BESTIES
Conan Gray and Olivia Rodrigo on Heartache, Meet-Cutes, and Growing Up in the Public Eye
August 15, 2025
Before dropping his fourth studio album, “Wishbone,” the 26-year-old singer-songwriter called up his bestie to discuss the art of getting vulnerable.
SHOWGIRL
Taylor Swift Went on Her Boyfriend’s Podcast. We Spiraled About It.
August 14, 2025
On Wednesday night, Taylor Swift went on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast to announce her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” The next morning, our editors got on a call to debrief.
BESTIES
“I Just Fell in Love With You”: When Vanessa Kirby Met Julia Fox
August 14, 2025
To mark the release of “Night Always Comes,” their new Netflix movie, the actors got together in New York to talk sugar daddies, dream analysis, and ride-or-dies.
IN CONVERSATION
Alexis Okeowo and Rob Franklin on Home, History, and Writing the South
August 14, 2025
To mark the release of her new book, “Blessings and Disasters,” Alexis Okeowo joined “Great Black Hope” author Rob Franklin to compare notes on their experiences of the south.
SOUND ADVICE
“Raw, Banging, Beautiful”: A Playlist Courtesy of Pop Mega-Producer Jim-E Stack
August 13, 2025
Everyone wants a piece of Jim-E Stack. So what’s his goal when he finds himself in the studio with the world’s biggest pop stars? “To summon some sound waves that make everyone in the room feel something,” he says.
EXCERPT
No One Saw David Bowie Like the Photographer Denis O’Regan
August 12, 2025
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, “David Bowie,” the English photographer Denis O’Regan reflects on his earliest encounters with The Thin White Duke.
SEARCH HISTORY
Stella Barey Is the Anal Princess of OnlyFans. Now She’s Making a Foray Into Tech.
August 12, 2025
In this week’s installment of Search History, the OnlyFans star joined us to talk anal, Adderall, and her latest venture: an x-rated website owned and operated by amateur content creators.
SOUND ADVICE
DJ Flirty800 Wants You to Leave Your Boyfriend
August 11, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the New York DJ rings in “slut grunge summer” with a playlist featuring Madonna, Isabella Lovestory, and Pet Shop Boys.
IN CONVERSATION
“I’m the Clock Twink”: Ben Ahlers Tells Kiernan Shipka About Growing Up on The Gilded Age
August 11, 2025
Just before “The Gilded Age” aired its season three finale, Ben Ahlers, who plays clockmaker Jack Trotter, joined his friend Kiernan Shipka to talk snacks, wrestling, and growing up on television.
IN CONVERSATION
Patti Harrison and Mitski on Caffeine Enemas, Model Minorities, and Fascist Takeovers
August 8, 2025
Before taking her act to the Edinburgh Fringe festival, the comedian joined Mitski for a wide-ranging conversation about living (and laughing) through dark times.
COOKED
At the Six Bells Inn, Audrey Gelman Made the Dollhouse of Her Millennial Dreams
August 8, 2025
“It’s rare to get to spend the night in someone else’s personality disorder, but it’s not as scary as it sounds,” writes J Lee, who visits “The Wing” founder’s new Hudson Valley lodge in this week’s installment of Cooked.
NOM NOM
Slutty Cheff Tells Lena Dunham How She Went From Shitposter to Bestseller
August 7, 2025
To mark the release of her explosive new memoir, “Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef,” the London-based cook joined Lena Dunham for a conversation about appetites, both sexual and culinary.
SOUND ADVICE
We’re Really Glad PinkPantheress Made Us This Playlist
August 7, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the British pop star (and creator of the year’s most viral TikTok trend) reveals her dream collaboration and the three items she needs on hand in the studio.
IN CONVERSATION
Jeffrey Gibson Tells Michèle Lamy How Rave Culture and Porn Collectors Inspire Him
August 6, 2025
“Art has given me an opportunity to lean into things that don’t seem practical,” the 53-year-old painter and sculptor tells Michèle Lamy. “They don’t have to be linear, they don’t have to make sense.”
SEARCH HISTORY
How Julian Glander Got New York’s Funniest Comedians to Join His Animated Film
August 6, 2025
In this week’s installment of Search History, the Pittsburgh-born animator joined us in DMs to talk about his new film “Boys Go to Jupiter,” featuring the voices of Cole Escola, Janeane Garofalo, and Julio Torres.
IN CONVERSATION
“Should We Talk About Death?”: P. Staff and Jamieson Webster Take Aspen Art Week
August 5, 2025
In an exclusive conversation hosted by the Aspen Art Museum at its 2025 AIR festival, the artist and psychoanalyst went deep on dreams, nightmares, and last words.
SOUND ADVICE
Between Friends on Style, Stage Fright, and Hailey Bieber Soft Serve
August 4, 2025
“Doing this alone would suck.” Just after dropping their sophomore album, the pop-sibling duo made us a playlist of deep cuts.
SEARCH HISTORY
Meet Stripper News, the Internet’s Favorite Club Correspondent
August 4, 2025
In this week’s installment of Search History, Diney of @StripperNews joins us in DMs to talk sex icons, sugar daddies, and reporting from the club.
TOUR DIARY
“We Don’t Do Petty”: On the Road With the Soft Rock Siblings of Infinity Song
August 1, 2025
In this week’s installment of Tour Diary, siblings Abraham, Angel, Israel, and Momo Boyd call in from Vienna to talk harmonies, hospitality, and striving for greatness.
IN CONVERSATION
Philippa Snow on Trash, Obscenity, and the Tyranny of the 2000s
August 1, 2025
“Like a lot of millennial women, I was formed in the fire of 2000s media culture,” says the culture critic Philippa Snow. “Which means a lot of size zero, intense paparazzi, surveillance circle of shame attitudes around bodies and faces.”