The Chilling White Lotus Scene That Epitomized 2022
[ad_1] At the end of the year, it’s time for reflection. Often, in popular culture, this boils down to lists and essays. But rarely do those capture the smaller moments…
The Uncanny Valley of Twitter’s 2022 Trends
[ad_1] When it comes to explaining the internet, tech writer Brian Feldman has a singular approach. He’s spent significant time investigating the roots of that one early viral video where…
Stormzy Has Built a Last-of-Its-Kind Social Media Empire
[ad_1] On November 25, UK grime artist Stormzy released his much-anticipated third album, This Is What I Mean. Critically lauded, the record marked an ambitious attempt from the multifaceted MC to encapsulate…
This Singer Deepfaked Her Own Voice—and Thinks You Should Too
[ad_1] In 2019, Herndon released PROTO, a collaboration with an AI created by Herndon and her regular group of collaborators, including her partner Mat Dryhurst. They called it Spawn and they…
TikTok Turned Lil Yachty’s ‘Poland’ Into a National Anthem
[ad_1] Lil Yachty’s “Poland” is 83 seconds long, jarringly repetitive, and purposefully obtuse. And yet, in the hands of TikTok, it’s become a smash, cracking the top half of the…
Shudder Is Transforming the Scary Movie
[ad_1] Craig Engler says these are boom times for horror. Then again, he would say that. Engler is the general manager of Shudder, a streaming service that is focused on…
John Carpenter Is Finally Happy—and Making Music
[ad_1] When he was 8 years old, John Carpenter picked up the violin. His father, a violinist himself and a music teacher, was his tutor. “The only problem,” Carpenter cackles…
How ‘The Mandalorian’ Inspired One of the Year’s Best Rap Videos
[ad_1] Like so many kids of the Blockbuster generation, the eclectic Miami rapper Denzel Curry, 27, grew up renting the same movie over and over. For Curry, it was Star…
MoviePass Has Stumbled Repeatedly. Why Does It Still Have Fans?
[ad_1] Recently, I got an email from MoviePass, the movie ticket subscription service that infamously went bust. It was a promo message announcing MoviePass’ return. It was signed by the…
For Julia Jacklin, a Crappy Old Casio Keyboard Changed Everything
[ad_1] On Julia Jacklin’s excellently strange new album Pre Pleasure there’s a song called “Too In Love to Die.” It’s very much literal. The besotted narrator ticks off a couple…
This Band Made a $3.44 Music Video. Then They Went Viral
[ad_1] In 2016, when 16-year-old Eamon Sandwith started the Chats with his buddies in the small Australian surf town of Coolum Beach, the goal was simple. “To get free piss…
Director Owen Kline Calls ‘Funny Pages’ His ‘Self-Critical’ Debut
[ad_1] On a recent weekday afternoon in Manhattan, the director Owen Kline, 30, sat on a glass-doored conference-room couch. He wore a blue velour fleece adorned with a shiny brooch…
Is Beyoncé’s Renaissance a Sign of the Apocalypse?
[ad_1] This week, Beyoncé released her seventh studio album, Renaissance. Soon—if the hidden messages in the album’s various promotional images are correct—the end days foretold in Revelation will come. Or,…
This Hardcore Band Is a Product of the Internet—in the Best Way
[ad_1] Hardcore, in the broadest strokes, follows a known live formula: a guy death-grips a microphone in his fist and screams about betrayal into a pack of other guys crowding…
This Band Wrote the Best ‘Legend of Zelda’ Song of 2022
[ad_1] Horse Jumper of Love is a rock band from Boston that makes the kind of music you might want playing in your hyperbaric chamber if you were stuck in…