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SOUND ADVICE

August Ponthier Made Us a Playlist to Get Into the Southern Sapphic Spirit

February 4, 2026

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Texas-born, New York-based singer made us a playlist and revealed their most lesbian trait.

POP GIRL

Madison Beer Doesn’t Want to Remember 2016

January 29, 2026

After dropping her her third studio album, “Locket,” the 26-year-old pop girlie called us up mid-promo tour to talk leaks, Los Angeles, and living in the moment.

SOUND ADVICE

Jonah Abraham of Toy Soldier Shares the Sounds that Shaped His Manic Debut

January 27, 2026

In this week’s Sound Advice, the producer Jonah Abraham, better known as Toy Soldier, made us a playlist of pulsating beats to mark the release of his first EP, “Help Me.”

BACKSTAGE

Bess Wohl Wrote a Play About Feminism. It’s So Good That Lily Allen Saw It Twice.

January 27, 2026

In conversation, the playwright took Lily Allen inside “Liberation,” her smash-hit Broadway play about a group of women grappling with second-wave feminism in the early 1970s.

ARCHIVES

“White Music Is In Incredible Decline”: David Bowie, by Glenn O’Brien

January 26, 2026

On the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s 10th studio album, “Station to Station,” we went into the archives to revisit his Interview spread, by Glenn O’Brien and Herb Ritts.

POP

The Femcels: Holy Noise, Horny Despair and the Art of Dreaming Yourself Alive

January 23, 2026

Rowan Miles and Gabi Turton, the duo behind London’s sexiest new girl group, joined us to talk about their debut record, “I Have to Get Hotter.”

SOUND ADVICE

Chicago Rapper Sunshine Benzi Has a Message For Donald Trump

January 22, 2026

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Chicago-based rapper behind the viral hit “Trump the Bill” made us a playlist of what the baddies are listening to.

SOUND ADVICE

What Brothers Nat & Alex Wolff Learned on Tour With Billie Eilish

January 15, 2026

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the brotherly pop duo and one-time Nickelodeon stars, now all grown up, make us a playlist to mark their return to music.

NOW PLAYING

How Did Daniel Blumberg Follow Up His Oscar Win? With Another Banger Score.

January 14, 2026

The Oscar-winning composer joined his friend and collaborator, director Brady Corbet, to talk about cinematic language and his explosive score for “The Testament of Ann Lee.”

NEWCOMERS

Meet the Five Artists Making Magic With Anima Studios

December 31, 2025

We asked five up-and-coming artists represented by the insurgent creative agency to give us a peek inside the creative processes.

'TIS THE SEASON

What Sabrina Carpenter, Harris Dickinson, and More Interview Stars Listened to in 2025

December 24, 2025

In this next installment of our year-end round-ups, we compiled music recommendations from Interview cover stars Sabrina Carpenter and Jeremy Allen White—and so many more.

NOW PLAYING

Daniel Lopatin on the Music and Mania of Marty Supreme

December 22, 2025

On a frigid afternoon in early December, we met up with the artist known as Oneohtrix Point Never to discuss his addictive, anachronistic score for Josh Safdie’s latest.

VIBRATION

Arthur Jafa on Strip Clubs, Transhumanism, and the Boundless Black Imagination

December 15, 2025

Ahead of his MoMA’s Artist’s Choice series the 65-year-old provocateur spoke with his friend, musician Christelle Oyiri, about control, collapse, and everything in between.

TOUR DIARY

How Magdalena Bay Turned their Concept Album into a Live Sci-Fi Spectacle

December 15, 2025

Before heading out on the European leg of their “Imaginal Mystery” tour, the alt-pop duo joined us to talk rituals, REM, and their nostalgia for a simpler iteration of the internet.

POP

Cloudy Heart Is the First Pop Star Built for the Infinite Scroll

December 12, 2025

Jon Rafman’s AI pop star answers questions from other digital-native artists about the weird, corrupted online world that created her.

BORICUA

Young Miko’s Heart and Mind Is on DND

December 11, 2025

Ahead of the release of her latest album, “Do Not Disturb”—a title that doubles as a mantra—the Puerto Rican superstar answers some questions about her come up.

ICON

“I Don’t Think God’s Done With Me”: Dolly Parton, in Conversation With Zac Brown

December 11, 2025

Last month, the Backwoods Barbie joined the three-time Grammy winner to talk about staying humble, keeping the faith, and the pair’s new duet, “Butterfly.”

SOUND ADVICE

Skype Williams DJ’d Our Holiday Party and Left a Gift Just for You

December 8, 2025

In a special and very merry installment of Sound Advice, our favorite DJ made a copy of the playlist that got the crowd moving at our office holiday party on Friday night.

COUNTRY

Jessie Murph Is Manifesting Her Destiny

December 8, 2025

The 21-year-old Alabama firecracker tells us why she’s keeping her head high—and her hair even higher.

SIMPLE LIFE

Summer Walker and Paris Hilton on Looking Hot Forever

December 3, 2025

The notoriously shy singer opens up to her fellow mommy and musician about life in the spotlight.