Grimes and her ‘Medieval Warfare’
There was trouble brewing around Suicide Squad’s release; whether in damning critics reviews, or raging fans attempting to shut down said critics.
Yet, still the publicity machine must rumble on; bringing another musical release tied to the film’s soundtrack following a drop from Skrillex and Rick Ross, alongside another by Lil’ Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, and Imagine Dragons.
Grimes’ “Medieval Warfare” first debuted on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show; providing a slightly darker, dirtier take on the artist’s usual noise pop thanks to a chorus of metallic guitars and heavy drums.
Speaking to Lowe afterward, Grimes revealed she’d watched the trailer for the A still from Suicide Squad. film “at least 20 or 30 times”, and was “openly weeping” at the prospect of contributing to its soundtrack.
However, don’t expect this to become the norm for Grimes, as she warned she’d been extremely hesitant about moving into film work in the past; particularly when, “everyone I know who’s ever done it brutally hated it and highly recommends against it. So now I feel a bit more fearful of it. Literally everyone I know who’s done it has extreme vitriol and says things like, “I wasted three years of my life.”” THE INDEPENDENT “Is a Panda cub fooled by a panda suit? That’s the hope at Wolong’s Hetaoping centre, where captive-bred bears training for life in the wild are kept relatively sheltered from human contact, even during a rare hands-on checkup.” HowreadyisBrazil, anditsformercapital Rio, to host the 2016 Olympic Games? ban, and allow confusion to Press report published on with making sure the 3,600 rule over who can, who can’t, Monday said contamination beds are made and everywho will and who won’t comlevels were dangerously high thing is spick and span paypete in Rio. The IOC said on due to human waste, raw ing with his job last week. Sunday it would appoint sewage and human remains Some areas are better than a panel of board members in the water despite cleanothers — Team GB has no who would decide on the up promises going back decomplaints — but Team Ausparticipation of individual cades. tralia have taken up hotel acathletes… by Friday. Which The report states that “rivcommodation. is handy — that’s when the ers are tar-black; the lagoons The Australian team chief, Games begin. near the Olympic Park…have Kitty Chiller, said the Village
But while the IOC, Wada fluorescent green algae that was “uninhabitable” and and Russia play the blame thrives amid sewage; fisher“not safe or ready” after they game (which might as well men’s wooden boats sink into encountered wiring, gas, become an Olympic event), thick sludge in the Guanabaelectricity and plumbing BOC has last-minute issues ra Bay; surfers paddle amid a problems. of its own and questions to giant brown stain…” Late construction is still answer. It is not pleasant reading happening at certain others
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Sailing needs an urgent message indeed. sociological, environmental bail-out after the main ramp The state of the Athletes’ and economic problems? We at Marina da Gloria port Village is not up to scratch will find out over the next collapsed into the water on either with the man charged three weeks. THE INDEPENDENT Pr i n t e d a n d d i s t r i b u t e d by P r essReader P r e s s R e a d e r . c o m + 1 6 0 4 2 7 8 4 6 0 4 • ORIGINAL COPY • ORIGINAL COPY • ORIGINAL COPY • ORIGINAL COPY • ORIGINAL COPY • ORIGINAL COPY • COPYR I G H T A N D P R OT E C T E D B Y A P P L I C A B L E L AW It is not a mess entirely of their own making.
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If it’s not things falling into the sea or the sea getting where it shouldn’t be, the quality of the water the marathon swimmers and sailors are being asked to perform in is causing huge reasons for concern. An Associated