Billie Eilish calls out billionaires: ‘No hate, but give your money away’

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Last night (October 29), former Dazed cover star Billie Eilish won the ‘Music Innovator Award’ at WSJ’s 2025 Innovator Awards at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York. She attended the award ceremony with…

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Discounted tickets to Ryoji Ikeda’s installation data-cosm [n°1]

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Commissioned by 180 Studios, Ryoji Ikeda‘s new site-specific audio-visual installation data-cosm [n°1] is a unique immersive experience charting the full spectrum of data on nature – from the microscopic scale of particle physics to the macroscopic…

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This new short film embodies the guardian spirit of West Africa

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Often, we get to look at The Masquerades, but we don’t see what they see,” says Sierra Leonean artist, poet and filmmaker Julianknxx, who has taken viewers inside the mask of the African folkloric spirit in…

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‘Gay Halloween’ is back – here are this year’s standout looks

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. It’s finally that time of year again: Halloween. Or, as some call it, ‘Gay Halloween’. Gone are the days of dressing up as a sexy black cat, nurse or police officer (you should never dress up…

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Don’t let your virginity stop you from getting a tramp stamp!

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. A few months ago, Jalana, the 29-year old author of ”The Beauty Of” Substack, found herself growing bored. Between her corporate job, long-term relationship, and her 30s quickly closing in, the New York-based writer was looking…

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