From Doubt to Dream: Noah Kahan at MSG
On January 19, 2019, singer-songwriter and Vermont native Noah Kahan pressed send on a foreboding tweet: “I prolly won’t sell out Madison Square Garden or even all the shows on my tour but I’ll keep writing songs for you all for as long as you’ll have me,” he wrote. A cool five years later, after…
Read MoreAdam Lambert Invites You to the Afters
Adam Lambert has never been this gay. On his new EP AFTERS, out today, the 42-year-old pop star sings about slipping into his lover on “Lube,” gogo-ing and taking it home like a homo on “Wet Dream,” and biting on body parts like an animal on “Neck.” For Lambert, the electro-pop project is more hedonistic…
Read MoreTayla Parx’s Phases of Heartbreak and Healing
Tayla Parx‘s latest album, Many Moons, Many Suns didn’t come about easily. From start to finish, it tells the story of a breakup that led to revelations and realizations and pushed her into a more self-loving reality. As a songwriter, Parx has written hits for Ariana Grande, Normani and Khalid, but the honesty and vulnerability…
Read MoreSound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now
It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the…
Read MoreChicago’s Rising Star: Kara Jackson at Pitchfork
“It’s hard to have patience when you’re waiting on luck/ Like a postal truck/ To bring you a love as tough as elephant tusk.” So begins Kara Jackson’s sprawling folk song overture, “no fun/party” from her debut album, Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? When I first heard it in 2023, I…
Read MoreSo Chic, Very Chic: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
This is So Chic, Very Chic, PAPER’s examination of Bravo’s sprawling cohort of fashion obsessives. From haute couture to TJ Maxx, they’ve literally worn it all. Sometimes they stunt, sometimes they turn the look, and sometimes they burn holes in retinas my ophthalmologist says might never heal. Have you seen the Kamala Harris memes? Every…
Read MoreAlways Scrolling: MyLifeAsEva (AKA Marisol)
Always Scrolling is PAPER‘s spotlight on our favorite TikTokers in fashion, beauty, lifestyle and more. Keep reading to discover this week’s viral sensation: Eva Gutowski (AKA MyLifeAsEva AKA Marisol). Eva Gutowski got her start on YouTube as “MyLifeAsEva” in 2012. The channel has become sort of a public journal documenting her life through lifestyle, fashion,…
Read MorePAPER’s Songs of the Summer 2024
Do you want to keep bumpin’ that? Are you on the hunt for someone who can match you freak? Well, we’ve got a sunny, sweltering playlist just for you. Pulling together our favorite tracks of the summer is no easy feat for team PAPER, but we did our due diligence to field test and approve…
Read MoreDeeper Dimension: HEALTH and Lauren Mayberry Remix ‘ASHAMED’
HEALTH and Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, are joining forces to give “fresh life” to a static-filled, metallic R&B pop track. In the new rendition, Mayberry’s singular vocals add a new layer of depth to “ASHAMED,” which was previously released on the band’s album RAT WARS. From the opening admission of, “We both know you shouldn’t…
Read MoreSid Simons Crowd Surfs in Celine
When Sid Simons was 16 years old, his cousin gifted him a guitar, and he’s never put it down to this day. In fact, he’s written every single song with it since. Last year, Simons decided to devote his full attention to his own eponymous project: touring with Franz Ferdinand and Modern English, playing international…
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