Music

QUEEN

Chappell Roan and Bowen Yang on Queers, Fears, and Surviving Superstardom

August 19, 2024

To help her make sense of her very wild year, the pop sensation connected with Bowen Yang, who had some advice for navigating her new reality.

SOUND ADVICE

Manchester-Based DJ salute Tells Us What It Takes to Survive Festival Season

August 19, 2024

In this week’s Sound Advice, the DJ and producer made us a playlist to mark the release of their debut album, “True Magic,” and an upcoming North American tour.

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Sound Advice: Mel Ottenberg Wants You to Stop Trimming Your Bush

August 16, 2024

To mark the dog days of summer, our editor-in-chief presents a frisky playlist fit to blast on the dunes of Provincetown—and tells us what the hell is going on with pubes.

TOUR DIARY

Hank Azaria’s Next Act? Becoming Bruce Springsteen.

August 14, 2024

In this week’s Tour Diary, we caught up with legendary voice actor at Le Poisson Rouge, where he performed as “Hank Azaria & The EZ Street Band.”

SOUND ADVICE

Malice K Made the Soundtrack to Your Mental Breakdown

August 12, 2024

“I was going for a vibe of a roller coaster of emotional distress,” says the skater-turned-punk rocker, who curated a playlist for us ahead of his debut album’s release.

SOUND ADVICE

The Boys of La Femme Made Us a Sexy, Olympics-Inspired Summer Playlist

August 8, 2024

Before setting off on their North American tour, Sacha Got and Marlon Magée of the psychedelic rock band made us a playlist full of funky French summer sounds.

SOUND ADVICE

Scout Willis Tells Us Her Favorite Musical Nepo Baby

August 6, 2024

In this week’s Sound Advice, the Hollywood lovechild and singer-songwriter makes us a playlist to mark the release of her buttery, blues-tinged single, “Over and Over”

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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.”

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Atlanta Rappers Coco & Clair Clair Get Drunk and Hit the Mall

July 30, 2024

To mark the release of their new album, “Girl,” the Atlanta pop-rap duo gave us a tour of their city.

GIRLS

“That Song Genuinely Gets Me Off”: Clairo, in Conversation With Remi Wolf

July 25, 2024

After dropping their new albums on the very same day, the pop darlings got together at New York’s iconic Electric Lady Studios to talk about being young and horny.

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Role Model Wants Chappell Roan to Join His Musical Coven

July 22, 2024

In this week’s SOUND ADVICE, we’re joined by the 27-year-old singer-songwriter, who made us the perfect playlist to ease the heartbreak.

TOUR DIARY

“A Mob of Kids Trapped Me”: On the Road With 2hollis

July 18, 2024

In this week’s Tour Diary, we caught up with the genre-destroying dance music messiah from his sprinter van to talk junk food, mosh pits, and crazy fans.

SOUND ADVICE

“Weird Al” Shares His Zany Summer Playlist. And His Social Security Number.

July 18, 2024

To mark the release of his new single, “Polkamania!,” the musician and comedian made us an eccentric playlist and revealed the secret to his perfect curls.

SMOKE BREAK

“We’re Not Having No Boyfriends”: A Six-Minute Cig With Bronx Rapper Baby Osama

July 17, 2024

In this week’s Smoke Break, we joined the 21-year-old rapper in the back of a Cadillac Escalade to find out why she got jumped outside the airport.

REMIX

COBRAH and Amanda Lepore on Raving, Tequila, and the Perfect Red Lip

July 16, 2024

Just before dropping their bratty new single, “Tequila,” the Swedish musician and the nightlife icon got together to talk about bringing fantasies to life.

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.

IN CONVERSATION

Artists Casey MQ and Eartheater on Melody, Memory, and Making Room for Magic

July 10, 2024

After dropping his new album, the artist and producer called up his collaborator Eartheater for a heady conversation about availing yourself of magic in the recording studio.

SOUND ADVICE

DJ Bloodcore Makes Us a Playlist for a New New York

July 4, 2024

For this week’s Sound Advice, DJ and fashion girl Gregory Miller, aka DJ Bloodcore, makes us an Independence Day playlist.

VOICE NOTES

“Thank You, Madonna”: Inside LadyLand Festival This Pride Weekend

July 1, 2024

“I had no idea what the word virgin meant. Madonna taught me what the word virgin meant.”

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Jeremy Pope Doesn’t Trust Anyone Who Doesn’t Like Beyoncé

July 1, 2024

The actor and singer curated a a playlist that includes some of his long-time influences, and gets into the simple pleasures of Shirley Temples, Dreamgirls, and “borrowed” hotel robes.