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Billie Eilish has shared a special in-studio video of her latest single, “NDA,” featuring her brother Finneas and drummer Andrew Marshall. Performing in a room draped in crimson-red curtains (very Twin Peaks-esque), Billie is the focal point as the camera circles her and her brother, who is on synths. All that’s missing is the chevron floors and Man From Another Place, among other dream creatures (OK, I’ll stop here).

“NDA” is Eilish’s latest single, following “My Future,” “Lost Cause,” “Your Power,” and “Therefore I Am.”

Back in April, Eilish revealed the name and release date for her highly anticipated sophomore album, following 2019’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Happier Than Ever is slated for a release on July 30 and it’s a project that the singer described as her “favorite thing i’ve ever created,” adding, “i am so excited and nervous and EAGER for you to hear it. i can’t even tell you. i’ve never felt so much love for a project than i do for this one. hope you feel what i feel.”

Press play on the video above to watch Eilish and Finneas perform an in-studio version of “NDA.”

Happier Than Ever is out 7/30 via Interscope. Pre-order it here.

Just in case Harrison Ford wasn’t providing enough charisma and charm in the upcoming Indiana Jones film, Antonio Banderas has now joined the cast. According to a Deadline report, Banderas has closed a deal to star alongside Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in the fifth entry in the Indiana Jones series. As of right now, no information has been revealed on who Banderas will be playing.

Banderas role isn’t the only thing being kept under wraps. Lucasfilm has revealed shockingly little about Indiana Jones 5, including it’s proper title. What we do know is that James Mangold (Logan) is taking over both directing from the legendary Steven Spielberg, who served as director on the first four films. However, Spielberg is still very much involved in making the film, and will be both producing and overseeing various elements of it. In addition to Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Simon Emanuel join Spielberg will be producing with John Williams — the man behind all the 40-year-old franchise’s iconic theme — returning as its composer. Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Mangold co-wrote the script.

According to the latest reports, production is back on track following a brief pause in filming after Ford injured himself on set back in June. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, a Disney spokesperson confirmed Ford had “sustained and injury involving his right shoulder [..] in the course of rehearsing for a fight scene.” Assuming the team is back on schedule — and no other actors injure themselves in what’s sure to be an absolutely action-packed film — Indiana Jones 5 is slated to hit theaters July 29, 2022.

When 18-year-old Bekah King, 19-year-old Abi Roberts, and 21-year-old Morgan Tabor discovered that they were all dating—and, as a result, being cheated on—by the same guy, they did what any trio of young women in a feminist Gen Z road movie would do: Spent more than two months renovating a school bus that’s a good decade older than any of them and embarked on a cross-country road trip together, which they’re documenting on social media.

Dubbing their ride the BAM Bus—for Bekah, Abi, and Morgan—The Washington Post reports that the women began their epic journey about a month ago, departing from Boise, Idaho and journeying to Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. From there, they headed to Jackson, Wyoming and visited Grand Teton National Park. At the moment, they’re in Bozeman, Montana, and hope to end up on a beach in California by the time autumn arrives.

“We’re living our dream life, having a blast,” Tabor told The Washington Post. “It’s incredible to think that it happened because of him.”

Though it happened because of the unnamed cheater, the trip has nothing to do with that jerk. He just happened to have a type, and it’s those similarities that led the trio to forge an immediate bond when they first learned that one of the many things they had in common was the same boyfriend.

It was Tabor, who had dated the guy on and off for a few years, who first noticed that the man she believed to be her exclusive boyfriend was texting and communicating on social media with a lot of young women in a rather flirtatious way. Some further excavating on Instagram led her to Roberts, who also believed she was in a committed relationship with the same dude. “This guy had literally slept at my house the night before, kissed me goodbye and said he was driving back to Boise [from Utah] to visit his family,” Roberts recalled of the day she was contacted by Tabor.

In fact, Tabor was FaceTiming with Roberts when said boyfriend showed up with flowers—then saw who she was talking to. “Watching his face drop when he saw who I was talking to on FaceTime was the most cinematic moment ever,” she said.

Together, Tabor and Roberts found at least a half dozen more women who were also dating this guy, including King. While the man in question could undoubtedly be in contention for Worst Boyfriend Ever, the romantic deceit turned out to be fortuitous as far as friendships go.

“What this guy did to us doesn’t define our lives,” Roberts said. “We all feel really blessed that we found each other. We’re friends for life.”

We smell a movie deal!

(Via The Washington Post)

Tkay Maidza is a bit of a psychic. The Zimbabwe-born, Adelaide-raised singer/rapper released Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 1 in 2018 and followed up with a sequel during the peak of last year’s pandemic. Now, she’s completed the trilogy with Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3. Released on July 9, the EP highlights the artist’s sonic brilliance, fusing electronica, synth-pop, trap, and R&B.

“It feels like a premonition in a way, but it’s interesting how every year has gone by and everyone’s like, ‘Well, she really predicted it.’ When it’s a new year and everyone’s like, ‘Goodbye 2018, this year is going to be my best year yet,’” Maidza tells Uproxx over Zoom. “But then as it’s gone by, you’re just like, “Well, last year was insane and weird.” It’s the perfect way to describe it because you just can’t really pinpoint what that feeling is. It’s just so familiar with what everyone’s been going through.”

This self-awareness derives from the 25-year-old’s growth that began with the 2016 release of her debut album Tkay. After deciding to become independent, she left Australia’s shores to expand her creative mindset in Los Angeles.

“I’m learning to trust myself. Before when I was trying to find the sounds and where I thought I fit in best, I wasn’t that well versed to know what the limit was,” she explains. “Now with these [new] songs, I feel like I had a sense of freedom and I can push myself harder. Whereas before I was like, ‘Am I supposed to do this?’ So I think it’s just stepping into that power, accepting it, and not being afraid of it. If my intentions are clear and I keep some sort of consistency with the world I’ve created, then my path should be great. I’m excited for whatever comes next.”

Below, Uproxx catches up with Maidza about her big transitional move to Los Angeles and betting on herself.

You released your debut album in 2016, and then you went from a major label to now indie. Did the title Last Year Was Weird stem from that transition?

The term “weird” is the way I described the plunge of going into the deep end and knowing that where I was. What I wanted was like a big leap forward, but I would have to start from nothing again. I was at that lowest point every day: “What the hell is going on?” But in a way, I always had a feeling that it would work out because this was the only way it could be.

“Breathe” is my favorite on Vol. 3 because it’s about betting on yourself and like you said, taking that plunge. But also being at war with your own thoughts.

It was so interesting because I wrote this song when I was in Australia with Dan [Farber], the producer, on Zoom. This was probably just off the second EP, which is so interesting because I feel like everything’s amazing right now. But I’m starting to see a lot of parallels between now and who I was five years ago. I think the whole crux of this is feeling underestimated, but also wanting to stay here because I just feel like some part of me will never fully accept what’s happening. It’s almost like telling myself to slow it down, but still keep going. It just shows I’m always going to go through these ebbs and flows. I remember when I was signed to a major label and everything was amazing, I still had those feelings. Being able to recognize it now, I’m able to move forward as opposed to being like, “There’s so many problems.” I think everyone goes through those ups and downs, even when things are really good.

Did you sample yourself on “Eden”? Because it sounds like the intro of “Breathe”.

So we sampled some of the radio samples from the second EP. We also sampled “Breathe” because obviously when you would hear it at the end and you’re like, “Oh my God, what?” It’s interesting because “Breathe” actually samples “White Rose” from the first EP.

That’s such a cool idea.

When you listen to albums from Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, Kendrick [Lamar], or Kanye West, they’re doing their own interludes and making random voices. You really feel like they’re creating this big story, but you can tell it’s them. That’s what makes it so special because there’s so many inside jokes and things that will never leave you. I was just trying to recreate that energy because that’s what makes it so unique and so yourself, ‘cause it’s not a sample from [sample library] Splice or anywhere else. You made it and then are re-purposing it in a fresh way. I was on Twitter and someone tweeted, “L.Y.W.W. — best radio on the planet”. It’s just the coolest thing.

Do you feel more liberated now that you’re in LA? The hip-hop scene could be limiting in Australia, especially when it comes to Black artists.

Yeah, definitely. I feel like I can step out of my door and not feel like I’m standing out as much. I think there’s more people around that just understand what I’m meant to be doing. I’m still different, but I don’t have to fully sell what I’m trying to do. That’s what every day felt like for me in Australia. Having that feeling over you all the time becomes tiring. No one really understands and they didn’t want to understand. Here in LA, it’s about creating your own universe ‘cause everyone wants to be different. My favorite artists here aren’t afraid to disappear for a bit and create some things and run with them. That’s what’s so inspiring about being in LA.

Who are some of your favorites at the moment?

I’m really loving Vince Staples. Jpegmafia, I’ve really enjoyed hanging out with him and just seeing how he thinks. We’re literally very similar people. I really like Fousheé, Rei Ami, Lolo Zouaï. They have so many different sounds, and they don’t want to stick to the same thing. They have cool and innovative production, and that’s what’s so inspiring.

I spoke to Jesswar earlier this year and she brought up you and Sampa The Great when discussing POC female artists in Australia.

Because she’s also a standout as well, she would certainly understand where it comes from. It’s just a numbers thing when you’re in Australia. It’s hard to convince people that it works because there’s so little of us, you know what I mean? If you’re going to take something to the radio, they’d be like, “Oh my God, this is amazing. But there’s nothing else in our playlist that sounds like this. So if we add it, we’ll let you know.” It doesn’t make sense.

On “Cashmere” you sing: “You ain’t safe until you lived your life with no fear.” As Black women, sometimes we have to put up this cold front and we’re not allowed to be soft or vulnerable.

That’s probably been the big challenge on this EP because I have hard songs like “Kim” and “Syrup” where I definitely want to be this badass female. But at the same time, when we reached “Cashmere,” I could finally breathe and just show this other side of me. It felt so empowering because not a lot of people, like you said, feel like they’re allowed to do that. The song has an energy that I resonated with. You find your unique self when you just embrace that.

There’s a lot of artists like yourself right now who are creating a space for Black girls to be expressive and be weird.

I think it just makes sense. There’s so many women in the world that it just comes a point, especially with the internet, where there’s everyone for someone. It’s cool to see the alt girls, the goth girls, and the hard girls pop up. For a while, the industry was like “This is the stereotypical definition of a female rapper or a female pop star. If you are a singer who’s Black, you’re probably doing R&B.” So it’s really exciting because there’s less pressure to be something you’re not.

We both come from a family of immigrants and sometimes us first-generation kids aren’t allowed to express love for the arts. I thought it was great that your parents fully supported you.

I played tennis for 10 years. I graduated from school with marks that were not high enough for me to do architecture. I had a lot of opportunities to do cool things, but I just wasn’t passionate about any of it. That was when my parents realized that when I love something, I will go all the way with it. That’s probably why they were supportive about it. The other thing was, they didn’t have to pay for it either. So they said, “As long as you can support yourself and you’re having fun and you feel fulfilled with your life, then that’s the most important thing.” A lot of us are told to be doctors and this and that. Then you reach 30 or 40 years old and you’re like, “Wow, I really didn’t live my life because I wanted to do something else when I was 20.” I was just like, “No, I don’t really want to do anything else. This is the one thing that I’m really obsessed with.” My parents [said], “Cool, go ahead.”

You seem like a competitive person. Does that come from your background in tennis?

I’ve always been competitive in sports and school. I did art all throughout high school. I just remember any time I wanted to hand something in, it had to be the best. It always had to grab someone’s attention because why else would you be doing it then? Obviously, it’s for yourself. But I just always want to do something at a high level that means something and creates an impact. But when I realized that maybe I’m not dedicated enough or I’m not spending enough time on it, then I just completely stop. It’s all or nothing for me with anything.

Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 is out now via 4AD. Get it here.

Mark Hoppus is in the midst of treatment for his cancer, which he shared with the world back in June. While the Blink-182 leader has spoken about how he’s doing on occasion since then, he hadn’t come out and directly said what type of cancer he has. In a recent Q&A session with Chilean fans, though (as Rolling Stone notes), he got more specific, declaring that he has been diagnosed with “diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.”

He continued, “My classification is stage IV-A, which means, as I understand it, it’s entered four parts of my body. I don’t know how exactly they determine the four part of it, but it’s entered enough parts of my body that I’m stage IV, which I think is the highest that it goes. So, I’m stage IV-A. […] The cancer isn’t bone-related, it’s blood-related. My blood’s trying to kill me.”

The Lymphoma Research Foundation says of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, “DLBCL is an aggressive (fast-growing) lymphoma that can arise in lymph nodes or outside of the lymphatic system, in the gastrointestinal tract, testes, thyroid, skin, breast, bone, or brain. Often, the first sign of DLBCL is a painless, rapid swelling in the neck, underarms, or groin that is caused by enlarged lymph nodes. For some patients, the swelling may be painful. Other symptoms may include night sweats, fever, and unexplained weight loss. Patients may notice fatigue, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, or pain.”

During the Q&A, Hoppus revealed he had a big medical appointment on the horizon at the time, saying, “Tomorrow’s test is to find out if my chemotherapy is working at all. If it is, I go back for at least three more rounds. Ideally, I go in tomorrow and they say, ‘Congratulations, your chemotherapy has worked and you’re all done and you’ll never have to think about this cancer again for the rest of your life.’”

Watch the Q&A above.

Blink-182 is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Kevin Love will not suit up for Team USA during the upcoming Summer Olympics. In a piece of news originally reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Love, who has been with the team during its pre-Olympic training camp in Las Vegas, made the decision to step away before the Americans made their way to Tokyo.

Love’s agent gave a statement to Wojnarowski from the player, who said that his ongoing recovery from a right calf injury is keeping him from being in a place where he can give it his all during the Olympics.

Love is the second player in as many days to leave the team, as Bradley Beal is out due to Team USA’s health and safety protocols. A further issue, at least in the short-term, is the team’s struggles with having a full roster. As Brian Windhorst of ESPN noted, between those two withdrawals, Jerami Grant being in health and safety protocols, and a trio of players participating in the NBA Finals, the squad has a starting five and a one-person bench.

The current list of available players: Bam Adebayo, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Zach LaVine, Damian Lillard, and Jayson Tatum. Whether the Americans try to find replacements from the Select Team — Saddiq Bey, Darius Garland, and Keldon Johnson have been with the team in recent days — or from elsewhere in its player pool remain to be seen, but with time ticking down until they head over to Tokyo and the NBA Finals going for at least another two games, these decisions will need to be made as soon as possible.

Bill Burr is not holding back his thoughts on CNN. During the latest episode of his Monday Morning podcast, the comedian completely blasted the cable news network for its recent coverage of Donald Trump by claiming that CNN wants him back.

“They want Darth Vader to come back,” Burr said (via Mediaite) after catching a glimpse of CNN’s coverage thanks to his mother-in-law who watches the station while visiting. “They want him to come back cause they have nothing to talk about cause it’s show business and Joe Biden is a f*cking bore!”

According to Burr the “f*cking morons” at CNN can’t stop boosting Trump for ratings “while they act like they allegedly don’t like him,” and it’s going to repeat the 2016 election. He then unloaded on all of the corporate news channels. “They’re f*cking treasonous un-American pieces of shit, just like Fox News, MSNBC, just like all of them. Just like f*cking all of them.”

The rant was yet another example of Burr not pulling his punches. During the height of the pandemic, he called out Joe Rogan right to his face after Rogan said wearing a mask “is for bitches.”

“I don’t want to start this bullshit,” Burr said while seated across from Rogan. “I’m not gonna sit here with no medical degree, listening to you with no medical degree, with an American flag behind you smoking a cigar, acting like we know what’s up, better than the CDC. All I do, is I watch the news once every two weeks — I’m like, ‘Mask or no mask? Still mask? Alright, mask! That’s all I give a f*ck about.”

(Via Mediaite)

Once you’ve made a song like “WAP,” you’ve probably raised the bar on what people will let you get away with indefinitely. That certainly seems to be the case with Cardi B’s verse on Normani’s new song “Wild Side.” The rapper revealed on Twitter that after submitting her original verse for their collaboration, the singer apparently thought it was too tame, requesting Cardi to bring more “WAP” energy. Naturally, Cardi was happy to oblige.

Responding to a fan’s comment calling her “nasty nasty” and opining that it makes sense to have Cardi on a song like “Wild Side,” Cardi posted a gif of a mischievously grinning Wendy Williams and explained, “I did a verse and Normani team said they wanted nastier. Sooo I was like alright …. Your wish is my command.”

So far, it looks like Normani’s request is paying off. The song has become an instant hit with fans on Twitter, who were quick to fill timelines with enthused reactions to the video’s risque imagery and bold artistic direction. The track is Normani’s first single release since 2019’s “Motivation” (which likewise received an overjoyed reaction from fans) and may single her readiness to begin promotion on her solo debut album in earnest.

Cardi, meanwhile, has been whetting fans’ appetites for her follow-up album to 2019’s Invasion Of Privacy with features on projects from Migos and Pop Smoke, as well as an appearance in the latest Fast & Furious movie.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Liz Cambage, one of women’s basketball’s biggest stars, is pulling out of the upcoming Olympics.

In a statement sent out early on July 16, Cambage cited her mental health and concerns about going into the Olympic bubble as reasons why declining to play for the Australian National Team. Specifically, she wrote that she has been having panic attacks, not sleeping and not eating for the past month.

https://twitter.com/ecambage/status/1415903044957401088/

Anyone that knows me knows one of my biggest dreams is winning an Olympic gold medal with the Opals. Every athlete competing in the Olympic games should be at their mental and physical peak, and at the moment, I’m a long way from where I want and need to be. It’s no secret that in the past I’ve struggled with my mental health and recently I’ve been really worried about heading into a ‘bubble’ Olympics. No family. No friends. No fans. No support system outside of my team. It’s honestly terrifying for me. The past month I have been having panic attacks, not sleeping and not eating.

Relying on daily medication to control my anxiety is not the place I want to be right now. Especially walking into competition on the world’s biggest sporting stage.

I know myself, and I know I can’t be the Liz everyone deserves to see compete for the Opals. Not right now at least. I need to take care of myself mentally and physically. It breaks my heart to announce I’m withdrawing from the Olympics, but I think it’s best for the Opals and myself. I wish them nothing but the best of luck in Tokyo and I hope they go forth and win a gold medal.

Cambage, who plays for the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA, was likely to be the lead option on an Australian team that also includes Leilani Mitchell and Ezi Magbegor, among others. It’s unclear at this time who will replace her on the roster. Olympic play begins on July 26.

I recently thought about Manifest while on a 10-hour plane delay (travel is obviously a mess these days) and thought, well, “At least I’m not doing a five-year time-travel thing here.” That little anecdote is nothing compared to the amount of attention that Netflix viewers devoted to Manifest during the week that NBC cancelled the sci-fi drama after three messy seasons. Actually, the fact that the show was sitting at #1 on Netflix’s most popular list during its week of cancellation says a lot, despite Netflix still saying, “Nah” to making a fourth season. Still, fans have been hell-bent upon saving the series, even though it’s an objectively bad show that made little sense from week to week.

Well, the streaming numbers reflect the show’s rabidly enthusiastic audience. According to Deadline, the week after NBC cancelled the show (that would be June 14-20) saw staggering numbers to the tune of 2.5 billion viewing minutes. That’s far different than the way Netflix calculates views, which is to log a few minutes from a user and count it as “a view.” Yet Nielsen’s quantifying the matter and says that the cancellation apparently prompted a doubling in viewing minutes from the week before the announcement. This is bonkers:

Manifest at 2.49 billion minutes ballooned from 1.11B viewing minutes the previous week, an increase likely to be noted by Netflix, which eventually opted not to order a fourth season following the show’s NBC ax. The missing plane drama had long been conceived by creator Jeff Rake as a six-season series, and fans had been pushing it to the top of Netflix’s rankings since it recently began airing Season 1 and Season 2.

For comparison’s sake, Manifest ended up being the most popular show streaming on Netflix since Bridgerton and Cobra Kai. It’s no wonder that series creator Jeff Rake — who’s envisioned and planned the series for a six-season run — is still urging viewers to keep the faith because he wants to find a way to wrap up the show for viewers in some shape or form, although a formal season pick-up anywhere doesn’t seem to be in the cards.

(Via Deadline)