Music News: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Edition
Are release dates just becoming suggestions? A$AP Rocky’s latest, At.Long.Last.ASAP (A.L.L.A), has joined the ranks of leaked albums, released a week early on Spotify.
Rocky’s has been in the news a lot lately. A lot of that has to do with promoting this new album. But recently he got in some hot water for comments he made about doing LSD at SXSW and then participating in a series of orgies. The interviewer even made it clear he was smoking weed at the beginning of the interview.
Actually I found Rocky’s candor refreshing. Most of Rocky’s interviews talk about drugs. Rocky insists he’s not dependent though he admitted he used LSD to cope with the loss of ASAP Yams earlier this year. But he’s also insistent that drugs aren’t his life and his music isn’t about the glorification of drugs.
Part of Rocky’s press tour also has to do with promotion of the upcoming movie, Dope. Ironically (or not), he stars in it as a drug dealer. Some are calling it the summer movie to watch out for. It’s about a a guy, Malcolm, and his friends who wind up at that dealer’s party. After the party turns violent, they flee with a bunch of ecstasy hidden in Malcolm’s bag (unbeknownst to him).
The whole Rocky thing has made me think about the intersection of music and drugs. And wouldn’t you know it, a documentary, Amy, about the life of Amy Winehouse, is also coming out this summer. It debuted at the Cannes film festival to huge raves.
Amy’s story has always made me sad. I loved her music, so I’m sad we won’t get more from her. I’m sad because it seems like she had a few demons she was trying to work out. And I’m sad because she tried to work them out with drugs that ultimately consumed her.
I don’t actually usually like documentaries. But I’m gonna watch the hell out of this one.
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