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July 19, 2019

Culture

I Wasn’t a Fan of BTS. And Then I Was.

Lenika Cruz

July 18, 2019

Books

The Problem With ‘Good’ Taste

Joe Fassler

July 18, 2019

Music

The Puzzling Ubiquity of Ed Sheeran

Spencer Kornhaber

July 17, 2019

Ed Sheeran at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale

Culture

The Murky Ethics of Posthumous Music

Spencer Kornhaber

July 16, 2019

Wax figures of Whitney Houston were unveiled at Madame Tussauds in 2013. Now her unreleased music is set for a reveal.

Science

Not a Human, but a Dancer

Ed Yong

July 8, 2019

Music

Thom Yorke’s Beautiful New Nightmare

Spencer Kornhaber

June 29, 2019

Thom Yorke and his partner, Dajana Roncione, perform with a phalanx of sleepy dancers in Paul Thomas Anderson's Netflix short for 'Anima.'

Culture

If the Beatles Had Been One Man

Shirley Li

June 27, 2019

Himesh Patel as Jack Malik in Danny Boyle's 'Yesterday'

Music

Hot Chip Hones the Meaning of ‘Ecstasy’

Spencer Kornhaber

June 25, 2019

Culture

Political Punk Rock That Protests Its Own Singer

Spencer Kornhaber

June 21, 2019

Culture

The Queasy Double Message of Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’

Spencer Kornhaber

June 17, 2019

Culture

Bruce Springsteen Takes His Car to the Old Town Road

Spencer Kornhaber

June 13, 2019

Culture

Dr. John’s Reverent Subversion of New Orleans Cliché

David A. Graham

June 7, 2019

Black Mirror

Black Mirror’s Miley Cyrus Episode Isn’t That Far-Fetched

Spencer Kornhaber

June 6, 2019

Culture

A Generation of Stars Working Out Queerness in Their Songs

Spencer Kornhaber

May 28, 2019

Culture

I Ran a Backstreet Boys Website for Superfans

Dena Ogden

May 18, 2019

Culture

The Houston Rapper Taking the Industry by Storm

Hannah Giorgis

May 17, 2019

Culture

Carly Rae Jepsen Is Getting Weirder—And It’s Brilliant

Spencer Kornhaber

May 17, 2019

Culture

The National Further Complicates Its Sadness

Spencer Kornhaber

May 16, 2019

Books

The Purgatory That Comes After Losing a Child

Joe Fassler

May 16, 2019

Technology

Hello Fellow Kids, It’s Me, the New Morning Edition Theme

Robinson Meyer

May 11, 2019

Culture

What Song Exploder Has Taught Us

James Parker

June 2019 Issue

Culture

The Anti-party Anthem Contending for Song of the Summer

Spencer Kornhaber

May 10, 2019

Culture

Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride Is an Ambivalent Epic About World Peace

Spencer Kornhaber

May 3, 2019

A publicity image of Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig

Culture

Finding Comfort in the Gloomy Beauty of The Cure’s Disintegration

Jason Heller

May 3, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

The Blind Spot of Beyoncé’s Lion King Soundtrack

I Wasn’t a Fan of BTS. And Then I Was.

The Problem With ‘Good’ Taste

The Puzzling Ubiquity of Ed Sheeran

The Murky Ethics of Posthumous Music

Not a Human, but a Dancer

Thom Yorke’s Beautiful New Nightmare

If the Beatles Had Been One Man

Hot Chip Hones the Meaning of ‘Ecstasy’

Political Punk Rock That Protests Its Own Singer

The Queasy Double Message of Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’

Bruce Springsteen Takes His Car to the Old Town Road

Dr. John’s Reverent Subversion of New Orleans Cliché

Black Mirror’s Miley Cyrus Episode Isn’t That Far-Fetched

A Generation of Stars Working Out Queerness in Their Songs

I Ran a Backstreet Boys Website for Superfans

The Houston Rapper Taking the Industry by Storm

Carly Rae Jepsen Is Getting Weirder—And It’s Brilliant

The National Further Complicates Its Sadness

The Purgatory That Comes After Losing a Child

Hello Fellow Kids, It’s Me, the New Morning Edition Theme

What Song Exploder Has Taught Us

The Anti-party Anthem Contending for Song of the Summer

Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride Is an Ambivalent Epic About World Peace

Finding Comfort in the Gloomy Beauty of The Cure’s Disintegration

What Do They Get From Rock ’n’ Roll?

Kitty Hawk

Symphony or Musical Comedy?

The Making of The Magic Mountain

The Excitement of Friendship