TOUR DIARY
BLP Kosher Will Sign Your Positive Pregnancy Test
May 15, 2024
In this week’s Tour Diary, the NJB of Florida rap takes us behind the scenes of his headlining tour, from getting detained at the Canadian border to living on a bus full of Hot Funyuns.
SOUND ADVICE
Tom Krell of How to Dress Well Is Pop Music’s Resident Philosopher
May 14, 2024
In this week’s SOUND ADVICE, the multimedia artist rang in the release of his new album by curating us a playlist of his faves: Mariah Carey, 1010benja, and Nirvana.
STUDIO SESH
“Music Is an Act of Service”: Willow Smith, In Conversation With St. Vincent
May 13, 2024
After dropping their respective albums, the musicians linked to discuss self-love, self-producing, and why you don’t have to earn money from your art to truly be an artist.
dirty
“It’s Really Fucking Turnt”: Five Minutes With Teyana Taylor at Her Secret Burlesque Show
May 8, 2024
“It’s actually really fucking turnt,” said the singer and actor, who kiki’d with Interview on the dance floor at her secret pre-Met Gala party.
in conversation
Jessica Pratt Meets Her Number One Fan Molly Gordon
May 8, 2024
“I am such a big fan, truly,” actor Molly Gordon gushed to the singer-songwriter, whose new album “Here In the Pitch” was inspired by the California rock of the 1960s.
HOME SWEET HOME
“We Were Fighting or Fucking”: The Boys of Mötley Crüe Meet Mel Ottenberg
May 8, 2024
The boys of Mötley Crüe tell us how they wound down after years spent being the world’s most chaotic heavy-metal band.
ROMANCE
Usher Shows Us How He Preps for Fashion’s Super Bowl
May 7, 2024
The R&B icon sat down for an interview with our senior editor, who had a few questions about fandom, fashion, and life as a sex symbol.
SOUND ADVICE
Cuntry Star Dasha Will Have You Line Dancing to This Playlist
May 6, 2024
In this week’s Sound Advice, the “What Happens Now?” singer tells us who put the “cunt” in country. Her answer? “It’s Dasha, bitch.”
sound advice
Brooklyn’s Pop Princess ThugPop Won’t Be Hosting the Afters
May 2, 2024
“The PINCH EP was meant to be a taste and now blast. is a full course meal,” says Thugpop. In this week’s Sound Advice, the artist and downtown DJ made sure we’re well-fed.
RAP
“I Need to Go Fall In Love or Something”: Flo Milli and Gunna Tap In
May 1, 2024
The down-south rappers talk humble beginnings, alter egos, and not giving a fuck.
SINGER
“This Is Our Duet”: Moses Sumney, in Conversation with Ayo Edebiri
April 29, 2024
With a new EP on the way, the musician and actor got on a call with his friend and fan to talk about the Rapture, leaving L.A., and learning to say no.
SOUND ADVICE
George Clanton Hopes They’re Playing Seal in Heaven
April 29, 2024
For this week’s Sound Advice, vaporwave king George Clanton paid respects to British musician Seal and shared the backstory behind his many monikers.
DOOM
Bladee’s Drug of Choice Is God
April 26, 2024
Ahead of his latest album, “Cold Visions,” the elusive Swedish rapper provides the answers to lifeʼs big questions.
SOUND ADVICE
Pop Protegé Isaac Dunbar Tells Us What Happens After the House Party
April 26, 2024
“My current era is a little pissed off energy combined with spite,” says the 21-year-old. “My next era is total freedom, pure pop, and pure experimentation.”
Tour Diary
“Pulling Pork and Cranking Hogs”: On the Road With Mannequin Pussy
April 26, 2024
“I’m really enjoying looking very sweet and angelic while screaming in people’s faces for 45 minutes.”
SOUND ADVICE
Shane Lavers of Chanel Beads Trusts His Uber Driver With the Aux
April 22, 2024
For this week’s SOUND ADVICE, the NYC-based producer and scenester curated a sentimental playlist to mark the release of his debut album, “Your Day Will Come.”
SOUND ADVICE
Shoegaze Princess Wisp Makes Us the Ultimate Grunge Playlist
April 19, 2024
In this week’s SOUND ADVICE, TikTok’s shoegaze princess opens up her Pandora’s box and tells us the songs that make her cry and what she’ll be wearing when the world ends.
come-up
How 1010Benja Went From Church Boy to Hitmaker
April 18, 2024
“What an artist does, now more than ever, needs to hark towards freedom,” says the singer-songwriter of his major label debut. “It’s not enough to have talent.”
HOT SEAT
“Fuck a Day Job”: Sematary Takes the Proust Questionnaire
April 18, 2024
What’s the best way to get to know the elusive 23-year-old rapper? In the mountains of upstate New York, we asked him to complete the infamous Proust questionnaire.
CHEF
benny blanco Serves Ali Wong His Spiciest Food Takes
April 17, 2024
One of pop music’s most prolific hitmakers is also die-hard food fanatic on the verge of publishing his first cookbook. Here, he connects with his friend to share the culinary dos and don’ts he lives by.