable with hints of ripe tangerine, fresh grapefruit, juicy pineapple, toffee-like malts, and tart, slightly bitter hops that tie everything together.

Taste 4

Tasting Notes:

This is a complex, pine-forward beer on the nose. On top of dank and piney resin, there are also aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, wet grass, and a slightly herbal quality. The palate is filled with pithy orange, ripe melon, tropical fruits, and a ton of spicy pine. The finish is dry and slightly bitter.

Taste 5

Tasting Notes:

A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There are notable hints of citrus zest, ripe tropical fruits, tangerine, grapefruit, and gentle, herbal, floral hoppy notes. The taste is extremely complex with hints of guava, fresh grapefruit, pineapple, caramel malts, and a memorable dry, bitter, piney finish.

Taste 6

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, I found a whole forest of Christmas trees along with ripe pineapple, citrus zest, caramel malts, and lupulin. The sip delivered caramel, dried fruits, zesty citrus, and a ton of dank, herbaceous bitter hops. The bitterness lingers but there’s also a nice hit of malt in there.

Taste 7

Tasting Notes:

This beer’s nose is loaded with citrus and tropical fruits. But after orange zest, mango, grapefruit, and slight floral notes, it’s fairly muted. The palate has a little more complexity with notes of juicy tangerine, ripe pineapple, caramel malts, and slightly bitter hops at the finish.

This is a decent beer, but nothing to write home about.

Taste 8

Tasting Notes:

This beer has an intensely citrus-driven nose. There are hints of ripe melon, zesty tangerine, guava, passion fruit, and a gentle, floral hop presence. But the aromas are overall unexciting. The palate is a little too citrus-centered with flavors like grapefruit, orange pulp, and tropical fruits.

From my notes: “While this is clearly a hazy, juicy beer, it lacked the bitter hop wallop I expect.”

Part 2: The Ranking

8) Cigar City Florida Man (Taste #2)

ABV: 8.5%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

You’ve probably seen the legendary term “Florida Man” in various headlines about the weird, debaucherously odd behavior of certain men in the “Sunshine State.” To pay homage to this local legend, Tampa’s Cigar City created this double IPA brewed with Citra, El Dorado, Azacca, and Mandarina Bavarian hops. It gets added flavor from the addition of double IPA yeast, peach esters, and Canadian honey malt.

Bottom Line:

Clearly, this is a well-made beer. It’s complex, flavorful, and easy to drink. It just doesn’t have that hop bitterness I prefer in a double IPA.

7) Firestone Walker Double Haze (Taste #8)

ABV: 8.3%

Average Price: $12.50

The Beer:

This super juicy, hoppy, hazy double IPA is brewed with wheat, malts, and oats. The hops flavor is intense with Mandarina and Cascade in the kettle and Azacca, Mosiac, Chinook, El Dorado, Callista, Cashmere, Idaho 7, Idaho Gem, Sabro, and Motueka dry hops.

Bottom Line:

This is a beer for fans of higher ABV, juicy, hazy beers who don’t really have a lot of concern for hop bitterness.

6) Victory Dirt Wolf (Taste #7)

ABV: 8.7%

Average Price: $13 for a six-pack

The Beer:

I’m not sure what a dirt wolf is, but this bold, hoppy beer is certainly fierce. Touted for its “untamed, howling hop flavor,” it’s brewed with Pale and Pale Crystal malts as well as Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Chinook hops.

Bottom Line:

This beer is fairly balanced with complementary flavors of sweet malts, citrus, tropical fruits, and hop bitterness. It’s just not as exciting and memorable as some others on the market.

5) Stone Ruination 2.0 San Filtre (Taste #1)

ABV: 8.5%

Average Price: $8 for a 22-ounce bottle

The Beer:

Brewed with Magnum, Nugget, Centennial, Citra, and Azacca hops, this dry-hopped beast is unfiltered (hence the name “sans filter”). It’s known for its out-of-bounds hoppy, dank, pine tree, tropical fruit flavor. There’s a reason it’s one of the most popular takes on the double IPA style.

Bottom Line:

This is a bold, unbridled, unfiltered exceptional beer. It’s fruity, loaded with citrus flavor, and has a nice malty backbone. The only thing holding it back (for me!) is a lack of pine on the palate.

4) Second Fiddle Double Fiddle (Taste #4)

ABV: 8.2%

Average Price: $18 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

One of the most popular double IPAs on the market, Second Fiddle is the amped-up, higher alcohol content, hoppier version of the brewery’s original IPA. It’s known for its mix of sweetness and bitterness with a nice combination of citrus and tropical fruit flavors that pair well with resinous hops.

Bottom Line:

This is the type of beer double IPA drinkers dream of. It’s all citrus, pine, and bitterness. It’s exactly what you hope for in an imperial IPA.

3) Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA (Taste #6)

ABV: 9%

Average Price: $16 for a four-pack

The Beer:

While the double IPA has become more popular in the last decade, there are few as iconic and beloved as Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. Available since 2001, this continuously hopped beer is well-known for its remarkable hop flavor, bitterness, and citrus zest. It literally tastes like a hop in beer form.

Bottom Line:

This is a complex, potent double IPA. The unabashed hop flavor knocks you out. You better enjoy bitter, dank hops if you crack open one of these brews.

2) Bell’s Hopslam (Taste #5)

ABV: 10%

Average Price: $17 for a six-pack

The Beer:

One of the most eagerly-awaited double IPAs, Bell’s Hopslam is only available in January and February. Brewed with six different hops before being dry-hopped with Simcoe hops, the addition of honey adds a needed sweetness. This is a hoppy, citrus-driven respite from the winter months that drinkers look forward to every year.

Bottom Line:

It’s hard to find a double IPA with better balance than this one. It ticks all the double IPA boxes with citrus, malts, and a nice floral, dank bitterness that leaves you wanting more.

1) Lawson’s Finest Double Sunshine (Taste #3)

ABV: 8%

Average Price: $17 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

Lawson’s Finest Sip of Sunshine is an amazing beer. The only better beer made by the Vermont-based brewery is its Double Sunshine. This highly sought-after eight percent ABV imperial IPA is known for its dank, floral, piney, juicy flavor profile that really does taste like one would imagine a sip of sunshine might taste.

Bottom Line:

This just might be the perfect double IPA. There’s a gentle malt backbone that works in unison with the fruity, citrus, and dank pine notes. It’s just a great beer that I’ll definitely seek out again.

Last month, Haim announced that they’re going on tour this year. Based on a story that Alana Haim (aka the star of Licorice Pizza) told on today’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, though, one thing fans probably won’t see during those shows is leather pants: Haim recounted a tale about a time she split her leather pants while performing, and it turns out Clarkson had a similar story of her own.

Clarkson asked Haim about the “craziest moment” she’s had on stage. After explaining that she and her sisters decided to wear leather pants for the final show of a tour, as they had done for the rest of the tour, she continued, “These pants had no give. I remember specifically right before the show, because it was our last show, we packed everything up and it was already on the bus, so I had no other clothes. I don’t know what I did, but I might have got low or something and the back of my pants just completely split open.”

A wowed Clarkson interjected, “This has happened to me! ‘Since U Been Gone’ music video! My whole ass was hanging out. Whole ass, not even just a little. It was like, big ol’ butt behind. Just a big ol’ behind.”

After discussing the draft one feels in that situation, Haim continued, “I was on stage, and I was like, ‘Oh OK, I’ll just run off stage and come back on with new pants,’ but I realized that I had packed everything and it was far away. I just kept going and I didn’t turn around.”

Clarkson jumped in, “We have different size asses, that’s not a possibility for me.”

Haim pressed on, “I just was like, ‘If I get through this, it’ll be fine. I’m just going to get through it.’ I’ve never been more stiff in my whole life. […] I kept going, but it was terrible. I will never wear leather pants on stage again.”

Clarkson then added, “But here’s the thing: You might have never turned around, but the rest of the band and crew…” Haim finished the thought, “Oh yeah, they got a show. They got the best ticket in the house.”

Folks who have been paying attention to Clarkson’s show know this isn’t the first time she has used her platform to discuss a workplace disaster involving her rear end.

Watch the interview clip above.

Come March 4th, British indie rocker Nilüfer Yanya’s Painless will be out into the world. It’s the follow-up to her smashing 2019 debut Miss Universe, where she established herself as a bona fide force. Dropped late last year, the new album’s lead single, “Stabilise,” is a fast-paced tune emphasizing that we’re the only ones who can truly guide ourselves as we navigate this world. Building deeper into that theme, her latest single, “Midnight Sun,” is now out.

Guided by heavenly strings, “Midnight Sun” sees Yanya rising further on her quest to self-actualization. The tempered beat keeps the focus on her vocals as she sings, “Taking chances anywhere / Feelings that we can’t compare.” The video, directed by Molly Daniel, features an angel-winged Yanya towering over the city.

Yanya spoke on the meaning of the song is a statement, saying:

“It’s a song about recognizing what it feels like to be pushed down but wanting to resist. I really like the imagery of ‘midnight sun’ as a lyric as it insinuates a light guiding you through darkness. The wings carry their own symbolism – freedom, lightness, flight, fantasy. If I could pick what people saw & heard it would be seeing the beauty of confrontation and the necessity of rebellion.”

Watch the “Midnight Sun” video above.

Painless is out on 3/4 via ATO Records. Pre-order it here and get tickets for Yanya’s 2022 tour dates here.

Of all the artists who were featured on Kanye West’s new album Donda, one of the standouts was Dream Chasers rapper Vory. The Meek Mill-associated artist featured on a number of the album’s songs, including “God Breathed,” “Jonah,” and “No Child Left Behind.” The project turned out to be a watershed moment for the rising star, who now turns his attention to his own debut album — which has turned out to be just as star-studded as Kanye’s.

According to a text screenshot he posted on his Instagram, his upcoming project will reunite him with Kanye West, as well as connect him with trap rap man of the hour Gunna, whose own new album DS4EVER recently debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200. Other rappers involved will include the emergent Landstrip Chip, Toronto hitmaker Nav, and Mobile, Alabama crooner Yung Bleu, as well as newcomers Beam and Rockford, Illinois battle rapper Fresco.

Before taking off thanks to his appearances on Donda, Vory put in major work behind the scenes, writing alongside Bryon Tiller, Drake, and The Carters‘ Jay-Z and Beyonce, while working on refining his own records. He signed to Dream Chasers in 2020 before putting out a self-titled EP showing off his polished pen. He was also featured on Meek Mill’s 2021 album, Expensive Pain. Vory’s debut will be out sometime this year.

In a new interview to promote his just-released memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, Brian Cox once again weighed in on the heavily scrutinized New Yorker profile of his Succession co-star Jeremy Strong. While Cox has mostly stuck to concerns about Strong’s method acting affecting his mental health, this time around, the veteran actor voiced his opinion that the profile was not the best idea.

“In a sense, he got hoisted by it, and I think it was unfortunate,” Cox told Deadline. “I think he should never had gone down that road because playing Kendall has put him in a very vulnerable position.”

After expanding on his love for Strong and his respect for him as an actor, Cox reiterated that the New Yorker profile placed him in a “vulnerable position.” However, when asked how his own memoir won’t do the same to Cox, he fired back with a response that was pure Logan Roy:

DEADLINE: Do you worry that you’ve done that to yourself to some degree with the book?

COX: What?

DEADLINE: Put yourself in a vulnerable position?

COX: No, no. Listen, I’m too old, too tired and too talented for any of that sh*t.

We’re going to take his word for it because, so far, Cox has fired off his blunt opinion of Johnny Depp, Quentin Tarantino, and the paltry pay he was offered for Game of Thrones without hesitating. The veteran actor has seen it all at this point, and if he wants to write a memoir about it, we don’t think anyone could stop him if they tried.

(Via Deadline)

Earlier this month, FKA Twigs followed up on her 2019 acclaimed LP Magdalene with the 17-track effort, Caprisongs. Though the singer only previewed the recent album with two singles before its official release, Twigs now returns with a video to her track “Meta Angel,” a deliciously auto-tuned anthem which flexes her tenor vocals.

Directed by Aidan Zamiri, the visual opens with the singer looking disoriented in a grass field. It then cuts to an alternate version of her seeking a higher vantage point. She picks up a bow an arrow and shows off her masterful archery skills as she shoots her bewildered self straight through the heart.

Ahead of the visual’s release, Twigs offered some insight into the inspiration around her project. The singer said it’s a compilation of various snapshots of her life that have brought her joy in the past few years:

“CAPRISONGS is my journey back to myself through my amazing collaborators and friends. it’s bronzer in the sink, alco pop on the side, a cherry lolly, apple juice when you’re thirsty, friends in the park, your favourite person, that one sentence somebody said to you that changed everything, a club pre-game, your bestie who is always late but brings the most to the party, meeting a friend at the airport, just togetherness. And my world: London, Hackney, Los Angeles, New York City and Jamaica.”

Watch the “Meta Angel” video above.

Caprisongs is out now via Young Recordings/Atlantic. Get it here.

FKA Twigs is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Ever since Megan Thee Stallion’s recent college graduation, she’s archived a number of personal posts on her Instagram — a common tactic for artists between projects or gearing up for new ones. However, the commonness of this occurrence didn’t stop some gossip blogs from digging for a story when they noticed that many of the archived posts were ones that included Meg’s partner Pardison Fontaine. And the story they came up with was a doozy, alleging that the couple broke up because Megan was allegedly an “abusive, mean drunk.”

However, Pardi himself jumped on Instagram to refute those rumors, blaming the stories on the couple’s own refusal to offer up information to story-seeking bloggers. “Stop this cap nobody puttin hands on nobody …(At least not in that way ),” he wrote. “Been seein the break up rumors and was lettin y’all imaginations run ..but y’all gettin too crazy ….ain’t give niggas a story so they made one … we really been on it double time.”

A more likely explanation for Megan’s recent Instagram activity: She’s been very busy of late. In December, it was reported that Meg had signed a first-look production deal with Netflix to develop possible series and movie projects. That’s on top of her usual partnerships, performances, and working on a follow-up to her debut album — which includes collaborations like the one she’s working on with Shenseea she’s dropping this Friday. So, remember, check those sources (Black Sports Online, not a good one), and stay tuned for Megan’s next moves.