Pop Culture

I probably wouldn’t be writing if it weren’t for Spencer Kornhaber. Not just this article, but maybe at all — discovering his pop culture analysis at The Atlantic during my first magazine journalism class in college in early 2020, which I’d taken only because it fulfilled a requirement, I was struck by how all-encompassing journalism
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Snarls have returned with a new track, ‘Big Fish’. The track was recorded with former Death Cab For Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, who worked with the band on 2021’s What About Flowers? EP.  Listen to it below. “I’ve spent the majority of my life having trouble feeling truly deserving of what is mine, but after
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GQ columnist Chris Black enjoys chasing the conversation as much as the next Twitter power user. But more and more, he writes, civilians and celebrities alike are exercising their posting fingers when they should be exercising a little restraint. By Chris Black October 19, 2023 This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With
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Hannah Van Loon, aka Tanukichan, has shared a new one-off single called ‘NPC’. Listen to it below. “‘NPC’, non-player character, is about exactly that,” Van Loon said in a statement. “Feeling like one person in a million, blending in and being a spectator to the mundaneness of life. Maybe avoiding some responsibilities.” “I wrote NPC
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In the watch industry, there is a desire for excitement, premium quality, and individualism. Only a few companies can address all three needs. Fortunately, BEHRENS, the Chinese luxury watch brand that worked with the likes of Chaykin, can. In this Watch Spotlight, we’ll focus on their watch Constell, a stylish and intriguing piece that is inspired
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Today #TheSimonettaLeinShow premieres its highly anticipated 6th Season! They have an astonishing list of celebrity guests to share with their audiences, getting REALER than ever before with incredible guests! As the current state of the world continues to unfold throughout 2023, Simonetta never stops building upon her plethora of relationships rooted in genuine human connection. Through the biggest Hollywood strike of
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Mustafa is back with his first new music since the release of his album When Smoke Rises in 2021. The Toronto artist co-produced ‘Name of God’ with Aaron Dessner and Simon Hessman. Check it out via the self-directed video below. Mustafa shared the following statement about the new song: I never felt like the Nubian
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In Chapter Three of our ongoing project, the young actor talks candidly about coming of age over the last few years — a process he calls “adultifying” — during which he turned a professional corner, discovered a cohort of colorful peers, and learned to embrace his spirit of rebellion. By Daniel Riley Photography by Cass
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Sprouted from a Henry James novella, Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast is a melodrama set at the end of human feeling. Told with vague sci-fi mechanics, the film unveils a technofascist AI-run future. Its world is depopulated and barren. Architecture and interior design are minimalist and sterile. It’s a Mark Fisher incarnation of the year 2044,
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Mali Velasquez is a singer-songwriter who grew up in Texas and is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. After posting a video of herself performing an early version of ‘Bobby’ – a song in which she lays down memories surrounding the loss of her mother when she was in high school – producer Josef “Jos” Kuhn
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A comprehensive Taylor-themed survey of your non-Taylor filmed-entertainment options By Esther Zuckerman October 12, 2023 Photograph: Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte Have you heard? A little-known artist is releasing a small film this weekend. Just kidding: It’s time for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour to hit screens across the country and for the Swifties in
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Ice Spice made her debut as the musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live last night (October 14). She performed ‘In Ha Mood’ and, following a surprise introduction from Taylor Swift, the recent single ‘Pretty Girl’ alongside Rema. Watch it happen below. Prior to Swift’s appearance during the SNL season premiere, Travis Kelce also made
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Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, and Benny Safdie excel as ethically challenged do-gooders in a wild, merciless new Showtime series. By Ariel LeBeau October 13, 2023 Nathan Fielder as Asher and Emma Stone as Whitney in The Curse.Beth Garrabrant/Showtime Around the time the second prosthetic penis appears, the first episode of The Curse makes it clear
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The songs on the rest, like the voices of boygenius, are often tangled up. Phoebe Bridgers uses that exact phrase on ‘Voyager’, relaying the intimate language of a chaotic relationship that echoes the one she longed to escape on boygenius’ 2018 self-titled EP. When she first played the song at a London show in July 2022,
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The first lyric on Daydreamer might be its best. “I don’t wanna waste my time again obsessing ‘bout how nothing fits,” indie rocker Molly Burch sings on the string-heavy ‘Made of Glass’. This lyric, and others like it that jumped out when listening to her fourth album, are astoundingly tuned-in to the angst, loneliness, and
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