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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau Photographed Making Out on a Yacht
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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau Photographed Making Out on a Yacht

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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have apparently taken their rumored romance to the next level. After being spotted dining together in Montreal over the summer, the pair were recently photographed getting cozy on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara. The Daily Mail published photos of the two on Saturday.

Perry and Trudeau are both recently separated from their longtime partners: the pop singer split from actor Orlando Bloom in June, while the former Canadian prime minister separated from his wife, Sophie Grégoire, in August 2023.

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AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF 'TRON'
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AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF ‘TRON’

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When Walt Disney died in 1966, his creative vision did too. The studio that had produced the animated classics Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, Dumbo, and Fantasia began focusing on live action, leading the company into genres that it had never approached before. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), The Black Hole (1979), and The Watcher in the Woods (1980) were even rated PG (gasp!). Commercial and critical failures, they nevertheless showed that Disney was willing to take risks.

The most famous risk? Tron. 

Released on July 9, 1982, and directed by Steven Lisberger, Tron starred Jeff Bridges (Kevin Flynn), Bruce Boxleitner (Alan Bradley/Tron), and Cindy Morgan (Lora Baines/Yori). It only made a reported $33 million worldwide, but it gained a cult following which lead to two sequels — Tron: Legacy (2010) and Tron: Ares (coming this fall). 

And it was very prescient. In one scene an engineer says, “Computers are just machines. They can’t think,” to which Boxleitner’s Bradley replies, “Some programs will be thinking soon.” 

The Beginning

Steve Lisberger (director):  It started in the late ‘70s at my animation studio. We were doing a special on the Olympics, Animalympics, and that got us thinking about Olympic and gladiatorial games. Then we saw Pong and, to use a bad pun, “connected the dots.” We were working on neon logos for Animalympics. So I thought we should create a character that was neon. We called him Tron.

Bill Kroyer (co-lead animator):  I was a Disney animator working on The Fox and the Hound, and Steve Lisburger talked his way onto the lot. He pitched us to come and work for him on a film called Animalympics. So I went to Lisburger studios in Venice, and Steve made me animation director. I used to have these famous artists come in on Fridays and talk to the staff, and one Friday, Walt Peregoy, one of the legendary Disney painters, came in and told us, “The golden age of animation is over.” And Steve spoke up from the back of the room: “You know something? We’re going to put things on that screen that you could never imagine.”

Lisberger:  Originally, we wanted to make Tron as an independent film at my studio. And then my business partner, Donald Kushner, called up Disney. We got a meeting.

Kroyer:  After Walt passed away, the quality of the live-action projects really nosedived, and Disney realized they needed to do something to up their game. So they hired a guy named Tom Wilhite, an up-and-coming executive they were impressed with. Wilhite greenlit Tron.

Lisberger:  That we had approached [Tron] like an animated project meant that we were speaking the same language as Disney. And they really liked the script. But the studio was divided. Some were very opposed to the project because they did not believe that artists should get involved with computers. But the forward-leaning faction at Disney was excited.

Kroyer:  The technology did not exist to make the movie that we pitched. Jumping off a cliff and building your wings on the way down, that was Tron to a tee. So we drafted those four main companies — [Digital Effects, Robert Abel & Associates, Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. (MAGi), Information International, Inc. (Triple-I)] — and together we did what I called symbiotic creativity. Jerry Reese and me storyboarded the whole movie and ended up doing all the animation. We had to interview these guys at MAGi and Triple-I and say, “What exactly can you do? What will it look like? What can be made?”

Jeff Bridges as tech shaman Kevin Flynn. (Photo courtesy of The Walt Disney Company)

Casting Kevin Flynn

Lisberger:  The whole idea of Flynn as a tech shaman, I mean, he’s really archetypal. He journeys to the other dimension where he solves this problem because he has powers that most of the characters in that world don’t have.

I’ve always felt a kinship for Flynn because when we were making the film we were on Flynn’s journey. We were creating this world and trying to figure out what powers we had.

We started calling people to see what actors might be interested. When they heard that it involved video games, they thought, “It’s Disney. It’s childish. We’re not interested.” The fact that so many other people didn’t like the material because they thought it was too far out is why Jeff Bridges liked it.

Jeff Bridges (star):  The walls of the soundstage were lined with video games that everyone could play for free. So we all got into these heavy competitions. My game was Battle Zone, and it was very much like Tron — all those lines and the grid and all that. And, man, they’d have to tear me off this game. I’d say, “I’m preparing for the scene!”

(Photo courtesy of The Walt Disney Company)

The Production

Lisberger:  What we did was break down every element of making those images into its basic component. Sometimes shots of Alan talking to Flynn weren’t even shot at the same time because we had to have everything in perfect focus. The backgrounds were CG plates that had to be composited.

Bridges:  It was very challenging. And then there’s acting to a blue screen…reacting to stuff that wasn’t there. I remember the sets were all black duvetyne with white adhesive tape. They basically had to be hand colored by these women in Korea. And then wearing tights and a dance belt — it makes sitting down a whole new kind of experience.

Kroyer:  There was no software to do animation. Computer graphics was so new that people had created software to build, texture, light, and render models. But nobody had spent time writing software to move things. So we had to render objects in 24 different positions to make one second of film. We couldn’t create motion on a computer screen that we could watch. We could only see individual frames. The first time we saw motion was when the computer companies would send us their tests.

We’re seeing our animation in 70 [mm] on these huge screens in the soundstage, and, as you might imagine, a lot of people in Disney started sneaking into those screenings. When they saw those lightcycles whipping down those corridors, they were stunned.

Lisberger:  I give Disney nothing but credit. Tron couldn’t have been made at any other studio. Yes, we went over budget. But we delivered on time.

(Photo courtesy of The Walt Disney Company)

The Legacy

Bridges:  All of that stuff has kind of come true, you know? It falls right into what’s happening with AI and all that stuff. With the second one [Tron: Legacy], I’ve literally been sucked into the computer. I got scanned and all of that, so that’s probably the end of actors making movies. Nowadays studios can say, “Give me a little bit of De Niro, some Pacino, and just throw 10% of Bridges in there.”

Lisberger:  Tron put Disney in a position where they were No. 1 in the world in computer animation. The film dealt with agent programs [AI programs designed to perform tasks independently, on behalf of a user or another system] decades before agent programs actually arrived. It talked about the Internet via the ARPANET [Advanced Research Projects Agency Network]. Tron touched on this idea of the world as a simulation. 

I don’t think people were ready for how cutting edge it was.

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Nike Spotlights HBCUs With 6th School-Spirited Yardrunners Collection
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Nike Spotlights HBCUs With 6th School-Spirited Yardrunners Collection

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Nike has announced its 6th Yardrunners collection, recognizing four different Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) this homecoming season. Florida A&M University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, & Norfolk State University all served as the source of inspiration for this year’s spirited Air Max 95s.  The initiative, established in 2020, is described as an example of Nike’s commitment to Black institutions through purpose-driven product, storytelling, recruitment, and investments.

This year’s Yardrunners class honors the current students, alumni, faculty, and staff who embody HBCU spirit and represent the legacy of their alma mater to the fullest.

The FAMU sneakers are detailed with stacked layers of leather in orange and green tones, which lead up to a snake print inspired by the school’s legendary Rattler mascot, with the classic chant “Strike, strike, and strike again.”

For Spelman, Nike issued an Air Max 95 in the school’s signature blue and white aesthetic. The design features layered leather and suede accents with a jaguar print, and the college’s logo and founding year printed on the tongue. Additionally, the Spelman Hymn “Thy Name We Praise” appears on the upper.

The Air Max 95 Morehouse features black and dark red layers of leather and suede, with a tiger-inspired print representing the Atlanta school’s mascot. The school’s logo is printed on the tongue, with the motto “Et Facta Est Lux” (And There Was Light) outlined along the upper.

Spartan pride inspired a green and gold Air Max 95 with the phrase “Behold the Green and Gold” along the upper.

The Yardrunners 6.0 collection will be available at select retailers beginning on Friday (Oct 11), and on the SNKRS app on October 14. Take a look at the campaign below.

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Monte Booker Announces Debut Album Noise / Meaning, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
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Monte Booker Announces Debut Album Noise / Meaning, Shares Video for New Song: Watch

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Last month, Monte Booker released his first solo single, “Balance.” Now, the Los Angeles-via-Chicago producer has announced his debut album. Noise / Meaning arrives October 24 via EQT. Booker has also shared the single “Defense,” featuring the LA-based singer-songwriter Nami. Check out the accompanying video, directed by Naz, and the album trailer below.

“I want this album to be a reflection on what noise means to me, and I want it to be a celebration of my community,” Booker said in a press statement. He recently produced several songs on Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal, which won Best Rap Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Booker has also worked with Ravyn Lenae, Smino, Saba, and Noname.

Read about Monte Booker in the 2016 Rising feature “Zero Fatigue: Chicago’s Next Hip-Hop Visionaries.”

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Andrew Lloyd Webber on Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem Ball’ show in London: “Absolutely fabulous”
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Andrew Lloyd Webber on Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem Ball’ show in London: “Absolutely fabulous”

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Andrew Lloyd Webber has heavily praised Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem Ball’ show in London, describing it as “absolutely fabulous”.

The pop singer played a run of four shows in the O2 Arena in recent weeks as part of the tour supporting her latest album ‘Mayhem’, which was her seventh straight Number One record.

In attendance at one of the shows was musical theatre legend Webber, who shared his reaction to the show in a video on Instagram, in which he heaped praise on Gaga and saved special mention for the portion of the show in which she performs ‘Shallow’ in a rowing boat, in a nod to his production of The Phantom Of The Opera.

“I loved the Lady Gaga concert,” he said. “It was really fabulous. She really knows how to handle an audience. And it was a great evening.”

“It was so wonderful, actually, to see somebody really singing live, rather than, as we know, some artists who are really miming to a pre-recorded track. And there was nothing of that.”

“I was really, really pleased to see an opera house on stage, and even more pleased to see a boat with her in it being rowed across the big auditorium, that is O2,” he added. “It reminded me of something that I might have had a little involvement with.”

“I thought the concert was absolutely fabulous. And I think Lady Gaga is absolutely a world superstar.”

Gaga herself responded to his comments, replying to a video on TikTok: “This is. adream come true.”

NME was also at one of the London shows, writing in a glowing five star review: “Then, flames begin to flicker on top of the opera house behind her and she leaves the stage for the encore, returning make-up free, in a simple black outfit and beanie over the hair that’s been covered by countless wigs tonight. It’s a nod to the real person behind this artful masterpiece, but also another performance. Like every other that has come before it, though, it’s just perfect.”

The tour continues around Europe in the coming weeks – you can find all the dates and ticket information here.

In a four-star review of the ‘Mayhem’ album, NME wrote: “Ultimately, ‘Mayhem’ feels like a great Gaga album because it’s just so much fun. At times, it’s a bit like reconnecting with an old friend who makes sense even when they seem to be chatting nonsense. When she sings ‘river in my eyes, I’ve got a poem in my throat‘ on ‘LoveDrug’, it’s just her overblown way of saying she’s sad and tongue-tied.

“Seventeen years after she broke through with ‘Just Dance’, Lady Gaga remains pop’s foremost agent of impeccably crafted chaos.”

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MAGA, Turning Point USA Backlash
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MAGA, Turning Point USA Backlash

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When news hit that Bad Bunny would headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime, his fans rejoiced. The choice made sense given that the Puerto Rican superstar is among the most streamed artists on the planet, and the performance is also set to make history: Because Bad Bunny doesn’t sing in English, this will be the first halftime show in Spanish.

Bad Bunny took pride in that fact. “What I’m feeling goes beyond myself,” he said in a statement on the day of the announcement. “It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown … this is for my people, my culture, and our history. Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el HALFTIME SHOW DEL SUPER BOWL.”

However, the right had an entirely different reaction. Conservative commentators immediately attacked the decision of Roc Nation, the NFL, and Apple Music and launched into a full meltdown on social media. They latched onto the fact that Bad Bunny would not be singing in English and grumbled about his political and immigration stances. (He has been outspoken about Puerto Rican independence and has called out Trump’s immigration policies, saying in a recent interview that he decided not to tour in the U.S. because of fears that ICE would harass his Latino fanbase.) “The NFL is self-destructing year after year,” MAGA YouTuber Benny Johnson wrote on X.

Their protests got more dramatic as Trump advisors, and even Trump himself, weighed in. Trump called the decision to have Bad Bunny headline “absolutely ridiculous,” while the organization Turning Point USA went as far as setting up a “counterprogram” called “The All-American Halftime Show” as an alternative to the star’s performance. Meanwhile, Bad Bunny has commented little, save for an SNL monologue poking fun at the situation.

Here’s everything that’s happened so far.

Bad Bunny Delivers a Pro-Immigrant Message in Video for “Nuevayol”

Bad Bunny has often been outspoken when it comes to politics in Puerto Rico, but he did use the video for “Nuevayol” to speak up against the immigration policies of the current administration. Toward the end of the video, a voice that sounds a lot like Donald Trump’s bellows out of a Seventies radio and says the following: “I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America. I mean the United States. I know America is the whole continent. I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans.”

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Bad Bunny Says He Didn’t Tour in the U.S. Because of ICE

Speaking to i-D, Bad Bunny said he would be skipping the U.S. during his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS tour over concerns that large gatherings of Latinos in the U.S. could be magnets for the Trump administration’s anti-immigration efforts. “There was the issue of — like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he said of the decision. 

Bad Bunny Is Announced As 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Performer

After much speculation over who would play the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny was announced as the headliner. The Puerto Rican star shared the news in an Instagram post during the matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. In a short video, Bad Bunny’s hit song “Callaita” plays as he sits atop a goal post on the shore of a Puerto Rican beach, wearing a pava hat. That same night, he went on X and seemed to reference his past comments about touring in the U.S. “After speaking with my team, I think I’ll do just one show in the United States,” he wrote in Spanish.

Right-Wingers Melt Down Following Announcement

After the announcement, several right-wing figures went on social media to blast the decision. A big source of their displeasure seemed to be that Bad Bunny has no songs in English, making this the first Super Bowl Halftime that’ll be in Spanish. “Massive Trump hater. Anti-ICE activist. No songs in English,” MAGA YouTuber Benny Johnson wrote on X.

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Conservative commentator Greg Price griped that “the NFL chose Bad Bunny to perform the Super Bowl halftime show despite the fact that he recently said he wouldn’t perform in the continental United States again because ICE is deporting illegal aliens.” 

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be At Bad Bunny’s Halftime Performance

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went on Benny Johnson’s “The Benny Show,” where the host asked him if “ICE will have enforcement at the Super Bowl for the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime.” 

Lewandowski took the moment to make it about immigration and the administration’s strict policies. “We will find you, we will apprehend you, we will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you,” he threatened. “So know that is a very real situation under this administration, which is completely contrary to how it used to be.”

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, backed Lewandowski at a later appearance on “The Benny Show,” saying ICE will be “all over” the 2026 Super Bowl.

“I have the responsibility for making sure everybody goes to the Super Bowl, has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave, and that’s what America’s about,” Noem said in the clip. “So yeah, we’ll be all over that place. We’re going to enforce the law.” 

Bad Bunny Addresses Backlash During SNL Monologue

Bad Bunny hosted SNL on Oct. 4 and took the opportunity to poke fun at the political reaction he received over his Super Bowl announcement. He joked that “everyone is happy” about his future gig, “even Fox News.” After, the show spliced together several right-wing hosts on the right-wing network combining to say, “Bad Bunny. Is. My favorite. Musician. And he should be the next. President.”

“I’m very excited to be doing the Super Bowl, and I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy,” he said before continuing in Spanish. “… Especially all the Latinos and Latinas in the whole world, and here in the United States, all the people who have worked to open doors, more than I have achieved, who have achieved everything, demonstrating that our way, our carrying of this country, no one can ever remove nor erase.”

Trump Calls Bad Bunny Performance ‘Ridiculous’

A few days after Bad Bunny’s SNL appearance, Trump went on Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports, where he was asked about the Puerto Rican star’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Trump took a few shots and emphasized that he doesn’t know Bad Bunny. “I never heard of him. I don’t know who he is,” Trump said. “I don’t know why they’re doing it, it’s crazy, and then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Meanwhile, other conservative commentators seemed to be watching Bad Bunny’s every move. When video surfaced of him sitting down during “God Bless America” at a Yankees game, they spiraled again. MAGA figure Tomi Lahren posted on X: “Bad Bunny appears to stay seated during ‘God Bless America’ at Yankee Stadium… Yeah, because he has a clear disdain for America. He’s an -sshole.”

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Turning Point USA Announces Halftime Counterprogram

Turning Point USA, the conservative group founded by the late Charlie Kirk, announced that it would put together a counterprogram during Bad Bunny’s performance, calling it “The All-American Halftime Show” to celebrate “faith, family, and freedom.”

On their website, the organization included a contact form to give their followers a chance to request music and artists. They offered a few options, including worship music, country, and “Anything in English.”

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Best Moments at Rose Bowl
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Best Moments at Rose Bowl

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Chappell Roan concluded the six-show U.S. leg of her Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday night (Oct. 11) with a transcendent set that helped cement her status as one of the greatest performers of her generation.

Drawing a star-studded crowd that included SZA, Pedro Pascal, Sarah Paulson, Kesha and Tove Lo, Roan — dressed in a sparkly green two-piece bikini paired with matching Wonder Woman-esque forearm cuffs and knee-high boots — plowed through a set that included the majority of songs from her star-making debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, along with standalone smashes “Good Luck, Babe!” and “The Subway” and a fierce cover of Heart’s “Barracuda.”

Prior to Roan’s emergence on stage, fans were treated to a festival-like atmosphere at the Rose Bowl-adjacent Brookside Park, made up into what might best be described as “Chappellchella.” In addition to a plethora of food booths and merch stations, attendees were spoiled for choice in terms of Instagram-worthy photo opps, which included a giant pink pony and a backdrop pulled from “The Subway” music video, complete with taxi cab and long trail of Chappell-red hair. Guests were also treated to a spirited DJ set from drag star Trixie Mattel (“Thank you to all the straight people who drove us here,” she quipped) and a compellingly eccentric and dance-worthy opening performance from Hemlocke Springs, who showcased a droll sense of humor during her spirited set.

Saturday marked the second of two Los Angeles shows Roan performed on the tour — she also played two dates each in New York and Kansas City — but, as she noted while speaking to the riveted crowd, she almost didn’t make it there. “I wasn’t going to do a U.S. tour until, at the very last minute, I decided to do one,” she said. “And I’m so glad I did.”

You know who else was glad she did? All of the roughly 40,000 people who turned out to see her. Over the course of just a few years, Roan has cultivated a massive and passionate fanbase through the sheer force of her volcanic talent, and all of her gifts were on full display Saturday: sky-scraping vocals, the showmanship of a seasoned pro and a songwriting prowess that makes practically every track a sing-along worthy event.

Below, check out a rundown of five of the best moments from Saturday night’s show, along with the full setlist.

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Hayley Williams Releases New David Byrne Duet "Open The Door," Slams Kid Rock
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Hayley Williams Releases New David Byrne Duet “Open The Door,” Slams Kid Rock

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In another reason why they should just form a dang band already, Hayley Williams and David Byrne have released another new collaboration in “Open The Door.”

The sentimental, sunshine-laden ballad is from the soundtrack to the new Netflix film The Twits (based on the beloved 1980 Roald Dahl children’s novel). In the film, two kids and a “family of magical animals” team up to battle the “meanest, nastiest villains [who] pull a trick to take over their town.” Check out the song below.

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The same day the pair released “Open The Door,” Williams made a surprise appearance during Byrne’s October 10th show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Byrniams/Willyrne performed their other duet, “What Is the Reason for It?” (off Byrne’s latest, Who Is The Sky?). Then, later in the set, Williams returned for a rendition of Paramore’s 2017 jam “Hard Times” (of which Byrne previously released a cover and performed regularly across this latest tour). Check out footage from that show below.

The pair first linked up in 2023/2024 when Paramore covered “Burning Down The House” for the A24-led re-release of 1984’s Stop Making Sense concert film. Byrne told People recently that they’ve maintained regular contact ever since, and he has nothing but adoration for Williams’ talent.

“She has an extraordinary rapport with her audience,” Byrne said. “It’s very sincere and very close, which I made note of that. I just thought that’s really amazing.”

Byrne also noted that “What Is the Reason for It?” came together rather organically, and that he and Williams both managed to be in town at the same exact time. He added, “I just texted her and said, ‘Do you want to come by and sing on this?’ And she said yes.”

It’s been a busy few weeks for Williams. In addition to these collabs, she’s been further supporting her latest solo album, Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party. And speaking of that very LP, the title track continues to garner the singer some contempt from certain conservative figures.

The song, which features a line about a “racist country singer,” is hands-down a sturdy middle finger to one Morgan Wallen.

“It could be a couple [singers], but I’m always talking about Morgan Wallen. I don’t give a shit,” Williams recently told The New York Times’ Popcast podcast. “Find me at Whole Foods, bitch, I don’t care.”

Yet even as Williams is clearly talking about someone else, that didn’t stop Kid Rock from commenting during a recent Fox News appearance.

“You know what’s stupid is people who think they’re cooler than art thou that worry about their outfit every day like some of these rock singers that live here in Nashville — I won’t stay any names — or these chicks running around on their campuses with their blue hair, their five nose rings.”

In turn, Williams responded to Rock’s comments with an Instagram story (per Stereogum), spinning a hilarious little yarn that places the “rapper” in  some rather interesting context.

“I remember being a little kid in Meridian, MS the first time I heard a Kid Rock song [‘Bawitdaba’]…at Poplar Springs Elementary’s annual field day. I thought it sounded dangerous and cool. Later, I learned I wasn’t allowed to listen to him ’cause the Southern Baptist Church said he was evil. My how the turn tables!”

So, who wins the Williams-Kid Rock beef? Well, one of them is regularly collaborating with David Byrne and the other’s on The Ingraham Angle, so we’ll let you decide.

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Singer and guitarist Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries performs on stage in 1995. (Credit: Pete Still/Redferns)
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Deep Cut Friday: ‘Daffodil Lament’ by the Cranberries

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Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.

The Cranberries’ 1994 album No Need to Argue is their most popular release, selling seven million copies in the U.S. alone. And it’s been expanded multiple times with the addition of demos, remixes, and live tracks for a 25th anniversary reissue in 2020 and, again in August, for the 30th anniversary “super deluxe” edition. The latest version of the album runs nearly three hours and includes the first commercial release of three songs from the Irish band’s set at Woodstock ’94, including the epic “Daffodil Lament.”

After rising to fame with jangly songs such as “Linger” that earned them frequent comparisons to dream pop bands like the Sundays, the Cranberries toured heavily in support of their 1993 debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? When the road-tested quartet returned to the studio with producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur), they were ready to try new things. That most famously resulted in the hard rocking protest song “Zombie.” And the album’s six-minute penultimate track “Daffodil Lament” expanded the Cranberries sound in another direction, moving away from pop song structures for something more complex and linear. 

Singer-guitarist Dolores O’Riordan spoke about the genesis of “Daffodil Lament” in a 1995 conversation with journalist (and SPIN contributor) Evelyn McDonnell for Interview Magazine. “It was kind of weird, I had all these ideas about tempos changing and things stopping and starting, like a symphony or something, going into different phases and different tunes,” O’Riordan said. “I think musically everybody got more adventurous and experimental.”

Early in the days of mainstream artists beginning to use the internet to interact with and gather the opinions of the public, the Cranberries’ official website polled fans on the band’s most popular non-single in 2002 for inclusion on the band’s first greatest hits compilation. “Daffodil Lament” won the poll in a landslide and was a bonus track on Stars: The Best of 1992-2002.

Three more essential Cranberries deep album cuts:

“Wanted”

“Wanted” is the shortest song on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? but a memorable one that showed the band’s post-punk roots a little more than the album’s singles. It was also the album track that the Cranberries performed as often as their hits throughout the band’s three decades together.

“Forever Yellow Skies”

The Cranberries’ music got faster on 1996’s To the Faithful Departed, particularly on the lead single “Salvation” and “Forever Yellow Skies,” drummer Fergal Lawler’s finest performance.

“A Place I Know”

The Cranberries played their last shows together in May 2017, and O’Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan wrote “A Place I Know” while on tour in Poland. They continued working on demos for the eighth Cranberries album up until O’Riordan’s death in January 2018. Her bandmates and Street completed the album, using the vocals she’d recorded, and 2019’s In the End received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock album.

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D4vd Reportedly Transfers Ownership Of Texas Homes
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D4vd Reportedly Transfers Ownership Of Texas Homes

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D4vd has possibly made executive decisions as law enforcement continues to investigate how a dead teenager was found in his Tesla. According to TMZ, the singer reportedly transferred the deeds of two of his Texas homes to his mother.

The tabloid reported that the ownership changes for the Houston-area residences were made on Sept. 18 and Sept. 22. On the earlier date, police were reportedly called to one of the houses after a swatting incident falsely reported a shooting and a dead female victim. The caller allegedly used technology to disguise their voice when they made the claim. When law enforcement arrived, D4vd’s parents allegedly answered the door and informed police that his siblings were also in the home.

As the investigation is continued, Los Angeles police still have not named D4vd a suspect in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Hernandez is believed to have been dead for “several weeks” before her body was discovered last month in the 20-year-old’s impounded vehicle.

“We know for sure that Celeste Rivas Hernandez died and someone placed her body in the front trunk area of David Burke’s [d4vd’s legal name] Tesla. We know that the Tesla had been parked at the location from which it was towed for several weeks, so it is very likely Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been dead for several weeks prior to her body being discovered,” explained LAPD Captain and Commanding Officer Scot M. Williams.

“The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not determined a cause or manner of her death, so we don’t know for sure if anyone has any criminal culpability for her death beyond the concealment of her dead body.”

d4vd poses with 5 Gum during Interscope and Capitol Records Coachella Party 2025 on April 12, 2025 in Palm Springs, California.

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Hernandez had been reported missing in April 2024 before her remains were discovered.

“Several items of evidence were recovered and will be analyzed by detectives in the coming days,” police detailed after searching a rental property where Burke stayed in the Hollywood Hills. “This is an ongoing investigation. Investigators are following up on several leads.”

D4vd has not made any public remarks regarding the discovery of Hernandez’s body or his alleged ties to the victim. VIBE has contacted representatives for D4vd for a statement.

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