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The Last of Us Gives Pedro Pascal’s Joel the Eulogy He Deserves
We get to understand Joel and Ellie better than ever before in Season 2 Episode 6, "The Price." The Last of Us Gives Pedro Pascal’s Joel the Eulogy He Deserves Liz Shannon Miller
Best New Tracks: Aminé, Rico Nasty, Little Simz, and More
As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.Albums come from Aminé, Rico Nasty, Chuckyy, Snoop Dogg and Ekkstacy, with an EP landing from Erick The Architect.As for singles, Little Simz, SoFaygo, Latto, GIVĒON, and TiaCorine shared new tracks, as well as Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge's NxWorries, Bktherula x Ty Dolla $ign x 9lives, 2 Chainz x Lil Yachty and Joey Bada$$ x Big Sean x Ab-Soul.Aminé – 13 Months of SunshineAminé has ushered in ’13 Months of Sunshine.’ The multi-hyphenate is back in his music bag with his first album since 2021, which an expansive, genre-blurring offering that comes with a stacked lineup of lyrical and production features including Lido, Leon Thomas, 454 and Toro Y Moi.Spotify | A...
Song of the Week: Step Into the New Jersey Honky Tonk with Bruce Springsteen on New Song “Repo Man”
New songs by Girl Tones, Rocket, Folk Bitch Trio, and many more have also gone live this week. Song of the Week: Step Into the New Jersey Honky Tonk with Bruce Springsteen on Newly Released Song “Repo Man” Consequence Staff
Rico Nasty at Her Realest
Real Rico Nasty fans know that the rapper hasn’t always embodied just Rico Nasty. Equipped with two boisterous alter egos, Tacobella and Trap Levigne, named after one of her go-to pregnancy cravings and Avril Lavigne, respectively, the 28-year-old has woven the two personalities throughout the majority of her discography.Seated on the sunny side of the Hypebeast roof – after turning it into her runway for an effortlessly easy shoot of photos – I ask Rico who exactly is rapping on LETHAL, her third studio album and first project under new label Fueled by Ramen, that doesn't quite resemble either of her egos.“I think this is Maria,” she says, referring to her birth name, Maria-Cecilia Simone Kelly. “I stepped out of character and into myself.”Just ahead of her “One Night Only” Le Pere perfor...
Against the Scroll: Yehwan Song and the Internet We Forgot
Written by Charlie Kane for HypeartThe early internet is back—or at least, how it looks. Pixelated fonts, chaotic cursors and glitchy graphics have become popular once again amid a wave of Y2K nostalgia. The lo-fi charm of late-’90s and early-2000s digital culture has become a visual language of its own: clunky on purpose, retro without the dial-up. But much of the revival stops at the surface. The nostalgia is easy. The critique is missing.Yehwan Song’s work doesn’t stop there.While others borrow the web’s early graphic language, Song returns to the instability of that era, when the internet felt messier, more personal and less predictable. A Korean designer, artist, and developer, she’s spent the past several years building experimental websites and installations that resist the polish o...
Hailun Ma Documents Youth Culture in Kashgar
Photographer Hailun Ma’s new series, "Kashi Youth," focuses on a generation of young people in Kashgar, a historic city in China’s Xinjiang region. The project captures how local youth channel identity through fashion and cultural heritage.Ma, who was born in Xinjiang and is now based in Shanghai, uses portraiture to explore the contrasts between traditional and contemporary issues. Her subjects are photographed in everyday settings, dressed in localized ensembles that highlight the blend between local customs and contemporary aesthetics.The series is part of Ma’s broader effort to challenge dominant narratives about Xinjiang. Rather than presenting the region as isolated or static, she positions it as a place where change is visible and youth play an active role in shaping cultural identi...
In Conversation With The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega
When Abel Tesfaye lost his voice at SoFi Stadium, it was the perfect storm.Though The Weeknd lost his on-stage “superpower,” something that’s never failed him before, Tesfaye found just the inspiration he was searching for to close out his After Hours and Dawn FM trilogy. He always wanted to wrap up the saga with something “really personal,” and here it was. “I wanted the audience to feel and see what I was going through subjectively,” he shared with Hypebeast. “And I felt an album wasn’t enough.”After closing out the sonic aspect of the trilogy with the Hurry Up Tomorrow album back in January, the album’s companion film of the same name is now just days away from its global premiere.Directed by Trey Edward Schults and starring Tesfaye himself alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, Hurr...
Fuerza Regida Is Manifesting With ‘111XPANTIA’
Regional Mexican band Fuerza Regida is manifesting global domination with its ninth studio album, 111XPANTIA. Formed in 2015 by Jesús Ortíz Paz, Samuel Jáimez, Khrystian Ramos, José "Pelón" García, and Moisés López, Fuerza Regida marks their 10th anniversary by returning to their roots and optimistically looking towards the future. 111XPANTIA is the next step for Fuerza Regida, seeing the group manifest chart-topping success. The album has already made history on Billboard 200, landing at No. 2 alongside Bad Bunny and marking the first time two Spanish-language albums lead the chart. From working with KidSuper to design an all-seeing album cover to experimenting "with banjo, heavier drums, and a whole new energy," 111XPANTIA is a reflection of Fuerza Regida's distinct vision. After launchi...
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Navigates the Moral Minefield of a Broken World
WARNING: Mild spoilers ahead.Over the past few years, Hollywood has been scouring the world of video games for its next big hit. Finding success in an adaptation isn't an easy feat, and nobody has discovered the exact formula to create a franchise that appeals to both its original fanbase and the wider audience.Enter Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the duo that struck gold with Max's adaptation of Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic video game franchise The Last of Us. The first season was already critically and commercially acclaimed, but moreover, it opened up the franchise to those who have never even touched the video game before. Its ability to walk the fine line between creating a carbon copy and straying too far from the source material spurred on a resurgence for a video game series tha...
The Rehearsal’s Newest Episode Continues Nathan Fielder’s Fascination with Romance
Season 2 Episode 4 once again finds Fielder attempting to understand the nuances of relationships, with help from Captain Kissme. The Rehearsal’s Newest Episode Continues Nathan Fielder’s Fascination with Romance Jonah Krueger
Best New Tracks: MIKE x Tony Seltzer, Kali Uchis, Kid Cudi, and More
As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.This time around, longform releases include albums from MIKE x Tony Seltzer, Kali Uchis, billy woods, and Provoker, with an EP coming from André 3000 and a mixtape coming from PinkPantheress.Singles, on the other hand, stem from Kid Cudi, Ovrkast, Miley Cyrus and Kacy Hill with a remix of The Weeknd x Playboi Carti's "Timeless" coming from Doechii.MIKE x Tony Seltzer – Pinball IIBack from the underground arrives rapper/producer duo MIKE and Tony Seltzer with the follow-up to last year's Pinball. The project's successor, Pinball II, spans 17 tracks and sees return features from Niontay and Earl Sweatshirt, as well as contributions from Sideshow and Lunchbox.Spotif...
Provoker Invites You to Enter the ‘Mausoleum’
Jonathon Lopez started Provoker as a solo effort, designing scores for sci-fi and horror films. Vocalist and songwriter Christian Crow Petty and bassist Wil Palacios later joined Lopez, creating the beloved synth pop trio that Provoker is today. They assembled Body Jumper -- an exploration of virtual worlds -- as their first studio album in 2021, following it with the fantasy-inspired Demon Compass two years later. Now, the Los Angeles-based band has just released their third complete body of work, Mausoleum, published by cult-favorite Swedish indie label YEAR0001.Upon entry, the Mausoleum welcomes you with haunting vocals backed by eerie synths and lucid bass lines, all of which take form in an abundance of ghastly shapes throughout the album’s 30-minute runtime. Absent of features, the 1...
