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Song of the Week: Megan Thee Stallion Delivers an Ode to Perseverance with “Her”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Megan Thee Stallion reminds us all exactly who she is. “I don’t care if these bitches don’t like me, ‘cause, like, I’m pretty as fuck,” Megan Thee Stallion asserts in the opening lines to “Her,” with all the casual matter-of-factness of a happy hour gossip session. But, jokes aside, how could she even have the energy to care? Though her consistent string of feel-good, booty-shaking anthems — and her astonishing ascent to hip-hop royalty — would have you convinced otherwise, the H-Town Hottie’s personal li...
Director Katie Aselton on Moving From Mumblecore to Mack and Rita
In Los Angeles, it feels like everyone wants to be young — except for Mackenzie “Mack” Martin (Elizabeth Lail), a 30-year-old woman who’s ready to skip to her senior citizen days and live her best life. Cue some magical realism (via an ad hoc past lives regression machine/tanning bed), and Mack finds her consciousness now inside a 70-something woman who starts going by Rita (Diane Keaton). It’s a fun, 2022-esque spin on high-concept body-swap classics like Big and Freaky Friday, which did mark a big change from director Katie Aselton’s past experiences as a filmmaker. While Katie Aselton’s not a first-time director, she tells Consequence that she was eager to take on this project because “I hadn’t done a full-fledged comedy as a director, so I was really excited to lean into that.” Plus, s...
M.I.A. Skewers Influencer Culture on New Song “Popular”: Stream
M.I.A. takes on influencer culture with the release of her new single “Popular,” the latest preview of her upcoming album MATA. The track arrives with a creepy music video starring an “influencer-bot-in-training” fittingly named M.A.I. Over an uptempo dance beat propelled forward by tribal drums and celebratory horns, the British-Tamil artist sarcastically regurgitates empty phrases that often pour out of the mouths of influencers. “Love me like I love me,” she sings on the chorus. “Suddenly it’s about me/ You wanna be around me/ ‘Cause I love myself/ I’m living my best life.” In the music video, M.I.A. trains her robot counterpart by showing M.A.I. how to dance more fluidly and rap along to “Popular.” At one point, that means reducing the influencer bot’s screen time. By the end...
M.I.A. Twerks and Kills Her Robotic Likeness in ‘Popular’ Video
M.I.A. has shared her second single of 2022, “Popular,” ahead of her upcoming sixth studio album, MATA. “Popular” is an ode to the pressures of keeping up with appearances and the Kafka-esque onslaught of social media. The video plays with this idea via an M.I.A. “influencer-bot” called M.A.I. learning all of M.I.A.’s movements. [embedded content][embedded content] With a creepy plastic face that looks like M.I.A., M.A.I. practices dance moves, selfie-taking, and smoking cigarettes to be more “Popular,” just like Glenda lending a mirror to Elphie. But poor M.A.I. is killed by M.I.A. at the end when she shoots her dummy with a water gun (apparently, like the Wicked Witch of the West, robots in M.I.A.’s Oz are impaired by water.) Recorded in London, Los Angeles, Italy, Bali, and Jakarta, MAT...
SEGA Says It Won’t Delay ‘Sonic Frontiers’ to Make More Improvements
Though fans were delighted by SEGA‘s announcement of Sonic Frontiers back in December last year, the subsequent trailers have left many dissatisfied with how the game looks and plays, with many criticizing it for its lack of engaging gameplay and bland world design. Unfortunately, it now also appears that the studio has no intention to postpone the game’s 2022 release in order to make more improvements to address fans’ concerns. “We do not consider postponing the launch at this point,” the studio’s senior EVP Koichi Fukazawa replied in an official English translation of the Q&A. “Within the communication with users, we intend to reflect the parts that can be reflected within the development timeline and to build empathy with users. Sonic IP is a mainstay title we will sell over th...
Vince Gilligan Tried to Make a ‘GTA’-Like Game Based on ‘Breaking Bad’
With Breaking Bad‘s spin-off series Better Call Saul coming to end, the franchise’s creator Vince Gilligan has been reflecting on his time with the two projects, and he has now revealed that he actually wanted to make a Grand Theft Auto-styled video game based around Jesse Pinkman and Walter White. Appearing on a recent episode of Inside the Gilliverse, the writer and director said that at one point, he was in talks to adapt Breaking Bad into a game but the idea just never took off. “I’m not much of a video game player, but how can you not know Grand Theft Auto?” Gilligan said on the podcast. “I remember saying to the guys—[who are] off running Apple now…who said yes originally to Breaking Bad — ‘Who owns Grand Theft Auto? Can’t you have a module, can’t there be a&...
SPN – Lost EP
SPN is rising, his birth into the Nigerian music landscape was first established with the release of his debut single — “Lie.” Currently, he has dished out a solid 4-track EP, that assembles various tales of his past experiences and more. A colorful use of sounds alongside an immaculate delivery is what shines through his debut EP titled, “Lost.” SPN is positioned as one of Nigeria’s fast-rising youngsters, ready to dominate the soundscape with his peculiar style, sonic appeal, and swag. Listen and share SPN – “Lost EP” below. STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://li.sten.to/spnlost
Megan Thee Stallion – Traumazine Album
Don’t miss this newly released LP titled Traumazine by Megan Thee Stallion. Megan Thee Stallion has released her new long-awaited album called “Traumazine“. The 18 tracks LP featured appearances from Key Glock, Rico Nasty, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Jhené Aiko, Dua Lipa, and Future. The Houston rapper earlier discussed the body of work with Rolling Stone which she had this to say “I want to take you through so many different emotions, I just always want people to remember, ‘Yes, Megan Thee Stallion, she was great, she was a rapper. She was one of the best rappers, the coldest.’ Below is the trailer for Traumazine. [embedded content] Tracklist NDA Ungrateful (ft. Key Glock) Not Nice Budget (ft. Latto) Her Gift & a Curse Ms. Nasty Who Me (ft. Pooh Shiesty) Red Wine Scary (ft. Rico Nasty) ...
Beyoncé Drops Visual Teaser for “I’M THAT GIRL”
The rollout of Renaissance visuals is near as Beyoncé has released the official music video teaser for her track “I’M THAT GIRL.” The new release is the first extended visual teaser dropped from the songstress’ seventh solo studio album. As “I’M THAT GIRL” is kicks off the album, it only makes sense that this is the first visual to come from the superstar. Dressed in a chrome molded bodice, Beyoncé is first seen in various clips at a home from answering the phone to cracking an egg before she walks into an empty/lounge. Filled with paneled mirrors, the teaser cycles between shots of the songstress on the bar next to a horse and sitting on a dusty pink suede corner sectional. Although the entire video clocks in at three minutes and thirty-six seconds, the visual aspect only encompasses...
Kehlani Joins Babyface on Fresh ‘Girls Night Out’ Track “Seamless”
Kehlani has joined forces with Babyface for a new track dubbed “Seamless,” off the latter artist’s forthcoming project Girls Night Out. The duo wrote the track in collaboration with The Rascals, who produced in collaboration with Babyface. The twelve-time Grammy Award winner took to Instagram to share a video of his studio sessions with Kehlani, confirming that the single was recorded in April of last year. “I worked with Kehlani many years ago and I am just so proud of who she has become as an artist and also how well she knows herself and her fans,” said Babyface in a statement. “I am really honored to have her collaborate with me many years later for such a special project and I love the song we created. Kehlani is one of one and a true superstar.” “Seamless” marks Babyfa...
PinkPantheress Drops New Track “Picture in my mind” With Sam Gellaitry
Pop breakout star PinkPantheress has released a new track titled “Picture in my mind” with Sam Gellaitry. In her usual fashion of posting snippets of unreleased tracks, the UK-born singer/songwriter teased the track via Tiktok. Since then, anxious fans flocked to YouTube to listen to looped snippets of the upbeat song. But after nearly eight months, the energetic track is finally here and with production from dance/electronic producer Sam Gellaitry no less. @pinkpantheress plz keep me away from disco #fyp #hello2022 #newyears ♬ original sound – ??☺️ Surrounding love, the song details the perception of a partner and the feelings that arise when it differs from reality.”Always noticed something ’bout you/So similar to me, it scares me/I’m impatient, I can’t wait to see/What it ...
Electronic Pop Duo Sylvan Esso Is Open to Experimentation on New LP ‘No Rules Sandy’
Less than two years after the release of Free Love LP, Sylvan Esso has returned with its fourth full-length studio album. No Rules Sandy sees the indie pop duo step away from flashy production and lead with cathartic and introspective songwriting. “I want everything to feel like something you’ve heard before, but presented in a way you’ve never heard,” Sanborn described the new LP. The duo — consisting of Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath — recorded No Rules Sandy in early 2022 in just three weeks while working out of a Los Angeles rental home. Additional recording took place at the duo’s studio in its home state of North Carolina. “Even if we weren’t feeling good, we would just sit down and try to make something,” Meath said. “Pretty much every day that we did that, we got a song that we like...
