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Carly Rae Jepsen Gets in the Zone
The Real Life of Arlo Parks • Her character-driven songs have won wide acclaim. Now she’s embracing a new transparency
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George Clinton’s Visions • The P-Funk pioneer has become an accomplished painter and visual artist, expanding his universe on canvas
‘Party Down’ Parties On • Starz’s revival reunites everybody’s favorite supremely awkward cater-waiters
The ‘Cocaine Bear’ Cinematic Universe • IN THE NEW COMEDY HORROR Cocaine Bear, out Feb. 24, a 500-pound black bear goes on a psychotic killing rampage after scarfing down a duffel bag of blow. (Um, spoiler alert?) It’s pure, uncut B-movie magic — and a guaranteed hit rife with sequel potential. We decided to give Hollywood an assist with some ideas from throughout the animal kingdom.
Can Songwriting Be Saved? • Writing songs for top acts used to be a reliable source of income. Now, writers face trouble making ends meet
The Great Shape-Shifter • He captured the angst of late-Seventies England with the Specials’ ska hits — then spent the rest of his career exploding all expectations
Lil Tjay’s Second Life • The rising star almost saw his story cut short after getting shot seven times. His new music speaks to his gratitude
Don Omar • On starting a farm, releasing his long-awaited album, and wanting to star in a comedy with Cardi B
Guns, Grift, and Gore: The Life and Times of an Arms-Dealing Hustler • Inside the strange saga of former paratrooper and ‘pathological liar’ Ross Roggio, who federal prosecutors allege was a one-man crime wave
Boygenius Are Back in Town • What powers the world’s most exciting super-group? Friendship, sick books, and sicker songs
The 25 Most Stylish Musicians Now • Doja Cat flexed her wicked sense of fashion alchemy, Blackpink submitted their application for coolest band on the planet, and Beyoncé gave us ballroom — these artists have taken their musical craft and sartorial genius to a new level
The Fight of Marvin Gaye’s Life • For a brief moment in 1979, the fates of a tortured soul singer and a fast-rising boxer were entwined. Inside a pivotal, largely unknown chapter of Gaye’s story
Trump’s Killing Spree • Between the 1960s and 2020, the federal government had executed three people. Then Donald Trump put 13 people to death in six months. This is the inside story of why his administration rushed to execute every inmate it could — and the cruel calculations the president used to dole out death
The Avengers • Eight women tell ‘Rolling Stone’ they were raped or assaulted by the same man. The system won’t help them — so now they’re seeking justice on their own
Music • The emo icons stare down a world on fire and come up with a brave new album
Pam Grier • The legend on her Hollywood legacy and why she carries a chain saw