AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatar4 hours agoThe best albums of the last monthverified_publisherDAZED - Günseli YalcinkayaIt’s the end of March, which means Easter Bank Holiday is officially here (sorry, freelancers)! Whether you’re planning a weekend away or having a chill one, this month’s album releases have us sorted for whatever vibe the days ahead might bring. OK disclaimer: the selection is... varied. We’ve got …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatar6 hours agoThe only tracks you need to hear from the last monthverified_publisherDAZED - Günseli YalcinkayaSpring is officially here, which means the days are getting longer, and it won’t be long til the cold months are a distant memory. Easing us into the new season, this month’s track selection has been a particularly joyful ride. There’s been new releases by the likes of Two Shell and FKA twigs’ …
AvatarDAZED1 day agoLorde covers ‘Take Me to the River’ for Talking Heads tribute albumverified_publisherDAZED - Halima JibrilNew Zealand pop star Lorde has shared her contribution to A24’s Stop Making Sense tribute album, Everyone’s Getting Involved. The album pays homage to the iconic new wave band Talking Heads. She accompanied her rendition of “Take Me to the River” – originally written by Al Green and then recorded by …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatar1 day agoHyperdub at 20: an oral history of the pioneering London labelverified_publisherDAZED - Sam DaviesSomeone shouts this, embarrassingly, across the dancefloor, about an hour into Kode9’s ‘history of Hyperdub’ set at Fabric. The DJ has just switched from dubstep to footwork, which is cause enough for one crowd member to vocalise their astonishment. We’re in Room 1, and the Hyperdub founder is …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe SoundCloud rapper, the internet’s most hated aestheticverified_publisherDAZED - Günseli YalcinkayaYou know the vibe: face tatts, piercings, wild-coloured hair. The SoundCloud rapper, arguably one of this generation’s most recognisable aesthetics, is one of the internet’s most notorious archetypes. The patron saint of the brain rot generation. The speaker of baffling bars that make little sense. …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatar2 days agoThe ELVIS Act takes steps to protect musicians’ voices from AI deepfakesverified_publisherDAZED - Thom WaiteMusic, like any creative industry, is in the process of being revolutionised by artificial intelligence – for better or worse, depending who you ask. On the one hand, musicians like Holly Herndon, Grimes, and Sevdaliza are using the technology as a tool for artistic innovation. On the other, …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatarMeet the anonymous artist behind Aphex Twin’s insane visualsverified_publisherDAZED - Jack NeedhamThis was originally published on September 27, 2017 When Aphex Twin released “Windowlicker” in 1999, its Chris Cunningham-directed video – at least in its edited, pre-watershed guise – could share MTV airtime with Eiffel 65’s “Blue” and “Mambo No. 5”. As a nine-year old at the time, the video …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatarBb Trickz is changing the face of Spanish rapverified_publisherDAZED - Shaad D'SouzaThis story is taken from the spring 2024 issue of Dazed. Order a copy here. Bb Trickz loves Spain. She’s proud to hail from Barcelona and loved growing up in one of the world’s greatest party cities. She has fond memories of her (still recent) teenage years in the coastal city: making cash as a …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatarCowboy Carter: the best memes from Beyoncé’s latest album rolloutverified_publisherDAZED - Thom WaiteIn case you hadn’t heard – despite the artwork being plastered over every inch of the internet – Beyoncé officially unveiled the album cover for her Renaissance follow-up, Cowboy Carter, earlier this week. As you might expect, this has dominated the cultural conversation for the last couple of days …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatarBillionhappy’s 5 big internet obsessionsverified_publisherDAZED - Günseli YalcinkayaA rising star in the Chinese hyperpop scene, Billionhappy is making his mark on the Shanghai underground with blissed-out tracks that are garnering tens of millions of streams. Having toured with the likes of Beijing rapper Blood Boiz, his music is a spacey restructuring of classic Chinese pop …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatarThe new wave of artists changing the sound of Londonverified_publisherDAZED - Isabella GuarnieriThis story is taken from the spring 2024 issue of Dazed. Order a copy here. hair john allan using loreal pro, barber nat bury at leftside creative, make-up porsche poon at artlist using charlotte tilbury, nails jenny arrowsmith using le manoir, talent ashden, artemas, bxks, chy cartier, holly …
AvatarDAZEDAvatarAvatarIn defense of Dylan Mulvaney’s pop songverified_publisherDAZED - Halima JibrilLast week, TikTok personality, actress and singer Dylan Mulvaney released her debut single “Days of Girlhood”, inspired by her TikTok series of the same name. The song is fun, summery, catchy and terrible, as all the best pop songs are. The song covers Mulvaney’s experiences as a transgender woman …