Music Reviews

On “After Hours,” The Weeknd‘s Toxicity Becomes Tiresome

The crooners first album in four years sounds great, but his lack of remorse is becoming a concern

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Official Video)

In the 2012 visual for "Rolling Stone," Abel Tesfaye, otherwise known as enigmatic R&B crooner The Weeknd, presented his fans with a symbolic interpretation of an existential crisis he faced as a budding superstar.

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Short film for Eternal Atake "BabyPluto" 🌟🛸

One of the most colossal music releases of our lifetime has finally arrived.

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After two years of teasers, delays, and a brief musical hiatus, Lil Uzi Vert kicked the Eternal Atake press run into full gear these past few weeks, spontaneously releasing a new single, short film, and the album track list all with very little warning. Leading up to one of the most highly anticipated releases of the past two years, Uzi fans became convinced that Eternal Atake would never see the light of day after a GQ expose with the rapper mentioned that he was fully pivoting into fashion. "The music is whatever, bro. I really do it just to make my family happy," he said. His family must be happy then, because the reception for Eternal Atake has already been stellar, and Uzi has finally fed his fans what they've been drooling over for years.

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Eternal Atake

CULTURE

Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, and the Sexist Backlash Against Female Sadness

Sure, the topics they sing about might be destructive and controversial—but typically, we let men get away with writing about the same themes without blinking an eye.

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Who could forget the firestorm that erupted around Lana Del Rey in 2012? The number of think pieces and posts smashing her for her purported glamorization of depression and sadness rose to the thousands, maybe millions.

She wasn't a feminist. She ran around with gangsters and slept with old men in her music videos. She loved Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg. She wanted to die.

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Film Reviews

"Love, Death & Robots" Is a Master Class in Short Film

Ferocious alien creatures, nudity, and fiery robot battles wrapped in surprisingly smart stories.

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Tim Miller and David Fincher's short film anthology Love, Death & Robots is the ideal series for the YouTube generation.

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MUSIC

Listen: Flying Lotus Drops 7 New Tracks

No other artist is obsessed with mortality like Flying Lotus.

'Kuso' Flying Lotus

Hire Flying Lotus to score your film.

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