Yesterday JoJo Siwa — who recently pivoted from being a self-proclaimed queer icon to a trad girlfriend to her Big Brother (UK) costar Chris Hughes — released a cover of Kim Carnes’ 1981 hit “Bette Davis Eyes.” Now the legendary singer-songwriter is seemingly throwing shade.
Jeff Lynne’s ELO have been on The Over And Out Tour since last year. The run got extended with a few more UK dates to happen this month, but it hasn’t been going as planned.
Drake recently returned with “What Did I Miss?,” a track that reflected frankly on his beef with Kendrick Lamar. Last night the rapper performed at the Wireless Festival in the UK and brought out Lauryn Hill.
I do not say this lightly, but I think we may have a song of the summer contender. Today, the German-South African artist Tyla, who has raised awareness to the glory of amapiano, dropped a new single called “Is It.” And, oh man, is it a summer bop.
It’s been a busy year for Kid Cudi. Back in May he testified against Sean “Diddy” Combs in the music mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering case, with Cudi confirming that his car exploded in his driveway in 2012 shortly after Combs threatened to blow it up. Maybe we’ll hear more about that in Cudi’s recently-announced memoir, which is coming out next month. But on a much lighter note, Cudi also got married a couple of weeks ago, and today he’s announced a new album called Free that’ll be out next month too.
Justin Bieber is a dad. He’s a husband. You’re not getting it. It’s not clocking to you. It’s not clocking to you that he’s standing on business, is it? He doesn’t give a fuck if you’re on the sidewalk! He’s a human fucking being! You’re standing around his car! At the beach! You know what Justin Bieber is saying? You don’t think he’s a real fucking guy, do you? You’re going to take this video out of context. You’re going to say he’s mad. Justin Bieber doesn’t know who the fuck is paying you to provoke him, but he’s not the fucking one, OK? Stop provoking him. He’s a real dad, a real husband, a real man, so don’t fucking do this shit to him, OK? He’s not to be fucked with. He doesn’t know who’s paying you to provoke him, but he’s not the one. He doesn’t care that you’re on the sidewalk. He doesn’t care what kind of dirty work, what kind of nasty shit — you’re getting paid in the background to provoke him, bro, but he’s really not the fucking one. He’s not the one. He doesn’t care that you’re on the sidewalk, bro.
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)
Justin Bieber sent the internet into a tizzy today when the news broke that he was dropping a surprise album. Is it possible his antics — such as the recent, instant-classic meme “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business, is it?” — were all a publicity stunt? If so, hats off to him. SWAG is out now.
A couple months ago Travis Scott shared a clip teasing a sequel to 2019’s Jackboys, the collaborative compilation and first studio album released on the rapper’s own Cactus Jack Records. The video was made with White Trash Tyler and Harmony Korine. Now Scott posted that Jackboys 2 is slated to drop on Sunday.