Music

The Game teamed with DJ Drama for Gangsta Grillz: Every Movie Needs a Trailer. There are 18 tracks on the project, with features from Eric Bellinger, Jeremih, Mozzy, O.T. Genasis, Hailey Williams and Latoiya Williams. He also worked with producing duo Mike & Keys.

GloRilla has released double the music, dropping singles “March” and “Special.” “March” is accompanied by a music video directed by Troy Rescue, which finds Glo as a member of a marching band. It’s an homage to the 2002 film Drumline. “Special” sees Glo getting personal and asking her man for a few affirmations.

Westside Gunn has released a new song about the sneaker brand he recently collaborated with. My Sauconys Glowin — a three-track EP featuring Stove God Cooks and Benny the Butcher — comes on the heels of his Saucony Progrid Triumph 4 Super FlyGods. Stove God also dropped “El Pueblo.”

Young Thug dances in the studio as he listens back to the song “Revenge” in its new music video, available to watch on YouTube. Features Lil Gotit and 1300Saint are also spotted busting out their dance moves and performing their respective verses for the visual.

Ice Spice released the song and video for “Thootie” featuring Tokischa. “It’s the [first time] people are actually hearing me speak or rap in Spanish, and it was fun to show another side of who I am, and it’s even more special that I got to do it with Toki,” Ice says in a statement, as per Uproxx. “We went to the Dominican Republic to shoot the video last month, and it was a vibe. I definitely felt at home.”

Big K.R.I.T., Dedicated to Cadalee Biarritz

Polo G & G Herbo, “Gangsta Graduation”

Erick Sermon, Dynamic Duos

Ludacris, “44 Bars”

Logic & Wiz Khalifa, “700 Club”

Mozzy, “Buick to Benz”

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Violet Grohl, the eldest of Dave Grohl‘s daughters, has premiered her debut singles.

The tracks are called “THUM” and “Applefish,” and are out now via Bandcamp.

“I’m beyond excited to finally share a little bit of what I’ve been working on over the last year,” Violet shares in an Instagram post. “I made these tracks with the most bada** group of musicians, so happy they’re finally yours.”

Violet, 19, previously sang on a cover of the X song “Nausea” with her dad, which was released in 2021. She’s also sung live with Foo Fighters and performed “All Apologies” during Nirvana‘s reunion performance at the FireAid benefit concert in January.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in 2024 that Violet was working on her debut album.

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Michael Bublé has duetted with quite a few country stars over the years, like Shania Twain, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Carly Pearce. But now he’s diving headfirst into the genre with a new country album.

Michael appeared on the latest episode of the Not Gonna Lie podcast, hosted by Kylie Kelce — Taylor Swift‘s future sister-in-law. He revealed, “I love country music, and I have loved country music my whole life. … I went to Nashville. I have a producer named Dan Huff … and I have made a love letter to country music. And it’s old school. It’s not, like, modern. It’s my interpretation.”

“I have never had an experience that has been better musically,” he raved. “I’m so excited to put out this record. I don’t know if 10 people are going to love it, but I don’t care because I feel like I earned the right to make a beautiful record.”

Michael listed some of his country bona fides, like those duets with Willie and Dolly; the fact that he’s recorded songs by Kris Kristofferson and Hank Williams; his friendship with Blake Shelton, who scored a huge country hit with Michael’s song “Home“; and the fact that the first song he ever recorded was one by Patsy Cline.

Michael said he has no idea when the record will come out because it isn’t finished yet.

Carly told ABC Audio in 2024, after she recorded a Christmas duet with Michael, that he was a true country fan. “I feel like a lot of people just come in [to country] because they’re like, ‘Country’s easy … put a banjo on it. It’s fine.’ And I take great offense to that,” she said. By contrast, she insisted that Michael “absolutely understands what the genre is [and] what these songs mean.”

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Whatever the opposite of a “#1 Crush” is, that’s what Garbage‘s Shirley Manson has on fans who bring beach balls to concerts.

Manson came across one such fan during Garbage’s current tour of Australia and, as seen in footage posted to the band’s Instagram Story, decided to share how she really felt.

“Guy with your big f****** beach ball, ooh, I’m so scared of you, so thrilled by you,” Manson mocked. “What a f****** d****bag.”

Manson then expanded upon her anti-beach ball opinions in a post to Threads.

“I make NO APOLOGIES whatsoever for getting annoyed at beachballs at shows,” Manson writes. “I joined a band because I HATED THE F****** BEACH. I joined a band because I wanted to listen to Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure and be dark and beautiful.”

“Continue listening to Spotify and toss your stupid beach balls around like you are ten years old,” Manson adds. “I love the musical community and I want to respect their artistry. I am so tired of folks taking music for free and treating us all like circus performers.”

Perhaps Manson’s distaste for beach balls shouldn’t be too surprising; after all, one of Garbage’s biggest hits is called “Only Happy When It Rains.”

Garbage released a new album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, in May. They wrapped up a U.S. tour in support of the record in November, which they said would mark their “last North American headline tour.”

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Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and KPop Demon Hunters have scored nominations for the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards.

Ariana was nominated in the best supporting actress category for Wicked: For Good. The new song Stephen Schwartz wrote for Glinda specifically for the film, “The Girl in the Bubble,” was nominated for best song.

Also nominated in the best song category was Ed’s song “Drive” for F1: The Movie and “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, co-written by one of the song’s performers, EJAE. KPop Demon Hunters was nominated in the best animated feature category, as well. 

The Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, will broadcast live on E! and USA Network Sunday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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Coco Jones received a 2026 Grammy nomination in November for her debut album, Why Not More? It’s her eighth Recording Academy nod to date, all of which she worked for but never quite expected.

“I don’t expect these things — but I do, but I don’t,” she told will.i.am during a conversation for Uproxx. “Because you’re working towards a goal. I’m not working like, ‘Hope nobody hears this! Period!’ I’m working towards goals. But I also know I can’t control anything but me. So it’s like, yes, and no.”

“I’m not going to sit here like, ‘I knew that, I knew that, I knew that,'” she continued. “If I could tell the future, I’d be a bajillionaire!”

Coco shares that she puts in the “work like I want to receive those awards” and is relieved when she gets recognized.

“If things get nominated, if they get recognized, if they get love — even from my fans — I’m like ‘whew!’ Because that was hard as hell,” she says. “In general, I hold everything to a really high standard, and I hope that people agree that it’s high quality stuff.”

Why Not More? was released in April with appearances from YG Marley, London on da Track and Future. She tells will.i.am that Jazmine Sullivan and PartyNextDoor are among her desired collaborations.

“I love Jazmine Sullivan, and I feel like we would do something soulful and sickening together. I also love PartyNextDoor,” she said. “I love modern R&B, that’s super chill and super laid-back and cool as hell. Because I feel like I’m not ‘cool as hell,’ I’m just ‘real as hell.’ I think that’s my vibe, but I want to do something ‘cool as hell.’ Mysterious.”

​Coco’s Uproxx Visionary performance of “Thang 4 U” is now on YouTube.

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Miley Cyrus revealed an unusual phobia on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday.

The singer said she has a fear of paper, specifically when dry hands are touching it, which makes Christmas an unhappy holiday for her.

“Christmas, I’m known as a little bit of a Grinch because I have a qualm with Christmas. I hate paper,” she said. “The real problem for me with paper is when people have dry hands and they touch paper and then it’s Christmas and it’s cold and everyone’s hands are dry and they’re all touching paper.”

Miley admitted the phobia is getting worse and she’s looking into treatment for it because it’s affecting her everyday life — but her new fiancé, Maxx Morando, has been helping.

“Someone gets an Amazon box, I’m sick, because the cardboard is the worst of it all,” she said. “It’s extra dry and there’s packaging within it. That’s the best part, that’s really why I got engaged, because I just make my fiancé open all the packages outside.”

When Kimmel joked that the first wedding anniversary is paper, Miley responded, “Uh-uh, not here!”

Miley confirmed her engagement in an interview with ABC’s Chris Connelly that aired on Good Morning America Wednesday. She was previously married to Liam Hemsworth.

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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are globe-trotting together and meeting important figures along the way.

Perry and Trudeau posed with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife in a photo posted to social media on Thursday by the former Japanese leader.

The prime minister referred to Perry as Trudeau’s “partner” in a social media post about the meeting.

“Former Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau visited Japan with his partner and joined my wife and me for lunch,” wrote Kishida, in a caption translated from Japanese to English.

“During his time as prime minister, we met multiple times as fellow leaders, and when I visited Canada, we worked together to strengthen bilateral relations, including formulating the ‘Japan-Canada Action Plan,’ sweating it out side by side,” he continued.

Trudeau responded to the photo on social media, adding, “Katy and I were so glad to have the chance to sit down with you and Yuko. Thank you, Fumio, for your friendship and your continued commitment to both the international rules-based order and to a better future for everyone.”

Kishida served as the 100th and 101st prime minister of Japan, serving from October 2021 until October 2024. Trudeau resigned as Canada’s prime minister earlier this year after serving a decade in the role.

Trudeau and Perry have not publicly commented on their relationship.

Perry recently split from Orlando Bloom, with whom she had been in a relationship since 2016 and to whom she became engaged on Valentine’s Day in 2019.

In June, People reported that Perry and Bloom have “gone their separate ways” after a nearly decade-long relationship.

The pair welcomed their first child together, Daisy Dove Bloom, in August 2020.

Trudeau announced his separation from his then-wife Sophie Trudeau in August 2023. They had been married since 2005 and share three children together — Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien Trudeau.

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