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Is Menswear Ready for the Britpop Invasion?
Oasis is back, there’s a chill in the air, and soccer season is heating up—and the fellas can’t seem to get their mod cuts and Umbro jerseys on fast enough.
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Diddy Faces the Music: Legal Reporter Meghann Cuniff Talks About What She'll Be Watching for at Trial
As rumors continue to swirl, “Meghann Thee Reporter” gives GQ her take on the state of Diddy's case. “When his homes got raided,” Cuniff suggests, “he started to realize how serious this was. It's not so much of a PR game anymore.”
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Billy Strings, 21st-Century Bluegrass Rock Star, Is Trying Very Hard to Be Good
The Michigan guitarist emerged from the pandemic as the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades. As he releases his major-label debut, Strings talks to GQ about processing fame and fatherhood while maintaining his sobriety, not to mention his sanity.
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Bon Iver Autumn Is Here
The single “S P E Y S I D E” tees up a forthcoming EP. GQ columnist Chris Black hails the protean singer-songwriter’s (latest) return from the wilderness.
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Sophie's Self-Titled Final Album Asks All the Right Questions
Three years after her death, on a posthumous release overseen by her family, the once-enigmatic producer and Charli XCX collaborator sounds more than ever like the future of pop.
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MJ Lenderman's $20 Style Trick for Making Any Suit Look More Chill
The indie breakout knows his way around a killer graphic tee.
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With Mixtape Pluto, Future Is Officially Three for Three for 2024
It's Future's third top-shelf project in a less-than-12-month period that ranks with the best runs any rapper's ever been on.
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The Real-Life Diet of Thurston Moore, Who Can’t Find a Good New York City Egg Cream Anywhere
The author, indie-rock legend, and Sonic Youth co-founder tells GQ about losing sleep to Wordle, his doomed quest for a decent bagel in London, and the PG Tips/Yorkshire tea schism.
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Hippo Campus Get Real About Their New Album, Mortality, and Living Life Like It’s Always 5 P.M.
The Midwest indie rock band’s fourth full-length album, which drops today, is a product of therapy, getting older, and facing up to what was and was not working for them.
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How Bob Dylan Reassembled Himself
A massive new box set documents Dylan's take-no-prisoners 1974 tour with The Band, when the already-mythic singer-songwriter came roaring back after a nine-year hiatus from playing live.
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Charli XCX Ruled the Pop Zeitgeist All Summer. Is Hollywood Next?
She's joined the buzzy cast of the graphic-novel adaptation 100 Nights of Hero and has other film projects brewing. Brat Oscar Season, anyone?
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How Jay-Z Tapping Kendrick Lamar to Play the Super Bowl Reopened Rap-World Wounds Right and Left
K. Dot’s halftime-show booking came thanks in part to the NFL’s partnership with the Roc Nation founder—and has heated up long-standing issues between Jay and fellow artists like Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minaj.
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What It’s Like to Hear Some of the Best Music Ever Recorded Through Speakers Fit for a Shrine
One writer test-drives a limited-edition speaker—the product of a collaboration between Ojas and the venerable Klipsch Audio Technologies—and hears God in the details.
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The VMAs Welcome Our New Pop Girlie Overlords
MTV's annual publicity prom used to be where rock dudes went to challenge each other to fistfights, but last night's show celebrated an overwhelmingly female-dominated pop landscape.
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MTV Taps Eminem to Open the VMAs. What Year Is It Again?
Sure, the rapper is still making hits—but by choosing him to lead off their annual awards extravaganza, argues GQ columnist Chris Black, they’re trying to pretend two decades of pop-cultural upheaval didn’t happen.
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The Business of Being Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
In GQ’s October cover story, the artist talks business, legacy, art, and family: “It’s not about being perfect. It’s about being revolutionary.”
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The Kendrick Lamar/Drake Beef, Explained
From “Like That” to “Not Like Us” to the Pop Out and beyond, we've got your complete guide to the rap feud that's captivated pop culture all year long.
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Kendrick Lamar Says 'There's Only One Opportunity to Win a Championship' in New Super Bowl Halftime Show Announcement
The rapper referenced his game-changing beef in the slickest way while revealing himself as the Super Bowl LIX halftime performer.
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MJ Lenderman’s Family Shares MJ Lenderman Memes in the Family Group Chat
From “Right Back To It” to his rapturously-acclaimed new album Manning Fireworks, this was the year MJ Lenderman became the toast of your timeline. He jokingly tells GQ columnist Chris Black, “I'm just waiting for the day when that flips.”
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The Real-Life Diet of The Dare, Whose Favorite Martini Tastes Like Air
Just before the release of his debut record, Harrison Patrick Smith told GQ about his five-digit daily step count, his favorite restaurants and breakfast pastries, and the best drink he’s ever had.