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Selected Works

MOST RECENT 

‘My scars aren’t a finish line’: three trans and non-binary people on how top surgery changed their lives | The Guardian

The Future Sounds Like Ateez | GQ

Robert Ouyang Rusli Captures the Absurdities of Being an Immigrant Through Music | The Amp

Act Local, Broadcast Global: Seoul Community Radio's Rise | Liner Notes

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COVER STORIES

Rina Sawayama’s Big Feelings | Them

How Yaeji Found Her Voice | MixMag

Ethel Cain: Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Crack Magazine

Arooj Aftab Is Reimagining the Music of Centuries Past, and Making History as She Goes | Crack Magazine

Anna Cathcart Steps Into Her Own Spotlight in XO, Kitty | Teen Vogue

Haley Kiyoko: Feeling It All | Them

Lachlan Watson Wants to Play Every Role in the World | Them

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OTHER PROFILES & INTERVIEWS

V Shares the Journey That Led to Layover | Rolling Stone

Ella Mai Just Wants to Have Fun | Vulture

Crying in Michelle Zauner’s Kitchen | Them

Breaking the Boundaries of Language and Genre, Hikaru Utada Finds Freedom | NPR Music

Beabadoobee on Fairies, Shrooms, and Standing Up for Her Vision | Rolling Stone

girl in red listens to girl in red | HighSnobiety

Bolis Pupul on Being Inspired By Your Environment | The Creative Independent

Erika de Casier Makes a Y2K Sound All Her Own | W Magazine

The Ever-Expanding World of SEVENTEEN’s Vernon | Teen Vogue

Get to Know 070 Shake, G.O.O.D. Music’s Shape-Shifting Secret Weapon | Pitchfork

Phoebe Bridgers Is the Spooky Prophet of End Times America | Them

How Is Raveena Surviving the Apocalypse? By Making a New Album | Them

Laufey Opens Up About Life on the Road | Teen Vogue

Wet Leg On How A 6-Week Sleepover Spawned Their ‘Jaggedy’ Indie Rock — And Global Fame | GRAMMY.com

Salamanda Create Imagined Worlds That Feel Both Familiar and Strange | Crack Magazine

Meet 100 gecs, the Absurdist Pop Duo Inspired By Everything on the Internet | Them

How Rico Nasty’s Rapper Dad, Churchgoing Mom, and Bossy Son Help Shape Her Music | Pitchfork

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Son on Directing His Father’s Final Concert Film, Opus | Pitchfork

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CRITICISM & ESSAYS

BTS Leader RM Pushes Against the Weight of Fame, Looks Towards a Bright Future on ‘Indigo’ | Rolling Stone

Narrative Playlists Bring Storytelling Back to Music in an Algorithmic World | The Distance

Charli XCX: Charli album review | Pitchfork

Are Ghosts Gay Canon?: A Review of Angel Olsen’s Big Time | Creem Mag

How William Basinski’s Masterpiece, The Disintegration Loops, Captured a World Crumbling Around us In Slow Motion | Crack Magazine

How Solange and Mitski Reconsider Who Can Be the Cowboy | Pitchfork

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REPORTING

Inside the Bunny Hat’s Global Craze | NYLON

Iceland’s LGBTQ+ Music Scene Is Beautiful, Bold, and Daringly Creative | Them

5 People Describe Their Experience With Dissociation | BuzzFeed News

How My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way Became a Queer Icon | Them

‘Do You Listen to Girl in Red?’: How a Queer Pop Artist Became TikTok Code | Them

Corporate Swag-Jacking: How Can ‘Fortnite’ Profit Off BlocBoy JB’s ‘Shoot’ Dance? | Pitchfork

How the Record Industry Is Trying to Make Vinyl More Environmentally Friendly | Pitchfork

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GUIDES

8 Essential J-Hope Songs | Vulture

The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music | Rolling Stone

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TRENDS & ANALYSIS

How “Slowcore” Blew Up With Gen-Z on TikTok—Thanks to ‘90s Band Duster | How Music Charts

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LIVE REVIEWS

Solange’s Collaboration With the New York City Ballet Is a Treat for the Eyes and Ears | Pitchfork

Was Frank Ocean’s PrEP+ Party the Inclusive Queer Utopia He Promised? | Them

Arca’s New York Residency Is a Chaotic Deconstruction of the Pop Diva | Pitchfork

What Does an Ancient Pot Sound Like? | Pitchfork