Julia Fox and Ye attend the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Jan. 23, 2022 in Paris.
Victor Boyko/GI For KenzoGiving a name to their love. On Monday (Jan. 24), Julia Fox took to social media to label her relationship with Ye with a couple-y name.
“Juliye,” she captioned a photo of the pair with a single black heart emoji. In the snap, she and the artist formerly known as Kanye West wear complementary leather looks by Schiaparelli. While the Uncut Gems actress is in a structural leather jacket, matching black leggings and giant earrings with heavy black eye makeup, the rapper’s face is obscured by one of his favorite Donda-era full face masks.
Even before revealing the portmanteau, Fox insisted on her podcast Forbidden Fruits that she’s not dating Kim Kardashian’s estranged husband for fame, clout, money or attention.
The lovebirds are currently in Paris, after the superstar whisked his new girlfriend away on a whirlwind weekend trip filled with designer fittings, shows at Paris Men’s Fashion Week and even their official red-carpet debut as a couple ahead of the KENZO runway presentation.
Meanwhile, Ye was recently announced as a headliner for Coachella’s upcoming 2022 return after two years of the Indio, Calif.-based festival being canceled due to COVID-19. The complete lineup also includes Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Phoebe Bridgers and the return of Swedish House Mafia to the Empire Polo Grounds for the first time since 2012.
West’s hotly anticipated three-part documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday night, but not before the rapper demanded final approval of edits ahead of its Netflix debut on Feb. 16.
Check out Fox’s Instagram Story here before it expires.
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There’s a high probability that Jorja Smith has new music coming this summer. The British singer revealed plans for her What Are the Odds LP on Thursday (July 2), with the album set to arrive on Aug. 21 via FAMM.
Smith reunites with producer P2J — who served as a primary collaborator on her 2023 album Falling or Flying — for the entirety of the project. J Money and P2J will continue to build on the inventive U.K. garage sound Smith has been exploring, alongside a mix of grime and house.
“This album came together really naturally. There was never a big plan; it was just me making music that felt right in the moment,” Smith tells Billboard. “Working with P2J, we started experimenting with different sounds, pulling from U.K. garage, grime and house (funky house, Afro house) and it all grew from there.”
She continues: “The music feels uplifting, but the lyrics can be a bit sad at times. They’re about growing up, love, loss, friendships and figuring things out as I go. I trusted my instincts with this one, and I think you can hear that throughout the record.”
Smith kicked off the album’s rollout in May with the self-assuring “What’s Done Is Done,” and it continues on Thursday (July 2) with a second single, “Alive,” which finds the R&B singer joining forces with Afrobeats pioneer WizKid. The duo basks in the love-drunk euphoria of the honeymoon phase of a bubbling relationship and heads to Paris for the visual.
“Making this with P2J and WizKid felt really easy,” Smith adds of the collab. “We wrote and recorded it together in London. I think we captured that feeling when you’re at the beginning of something with someone and everything feels exciting. I’ve always loved WizKid’s music and the way he’s opened so many doors for Afrobeats around the world, so it feels really special and a big honor to have a song with him.”
What Are the Odds serves as Jorja Smith’s third studio album and contains 12 tracks. Outside of WizKid, the only other feature comes from grime artist Devlin.
When the project lands on Aug. 21, Smith will hit the stage later that night at London’s All Points East, as she’ll be co-headlining the Victoria Park show with Tems. 2026 has already been a busy year for J Money, who served as a musical guest on the debut season of Saturday Night Live UK in April.
The 29-year-old also collaborated with Mobb Deep’s Havoc for a remix of her “Blue Lights” classic and lent “Price of It All” to Amazon MGM Studios’ Bait soundtrack.
Find the What Are the Odds cover art and tracklist below.
What Are the Odds tracklist:
