Competitive sobriety: the new drunk
As people trade booze-filled nights for earlier bedtimes and “alcohol free” spirits, we question this sobering exchange of intoxication for wellness.
How to build a viral TikTok star
Unsigned and unheard of musicians are signing record deals off the back of perplexing 15-second clips gone viral. TikTok Europe’s head of music partnerships lifts the lid.
This is what 10+ years of Botox looks like
One of the world’s most common cosmetic interventions is growing in popularity among younger people – so what does a lifetime of Botox really look like?
The TikTok account putting our favourite dramas to shame
Thea von Engelbrecht started Sylvanian Drama to cure her quarantine boredom. Now, her self-deprecating, darkly hilarious animal-themed videos have over one million fans to their name.
This week’s Euphoria looks were full of British designers
The red-hot teen drama saluted the Great British designers such as KNWLS, Claire Barrow and AUNE.
Supersonic youth: who said subcultures were dead?
We’ve trawled the depths of TikTok, the nichest corners of the internet, London’s sweatiest clubs and local shopping centres to find out what all the cool kids are wearing. From mall rats and happy campers to medieval mystics and Depop drama queens, here’s where the youth are now pledging their sartorial allegiances...
Can Union Jack clothes ever be cool?
Head to head: the red, white and blue was unavoidable this Jubilee weekend. But with a history spanning Geri Halliwell and the far-right, can the Union Jack make a Cool Britannia return?
Goldie: “The ’90s had everything!”
My Media Diet: The dancefloor legend talks through his upcoming album, stripping it all back and his fears for the future of nightlife (tip: get off yer bloody phones).
Kanye West taps Demna Gvasalia for DONDA’s second release party
It’s been an eventful two weeks since Ye’s phantom album release party at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium. Now, he’s got fashion’s most subversive name by his side.
A new dawn for alt black girls
Black alternative people have always existed, but faced alienation in the scenes they inhabited, or ridicule within their own community. Now, propelled in part by poster girls like Rico Nasty and Doja Cat, things are changing, writes Yomi Adegoke.
100% Kamal: the singer-songwriter making sultry tunes to heal a broken heart
The 18-year-old Londoner spent two years juggling school work while writing tracks in the studio. Now, he’s fulfilling his musical dreams and collaborating with Dave in the process.
Nothing is off-camera for Victoria Paris, New York’s suddenly everywhere TikTok star
The 22-year-old has brought vlogging back into the mainstream, and via tireless uploading and interacting with “Victorians”, she’s reached one million followers in less than six months.
Who’s who in the juggernaut teen cast of Genera+ion
The HBO Max series was created by a teenage girl and her father, produced by Lena Dunham, and explores all the hype and glory of a post-everything generation.
Spike Island: free love, baggy jeans and Madchester
The Stone Roses’ mythologised 1990 event up North was the totem of a youth movement. Here, we chat to photographer Patrick Harrison, who shot a spread for THE FACE at the turn of the decade.
How emo made a comeback
From the fervour surrounding My Chemical Romance’s reunion gigs to TikTok’s E-Boys and E-Girls – via Billie Eilish’s green and black hair – emo is back. Here’s how and why.
Tyler, The Creator’s IGOR
Review: The idiosyncratic rapper’s sixth studio album features Solange and La Roux and taps into a gay relationship – but does it deliver on all accounts?
Alexa Demie: this is the girl
Volume 4 Issue 002: She’s the breakout actress of the year - one that could only have come from the city of dreams.