Mekala Rajagopal

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.

SOUND ADVICE

“I Love Unserious Music”: Atlanta Rapper Kuntfetish Tells Us What’s on Repeat

October 29, 2024

In this week’s Sound Advice, the Atlanta-based underground rapper takes us on a feel-good journey from Gaga to Detroit rap to Deftones.

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SHARE LOCATION

Love Island’s Leah Kateb Tells Us Why She Deserves Her Own Erewhon Smoothie

October 24, 2024

The reality superstar and part-time equestrian showed us around all the Los Angeles spots she missed the most while in the villa, from the barn to the vegan burger joint.

PARTY

“Psychedelic Cirque du Soleil”: Inside WooMoon, Ibiza’s Hippie Disneyland

October 22, 2024

A recap of all the spectacles at WooMoon, Ibiza’s psychedelic cave party.

PARTY

“Pacha Hugs Everyone”: Popping My Ibiza Cherry at the Island’s Oldest Club

October 22, 2024

After a weekend of fringe, flowers, and freedom, we recapped day one at Pacha, the iconic Ibiza superclub.

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SMOKE BREAK

“It’s Like, Baby Doll”: Backstage With the Performance Artist Narcissister

September 20, 2024

In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we caught up with the enigmatic artist following her first performance commission in 12 years at Pioneer Works.

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NYFW

“It’s About the Ease of Dressing”: Meet NYC’s Three Hottest Young Designers

September 14, 2024

This NYFW was all about the indie designers, and there are some newcomers on the scene. We stopped by three of the most-hyped sophomore shows of the season—Shame, Skip Fame, and Ben Doctor—to see what has the underground excited.

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Designer Lucila Safdie Makes Clothes for the Tumblr Girls

September 13, 2024

“I actually think a lot of my fashion sense comes from Gossip Girl,” says the London-based designer. “When I was in high school, I used to wear headbands because of Blair.”

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“Spanishly Elegant”: A Front Row Report From Luar SS25

September 11, 2024

“It was iconic. I sat behind Madonna and Ice Spice.”

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“She Has Some Sass to Her”: Inside the Grown-Up Glamour of Iseder SS25

September 10, 2024

“I wanted to be very bitchy and clean,” said Taylor-Paige Garvin and Sharon Mishiev of Iseder’s SS25 collection, presented Sunday in deep FiDi. “She has some sass to her.”

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NYFW

At Women’s History Museum SS25, the Dolls Can’t Be Broken

September 6, 2024

“Cunty, showstopping, and inspirational,” were just some of the ways attendees described the label’s SS25 show, where medieval references met recession vibes.

SOUND ADVICE

New York Indie Duo Patch + Have Money on Their Mind

August 26, 2024

“Imagine Patch + is a bar. We’re tending & You just got a free drink.”

SOUND ADVICE

Tinashe Made Us a Playlist for a Nasty Girl Summer

August 2, 2024

“Have fun with your friends, be hot, do whatever you want to do, go outside, and get some sun.”

SMOKE BREAK

“No Free Toes”: A Cigarette Break With Photographer Emilio Tamez

July 29, 2024

For this week’s Smoke Break, the photographer stepped outside with us at her downtown monograph launch to talk diamonds, couture, and chameleonic muses.

VOICE NOTES

“I’m Mental”: Live From Crackhead Barney’s Unhinged Presidential Debate

June 28, 2024

Downtown, the performance artist hosted an off-the-rails live version of the presidential debate, so we stopped by to hear from the candidates—or their alter egos.

SMOKE BREAK

We Chainsmoked With Fashion Icon Michèle Lamy at the Queendom Screening

June 27, 2024

In this edition of Smoke Break, we caught the fashion legend after a screening of “Queendom,” a new documentary by director Agniia Galdanova.

SMOKE BREAK

“I’m a Natural Exhibitionist”: A Quick Cig at Church With Writer Rayne Fisher-Quann

June 19, 2024

“We’re at church with our fans and we’re gossiping,” declared the literary it-girl at her sold-out Secrets reading last week. “It’s very Southern Baptist.”

RORSCHACH TEST

RXK Nephew on Whippets, WET Tanks, and the Trump Trial

June 3, 2024

To mark the release of his new album, “Till I’m Dead 2,” the rapper took the hot seat for this week’s Rorschach Test to sound off on terrorism, Telfar, and the Illuminati.

SOUND ADVICE

“Destiny, Blood, Ecstasy”: Meet Genesys, the Fashion Students Throwing Cyberpunk Raves

May 30, 2024

For this week’s Sound Advice, the London fashion students-turned-ravers made the euphoric cyberpunk trance playlist of our dreams.

SMOKE BREAK

“Twinks Are Persisting”: A Ten-Minute Cig With Club Rash Boss Jen Sillen

May 16, 2024

For this week’s edition of Smoke Break, we lit one up with the nightclub don diva who recently revived Bushwick hotspot Rash after an arson attack left the club in ruins.