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“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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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“A Mannequin, a Fish Tank, and a Bed”: Atlanta Rapper Che Tells Us His Studio Must-Haves
July 22, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Atlanta-born 18-year-old rapper and producer made us a playlist fit for the Bass Killer himself.
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Rapper Jackzebra Went Apeshit With This Playlist
June 23, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Surf Gang rapper tells us what he’d wear to his own funeral and why American Chinese good isn’t so bad.
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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.
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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).
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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.”
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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.
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“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.
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David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors Is Taking His Musical Talents to the Movies
May 1, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Dirty Projectors frontman celebrated his recent pivot to film by making us the perfect genre-bending playlist.
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“She Knows Who She Is”: Chase Icon Tells Us Which Blondes Have the Most Fun
April 24, 2025
“This is the playlist I’ve had blasting while I wander the shops in Vegas, collecting pieces for my NYC release party this Saturday,” says the singer and SoCal barbie.
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“I’d Probably Be Naked”: Sausha Tells Us How She’s Ringing in the Apocalypse
April 8, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the elusive New York DJ made us a playlist and spilled on darkroom antics and doomsday fits.
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“Don’t Face the DJ”: Pressure Point Gives Us a Lesson in Club Etiquette
April 3, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Miami DJ and producer made us a playlist of songs that get him horny and teary-eyed.
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“Chet Baker at Dawn, Sun Ra at Midnight”: DJ Koze Makes Us the Perfect Dinner Party Playlist
April 1, 2025
In this week’s Sound Advice, the German DJ and producer got us ready for his brand-new album with an exclusive playlist of jazzy throwbacks.
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“Viva La Foca”: Eli Roth Makes Us a Playlist Inspired by Italian Sexploitation Cinema
March 17, 2025
Before releasing his new album of Italian disco bangers, the filmmaker joined us to storyboard his ideal evening in Capri and reveal the grooviest person he knows.
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Jojo Orme of Heartworms Made Us a Playlist Fit for McQueen
March 3, 2025
The London-based musician and McQueen frontwoman made us the ultimate alt-couture playlist filled with everything from Chopin to Depeche Mode.