Mercury Prize-winning singer and producer Sampha returned Wednesday with “Spirit 2.0,” his first solo song in over six years. While Sampha’s acclaimed 2017 album Process found the singer tackling grief head-on, “Spirit 2.0” strikes a more optimistic tone. “It’s about the importance of connection to both myself and others, and …
Read More »Trippie Redd Announces 2023 'Take Me Away' North American Tour
Trippie Redd will be spending the last few weeks of summer on the road in support of his forthcoming album, A Love Letter To You 5. The rapper’s newly-announced Take Me Away tour will kick off at the end of August with openers Lucki, D.Savage, Ekkstacy, and K Sauve. Jean …
Read More »The Red-Pilling of Rob Schneider: A Complete Timeline
Back in the halcyon days of the early 2010s, Rob Schneider was perhaps best known for being a Saturday Night Live alum, one of Adam Sandler’s BFFs, and the star of the (underrated) The Hot Chick and the (completely fairly rated) Deuce Bigalow franchise. Today, however, he’s probably best known …
Read More »Kris Jenner Admits She Carries 'Guilt' for Making Her Family Famous
Parents exploit their children online on a daily basis now, building boisterous social media followings by documenting their home lives. It’s an unusual new normal, but in many ways, the Kardashians were the blueprint. On an upcoming episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner have a heart-to-heart …
Read More »Kim Petras Celebrates Community Amidst 'Brutal' Transphobia: 'The Dolls Have Each Other's Backs'
Kim Petras spoke about finding and celebrating community as a way of dealing with the deluge of hate directed at trans people in a new interview on Call Her Daddy. “It’s such a beautiful, beautiful community and that’s one thing that I just like want people to know: The dolls …
Read More »Beyond Psilocybin: Four Psychedelic Compounds Under the Research Microscope
Psilocybin — the main psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms — is the most famous and best-studied psychedelic substance. But beyond psilocybin, there are many other psychedelic compounds, some naturally occurring, some made in labs. Scientists, mental health professionals and individual psychonauts are exploring these alternate psychedelics for their psychological benefits, …
Read More »James Blake Returns With New Album 'Playing Robots Into Heaven'
James Blake returned in a big way Wednesday as the singer simultaneously announced a new tour, new song and new album, titled Playing Robots Into Heaven. Playing Robots Into Heaven, like its predecessor Friends That Break Your Heart, finds Blake reconnecting with his electronic music roots, similar to his acclaimed …
Read More »After Writing for Pop's Biggest Stars, Bonnie McKee Wants People to Step Into Her Own World
Bonnie McKee was at one of the lowest, darkest moments of her life when she had a validating experience with Lana Del Rey. The singer approached her at a party in 2019 and held up her phone to show what she had been listening to on her way there: McKee’s …
Read More »Consumer Data Protection: Can the U.S. FinTech Industry Solve the Problem?
There have been two main playersto date when it comes to consumer data protection, or, rather, the lack thereof. There are companies, largely Big Tech, that want to harvest and sell consumer data, and there’s the government which is attempting to regulate it. But there needs to be a third: …
Read More »How Hollywood Hid Rock Hudson, Its Biggest Gay Movie Star
Like a lot of all-American dreamboats, Roy Harold Fitzgerald (née Scherer Jr.) made his way to Hollywood after World War II, making good on the offer to look up a friend’s brother should he ever find himself in the greater Los Angeles area. The ex-Navy mechanic had matinee-idol looks, a …
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