Day: September 13, 2024
Getting VMAs Ready With Shaboozey
Shaboozey has had quite the year. With his massive hit “Bar Song (Tipsy)” currently spending its ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the singer has made it clear that he’s here to stay. With his unique blend of rap, country and pop, the Virginia-born artist occupies a distinct modern Americana lane…
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Jake Shane Does Therapuss Glam at the VMAs
The VMAs performers are going through a lot, so it’s great they had a therapist on stand by to vent to if needed. Jake Shane, the internet’s favorite amateur therapist (or therapuss, rather), attended this year’s VMAs and had some notable check-ins with the night’s biggest stars: Chappell Roan, Anitta, Camila Cabello and Addison Rae,…
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Dora Jar Unseals the Lid
I’m interviewing Dora Jar and she’s casually squirting a bottle of honey into her mouth. She imbibes the sticky sweetness as if it’s water and I see it all on my Zoom screen, but I still have to ask: “Is that pure honey?” “Yeah,” she smiles, beaming. “It tastes like orange blossom.” Jar has a…
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Sound 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…
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Kacey Musgraves Stays Grounded with Reformation
These days, Kacey Musgraves is stopping to smell the flowers. As she comes off the heels of her sixth studio album, Deeper Well, and kicks off her national tour this month, Musgraves returns to her grounded roots in all facets of her expression: musically, spiritually and visually. On September 16, the singer/songwriter is adding fashion…
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H&M’s London Party Doubled as a Charli XCX Concert
Summer may be over, but Brat is still on everyone’s lips — at least during H&M’s Thursday celebration ahead of London Fashion Week. The massive event, which highlighted H&M’s Fall 2024 campaign and collection, doubled as a proper Charli XCX concert made available for thousands of lucky fans to attend in Stratford, alongside DJ sets…
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