Lola

The Brit School, a John Lewis Christmas ad and celeb endorsements on TikTok: there are reasons to arch an eyebrow at the rise of south Londoner Lola Young. Her brand of bruised estuarial verité recalls both Amy Winehouse and Adele. But inside Young’s tales of uneven relationships and black cabs “like back stabs” are shades of the straight-talking young Lily Allen and a smidge of Kae Tempest. Young’s face piercings speak of 2020s attitude, as though daring the listener to make one more assumption before getting thumped by…

‘She was riding in the middle of 50 bikers, pulling a super-aggressive gangster face.” Lola Quivoron is talking about the real-life inspiration for their urban motocross film Rodeo. “I think in order to front up enough to get through it. Because everyone was looking at her. Some people were laughing because she had a smaller motorbike than everyone else. Some people found her odd, others beautiful. But I was very impressed by the risks she was taking and by her strength.”Quivoron had been hanging out with Dirty Riderz…

The debut film from Irish director Andrew Legge is a pacy, thrillingly inventive found-footage mockumentary that purports to show the invention, in 1940, of a machine that can intercept television and radio broadcasts from the future. The device is named Lola in honour of the mother of the machine’s creators: two sisters, Thomasina (Emma Appleton) and Mars (Stefanie Martini). And at first, Lola is a portal to new artistic and cultural frontiers. But then, as the second world war escalates, the machine becomes part of the…

A clever riff on the time-travel genre, Andrew Legge’s small but mighty feature debut begins with a title card announcing the discovery of a mysterious cache of film reels in the 1940s. The grainy and jagged black-and-white footage, shot on a 16mm Bolex, turns out to be home movies made by Martha (Stefanie Martini) and Thomasina (Emma Appleton), two orphaned sisters who have devised a machine that can intercept broadcast signals from the future, and which they have named after their deceased mother.The film impresses with…

“I’m really small, but I feel like I’m 10 feet tall; my swag is very Brooklyn,” Lola Brooke says. “I love this set. I should call my mom and show her,” she says before proceeding to FaceTime her from Complex studio one. “Mom, look, they have me on the Jumbotron,” she laughs. Brooke’s star is rising, and after the momentum she gained from her introductory hit single “Don’t Play With It,” the rapper’s charisma and energy are contagious. “I’m bubbly, but if you say the wrong thing to me, there will be some problems.” Brooke…

Fresh off dropping her first new song of 2023, Bed-Stuy rapper Lola Brooke recruits Latto and Yung Miami for the remix of her breakout hit “Don’t Play With It.”The Dizzy Banko-produced track arrives alongside an accompanying video, directed by Starr Mazi, which sees Lola Brooke, Latto, and Miami wreak havoc throughout the streets of Brooklyn. Released in May 2021, “Don’t Play With It” became a viral hit on TikTok last year, amassing nearly 80 million streams to date while appearing on playlists such as Apple Music’s Rap…

Lola Brooke, the Bed-Stuy native who appeared on Complex’s New Rappers to Watch in 2023 list, returns with her new single “So Disrespectful.”“So Disrespectful” follows Lola’s previously released singles “Gator Season,” “Here I Come,” and “Don’t Play With It,” the last of which catapulted Brooke into the mainstream, amassing nearly 80 million streams to date while appearing on playlists such as Apple Music’s Rap Life and Spotify’s Rap Caviar.The track, produced by Reefa Music and Gyard, sees Lola warning rivals to prepare…

Hip-hop was a lot of fun in 2022, and it’s only getting better. TikTok and Twitch continued to take the rap world by storm, allowing artists to go viral in new and unique ways. Rappers like Lola Brooke, TiaCorine, Cash Cobain, and more were able to create moments off the strength of viral songs, and then have fans carry it the rest of the way. “Don’t Play With It” has become inescapable, “Freaky T” is currently having its moment despite the song dropping in September, and “sexy drill” is taking the New York rap scene by…

Screenshot: WB AnimationThe year 2023 is going to be big for Bugs Bunny, the original wascally rabbit. The WB mascot is going to provide some of that rabbit fortune for the studio’s 100th anniversary celebration and for the Lunar New Year. Things kick off with a Year of the Rabbit celebration on Cartoonito’s Bugs Bunny Builders before more episodes drop of Looney Tunes Cartoons and the premiere of Tiny Toons: Looniversity. HBO Max just released a clip for the special short in honor of the holiday. Featuring a traditional…

Screenshot: HBO Max/Stay Tooned YouTubeThe legendary figurehead of Looney Tunes, the one and only Bugs Bunny, just celebrated 80 years—and he’s just received his first Emmy. Bugs’ current voice performer, Filipino Canadian and proud animation fanboy Eric Bauza, won the Children’s and Family Emmy Award for “Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program.” It’s a big deal for Bugs Bunny, but it’s also a big deal for Bauza, who was recognized for his work as not just Bugs but also Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck…