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All The New Albums Coming Out In February 2022

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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in February. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, February 4

  • 2 Chainz — Dope Don’t Sell Itself (Def Jam)
  • A Place To Bury Strangers — See Through You (Dedstrange)
  • Adekunle Gold — Catch Me If You Can (Afro Urban Records)
  • Alai K — Kila Mara (On The Corner Records)
  • Animal Collective — Time Skiffs (Domino)
  • As It Is — I Went To Hell And Back (Fearless Records)
  • Azar Lawrence — New Sky (Trazar Records)
  • B.J. Thomas — In Remembrance: Love Songs & Lost Treasures (Real Gone Music)
  • Bastille — Give Me The Future (Virgin Records)
  • Black Country, New Road — Ants From Up There (Ninja Tune)
  • Carlie Hanson — Tough Boy (Warner Records)
  • Cate Le Bon — Pompeii (Mexican Summer)
  • The Districts — Great American Painting (Fat Possum)
  • Dylan Dunlap — Stranger In My Head EP (Nettwerk)
  • Eric Krasno — Always (Provogue)
  • Erin Rae — Lighten Up (Good Memory/Thirty Tigers)
  • Gracie Gray — anna (Hand In Hive)
  • Great Lakes — Contenders (HHBTM Records)
  • Hembree — It’s A Dream! (Thirty Tigers)
  • The High Water Marks — Proclaimer Of Things (Minty Fresh)
  • Hippo Campus — LP3 (Grand Jury)
  • Hollis Brown — In The Aftermath (Mascot Label Group/Cool Green Recordings)
  • Jolly Joker — Loud & Proud (Dark Rails Records)
  • Josienne Clarke — I Promised You Light EP (Corduroy Punk Records)
  • Korn — Requiem (Loma Vista)
  • Kristine Leschper — The Opening, Or Closing Of A Door (Anti)
  • Mac Gollehon — The End Is The Beginning EP (Nefarious Industries)
  • Marissa Nadler — The Wrath Of The Clouds EP (Sacred Bones/Bella Union)
  • Mason Jennings — Real Heart (Loosegroove Records)
  • Mikayla McVey — Time Turns Everything (The Long Road Society)
  • Mitski — Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans)
  • Nate Scheible — Fairfax (ACR)
  • Native Sun — Joy Theft EP (Radio Silence)
  • The Reds, Pinks & Purples — Summer At Land’s End (Slumberland)
  • Saba — Few Good Things (Pivot Gang)
  • Sam Weber — Get Free (Sonic Unyon Records)
  • The Slow Show — Still Life (Velveteen Records)
  • Sweat — Gotta Give It Up (Pirates Press Records)
  • Wild Rivers — Sidelines (Nettwerk)
  • WizTheMC — Where Silence Feels Good EP (10k Projects/Homemade Projects)
  • yeule — Glitch Princess (Bayonet Records)

Friday, February 11

  • Adam Miller — Gateway (Inner Magic)
  • alt-J — The Dream (Canvasback Music)
  • Amos Lee — Dreamland (Dualtone Records)
  • Anika — Change: The Remixes (Sacred Bones Records)
  • Big Thief — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (4AD)
  • The Cactus Blossoms — One Day (Walkie Talkie Records)
  • Dan Andriano & The Bygones — Dear Darkness (Epitaph)
  • Dead Tree Seeds — Back To The Seeds EP (Music Records)
  • The Delines — The Sea Drift (Jealous Butcher Records)
  • Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio — Cold As Weiss (Colemine Records)
  • Donna Missal — in The mirror, In The night EP (Harvest Records)
  • Dream Fiend — Outland (Heavy Machinery Records)
  • Eddie Vedder — Earthling (Sony)
  • Emilie Zoé — Hello Future Me (Hummus Records)
  • Ethan Iverson — Every Note Is True (Blue Note)
  • Foxes — The Kick (PIAS Recordings)
  • Frank Turner — FTHC (Polydor)
  • Holo — In Limbo EP (Anjunadeep)
  • Home Counties — In A Middle English Town EP (Alcopop! Records)
  • Jason Mraz — Lalalalovesongs (ACG/Atlantic)
  • Jazmine Sullivan — Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe (RCA Records)
  • Joywave — Cleanse (Blood Records)
  • Jura — Formality Jerne-Site (Anyines)
  • Kenny Muney — Time Is Muney (Paper Route Empire)
  • La Armada — Anti-Colonial Vol. 2 (Mal De Ojo Records)
  • Lotte Kestner — Lost Songs (Saint-Loup Records)
  • Lynda Randle — Pilgrim Journey (Spring House)
  • Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous (WEA)
  • Massive Ego — The New Normal EP (Out Of Line)
  • Mild Orange — Looking For Space (AWAL)
  • Night Palace — Diving Rings (Park The Van)
  • Night Shop — Forever Night (Dangerbird)
  • Once Human — Scar Weaver (earMUSIC)
  • Raveena — Asha’s Awakening (Warner)
  • Rob Burger — Marching with Feathers (Western Vinyl)
  • Sea Change — Mutual Dreaming (Shapes Recordings)
  • Sea Power — Everything Was Forever (Golden Chariot Records)
  • Shamir — Heterosexuality (self-released)
  • Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators — 4 (Gibson Records)
  • Sofiane Pamart — Letter (Pias America)
  • Spoon — Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador Records)
  • Studio Electrophonique — Happier Things EP (Violette Records)
  • Weatherstate — Never Better (Rude Records)
  • William Ryan Key — Everything Except Desire EP (Equal Vision/Rude Records)

Friday, February 18

  • A Will Away — Stew (Rude Records)
  • Anna Laura Quinn — Open The Door (Next Level)
  • Arjen Anthony Lucassen — Revel In Time (InsideOutMusic)
  • Beach House — Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  • Bob Stroger And The Headcutters — That’s My Name (Delmark Records)
  • The Body And OAA — Enemy Of Love (Thrill Jockey)
  • Broods — Space Island (Universal)
  • Carlie Hanson — Tough Boy (Warner Records)
  • Dawnrider — The Fourth Dawn (Alma Mater Records)
  • Debit — The Long Count (Modern Love)
  • Elephant Stone — Le voyage de M. Lonely dans la lune (Elephants On Parade)
  • Ellah A. Thaun — Arcane Majeur Deux (XVIII records)
  • Hurray For The Riff Raff — Life On Earth (Nonesuch Records)
  • The Infamous Stringdusters — Toward The Fray (Regime Music)
  • Jarguna — Neogene (Projekt)
  • Jonas Lindberg And The Other Side — Miles From Nowhere (Inside Out Music)
  • JP Cooper — She (Island Records)
  • Katie Tupper — Towards The End EP (Arts & Crafts)
  • Kendra Morris — Nine Lives (Karma Chief Records)
  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges — Texas Moon EP (Dead Oceans)
  • Lavender Country — Blackberry Rose (Don Giovanni Records)
  • MAITA — I Just Want To Be Wild For You (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Manic Sinners — King Of The Badlands (Frontiers)
  • Methyl Ethel — Are You Haunted? (Future Classic)
  • Metronomy — Small World (Because Music)
  • Michael Lane — Take It Slow (Greywood Records)
  • Oliver Future — A Year At Home (Peak Dumb Recordings)
  • Oliver Tree — Cowboy Tears (Atlantic R&S)
  • Sally Shapiro — Sad Cities (Italians Do It Better)
  • Shout Out Louds — House (Bud Fox Recordings/Integral)
  • Star One — Revel In Time (InsideOutMusic)
  • Steve Poltz — Stardust & Satellites (Compass Records)
  • The Thing With Feathers — Sundays In The South EP (Fat Pipe Recordings/Kartel Music Group)
  • Uèle Lamore — Loom (XXIM Records/Sony)
  • Various Artists — Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono (Atlantic Records)
  • White Lies — As I Try Not To Fall Apart (Pias America)
  • Wynona Bleach — Moonsoake (Fierce Panda Records)
  • Youth Sector — Adult Contemporary EP (Family Values)

Friday, February 25

  • Avril Lavigne — Love Sux (DTA Records)
  • Bambara — Love On My Mind (Wharf Cat)
  • Basia Bulat — The Garden (Secret City Records)
  • Beth Hart — A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)
  • Binker & Moses — Feeding The Machine (Gearbox)
  • Blue Lab Beats — Motherland Journey (Blue Note)
  • Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard — Backhand Deals (Communion)
  • Carmen Villain — Only Love From Now On (Smalltown Supersound)
  • Caroline Loveglow — Strawberry (100% Electronica)
  • Carson McHone — Still Life (Merge)
  • CMAT — If My Wife New I’d Be Dead (AWAL Recordings)
  • Coyle Girelli — Funland (Honey Lemon Records)
  • Dan Patlansky — Shelter Of Bones (Virgin)
  • Dashboard Confessional — All The Truth That I Can Tell (Hidden Note Records)
  • Daytime TV — Nothing’s On But Everybody’s Watching (Allotment)
  • Deserta — Every Moment, Everything You Need (Felte)
  • DJ Hank — The City Stars EP (Hyperdub Records)
  • Early Eyes — Look Alive (Epitaph Records)
  • Filligar — Future Self (Decade Records)
  • Gang Of Youths — Angel In Realtime (Warner Records)
  • Graphic Nature — New Skin EP (Rude Records)
  • Huerco S. — Plonk (Incienso)
  • Jamie McDell — Jamie McDell (ABC Music)
  • Johnny Marr — Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (BMG)
  • Judy Collins — Spellbound (Cleopatra)
  • Keeley Forsyth — Limbs (The Leaf Label)
  • King Hannah — I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me (City Slang)
  • Kyle Morgan — Younger At Most Everything (Team Love Records)
  • Lo Moon — A Modern Life (Strngr Recordings/Thirty Tigers)
  • Nick D’Virgilio, Neal Morse & Ross Jennings — Troika (Radiant Records)
  • OSKA — My World, My Love, Paris (Nettwerk)
  • Pierce Turner — Terrible Good (Storysound Records)
  • Pintandwefall — Seventh Baby (GAEA)
  • Pixies — Live In Brixton (Demon)
  • Richard Clayderman — Forever Love (WEA)
  • Robert Glasper — Black Radio III (Loma Vista)
  • Sasami — Squeeze (Domino)
  • Sevdaliza — Raving Dahlia EP (Twisted Elegance)
  • Scorpions — Rock Believer (Vertigo Berlin)
  • Shiva Burlesque — Mercury Blues (+Skulduggery) (Darla Records)
  • Soft Cell — *Happiness Not Included (BMG)
  • Spencer Hoffman — A Flower From Behind EP (Park the Van Records)
  • Spiritualized — Everything Was Beautiful (Bella Union)
  • String Machine — Hallelujah Hell Yeah (Know Hope Records)
  • Superchunk — Wild Loneliness (Merge)
  • Swamp Dogg — I Need A Job… So I Can Buy More Autotune (Don Giovanni)
  • Tangerine Dream — Raum (Kscope/Eastgate Music)
  • Tears For Fears — The Tipping Point (Concord)
  • Under The Rug — Dear Adeline (Anabl)
  • Various Artists — Euphoria Season 2 (An HBO Original Series Soundtrack) (Interscope)
  • VHS Collection — Night Drive (Tiger Tone)
  • Your Planet Is Next — Mr. Music (Studio Barnhus)

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Artists To Watch For February 2022

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In this new monthly column, we’re taking a look at five artists who are steadily rising and positively need to be on your radar this month. Our February picks are from across the musical spectrum, touching on hip-hop, pop, soul, jazz and R&B from all across the globe. These are artists who made their presence felt in January, have more in store in February, and genuinely merit your attention.

Raveena

A welcome Indian-American voice in R&B and pop, Raveena recently announced her major label debut, Asha’s Awakening, out February 11th. Whereas 2019’s Lucid, saw her sweet voice shining over shimmering, sugary bedroom R&B, she’s exploring new artistic horizons in pop on the new release. She further embraces her roots on “Rush,” a cinematic Bollywood-inspired song that came to her on a psychedelic acid trip through a museum. On the sexy “Secret,” she’s joined by Vince Staples for a provocative turn, on a tabla and sitar-soaked beat. And all her accompanying visuals have been can’t miss as well.

Bakar

Chances are you’ve likely heard Bakar’s hit “Hell N Back,” with it’s jazzy upbeat soul swing that’s tailor-made for the happy-go-lucky moments of the Euphoria generation. The Camden native said he’s “always wanted to be an alternative for the Black kids who don’t fit in,” and his approachable and uniquely energetic tunes have cross-cultural appeal no doubt. Speaking of Euphoria, Dominic Fike even collaborated with Bakar on the wistful “Stop Selling Her Drugs,” but it’s his latest output that hint at the bright road ahead for him. There’s the anthemic, “The Mission,” the reflective “Build Me A Way,” and the hopeful latest offering, “NW3,” that show the promise of his upcoming debut album, Nobody’s Home, out February 25th.

Lady Wray

Atlanta’s Nicole Wray is living a new life. In the late ’90s she was discovered by Missy Elliott (as “Nicole”) and scored a modest hit with the Elliott-featured sumptuous R&B jam “Make It Hot.” But life is anything but linear, especially in the music industry, and she is now re-born as Lady Wray. On her latest album, Piece Of Me, Lady Wray is a muse of sorts for the dynamic canvases laid down by retro soul producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair, The Carters) and it’s one of the coolest, purest expressions of soul music you’ll hear this year. “Through It All” is uplifting soul nostalgia perfection and “Come On In” is tinged with gospel a lean that lets Wray’s booming voice soar. She performed the latter on Colbert last week and it sure as hell felt like the full circle moment she’s worked towards for over 20 years.

Central Cee

Central Cee is poised to be the next big UK rapper in the shape of Dave and AJ Tracey. This past November, the West Londoner got a major look, hopping on FKA Twigs’ “Measure Of A Man,” for the film The King’s Man. His breakthrough track, “A Day In The Life,” got a shout out from Big Sean when it first dropped in 2020 and now he’s high up on the newly announced lineup of the Parklife festival. His style has morphed from grime to drill as he spells out his rise in the ranks. “Take that risk and go independent, I just turned down six figures /
On the phone you was loud, now we’re in real life and you’re soundin’ timid,” he spits over drill bass and East Asian strings on “Pinging (6 Figures).” He’s been building a steady catalog, including 2021’s excellent Wild West mixtape as he continues to drop tracks from the upcoming 23 tape, out February 25th.

Moonchild

LA jazz and R&B trio Moonchild make distinctly warm and embracing tunes, led by Amber Navran’s angelic voice. They’ve been able to break through artsy jazz circles through collaborations with Robert Glasper and Rapsody in the past, and now have a stacked slate of guests on their upcoming album, Starfruit, out February 11th. On “Tell Him,” Navran and Lalah Hathaway dazzle on a beat awash with breezy bass, keys, and synths. Theirs is music to fall in love with, fall in love to, and make love alongside. Beyond Hathaway, the new album features Alex Isley, Tank & The Bangas, Rapsody, Ill Camille, and more.

Some of the artists mentioned here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Best Vinyl Releases Of January 2022

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Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the decades-old medium hasn’t made a comeback. That doesn’t mean everybody is listening to just their parents’ old music, though. That’s part of it, sure, thanks to rereleases that present classic albums in new ways. A vital part of the renewed vinyl wave, though, is new projects being released as records, of which there are plenty.

Whatever you might be into, each month brings a new slew of vinyl releases that has something for everybody. Some stand out above the rest, naturally, so check out some of our favorite vinyl releases of January below.

Jonny Greenwood — The Power Of The Dog

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When Jonny Greenwood isn’t fulfilling his Radiohead duties, he’s become prominent in the scoring world. He provided the music for the Netflix film The Power Of The Dog, for example, and now his score is getting a vinyl release, which features a printed disc sleeve and the album pressed on high-fidelity black vinyl.

Get it here.

Burial — Antidawn EP

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Burial kicked off 2022 with the Antidawn EP, which really veers into full-blown album territory with its 43-minute runtime. The vinyl edition is available on Bandcamp, which means that aside from the physical LP, you’ll get a digital download of the album to enjoy when you’re away from your turntable.

Get it here.

David Bowie — Toy Box

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Toy, a previously unreleased David Bowie album, is legendary among fans, and now it’s finally widely available, as it got an official release earlier this month. It arrives as part of the Toy:Box set, the vinyl edition of which is pressed on six 10-inch vinyl records, which include the album, B-sides, and more extras.

Get it here.

Grimes — Visions (Vinyl Me, Please Reissue)

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As Grimes readies her Book 1 project, now isn’t a bad time to look back at what got Grimes to this point with a new Vinyl Me, Please reissue of Visions, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. VMP even got Grimes to write new liner notes for this exclusive edition. For example, she wrote of “Infinite Love Without Fulfillment,” “Wow, i can hear myself learning how to make music in this song. I remember doing the vocal over the drums and then randomly trying that baseline and being like whoa! And kinda spiralling into this experiment.”

Get it here.

Bonobo — Fragments (Vinyl Me, Please Edition)

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Bonobo has established himself as one of this century’s most beloved electronic artists, and now he has returned with his esteemed seventh album, Fragments. If you want an uncommon edition of the LP to highlight your record shelf, Vinyl Me, Please has an exclusive version that’s pressed on gorgeous orange and red swirled vinyl.

Get it here.

PJ Harvey — Let England Shake (Reissue) and Let England Shake – Demos

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For a good while now, PJ Harvey has been going through her back catalog to give her albums fresh vinyl reissues, accompanied by companion albums that feature demos and other goodies. Now, Let England Shake, her revered 2011 album, has gotten the same treatment. While some releases (like the Bonobo one you just read about) come with vinyl pressed in fancy colors, the standard black LP is actually the perfect visual accompaniment to the monochrome album art here.

Get Let England Shake here. Get Let England Shake – Demos here.

The Weeknd — Dawn FM

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The Weeknd has one of the year’s biggest albums so far with Dawn FM, and now fans can secure their own uncommon piece of it: The album has gotten an exclusive vinyl edition that’s only available at Target and features alternative artwork and silver translucent vinyl.

Get it here.

Cat Power — Covers (Indie Exclusive Colored Vinyl)

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Cat Power is one of the best cover artists we have, and she has nailed it once again on her latest collection of other folks’ songs, aptly and simply titled Covers. This edition of the album is pressed on gold vinyl, which looks lovely when paired with the denim-clad cover art.

Get it here.

Tkay Maidza — Last Year Was Weird Vol. 3

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The Zimbabwean-Australian singer wrapped up her storied Last Year Was Weird EP trilogy this month with the final installment, and if you were hoping to get a nice pressing of that for your collection, here we go. This is a real meat-and-potatoes edition, which comes pressed on classic black vinyl housed in a full-color printed inner sleeve.

Get it here.

Speedy Ortiz — The Death Of Speedy Ortiz & Cop Kicker… Forever

The Death Of Speedy Ortiz & Cop Kicker… Forever is a great collection for longtime Speedy Ortiz fans, as it compiles the band’s first album and EP (the ones mentioned in the release’s title) and some other goodies. As for what those goodies include, nobody can explain it better than Sadie Dupuis herself, and thankfully, she made an unboxing video that you can check out above.

Get it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Bad Bunny Got Body-Slammed By Brock Lesnar At The WWE Royal Rumble

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Bad Bunny should really be taking it easy. He’s got his Último Tour del Mundo starting on February 9th in Denver and his World’s Hottest Tour of North and South American stadiums starting in August. If he keeps entering the wrestling ring to grapple with a WWE savage like Brock Lesnar, though, he might not make it to either of those.

That statement might sound preposterous, but that’s exactly what happened this past Saturday night (January 29th) at WWE’s Royal Rumble in St. Louis, Missouri. You see, last year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton star and reigning Spotify streaming king merely performed his song “Booker T” at the event, but this year he actually got in the ring, and it wasn’t pretty. Bad Bunny was first body-slammed by the eventual Royal Rumble champion Brock Lesnar, who then tossed over the ropes like yesterday’s laundry.

The Royal Rumble is a last-man-standing competition, so you have to throw everyone out of the ring to be crowned the victor. Lesnar had just eliminated a wrestler when Bad Bunny knew he was surely next and he retreated to a corner of the ring, looking visibly freaked out. “Did you see the look on bad Bunny’s face?” one announcer says. Before the other announcer shouts, “Jump over the rope Bad Bunny! You got two tours! You got fans, you got music to make!” But it was too late. Lesnar made quick work of Bad Bunny and here’s hoping Bad Bunny has.. .errr… recovered, in time for his tours (wink, wink).

Watch the video of Brock Lesnar “decimating” Bad Bunny above.

Doja Cat Is An intergalactic Diva In The ‘Get Into It (Yuh) Video

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Just like Ariana Grande before her, there’s nothing Doja Cat loves more than an intergalactic moment. The pop/rap/R&B star is still slowly but surely doling out videos from her extremely successful 2021 album Planet Her, and tonight she’s shared a video from one of the record’s deep cuts, “Get Into It (Yuh).” And speaking of Ariana, she gets more than just a nod in the album title track — which features a spelled out version of signature “yuh” adlib — but also in the lyrics when Doja commands: “y’all b*tches better “yuh” like Ariana.”

Nothing we love more than when the girls are getting along! That’s how masterful pop culture moments like the “34 + 35” remix video come along. Anyway, in her own video for the track, Doja is a diva in all kinds of space suit getups, alternating between ruling a crew of musical women in a spacecraft, fighting off aggressive alien interlopers, and dancing alone in what looks like a space station elevator shaft. What has this evil boss done? Stolen a beloved cat, one of the most heinous crimes in the entire galaxy. Don’t worry though, just like she’s winning down here on earth, Doja gets the best of him in the end. Watch the clip above.

Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Lingerie Brand Just Raised A Whopping $125 Million

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Not only is Rihanna is a talented singer, humanitarian, and a national hero in her native Barbados, she’s also an incredibly savvy entrepreneur who has just raised a lot more money for one of her ventures. Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty lingerie brand — which emphasizes inclusivity, body positivity, and confidence — just raised $125 million in their Series C round of investing.

This comes shortly after Savage X Fenty opened its first retail location this month, at the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas strip. As Forbes reports, opening physical locations is the big push in 2022 for the surging company, which plans to open four more stores in the first quarter of 2022, “in Culver City in Los Angeles (where the company is based), followed by the Galleria Mall in Houston, the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia and Pentagon City’s Fashion Centre in Arlington, Virginia.”

This new round of funding was led by Neuberger Berman, but there were a number of other private investors in the mix as well, including Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners VC firm. Savage X Fenty has now raised a total of $310 million in capital. Rihanna, meanwhile, has a reported net worth of over $1.7 billion (well over $1 billion of which comes from here Fenty Beauty cosmetics line), second only to Oprah as the wealthiest female in the entertainment industry.

Raveena Wants Vince Staples To Keep A ‘Secret’ On Her Sultry New Single

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Raveena has been having a productive last few months as an artist. Back in 2021, she released the surreal “Tweety” video, and since then, she’s signed to Warner Records and given fans a taste of her own culture with the Bollywood-inspired single “Rush.” That range is part of what earned Raveena a spot on María Zardoya of The Marías’ favorite rising pop stars playlist. Now, she’s preparing a new full-length project called Asha’s Awakening that will be out in just a few days on February 11.

To give fans a preview of that album, tonight she shared “Secret,” which features a cameo from Long Beach rapper Vince Staples. Raveena even gets a little sci-fi with her description of the song: “To me, “Secret” is a song about love that traverses through different dimensions,” she said in a press release. “People on earth are starting to have sensual dreams ignited in them by a space princess — someone they feel like their body knows, but whom they also do not know and cannot reach in this dimension. What if your lover was enticing you from space and you couldn’t reach them in this realm? What if a spirit from an outer dimension ignited your sacral chakra? This is what “Secret” explores.”

Check out all that sacral chakra goodness above, and the full tracklist for Asha’s Awakening below.

1. “Rush”
2. “Secret” (Feat. Vince Staples)
3. “Magic”
4. “Kismet”
5. “Kathy Left 4 Kathmandu”
6. “Mystery”
7. “Circuit Board”
8. “The Internet Is Like Eating Plastic”
9. “Arrival To The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation”
10. “Asha’s Kiss” (feat. Asha Puthli)
11. “Time Flies”
12. “Love Overgrown”
13. “Endless Summer”
14. “New Drugs” (feat. TWEAKS)
15. “Let Your Breath Become A Flower” (Guided Meditation)

The Chainsmokers Are ‘High’ On Their Massive New Single

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At the top of the year, The Chainsmokers let everyone know they’d be taking 2022 by storm with a parody clip that detailed just how hard it is to be them. After that uh, “illegal and reckless” concert in New York, maybe they’re not wrong? ) Anyway, not to say their exceptional 2021 decision to support the Emo Nite film wasn’t a great thing, too, just that they’ve made it clear they’d have more new music this year.

Right at the end of the short video they shared a few days ago teasing their return, we got a tiny preview of what their new single was going to sound like, and now the brand new track is here. Dubbed “High,” the song details an up and down relationship that seems to have more highs when the person involved is, well, high. It’s slightly more pop-punk than some of their previous EDM-heavy material, but still pretty signature Chainsmokers.

In the cinematic new video, one half of the duo is falling through the sky and landing on an airplane, while the other is inside the plane freaking out about a person landing on the wing! More sky high airplane drama ensues, but in the end, The Chainsmokers come out on top. Check out the new song and video up top, and look for more information on a new album from the DJ/producer duo coming later this year.

Ella Mai’s ‘DFMU’ Is More Velvety R&B From The Rising Star

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Following up the success of a song like “Boo’d Up” is a tough thing to do, but Ella Mai is doing just fine. The rising R&B star made sure her 2017 song that turned into a 2018 hit wasn’t the only thing fans had to tide them over, releasing a full-length self-titled album that same year. In fall of 2020, she returned with a new single, “Not Another Love Song,” but has mostly been quiet on the release front since then.

Tonight, she’s changed that by sharing a brand new song with fans, rather mysteriously titled “DFMU.” A cursory listen will help most fans figure out what Ella is singing about on this one, though, as she sings “Don’t f*ck me up / don’t let me down.” There’s a video for the song coming tomorrow morning, so tonight we just get the song, but it’s a bit more woozy and about the same mid-tempo pacing as “Not Another Love Song,” though neither are quite as percussive as her infamous “Boo’d Up.” Either way, the song is a great step forward for an R&B artist that fans have been craving new music from for a few years now. Hear the new track below and keep an eye out for the video tomorrow.

People Are Confused Why Lizzo Posted A Video Of Her Sucking A Mystery Man’s Fingers

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There’s no doubt Lizzo’s new favorite social media app is TikTok. The singer posts nearly every day, sharing clips of her cooking, dancing, or getting ready for the red carpet. But on certain occasions, Lizzo shares some hilariously raunchy content, like the time she twerked as Dora The Explorer. But earlier this week, a suggestive video had people very confused.

The video in question shows Lizzo sucking a mystery man’s fingers before he slowly starts choking her. She keeps a smile on her face the entire time as one of Baby Tate’s tracks plays in the background. “I haven’t watched euphoria yet this week— how was it?” she captioned the video, referencing the notoriously scandalous HBO Max show.

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I was scared to post this 🥺🥺🥺 but i just wanted u to know— if the ones u love support you. Thats all you need! I love yall ❤

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Most of the top comments underneath the out-of-context video are about Chris Evans, who Lizzo has a huge celebrity crush on. It all started with the singer drunkenly slide into Evans’ DMs one night to shoot her shot. Evans was okay with the message, saying “No shame in a drunk DM,” and “god knows I’ve done worse on this app lol.” Since then, Lizzo has joked she’s pregnant with Evans’ baby and asked her fans to come up with names. But now that she shared this racy video, fans are concerned she is leaving Evans in the dust. “What would Chris think,” one user wrote. “Who’s hands are those? Cause they definitely aren’t Chris’s,” another said — to which Lizzo cheekily replied: “Don’t tell him.”

Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.