Culture

¡VAMOS!

Rosalía’s Favorite Rock Band Carolina Durante Wants to Make You Cry

April 16, 2026

Before they make their Coachella debut, we met up with the Spanish quartet to talk about the adventures that await them for festival weekend.

Veronika Slowikowska

RORSCHACH TEST

Veronika Slowikowska on Sleep, Situationships, and Justin Bieber

April 16, 2026

The Canadian comedian, who joined “SNL” after building a following online, is still getting used to her new normal. To see how she’s adjusting, we threw a few prompts her way.

AUTHOR

How Andrew Durbin Reignited Peter Hujar and Paul Thek’s Troubled Romance

April 15, 2026

The author traces the magnetic, messy love story in his new book, “The Wonderful World that Almost Was.”

WLW

Muna’s Horniness Is Revolutionary

April 14, 2026

After raiding the cinema archives at Night Owl Video, we spoke with the LA-based pop trio to talk physical transformations, fighting fascism, and their new album “Dancing on the Wall”.

DESERT DISPATCH

Bieber, Brands, and Barefoot EDM Bros: Julian’s Coachella Diary

April 14, 2026

Our social editor Julian Ribeiro documents his chaotic Coachella trip, featuring Sabrina Carpenter, Biebermania and some sticky run-ins.

COVER

Nobody Says No to Hailey Bieber

April 14, 2026

When the beauty mogul, mother, and wife to one of the biggest pop stars on the planet slinked up to our editor-in-chief at a party and asked for a cover, the answer was a pinky swear yes. If there’s one thing she’s good at, it’s getting what she wants.

INFLUENCED

Revolve Festival Is Exactly What You Think It Is

April 13, 2026

We made a stop at Revolve Fest, an influencer hot spot for extreme gifting.

MAYOR

Mel Ottenberg Gets the Scoop on Zohran Mamdani’s 100 First Days

April 13, 2026

Our editor-in-chief checked in with the mayor at his rally in Queens to find out how it’s going, what he has planned next, and get a status update on that damn scaffolding.

DOLLS

Richie Shazam Builds a Mythology of the Self in Austin

April 10, 2026

Richie Shazam’s debut exhibition “I Was Never Meant to Survive This,” turns dolls, debris, and self-portraiture into a meditation on identity and becoming.

HUNK

Silverback Tarzan’s No-BS Guide to Looksmaxxing

April 10, 2026

Before bonesmashing and meth, men ate steak and eggs to get jacked. Matt Lewis—known online as Silverback Tarzan—is a 53-year-old hunk who’s built a 400K following by looksmaxxing naturally.

Julia Wolf

POP

How Julia Wolf Cast a Love Spell on Drake and John Summit

April 10, 2026

To celebrate her The Deep End tour, Julia Wolf sat down with us to chat Twilight, going viral on TikTok and collaborating with Drake.

SMOKE BREAK

How Mackenzie Thomas’s Tweets Made a Sold-Out Theater Cry

April 8, 2026

For this week’s Smoke Break, we lit up with the internet personality to talk performance art, viral tweets, baby bangs, and leaving it all out on the dance floor.

PERSONA

PinkPantheress Tells Clairo Why It’s All an Act

April 8, 2026

The formerly anonymous musician is a full-blown pop star now, but the person underneath still rides the Tube, and has no interest in Nobu. As she tells her friend Clairo for our Spring 2026 issue, the separation is the point.

AUTHOR

Patrick Radden Keefe on London Falling and the Architecture of a Lie

April 7, 2026

In his new book London Falling, the author excavates the troubled life of Zac Brettler, the teenager who plummeted to his death after spending years fabricating an identity.

SEEK HELP

“Find a New Apartment”: Julio Torres Has Some Advice for Our Readers

April 2, 2026

In the latest installment of Seek Help, the comedian shares some pointers on coming out, flirting in Spanish, and coexisting with ghosts.

TALK

“He’s Insane, This Guy!”: Adam Friedland Meets Maury Povich

April 1, 2026

The former Cum Town host has reinvented himself as a Dick Cavett-style interviewer, equal parts curious and chaotic. When we asked him who he’d like to speak to for this story, his only direction was it had to be a talk show legend. So we introduced him to Maury.

BUZZ

A Boozy Chat With Troye Sivan

March 31, 2026

Drinks writer Hannah Crosbie met up with the Australian pop star in Paris to talk about Gen Z drinking habits, Melbourne wine culture, and
“The Pitt.”

RESTAURANTS

Ruthie Rogers and Noah Baumbach on the Art of Getting the Best Out of People

March 30, 2026

On a trip to New York promoting her 14th book, The River Café owner met up with one of her most devoted customers where they talked about the common threads between the restaurant and filmmaking, finding parallels at every turn.

SHOCK VALUE

Black Teeth, Butt-Prints, and Bouffants: Revisiting Kembra Pfahler’s Electrifying Art

March 27, 2026

The artist’s new eponymous Rizzoli book is a celebration of four decades of transgression.

ON VIEW

How the Julia Stoschek Foundation Resurrected Los Angeles’ Forgotten Theater

March 26, 2026

For the Julia Stoschek Foundation’s U.S. debut of “What a Wonderful World” at the Variety Arts Theatre, we posed a single burning question to participating artists.