SOUND ADVICE
London-Based Producer Mechatok Has Left the Club
June 19, 2025
In week’s installment of Sound Advice, the man behind some of Bladee, Yung Lean, and Charli XCX’s biggest hits sends us a transmission from the studio.
TOUR DIARY
“It’s a Victory Lap”: Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley Take Us Inside the Tennis Farewell Tour
June 18, 2025
“There’s something special happening that’s kind of ineffable,” says Patrick Riley of Tennis, the beloved indie-pop band that just concluded their final tour.
ARIA
Davóne Tines Tells Jeremy O. Harris Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared of the Opera
June 18, 2025
Before the New York premiere of “The Comet/Poppea,” singer Davóne Tines called us to talk about surviving the wrath of opera gays and making it out of horse country.
COVER
SZA Gives Chappell Roan the Divine Answer
June 17, 2025
For our summer cover story, the pop sorceress called her mutual admirer for a long-overdue conversation about exes, energy vampires, and the method—and madness—behind the magic.
HYMNS
Composer Lyra Pramuk Wants to Put You in a Trance
June 16, 2025
As she prepared to release her new record, “Hymnal,” the Berlin-based electronic artist joined us to talk techno-optimism, hero worship, and video games.
TRIBUTE
“He Was the Heartbeat”: Remembering NYC Nightlife Pioneer Billy Jones
June 15, 2025
“He was that rare kind of New Yorker who could make this big city feel like a small town,” says one of the many friends and collaborators of Billy Jones, who died last week at the age of 45.
ARCHIVE
Brian Wilson on Bedwetting, Draft-Dodging, and Finding Your Beach
June 13, 2025
In memory of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson, we dove into the Interview archives to find out what he revealed to Elton John.
IN CONVERSATION
Alex Ross Perry Tells Jonas Åkerlund Why His New Pavement Doc Is Slanted and Enchanted
June 11, 2025
Before the release of Alex Ross Perry’s new documentary, “Pavements,” the filmmaker joined legendary music video director Jonas Åkerlund to talk about blending fact and fiction.
SOUND ADVICE
Rico Nasty Dances in the Mirror to This Playlist
June 10, 2025
“Don’t take advice from people who don’t make art,” says the rage-rap pioneer, who stars in our just-released Summer 2025 Issue (and made us a playlist to celebrate).
FESTIVAL
“It’s Like the Lesbian Thunderdome”: 10 Minutes at Gov Ball With Young Miko
June 9, 2025
Before starting her rain-soaked set at Governor’s Ball, the Puerto Rican rapper met up with us backstage to tell us how it feels to be every girl’s gay awakening.
GAY
Frankie Grande Tells His Sister Ariana How He Found His Shine Again
June 9, 2025
For our Summer 2025 issue, the siblings got on the phone to talk Pride, recovery, and Frankie’s new record, “Hotel Rock Bottom.”
STUNT
We’re Flipping Out Over Benson Boone
June 6, 2025
Before his headlining set at Governor’s Ball, the backflipping pop star got on a call with our editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg to tell us what it takes to be a stunt king.
METAL
“I Read You Guys 69’d”: Rico Nasty, by Eric André
June 3, 2025
With an introspective new album and a major acting role on the way, the 28-year-old rapper is in a moment of transition—one that had her friend Eric André asking all kinds of crazy questions.
sound advice
Release Your Rage to This Jogging Playlist, Courtesy of Mel Ottenberg
May 28, 2025
For this week’s installment of Sound Advice, our editor-in-chief made us a sweaty a sweaty, high-energy playlist titled “EVIL JOG.”
SOUND ADVICE
Artist Lizzi Bougatsos Made Us a Playlist Inspired by Valentino and Vinyls
May 23, 2025
“With this set, I was musing on a woman’s mind through the instrumentation of frantic guitar, pleading, and loss,” says the experimental musician and underground legend.
BESTIES
“There’s an Unspoken Mind Meld”: When King Princess Met Christine Baranski
May 22, 2025
On the set of “Nine Perfect Strangers,” the 26-year-old musician found a friend and mentor in Christine Baranski. Here, the besties link up to talk shamans, showtunes, and “lesbian bed death.”
BADDIE
Rachel Chinouriri Wants You to Stop Drinking the Dumb Bitch Juice
May 21, 2025
Ahead of her US tour, the British pop star joined us to talk about cutting off toxic exes, finding little luxuries on the road, and opening for Sabrina Carpenter.
SOUNDCHECK
“We Met on Tinder”: From Berlin to Brooklyn with Electronic Duo Brutalismus 3000
May 20, 2025
While nursing a hangover, the German duo joined us backstage at Brooklyn’s Avant Gardener to talk soulmates, aliens, CEO killers, and “techno snobs.”
GREEN ROOM
The First Rule of Touring With Dave Blunts? No Shitting On the Bus.
May 9, 2025
“There’s a bunch of fangirls that be freaking out to meet me,” says the rapper, who’s ditched the oxygen tank on his latest tour. “It’s pretty crazy, visibly shaking and shit.”
SOUND ADVICE
“I Trust Very Few People With the Aux”: Grace VanderWaal Makes Us a Playlist of Esoteric Pop
May 7, 2025
What does the 21-year-old newcomer’s Notes app look like? “Like a woman who needs some serious, serious psychological help,” she told us in this week’s Sound Advice.