The Misshapes Look Back at Their Era-Defining Parties
Every Saturday night for five years in the mid-2000s, New York’s coolest kids descended on the Misshapes, a weekly downtown dance party. Come Monday morning, the rest of the world …
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How African Pop Stars Are Leading Music’s New Wave
Africa, with its 54 countries and more than 3,000 languages, is not a cultural monolith—and pop music is finally embracing its diversity. In recent years, African women have become some …
Vampire Weekend on ‘Only God Was Above Us’, Eclipse Show, & Sonic Evolution
On a cloudy, muggy spring Monday in Austin, Texas, 5,000 people filed into the Moody Amphitheater, an outdoor concert venue in Waterloo Park; a few dozen more gathered on the …
David Armstrong’s Photographs Offer Insight Into a Bygone Era
If David Armstrong hadn’t been a photographer, he would have made a brilliant writer. He was a keen lover of words, wisecracks, and stories, and to this day, a decade …
Tems on Her Debut Album, ’Born in the Wild,’ Home in Nigeria, & Finding Her Voice
“Nobody can understand the food,” the Nigerian songbird Tems tells me, beaming. “Plantain and eggs, this bean stew called ewa riro, and this really soft, dense bread called agege. It’s …
Pharrell Williams on His First Tiffany & Co. Jewelry Collection
When Pharrell Williams was growing up in Virginia Beach, his grandmother took him to the Neptune Festival, a parade in the Seven Cities region. The annual celebration honored one local …
How BFRND Translates Balenciaga’s Collections Into Music
You met Demna, the artistic director of Balenciaga, in 2016. A year later, the two of you were married in Switzerland and you created your first soundtrack for a Balenciaga …
I Had a Learning Lesson
On the day of the recent earthquake in New York City, Romy Mars was posing for W in a tiny house in Queens. The ceiling cracked slightly when the room …
Artist Jennifer Rochlin Tells Her Life Story, One Wonky Pot at a Time
Behind the home that Jennifer Rochlin shares with her twin teenage sons in Altadena, outside of Los Angeles, you’ll find a garden full of sycamores, sage, saltbush, mallow, and milkweed. …