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Here’s what you need to know about Lady Gaga’s Chromatica
The affecting ballads of Stefani Germanotta’s Joanne era are long gone: Party Gaga is back and everyone’s invited to her robo-wonderland.

Can clubbing make you gay?
A newly-published paper, Berghain: Space, Affect and Sexual Disorientation, examines how nightlife can shape our sexualities. Simon Doherty speaks to its researcher to find out more.

Shaun Ryder: “I’d forgotten I had made this album”
After making it big in reality TV, Madchester’s Mad Hatter is back with his first solo album in 18 years – a “delusional ADHD Sgt. Pepper”. His words, not ours.

Corbin Shaw is exploring masculinity in post-industrial spaces
The artist pays homage to the people and places that have shaped his northern identity – the pub, football pitches and boxing gyms – in his debut exhibition, Contender.

The VR exhibition taking you to the hedonistic heart of acid house
Award-winning filmmaker Darren Emerson captures the ecstasy of Coventry’s acid house rave scene in the late ’80s, recreating every exhilarating step of a typical night out.

Euphoria: hitting the show’s high (and low) notes with Labrinth
The Londoner is the soundtrack composer for Sam Levinson’s can’t-miss drama, embedded on the filmmakers’ set. As the series finale approaches, he gives us the scoop on making music with Zendaya.

Who the hell is Roy?
The Liverpudlian spoken-word performer, real name PJ Smith, released his debut collection Algorithm Party to critical acclaim. Now he’s taking his hilarious, observational stories about addiction and anxiety around the UK.

An oral history of Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen’s mental ward memoir was adapted into one of the most harrowing female-led films of the last 30 years. Director James Mangold and key members of the film’s crew look back on its making.

Stella McCartney takes a ride on the yellow submarine
Acid colours and trippy graphics make an appearance in the house’s latest collection exploring the psychedelia of The Beatles’ film.

If You Were There by Francisco Garcia – what it means to be missing
When Francisco Garcia was just seven, his father, Christobal, went missing. Now, his new book, If You Were There, attempts to unravel the tense and ambiguous nature of estrangement.

Industry’s Harry Lawtey: “The sex is a transaction of power”
As the darkly compulsive HBO/BBC finance drama returns, the actor explains why, in the new series, his character Robert isn’t a total banker… or is he?

How Fitzcarraldo Editions made the most beautiful books on the shelf
These independent bookmakers are willing to take a risk on ambitious and innovative writing, in a bid to create future classics.

Trap world: how the 808 beat dominated contemporary music
In the 2010s, the trap beat became one of the defining signatures of contemporary music. Simon Reynolds traces its migration from the streets of Atlanta to the pop charts, spawning scenes across the globe.

Les Misérables: a different kind of French revolution
The Oscar-nominated film that’s the new La Haine – but also, explains its director, so much more.

The Big Mood: Larry, the 10 Downing Street Cat
One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.

Stacy Martin: from von Trier to Vox Lux
“There’s this tendency to look for icons… to the extent of losing whatever made that person human.”