SMOKE BREAK
“That’s an Exclusive, Baby”: Backstage at the Cabaret With Countess Luann de Lesseps
November 19, 2024
In this week’s Smoke Break, the former Housewife dishes on her budding friendship with Tilda Swinton and an unsavory recent encounter with Bethenny Frankel.
POP
“You’re Super Loquacious”: Finneas, in Conversation With Louis Partridge
November 18, 2024
After dropping his sophomore album, the songwriter, super-producer, and brother of Billie joined actor Louis Partridge to talk pop girls, popularity, and “Paddington.”
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.
TOUR DIARY
“You’re Creating a Pocket of Love”: On the Road With Nilüfer Yanya and Lutalo Jones
November 13, 2024
In this week’s Tour Diary, the British singer-songwriter talks to her opener, the indie rocker Lutalo Jones, about playing live music while the world burns.
SOUND ADVICE
Club Princess VTSS Tells Us How She Pregames for the Rave
November 11, 2024
Before her day-one set at Desert Air Festival this weekend, the Polish producer made us a sexy playlist and told us how she really feels about non-DJs getting on the aux.
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.
TOUR DIARY
“A Happy, Smelly Vibe”: One Night in Seoul With Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster
November 8, 2024
In this week’s Tour Diary, we caught up with members of the bands Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster after their joint sold-out shows in Seoul and Taipei.
IN CONVERSATION
Kilo Kish and Savanah Leaf on Making Art About the American Dream
October 31, 2024
The musician and artist Kilo Kish talked to the filmmaker Savanah Leaf about embracing criticism and the day-to-day endurance of being an artist.
PARTY
“I Wanna See Everybody Turning Up”: Inside the CFDAs With GloRilla and Coach
October 30, 2024
After the CFDA awards, the Grammy-nominated rapper brought us inside the afters to talk lace fronts, pet peeves, and dealing with lames.
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.
TOUR DIARY
“BBLs and Rolexes”: One Night in Miami With Isabella Lovestory
October 28, 2024
We got on the phone with the Honduran pop princess after her Harajuku-inspired set at III Points Festival to talk drain gang, Bond girls, and haunted Airbnbs.
DROP
Fievel Is Glauque Wants to Make You Laugh. Then Cry.
October 25, 2024
To mark the release of the pop duo’s sophomore album, “Rong Weicknes,” Zach Phillips joined us to talk theology, song structure, and the art of an effective joke.
SCREAM
“Fuck Them and Fuck It”: How Amy Taylor Became the Face of Women in Punk
October 24, 2024
Before the release of the third album by Amyl and the Sniffers, the band’s iconoclastic frontwoman talked to us about American politics and slut-shaming metalheads.
IN CONVERSATION
Kelly Lee Owens and George Daniel on Coffee Beans and Club Classics
October 23, 2024
The Welsh-born musician talked to her friend and collaborator George Daniel of The 1975 about perfectionism, self-flagellation, and her new record, “Dreamstate.”
BROADWAY
“I Carry Myself Differently in Heels”: Nicole Scherzinger, by Lin-Manuel Miranda
October 18, 2024
This fall, the 46-year-old pop diva is taking Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard from the West End to Broadway, a role she’s been preparing for her whole life.
EMO
American Football on Their Accidental Midwestern Legacy
October 18, 2024
“Trying to do the same thing that we did in a vacuum 25 years ago, it’s kind of a mind-fuck,” says American Football frontman Mike Kinsella on the reissue of the band’s classic self-titled debut.
COME-UP
“If That Shit Melt, Lord Have Mercy”: John Glacier, in Conversation With Lucien Clarke
October 17, 2024
After playing her first ever hometown headline show, the rapper talked to her skater friend Lucien Clarke about persistence, poisonous flowers, and paying back her parents.
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.
COVER
“I Refuse to Let the Industry Consume Me”: Shawn Mendes, by John Mayer
October 14, 2024
After hitting pause on his skyrocketing career, the Canadian singer is back with a new album—and a new outlook. Ahead of the release of “Shawn” next month, he connected with his friend and mentor to talk about reclaiming his music and rebuilding his life.
COVER
Jennifer Lopez Tells Nikki Glaser How a Turbulent Summer Changed Her
October 9, 2024
After a canceled tour, the end of a marriage, and an internet pile-on that felt particularly brutal, the comedian Nikki Glaser found a J.Lo who was more than ready to talk.