DeFrance Veers into Americana Territory With 'Lights Down Low': Video Premiere

By Dino-Ray Ramos

"It is delivered with a venom that is perplexing"

By Chris Willman

Spike Lee has released a new short film. New York, New York is a three-and-a-half-minute clip that's available to stream on Instagram. Soundtracked by Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York," the short film travels around the city in the midst of lockdown, from a deserted Rockaway beach to an empty Yankee Stadium via Wall Street and Grand Central Station.

Since getting her start through a chance meeting with Gucci Mane, Atlanta-based audio engineer Kesha Lee has worked on chart-toppers like Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” and Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” and is now the go-to audio engineer for rappers including Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert.

The sixth episode of The King: Eternal Monarch featured a war sequence between the Kingdom of Corea and Japan. The subplot unfolded to convey that the Japanese warships breached into Corea's waters and paved the way to war. The battle also saw Lee Min-Ho dressed up in a crisp white uniform to lead the navy. While fans couldn't stop gushing over the actor's look, many viewers were enraged by the battleship in the naval war shown in the parallel universe on the episode. 

The King: Eternal Monarch released its 5th and 6th episodes over the weekend. The two episodes unfolded several subplots. This included Jung Tae Eul riding her way into Lee Gon's universe on the white horse, roaming around the streets of Seoul in the Kingdom of Corea, a war between Corea and Japan, a glimpse at Lee Rim's plans and the romance between Gon and Tae Eul finally blooming. While there are several talking points, Twitter managed to point a reference and lost their minds over it. 

Eugene Lee Yang is taking on the “Met Gala Challenge” – and totally slayed it!

For Reignwolf frontman Jordon Cook, the isolation of quarantine has both focused and furrowed the creative process where the entire world is experiencing a surreal moment in time together while also being confined and forcibly kept apart.

Joe & Martina are looking to do a little time travel in their video for “Give Me Back the ‘90s,” and they’ve got company.Joe and Martina Costa, who have opened for such acts as Blake Shelton, Jake Owen and Jon Pardi, as well as wrote “Don’t Tempt Me” for Luke Combs’ This One’s for You album, are joined by '90s sensation John Berry in the clip, which was shot outside longtime Music City landmark Nashville Palace.The song and video references other memorable artists who first hit in the ‘90s

Eric Church has resilience on his mind in a moving new video, "Who Will Answer the Call?" The two-and-a-half minute spoken word clip hints at a new song, "Through My Ray-Bans," while shining a light on the strength of the American spirit.“Where there once were roars, now there are just echoes. The handshakes and the hugs of yore are now too dangerous,” Church says over shots of empty streets, stages and stadiums mixed with shots of his cheering fans.

The King: Eternal Monarch premiered over the weekend. The Korean drama show saw the return of Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun to the small screen after a mini-hiatus. The two episodes set the premise of the show. The show revolves around two parallel universes. Min Ho plays a handsome Emperor, Lee Gon, the third generation emperor of Korea. Go Eun takes on the role of detective Jung Tae Eul. During the first episode, the show revealed Lee Gon was attacked as a child. 

After an incredibly popular debut season, the popular local reality show ‘Die Kontrak’ is moving to eTV and is shaking up the presenter line-up as the second season prepares for its debut later this year.

With American Horror Story set to return for Season 10 later this year, viewers are busy speculating as to what Ryan Murphy has in store for us in this milestone season. We've already had ghosts, aliens, evil Nazi doctors, freak show performers, killer clowns, more ghosts, more killer clowns, the literal apocalypse, and a cursed summer camp. But even after all this, the FX anthology still finds ways to surprise us every single season.