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After years of waiting, Lil Wayne is officially back with Tha Carter 6, and he just dropped the feature list.
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The album is set to release on June 6th, marking the first installment in the legendary Carter series since 2018’s Tha Carter V. That album gave us unforgettable tracks like “Uproar,” the wild collab “Mona Lisa” with the ops Kendrick Lamar, and the introspective “Let It All Work Out,” a song that still lives rent-free on social media timelines to this day.
Since then, Weezy hasn’t exactly gone quiet. He’s kept his day-one fans fed by re-releasing one of his classic mixtapes No Ceilings on all streaming platforms. Which is a major win for those who’ve been running it back since the DatPiff days.
Now, with Tha Carter 6 around the corner, the feature list has the streets buzzing. This time around, Wayne is flipping the script with an unexpected but stacked lineup of guests on his next LP, including Miley Cyrus, U2’s Bono, and opera singer Andrea Bocelli. The New Orleans rapper is also bringing in Machine Gun Kelly, dancehall legend Elephant Man, and even his 15-year-old son Kameron, making this one of his most diverse projects yet.
Wayne’s about to prove once again why he’s in a lane of his own. June 6th can’t come fast enough. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a new listener, Tha Carter 6 is shaping up to be a moment.
Save this storySaveSave this storySaveThe National’s Matt Berninger has released another single from his second solo album. The new song, “Breaking Into Acting,” is a collaboration with Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy. The track’s music video, directed by Hopper Mills, is a sort of video within a video, as it features people using various devices to watch Berninger and Duffy act in front of a yellow screen. Find the clip below.Berninger’s new album, Get Sunk, is out May 30. He primarily worked on his follow-up to Serpentine Prison with Sean O’Brien.
I’m not trying to force my truth on anyone,” Little Simz says firmly. “But I do need to talk about it, for me.”
She’s referring to the shocking dissolution of one of her dearest friendships, which has played out publicly throughout the year. Four months after filing a lawsuit against longtime studio collaborator Dean “Inflo” Cover for allegedly failing to repay a 1.7 million pound loan (roughly $2.2 million), Simz is ready to lift the veil on her side of the implosion. Lotus, out June 6, is her reclamation manifesto — a sonic rendering about ownership of her story, music and confidence.
In the two-and-a-half years since No Thank You, Simz’ fifth studio album and follow-up to 2021’s career-changing Sometimes I Might Be Introvert — which won the 2022 Mercury Prize and scored Simz her first top five entry on the Official U.K. Albums chart — she comfortably settled in among U.K. hip-hop heavyweights, performing at the BAFTA Awards and the Glastonbury festival.
Since launching her career in 2015, Simz had worked closely with Grammy Award-nominated producer Inflo and his wife, acclaimed R&B singer Cleo Sol, frequently joining the couple for collaborations under their Sault moniker. Simz and Inflo met at St. Mary’s Youth Club as children, and the two went on to conquer the U.K. music industry in the years that followed, with Inflo producing three of her albums.
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But in December 2023, according to legal filings, Simz allegedly fronted over $1 million to launch Sault’s first and only live show, during which Inflo and Sol were joined by Simz and Grammy-nominated artist Michael Kiwanuka. But when the debt left her unable to pay her tax liability the next month, according to her filing, something broke inside the rapper.
“I got to a point where I lost my sense of purpose,” she says, carefully choosing her words. “I’m quite an introspective person, especially when it comes to my music. But this time around, it felt harder. Making this album felt like a real breakthrough. I was led by God, my inner child and the Simz that was coming up and had this fire in her belly.”
Lotus — which Simz introduced with the Miles Clinton James-helmed track “Flood” in February — peruses the full spectrum of her emotions throughout her journey to rebuild after one of her closest relationships ended. And on the rambunctious, bluesy album opener, which has yet to be released, she spits: “I’m lucky that I got out now, it’s a shame I really feel sorry for your wife … This person I’ve known my whole life, coming like a devil in disguise.” The song is downright irate — her intonation has rarely been this ferocious — and Simz understood that it was a gamble. “I was really frustrated and hurt, and I wanted to scream,” she says. “But it’s tricky starting off on that foot sometimes.”
To temper the album’s unrelenting moments, Simz explores other relationship dynamics. On one conversational track that feels like a leaked private phone call, she weighs the impact of work and celebrity on family; on a more uptempo cut, she lists the ways her understanding of love has evolved. With more guest stars than any of her previous projects, none of whom she’s ready to reveal, there are a lot of voices on the album, but Simz undoubtedly remains at the center.
Lotus, which she says sources its title from “one of the only flowers that thrive in muddy waters,” prioritizes Simz’ catharsis, but that’s not the only reason it’s such a hard-fought achievement. She tried to complete four other albums since the 2022 release of No Thank You, all to no avail.
“They were great, but it’s more the situation of who I made them with,” she says somewhat wistfully. “In letting go of that relationship, I had to let go of that music… It’s like having a kid with someone; you might split with the person, but you don’t just stop loving the kid.”
Even if those albums are never released, Simz has plenty on the horizon. She will curate London’s Meltdown Festival, taking place June 12-22, which will include her first orchestra-backed live performance. The 11-day undertaking will further cement Simz’ U.K. superstardom, while her U.S. crossover is still taking hold. (Last year, she made her Billboard Hot 100 debut thanks to her feature on Coldplay’s “We Pray,” which hit No. 87.)
Could Lotus be the album to land that jump? Now that Simz has finally regained the confidence to narrate her own story, it very well could be. “I feel like it’s growing slowly but surely,” she says, “and I feel really honored to be a voice from the U.K. that people are taking to.”
This story appears in the April 19, 2025, issue of Billboard.
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Sinners, a new film from director Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan in a lead role, was released to the wider public this week, and the early returns are in. On X, many are praising Coogler and Jordan for delivering a wild, western movie-inspired vampire romp.
Sinners takes place in the 1930s in the Southern United States and features Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore. Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, Buddy Guy, Saul Williams, and Omar Benson Miller also star in the film.
The plot follows the Moore brothers as they return home to Mississippi after living in Chicago, attempting to change their former ways. The brothers, realizing the North was just as racist as the South, steal money from some Chicago gangsters and head back home to open up a juke joint. However, arriving back home, they encounter a growing evil in the form of vampires in their hometown.
Jordan has received kudos for pulling double duty as Smoke and Stack. The film also touches on some of the racial tension of the times with Hailee Steinfeld playing the role of Stack’s love interest, Mary, who is passing for a white woman despite being part Black. Also, there is heavy emphasis on music in the film, in particular the Blues, and how it plays into the overall narrative is cleverly done.
On X, fans, including LeBron James and LeVar Burton, are saying that Sinners delivers the big-screen thrills, stating that Ryan Coogler has yet again delivered some movie magic. Of course, there are requisite criticisms, and we’ll try to share comments from all sides below.
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Save this storySaveSave this storySaveWith so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Tunde Adebimpe; Julien Baker & Torres; Hieroglyphic Being; Juana Rozas; Davido; Mozzy; Superheaven; and Lucy Railton. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz [Sub Pop]Two decades after electrifying the New York scene with indie-rock supremos TV on the Radio, Tunde Adebimpe has signed to Sub Pop for his debut solo album. His bandmates Jaleel Bunton and Jahphet Landis join him for cameos on Thee Black Boltz, contributing to a combustible synthpop backdrop that frames Adebimpe’s allegorical yarns and missives surveying a world falling to violent authoritarianism. The title, he added, would make “a good name for a cool metal band. And I think that most people would describe me as akin to a very cool metal band.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeJulien Baker & Torres: Send a Prayer My Way [Matador]Send a Prayer My Way is the product of Julien Baker and Torres’ decision, some nine years back, to join forces for a country album. The success of their 2024 hit “Sugar in the Tank” helped make it a reality: Send a Prayer My Way reimagines the two singer-songwriters as rambling bards in the outlaw tradition, bundling introspection and sardonic observation into a satchel of hummable tunes founded on their shared childhood love of the genre.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeHieroglyphic Being: Dance Music 4 Bad People [Smalltown Supersound]Jamal Moss, the virtuoso of Chicago house abstractionism known as Hieroglyphic Being, has been “partying since 1984,” he said in press materials. But, these days, something has changed: “Everybody’s angry!” Dance Music 4 Bad People is Moss’ attempt to reassert house music as a site of radical acceptance and escapism, albeit without the shallow positive vibes of contemporary dance populists. At times brutal and always volatile, the album functions as a sort of electro-shock therapy applied from the shoulders down, layering hard beats, ambient whorls, and nervous acid ticks to trigger a state of full-body rapture.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicBuy at Rough TradeJuana Rozas: Tanya [Sony Music Argentina]Juana Rozas swaps bubbly bedroom-pop for hell-raising rave catharsis on Tanya, the Buenos Aires pop singer’s follow-up to Vladi. Loosely themed around the escapades of the titular protagonist, the album is “a clubby tribute to the chameleonic sounds of the Latin rave underground,” as Maria Eberhart put it in Pitchfork’s review, but one that doubles as a reflection on romantic misadventure.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicDavido: 5ive [RCA]Nigerian Afrobeats maestro Davido continues his global ascent with 5ive, swaggering between reggaeton, dancehall, and R&B with guests including Victoria Monét, Shenseea, and YG Marley, as well as a reunion with “Unavailable” collaborator Musa Keys. “It’s a statement of where I stand, five albums in,” Davido said of the record in press materials. “Different sounds, different cultures, but one vibe!”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicBuy at Rough TradeMozzy: Intrusive Thoughts [Mozzy]On Intrusive Thoughts, the pensive follow-up to last year’s Children of the Slums, Mozzy once again reflects on the mental toll of living within cycles of violence, revenge, and grief. The Sacramento rapper collects singles including “10 Percent,” “Blood Diamonds” (featuring GNX standout Peysoh), “Under Oath,” and the Lil Poppa–assisted “Nightmares” on the album.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicSuperheaven: Superheaven [Blue Grape Music]Superheaven’s first album in a decade revives the winning hybrid of post-hardcore and alt-rock that has earned the Pennsylvania four-piece an unlikely army of TikTok loyalists. Perhaps emboldened by a viral resurgence, the band sets off another furnace of heavy, anthemic gloom on this self-titled LP, led by the shoegaze-shaded “Cruel Times,” as well as interim singles “Long Gone” and “Numb to What Is Real.”Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeLucy Railton: Blue Veil [Ideologic Organ]Lucy Railton collects her first recorded suite of solo cello compositions on Blue Veil, expanding a catalog at the nexus of classical and electronic composition that includes past collaborations with the likes of Kali Malone, Stephen O’Malley, and Laurel Halo. On Blue Veil, the British composer coaxes earthy tremors from the cello, turning the sound of bow scrapes and resonant harmony into a languid psychic expanse.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough Trade
Stevie Nicks is working on her first new solo album in 14 years. The legendary Fleetwood Mac singer and solo star shared the news during her induction into the Pollstar Hall of Fame on Wednesday (April 16). “I’m actually making a record right now,” Nicks said in her induction speech.
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“I call it the ghost record. It just really kinda happened in the last couple of weeks because of, you know, the fires,” she said in seeming reference to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, during which she was displaced. “I was sitting in a hotel for 92 days, and at some point during that last part of the 92 days, I said, ‘You know what? I feel like I’m on the road, but there’s no shows. I’m just sitting here by myself because everybody else is at the house, doing all the remediations and everything, and it’s just me, sitting here.’ And I thought, ‘You need to go back to work.’ And I did.”
Nicks, who was inducted by longtime friend and former producer Jimmy Iovine, said she’s already written seven songs for the album, a follow-up to her seventh solo LP, 2011’s In Your Dreams. She described them as “autobiographical, real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life. They are not airy-fairy songs that you are wondering who they’re about but you don’t really get it. They’re real stories of memories of mine, of fantastic men!”
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Nicks, 76, recently announced a run of summer and fall solo shows she’ll embark on in between stadium gigs with old friend Billy Joel. The tour will kick off on Aug. 12 in Boston and include shows in Toronto, Saint Paul, MN, Cincinnati, Columbus, Tampa, Phoenix and Las Vegas before winding down in Oklahoma City on Oct. 15.
The news about new music comes seven months after Nicks dropped the moving single “The Lighthouse,” a women’s empowerment anthem inspired by the Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.
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Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe are teaming up for a hard rock destination festival in Riviera Maya, Mexico this winter. The legendary hard rock groups will set up shop from November 7-9 for the Rock the Tides fest, which will also include sets from Poison singer and solo performer Bret Michaels, Extreme, the Struts, Buckcherry, […]
The New Pornographers have “immediately” severed ties with drummer Joe Seiders after the longtime member of the rock collective was arrested in Palm Desert, CA for possession of child pornography.
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According to a press release from the Riverside Sheriff’s office, Seiders was arrested after officers were dispatched to investigate a report of suspicious activity on April 7 at a Chick-Fil-A restaurant, where an 11-year-old boy told officers that an unknown man had recorded him on a cell phone while he was using the bathroom. Two days later, police said an employee at the same restaurant reported that the man was seen entering and exiting the restroom with juvenile males.
“Believing the male was the suspect from the previous incident, law enforcement was contacted. Upon arrival, deputies located the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Joseph Seiders of Palm Desert, and took him into custody,” read the release. After an investigation, officers served search warrants on Seiders’ residence, vehicle and cell phone, where they reportedly found evidence implicating Seiders in both incidents and “additional crimes,” which they said included possessing child pornography.
Seiders was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, CA for possession of child pornography, annoying/molesting a child, invasion of privacy, and attempted invasion of privacy. At press time a spokesperson for the band had not returned Billboard‘s request for additional information on the incident.
In a statement on Instagram, the band wrote, “Everyone in the band is absolutely shocked, horrified and devastated by the news of the charges against Joe Seiders — and we have immediately severed all ties with him. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by his actions.”
Seiders joined the Canadian indie power pop supergroup — which formed in Vancouver in 1997 — in 2014, joining charter members singer Neko Case, singer/guitarist Carl Newman and bassist John Collins. He appeared on their 2017 album Whiteout Conditions, as well as 2019’s In the Morse Code of Brake Lights and 2023’s Continue as a Guest, as well as their recent single “Ballad of the Last Payphone.” The drummer is being held at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility with bail set at $1 million and is scheduled to make his first appearance in court on Tuesday (April 22).
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Lady Gaga is seeing renewed success on Australia’s charts this week, as her latest album Mayhem rockets back into the ARIA Top 10 following her much-talked-about Coachella appearance and the ongoing rollout of her Australian stadium tour.
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Mayhem climbs from No. 14 to No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart, boosted by the pop icon’s high-energy set at Coachella and a surge in demand tied to her recently announced Aussie tour dates. The album originally debuted at No. 1 last month, and this latest jump marks its fourth week in the chart’s upper echelon.
Earlier this month, Gaga announced her return to Australia with The Mayhem Ball, her first tour of the country in more than a decade—and her first stadium dates Down Under. After quickly selling out her initial shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, a second Melbourne and Sydney date was added on April 16 due to overwhelming demand. The five-date run kicks off Dec. 5 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and wraps Dec. 13 at Accor Stadium in Sydney.
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The tour promotion, paired with Gaga’s Coachella performance and social media buzz, has sparked renewed interest in the Mayhem project. The album, led by the global No. 1 single “Die With a Smile” (with Bruno Mars), has spent multiple weeks in the Top 10 worldwide, including a 15-week reign atop the Billboard Global 200.
Gaga’s resurgence on the ARIA chart comes amid a strong week for Aussie acts: hip-hop trio Bliss n Eso debut at No. 1 with The Moon (The Light Side)—their fourth chart-topper—while Australian Idol winner Marshall Hamburger lands at No. 50 with The Idol Collection, marking the first time since 2009 that an Idol champ has entered the Top 50 upon season close.
Meanwhile, on the ARIA Singles Chart, Alex Warren notches a fourth consecutive week at No. 1 with viral hit “Ordinary,” and Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” rebounds into the Top 5, climbing from No. 9 to No. 4.
With Mayhem back in the Top 10 and her Australian stadium shows selling fast, Gaga’s momentum in the region is only continuing to build, with a final tour date added to Sydney earlier this week.