SEARCH HISTORY
“The Algo Is Haunting”: Sophia Ziskin on It Girls and Incriminating Texts
March 17, 2025
In this week’s Search History, the Angeleno DJ and model dishes on her Blue Bottle order and her steamy makeout session with The Dare at the Grammys.
SCENE AND HEARD
“I’m Not Buying Anything”: On the Grounds at the Armory’s Young Collectors Night
February 3, 2025
At the Park Avenue Armory’s Young Collectors Night, we asked guests to come clean about whether or not they’re really buying art—and what’s up with all the horse paintings.
SMOKE BREAK
“I’m Still in My God Body”: A Backstage Joint With Niambi
January 22, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we lit up with hip-hop singer before talking spirituality, bodega weed, and her brand-new EP, “Taboo.”
TOUR DIARY
“I Want to Look Like a Lesbian Mick Jagger”: On the Road With Towa Bird
December 30, 2024
What can you expect at a Towa Bird concert? “Lots of guitar solos, lots of hair, lots of lesbian jokes,” says the 25-year-old rocker, fresh off a major gig opening for Billie Eilish.
LESSON
At Hoexters, Chef Mariana Mitsos Masters the Art of Upscale Comfort Food
December 10, 2024
On a chilly afternoon on the Upper East Side, the head chef at Hoexters gave us a lesson in one of the restaurant’s winter menu staples: chicken pot pie.
VOICE NOTES
“Buy Your Dream, Then Resell It”: Inside Telfar’s NYC Store Opening
November 25, 2024
We got the scoop from Telfar Clemens, Cleotrapa, Teezo Touchdown and more.
TOUR DIARY
Yung Gravy and Carter Vail on Slim Jims, OnlyFans, and Pre-Show Jerk Offs
November 15, 2024
Before the last show of the “Grits & Gravy” tour, the rapper called in with his opening act to tell us about the naughty exploits that have kept them busy on the road.
GREEN ROOM
“In My Past Life, I Was a Nudist”: One Night in New York With Rapper BigXthaPlug
November 11, 2024
At the New York stop on his North American tour, we joined the 26-year-old rapper backstage to talk preemies, moshpits, and smoking blunts to ease pre-show nerves.
ONWARDS
“Hope Is Our Greatest Weapon”: New Yorkers React to the Presidential Election
November 6, 2024
At election watch parties in Brooklyn and Manhattan, we asked New Yorkers to share their immediate reactions to Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris.
BACKSTAGE
Susan Kelechi Watson Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the Gentrification Drama Good Bones
October 22, 2024
The actress met us backstage at The Public Theater to discuss her heavy-hitting turn in James Ijames’ latest play, “Good Bones,” a drama of gentrification and community.
SMOKE BREAK
“Everyone Who’s Beautiful Is a Little Ugly”: A Ten-Minute Cig With Jemima Kirke
October 21, 2024
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we talked to the actress about Donald Trump, music festivals, Republican aesthetics, and the resurgence of the word “cunt.”
SOUND ADVICE
“Girls and Cars!”: Electroclash Duo Somewhere Special Make Us a Playlist
October 15, 2024
To mark the release of their new single, “Secret,” the New York-based electroclash duo Somewhere Special joined us for this week’s edition of Sound Advice.
SMOKE BREAK
“It’s My Dark, Twisted Fantasy”: A Nine-Minute Cig With Filmmaker Olmo Schnabel
October 9, 2024
At the Roxy Cinema premiere of his film “Pet Shop Days,” the director shared his thoughts on Oedipal relations, growing up downtown, and working with Willem Dafoe.
OUTSIDE
“I’m an Adrenaline Junkie”: Bar Hopping With DJ John Summit
October 7, 2024
Only a few hours after getting punched in the face in Times Square, the DJ and party boy John Summit joined us in the Lower East Side to talk bottles and baddies.
SEARCH HISTORY
Meet Naima Troutt, the College Student Who Owned Charlie Kirk
October 2, 2024
In this week’s installment of Search History, we DM’d the newly famous USC senior to find out how life has changed since she went head-to-head with Charlie Kirk about abortion rights.
LESSON
How Sake No Hana Is Spearheading New York’s Rice Wine Revolution
October 1, 2024
To celebrate World Sake Day, Michael Wyant and Jason Hall invited us to their buzzy Lower East Side hot-spot for a taste test.
SPECTACLE
The Stars of Warby Parker’s Editions Campaign Tell Us Their Vision
September 24, 2024
The stars of Warby Parker’s “Editions” campaign—including Natasha Lyonne, Zaya Wade, and Jordan Poole—tell us who they think looks hotter in glasses.
CAMPAIGN
Bottega Veneta and Rahim Fortune Take Us Inside Area 51
September 12, 2024
“My work tends to be pretty moody and kind of serious,” says the photographer, who directed a short film for Bottega Veneta’s FW24 campaign. “Commercial clients don’t always love that.”
NYFW
“I Am the Original Horse Girl”: Eight Minutes with Collina Strada’s Hillary Taymour
September 9, 2024
“I have to operate on 1,000 at all times,” the designer told us at the horse girl-themed presentation of her SS25 collection. “I’m a woman who runs her own business.”
TOUR DIARY
“They’re All Here For Me”: Five Minutes Backstage with Shenseea
September 3, 2024
In this week’s Tour Diary, the dancehall sensation takes us backstage at her sold-out Webster Hall show and tells us why New York feels like her home away from home.