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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cardi B Finally Announces New Album ‘Am I the Drama?,' Shares Release Date and Cover Art
Cardi B has announced her long-awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, by revealing its cover art and release date across social media. The follow-up to her Grammy-winning, four-times platinum debut 2018 album Invasion of Privacy has been hotly anticipated in the years since, often stoked by Cardi teasing a completed project herself. She was even hard at work on the album for a 2024 release when Rolling Stone shadowed her at studios last spring for the June cover story. However, she's now made it clear that the real thing is ready, sharing a pre-order link for an album due September 19. The cover art finds Cardi in a striking red body suit surrounded by ravens, with a one large one perched on her massively-heeled shoe. Per Apple Music, the album will have 23 songs, including 'WAP,' 'Up,' and her latest single 'Outside.' More from Rolling Stone Karol G, Cardi B, Lorde, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week Cardi B Is Feisty and Ready for Summer on 'Outside' Cardi B Is Getting as Impatient as Her Fans While Waiting on Features to Finish New Album On Sunday, she teased the album announcement with a video of herself framed by fake black birds in a black gown, narrating in a voice over that, 'Seven years and the time has come. Seven years of love, life and loss. Seven years I gave them grace, but now, I give them hell. I learned power is not given, it's taken. I'm shedding feathers and no more tears. I'm not back, I'm beyond. I'm not your villain, I'm your karma. The time is here. The time is now.' She's been punctuating the posts with emojis of black birds and feathers, marking a new symbol for the rapper. Similarly, artists like Megan Thee Stallion and Doechii have defined their musical eras with animal avatars as well: leading up to the release of her self-titled third studio album, Megan was into snakes, and Doechii's imagery around her Grammy-winning mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal (which made her the first woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap album since Cardi won for Invasion of Privacy in 2019) has included tons of the swampland creatures. When Rolling Stone spoke to Cardi B about the forthcoming album last year, she was still looking to finalize an intro, at least three more songs, a title, features, and a rollout plan. At the time, she wanted the album to have a wide reach, but also reflect her many moods. 'I'm a different person every single day,' she said. 'When I'm in a good mood and I'm with my friends, [I'm] like, 'Damn, I want my shit to be played in this club.' But then I might be mad with my man, so it's like now I want to do this song. But then I want to do a pop record. I want to do my sing-y shit.' However, she was also balancing pressure from fans and critics, unrelenting travel, and a difficult family life while contemplating the future of her relationship with her now-estranged husband, Offset. She filed for divorce less than two months before she announced the birth of their third child last September. On June 20, Cardi released the raucous single 'Outside,' where she slams certain men and celebrates others, and promises to have a wild time. 'Well, let's go wrong for wrong/let's go lick for lick,' she raps. 'If I can handle that/ let me see you handle this.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chase Bets Ben Stiller and David Chang Can Cook Up Excitement Around Sapphire Reserve Revamp
This week Chase shook up the world of premium credit cards with a major revamp of its Sapphire Reserve card. The premium credit card is turning to heavy hitters from the worlds of pop culture and food to help reintroduce the product to the market. Actor-director Ben Stiller, Nobody Wants This producers Erin and Sara Foster, singer-songwriter Ella Langley, and chef and Netflix host David Chang are among those featured in the campaign, which will combine personal narratives, humor and some perks from the new card in its spots. More from The Hollywood Reporter "Who Gives a F*** What Other People Think": Walton Goggins, Adam Scott and the Drama Actor Roundtable YouTube Aims to Democratize Branded Content Just Like It Did With Videos Global Ad Forecast Downgraded as Creator Platforms Poised to Overtake Pro Content 'I liked the tone that they wanted to do with this campaign, in terms of just talking and telling stories and having it being personal, but also having it have a little bit of a humorous, self-deprecating edge to it,' Stiller tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. It helps, of course, to have a personal connection. And both Stiller and Chang fit that bill. 'If I want to partner with somebody, it's got to be stuff that I use on a day to day basis,' Chang says. 'That's just who I am and it makes it easy to talk about, because I've been a long time Chase Sapphire Reserve card member. I think inherent in that Sapphire program is that it's probably the single best card that links diners together with eating in restaurants.' Stiller, meanwhile, notes that the refreshed card will offer perks that personal to a few things close to him, namely The New York Knicks, and his Apple TV+ series Severance. Among the perks offered via the Sapphire Reserve will be a special dinner event in New York, where cardmembers can dine on the court at Madison Square Garden, joined by Knicks legends. Stiller, who is frequently seen courtside at MSG, knows what it's like (in fact he jokes about it in one the campaign spots). 'For me, that's a great thing to be able to offer people that's unique, and having experienced it myself, knowing how much I love that and I appreciate it, I thought, 'oh, that's a cool thing to be able to offer people that is not necessarily something you'd be able to get to do elsewhere,' he says of the perk. And the refreshed card will also offer members credits for Apple TV+ and Apple Music, effectively including them as a benefit of the card. That means that Severance could be seen by an audience that hasn't already been exposed. 'Selfishly, I think it's great because more people get to see our show. I think with these streamers, it's an interesting time, because the way people watch things has changed completely,' Stiller says, noting that the complicated and crowded streaming landscape means that standout out asa creative can be challenging. 'To be able to broaden the audience for certain shows that sometimes people might not just be able to watch because they're having to make choices on streamers — which I understand, too, it's just a strange new time in terms of how you make these choices to watch things. 'We've had a long partnership [with Apple] since they started, and working on the show has been kind of my main job for the last five years,' Stiller added. 'So to be able to tie that in and to feel like it just makes sense in terms of what I'm doing creatively, to be able to expand that audience, for people to be able to sample it is really cool, and it felt like a natural fit. Chang, too, sees things through the creative lens. While the Momofuku mogul gained national attention for his restaurants, he has since become a bona fide media personality via his Majordomo Media. 'I don't think of it as any different between the media and the restaurants. And what I mean by that is content is what we create — I spend more time doing that these days — but you just consume that in a different way,' Chang says. 'And I think our values in what we do in the restaurants is no different than the values that we try to do in media, which is education, giving value. And I think it's one of the reasons why our partnership with Chase makes sense as well. I think these are all the same things to sort of make you think about things in a different way, and to widen your scope of what you thought was possible.' And both say that the perks of the card connect to things that are meaningful to them: Travel, food, discovery. 'As a filmmaker, as a kid, I wanted to be making these kind of big, epic movies that I grew up watching,' Stiller says, recalling that people still come up to him say that his 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty inspired them to travel and explore. 'That's an amazing connection that you can have with people through movies too. I feel like it's very personal, you make something as a filmmaker that you want to see, and then people can connect with that. Because for me, it's always going into nature, and that aspect of movies has always been something that I've loved.' Chang, meanwhile, says that the nature of where we can find good food is changing, citing Japan as an example, where some of the best restaurants are found in subway stations, or atop office buildings. 'I've long said that the future of food is going to be in places that you at least expect it,' he said, adding that Chase has helped shore up food in one of those places: The airport lounge. The bank is opening Sapphire Lounges in airports across the country, and partnering with chefs to help curate their menus. 'It is an oasis when you're in an airport for a lot of reasons, whether you're headed to a business meeting or now I have a family, two kids, you need place that you can sort of regroup,' Chang says, expressing frustration at the status quo outside the lounges. 'With Chase, the lounges that are in growing numbers in airports around the country, are going to be delicious. And I can say that without any BS, because it's true.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Elle
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Lorde Wrote a Heartbreaking Love Letter to Her Mom (and Fans) on 'Virgin'
When Lorde said her new album, Virgin, was about rebirth, I didn't realize it would also be so much about her mom. But I guess it makes sense—no one comes into this world alone. Lorde can't sing about being born again without acknowledging the one who birthed her first. Her mother's imprint is all over the album, from Lorde crying out, 'Mama, I'm so scared,' in 'Current Affairs' to mentions of 'my mama's trauma' in 'GRWM.' You could even argue that her mom, Sonja Yelich, a poet (!), even inspired the singer's style of songwriting. But her influence is deepest on 'Favorite Daughter,' in which Lorde sings about their relationship and her quest to make her proud, even if it took a toll on her. Lines like 'Breaking my back just so you'll say that I'm a star' and 'Panic attack just to be your favorite daughter' are not only gutting, but also relatable, especially for women. Lorde has a special talent for capturing the distinct feelings of coming of age, no matter what age that is. She's depicted various stages of her life vividly in her music, from gritty teenagedom in Pure Heroine to a life-changing heartbreak in Melodrama. As the now 28-year-old enters her Saturn return, Virgin, too, is emblematic of an era: your late 20s. They always say you'll understand your mother as you get older; and this is probably the time when it starts to hit hard. You're drifting farther from the highs of adolescence and becoming what they call 'a grown-up,' entering new stages of your career and relationships, and thinking more seriously about your future. With the prospect of motherhood or settling down on the horizon (if that's your plan), it's likely you'll start to see life through the eyes of your mom—or maybe who she was at your age. After an exhausting day at work, you see why she might've snapped at you for small mistakes. After a heated argument, you might wonder if she could've had the same exchange with her own mother. Maybe it's not full forgiveness, but it is empathy. And Lorde has plenty of empathy for her mother on Virgin. Even as she vents in 'Favorite Daughter,' she praises her mom's bravery and support, pays homage to her late brother, and notes how her own achievements might've been overlooked. ('Why did no one listen when you hit the notes from your heart?') Jumping ahead to 'Clearblue,' she nods to her mom's own generational struggles: 'There's broken blood in me, it passed through my mother from her mother down to me.' 'Favorite Daughter' 'came from very, very deep in me,' Lorde told Zane Lowe in her Apple Music interview, and her mother received the song well. 'And honestly, it's been really beautiful for me and my mom, being able to make that expression and just the way that she received it and the conversations that it's made us have, and we've never been closer,' she added. Lorde also revealed that with Virgin, 'I feel this channel open with my mom, because I mention her constantly on the album. I've never had more empathy and understanding for my mother and her mother and her mother, the sort of lineage of women who have made me what I am. I feel like I came into some real understanding about femininity and womanhood generally, that it really feels like a kind of love letter to my mom in a lot of ways.' Like all things Lorde, this song is layered. It's not just aimed at one person, but 'a composite of people and moments that have kind of brought up a certain feeling for me,' she told Lowe. 'As much as it's about my mom, when I'm saying, 'All the medals I won for you, breaking my back to be your favorite daughter,' I felt that I was also singing to an audience.' Those feelings about 'wanting so badly to be loved and to get this approval and to be the favorite' also apply to being an artist in the public eye. It's quite poignant from a musician whose last album (Solar Power) was brushed aside by the public. Lorde said it was 'moving' that while she was singing about her 'foremost idol,' she was also singing about the pressures of being thrust into the spotlight at 16. As Lorde said, 'Favorite Daughter' is a love letter, but it also doesn't cover up the flaws. It just might inspire listeners to express their own feelings toward their mothers, even if there's no guarantee they'll be met with the same warmth. And for those of us who can't, because of our own nuanced family dynamics, listening to a song like this is perhaps enough solace, knowing that someone has been through the same thing and emerged on the other side reborn. Read the full lyrics to 'Favorite Daughter' below, courtesy of Genius.
Hypebeast
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Things We Loved In Music This Week: June 27
As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the most notable music-related headlines – new releases, live performances, merch drops, fashion collaborations and more. After an enigmatic rollout,Kevin Abstracthas formally unveiled his latest studio endeavor:Blush. A homage to his hometown of Houston, the 19-track album features a lineup of local H-town artists as well as Abstract's close collaboratorsJPEGMAFIA,Dominic Fikeand, on executive production, Quadeca. Spotify|Apple Music Virginsummer can properly commence;Lorde's long-awaited fourth studio LP is officially upon us. Preceded by singles 'What Was That,' 'Man of The Year' and 'Hammer,' the anthemic album is here just in time for summer. Spotify|Apple Music At the end ofPharrell's latestLouis Vuittonspectacle in Paris, a new track blared over the speakers – an unreleased collaboration from none other thanTyler, the CreatorandDoechii. With Pharrell on production, the track is entitled 'Get Right.' F1quite possibly just dropped the most star-studded soundtrack of the year. FeaturingPeggy Gou,Tate McRae,Obongjayar,Don Toliver,Doja Cat,Burna Boy, and many more, the album arrives shortly after the movie, out in theaters everywhere now. Spotify|Apple Music For the first time since lock-up,Young Thugtook the stage for a live performance. Headlining the final day ofLyrical Lemonade'sSummer Smash, Thugger brought outTravis Scott,T.I. andKen Carson, debuting new music with the latter. Almost a decade afterInvasion of Privacy,Cardi Bis plotting her return to the scene. The rapper has announced her first studio endeavor in over seven years,Am I The Drama?, which is confirmed to drop everywhere on September 19. Pusha TandMalicewere bound to show up and show out in Paris. The duo performed an intimate outdoor show during sunset ahead of the Louis Vuitton show, following it up a few days later with aClipseCOLORSperformance. Fresh offFanatics Fest,Oakleyrevealed Travis Scott would join the brand as its first-ever Chief Visionary, kicking off a multi-year partnership withCactus Jack. Marking their first live performance together in seven years,Beyoncébrought outJay-Zfor her third and final Parisian show. They performed 'Crazy in Love', 'N***as in Paris', and 'Drunk in Love.' Mac DeMarcohas finally detailed his imminent new album. EntitledGuitar, the album is set to drop on August 22. What he believes to be a highly authentic release at this point in his life, DeMarco handled all of the production, mixing, and video shooting, also sharing the project's lead single, 'Home.' Spotify|Apple Music The first-ever collaboration fromMAVIandSminohas landed. Dubbed 'Potluck,' the smooth new single arrives on the heels of MAVI's other recent big-name link-up withEarl Sweatshirton 'Landgrab.' Spotify|Apple Music For the first time ever,Frank Oceanis releasing a channel ORANGEvinyl – 13 years after his debut project's release. A new cover art features a grid of photos of Ocean donning his iconic bandana. On the heels of high-octane singles 'DELILAH,' 'BBGIRLGOSLOW,' and 'DUMB SHIT,'Bktherulahas delivered her latest studio endeavor:LUCY. Spotify|Apple Music On Don Toliver's birthday, he debuted a brief snippet of 'FWU (GEMINI SZN).' Now, two weeks later, we're getting an official release for the track. Spotify|Apple Music ForPi'erre Bourne's first new album since 2021'sThe Life of Pi'erre 5,the producer/rapper has presented the primarily solo effort entitledMade in 17 tracks – including singles 'Pop' and 'Blocs,' the album's sole feature comes from Yung Nudy on 'JBH.' Spotify|Apple Music The424Paris Fashion Week runway was another captivating convergence of high fashion and music. Not only didRemaandRoddy Ricchwalk the runway, but the entire runway soundtrack was created by Tommy Richman. Before theChannel Orangevinyl drop, Ocean revealed hisHomerjewelry brand would be dropping soon, complemented by a handful of brick-and-mortar stores globally. Dev Hynes, akaBlood Orange, has unveiled his first song since dropping a four-song EPFour Songsin 2022. 'The Field' is a collaborative effort, with assistance fromDaniel Caesar,Caroline Polachekand more. Spotify|Apple Music As revealed on his @worldaffairsincorporated Instagram account,Yung Leanhas lifted the curtain on his first book. 256 GB compiles 256 GB worth of photos, notes and screenshots split into nine color-themed chapters. Another duo of first-time collaborators linked up this week:IDKandCordae. The pair dropped off the first-ever studio track 'Prince George.' Spotify|Apple Music
CairoScene
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Select 340: Mixed by Naomi
Paris-based DJ and vibes curator Naomi presents us with a playful mix of percussive bass, hip-hop and R&B to get you warmed up for the festival season. Jun 27, 2025 This Saturday on Select, Paris-based Apple Music host and DJ Naomi takes charge. Her sets are known for being irresistibly danceable, where Afro-Caribbean rhythms and bass music pulse through rap and R&B tunes. Naomi has been a resident of Rinse France since 2021, curating two monthly shows: Club Gems and R&B Gems. Her select set is an energetic summer-leaning mix of percussive, synocopated rhythms with deep bass cuts, and subtle nods to her hip-hop and R&B roots–a playful hour to warm you up through the festival season. The set features hard-hitting tunes like 'LESSGO' by ABBEL and 'Freak Like Me' by Ziggy Twiss. Listen to the full set below: SceneNoise · Select 340: Mixed by Naomi
