Emma Stout

GREEN ROOM

“In My Past Life, I Was a Nudist”: One Night in New York With Rapper BigXthaPlug

November 11, 2024

At the New York stop on his North American tour, we joined the 26-year-old rapper backstage to talk preemies, moshpits, and smoking blunts to ease pre-show nerves.

ONWARDS

“Hope Is Our Greatest Weapon”: New Yorkers React to the Presidential Election

November 6, 2024

At election watch parties in Brooklyn and Manhattan, we asked New Yorkers to share their immediate reactions to Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris.

BACKSTAGE

Susan Kelechi Watson Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the Gentrification Drama Good Bones

October 22, 2024

The actress met us backstage at The Public Theater to discuss her heavy-hitting turn in James Ijames’ latest play, “Good Bones,” a drama of gentrification and community.

SMOKE BREAK

“Everyone Who’s Beautiful Is a Little Ugly”: A Ten-Minute Cig With Jemima Kirke

October 21, 2024

In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we talked to the actress about Donald Trump, music festivals, Republican aesthetics, and the resurgence of the word “cunt.”

SOUND ADVICE

“Girls and Cars!”: Electroclash Duo Somewhere Special Make Us a Playlist

October 15, 2024

To mark the release of their new single, “Secret,” the New York-based electroclash duo Somewhere Special joined us for this week’s edition of Sound Advice.

SMOKE BREAK

“It’s My Dark, Twisted Fantasy”: A Nine-Minute Cig With Filmmaker Olmo Schnabel

October 9, 2024

At the Roxy Cinema premiere of his film “Pet Shop Days,” the director shared his thoughts on Oedipal relations, growing up downtown, and working with Willem Dafoe.

OUTSIDE

“I’m an Adrenaline Junkie”: Bar Hopping With DJ John Summit

October 7, 2024

Only a few hours after getting punched in the face in Times Square, the DJ and party boy John Summit joined us in the Lower East Side to talk bottles and baddies.

SEARCH HISTORY

Meet Naima Troutt, the College Student Who Owned Charlie Kirk

October 2, 2024

In this week’s installment of Search History, we DM’d the newly famous USC senior to find out how life has changed since she went head-to-head with Charlie Kirk about abortion rights.

LESSON

How Sake No Hana Is Spearheading New York’s Rice Wine Revolution

October 1, 2024

To celebrate World Sake Day, Michael Wyant and Jason Hall invited us to their buzzy Lower East Side hot-spot for a taste test.

SPECTACLE

The Stars of Warby Parker’s Editions Campaign Tell Us Their Vision

September 24, 2024

The stars of Warby Parker’s “Editions” campaign—including Natasha Lyonne, Zaya Wade, and Jordan Poole—tell us who they think looks hotter in glasses.

CAMPAIGN

Bottega Veneta and Rahim Fortune Take Us Inside Area 51

September 12, 2024

“My work tends to be pretty moody and kind of serious,” says the photographer, who directed a short film for Bottega Veneta’s FW24 campaign. “Commercial clients don’t always love that.”

NYFW

“I Am the Original Horse Girl”: Eight Minutes with Collina Strada’s Hillary Taymour

September 9, 2024

“I have to operate on 1,000 at all times,” the designer told us at the horse girl-themed presentation of her SS25 collection. “I’m a woman who runs her own business.”

TOUR DIARY

“They’re All Here For Me”: Five Minutes Backstage with Shenseea

September 3, 2024

In this week’s Tour Diary, the dancehall sensation takes us backstage at her sold-out Webster Hall show and tells us why New York feels like her home away from home.

SEARCH HISTORY

What’s on Symone’s Feed? Housewives, Porn, and Politics.

August 28, 2024

In this week’s Search History, the “Drag Race” champ and “Avalon TV” host ranks the Hollywood Jennifer’s and reveals the naughty contents of her Twitter feed.

SEARCH HISTORY

TikTok Twins Sugar and Spice Take Us On a Hot-Girl Walk

August 22, 2024

In this week’s Search History, the drag world’s most famous set of twins explain the importance of “hot girl walks” and tell us which Bratz dolls they let hit it.

MOTHER

“I’m Like a Picasso, Distorted and Expensive”: Ivana Vladislava Gets Freaky With Anna Uddenberg

August 22, 2024

At a cafe in Berlin, artist, muse, and eternal mother Ivana Vladislava talked to Anna Uddenberg about the politics of celebrity and what it means to be an it-girl.

SOUND ADVICE

Manchester-Based DJ salute Tells Us What It Takes to Survive Festival Season

August 19, 2024

In this week’s Sound Advice, the DJ and producer made us a playlist to mark the release of their debut album, “True Magic,” and an upcoming North American tour.

LESSON

Alberto Nieto of Jac’s on Bond Shows Us How to Mix a Spicy Summer Cocktail

August 7, 2024

At the NoHo watering hole frequented by Nicholas Braun and Justin Theroux, head bartender Alberto Nieto showed us how to make three of the bar’s signature cocktails.

BTS

“It’s Time That Art Is Purposeful”: KK Obi Takes Us Inside Boy.Brother.Friend

August 2, 2024

To mark the release of the new issue of his indie magazine, “Boy.Brother.Friend,” the editor-in-chief and fashion mogul talked to us about collaborating with Riccardo Tisci.

SMOKE BREAK

“I’m Pro Soft-Launch”: We Smoked a Joint with TikTok’s Little Sister Ashtin Earle

July 24, 2024

We waked and baked with the Jersey-born influencer, who told us how she’s spending her Montauk Summer and who she’s recruiting for her coven of it-girls.