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The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( fine lines [How Kelsea Ballerini Cut Loose on Subject to Change]( Five classic lyrics that inspired the singer to cut loose on her new album. Photo: Daniel Prakopcyk It’s minor chaos in the [Kelsea Ballerini]( household at the moment. When the 29-year-old country singer returned from tour rehearsal a few minutes ago, her carbon-monoxide detector was on full five-alarm blast, forcing her to run out of the house with little more than her phone and plop down in the safe, humid air — only to then have to duck a couple of aggressive hornets. “So now I’m sitting outside melting like the Wicked Witch,” Ballerini says. She’s already in the midst of a press run for her fourth album, Subject to Change (out now), but why not add more chaos to keep things exciting? [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Serpent Queen: [The Melon and the Eggplant]( • American Gigolo: [Even Faster, Johnny]( • House of the Dragon: [A Bad Egg]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like 1. [House of the Dragon’s Matthew Needham Is Playing Larys As a Hero “He might seem completely mad, but it’s very methodical.”]( 2. [25 Notable New Releases Over the Next Two Weeks Bella Hadid joins Ramy, Hasan Minhaj’s latest Netflix special, Pavement reunites, and more.]( 3. [When Grief Returns Again, and Again, and Again … In her time-looping novel The Furrows, Namwali Serpell’s deft use of repetition makes the plot feel dynamic even as she retells the same story.]( 4. [What in the Lisa Rinna M&M? The celebrities are sounding off about the ’wives, and the RHOA ladies are pretty in peach at the reunion.]( By Brian Moylan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 9-Down, Four Letters: Haircut for Joan Jett or Miley Cyrus. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Steve Jennings/Getty Images for MC and Corey Nickols/Getty Images for IMDB Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Watch Athena, and pay special attention to the opening sequence. [Critic Bilge Ebiri]( explains how director Romain Gavras and his cast and crew created the year’s most stunning movie scene. [Read more from Vulture]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved