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SOUND ADVICE

Singer-Songwriter Holly Humberstone Is Looking for Her AirPods

July 15, 2024

For this week’s Sound Advice, the 24-year-old Brit, fresh off her first-ever headlining tour in the States, made us a playlist of tracks fit for a Sad Girl Fall.

SOUND ADVICE

Superproducer Vegyn Tells Us His Musical Red Flags

April 15, 2024

To celebrate his new album, “The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions,” the 31-year-old British producer curated us a playlist of smooth, electronic jams.

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ART

Wolfgang Tillmans and Douglas Stuart on Control and Queer Liberation

September 13, 2022

“You can show two men killing each other at three in the afternoon in any country in the world on public television, but you can’t show two men kissing each other.”

Hiro Murai and Spike Jonze Try and Figure Out This Artist Thing

June 16, 2022

Over breakfast burritos in Malibu, the directors trade notes and observations from a life spent making stuff. Photographs by Spike Jonze.

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Earl Sweatshirt Tells Ta-Nehisi Coates About His Cultural Trust Fund

April 27, 2022

To mark his 28th birthday, the rapper called the National Book Award-winning author chat about fatherhood, aging as a Black man in America, and good art.

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Cat Power Tells Chrissie Hynde How She Got Her Reputation

January 14, 2022

And why it’s bullshit.

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Bathe Is Making Music You Can Live In

September 20, 2021

Meet the Brooklyn-based duo behind the velvety surf-R&B you’re craving.

fashion!

“Willy Wants You to Walk”: Willy Chavarria Scouts His Models From the Press Line

September 14, 2021

The photographer Maxwell Vice tells us how they wound up walking the runway at a show they were supposed to cover.

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Nice To Meet You

The Soul-Pop Artist Evann McIntosh Isn’t in Kansas Anymore

August 27, 2021

This fall, the 17-year-old musician leaves Kansas coffee house shows behind to make their major festival debut.

In Conversation

Rostam Batmanglij and Brit Marling on Communication and Collaboration

June 4, 2021

To mark the release of his new album “Changephobia,” the musician sits down with “The OA” co-creator to discuss the failure to express yourself, and how to overcome it.

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Langa Mavuso is Listening to Chaka Khan and Channel Orange

September 25, 2020

The South African musician discusses his new album “LANGA” and his eclectic R&B influences.

Khushi and James Blake Debate the Philosophical Merits of Diplo’s Instagram Caption

January 29, 2020

Kalim Patel’s debut album “Strange Seasons” is ten years in the making—and that’s just how he likes it.

GQ Legend Jim Moore Revisits Four of His Favorite Photographs

October 3, 2019

The men’s fashion visionary took some time to break down four images featuring a young Ashton Kutcher, a turquoise-clad Tom Ford, and a very thirsty Frank Ocean.

Singer Shura Gives Us 13 Shades of Blue

August 15, 2019

The British singer and amateur color specialist shares her thoughts on 13 shades of blue, from cornflower to cerulean to serenity.

The 10 best songs of 2017

December 19, 2017

We distilled the year’s chart-toppers and deep cuts into a master list of the best music, from Charli XCX, Selena Gomez, Metro Boomin, and more.