‘It had me weeping’: Nick Offerman, Leona Lewis and more on culture they loved in 2023 | Culture

Rosie Jones.

Rosie JonesComic and top doc makerAbba Voyage, London (2023) Rosie Jones. Photograph: Ejatu Shaw/The Guardian I went to Abba Voyage in March this year, for the second time, but this felt really special because I […]

Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023 | Music

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In truth, when pop music in 2023 comes to be considered by history, it will probably just be remembered as the Year of Taylor Swift. It’s hard to think of a moment in recent pop […]

‘The real story is more confusing than any lie’: the Armed’s Tony Wolski unmasks the punk collective | Music

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The Armed are a head-spinning proposition. The anonymous Detroit hardcore collective have spent the past 14 years hiding behind a carefully curated air of mystery and an anarchic sense of irony that has, in tandem […]

BET Awards honor hip-hop’s 50 years as stars pay tribute to late legends : NPR

BET Awards honor hip-hop's 50 years as stars pay tribute to late legends : NPR

Offset, left, and Quavo of Migos perform at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Mark Terrill/Mark Terrill/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Terrill/Mark Terrill/Invision/AP Offset, left, […]

Cordae & Naomi Osaka’s Baby Shower Photos Are Adorable

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Cordae has very few regrets in his professional and personal pursuits. His decision to remain tight-lipped about his partner, tennis star Naomi Osaka’s pregnancy, has left fans confused. However, they’ve remained excited to see what […]

‘I relate because I’m also that uncool guy’: inside Ed Sheeran’s mysterious fanbase | Ed Sheeran

‘I’m speccy, ginger hair, really short, English. That guy doesn’t become a pop star’ … Sheeran surrounded by fans in Los Angeles, May 2023.

Ed Sheeran is very aware of the contradictions at the heart of his superstardom. The first line of his new Disney+ documentary, The Sum of It All, finds the multi-platinum songwriter declaring: “I’m speccy, ginger […]

Berghain Bouncer Sven Marquardt brings photo exhibit to NY Art Week

Berghain Bouncer Sven Marquardt brings photo exhibit to NY Art Week

Berlin nightlife icon Sven Marquardt has announced his DISTURBING BEAUTY New York Art Week photo exhibition at ArtsDistrict Brooklyn May 18-21. In collaboration with New York nightlife impresarios Teksupport, DISTURBING BEAUTY will see the Berlin […]

Azealia Banks On Australia: ‘Culturally Stale White Nation’

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When it comes to Australia, Azealia Banks isn’t feeling the love. In a series of Instagram Stories shared yesterday (May 7), Banks wrote about how her recent single “New Bottega” was handled in Australia, claiming […]

The Weeknd Partners With Blue Bottle Coffee To Create Samra Origins

The Weeknd Partners With Blue Bottle Coffee To Create Samra Origins

Blue Bottle Coffee, a specialty coffee and roastery company,  is partnering with The Weeknd to create Samra Origins, a new coffee brand that honours Ethiopian culture.  The brand and product line is named after The Weeknd’s mother, […]

Black Angelenos go to Africa for a true Afrobeats experience

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The first thing Dee Williams noticed was that it felt like home. It was December 2019, and the Los Angeles-based photographer had just touched down in Accra, Ghana, for the first time. What she found […]

U2’s The Edge wants to be the ‘vanguard’ of the ‘resurgence’ of guitar music – Music News

U2's The Edge wants to be the 'vanguard' of the 'resurgence' of guitar music - Music News

U2 guitarist The Edge wants to be “the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars”. The 61-year-old rock legend has revealed he has a lot of “great material waiting” and that he hopes frontman Bonos LP […]