What’s better than one queer country icon releasing a single? Two queer country icons coming together to release a single. And now that dream is a reality: Today, Trixie Mattel of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame and Orville Peck, noted gay cowboy bandit and psychedelic country musician, dropped a joint cover of Johnny Cash’s “Jackson.” Mattel […]

“This book has haunted me.”

This week, Saturday Night Live announced that it would be featuring an unusual host: Billionaire entrepreneur and self-proclaimed “technoking” Elon Musk. Musk, who is one of the richest people in the world, has long been a polarizing figure. He appears to be quite happy about hosting SNL, and tweeted, “Let’s find out just how live […]

This year, the Oscars attempted to host a semi-virtual ceremony that was supposed to play out like a movie. It did this with mixed levels of success — until the ending. For weeks leading up to the Oscars, speculators agreed on one thing: The late Chadwick Boseman seemed guaranteed to win Best Actor for his […]

“I THRIVE AT THE OFFICE.” “THIS WEEKEND WILL BE LEGENDARY.” “I AM SANE.” These are just a few of the quotes you’ll find on the Instagram account @afffirmations, a motivational page that promises something called “Global Self Hypnosis.” Scroll through afffirmations’ posts and you’ll find blurry, heavily edited, technicolor images emblazoned with enthusiastic quotes like […]

David Cook is a proven champion. On his new EP, The Looking Glass, the American Idol winner offers us a window into the private world and public ambitions of someone whose greatest competitor has always been himself. The first song, “Champion,” expresses Cook’s determination to speak out and win against any and all odds. It’s […]

Emily Wolfe just released “Something Better,” the first single off her upcoming album, Outlier, out June 25. A virtuosic musician who has already made a real name for herself in the guitar community, Wolfe is the kind of artist whom you can just tell was born to play. Wolfe has been playing the guitar since […]

Remember when the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, holding up global shipping channels and resisting every attempt to free it until it was gently lifted out of its predicament by the moon? Well, everyone’s favorite giant green problem child is stuck again, albeit in a different kind of hostage situation. Yes, the […]

Indie artist BIIANCO truly went above and beyond for her latest release, which is accompanied by nothing less than an interactive video game. For her brooding new single “that’s what friends are for,” the LA-based, Queens-born artist and producer was inspired by R. L. Stine’s “Choose Your Own Adventure”-style Give Yourself Goosebumps books to create […]

Today, we lost Prince Philip at age 99. The stoic Philip was married to Queen Elizabeth for 74 years, giving her four children, eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren, and playing an integral role in shaping the British monarchy for generations to come. Though Philip and Elizabeth had been married for an eternity by modern standards, […]