Never ever felt so excited.

Popular '90s girlband All Saints have finally announced they're releasing a brand new album.

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The band elusively tweeted earlier this year, hinting towards a comeback...

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The first single "One Strike" was written after Nicole Appleton's split from Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.

"It's about conversations I was having with Nic at the time when she was going through personal things in her life, and as a friend I was just inspired to write about it," bandmate Shaznay Lewis stated in an interview with i-D.

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Texas Forever.

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As of 2013 — when a group of MIT researchers pulled the data — the identities of the two human beings who had dedicated Wikipedia pages in the most languages were not surprising: Jesus Christ (214 languages) and Barack Obama (200).

Neither was No. 4, Confucius, or No. 5, Isaac Newton, or really any of the people who rounded out the top 20: Hitler, Einstein, Aristotle, Muhammad, Marx.

No. 3, you might not be able to guess. No. 3, if you don't pay rigorous attention to pop culture, you might not even know at all.

No. 3 was Corbin Bleu. Who? Corbin Bleu! That's right: A supporting cast member of Disney's High School Musical series was (and may still be), by this one measure, better represented globally than da Vinci, Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, and Michael Jackson. The researchers found Corbin Bleu pages in Spanish and German and French, but also Romanian and Serbian and Magyar and Vietnamese and Swahili. And 185 more.

The data was collected by Pantheon, a project of the MIT Media Lab "working collaboratively to quantify, analyze, measure and visualize global culture." Here's what the rankings look like:

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So, there's only one question: What the hell?

Sure, Bleu is a celebrity, but not a huge one. He has 989,000 Twitter followers, which is a lot, but well outside the top 1,000 (No. 999 in Twitter followers, a Turkish singer named Hande Yener, has more than 3 million). And while Bleu was No. 3 in number of Wikipedia language editions, in terms of page views, he wasn't even in the top 100 — way behind celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Miley Cyrus. But when it comes to Wikipedia language editions, no contemporary celebrities really compared to Bleu. The next-highest living celebrity was Lady Gaga, who, at 133 pages, comes in 45th place.

So maybe it's a quirk of his fame: High School Musical is very popular, of course, and has a dedicated fanbase. The most recent movie in the series made a quarter of a billion dollars at the box office. But it also featured actors, including Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, who have become much, much more famous than Bleu. And in 2013 Efron had Wikipedia pages in a mere 66 languages — barely a third as many as Bleu — while Hudgens lagged behind with 59.

Neither does Bleu's standing appear to be the work of one Corbin-mad, linguistically dedicated Wikipedia fiend. A random search of the Bleu Wikipedia page edit histories revealed no common names or IP addresses associated with page edits or creations. Nor were the pages all created at once; they appeared at what seemed to be a fairly random pace over the past 10 years, ever since the English page was created on Jan. 2, 2006, by a user named Damionbak.

Among the baffled: Corbin Bleu himself. "What?" Bleu said when BuzzFeed News informed him of his place between the leader of the free world and one of the most important philosophers in the history of human civilization. "Holy shit! Really? I wonder why that is! Are that many people looking me up? What the hell! That's amazing. That's ridiculous, actually. That is unnecessary, but I will definitely put that on my resume."

So here we find ourselves, with a somewhat famous man and an abiding mystery.

So why is Corbin Bleu so huge on Wikipedia??? Help us figure it out!

Grab a chair — we’re going to be here a while.

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It’s a match!

Everyone’s “things to give a fuck about” list has exactly zero items.

Nobody gives a shit about the rules here.

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Nobody cares what time it is.

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Sohail doesn't give a flying fuck about your auto.

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This shoddy photographer obviously doesn't give a fuck about his camera's aspect ratio.

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The dolls have become a point of controversy in Thailand over recent months.

People in Thailand are lavishing attention on dolls as they're believed to bring good fortune.

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The dolls, referred to as "Luk Thep" or "Child Angels" gained popularity last year when Thai celebrities began publicly posing with the dolls and speaking of their benefits.

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We turned handlebar homicide into lady bonding time.

Let's be real, ladies, some of us can be quite hairy... which means dealing with the dreaded mustache. Not that cute peach fuzz some women get... I'm talkin' a MUSTACHE. We had a few brave women get down and dirty and wax each other for the thrill of it.

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In a brief survey around the office, we discovered the majority of women get rid of their unwanted facial hair by way of wax. So, it was time to learn how to really wax that 'stache... by doing it on each other.

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Step one: Cleanse your 'stache and prep it for its death.

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Step two: Apply the warm wax like frosting on a cake.

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It’s nature’s shelf.

Use them as a dinner tray.

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Let the cat take a nap.

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Pay homage.

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Catch stuff for you.

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Going to the cinema can be really, really stressful.

When someone is flippant with you, and you can feel your eyes stinging but you don't want them to know they've hurt you.

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When you think you're just going to cry a little but before you know it, waterfalls start flowing from your eyes.

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When you see something really lovely and have to try and hold yourself together.

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And you're worried that the people around you will mistake your happy tears for sad ones.

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After he left, I cursed myself for wearing that skirt. Was it too suggestive? Did it give him the wrong idea? I never should have let him drive, I thought. Maybe I shouldn’t have agreed to a second date in the first place. Maybe I shouldn’t have let him pay for my drink.

As I stood in the shower washing his saliva off my neck, I wondered if he was right.

Maybe I was just a tease.

Tim met me at a bar for our first date. We had been chatting online about my shitty spec script and the weather in Los Angeles for a few days before he made the jump to setting a date for us to meet.

Tim was tall, dark-haired, and handsome in a way that didn’t intimidate me. His profile said he studied film at a well-known (for being expensive) institution, and that he liked dogs. At the time, that was enough to make me swipe right.

When I arrived, he was hunched over the bar wearing a Patagonia fleece, turning the drink menu over between his hands. He was taller than I expected, which I liked, and cuter than I anticipated, which I also didn’t mind — though maybe it was just the forgiving bar lighting. When I introduced myself, he hugged me like he was meeting an old friend.

We ordered drinks and he immediately laughed off my offer to pay for my own, insisting that “a lady never pays for the first date.” I felt my stomach twist at his words, but shook it off, determined not to write off the date before it started.

He made a few jokes that I thought were worth a small laugh, but gave a big one instead.

It went as well as a first date with a virtual stranger could go. We revisited the small commonalities we had found in our online conversation — things like family and the minor stresses of our jobs. He made a few jokes that I thought were worth a small laugh, but gave a big one instead.

Two drinks in, he put his hand softly on my leg as I spoke and traced my knee with his thumb.

As 10 p.m. rolled around, I let out an involuntary yawn. I told him I’d better head home, and pulled out my phone to call an Uber. He protested, insisting he should drive me home. After a brief internal debate between the broke writer and the independent lady in my head, I agreed.

On the way home, he put his hand on my leg again as he drove. I shifted away from him, realizing I was alone in a car with someone I didn’t know all that well. When we got to my street, I pointed to a place where he could pull over.

“Should I park?” he asked.

“I’m really tired,” I said. “I think I’m going to call it a night.”

“Bummer. OK,” he said and, not missing a beat, leaned over to kiss me.

I was surprised by how forward he was, but I let my lips meet his. We kissed for a few seconds before I felt his hand on my leg shift up toward the bottom of my skirt. I pulled back.

“OK, I should go. Night!” I said, hopping out of the car quickly. I heard him yell a goodbye from his car as I walked away.

When I got inside, I felt a pit in my stomach — not the familiar fun pit you get when you meet someone you like and they kiss you, but the sort of sensation that happens when you’re at the very top of the roller coaster, and you’re not entirely sure you want to be on the ride anymore. I dismissed the feeling as my own familiar, often irrational anxiety, and went to bed.

Tim followed up the next day and asked if I was free to go to a concert that Friday night for a band he called “up-and-coming.” I said I was free, despite my mixed feelings about him after the first date. You should at least see if there’s something there, I told myself. Tim said he was buying my ticket for me and, again, refused any payment in return.

“He’s a nice guy,” I said, and even as the words left my mouth, I wasn’t sure if they were true.

When Friday night came, he said would pick me up, promising it would be easier than us trying to find each other at the crowded venue. I knew I would feel better if I had my own car, but conceded.

As I waited for him to arrive, my roommate seemed more in tune with my feelings than I was. She observed that I didn’t seem especially excited about my date.

“Yeah… I don’t know if I am,” I said.

“Then why are you going?” she said.

“I don’t know. He’s a nice guy,” I said, and even as the words left my mouth, I wasn’t sure if they were true.

He was waiting outside the passenger door of his car when I got outside. He told me I looked beautiful as he opened the door for me, guiding me into the seat with his hand on the small of my back.

“I was going to show up with flowers, but I thought that would be too much,” he said, laughing. I resisted asking him what I would have done with a bouquet of flowers at an open-floor concert and smiled back at him.

When the band starting playing, he moved behind me and wrapped his hands around my waist. I squirmed away from him under the facade of my own poor dancing and stood next to him instead, claiming I couldn’t see over the person in front of me.

I glanced at my phone and wondered how long the concert would last.

After the band finished, he asked if I wanted to grab a beer and head to a smaller show his friend was playing at. I knew I was ready for the night to be over, so I told him I was tired, blaming my early wakeup call the next day. Again, he offered to drive me home, refusing to take no for an answer. I hesitated, but reminded myself that he had done all the generically “correct” things when it came to dating: He texted the next day, he told me I looked beautiful, he arrived on time, he opened the door. He’s a nice guy, I scolded myself.

He had done all the generically “correct” things when it came to dating: He texted the next day, he told me I looked beautiful, he arrived on time, he opened the door.

On the ride home he placed that familiar unfamiliar hand on my leg. He touched my stockings, snapping them against my leg. I flinched in surprise.

“These are sexy,” he said.

“Thanks,” I said, wishing I had worn jeans instead.

When we arrived on my street, he began looking for a space to park.

“You can just drop me off,” I interjected.

“Could I grab a glass of water? I had a couple beers, so I probably should,” he said.

“OK,” I said, telling myself I didn’t want to be responsible for a drunk driver.

When we got into my apartment, I went straight to the kitchen to get him water. When I walked back into the living room, he was sitting on my couch, leaning back and surveying the place.

“This is cute,” he said in a way that made me unsure if it was an insult or a compliment.

“Thanks,” I said, handing him the water.

He took a small sip before putting it down and standing up.

“Can I get a tour?” he said.

“There’s not much to see,” I said, laughing and trying to ignore the nerves suddenly pulsing through me. “This is the living room, that’s the dining room, and that’s the kitchen,” I said.

“Where’s your room?” he said, smiling.

“Through there,” I said, pointing down the dark hall and hoping my roommate was home, too.

He sauntered toward my room and turned on the light. I stood in my door frame, my arms folded across my body.

He picked up the book I was reading and started skimming the back cover.

“I’m actually super tired. You should probably head out,” I said.

“It’s not that late yet,” he said.

“I’m an old lady,” I joked, desperate to keep it light.

“OK, fine. But I have to do this before I leave,” he said.

Before I could ask what “this” was, he walked over to me and grabbed my jaw in his hands, his tongue forcing my lips apart. I closed my eyes and let him sloppily kiss me. I tasted the beer on his tongue and thought about the nearly untouched glass of water in the living room.

I pulled back, but he pulled me toward him harder. I halfheartedly kissed him back, not because I wanted to, but because sometimes when you realize something terrible might happen, you can’t even admit it to yourself.

He kept kissing me and pushed me against the wall. I felt my spine hit the frame of my closet.

I hated myself for thinking it, but as he pressed up against me I thought, “Maybe I should just get it over with."

“Slow down,” I said.

I could feel his teeth on my lips as he smiled.

“I’m on my period,” I lied.

“That’s OK,” he said.

“I don’t want to do anything else,” I said, twisting my body away from his.

“Let’s just have fun,” he said, holding my body harder against his own as he kissed my neck.

He moved his hands up my skirt and brushed my hand away swiftly when I tried to block him.

I closed my eyes and wondered when he would stop. I wondered if agreeing to have sex with him would be easier than what the alternative could be. I hated myself for thinking it, but as he pressed up against me I thought, Maybe I should just get it over with.

“My roommate is home,” I said, in a way that I meant as a warning.

“We’ll be quiet,” he said.

“I don’t want to do anything else,” I said this time, more firmly. His hands were up my shirt now.

“Are you sure?” he said, looking at me with the same wolfish grin. I clenched my hand over his and pulled it out of my shirt.

“Yes,” I said, finding courage in the fact that my roommate was only a room away. His expression quickly shifted from playful to angry.

“Seriously?” he said.

“Yeah, sorry,” I said, though I didn’t know what I was apologizing for.

“You’re a real fucking tease, huh?” he spat. He didn’t seem like such a nice guy anymore. “People our age don’t move this slow, just so you know,” he said, as if he were doing me a favor.

“OK,” I said.

“I mean, I took you to drinks and a concert. Most guys wouldn’t go through all that effort for some random girl,” he said.

“OK,” I said, again. My hands started to tingle and I hoped he would leave before I had a panic attack.

He grabbed his shoes and threw his jacket over his shoulder before he turned toward me, looking at me like I was an investment gone south.

“I’ll text you or something,” he said, and I hoped he didn’t mean it.

When he left, I took off my clothes and got into the shower. I stood under the scalding water and tried to shake the feeling of his mouth on my neck, his hand under my skirt.

In that moment, I didn’t hate him. I hated myself. I hated myself for not being able to just tell him that I didn’t want to sleep with him, for instead claiming I was tired. I hated myself for my own fear of being impolite. I hated myself for letting him drive me, instead of taking my own car. I hated myself for getting him a glass of water. I hated myself for relinquishing my own control because I was too afraid of offending someone I barely knew — too afraid of being a “picky bitch.”

Sometimes nice guys do those things not because they are nice, in the real sense of the word, but because they associate doing those things with getting what they want.

But in hindsight, I can see that I'm not the person to be angry at. Tim is, because I did say no to him, over and over, in as many ways as I could think of, until he finally heard it — until he finally heard me. And what scares me more than anything is that so many men still don’t hear, or don't listen to, those words. I think some men are raised to believe that a woman’s body is a commodity that comes at a price. And as a woman, I feel as if I'm told to be grateful when I find a man willing to pay that price. I'm told (or I tell myself) that he’s a “nice guy.”

And that’s the thing about nice guys: You can't always pick them out. They wear Patagonia and have good haircuts. They open doors and pay for your drink. They laugh at your jokes and ask about your family. But sometimes nice guys do those things not because they are nice, in the real sense of the word, but because they associate doing those things with getting what they want. Or, at least, "deserving" it. I found out the hard way that in modern dating, that roughly translates to: If I spend at least $50 on you, you better sleep with me.

I’m sick of hearing about the “friend zone,” and being called a tease. I’m sick of the unwritten rule that if someone spends time or money on me, it makes them worthy of my physical affection. Maybe there will be times when I am just tired. And maybe there will be times when I am on my period, or when my roommate’s home, or when the timing isn’t right. But maybe none of those things will be the case, and you know what? I still don’t need a reason for saying no. My body is my own. It cannot be bought for three drinks at a dimly lit bar, or with flowers, or tickets to a show. When I do say yes, it will be because I want to.

They’re going to use the teacher voice on you.

Weeknight dates are out of the question.

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And you're probably not going to get them to stay up past 10pm.

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Because they have to be up seriously early for school the next day.

Probably a good two hours before you.

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So their idea of a lie-in is sleeping till 7am on the weekends.

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We asked writers what helps them stay motivated.

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1. No cute coffee shop with notebook for me. It's all about snuggling up in bed with the laptop, a cup of tea and SoundCloud drip-feeding me music with the perfect ambience for the mood of the story.

And when I need to get out of my bubble, I go to literary events where authors talk about their writing and publication journeys. That always has me rushing back home abuzz with dreams and new inspiration.

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2. Make a playlist that makes you think about the characters and the story, that way it keeps you motivated and fresh.

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TGIF.

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They used a mini hockey stick and a jump rope to hit their 14-year-old daughter.

A judge in British Columbia has convicted a mother and father of assault for hitting their daughter after she sent nude photos to her boyfriend. The parents "spanked" their child with a mini hockey stick and a jump rope.

The case hinged on whether the punishment was "reasonable under the circumstances" and whether it was done for "educative or corrective" purposes. Provincial court judge Edmond de Walle ruled that the spanking didn't meet that standard.

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The daughter was 14 at the time of the incident. Her parents confiscated her phone and tablet after she started seeing an ex-boyfriend again. They found messages on her iPad that referenced nude photos she'd sent him over Snapchat.

The father, identified as a 45-year-old electrician, gave his daughter an option of being grounded for a long time or receiving a spanking. She chose the latter, and he told the court he hit her behind two or three times with a mini hockey stick in the garage.

Later, the girl's mother came home and did the same with a jump rope.

"The child understood that her parent’s beliefs about discipline came from their adherence to the Bible which they believe advocates the use of the 'rod' to spank, rather than hands, as hands are to be used as instruments of love," the judge wrote.

Police got involved when the teenager showed her bruises to friends at school, who alerted the principal. Both parents pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault with a weapon.

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Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada allows parents to use force on children between 2 and 12 years old. Liberal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould vowed to repeal the controversial "spanking law" late last year.

In the B.C. case, de Walle said "the spankings were not applied for corrective purposes and were not reasonable in all the circumstances," adding that the punishment was "degrading" to the girl.

The judge also found the use of weapons — the mini hockey stick and the jump rope — to be excessive, and found the parents guilty of assault with a weapon. The couple will be sentenced at a later date.

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1. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?

I press snooze approximately 4-6 times and then open Instagram on my phone (to stop myself from falling back to sleep).

2. When you walk into a bar, what do you typically order?

A Hendrick’s mule with mint.

3. What's the one word you are guilty of using too often?

Siiiiiiick!

4. What is the last thing you searched for on Google?

Auto insurance. I probably should have switched to the lizard, but Flo got me.

5. Who is the last person that called or texted you?

My younger sisters — who happen to be the sickest sisters in the world!

6. What's the wallpaper on your phone?

A fake Photo Booth shot that my friends and I took at the Ace Hotel in London. We selfie'd it because we didn’t have any change for the machine, but really wanted the pic.

7. What was the last awkward situation you were in and how did you handle it?

I was at a Galavant viewing party and said, “Nice to meet you!”, when the other person said, “Nice to see you again!” I then replied *wide-eyed*, “Oh, oh…Nice to see you again... too, yeah…” I then made a swift dash to the make-your-own tacos table.

8. What is your TV guilty pleasure?

An MTV show called “Ex on the Beach” - TV trash at its finest.

9. What's the first CD you bought?

Tina Moore feat. Artful Dodger - 'Never Gonna Let You Go’. UK Garage gold.

10. And what music are you currently listening to?

"The Eephus" by Janelle Monae, Roman GianArthur, Jidenna and Co.

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11. What is the one food you cannot resist?

Anything sweet or vanilla. I should probably check my blood sugar levels actually — it’s kind of a problem.

12. What movie makes you laugh the most?

Does Adventure Time count?

13. What toppings do you like on your pizza?

Cheese

14. What drives you absolutely crazy?

When people don’t have manners.

15. What was your first online screen name?

Y5Blood - Those AOL days.

16. What’s the last thing you copied & pasted on your phone?

NeNe Leakes giving Naomi Campbell the “BOOP!” action. Priceless.

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17. What’s your favorite curse word?

Sh***********t!

18. What's your favorite emoji?

My friends and I call it the carnival horn: . And it must always be used 4 times exactly.

19. Pick one: Kittens or puppies?

Kittens. No question.

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20. New York or Los Angeles?

Los Angeles

21. Twitter or Instagram?

Instagram all the way.

22. Bacon or Nutella?

Nutella. My sweet-tooth is no joke.

23. Britney or Christina?

Christina. Stripped album to be precise.

24. Coffee or tea?

Moroccan mint tea. It’s FIRE!

25. NSYNC or BSB?

Neither. I hate boybands.

26. 2am or 2pm?

2am. Only if the club is still popping though.

27. Beyonce or Rihanna?

Queen Bee.

28. Netflix and chill or just Netflix?

Netflix and chiiiiill.

29. Hannah Montana or Lizzie McGuire?

Liz takes the cake. Sorry Emily, I still love you.

30. And finally: tell us a secret.

It wouldn’t be a secret if I told you now, would it?

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Galavant airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

Good luck.

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The wait is over! Rihanna's eighth album, Anti, is finally here and it barely resembles the glossy, hook-laden pop she's released in the past. Was it worth the wait? Is it any good? We convened a panel of Rihanna stans to listen to the album and find out.

1. "Consideration (ft. SZA)"

Kevin Smith: I like the beat. The song is very chill… It doesn't necessarily strike me as a intro type song but I mean it's not bad. Rihanna's voice lessons have been paying off.

Michael Hinson: As soon as Rihanna starts singing I lost it, it's the perfect vibe for a intro. After about a minute or so it just becomes a really good SZA song, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I don't hear a lot of Rihanna in it.

Abid Anwar: Whenever I hear SZA, I always think about how she got called out on Twitter over and over for her bad tweets about Beyonce and Rihanna. Anyway, this song is a good reminder to always delete your old tweets. The beat is pretty solid.

Taylor Miller: I think this is one of my favorites on the album. It's catchy and the beat really stands out compared to the rest of the album. Rih's voice blends perfectly with SZA and I could basically listen to this on repeat all day (which I have pretty much been doing for the last hour).

Kelley Dunlap: It's less a song than a thesis statement, but the SZA is a welcome presence.

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2. "James Joint"

KS: Eh. It's a little slow for my liking but like, whatever. I guess this is an interlude. I wonder what happened to the full song? This is kinda meh, but again it's just an interlude.

MH: Definitely needs to be labeled as an interlude. Super smooth but I feel like I shouldn't be allowed to listen to this song until it's warm outside again.

AA: This song would be nice to put on during a rainy day. She starts the song saying “I’d rather be smoking weed whenever we breathe” which is actually very romantic — not that I’ve ever done drugs...

TM: It's a great song to be stoned to, but I think I would enjoy it a lot more if it was a full song.

KD: This song starts to fade out before it even hits the one-minute mark! It feels like the writers worked until they were too stoned to continue. The Rih apologist in me thinks it's just a sequencing issue. Like, I could see being less irritated by the 1:12 runtime and overall haphazardness if the song arrived as an interlude later on. Maybe.

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3. "Kiss It Better"

KS: This one's kinda cute. I'm trying really hard not to be negative, but I'm really disappointed. I don't know what I wanted from Rih, but I feel like this album isn't it. If I had a car I guess I would like this one more. It seems like a "car song."

AA: This sounds like a song that would live on a The-Dream album and I mean that as a compliment. I like the electric guitar and when Rihanna says, “man, fuck your pride,” I really felt like listening to that advice. I also think this song lyrically sums up the rest of the album better than any other song. Rihanna is just being very honest about what she wants.

MH: All I can think of after this one is how dope it will sound live and also how Purple Rain is the greatest movie of all time.

TM: This is another one of my favorites. Between the electric guitar and the silky vocals. THIS is the Rih I love. Reminds me a lot of "Dance for You" by Beyoncé, but on steroids.

KD: Rih does Prince. I can dig it. However, I followed all the pre-release drama surrounding this song and bought into the idea that it would be a monster. "Kiss It Better" is good — maybe even great! — but it isn't the obvious smash I was hoping for.

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4. "Work (ft. Drake)"

KS: This is my favorite song. I really like the beat, I like the chorus, I like everything about it. It's pretty obvious why this was the "first" single. Drake's verse is wack, but I'm still OK with that. I guess I just really appreciate the clubby turn up songs, because who doesn't want to turn up all the time?!

TM: For me, "Work" is basically "What's My Name" (Pt. II), which is the highest of all compliments because I was obsessed with that song. Definitely gets my pussy popping while I'm sitting at my desk.

AA: This song makes me wish I could whine. It also makes me very excited for the summer. I guess Drake is on this song too.

MH: Early jam of the year contender. Starting a petition to replace the Aubrey verse for another minute of Rihanna saying "work" over and over.

KD: I understand the impulse to get Drake on the "first" single, but they should've scrapped the idea after he turned in that weak-ass verse. Just let Rihanna slur her way through the song uninterrupted!

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5. "Desperado"'

KS: I feel like this should have been the first track. I really like this one. I like the sound, I like the flow. This one's good.

AA: This song would make for a great opening for a western and I think Rihanna should star in her own western that's not directed by Quentin Tarantino.

MH: First song so far that it isn't doing a whole lot for me, it just kind of exists. One of the two songs on here where you can really hear Travis Scott behind the boards, which explains a lot.

TM: This song gave me a lot of Rated R vibes. I could totally see it being used in an ABC promo for a new drama series. That being said, I do like it a lot.

KD: I've spent every year since Britney released "Toxic" wondering why more pop stars don't play around with that weird spaghetti western sound, so this works for me, even if I'm pissed I can't turn up to it.

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6. "Woo"

KS: My second favorite track, because it's a turn-up song. I like how Travis Scott is in the background. This must have been one of the tracks that he reworked. It's pretty clear to hear his influence on this song.

AA: I like the production on this a lot and there should be a remake with Future on it at some point.

TM: I cannot wait to hear this song in the club, because it is a BANGER. I wish we had more tracks like this to be honest. I love it.

MH: "Woo" makes me feel like an action movie star that just jumped the grand canyon in a cadillac. I don't mind Travis on ad-lib duty either.

KD: I'm going to have to get back to y'all about this one. I'm not feeling it right now, but I think that would change after a few drinks.

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7. "Needed Me"

KS: Did a guy need her or do we all need her? Like, in the music industry or in a relationship… is this a double entendre? The beat is on point with this one, the flow is here. I'm here for this one. I just really am annoyed by how many songs are "chill" on this album! Where are the turn ups?! I feel like this is an album to like have sex to, not to, like, turn up and party to.

AA: MUSTARD ON THE BEAT! This is one of my favorite songs on the album and I think it's going to make for some great remixes that will end up getting like 5,613 plays on a random Soundcloud account somewhere. I'm here for it.

TM: This song is super trippy and I think it deserves an equally trippy music video. Giving me a lot of Tinashe vibes. Speaking of Tinashe, they need to do a collab ASAP.

MH: This was feeling super ehhh until she says "Didn't I tell you that I was a savage? Fuck your white horse and a carriage," which is flat-out legendary. You can kind of tell where the rest of the album is going at this point though.

KD: It's fine, I guess. Serviceable is the word that comes to mind. But, as a matter of principle, Rihanna shouldn't be singing songs that sound like Tinashe's sloppy seconds. That's just not right.

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8. "Yeah, I Said It"

KS: "I WANT YOU TO HOMICIDE IT." COME THROUGH, RIH! OK, so, I guess the second half of the album is the "sexy" part of it. Why is this song only two minutes, though? Why are there so many two-minute songs?!

TM: This song is so sensual it hurts. This song is purely made to have sex to. Light some candles, sit back, and enjoy.

AA: I hope a lot of people have sex to this song, but for a longer period of time than this two-minute song lasts.

MH: Another "just OK" joint. Kind of feels it's just here to meet the "one slow dance song per album" quota.

KD: I really did not like the song on first listen. It's growing on me, though. I definitely agree that the length is a problem — again. Why release a Song You Should Fuck To™, if it's only going to be two minutes and 13 seconds long? That's barely enough time to get undressed!

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9. "Same Ol' Mistakes"

KS: I really like this one, the beat is everything. This might be my second favorite song. I really like the length. I like the like vibe and feeling of the song. It reminds me of a like, old-school song of some sort.

TM: These breathy vocals have me feeling SOMETHING. This is the perfect blend of synthesizers/vocals I have heard in such a long time and this song will put a smile on your face.

AA: I like Rihanna. I like Tame Impala. It's almost the same as the original, but I guess I like her take on it? I think the video should just be them (Rihanna and Tame Impala) driving through streets filled with neon lights.

MH: Shout-out to Rihanna for putting a straight-up cover on an event album like this. Love the original and I dig her version, but it's literally the same song, she could've switched it up way more and put her own spin on it.

KD: I only sort of like this in theory, which is more than I like it in practice.

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10. "Never Ending"

KS: Hmm… This one is confusing to me. I feel like I'm on a paddleboat in New Hampshire, living a teenage dream or something. This doesn't stand a chance of being a single.

TM: I think this is the only song that doesn't really fit the vibe of the album. I actually think it is one of the more "radio-friendly" tracks; It just feels out of place. I don't mind it though, just kind of blah.

AA: One of my biggest fears is going to a party and having someone pull out an acoustic guitar, and this song has that "will be covered on acoustic guitars on YouTube" vibe. That being said I can get down with indie-music artist Rihanna. I mean if Jack Johnson can keep releasing albums...

MH: Acoustic Rihanna is dope, but I listen to this and just wish that it was "FourFiveSeconds" instead.

KD: Looks like I'm alone on this one: I love this. She's been flirting with adult contemporary for a while — see: "Stay" and "FourFiveSeconds" — and it's fun to hear her go full Dido. So, uh, two thumbs up for the strummy guitar ballad from the basic white chick ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

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11. "Love On The Brain"

KS: I like this one, it's chill. I feel like I've described a lot of these songs as chill. I feel like Sia wrote this. I'm here for it.

TM: Loving the doo-wop vibe. Rih giving us her best Amy Winehouse tribute. I absolutely love this track.

AA: This song sounds like something that would have been playing in the background of a flashback scene of a dramatic conversation on the forgotten about CBS show Cold Case. I do like her slight voice change when she says "I'm tired of being played like a violin…"

MH: Another one that's going to absolutely kill in a stadium setting. Got some Beyoncé vibes from this one too, Rih sounds great.

KD: This definitely sounds like a reject from Beyoncé's Four, which is an interesting turn for Rih. Never thought she'd play in that old-school R&B playground. It's cute, though!

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12. "Higher"

KS: Another short song. Kinda sounds like elevator music. OMG — that high note. *Cringe.* I love her, but let's be real: she doesn't have the vocal control of say Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, or, hell, even a Christina Aguilera. So when she tries to like "belt" out tracks like this it makes me snicker. Keep tryin' boo and keep taking those singing lessons. *Sips tea.*

AA: I'm religious now. I believe in a higher power. I really wish this song was a little longer because this review is longer than the song, but sometimes beauty has to be consumed in small doses.

MH: This song was created so it could be shouted out of Uber windows at two in the morning and honestly that's the best kind of song there is.

TM: This song makes me so upset because I love it so much but it's TOO SHORT. WHY YOU DOING THIS TO US RIH. Just makes us beg for more. Her vocals on this are out of control. Hoping this is another "Cake" and she releases a longer version in the future.

KD: I'm on Team "Higher." I actually like the way that she pushes her voice into uncomfortable territory, it's very Sia. And I'm, surprisingly, not bothered by the fact that it's only two minutes. It's super short, but only like other songs on this album it feels complete.

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13. "Close To You"

KS: Weak outro. It's very somber. I feel like this entire album is pretty somber. The key she's singing in isn't really one that I'd choose, but this isn't my album so go for it. It does sound like a bootleg "Stay" though.

TM: This is a disappointing closer. It's too slow and sounds like too much like "Stay." It's not a bad song, just nothing. Maybe I need a few more listens, but it's easily forgettable and that's coming from someone who LOVES a good Rih ballad.

AA: "Close To You" doesn't really do anything for me and the album should have ended on "Higher."

MH: I'm choosing to pretend that this is a bonus track.

KD: What a nothing closer. It's like "Stay," but boring.

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So, now that we've listened to the whole thing, what do you think of Anti as a whole?

TM: For Rihanna, this is definitely her most cohesive album to date. I know that prior to listening to Anti I was definitely hoping for the more upbeat dance tracks that I am used to hearing from her, but I was surprised at how much I didn't miss them after listening to the album in its entirety. I know she was going for a more "timeless" vibe for this album and I think that was achieved.

KS: Anti to me is a flop. She was smart to push the date back and not try to compete with Adele because she would have gotten slayed. I was just expecting this to be an album of epic proportions. It's been, like, five years since she released an album, so for this to be what it is is really disappointing for me. I love Rihanna and everything she stands for, but I feel like she's sort of transitioned from being a musician to being a, like, "It Girl"/supermodel. I appreciate her style and everything she gives in terms of her attitude and not giving a fuck, but this album? Meh. I'm glad I didn't pay for it.

MH: In my opinion all Rihanna albums up to this point have just been a collection of singles and not really a body of work with a front to back creative vision. Anti is definitely the later and while not all of her experiments work out it's still super enjoyable in a way that I've never enjoyed her music before. I'm into it.

KD: I like it more than I thought I did on first listen. Or, more accurately: I've come to respect the overall direction, even if I don't particularly like it. I'm not going to front, I wanted bangers — big, hook-heavy bangers — and they are nowhere to be found on Anti. That was disappointing. But re-listening to the album has me reconsidering my No Music During Sex stance, so, you know, that's something.

AA: I think it’s the first Rihanna album that flows the best front to back. A lot of people said this album is all over the place, but I’m not sure I necessarily agree. It almost feel like she’s switching quickly between various thoughts that relate to a certain person, and I think that’s something a lot of people can relate too. It’s a moody album and while it always doesn’t work, I think she challenges her voice a lot throughout the album and I fuck with that. More than anything it will force people to look at Rihanna as an artist capable of more than just "bops and bangers” and I think that’s that good thing.

Was it worth the wait?

TM: Debatable. I think it probably could've been released last year; she teased this album for way too long and I kind of stopped getting excited after she released 3 singles and still didn't have an album. I do enjoy the album a lot though so I am not completely disappointed.

KS: Absolutely not.

MH: I'm not a member of the #Navy, and I'm sure if I was I'd be a little disappointed by the lack/complete absence of club bangers and EDM anthems, but as a casual fan I'd say it was worth it, sure.

KD: Oof. It's complicated? I think if she had released this a year ago or called it a "mixtape" I would've been more forgiving. I see a lot of people saying Anti is Rihanna turning her back on the pressures of an Event Album, but I don't know if I believe that. That feels like a rationalization. A way of excusing the sloppiness and the meandering. This is an album that's been three years in the making. One that Samsung reportedly paid eight figures to roll out. I don't think it's unreasonable to have expected something more.

AA: I joke around a lot about artists not releasing things, but more than anything that’s on us (media, music writers, fans). I think it was worth the wait, because almost any time an artist you like drops something, it’s worth it.

Are you still a stan?

TM: I think I will always stan Rihanna. She's doing her own thing and dropping tracks that people aren't expecting for her. We can't expect artists not to evolve and try new vibes. I would rather have that than someone pumping out the same generic sound, album after album, *cough* Katy Perry *cough.*

KS: Like I said previously, I'm always here for Rihanna, and I always will be. I appreciate her as a person, who she stands for, her attitude, her "I don't give a fuck"-ness. But as far as the music goes, I mean, hopefully, the next one will be better. You know, assuming we get another album. I still love you though, Rih. And we just all know that you can now transcend and move past music and just snatch our wigs at every opportunity. I love you.

KD: Always and forever.

AA: Yes, I’m still waiting for Rihanna to kill me.

What do you think? Did Anti leave you deflated or are you excited about Rihanna 2.0? Listen to the album on Tidal or iTunes and #Rihact in the comments.

So you want to call it Frisco. O.K., sure. You're allowed.

But fly the Frisco colors on your gas tank? Easy, reader. Easy.

That right is reserved by the local chapter of the Hells Angels, who have been calling it Frisco for 60 years and don't tolerate imposters. For as long as upstanding citizens have been heeding Herb Caen's questionable advice to "caress each Spanish syllable" of San Francisco, the Angels have been doing the opposite, eviscerating the city's name and splashing it in red and white on their gear.

"There's two types of people that call it Frisco," said Casey Dempsey, a local motorcycle mechanic who says he obtained special permission to put "Frisco" on the gas tanks of his two bikes. "There's tourists, and Hells Angels."

Casey Dempsey, left, and his buddy Fritz.

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Dempsey, 35, is a Missouri native who hitchhiked here a decade ago and wound up homeless. He used his skills fixing motorcycles to get back on his feet. He isn't an Angel, but he says he is considered a supporter of the club. He was introduced to this world by Jim Sperow, an important figure in the local motorcycle scene, who is known as Uncle Jimmy.

Dempsey says he repaired and customized an old, beat-up Honda Magna that he got from Uncle Jimmy. He hacked off the back frame, installed a water-cooling system, and drilled holes in the exhaust baffles to give the bike a nice roar.

He also plastered "Frisco," in red and white, on the gas tank. He did so with Uncle Jimmy's blessing.

"Frisco is the upper echelon of thugness," Uncle Jimmy, 53, told us in a phone interview. "It's the street's way of proving who you are."

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The nickname Frisco's appeal to motorcycle types is partially due to the simple fact that it's short, and its six large letters easily fit on the back of a leather jacket. According to Wayward Angel, a 2008 memoir by George Wethern, a former vice president of the Hells Angels’ Oakland chapter, "Cities with long names were abbreviated." San Bernardino became Berdoo. San Diego was Dago.

And San Francisco?

"That's a lot to get out in one mouthful," Dempsey said. "Plus, Frisco just sounds cool. It's got a good ring to it."

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Hunter S. Thompson, in his book about the Hells Angels, quoted from a 1965 report on the club by the California attorney general. The official document noted that Angels wore a winged skull patch sewn on the back of their jacket, between a "Hells Angels" patch and another patch "bearing the local chapter name, which is usually an abbreviation for the city or locality."

The word has subsequently acquired a certain badass connotation; law enforcement knows how to read between the lines. Dempsey, riding his Frisco bike, has been stopped by San Francisco police, he said.

"They asked me if I'm a Hells Angel. I told them no," he said. "They said, 'Well, you know, it's kind of dangerous to ride around San Francisco with a red and white 'Frisco' on your tank if you're not a Hells Angel.' I said, 'Worry about your own safety, I'll worry about mine.'"

Dempsey's dream is to become an Angel one day. He is tattooed from shoulders to knuckles (with "Cash Only" across his fists) but is saving his back, hoping, if he is ever accepted by the club, to ink a Hells Angels patch there. He says his second bike, a handsome Harley Davidson, was a gift from a friend in his neighborhood. It helps him keep up with others on long rides.

Neither Dempsey nor Uncle Jimmy, who has a shamrock with the "415" area code tattooed on his neck, can really explain why they prefer Frisco. Uncle Jimmy describes it as a term of solidarity, that creates a "tight blood feel" among different neighborhoods. Both are pretty sure, though, that it sounds better than Caen's Spanish syllables.

"We started calling it Frisco to be a more dominating name," Uncle Jimmy said. "We can't say we're from San Francisco. That's a little weak, man."

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