Music

SOUND ADVICE

What Brothers Nat & Alex Wolff Learned on Tour With Billie Eilish

January 15, 2026

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the brotherly pop duo and one-time Nickelodeon stars, now all grown up, make us a playlist to mark their return to music.

NOW PLAYING

How Did Daniel Blumberg Follow Up His Oscar Win? With Another Banger Score.

January 14, 2026

The Oscar-winning composer joined his friend and collaborator, director Brady Corbet, to talk about cinematic language and his explosive score for “The Testament of Ann Lee.”

NEWCOMERS

Meet the Five Artists Making Magic With Anima Studios

December 31, 2025

We asked five up-and-coming artists represented by the insurgent creative agency to give us a peek inside the creative processes.

'TIS THE SEASON

What Sabrina Carpenter, Harris Dickinson, and More Interview Stars Listened to in 2025

December 24, 2025

In this next installment of our year-end round-ups, we compiled music recommendations from Interview cover stars Sabrina Carpenter and Jeremy Allen White—and so many more.

NOW PLAYING

Daniel Lopatin on the Music and Mania of Marty Supreme

December 22, 2025

On a frigid afternoon in early December, we met up with the artist known as Oneohtrix Point Never to discuss his addictive, anachronistic score for Josh Safdie’s latest.

VIBRATION

Arthur Jafa on Strip Clubs, Transhumanism, and the Boundless Black Imagination

December 15, 2025

Ahead of his MoMA’s Artist’s Choice series the 65-year-old provocateur spoke with his friend, musician Christelle Oyiri, about control, collapse, and everything in between.

TOUR DIARY

How Magdalena Bay Turned their Concept Album into a Live Sci-Fi Spectacle

December 15, 2025

Before heading out on the European leg of their “Imaginal Mystery” tour, the alt-pop duo joined us to talk rituals, REM, and their nostalgia for a simpler iteration of the internet.

POP

Cloudy Heart Is the First Pop Star Built for the Infinite Scroll

December 12, 2025

Jon Rafman’s AI pop star answers questions from other digital-native artists about the weird, corrupted online world that created her.

BORICUA

Young Miko’s Heart and Mind Is on DND

December 11, 2025

Ahead of the release of her latest album, “Do Not Disturb”—a title that doubles as a mantra—the Puerto Rican superstar answers some questions about her come up.

ICON

“I Don’t Think God’s Done With Me”: Dolly Parton, in Conversation With Zac Brown

December 11, 2025

Last month, the Backwoods Barbie joined the three-time Grammy winner to talk about staying humble, keeping the faith, and the pair’s new duet, “Butterfly.”

SOUND ADVICE

Skype Williams DJ’d Our Holiday Party and Left a Gift Just for You

December 8, 2025

In a special and very merry installment of Sound Advice, our favorite DJ made a copy of the playlist that got the crowd moving at our office holiday party on Friday night.

COUNTRY

Jessie Murph Is Manifesting Her Destiny

December 8, 2025

The 21-year-old Alabama firecracker tells us why she’s keeping her head high—and her hair even higher.

SIMPLE LIFE

Summer Walker and Paris Hilton on Looking Hot Forever

December 3, 2025

The notoriously shy singer opens up to her fellow mommy and musician about life in the spotlight.

ARCHIVES

Photographer Allan Tannenbaum Saw Elton John Come Alive at the Disco

December 2, 2025

In an exclusive excerpt from “Elton John: Icon,” the photographer Allan Tannenbaum recalls his encounters with the Rocket Man and Andy Warhol at Studio 54.

BACKSTAGE

“What We Do Is Fucking Crazy”: Lea Michele, by Renée Elise Goldsberry

November 26, 2025

The morning after opening the hotly anticipated Broadway revival of “Chess,” the 39-year-old former Gleek opened up about marriage, motherhood, pre-show jitters, and what it really takes to thrive and survive on The Great White Way.

TOUR DIARY

“You Have to Be a Little Delulu”: Amber Mark Phones in From the Short n’ Sweet Tour

November 25, 2025

In this week’s installment of Tour Diary, the 31-year-old singer-songwriter called us after a sold out show at Madison Square Garden, where she opened for her bestie Sabrina Carpenter.

SOUND ADVICE

“Commit to Your Bit, Babe”: A Playlist Courtesy of True Blue

November 25, 2025

Fresh off the October release of her full-length debut, “Star Witness,” the former bassist for Porches and Caroline Polachek joined us for this week’s installment of Sound Advice.

COVER

Ariana Grande and Nicole Kidman Are Trying to Keep It Together

November 24, 2025

Between early-morning shoots for her next movie, the pop superstar and Oscar-nominated actor caught up with her mutual admirer for a therapeutic chat about fame, burnout, and why the best cure for chaos is a long bath.

SOUND ADVICE

Absolutely Tells Us How to Find Your Musical Alter-Ego

November 21, 2025

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the British rising star (and younger sister to Grammy nominee Raye) made us a playlist featuring hits by Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins.

POP

Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress Finally Come Face To Face

November 20, 2025

The morning after they received their first Grammy nominations, Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress got together to talk about growing up, going viral, and getting a little too high.