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GQ’s Rachel Tashjian sends a letter of adoration to the New York artist who’s turning celebrity fandom on its head.  By Rachel Tashjian Photography by David Brandon Greeting March 24, 2021 Dear Sam, When I was first assigned to write a profile of you for America’s premier men’s magazine, I was already impressed with your

The rapper’s debut album, out Friday, is full of the bouncy, hard-hitting trap he’s known for as well as a few stylistic swerves. By John Norris March 24, 2021 YBN NahmirCourtesy of Atlantic Records What a difference a few months makes. On November 23rd 2020, one of the most charismatic young rappers of recent years

The two monsters share a tangled history of eccentric genius and intellectual property that culminates in this week’s Godzilla vs. Kong blockbuster. By Keith Phipps March 24, 2021 Illustration by Simon Abranowicz “They have an ancient rivalry,” Rebecca Hall’s Dr. Ilene Andrews says gravely in the trailer to Godzilla vs. Kong. Undoubtedly, the movie will

On the murders in Atlanta and the long history that got us here. By Anthony Christian Ocampo March 23, 2021 Illustration by Simon Abranowicz Dear Randy, Your first Instagram post, dated May 2017, includes a photo of you and your mother, Hyun Jung Grant, at your high school graduation. You’re in your purple graduation gown,

Back in 2005, Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham quietly put out an album called Superwolf and watched it become a cult classic. Now, at long last, they’re releasing the follow-up—and repping old-fashioned virtues like friendship, collaboration, and the reckless pursuit of life-changing art.  March 23, 2021 Click for fashion credits. When the guitarist Matt Sweeney

Pearce plays hedonistic painter Han van Meegeren in The Last Vermeer, and next will star in HBO’s Mare of Easttown. By Scott Meslow March 22, 2021 A time traveler could throw an interesting dinner party just by rounding up all the historical figures played by Guy Pearce over the course of his career: Andy Warhol;

The director unloads his grand plan for the DC Cinematic Universe, if he’d stayed at the helm. By Frazier Tharpe March 19, 2021 Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, and Zack Snyder on set for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 2021.Courtesy of Clay Enos for HBO Max Zack Snyder’s Justice League has finally arrived, and with it, a

Younger, lighter, and more social-media focused than Euphoria and We Are Who We Are, Genera+ion might be the most authentically Gen Z series HBO has yet produced. By Roxana Hadadi March 19, 2021 The staticky sound of the HBO bumper has for years been synonymous with a specific kind of adult programming: the delightfully complex profanity of

The massage parlor shooting in Atlanta will be a test case for Georgia’s new hate crime laws, which are less than a year old. By Colin Groundwater March 19, 2021 A rally against AAPI hate crimes in Bellevue, Washington, March 18, 2021.Jason Redmond / Getty Images This Tuesday, a 21-year-old man killed eight people in

This week’s shooting in Atlanta was the culmination of a pattern that’s been growing throughout the past year: Asian women are at massively disproportionate risk for racist violence. By Danielle Cohen March 18, 2021 Demonstrators rally in Los Angeles against a spike in violence toward Asian Americans, March 13, 2021.Ringo Chiu / Getty Images On

Every new scene addition and difference in The Snyder Cut, explained. By William Goodman March 18, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz The long and winding road to Zack Snyder’s Justice League has finally reached its destination. Colloquially known as “The Snyder Cut,” the fan-demanded, four-hour epic has finally debuts on HBO Max, marking the conclusion

The much-maligned superhero epic may not be great IP management, but five years later it holds up as a fascinating watch. By Tres Dean March 16, 2021 Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Warner Bros. Superhero films typically function as four-quadrant crowd-pleasers. They operate

Ignorance, Tamara Lindeman’s new album as The Weather Station, is her most sonically adventurous and critically acclaimed release yet. By Will Schube March 17, 2021 Ignorance by The Weather Station, 2021.Courtesy of Fat Possum and Next Door Tamara Lindeman had a feeling that The Weather Station’s new album was pretty good. Recorded in 2019, and

Last year, BTS’s first all-English song broke streaming records and earned the band their first Grammy nomination. GQ speaks to one half of the British songwriting duo behind the song to find out exactly how they did it. By Olive Pometsey March 16, 2021 BTS at the Grammy Awards, March 14, 2021.Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

The animation legend and director of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle won’t comment on movies because he’s too busy picking up trash. By Colin Groundwater March 16, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz The filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is a legendary artist, a bankable box office bet—and a certified grump. An interview from November surfaced today

Mank leads the pack, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell broke up the Best Director boys club, and Delroy Lindo was robbed. By Keith Phipps March 15, 2021 LaKeith Stanfield at the 2018 Academy Awards.Kelsey McNeal / Getty Images This was never going to be a typical batch of Oscar nominations. Nothing about 2020 was typical

The young director’s swooping, frenetic live performance shoots are changing the music video game. By Grant Rindner March 15, 2021 Courtesy of KAITO Pop quiz: Which sunglasses-clad artist has helped fill arenas and is known for their work with Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, 6LACK, and The Weeknd? Future might come to mind first, but 24-year-old

No. But we shopped around for a professional ethicist to tell us otherwise anyway.  By Colin Groundwater March 12, 2021 Illustration by C.J. Robinson Everybody wants the jab, and soon everyone will be able to get it: the Biden administration has announced that the COVID vaccine will be available to every American adult by May