Vijat Mohindra Every month, The FADER’s Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. Fly Anakin feat. Quelle Chris, $illkmoney, &…
Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images for TRAPSTAR A few years ago, headlines on the Internet declared that the era of sagging was over. The youths were no longer waddling around…
Photo by Tori Harvin JT’s dalliance with queer culture didn’t start this weekend. It started in 2023 with the internet-shaking lyric on her song “No Bars”: “Pretty like a transgender.”…
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Charli xcx rolled out The Moment, a mockumentary? Charli xcx’s new movie The Moment is not a concert film, she said,…
Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images A few weeks ago, when Charli xcx announced that she’d made a Substack, there was much speculation about what she’d be posting there. Would it…
Igor Keller has never been afraid of a left-field concept, but his latest project, The Merry Blacksmith’s Song Bucket — out October 31 — might be one of his most…
Jessy Blakemore possesses one of those voices that’s just meant to be famous. The rapper Russ seemed to recognize this when he heavily sampled one of her songs for his…
Los Angeles-based singer Valentina Cy only began uploading songs under the name Oxis in 2023 but has already released seven albums. That prolificness doesn’t seem to dampen her ability to…
Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By Steffanee Wang photos by Lucas Creighton; Alisa Seripap; @mariamevoy___ Each week, The…
Photos by Bridgette Winten The members of Australian band Folk Bitch Trio are bundled up and reasonably happy about it when I reach them over Zoom in November, a few…