In many ways, a Meta AI holiday partnership with Hilary Duff makes sense. From her days on Lizzie McGuire, when a young Aaron Carter kissed her under the mistletoe, to her current status as a full-time mom and actress, the 37-year-old has always been a cultural icon for-the-people. Having grown up and came into massive…
Tomorrow, just a day before his birthday, Offset will drop his new single “Swing My Way” via Motown Records. The track comes with a polished yet rugged video directed by Kid Art and stunning album artwork — both featuring supermodel Anok Yai. Check out the artwork premiering exclusively today on PAPER, below. “Working with Anok…
Collaborating with the original creators on your own cover is heaven, and for The Scarlet Opera, heaven is a place on earth. The rising Los Angeles band, beloved for their glam rock attitude and frontman Luka Bazulka’s powerhouse vocals, had the recent pleasure of working with Rick Nowels, the original producer and co-writer of Belinda…
I rarely commute for work, but I can make an exception. In this instance, my “commute” means traveling to Manhattan from across the Brooklyn Bridge and “work” means sauntering to Le Bain on a Thursday to attend Viper Room — the musically eclectic party series organized by DJ Thank You, an alum of PAPER‘s mix…
“Carnal is a normal mode,” sings Baths’ Will Wiesenfeld on his latest single, before continuing: “Fucking all the men in droves.” Aptly titled “Sea of Men,” the unfiltered, new song is a preview of his forthcoming album Gut, due out February 21, and sees the musician writing “from the stomach” with “no regard to personal…
Rich Amiri has been training for this moment. Since percolating in the 2016 Soundcloud scene, the Boston-raised rapper bubbled up as someone to watch within the internet rap world for a couple of years now with his Future-infused vocal stylings and cover boy looks. “I had to get it out on the internet because I…
It’s arguably Sabrina Carpenter‘s year: releasing her sixth studio album Short n’ Sweet, selling out the US tour that concluded last month in LA and receiving eight Grammy Award nominations. For the Short n’ Sweet era, Carpenter made a strong image for herself as a ’60s-inspired bombshell thanks to the vision of stylist Jared Ellner,…
When Lizeth Selene made the move from her small beach town to Mexico City, it changed the trajectory of her life. The singer, actress and burgeoning fashion icon has become one of the country’s biggest “it girls,” nabbing a YSL Beauty campaign alongside the likes of Hailey Bieber, Bianca Jagger and Precious Lee. Much of…
After a four-year hiatus from music, Joey LaBeija is back. The New York-based artist (and lowkey legend) returns today with “less than three,” his first release since 2020’s enemies of progress EP, which featured underground smashes like “unavailable” and “cuffin szn.” While his signature pitched-down vocals are out in full force again, LaBeija arrives this…
On their new collab, “I Want More Money,” actress Chloe Cherry raps over a slow beat as Blaketheman1000 (Blake Ortiz-Goldberg) harmonizes on backing vocals — earnestly singing, “You shouldn’t have to work at your stupid-ass job” and “I wanna pay your rent.” It’s cheeky and catchy, a fun track from the pair who met after…
