Singer-songwriter Beyonce has shared that she was inspired by Grammy-winning artiste Jack White for her country album, ‘Cowboy Carter’. The album marks her foray into the country music genre.
Queen Bey sent Jack some flowers to let him know about his influence on the album, and expressed her gratitude to the musician for serving as an inspiration, reports ‘Female First UK’.
However, the two didn’t work together on the collection but the former White Stripes star influenced the ‘Single Ladies’ hitmaker.
She wrote on the note, “Jack, I hope you are well. I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record. Sending you my love, Beyonce.”
As per ‘Female First UK’, the 48-year-old musician gushed over the “gracious” ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ hitmaker and hailed her music “beautiful and powerful”.
He shared on Instagram alongside the floral gift and note: “What a sweet gesture to...
Queen Bey sent Jack some flowers to let him know about his influence on the album, and expressed her gratitude to the musician for serving as an inspiration, reports ‘Female First UK’.
However, the two didn’t work together on the collection but the former White Stripes star influenced the ‘Single Ladies’ hitmaker.
She wrote on the note, “Jack, I hope you are well. I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record. Sending you my love, Beyonce.”
As per ‘Female First UK’, the 48-year-old musician gushed over the “gracious” ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ hitmaker and hailed her music “beautiful and powerful”.
He shared on Instagram alongside the floral gift and note: “What a sweet gesture to...
- 4/3/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Michelle Obama is part of the BeyHive, too.
On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.”
“With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!” Obama wrote. “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard,...
On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.”
“With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!” Obama wrote. “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Jack White was greeted with a bouquet of flowers recently. They were from Beyoncé.
On Tuesday, the musician shared a photo of the (literal) flowers Beyoncé sent him after she released her album Cowboy Carter, and they included a sweet note acknowledging how he inspired her new record.
“I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record,” Beyoncé wrote, signing it: “Sending you my love.”
White shared a photo of the flowers on her Instagram, thanking Queen Bey for the gesture.
“What a sweet gesture...
On Tuesday, the musician shared a photo of the (literal) flowers Beyoncé sent him after she released her album Cowboy Carter, and they included a sweet note acknowledging how he inspired her new record.
“I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record,” Beyoncé wrote, signing it: “Sending you my love.”
White shared a photo of the flowers on her Instagram, thanking Queen Bey for the gesture.
“What a sweet gesture...
- 4/2/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Emmy Russell, granddaughter of the late country pioneer Loretta Lynn, wowed the American Idol judges during Sunday’s episode and began to make her own mark on the music industry.
Leading up to her performance, Russell revealed she’s a descendant of the bonafide legend and proceeded to give a tour of her Meemaw’s house. “She’s one of the biggest country music singers of all time, but to me, she’s just Grandma,” the 24-year-old musician said. “I think I am a little timid, and I think it is because I want to own my voice… That’s why I want to challenge myself and come out here.”
From there, Russell stepped behind the piano to deliver an emotional performance of her original song “Skinny,” which was written about eating disorders. “Sleeping on scales is just what I’m used to,” she sings on the track. “I haven’t eaten in days.
Leading up to her performance, Russell revealed she’s a descendant of the bonafide legend and proceeded to give a tour of her Meemaw’s house. “She’s one of the biggest country music singers of all time, but to me, she’s just Grandma,” the 24-year-old musician said. “I think I am a little timid, and I think it is because I want to own my voice… That’s why I want to challenge myself and come out here.”
From there, Russell stepped behind the piano to deliver an emotional performance of her original song “Skinny,” which was written about eating disorders. “Sleeping on scales is just what I’m used to,” she sings on the track. “I haven’t eaten in days.
- 2/27/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Born and raised in Kentucky as the daughter of coal miner Ted Webb, Loretta Lynn taught herself how to play guitar as a teenager. She knew enough to begin carving out her identity as a singer, later giving way to the establishment of a powerful legacy. But taking a look at Loretta’s sprawling family tree, it seems as though her musical calling was inevitable — and it has spanned generations since.
Loretta was the second oldest of eight children. While neither of their parents pursued musicianship as careers, the Webb...
Loretta was the second oldest of eight children. While neither of their parents pursued musicianship as careers, the Webb...
- 2/27/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The Free Nationals are back with their first new music in almost four years, and they’ve rallied an all-star collaboration for the occasion: The members of Anderson .Paak’s live band have recruited the singer and drummer himself for “Gangsta,” which also boasts a feature from A$AP Rocky. Stream it below.
The retro-soul track is a celebration of the funk sound that helped the four members of The Free Nationals establish a name for themselves. The accompanying visual marks the band as the latest to embrace AI in music videos — they’ve also shared an AI-based photo generator that turns interested users into similarly styled avatars to match the video’s aesthetic. The video was directed by Francois Rousselet, who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Jack White, and Pharrell in the past.
This April, The Free Nationals are set to return to the stage with .Paak during the New Orleans Jazz Festival.
The retro-soul track is a celebration of the funk sound that helped the four members of The Free Nationals establish a name for themselves. The accompanying visual marks the band as the latest to embrace AI in music videos — they’ve also shared an AI-based photo generator that turns interested users into similarly styled avatars to match the video’s aesthetic. The video was directed by Francois Rousselet, who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Jack White, and Pharrell in the past.
This April, The Free Nationals are set to return to the stage with .Paak during the New Orleans Jazz Festival.
- 2/23/2024
- by Mary Siroky
- Consequence - Music
The Flaming Lips will continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by performing the album in full on a new run of 2024 US tour dates.
Kicking off on April 20th with a previously announced show in Jacksonville, Florida, the trek will continue with stops in New Orleans, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and more. See The Flaming Lips’ full touring itinerary below.
A Live Nation pre-sale for the newly announced dates will begin on Thursday, February 22nd (use access code Energy) ahead of the general on-sale slated for Friday, February 23rd via Ticketmaster.
Find deals for all of The Flaming Lips’ upcoming tour dates at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Revisit our 2022 interview with Wayne Coyne about the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi and...
Kicking off on April 20th with a previously announced show in Jacksonville, Florida, the trek will continue with stops in New Orleans, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and more. See The Flaming Lips’ full touring itinerary below.
A Live Nation pre-sale for the newly announced dates will begin on Thursday, February 22nd (use access code Energy) ahead of the general on-sale slated for Friday, February 23rd via Ticketmaster.
Find deals for all of The Flaming Lips’ upcoming tour dates at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Revisit our 2022 interview with Wayne Coyne about the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi and...
- 2/20/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Dexter Romweber, the musician who founded the pioneering guitar-and-drums duo Flat Duo Jets, later inspiring the likes of The White Stripes and countless other lo-fi acts, has died. He was 57 years old.
Romweber’s death was announced via a statement posted by his family on Facebook, which revealed that had died at home on Friday, February 16th, and though “a medical exam is pending,” it is “believed he died of natural causes.”
Born on June 18th, 1966, in Indiana, Romweber got involved in music at an early age, forming his first band when he was 10. By the time he was attending high school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the ‘70s, he began performing with drummer Chris “Crow” Smith. In 1983, the two formed Flat Duo Jets, a rip-roaring psychobilly duo that harnessed the electrifying interplay of Romweber’s guitar playing and stage prowess with Smith’s thunderous drumming.
Through the ‘80s,...
Romweber’s death was announced via a statement posted by his family on Facebook, which revealed that had died at home on Friday, February 16th, and though “a medical exam is pending,” it is “believed he died of natural causes.”
Born on June 18th, 1966, in Indiana, Romweber got involved in music at an early age, forming his first band when he was 10. By the time he was attending high school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the ‘70s, he began performing with drummer Chris “Crow” Smith. In 1983, the two formed Flat Duo Jets, a rip-roaring psychobilly duo that harnessed the electrifying interplay of Romweber’s guitar playing and stage prowess with Smith’s thunderous drumming.
Through the ‘80s,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Update: The project’s title has been changed from “I, Jack White” to “I, Jack Wright.”
“Unforgotten” creator Chris Lang is working on a new drama titled “I, Jack White,” Variety has learned.
The six-part series, which will start shooting in London later this month, tells the story of a man named Jack White who dies by suicide — or so his sprawling family are led to believe.
But when his numerous wives and children stumble across White’s secret last will, the document throws a grenade into their lives and leads them to question whether how well they knew Jack White after all.
Federation Stories is producing the project for BBC Studios-owned U.K. network UKTV.
Tom Vaughan (“What Happens in Vegas”) is set to direct while Federation’s Polly Williams and Arielle Gottlieb are exec producers.
Lang previously wrote ITV thriller “The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe...
“Unforgotten” creator Chris Lang is working on a new drama titled “I, Jack White,” Variety has learned.
The six-part series, which will start shooting in London later this month, tells the story of a man named Jack White who dies by suicide — or so his sprawling family are led to believe.
But when his numerous wives and children stumble across White’s secret last will, the document throws a grenade into their lives and leads them to question whether how well they knew Jack White after all.
Federation Stories is producing the project for BBC Studios-owned U.K. network UKTV.
Tom Vaughan (“What Happens in Vegas”) is set to direct while Federation’s Polly Williams and Arielle Gottlieb are exec producers.
Lang previously wrote ITV thriller “The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe...
- 2/12/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Adele was considered by Bradley Cooper for Lady Gaga's role in their 2018 version of 'A Star Is Born'.The 'Hello' hitmaker, 35, was one of the singers the movie's director and leading male thought could portray the role of waitress-turned-superstar Ally alongside himself as washed-up country rock musician Jackson 'Jack' Maine. Speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival recently, Cooper said: “I thought about Adele for a while. "It was like, his career’s not great. He goes abroad. He meets this woman, but no - and then that never even took off at all."It was already known that Beyonce was set to take on the part but was forced to pull out.He recalled of the 42-year-old pop superstar's try-out : “She was incredible."And we went down the road and then it didn’t work out. I remember I was so nervous. I had...
- 2/12/2024
- by Lizzie Baker
- Bang Showbiz
Paramore had fans nervous when they recently canceled shows and took down their website, but fear not: The newly independent band announced Saturday that they’re still together and this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors.
“After a long career in the music industry we have decided to announce that… we are going to continue to have a long career in the music industry (sorry for any inconvenience),” Paramore quipped in a statement.
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“After a long career in the music industry we have decided to announce that… we are going to continue to have a long career in the music industry (sorry for any inconvenience),” Paramore quipped in a statement.
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“Our first order...
- 2/10/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This article contains Killers of the Flower Moon spoilers.
Silence greets Ernest Burkhart when he enters a meeting with the business leaders of Osage County, Oklahoma. This late into Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio) has proven to be easily pliable, to the point that his uncle William “King” Hale (Robert De Niro) can convince him to poison his beloved wife Mollie (Lily Gladstone). But he can be pushed only so far. If the leaders do not want Ernest to testify against his uncle, they must be subtle.
Thus the quiet when Ernest enters the room, which Scorsese and his cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto shoot like a baroque painting. The low mumble of their conversation fades as each withered white face turns from the shadows to face Ernest, who nods in a suggestion of understanding.
But the quiet breaks when W.S. Hamilton, the lawyer for Hale and Ernest,...
Silence greets Ernest Burkhart when he enters a meeting with the business leaders of Osage County, Oklahoma. This late into Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio) has proven to be easily pliable, to the point that his uncle William “King” Hale (Robert De Niro) can convince him to poison his beloved wife Mollie (Lily Gladstone). But he can be pushed only so far. If the leaders do not want Ernest to testify against his uncle, they must be subtle.
Thus the quiet when Ernest enters the room, which Scorsese and his cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto shoot like a baroque painting. The low mumble of their conversation fades as each withered white face turns from the shadows to face Ernest, who nods in a suggestion of understanding.
But the quiet breaks when W.S. Hamilton, the lawyer for Hale and Ernest,...
- 1/18/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Killers of the Flower Moon had a remarkable amount of musician cameos: Jason Isbell, Randy Houser, Sturgill Simpson, and even Jack White all turned up. But Pete Yorn’s role may be the most literally explosive — the New Jersey singer-songwriter plays a mysterious hitman hired to blow up a house.
Yorn returns to his day job this week with the release of his new song “Someday, Someday.” It’s an introspective acoustic number that finds Yorn ruminating on a relationship that’s been relegated to the fringes of life, and features Rami Jaffee,...
Yorn returns to his day job this week with the release of his new song “Someday, Someday.” It’s an introspective acoustic number that finds Yorn ruminating on a relationship that’s been relegated to the fringes of life, and features Rami Jaffee,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Martin Scorsese’s latest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon, will available to stream on Apple TV+ beginning on Friday, January 12th.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It chronicles the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
DiCaprio and Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation.
The film’s cast also includes Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, along with musicians Jack White, Jason Isbell,...
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It chronicles the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
DiCaprio and Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation.
The film’s cast also includes Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, along with musicians Jack White, Jason Isbell,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Olivia Rodrigo will never forget the first time she heard Lorde’s breakout single, “Royals,” because it changed her life.
“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” said Rodrigo during The Hollywood Reporter’s recent Songwriter Roundtable discussion.
Talking to fellow songwriters like Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Jon Batiste, Rodrigo shared her experience hearing Lorde for the first time and reflected on Pure Heroine’s impact. “I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo said. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being...
“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” said Rodrigo during The Hollywood Reporter’s recent Songwriter Roundtable discussion.
Talking to fellow songwriters like Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Jon Batiste, Rodrigo shared her experience hearing Lorde for the first time and reflected on Pure Heroine’s impact. “I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo said. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being...
- 1/2/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Jack White appears set to release new music in 2024.
The Detroit rocker rang in the new year by sharing a snippet of music via his Instagram. The clip doesn’t contain any details such as a title or release date, but it does feature a blue backdrop, the color often associated with White’s solo work.
White released his most recent solo albums, Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive, in 2022. He capped off a prolific supporting world tour with a thunderous performance on Saturday Night Live in early 2023.
Revisit our cover story on Jack White, where he discusses entering a renaissance period and breaking conventions in ways both subtle and drastic.
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The Detroit rocker rang in the new year by sharing a snippet of music via his Instagram. The clip doesn’t contain any details such as a title or release date, but it does feature a blue backdrop, the color often associated with White’s solo work.
White released his most recent solo albums, Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive, in 2022. He capped off a prolific supporting world tour with a thunderous performance on Saturday Night Live in early 2023.
Revisit our cover story on Jack White, where he discusses entering a renaissance period and breaking conventions in ways both subtle and drastic.
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Jack White Teases New Music
Scoop Harrison...
- 1/2/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Sometimes, modern music has fascinating parallels with classic rock. Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful” helped catapult her into the mainstream. Elvis Presley released a song with the same name decades beforehand. While the two songs are both ballads, they have major differences.
‘Young and Beautiful’ singer Lana Del Rey has paid homage to Elvis Presley many times
Del Rey has repeatedly referenced Elvis in her work. The “All Shook Up” singer is a character in her short film Tropico alongside fellow 1950s icons John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe. Del Rey also quoted the lyrics of “Blue Suede Shoes” in her single “Million Dollar Man.” She even put out a song called “Elvis!”
It’s unclear if Del Rey intentionally wrote a ballad called “Young and Beautiful” as an homage to Elvis’ song of the same title. After all, the latter song is one of the more obscure tracks...
‘Young and Beautiful’ singer Lana Del Rey has paid homage to Elvis Presley many times
Del Rey has repeatedly referenced Elvis in her work. The “All Shook Up” singer is a character in her short film Tropico alongside fellow 1950s icons John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe. Del Rey also quoted the lyrics of “Blue Suede Shoes” in her single “Million Dollar Man.” She even put out a song called “Elvis!”
It’s unclear if Del Rey intentionally wrote a ballad called “Young and Beautiful” as an homage to Elvis’ song of the same title. After all, the latter song is one of the more obscure tracks...
- 12/31/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Ya know, I did go full method,” reveals Jack Black to us on Crew Call in regards to how he prepped for the role of Mega villain Bowser in Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie.
“I gained seven pounds, only eating Bowser-type food, which ironically is similar to my type of food: cheeseburgers, fries, just like De Niro would,” says the multihyphenate song and thespian man.
“It’s amazing how the research for Bowser was similar to what I was already doing, but, by God, I did it.”
At the top of today’s conversation with Black is how he came to craft the power ballad “Peaches” with Tenacious D producing partner John Spiker which Bowser booms in the $1.36 billion grossing animated movie. Katy Perry had “The One That Got Away,” and well, this is Bowser’s take on that as he moans about the girl who’ll always run away,...
“I gained seven pounds, only eating Bowser-type food, which ironically is similar to my type of food: cheeseburgers, fries, just like De Niro would,” says the multihyphenate song and thespian man.
“It’s amazing how the research for Bowser was similar to what I was already doing, but, by God, I did it.”
At the top of today’s conversation with Black is how he came to craft the power ballad “Peaches” with Tenacious D producing partner John Spiker which Bowser booms in the $1.36 billion grossing animated movie. Katy Perry had “The One That Got Away,” and well, this is Bowser’s take on that as he moans about the girl who’ll always run away,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Last month, Snoop Dogg delighted stoners everywhere by revealing that his “quitting smoke” announcement had nothing to do with his smokes-so-much-weed-he-hired-a-guy-to-roll-his-blunts lifestyle and everything to do with a new ad for a smokeless fire pit, in which he talks up the product and joyously lights a marshmallow on fire. Now, an exciting detail about the ad has come out: the marshmallow was the first one Snoop Dogg had ever roasted in his life.
The confirmation of Snoop’s rite of passage arrived on Monday in a new interview by The Daily with the fire pit company’s CEO, John Merris. In it, he explains how the company, Solo Brands, brought in the Martin Agency for advertising help, who came up with the idea for the campaign. From there, Merris ended up pitching the idea over the phone to Snoop himself, who was “on board in minutes.”
It was only six...
The confirmation of Snoop’s rite of passage arrived on Monday in a new interview by The Daily with the fire pit company’s CEO, John Merris. In it, he explains how the company, Solo Brands, brought in the Martin Agency for advertising help, who came up with the idea for the campaign. From there, Merris ended up pitching the idea over the phone to Snoop himself, who was “on board in minutes.”
It was only six...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Variety won top honors Sunday at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, taking the trophy for best entertainment publication along with 11 other first-place wins.
The May 3 cover package “No Words: What the Writers Strike Means for Hollywood” was recognized in the category of best entertainment publication during the ceremony held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The kudo extends to Variety’s entire editorial staff for creating the issue on deadline, publishing barely 48 hours after the Writers Guild of America called its first strike in 15 years.
“Receiving the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award that recognizes the entirety of our staff is particularly meaningful to us after such a challenging year for the industry we cover,” said Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, Variety‘s co-editors in chief. “Hollywood’s season of strikes was an all-encompassing, labor-intensive story to capture. It’s gratifying to receive this recognition as well many other first,...
The May 3 cover package “No Words: What the Writers Strike Means for Hollywood” was recognized in the category of best entertainment publication during the ceremony held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The kudo extends to Variety’s entire editorial staff for creating the issue on deadline, publishing barely 48 hours after the Writers Guild of America called its first strike in 15 years.
“Receiving the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award that recognizes the entirety of our staff is particularly meaningful to us after such a challenging year for the industry we cover,” said Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, Variety‘s co-editors in chief. “Hollywood’s season of strikes was an all-encompassing, labor-intensive story to capture. It’s gratifying to receive this recognition as well many other first,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The contract for the film’s theatrical release had made it seem like it wouldn’t be available to stream until January, but apparently Swift had other plans in mind.
Taylor Swift loves her fans and between unannounced album drops, easter egg-laden social media clues, a fandom-spanning new high-profile relationship, and more, she is never not giving the Swifties things to be excited about. That continued on Monday as the global superstar announced that her record-breaking concern film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” would be available to rent digitally in the United States, Canada, and other countries on her birthday, Dec. 13.
“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” has grossed nearly $250 million dollars in theaters. The singer-songwriter had initially approached studios to release the film, but was unable to make a deal, so she released it directly in AMC and Cinemark theaters. The extended version of the film will be available to...
Taylor Swift loves her fans and between unannounced album drops, easter egg-laden social media clues, a fandom-spanning new high-profile relationship, and more, she is never not giving the Swifties things to be excited about. That continued on Monday as the global superstar announced that her record-breaking concern film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” would be available to rent digitally in the United States, Canada, and other countries on her birthday, Dec. 13.
“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” has grossed nearly $250 million dollars in theaters. The singer-songwriter had initially approached studios to release the film, but was unable to make a deal, so she released it directly in AMC and Cinemark theaters. The extended version of the film will be available to...
- 11/27/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
Musicians Gene Simmons and Neil Young have separately announced their decisions to leave Twitter (which owner Elon Musk has renamed “X”). Their announcements arrive amidst a flurry of companies choosing to pull advertisements from the site after Musk backed an antisemitic conspiracy theory on the platform.
Young — who made waves in 2022 for his decision to remove his music from Spotify in protest of its platforming Joe Rogan — shared a statement about the decision on his site, Neil Young Archives. “We are stopping all use of X we can control,” he wrote. “For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on Earth, we are taking this action against his company.” The blog post included a photo of Musk’s face with the caption, “Teslas should fly flags of love — not hate.”
Continuing his message, Young added, “For our many Palestinian friends and our many Jewish friends, we do need...
Young — who made waves in 2022 for his decision to remove his music from Spotify in protest of its platforming Joe Rogan — shared a statement about the decision on his site, Neil Young Archives. “We are stopping all use of X we can control,” he wrote. “For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on Earth, we are taking this action against his company.” The blog post included a photo of Musk’s face with the caption, “Teslas should fly flags of love — not hate.”
Continuing his message, Young added, “For our many Palestinian friends and our many Jewish friends, we do need...
- 11/20/2023
- by Emma Carey
- Consequence - Music
An Elon Musk biopic is being developed at A24 with Darren Aronofsky attached to direct, as first reported by Puck News and confirmed by multiple outlets.
The film will be based on author Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography Elon Musk. Isaacson’s book Steve Jobs also served as the basis of Danny Boyle’s Oscar-nominated 2015 film of the same name, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet.
Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 and shrewdly invested in Tesla a few years later before becoming CEO of the electric automaker. More recently, he purchased Twitter for $44 Billion after trying to back out of the acquisition and made massive changes to the social media platform, including charging $8 per month for a blue checkmark and renaming it to X.
During Musk’s tenure as the owner of Twitter, numerous celebrities have vocally criticized him and quit the platform, including Trent Reznor, Jack White, and Elton John.
The film will be based on author Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography Elon Musk. Isaacson’s book Steve Jobs also served as the basis of Danny Boyle’s Oscar-nominated 2015 film of the same name, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet.
Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 and shrewdly invested in Tesla a few years later before becoming CEO of the electric automaker. More recently, he purchased Twitter for $44 Billion after trying to back out of the acquisition and made massive changes to the social media platform, including charging $8 per month for a blue checkmark and renaming it to X.
During Musk’s tenure as the owner of Twitter, numerous celebrities have vocally criticized him and quit the platform, including Trent Reznor, Jack White, and Elton John.
- 11/10/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
(from left) Kurt Russell in Elvis (Photo: Worldvision Enterprises); Austin Butler in Elvis (Photo: Warner Bros); Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Elvis (Photo: CBS); Jacob Elordi in Priscilla (Photo: Zoey Kang/A24) Graphic: The A.V. Club
When Sofia Coppola’s new biopic Priscilla opens in theaters on November 3, Jacob Elordi will...
When Sofia Coppola’s new biopic Priscilla opens in theaters on November 3, Jacob Elordi will...
- 10/31/2023
- by Cindy White, Luke Y. Thompson, Brent Simon, Brandon Kirby, Manuel Betancourt, Scott Huver, and AV Club Staff
- avclub.com
Olivia Rodrigo appeared as a guest on Tuesday’s nights episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she sat down for an interview and performed “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl” from her latest album, Guts. However, prior to visiting the studio she caught a ride with Kimmel and his family as they drove to school.
Kimmel and his wife Molly surprised their children, Jane and Billy, by stopping to pick up a hitchhiker, who just so happened to be the 20-year-old pop singer. Rodrigo squeezed in the middle seat and led the kids in singing some backseat karaoke. Nine-year-old Jane Kimmel seemed particularly overwhelmed by the experience.
Meanwhile, during an interview with their dad, Rodrigo discussed how her family is dealing with her rise to fame and shared a funny anecdote about how her mom unintentionally implied that her daughter was a stripper. She also spoke about how she toned some of the lyrics to Guts,...
Kimmel and his wife Molly surprised their children, Jane and Billy, by stopping to pick up a hitchhiker, who just so happened to be the 20-year-old pop singer. Rodrigo squeezed in the middle seat and led the kids in singing some backseat karaoke. Nine-year-old Jane Kimmel seemed particularly overwhelmed by the experience.
Meanwhile, during an interview with their dad, Rodrigo discussed how her family is dealing with her rise to fame and shared a funny anecdote about how her mom unintentionally implied that her daughter was a stripper. She also spoke about how she toned some of the lyrics to Guts,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Martin Scorsese’s newest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon, ends with a prescient kind of warning to an industry that would explode 100 years after the events of the film: true crime. It seemingly tells the viewer that, in a realm focused on death and destruction, it’s vital to remember the people behind all the pain — the victims and survivors of rampant evil.
Based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann, the film centers on the Osage people of Oklahoma after the discovery of oil on...
Based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann, the film centers on the Osage people of Oklahoma after the discovery of oil on...
- 10/23/2023
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
The following article contains spoilers for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" hits theaters this week, and if you've seen it, you know that the cast is astonishing. Lily Gladstone turns in a powerful performance as Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family is part of the horrifying murders of tribespeople to gain their money and profit rights after oil is discovered on their land. The Osage Nation became wealthy, and white men used a number of underhanded and despicable ways to get their hands on the money. That includes the plotting of a series of murders by William King Hale (Robert De Niro) and his nephew Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Based on the true story of the Osage murders in Oklahoma at the beginning of the 20th century, the cast includes Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers,...
Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" hits theaters this week, and if you've seen it, you know that the cast is astonishing. Lily Gladstone turns in a powerful performance as Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family is part of the horrifying murders of tribespeople to gain their money and profit rights after oil is discovered on their land. The Osage Nation became wealthy, and white men used a number of underhanded and despicable ways to get their hands on the money. That includes the plotting of a series of murders by William King Hale (Robert De Niro) and his nephew Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Based on the true story of the Osage murders in Oklahoma at the beginning of the 20th century, the cast includes Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Olivia Rodrigo will celebrate Record Store Day’s Black Friday by gathering the four “secret” songs from her new album Guts on an exclusive vinyl out Nov. 24.
For the release of Guts: The Secret Tracks, Rodrigo has teamed with Jack White’s Third Man Records to press the four songs — “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger,” and “Girl I’ve Always Been,” each of which were snuck onto four different color vinyl variants of Guts — on opaque deep purple vinyl.
“All 4 secret tracks from Guts are coming to vinyl pressed...
For the release of Guts: The Secret Tracks, Rodrigo has teamed with Jack White’s Third Man Records to press the four songs — “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger,” and “Girl I’ve Always Been,” each of which were snuck onto four different color vinyl variants of Guts — on opaque deep purple vinyl.
“All 4 secret tracks from Guts are coming to vinyl pressed...
- 10/18/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo has announced that she will release all four “secret” tracks from her latest album, Guts, as part of a Record Store Day exclusive vinyl via Jack White’s Third Man Records.
This will be the first time that every Guts bonus track — “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger,” and “Girl I’ve Always Been” — will be available on a single release. Previously, fans were only able to collect all four by picking up each limited edition vinyl variant at Rodrigo’s webstore: red, white, blue, and purple.
That the vinyl release comes via Third Man Records is no surprise. In late August, Rodrigo revealed that she turned to White, Kathleen Hanna, and St. Vincent as mentors while recording the album.
Plus, Rodrigo shared a photo of her with White backstage at Brooklyn Steel in her Instagram post announcing the vinyl release. Check that out below.
Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets Here
Next February,...
This will be the first time that every Guts bonus track — “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger,” and “Girl I’ve Always Been” — will be available on a single release. Previously, fans were only able to collect all four by picking up each limited edition vinyl variant at Rodrigo’s webstore: red, white, blue, and purple.
That the vinyl release comes via Third Man Records is no surprise. In late August, Rodrigo revealed that she turned to White, Kathleen Hanna, and St. Vincent as mentors while recording the album.
Plus, Rodrigo shared a photo of her with White backstage at Brooklyn Steel in her Instagram post announcing the vinyl release. Check that out below.
Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets Here
Next February,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Music fans can subscribe to the concert platform for as little as $11.99 per month.
There is nothing like being at a venue, crammed together with hundreds or thousands of fellow sweaty revelers, screaming the lyrics to your favorite song at the top of your lungs. Now, whether the fact that there is nothing like attending a sold-out concert is a good thing or not will clearly vary by person. However, if you love a good show, but don’t always enjoy the experience of trekking to the club or arena, paying to park, and dealing with the hoards of people, then Veeps might be right up your alley; and thanks to a recent announcement, the streamer is making it even easier to get all of the concert action you could want
The concert-focused streaming service includes live and on-demand shows from some of the biggest musical acts in the world.
There is nothing like being at a venue, crammed together with hundreds or thousands of fellow sweaty revelers, screaming the lyrics to your favorite song at the top of your lungs. Now, whether the fact that there is nothing like attending a sold-out concert is a good thing or not will clearly vary by person. However, if you love a good show, but don’t always enjoy the experience of trekking to the club or arena, paying to park, and dealing with the hoards of people, then Veeps might be right up your alley; and thanks to a recent announcement, the streamer is making it even easier to get all of the concert action you could want
The concert-focused streaming service includes live and on-demand shows from some of the biggest musical acts in the world.
- 10/18/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
Back in 2004, Jack White joined Bob Dylan on stage in Detroit for a performance of The White Stripes’ “Ball and Biscuit.” Now, nearly two decades later, a recording of their live collaboration is being released for the first time.
White sat in with Dylan during show his show at the Detroit State Theatre in March 2004. As The White Stripes frontman recounted in a 2012 interview with The Wall Street Journal, the entire moment was by sheer happenstance. “That was just by accident. I went and saw him play in Detroit and he said to me, ‘We’ve been playing one of your songs lately at sound checks.’ I thought, Wow. I was afraid to ask which one. I didn’t even ask. It was just such an honor to hear that. Later on, I remember I went home and I called back. I said, ‘Can I talk to the bass player?...
White sat in with Dylan during show his show at the Detroit State Theatre in March 2004. As The White Stripes frontman recounted in a 2012 interview with The Wall Street Journal, the entire moment was by sheer happenstance. “That was just by accident. I went and saw him play in Detroit and he said to me, ‘We’ve been playing one of your songs lately at sound checks.’ I thought, Wow. I was afraid to ask which one. I didn’t even ask. It was just such an honor to hear that. Later on, I remember I went home and I called back. I said, ‘Can I talk to the bass player?...
- 10/5/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo recently joined Sheryl Crow for a performance of “If It Makes You Happy” at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.
Rodrigo shared video of the performance on Instagram, writing: “pinch me! sang one of my favorite songs of all time with the greatest of all time @sherylcrow !!!! what an honor!!!”
Last year, Crow presented Rodrigo with the Woman of the Year Award at Billboard’s Women in Music Awards. “I am happy to celebrate her,” Crow said of Rodrigo in a pre-ceremony interview. “I think she’s gonna be around a long time. She deserves to be where she is celebrating this moment.”
Meanwhile, Rodrigo praised Crow in her acceptance speech. “Sheryl, I’m such a massive fan of you and your songwriting and I’m so grateful that you’re here,” she said. “It really means the world.”
Rodrigo has a vast array of musical influences beyond Crow.
Rodrigo shared video of the performance on Instagram, writing: “pinch me! sang one of my favorite songs of all time with the greatest of all time @sherylcrow !!!! what an honor!!!”
Last year, Crow presented Rodrigo with the Woman of the Year Award at Billboard’s Women in Music Awards. “I am happy to celebrate her,” Crow said of Rodrigo in a pre-ceremony interview. “I think she’s gonna be around a long time. She deserves to be where she is celebrating this moment.”
Meanwhile, Rodrigo praised Crow in her acceptance speech. “Sheryl, I’m such a massive fan of you and your songwriting and I’m so grateful that you’re here,” she said. “It really means the world.”
Rodrigo has a vast array of musical influences beyond Crow.
- 9/30/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Jack White’s Third Man Hardware and CopperSound have teamed for a three-year anniversary edition of their Triplegraph Digital Octave guitar pedal.
The anniversary edition pedal retails for $449.00 and is limited to just 300 hand-numbered units, each with a certificate of authenticity signed by White himself. The pedal is available via Reverb, with a small portion set aside for at brick-and-mortar stores.
Originally released in 2020, the Triplegraph pairs both octave up/down functionality with a high-power processor featuring zero-latency tracking, allowing guitarists to achieve Jack White’s iconic guitar sound.
In more specific terms, the pedal sports three proprietary telegraph keys and an integrated auxiliary loop. Utilizing a high-power Dsp Blackfin Processor, Triplegraph triggers an octave down with the left key, octave up with the right key, while the middle key activates a killswitch or auxiliary loop.
In “Kill” mode, the middle key acts as a momentary killswitch, allowing the player...
The anniversary edition pedal retails for $449.00 and is limited to just 300 hand-numbered units, each with a certificate of authenticity signed by White himself. The pedal is available via Reverb, with a small portion set aside for at brick-and-mortar stores.
Originally released in 2020, the Triplegraph pairs both octave up/down functionality with a high-power processor featuring zero-latency tracking, allowing guitarists to achieve Jack White’s iconic guitar sound.
In more specific terms, the pedal sports three proprietary telegraph keys and an integrated auxiliary loop. Utilizing a high-power Dsp Blackfin Processor, Triplegraph triggers an octave down with the left key, octave up with the right key, while the middle key activates a killswitch or auxiliary loop.
In “Kill” mode, the middle key acts as a momentary killswitch, allowing the player...
- 9/28/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Why Stars Like Brian Cox, Jason Isbell and Damian Lewis Are Flocking to This Leather Jacket Designer
Savannah Yarborough, a classically trained, Central Saint Martins-educated tailor, is sitting on a calf-hair-covered sofa thinking about the one-year anniversary of the Melrose Avenue outpost of her leatherwear store, Savas. “It may be a cliché,” she says, “but everybody came to L.A. to be someone and to do something, and a leather jacket is kind of a boost of that power.”
Yarborough, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, is known for her meticulously crafted custom leather jackets, first sold at her Nashville store in the city’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood, which opened in 2015. Yarborough likes to say that she “makes leather jackets for people who don’t wear leather jackets.
“People say they don’t wear leather jackets because in their mind, they’re envisioning a Marlon Brando vibe, but when I make them in a super-soft, suede shirt jacket that feels like the denim chambray shirt that you’d wear on a Sunday,...
Yarborough, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, is known for her meticulously crafted custom leather jackets, first sold at her Nashville store in the city’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood, which opened in 2015. Yarborough likes to say that she “makes leather jackets for people who don’t wear leather jackets.
“People say they don’t wear leather jackets because in their mind, they’re envisioning a Marlon Brando vibe, but when I make them in a super-soft, suede shirt jacket that feels like the denim chambray shirt that you’d wear on a Sunday,...
- 9/24/2023
- by Jon Alain Guzik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Over on the official Consequence Discord server, there’s a lively community of pop-culture obsessives having all sorts of conversations. There are channels for music and film/TV fans to swap opinions abut the latest news, share their latest concert experiences, and handed out recommendations. There’s also a place where fans get to take part in events with some of their favorite artists, live on Discord; the next such exclusive experience is taking place Wednesday, September 30th at 1:30 p.m. Et, as drumming great Daru Jones is set to enter the chat!
A two-time Grammy Award winner, Jones is perhaps most recognizable as being Jack White’s man behind the kit. He’s played on each of White’s solo records, and is typically the rhythm leader at his live shows. But Jones’ resume is long outside of his collaborations with the guitarist; he’s played with Pete Rock,...
A two-time Grammy Award winner, Jones is perhaps most recognizable as being Jack White’s man behind the kit. He’s played on each of White’s solo records, and is typically the rhythm leader at his live shows. But Jones’ resume is long outside of his collaborations with the guitarist; he’s played with Pete Rock,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Consequence Staff
- Consequence - Music
Martin Scorsese has premiered a new trailer for upcoming film, Killers of the Flower Moon. The historical drama is set to hit theaters on October 20th through Apple Studios.
Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It explores the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. Robert De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation. Meanwhile, Jesse Plemons plays Tom White, a Boi agent investigating the murders, and Brendan Fraser is cast as Hale’s attorney.
The film’s cast also includes John Lithgow,...
Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It explores the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. Robert De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation. Meanwhile, Jesse Plemons plays Tom White, a Boi agent investigating the murders, and Brendan Fraser is cast as Hale’s attorney.
The film’s cast also includes John Lithgow,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Olivia Rodrigo has dropped the music video for “get him back!,” one of many highlights off her brand-new sophomore album Guts.
“get him back!” is as much about seeking revenge on a former partner as it is about wanting to kiss and make up with them. So, it’s fitting that the tune’s music video features no fewer than eight identical Olivias, almost as if they’re each representing one of the contradicting voices in Rodrigo’s head telling her to key this scumbag’s car — but wait, what if she can fix him?!?!
The surrealist clip was directed by Jack Begert, who’s also behind similarly eye-catching music videos like Doja Cat’s “Juicy” and Amine’s “Blackjack.” This one boasts no shortage of smashed car windows, trashed bedrooms, and thrown steak knives, but the good news it looks like no Olivia Rodrigos were harmed in its making.
“get him back!” is as much about seeking revenge on a former partner as it is about wanting to kiss and make up with them. So, it’s fitting that the tune’s music video features no fewer than eight identical Olivias, almost as if they’re each representing one of the contradicting voices in Rodrigo’s head telling her to key this scumbag’s car — but wait, what if she can fix him?!?!
The surrealist clip was directed by Jack Begert, who’s also behind similarly eye-catching music videos like Doja Cat’s “Juicy” and Amine’s “Blackjack.” This one boasts no shortage of smashed car windows, trashed bedrooms, and thrown steak knives, but the good news it looks like no Olivia Rodrigos were harmed in its making.
- 9/12/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo recently revealed how she’s gotten into ’80s new wave bands like Depeche Mode and The Cure, and now, she’s named a more current favorite in Rage Against the Machine.
In a new cover story with Rolling Stone, Rodrigo opened up about some of the influences for her excellent sophomore album, Guts. While speaking about the opening track, “All-American Bitch,” she credited two bands as inspiration: Babes in Toyland and Rage Against the Machine.
Rodrigo remembered sleeping with a turntable next to her bed at the age of 14 and being awoken by her mom putting on Babes in Toyland’s sophomore album, Fontanelle, which she would listen to while getting dressed. “Rock in that feminine way, that’s just the coolest thing in the world to me,” she said about the Kat Bjelland-led band.
In addition to the punk energy of Babes in Toyland, Rodrigo tapped...
In a new cover story with Rolling Stone, Rodrigo opened up about some of the influences for her excellent sophomore album, Guts. While speaking about the opening track, “All-American Bitch,” she credited two bands as inspiration: Babes in Toyland and Rage Against the Machine.
Rodrigo remembered sleeping with a turntable next to her bed at the age of 14 and being awoken by her mom putting on Babes in Toyland’s sophomore album, Fontanelle, which she would listen to while getting dressed. “Rock in that feminine way, that’s just the coolest thing in the world to me,” she said about the Kat Bjelland-led band.
In addition to the punk energy of Babes in Toyland, Rodrigo tapped...
- 9/12/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo woke up bright and early to celebrate her new album Guts with a live performance on Today Friday (September 8th). Along with the record’s lead single “vampire” (which we named Song of the Week), the singer debuted her new song “get him back!” and dusted off her 2021 tunes “drivers license” and “good 4 u.”
It might’ve been an early morning, but nobody on the Today Plaza looked tired — and even if Rodrigo had gotten a little too sleepy on stage, it sounds like the audience members would’ve gladly filled in the words for her alongside her all-female band.
Rodrigo also chatted with hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb about taking a poetry class to beef up her songwriting and the pressure of following up her debut album Sour. Watch clips of the episode below.
Guts is available to stream now. Rodrigo also recently revealed how Jack White,...
It might’ve been an early morning, but nobody on the Today Plaza looked tired — and even if Rodrigo had gotten a little too sleepy on stage, it sounds like the audience members would’ve gladly filled in the words for her alongside her all-female band.
Rodrigo also chatted with hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb about taking a poetry class to beef up her songwriting and the pressure of following up her debut album Sour. Watch clips of the episode below.
Guts is available to stream now. Rodrigo also recently revealed how Jack White,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo has revealed her anticipated second studio album, Guts. Listen to the project below via Apple Music or Spotify.
Featuring singles “vampire” (which we named Song of the Week) and “bad idea right?”, Guts was produced by Daniel Nigro, the boardsman who also helmed Rodrigo’s 2021 smash debut Sour.
Rodrigo blew up by delivering emphatic anthems all about teen angst — from watching your first love move onto someone new to simply existing in that weird phase of life where you’re gaining more autonomy, but also can’t even parallel park. From what she’s shared about Guts, you can expect her second album to do more of the same.
“For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” the artist said. “I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20 — it was such...
Featuring singles “vampire” (which we named Song of the Week) and “bad idea right?”, Guts was produced by Daniel Nigro, the boardsman who also helmed Rodrigo’s 2021 smash debut Sour.
Rodrigo blew up by delivering emphatic anthems all about teen angst — from watching your first love move onto someone new to simply existing in that weird phase of life where you’re gaining more autonomy, but also can’t even parallel park. From what she’s shared about Guts, you can expect her second album to do more of the same.
“For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” the artist said. “I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20 — it was such...
- 9/8/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Like all of us, Olivia Rodrigo is not interested in The Idol. The singer discussed The Weeknd and Sam Levinson’s now-canceled HBO series in an interview with The Guardian, subtly arguing that their portrayal of the pop machine failed to depict womanhood in the same powerful way as, say, Barbie.
“I don’t have the desire to [watch it],” Rodrigo said. “I remember walking out of Barbie and being like, ‘Wow, it’s so long since I’ve seen a movie that is female-centred in a way that isn’t sexual or about her pain or her being traumatised.’”
The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), was originally pitched as a satire on the music industry that follows Depp’s pop star Jocelyn as she frees herself from a toxic relationship with Tesfaye’s club owner/cult leader Tedros. However, when Euphoria head Levinson took over the show...
“I don’t have the desire to [watch it],” Rodrigo said. “I remember walking out of Barbie and being like, ‘Wow, it’s so long since I’ve seen a movie that is female-centred in a way that isn’t sexual or about her pain or her being traumatised.’”
The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), was originally pitched as a satire on the music industry that follows Depp’s pop star Jocelyn as she frees herself from a toxic relationship with Tesfaye’s club owner/cult leader Tedros. However, when Euphoria head Levinson took over the show...
- 9/3/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo has addressed her fans’ speculation that her Guts single “Vampire” is about Taylor Swift. Sort of.
In an interview with the Guardian ahead of her sophomore album’s September 8 release, Rodrigo admitted she was “very surprised” that fans associated “Vampire” — with its “Bloodsucker, fame fucker, bleedin’ me dry like a goddamn vampire” chorus — with Swift… but she didn’t exactly dismiss the rumors when asked about the song’s inspiration.
“How do I answer this?” Rodrigo said. “I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about.
In an interview with the Guardian ahead of her sophomore album’s September 8 release, Rodrigo admitted she was “very surprised” that fans associated “Vampire” — with its “Bloodsucker, fame fucker, bleedin’ me dry like a goddamn vampire” chorus — with Swift… but she didn’t exactly dismiss the rumors when asked about the song’s inspiration.
“How do I answer this?” Rodrigo said. “I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about.
- 9/2/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo might most often be labeled a pop star, but her rock tendencies are indisputable. So it makes sense that she’d turn to Jack White, Kathleen Hanna, and St. Vincent as mentors while making her upcoming album Guts, as she revealed in a new profile with The New York Times.
Rodrigo has long gushed about White — her “hero of all heroes” (and Consequence’s July 2022 cover star) — and she found his advice particularly helpful when she was feeling the pressure of following up her debut album Sour: “He wrote me this letter the first time I met him that said, ‘Your only job is to write music that you would want to hear on the radio,’” she said. “I mean, writing songs that you would like to hear on the radio is in fact very hard.”
But Rodrigo also takes inspiration from some less radio-friendly acts, one being Bikini Kill,...
Rodrigo has long gushed about White — her “hero of all heroes” (and Consequence’s July 2022 cover star) — and she found his advice particularly helpful when she was feeling the pressure of following up her debut album Sour: “He wrote me this letter the first time I met him that said, ‘Your only job is to write music that you would want to hear on the radio,’” she said. “I mean, writing songs that you would like to hear on the radio is in fact very hard.”
But Rodrigo also takes inspiration from some less radio-friendly acts, one being Bikini Kill,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Louis Cato, who took over from Jon Batiste as bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, is getting to drop his sophomore record.
Cato is releasing Reflections on August 11.
Cato has been with the CBS late-night show since its inception and took over from Batiste at the start of its eighth season, after filling in last summer.
Colbert called him “very humble”.
“He’s a musical genius. He can play basically every instrument over there. Give him an afternoon, he’ll learn how to play Mozart on a shoehorn,” the late-night host.
Reflections, which features the eponymous title track (see below), was recorded at Sugar Mountain Studios in Brooklyn, New York and was engineered by Jack DeBoe, who produced the record with Cato.
Cato studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has played with the likes of John Legend, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Jack White and Bobby McFerrin.
Cato is releasing Reflections on August 11.
Cato has been with the CBS late-night show since its inception and took over from Batiste at the start of its eighth season, after filling in last summer.
Colbert called him “very humble”.
“He’s a musical genius. He can play basically every instrument over there. Give him an afternoon, he’ll learn how to play Mozart on a shoehorn,” the late-night host.
Reflections, which features the eponymous title track (see below), was recorded at Sugar Mountain Studios in Brooklyn, New York and was engineered by Jack DeBoe, who produced the record with Cato.
Cato studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has played with the likes of John Legend, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Jack White and Bobby McFerrin.
- 8/8/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Big news for Sheer Mag fans: the Philly punks have signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records. To mark the new deal, the band has shared the new song “All Lined Up” and announced new tour dates.
Kicking off August 15th, Sheer Mag’s new tour includes stops in Montreal and Toronto before heading down the East Coast. The band will head (marginally) west for shows in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Cleveland before wrapping up in their hometown on December 1st. Hotline TNT provide support on most of the dates. For the final three shows in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, Sheer Mag will open for Baroness. Grab tickets to a gig via Ticketmaster.
“All Lined Up” marks Sheer Mag’s first release on a larger independent label. The band opt for a retro feel in both the song’s sonics and music video, playing its sleezy,...
Kicking off August 15th, Sheer Mag’s new tour includes stops in Montreal and Toronto before heading down the East Coast. The band will head (marginally) west for shows in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Cleveland before wrapping up in their hometown on December 1st. Hotline TNT provide support on most of the dates. For the final three shows in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, Sheer Mag will open for Baroness. Grab tickets to a gig via Ticketmaster.
“All Lined Up” marks Sheer Mag’s first release on a larger independent label. The band opt for a retro feel in both the song’s sonics and music video, playing its sleezy,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Punchdrunk has released new images of The Burnt City as the show enters its final eight weeks. Following a record-breaking eighteen months in London, the final performance of Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City will be held on 24 September 2023.
Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City. Photo by Julian Abrams
Opening in March 2022, the production has sold over 200,000 tickets. By the time it closes, the show will be the longest running mask show that the company has presented in London.
Over 600 people have worked on the show, making it the largest project in Punchdrunk’s history. The epic retelling of the end of the Trojan war, set between the neon-drenched backstreets of downtown Troy and the menacing but opulent shadow of Greece, is played out across two vast warehouse buildings. Part of the old Woolwich Arsenal, these buildings provide Punchdrunk with its first permanent home in London.
Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City. Photo...
Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City. Photo by Julian Abrams
Opening in March 2022, the production has sold over 200,000 tickets. By the time it closes, the show will be the longest running mask show that the company has presented in London.
Over 600 people have worked on the show, making it the largest project in Punchdrunk’s history. The epic retelling of the end of the Trojan war, set between the neon-drenched backstreets of downtown Troy and the menacing but opulent shadow of Greece, is played out across two vast warehouse buildings. Part of the old Woolwich Arsenal, these buildings provide Punchdrunk with its first permanent home in London.
Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City. Photo...
- 8/1/2023
- by Theater Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Be Your Own Pet have released a ferocious new track, “Big Trouble.” The song is the latest single to emerge from the band’s forthcoming LP, Mommy, out Aug. 25.
The single sees frontwoman Jemima Pearl demanding fair treatment as she reflects on a lifetime of gender discrimination. “I want wages for housework/ I want childcare for free,” she howls. “I want on demand abortions/ full body autonomy/ I want equal pay/ I want true equity/ and when I tell you/ I want you to believe.”
“I live in a country...
The single sees frontwoman Jemima Pearl demanding fair treatment as she reflects on a lifetime of gender discrimination. “I want wages for housework/ I want childcare for free,” she howls. “I want on demand abortions/ full body autonomy/ I want equal pay/ I want true equity/ and when I tell you/ I want you to believe.”
“I live in a country...
- 7/26/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Jack White, who once called Elon Musk “the Henry Ford of the 21st century,” is relinquishing ownership of his personal 2013 Tesla Model S. for auction.
In collaboration with his label Third Man Records, White is also auctioning White Stripes-era gear and other personal items. The portion of the auction’s proceeds will benefit Southwest Detroit’s Clark Park Coalition.
Last year, White criticized Musk in an Instagram post for his “absolutely disgusting” decision to reinstate former president Donald Trump’s Twitter account. In addition to announcing that he was taking his label off Twitter,...
In collaboration with his label Third Man Records, White is also auctioning White Stripes-era gear and other personal items. The portion of the auction’s proceeds will benefit Southwest Detroit’s Clark Park Coalition.
Last year, White criticized Musk in an Instagram post for his “absolutely disgusting” decision to reinstate former president Donald Trump’s Twitter account. In addition to announcing that he was taking his label off Twitter,...
- 7/26/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Jack White has evidently grown so resentful of Elon Musk that he’s auctioning off his beloved Tesla. The former White Stripes frontman’s 2013 Model S is among the personal items he’s currently selling at a virtual garage sale hosted by Everything but the House.
White was, at one point, a very avid Tesla fan. He once called Musk “the Henry Ford of the 21st century,” he performed a private concert at the company’s Fremont, California plant in 2018, and he even ensured his music was optimized for car stereos by using a radio transmitter to listen to tracks in — you guessed it — his Tesla.
But as Musk’s behavior has become increasingly volatile over the past year or so, White’s admiration of the guy has obviously dwindled. Last December, after the Tesla CEO purchased Twitter — ultimately igniting its epic downfall — White took to Instagram to berate him...
White was, at one point, a very avid Tesla fan. He once called Musk “the Henry Ford of the 21st century,” he performed a private concert at the company’s Fremont, California plant in 2018, and he even ensured his music was optimized for car stereos by using a radio transmitter to listen to tracks in — you guessed it — his Tesla.
But as Musk’s behavior has become increasingly volatile over the past year or so, White’s admiration of the guy has obviously dwindled. Last December, after the Tesla CEO purchased Twitter — ultimately igniting its epic downfall — White took to Instagram to berate him...
- 7/25/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The shows were over, but for Phil Kaufman, the headache was just beginning. Then the road manager for the Flying Burrito Brothers, one of the bands credited with finding the common ground between rock & roll and honky-tonk country, Kaufman had just returned home to Los Angeles, after some Burrito-related work in 1969. In the trunk of his Ford Country Squire station wagon were the embroidered cowboy suits the band had worn onstage and on the cover of its first album, The Gilded Place of Sin. Named after Nudie Cohn, the...
- 7/20/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
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