What we’d like to see more of in 2025

What we’d like to see more of in 2025

Here are the cultural currents from the first six months of the year that we hope continue. (L) Still from Sinners. Courtesy Warner Bros. (M) Charli XCX. Photo by Stolen Besos. (R) Still from The Rehearsal. Courtesy HBO   With our feeds increasingly dictating culture’s ebbs and flows, it’s easy to feel like most of…

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RXKNephew has dropped a John Fetterman diss track

RXKNephew has dropped a John Fetterman diss track

The increasingly despised senator from Pennsylvania has attracted the ire of Siltherman. (L) RXK Nephew. Photo by Deawnne Buckmire. (R) John Fetterman. Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images   If you’re slightly tapped into the Sturm und Drang of American politics, you’re probably familiar with John Fetterman. Before he was elected the Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania,…

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The 30 coolest artists right now

The 30 coolest artists right now

Meet the singers, rappers, and bands defining 2025. Ray Warren The music coming out of 2025 so far has been exciting. On Monday, we published our list of the best albums we’ve heard and have had on repeat this year, but that’s just a fraction of what’s being made by music’s most talented noisemakers and…

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Ice Spice to star in new SpongeBob movie

Ice Spice to star in new SpongeBob movie

The rapper will also contribute a new song to the animated feature, titled The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, out in December. Ice Spice. Photo by Goldin.   Back in 2022, Ice Spice shared a snippet of a song that was quickly roasted for sounding like something out of SpongeBob SquarePants. But the N.Y.C. rapper…

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The best albums of 2025 so far

The best albums of 2025 so far

The best albums of 2025 so far From projects by billy woods to YHWH Nailgun, these are the records we can’t stop spinning. By The FADER Illustration Sabrina Kaune art by Sabrina Kaune Around June is when we start to get a good sense of what this year in music will look like. So far,…

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