Category: Music

On Sunday, Lacoste presented its Fall 2025 collection on the Philippe-Chatrier tennis court at the Roland-Garros stadium, as Creative Director Pelagia Kolotouros found inspiration in the brand’s tennis heritage and Founder René Lacoste’s life as both a tennis champion and socialite. In the ’30s, Lacoste mixed with all sorts of cultural shapers — actors, athletes and fashion icons of the day. Much like then, the Lacoste show brought together stars like Venus Williams, Adrien Brody, and South Korean pop artist … Continue reading “Getting Lacoste Afterparty Ready With HEYOON”

Haley Reinhart was always a bit ahead of her time. The 34-year-old retro soul singer has had an interesting career, which started when she finished in third on the 2011 season of American Idol. Since then, she’s carved out her own distinct lane in the music industry as someone who blends raw soul with a futuristic approach to old-time sounds. Take her upcoming yet-to-be-released single, “Danger,” for example. “I feel like it captures all the things that make me the … Continue reading “Haley Reinhart, a Retro Soul for the Future”

“Hard work doesn’t always equal a pay off,” says Lizette Lizette, “Sometimes you just get burned out and that’s it.” The nonbinary Swedish artist, who just relocated to New York City, is grappling with this reality on their latest release, “Work,” an aptly titled indie-pop song addressing the false promises of our “American Dream.” On it, they sing about feelings of boredom, impatience and sickness as a result of endless labor that can often lead nowhere. “It’s a trap,” Lizette … Continue reading “Lizette Lizette Channels Patrick Bateman in 'Work'”

Though the band’s seventh studio album, 2004’s The Sunlandic Twins is often regarded as of Montreal’s real breakthrough moment, as the album’s 20th-anniversary approaches, Kevin Barnes, the band’s frontperson and songwriter, looks back at the release as a pivotal moment without being too nostalgic. “I’m not really a nostalgic person in general,” Barnes tells PAPER, ahead of the re-release of the album, which includes new B-sides and deep cuts. “But I’m not really cynical, either, I can appreciate what a … Continue reading “Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes Isn't Too Nostalgic”

Last week right before the start of Lent, Brazil celebrated Carnival, the country’s biggest, wildest, most colorful, days-long party of the year with non-stop music, dancing and street parades. The biggest spectacle happens in Rio de Janeiro, but each city has its own vibe for the occasion. São Paulo also has huge parades, while Salvador is more about street parties called trios elétricos, where massive trucks with speakers blast music, and people follow behind dancing. Throughout Carnival, Brazilian superstar Ludmilla … Continue reading “A Week at Carnival with Brazilian Superstar Ludmilla”

It is impossible for any musician, at any level, to 100 percent prevent the leaking of music. Beyoncé, Madonna, Radiohead, Kanye West and Harry Styles are among the superstars who’ve fallen victim to leaks of upcoming albums this century, and less than a year ago it happened to Taylor Swift, with The Tortured Poets Department. But in the fast-and-loose, run-and-gun world of underground hip-hop, where previewing snippets of often unfinished music weeks and months before a project drops is de … Continue reading “OsamaSon Is Riding High on Rap’s New Wave”

On a new track, a recipient of the gospel of Six Sex exclaims at the altar of the “princess of perreo”: “Thank you Six Sex, my ass is bigger!” The club diva, co-signed by the likes of Charli xcx, caught up with PAPER ahead of the release of X-Sex. “It’s a transition, because I have, along the way, done different genres and styles of music,” she says. “My last EP was definitely club music, and this one has some sparks … Continue reading “The Gospel of Six Sex”

Annie DiRusso’s latest single is all about a guy you — unfortunately — know. The percussion-heavy, witty, blistering guitar track is rampant with nods to “my friend’s shitty ass film school ex-boyfriend who’s always telling people how to make their art but never really making any of his own,” DiRusso tells us. Just before the track peaks, merging her voice over a swirl of guitar chords, she howls: “You know what I think’s cheap?/ Saying you’re a writer and not … Continue reading “Annie DiRusso and Caroline Calloway Star in 'Good Ass Movie'”

If you’ve ever felt the pangs of fandom — heart attacks while waiting in Ticketmaster queues, showing up to the venue nearly a day before the performance, textbook knowledge of all the lore, feelings and interviews around your fav’s album and (of course) a beating desire to be able to speak with them (or, hell, dance with them) in person — then you’ll likely vibe with Spotify’s latest fan-focused event. Last week, in a Brooklyn warehouse, Lady Gaga’s biggest fans … Continue reading “Inside Lady Gaga's Little Monster 'Mayhem' Press Conference”

If The Fame was a manifestation, MAYHEM is Lady Gaga’s temperature check — and a confident one at that. Now, nearly two decades into the pop star’s mountain-like career, we’ve seen her lunge in all directions to fight against, escape from and through it all, create her own artistic reality. At times, this has meant landing on entire planets that only exist in Gaga’s mind (and, by proxy, all of ours). We followed her into the past and also the … Continue reading “Lady Gaga: 'My Mayhem Is That There's Lots of Me's'”