Picture this: It’s late Thursday night, minutes away from Friday. In a few moments, this week’s wave of new music releases will hit Spotify. Somebody inevitably goes for Drake’s throat on a new song again. Once fans get their first listen of the diss track, they’ll flock to X (formerly Twitter) to talk about Drizzy’s latest L. Topics related to new music are regularly X’s top trending topics on Friday morning, and it’s where much of the online conversation about what’s new in music happens.
The obvious reason is that Spotify isn’t a social media platform. But, Spotify execs have perhaps also gone through the thought process I just laid out.
Earlier this week, Spotify introduced the ability to leave comments on podcast episodes. In the announcement post, Spotify notes, “Our new Comments feature expands on the Q&A and polls functionality we introduced in 2021 as a way to bring interactivity into the podcasting industry for the first time. And interactivity is a feature that already has listeners and creators buzzing: More than 9 million unique Spotify listeners have interacted with a Q&A or poll just this year, and there’s been 80% year-over-year growth in the number of total Q&A responses and votes from listeners.”
So, Spotify has the users and at least a portion of them have expressed interest in more interactive ways to use the platform. Perhaps introducing commenting to podcasts is a way for Spotify to test and soft-launch a new era: Spotify as music-based social media platform, where users can listen to and discuss music in the same place.
If that is their plan, though, and they already have a framework for comment functionality, why not just roll it out big-time and let users comment on songs and albums now?
Well, being a giant internet company doesn’t mean a social media expansion will be an automatic success. We saw this happen with Google: They launched Google+ (which you probably forgot about, or perhaps never heard of) in 2011. The Facebook clone failed to gain significant traction and ceased operations a few years later. That’s not to say that Google rushed into it, but this does illustrate that nothing is guaranteed, no matter how dominant you are in other areas.
So, trying to pivot into social media is a big swing, and it’s smart of Spotify to take some practice cuts in the on-deck circle before stepping up to the plate. After all, if full-fledged social media is on Spotify’s agenda, there are still so many factors to consider. Would the platform be purely comments-based, or could users make their own posts? Will there be a way to see the best posts and users across the entire platform, or will each song’s/album’s comments section be its own beast? Will there be appropriate moderation in place to stop Neil Young from spamming comments about audio quality? That’s just a sampling of the major questions Spotify would have to work out ahead of a launch of this scale.
The opportunity appears to be there, though: Spotify is the world’s biggest music streaming platform and it continues to grow. Public opinion of X has waned ever since Elon Musk took over. (That’s not to say Spotify is without its controversies, though.) Many social media users would seemingly embrace a new forum for discussing music, especially one that lets them do it without switching out of the app they’re already listening in. It could certainly be a major value proposition for Spotify to help increase the gap between them and streaming competitors like Apple Music. It would also make them a unique presence in the social media landscape.
This is all assuming that Spotify even wants this — that they actually aim to expand comments beyond podcasts. We don’t know that for sure, but if that is the path they’re on, our Thursday nights and Friday mornings could look very different in the future.
Each week our staff of film and television experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
We Are Lady Parts is the kind of show that makes a streaming service worth the cost of subscription. If you don’t have Peacock, you should sign up for creator Nida Manzoor’s rowdy, Peabody Award-winning comedy about an all-female Muslim punk band in the UK. The cast — led by Lady Parts members Anjana Vasan (guitarist Amina), Sarah Kameela Impey (singer Saira), Juliette Motamed (drummer Ayesha), and Faith Omole (bassist Bisma) — is great, and the soundtrack rips. Have a taste with “Bashir With the Good Beard.”
Yes, it’s another Star Wars show. But The Acolyte has a lot going for it. For one thing, there’s a Wookiee Jedi. All my 10-year-old Star Wars dreams are coming true. Also, the series is created by Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland and the cast, including Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Manny Jacinto (Jason from The Good Place!), is solid. The Acolyte takes place long before the prequels, so there will be no stops on Tatooine or mentions of the name “Skywalker.” And did we mention the “hottest man alive”?
Presumed Innocent is guilty… of having an all-star collection of talent! Created by David E. Kelley and produced by Gracie Abrams‘ somewhat famous father, the legal thriller stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a chief deputy prosecutor who is suspected of murder. Per Apple TV Plus: “The series explores obsession, sex, politics, and the power and limits of love, as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.” Fun fact: Gyllenhaal’s character was played by Harrison Ford in the 1990 movie of the same name.
Hit Man is funny, sexy, and charming. So why did the crowd pleaser barely get a theatrical release? I have no idea, and neither does director Richard Linklater. “I don’t know,” he told Decider about the lack of major studio interest in his film. “Everybody’s scared. [The movie] was not one thing. It’s not a hit man movie.” Maybe if Hit Man — which stars the impossibly hot duo of Glen Powell and Adria Arjona — becomes a big enough, well, hit on Netflix, we’ll get a sequel that actually plays in theaters. Or better yet, sequels.
Before House of the Dragon premiered, I was concerned that it would be nothing more than a shameless extension of the Game of Thrones brand. A DLC to check out but not engage with. Those fears have been unfounded. House of the Dragon quickly proved itself a worthy successor to Thrones (which, disappointing finale aside, is still one of the best shows of the 2010s). It exists on its own terms; it’s possible to enjoy the high-budget soap opera without prior knowledge of Westeros. House of the Dragon won’t be the monoculture behemoth that Game of Thrones was. No show will anymore. But it doesn’t need to be. House of the Dragon is doing just fine out of Game of Thrones’ dragon-shaped shadow (you can read our review here).
We will stay short and not-so-sweet with random thoughts that I had while absorbing the entire season a few days ago. First, here’s a book-end approach:
– The first thought I had when the premiere-episode credits rolled: “Well, I’ve never seen that body part on a TV show before now.”
– And when the season-finale credits rolled: “I feel utterly destroyed. And invigorated. And destroyed. God, I love TV” (you can read our full review here).
If you write “Papyrus,” you can get Tilda Swinton to be in your first movie, too. Problemista stars writer and director Julio Torres as Alejandro, “an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream,” according to the A24 plot synopsis. Would you believe Tilda plays the erratic outcast? You would? Actually, yeah, that makes sense.
Here’s the thing: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a movie where a giant monkey gets suplexed by a large lizard. If you’re not already fully on board, you should probably, like, read a book or whatever. Nerd.
Meet your summer TV obsession. My Lady Jane is a “radical retelling” of the life of Lady Jane Grey, who was the queen of England for nine days in 1553. She was executed soon after. But what if none of that happened? My Lady Jane, which stars Emily Bader in the title role, is “an epic tale of true love and high adventure, where the damsel in distress saves herself, her true love, and then the Kingdom.” Also, shape shifters (with some Buffy thrown in there, too).
The most stressful show on television is back. The Bear season 3 begins soon after the events of the season 2 finale, with Carmy, Syd, Richie, Natalie, various Faks, and the rest of the gang getting ready to open a new fine-dining restaurant. There will be yelling (SO much yelling), food porn, and yes, Taylor Swift songs. Gorge on the 10-episode season all at once, or savior it over the course of a few weeks. There’s no wrong way to enjoy The Bear.
Studio Ponoc’s affectionately animated The Imaginary is about a young girl named Amanada and her make-believe friend, Rudger. Together, they visit a magical world filled with “creatures and places never before seen until a sinister force threatens to destroy their imaginary world and the friendship within it,” according to the official Netflix logline. The Imaginary is written by Yoshiaki Nishimura (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There) and directed by Yoshiyuki Momose, who also worked on a few films you might have heard of, including Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. This one isn’t to be missed.
Faye is a documentary about Faye Dunaway, the esteemed Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, and The Thomas Crown Affair actress who has been nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars three times, winning once for Network. The film “contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she faced as a woman.” There are only so many living legends in Hollywood — Faye Dunaway is one of them.
Beverly Hills Cop is an action-comedy classic (the Blank Check podcast recently did an insightful episode with Bad Boys: Ride or Die directors Adil & Bilall about the Martin Brest film). Beverly Hills Cop II is pretty fun, while the less said about Beverly Hills Cop III, the better. Even star Eddie Murphy agrees, which is one of the reasons why he wanted to make Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. A lot of familiar faces are back in the fourth installment in the series, including Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Bacon are new additions to the cast. But there’s really only one reason to watch Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F: Eddie Murphy. Even without the laugh.
Vulture recently pointed out that Rashida Jones has never hosted Saturday Night Live despite a) being friends with a lot of SNL folks, and b) she has the comedic chops. The campaign to get Rashida Jones in Studio 8H (with musical guest Vampire Weekend?) begins… as soon as I finish watching Sunny. The Apple TV+ series stars the Parks and Recreation actress as Suzie, an American living in Japan who is gifted a robot following the disappearance of her husband and son. Together, they attempt to find out what happened to her family.
Sausage Party, the 2016 movie that was the highest-grossing R-rated animated film of all-time until Demon Slayer: Mugen Train came along, has been reheated as a streaming series. Prime Video’s proudly vulgar Sausage Party: Foodtopia is set after the events of the movie, with Frank, Brenda, Barry, and Sammy, the characters voiced by Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, and Edward Norton, respectively, attempting to build their own society. The rest of the voice cast includes Will Forte, Sam Richardson, Yassir Lester, and Natasha Rothwell. Expect lots of food puns and orgies.
Despite obstacles to listen to Vultures 1, it still debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated February 24 — becoming West’s 11th-career No. 1 album and Ty Dolla Sign’s first. Vultures 1 accumulated 148,000 equivalent album units in the United States during its first week, according to Billboard and its Luminate data service.
The Compton star’s alleged disconnect from the world, which became a trademark of sorts for him, also led to a disconnect with Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha fans who demand their stars to be ever-present and at the top of their to keep their crown. Two years later, Lamar finds himself in the good graces of these young fans following his win in the epic, rapid-fire rap battle against Drake. Through his diss tracks, especially “Not Like Us,” Lamar not only reconnected with the world and remained present, but he also proved that he always had his ears to the streets.
For example, in the “Not Like Us” video, Lamar references a Drake TikTok dance video — something a rapper who goes “months without a phone” wouldn’t notice. In the end, it made for an entertaining war that also made Lamar a more appealing figure for Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha rap fans who had yet to connect with him.
When Lamar announced Morale, he did so by quoting a tweet by self-labeled “hip-hop enthusiast” SK (@raptalksk) who claimed that “Kendrick Lamar is officially retired” due to the lengthy absence fans endured before the album’s release. SK, a college freshman at the time of that tweet, captured the general sentiment of Gen-Z and Alpha rap fans who’d yet to see Lamar be the star that their elders claimed he was. Lamar wasn’t as active and ever-present as his contemporaries – Drake and J. Cole – or modern-day stars like Travis Scott, Future, and Young Thug, nor was his music universally loved like the aforementioned names.
Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha rap fans live in an era where their favorite entertainment is readily and consistently available, and new editions quickly arrive to replace the previous ones. In the past decade, Lamar didn’t care to cater to their desires, but in his battle with Drake, Lamar prioritized their interests knowing that it was key to beating his opponent.
Unlike any other time in his career, Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha rap fans became Kendrick Lamar’s main audience during the height of his beef with Drake. “Not Like Us,” Lamar’s final entry in the battle, is a joyful dance on Drake’s metaphorical grave and a victory lap that mocks the rapper with comedic vitriol, a perfect delivery for Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha fans. Lines like “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor” and “Freaky-ass n****, he a 69 God” and the “OVOHoe” chant quickly became rallying cries in young fans’ newfound love for Lamar in the mainstream world. With “Not Like Us,” Lamar successfully recruited a new generation of rap fans who’d failed to appreciate him as one of rap’s elites. It’s the same crowd that Drake typically catered to with his music, especially that of the past half-decade.
It was a smart move from Lamar who is just two years removed from the mixed reception Morale received. Yes, the album topped the charts and went on to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album the following year, but it wasn’t held in the same regard by this young generation. It extended a streak of difficulty Lamar had in roping in Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha.
To Pimp A Butterfly, arguably his best album, is often deemed his worst by this young crowd. DAMN. trended in the right direction, but Morale erased that progress – not that Lamar desired to go out of his way and recruit this crowd. That changed with “Not Like Us.” Lamar reportedly removed copyright claims on the song for a limited time which allowed streamers – mostly made up of Gen-Z and Alpha members – to freely use the record for any content they desired, even commercial purposes.
Just like that, “Not Like Us” skyrocketed to the top of the charts and entered itself into the song of the summer conversation while becoming the biggest hit of Lamar’s career. To this day, videos with the song continue to go viral on social media. Whether it be at clubs, birthday parties, other artists’ concerts, in weather reports, or Twitch streams from this generation’s favorite streamers, “Not Like Us” has become inescapable. It’s a successful move by Lamar pulled right from Drake’s playbook as the Toronto native employed the same tactics with his Meek Mill diss track “Back To Back.”
Lamar pushed the agenda further by performing the song five consecutive times at his The Pop Out — Ken & Friends show before releasing an epic music video for the song three weeks later. The same Kendrick Lamar who would release an album, drop music videos, and go on tour, before retreating to his Compton cave, is now outside and in the face of everyone willing and unwilling to watch just as the young generation called for him to be.
“Not Like Us” and Kendrick Lamar’s rap beef with Drake placed the star right back in the good graces of young rap fans. How long Lamar will be there remains unknown, but at the very least, their eyes are on him as they await his next move. Rumors of new music on the way from Lamar have picked up steam by the day as some hint at a massive “Not Like Us” remix while others point the rapper’s sixth album is on the way.
The latter seems to be the most likely as the “Not Like Us” video begins with a brief preview of an unreleased song complete with thumping, bass-rattling production that Lamar glides over with a catchy flow. The preview was met with support from all generations as they begged Lamar to release the song. This is all a result of “Not Like Us,” a record that unlocked the Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha rap fan generations for Kendrick Lamar who will have his biggest audience yet for the most anticipated era of his career.
Football fans have had more than a decade to think about which team they’re going to use when EA Sports College Football 25 finally drops. Obviously, plenty of us will fire up the game and use our alma maters the very first time, dropping the difficult all the way down to the easiest setting and giving the team we hate the most a whooping in a video game that they’ve managed to avoid since NCAA 14.
But not everyone is normal like I am. Other folks are not guided by a fandom that revolves around tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt, and they may need a little bit of guidance about which team they should use in the game. If you’re one of those people, fear not, because we’re here to help you out with the most fun team to use depending on a number of different factors.
The most fun team to use if you wanna grind opponents to dust: Ohio State
Unlike years past under Ryan Day, this Ohio State team is probably not going to throw the ball for a million yards. However, while the offensive line has some questions, they have the best running back room in the country with the 1-2 punch of TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, a quarterback in Will Howard who is a bulldozer in the running game, and an elite defense with no major holes. You’ll want to get familiar with the name Jeremiah Smith as soon as possible for future versions of the game — he has the potential to be the best WR they’ve ever had in Columbus — but for this year, you’re gonna want to play ground and pound with OSU.
The most fun team to use if you don’t like a challenge: Georgia
We must stress that if you use Georgia and you are not a Bulldogs fan, no one will respect you. They are to EA CFB 25 what prime Barcelona was to FIFA games in the early-10s, or the Kevin Durant Warriors were in NBA 2K. Having said that, they have the best offense in the game (94 overall) and the second-best defense (also 94 overall), and they are unsurprisingly loaded on both side of the football. They have four of the 25-best players in the game — FS Malaki Starks, RG Tate Ratledge, QB Carson Beck, LOLB Mykel Williams — and you will win games if you use them. You will get made fun of for using them, but you’ll win games and recruit well!
The most fun team to use early (but maybe not late): Colorado
I do not think ratings adjustments throughout this season are going to be especially kind to Colorado. The team started well last year and were the story of the sport for the first month, and then things went entirely off the rails over the final nine games of the year. Having said that, EA really likes them heading into the year, and they have a legitimately good QB (Shedeur Sanders) and group of skill position players, led by two-way star Travis Hunter. Take advantage of how fun they’ll be before the non-Sanders and Hunter are brought back down to earth as the season goes on.
The most fun teams to use if you want to get in a shootout: Missouri and Kansas
Neither of these teams have one of the top-25 defenses in the game. Mizzou has the No. 9 offense, while Kansas comes in at No. 14. Both have elite talents on offense who are capable of single-handedly winning you games, with the Tigers having the game’s second-best WR in Luther Burden III, and the Jayhawks having an excellent 1-2 QB and RB punch in Devin Neal and Jalon Daniels. I expect their defenses to be on the leakier side, but for some people, that’s part of the appeal — and I can’t blame them, because few things are more fun than winning a game 45-42 because you got the ball last.
The most fun team to use if you want to get in a defensive slugfest: Iowa
I must recommend that you do not use Iowa, as I attended a Big Ten school that is not Iowa and I have seen too much Iowa football in my life as a result. But their defense is an 88 overall (which is probably way too low), while I anticipate their offense will not be good in the slightest, as it’s Iowa. They have four of the top-100 players in the game, and all of them are on defense: MLB Jay Higgins, FS Sebastian Castro, ROLB Nick Jackson, and SS Xavier Nwankpa. Their offense would be a fun challenge for you to have to figure out, but if you are hell-bent on trying to score a defensive touchdown, this would be your best bet.
The most fun team to use if you want to build a contender from the ground up: A lot
All the attention always gets put on the top-25 teams. Well, according to my pal Bill Connelly’s SP+ metric, here are the 25 worst teams in FBS heading into this season:
110. Sam Houston
111. Old Dominion
112. San Jose State
113. Middle Tennessee State
114. New Mexico State
115. Florida Atlantic
116. Tulsa
117. Eastern Michigan
118. Buffalo
119. Central Michigan
120. Ball State
121. Nevada
122. Louisiana Tech
123. Southern Miss
124. Florida International
125. UTEP
126. UConn
127. Charlotte
128. UMass
129. Kent State
130. Kennesaw State
131. New Mexico
132. Temple
133. Akron
134. UL-Monroe
If you want to use a team in a Power 5 conference, the 10 worst heading into this season via SP+ are Vanderbilt, Arizona State, Indiana, Stanford, Michigan State, Pitt, Wake Forest, Virginia, Boston College, and Northwestern. Best of luck, friends.
The posts featured a still of a black square with Jung Kook: I Am Still written on it, and that is the extent of confirmed information for now. Fans are busy speculating, however. Many hope that I Am Still signals a revival of Jung Kook’s self-filmed and self-produced Golden Closet Film series, but most everyone is ecstatic that any kind of Jung Kook documentary (presumably) will be available to experience on the big screen.
Some fans have resurfaced a clip of Jung Kook discussing filming a documentary and how the experience differed from being filmed with other BTS members.
The Bear‘s ability to maneuver through truly great needle drops remains strong through the third season, although the show needed to make you hate Carmy before later regrouping to follow up on how his destructive ambitions continue to roll out within the group dynamic. Perhaps the collective Chefs will stage an intervention on non-negotiables?
I’m only halfway joking there, but we do know that FX will roll out a fourth season that will stream on Hulu. The fourth season has the task of following up on incredible episodes including “Napkins” and “Ice Chips” filled to the brim with life-affirming conclusions, but overall, the season clearly needs to clean up Carmy’s ways. He needs to make things right with the Chefs before possibly destroying the very soul of The Bear. In other words, plenty of loose ends await the fourth season, so let’s talk out what we can expect to happen.
Plot
To be perfectly frank, we’re still in the aftermath of the third season when viewers are digesting the show. What we do know, objectively, comes from Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who talked about season logistics and admitted that he feels like the show’s story will come to a close soon.
That is to say, The Bearcould wind down earlier than viewers might have anticipated. Moss-Bachrach made that revelation to Mr. Porter, where the man who embodies Cousin Richie addressed rumors and reports on whether the third and fourth seasons shot back-to-back. He appeared to suggest that, yes, this did happen, even if it was not intentional:
“We were going to make one season, but that season was getting bigger and bigger and at a certain point it seemed like maybe we should write more, not feel constrained and turn it into two seasons. We shot about 18 episodes. But everything shifts. In the past, what was one episode on the page has been split into two. I just lose myself in the messiness and chaos of it. I like getting taken by a wave that’s bigger than you thought it was, tumbled around and spit out the other end.”
To connect the dots here, the third season’s ten episodes would mean that the fourth season would contain eight. Given what Moss-Bachrach stated about the show probably finishing its story soonish, could the fourth season be the end of The Bear? Hopefully, FX will weigh in on that subject soon.
As for where the show goes, we can only make some guesses.
As fans already know, the season finale ended with Sydney having a panic attack over whether to stay at The Bear or accept her new job offer as Carmy took his first look at the review that could make or break the restaurant. Uncle Jimmy had previously given a half-warning that he would pull the plug on his wallet if the review ended up being bad, and Carmy doesn’t yet know that Jimmy might have to pull the plug (due to his suddenly precarious financial situation) no matter what the review says. So, there will be a reckoning there unless Jimmy turns everything around, fast.
As for Sydney, she must either decide to put up with Carmy doing everything his way (despite their partnership agreement), which could mean that she’s staying with a sinking ship, or she could sign on the dotted line with Chef Adam, although she doesn’t know that he threw a berserker fit over smudges, so perhaps he’s as toxic or worse than Carmy.
On the personal side of the show, we will find out whether Claire (Bear) decides to give Carmy another chance (even though he doesn’t deserve it), which would probably be the only shot he has at achieving a sliver of work-life balance. The show also pointedly stirred up vibes between Luca and Sydney and Richie and Jessica, so perhaps movement will happen there. Hopefully, nobody will decide to date Joel McHale’s Mean Chef now that we know that he truly exists, and now, this romantic discussion is simply being silly.
Cast
Is it too much to ask to see Joel McHale’s Mean Chef again? Perhaps. For sure, we will see Jeremy White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, along with Abby Elliott, Liza Colón-Zayas, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, Oliver Platt, and Molly Gordon. No season of The Bear would be complete without a flashback from Jon Bernthal, and we need more Jamie Lee Curtis and Will Poulter, too. Cameos, as always, should be in plentiful supply.
Release Date
Since The Bear is nearly unparalleled in the streaming world in achieving annual releases, summer 2025 will likely be the next time we see Sydney, Carmy, Richie, and fam.
Trailer
Nope. So, here is a clip of the first time that Sydney quit, which will make us wonder even more if she will quit again. That donut sure must have tasted good, though.
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn got married in an “intimate wedding ceremony” in New York over the weekend. But if you were watching ABC on Wednesday night, however, you could have seen the Everybody’s In L.A. comedian with his other other half. Mulaney and Nick Kroll were contestants in the season premiere of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which has been hosted by Jimmy Kimmel since 2020 (that’s easier to process than Drew Carey dealing with The Price Is Right contestants tripping balls for 17 (!!!) years now, but barely).
After spending nearly 10 minutes on a question about Easter Island (“Which of these statements is true about the giant stone heads that dot the landscape of Chile’s Easter Island?”), which they eventually correctly answered, the Oh, Hello duo reached the $125,000 question. It read, “The stand-out item at a 2024 auction of memorabilia from TV’s Succession was an extra large Burberry tote bag famously described on the show as what?” The options:
The correct answer, said by Tom Wambsgans, is C. But unfortunately, Mulaney and Kroll guessed A. If only they had Literally Anyone On Twitter listed as their Phone-a-Friend. Then they would have gotten it right. The Big Mouth stars didn’t make it to a million, but they still raised a good chuck of change for charity, The Innocence Project for Mulaney and Comedy vs. Cancer for Kroll.
John Mulaney & Nick Kroll are playing Millionaire for charity and this is the question they went out on (Twitter would have gotten it) pic.twitter.com/F9vsdC8J1R
Travis Scott has become one of the world’s biggest performers, meaning that if you want to see him live, it probably won’t be inexpensive. One fan apparently found a way to get in, and get the best seat in the house, for free, though: Just sneak in.
In a video shared on TikTok earlier this week, a man shows off his journey of getting into Scott’s performance at Rolling Loud Europe in Vienna, Austria on Sunday, July 7. It was pretty simple, really: He just sported an orange vest and some gaffer tape as he confidently integrated himself with event staff, before eventually finding his way to the side of the stage to watch Scott’s performance up close.
After the performance, he even visited Scott’s dressing room and snagged himself a bit of food.
What’s critical to note, though, is that this video comes from Saint Léon, a Paris-based content creator who has over 125,000 followers and millions of views on TikTok. So, given Léon’s influencer status, it’s not impossible that at least some element of what’s going on here was set up or approved by Scott’s team, since it’s ultimately free publicity for the rapper.
Welsh electronic music favorite Kelly Lee Owens has been on a strong run lately, making her UK chart debut with the 2020 album Inner Song and following that with 2022’s LP.8. Now, her fourth album is ready: Today (July 11), Owens announced Dreamstate.
The first look at the project is the new single “Love You Got.” It sees Kelly continuing to experiment with texture in a dance-friendly environment, boasting a techno beat that throbs alongside atmospheric synths and Lee’s ethereal vocals.
Owens says of the song, “‘Love You Got’ was born out of the curiosity of discovering my own inner euphoria — balancing the dark & the light within myself to find ultimate bliss in connection with others.”
The album will be Owens’ first release on her new label home at dh2, a new electronic music imprint at Dirty Hit led by The 1975’s George Daniel. Speaking of Daniel, he did some work on the album, too, as did Bicep and The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands.
Listen to “Love You Got” above and find the Dreamstate art and tracklist below.
Dreamstate Album Cover Artwork
dh2
Dreamstate Tracklist
1. “Dark Angel”
2. “Dreamstate”
3. “Love You Got”
4. “Higher”
5. “Rise”
6. “Ballad (In The End)”
7. “Sunshine”
8. “Air”
9. “Time To”
10. “Trust & Desire”
Dreamstate is out 10/18 via dh2. Find more information here.
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