Day: September 5, 2024
PAPER Celebrates 40 Years With Special-Edition Print Zines
We didn’t make this issue because we needed to, we made it because we wanted to. The end of our four-day-long cover shoots this summer ended with champagne-popping and everyone on set stomping their boots — from Rick Owens to Doc Martens — into a cursed “Happy Birthday PAPER!” cake. Over the course of a…
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Halsey Plays With Fate
There was a period in the last few years when Halsey thought, Am I gonna die or am I gonna be taking medications for the rest of my life? They recount this realization with near total clarity: “I had a tiny little baby and I was on my tour, and it was my 28th birthday…
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NLE Choppa Gets Serious
“They said this shit wouldn’t work,” NLE Choppa reminds his doubters every time he performs his viral track, “Slut Me Out 2.” But right now, it’s working exactly how he wants. A mean strut down the Rolling Loud stage in March 2024 and a call for “all the bad bitches to the floor” would introduce…
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