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Kehlani Announces New Album ‘Blue Water Road’
Kehlani has officially announced her third studio album, Blue Water Road. The R&B songstress took to social media to reveal the record and also shared an accompanying visual for the announcement. “coming out of the rubble of It Was Good Until It Wasnt and into the light, on to the road,” she wrote on Twitter, continuing, “let’s have fun.” Blue Water Road follows 2020’s It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, which was named one of HYPEBEAST’s Best Albums of 2020. The 15-track record featured guest appearances from Jhené Aiko, Masego, Lucky Daye and James Blake, and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Watch the teaser below. Kehlani’s Blue Water Road drops Winter 2021. BLUE WATER ROAD the album.coming this winter.⏳ welcome to my world. https://t.co...
Virgil Abloh Shares Kid Cudi’s Impromptu Freestyle at Met Gala 2021 After Party
After an already eventful night filled with the industry’s flashiest and most creative fashion moments, Virgil Abloh took to Instagram to share a video of an intimate jam session after the Met Gala. The video appears to show that BADBADNOTGOOD, Kid Cudi and ASAP NAST were all in attendance. BADBADNOTGOOD seemed to start off the Met Gala 2021 afterparty with a musical set of instrumentals before the night was kicked up a notch by Cudi, who takes the mic and delivers a strong set of freestyle bars. Virgil accompanies his Instagram post with a caption stating, “Inspired to keep curating these different nights out around music-music instead of just music. I had my friends @badbadnotgood set the tone last night. @asapnast & @kidcudi impromptu. Was different, really different.” It is unclear...
Nas Enjoys “Brunch on Sundays” With LeBron James, Swizz Beatz, Cordae and More
Nas has dropped off an accompanying music video for his King’s Disease II cut, “Brunch on Sundays.” Directed by Omar Jones, the visual was filmed in Catch LA and sees the legendary rapper enjoying brunch with buddies like Hit-Boy, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Swizz Beatz, Cordae, Blxst and Lil Rel. Nas celebrates friendships and the good life as Blxst delivers the lines, “Keep it playa at all times / Be patient, it’s all vibes / You f*ckin’ with the latest and greatest of our time / They know if I’m winnin’, we winnin’, we all shine / Make sure my people got a plate at the table before mine.” King’s Disease II was released in August and features appearances from Eminem, EPMD, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, YG, Lauryn Hill, Charlie Wilson, Blxst and Hit-Boy. Just like 2020’s King’s Disease, th...
Travis Scott Reveals the Deeper Meaning Behind His Upcoming ‘Utopia’ Album
For its latest “CR PARADE” specialty-themed issue, CR MEN led by Carine Roitfeld tapped Travis Scott for an evocative cover, editorial spread shot by photographer Ryan McGinley and accompanying interview. The 13th issue sees cover star Travis Scott sit down with friend and artist, Tom Sachs, for an intimate interview ahead of the release of his fourth studio album, Utopia. The interview offers a window into the mind of La Flame, as the notoriously private artist discusses the lessons he’s learned on his meteoric rise to fame and his need to break and set boundaries while balancing his celebrity status and personal life. Aside from outlining his humble first recording studio setup, Travis also goes into the deeper meaning behind his upcoming Utopia album. The artist reveals his hopes for a ...
Norm Macdonald Tributes: Adam Sandler, Conan O’Brien, & More Honor Comedian
As news of the death of actor and comedian Norm Macdonald at 61 years old reverberates throughout Hollywood, countless tributes have poured in from fellow comedians and actors. “Every one of us loved Norm,” remembered Macdonald’s Saturday Night Live castmate Adam Sandler. “Some of the hardest laughs of my life with this man. Most fearless funny original guy we knew. An incredible dad. A great friend. A legend. Love u pal.” “I am absolutely devastated about Norm Macdonald,” said Conan O’Brien. “Norm had the most unique comedic voice I have ever encountered and he was so relentlessly and uncompromisingly funny. I will never laugh that hard again. I’m so sad for all of us today.” Advertisement Related Video “In every important way, in the world of stand-up, Norm was the best,” former Lat...
Foo Fighters Tease “Insane Prog-Rock Record”
Foo Fighters will try anything once. Fresh off a disco dalliance as the Dee Gees and their 10th album of power pop-inflected rock, Medicine at Midnight, Dave Grohl has teased a turn towards the jazz, folk, and psychedelic-inspired vistas of prog. “Every album that we’ve made is a response to the one we made before,” Grohl said in a new interview with Rolling Stone. “So now there are whispers of making an insane prog-rock record.” Granted, Grohl hasn’t started writing it yet. But he has more money than one man can spend and he thinks it would be fun. That’s the only reason he does anything these days. “Yeah, I guess, like, you still feel like the kid sitting on your bedroom floor playing along to your favorite band’s album,” he explained. Advertisement Related Video It’s a trait that b...
Dirty Work Is a Weird Glimpse Into the Movie Career Norm Macdonald Almost Had
Norm Macdonald, who left us too soon at the age of 61 after living with cancer for a decade, was a comedian’s comedian. You can tell because so much of his greatest work is just him. There’s the opening passage of his special Me Doing Stand-Up, where he immediately pontificates about being haunted by the grim specter of death (“It’s good to be alive, isn’t it? That’s what I say. I find that to be the goodest thing there is, to be alive. And uh, the reason it’s so good, it’s cause it’s so bad to be dead. It’s not like life’s so fucking great, but compared to being smothered in earth…”). There’s his legendary ultra-clean roasting of Bob Saget, and his interjections on Conan O’Brien’s first Late Night show, where he couldn’t stop running down Carrot Top. Even the Saturday Night Live gig that ...
Norm Macdonald’s 5 Most Memorable Moments
No one did comedy like the late Norm Macdonald, because no one understood comedy like Norm Macdonald. He was a stand-up not just first and foremost, but in his entirety. Hollywood often balked at his ability to headline a movie or TV series, and that was likely just fine with him — his craft was the joke, not “acting.” “There’s a craft to comedy that’s not an art,” he told Larry King in 2018. “Because the craft is this: You have to make the audience make a specific noise at a specific time all together. Art is open to interpretation; stand-up comedy is not. You must get the exact same — it could be silence, it could be anger, it could be anything — but you have to have that same noise from every single person in the audience. If it’s mixed, you’re dead.” That idea that the comic had to eli...
Take a First Look at Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
Director Olivia Wilde on Monday shared a teaser trailer for her hotly-anticipated sophomore effort, Don’t Worry Darling, starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. Wilde dropped the new footage on her Twitter, along with the film’s official release date: September 23, 2022. As previously noted, the movie follows “a 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community” who “begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.” Pugh and Styles star as the aforementioned husband and wife, alongside co-stars Chris Pine, Kiki Laye, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll and Wilde. In theaters only. 9.23.22 pic.twitter.com/S2wiqcmL9m — olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) September 13, 2021 Don’t Worry Darling will be Wilde’s second film as director, following Books...
Kyle Ng and Designer Kara Jubin Share the Story Behind Brain Dead’s Womenswear Line
Verizon Media’s In The Know has launched a new show titled Forever Emerging that explores the world of fashion with established and emerging designers. The series hones in on the importance of uplifting the talent and voices of the next generation of creatives, and how these individuals help to push the envelope when it comes to design. The first episode follows Kyle Ng of Brain Dead and Kara Jubin, the visionary behind KkCo and Brain Dead’s women’s line, as they share how they came to work together and discuss their inspirations, hobbies and shared appreciation for creating new products for Brain Dead. Forever Emerging showcases the working relationship between Ng and Jubin at BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS, providing an intimate look into how Ng relies on Jubin for her distinct point of view an...
Here’s Why Britney Spears Deleted Her Instagram Account
Britney Spears has deleted her Instagram account but reassured her fans with the happy reason she’s taking a break from the social media app. “Don’t worry folks … just taking a little break from social media to celebrate my engagement !!!!” she wrote on her Twitter account, which remains active. “I’ll be back soon.” Billboard can confirm that Spears chose to delete her Instagram account. The pop superstar, 39, and 27-year-old personal trainer-turned-actor Sam Asghari announced their engagement Sunday, when Spears waved her sparkling engagement ring and kissed her now-fiancé on Instagram. They had been dating since 2016 when they met on the set of her “Slumber Party” music video. “I can’t f—ing believe ...
Idris Elba Drops Out as Co-Host of 2021 GRM Daily Rated Awards
Other nominees scheduled to perform are Backroad Gee, ENNY and Potter Payper. U.K. garage act Heartless Crew has also been added to the lineup. Comedian Mo Gilligan and radio host Julie Aldenuga helmed the last two shows. Dapaah is best known for his portrayal of Big Shaq in the U.K. Under that pseudonym, Dapaah plays a fictionalized rapper and released the parody track “Man’s Not Hot” in 2017. Dunn graced the cover of Vogue Greece’s September issue. The GRM Daily Rated Awards honors the top names in the British rap, hip-hop, and grime scene. Grime icon Stormzy, rapper Slowthai, and R&B singer Jorja Smith are a few of the artists nominated at this year’s awards show. The winners will be revealed live on Sept. 16 ...
