SOUND ADVICE
Pearly Drops on Synths, Salem, and Their All-Time Favorite Film Score
August 26, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the indie-electronic duo from Helsinki made us a playlist comprised of recent inspirations and songs that make them both horny and sad.
TEQUILA
“Touch the Grass, Touch the Sea”: On Island Time in Ibiza With Nathy Peluso
August 21, 2025
Last weekend, we found the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter behind the DJ booth at a private party in Ibiza, where she revealed the secret to living like an island girl.
DUETS
“There’s a Lot of Xanax Going Around”: Iggy Pop, in Conversation With Anna von Hausswolff
August 21, 2025
To mark the release of their brand-new duet, “The Whole Woman,” the rock and roll icon joined the Swedish singer-songwriter for a candid conversation about making art in troubled times.
SOUND ADVICE
Weapons Director Zach Cregger Made Us a Horrifying Playlist
August 20, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the filmmaker behind this summer’s biggest box office hit revealed his all-time favorite horror movie and the song that takes him back to third grade.
IN CONVERSATION
Audrey Hobert and Sadie Sink on Growing Up, Going Feral, and Staying Offline
August 20, 2025
With the release of her debut album “Who’s the Clown?,” the 26-year-old has become the summer’s breakout pop star. As her friend Sadie Sink told her: “You’ve just tapped into what everyone’s craving.”
SOUND ADVICE
“Love, Sex, Vape”: Meet Adéla, Pop’s Slovakian Princess
August 18, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the “Dream Academy” veteran made a playlist to prepare us for her debut album “The Provocateur,” dropping this Friday.
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.
GUITARS
Mac DeMarco and Akiko Yano Reunite, 200 Songs Later
August 13, 2025
“When I finish a song, it almost feels like a miracle,” says the 35-year-old singer-songwriter, whose new album “Guitar” drops next week. “When you’re in it, you’re kind of in a trance or something.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TOUR DIARY
“Jump the Fucking Barricades”: Girl Dick Takes Us Inside Their Mosh Pit
July 30, 2025
“A mosh pit almost always forms because people are playing off of this aggressive, macho energy,” says Girl Dick of their rowdy live shows. “Which is fun as a band comprised of dolls and faggots.”
TUNA
Oxis and Sam Gellaitry on Sardines, Sequencers, and the Science of Electronica
July 30, 2025
“I wanted to make music that felt like the antithesis of everything that I’d ever been,” the singer and producer told her friend Sam Gellaitry. “But then it ended up being the most vulnerable thing I’d ever made.”
PARTNER
How Sobriety (and Marrying Lena Dunham) Led to Luis Felber’s Creative Rebirth
July 25, 2025
After creating the Netflix smash Too Much with his wife, the British musician opens up to Alissa Bennett about ego, self-doubt, and what it’s like to watch someone else perform your most personal songs.
SMOKE BREAK
Rose Gray on Club Rats, Ripped Tights, and Pop Queens
July 25, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we lit up with budding pop princess Rose Gray (and got a closer look at her new diamond ring, courtesy of fiancée Harris Dickinson).
SOUND ADVICE
“I Like the Extremes”: Tommy Genesis on Red Flags and Rap Battles
July 23, 2025
To mark the release of her third studio album this week, Tommy Genesis made us a playlist and told us how to best respond to the haters.