Jan-Ole Gerster’s Islands is like a horror movie on ketamine

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “It’s a ketamine version of a horror film,” says Stacy Martin. “It’s really slow but unsettling.” The 35-year-old French-English actor is describing Islands, an existential noir-thriller about holidayers unravelling in paradise. There’s no violence or jump…

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Robyn’s 5 best tracks, ranked

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. There’s an electric pulse that beats through Robyn’s music. Across eight studio albums spanning three decades, the Swedish popstar straddled – and, in many cases, spearheaded – the incursion of electronic and dance music into mainstream…

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The world according to Willy Chavarria

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This story is taken from the autumn 2025 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally from September 11. Order a copy here. Willy Chavarria won’t be boxed in. His clothing refuses to be categorised, blending American…

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Liverpool star Florian Wirtz is stepping out of his comfort zone

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. If there’s one word that defines Florian Wirtz’s life right now, it’s ‘motion’. This summer, Florian moved from Germany to England – switching Leverkusen for Liverpool – for a fee of £116 million. He became the…

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