Lil Nas X Is Revving Up
.“I’m a manifester!” Lil Nas X hums from his makeup chair where he’s getting dolled up before his PAPER shoot in New York. Just hours ago, the internet savant-turned globally…
Tori Amos Takes Advice From the Muses
Tori Amos’ creative path has never been linear. A child piano prodigy, she was the youngest student ever admitted to Baltimore’s prestigious Peabody Academy, but her parents’ dreams of raising…
Daniel Seavey Runs It Back
Daniel Seavey leans back while tanning on a lounge chair, the bright blue Los Angeles sky framing his highlighted hair. As he moves the phone during our video call, pool…
Grace Bowers, Guitar Genius
Grace Bowers may just be 18 years old, but she plays with the veracity and ease of a guitar god three times her age. Picking up the instrument at just…
It’s Laundry Day Season
It’s not every day you get to experience such a live TikTok. Throughout our intimate shoot with Laundry Day, the now viral boy band spontaneously breaks out into song —…
Rhea Raj and Aliyah’s Interlude Are the Main Characters
“HAUTE COUTURE,” the new single from Rhea Raj and Aliyah’s Interlude, is all about dressing up, showing out and taking up space. Built on booming club drums and confident verses,…
Cortisa Star On Her Miu Miu Debut: ‘I’m Going Everywhere’
In her new single, Cortisa Star raps, “Face card don’t decline/ I ain’t playing, even Prada want me.” The track, “PARIS,” comes from a true experience. Just this past week,…
Japanese Breakfast Climbs the Magic Mountain
On Michelle Zauner’s advice, I read Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain on the six-hour flight from New York to LA. During our Zoom interview, we discussed the book’s cult appeal…
Marie Davidson Wants You to Dance Away the Algorithm
Few would probably think The Age of Surveillance Capitalism could work as the basis of a techno record. Those people don’t know Marie Davidson.The Québécois musician’s latest album, City of…
Rio Romeo Puts a Hit Out On Creeps
Rio Romeo's new track "JOHNNYSCOTT" was "inspired by a local creepy groomer guy, and how he finally got what was coming to him." In the song, the protagonist seeks vengeance…