These dreamy portraits rebel against stereotypes of Asian youth culture

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. There are many Orientalist and racist tropes in modern thinking which prescribe East Asian people as less ‘human’ than their Western counterparts. ‘Mechanistic dehumanisation,’ for example, purported in films such as Blade Runner 2049, suggests that…

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Corridos tumbados: A guide to Mexico’s most controversial music genre

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. As Spotify Wrapped arrived in the last moments of 2025, a reality was confirmed that had long been evident across Mexico, Latin America, and the United States: Mexico’s controversial corridos tumbados music genre now consistently outperforms…

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Watch John Mayer Pay Tribute to Bob Weir With “Ripple” Cover

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “We were unlikely partners, and that was part of our magic,” he said during his eulogy for the late Grateful Dead co-founder Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2026-01-18 23:32:10. Read the full story on pitchfork.com…

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Miuccia and Raf flipped the familiar at Prada AW26 men’s

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Like every season, Prada’s AW26 men’s show was held in the label’s imposing Fondazione Prada, a contemporary art gallery housed inside an old gin distillery. Walking into this season’s show space, however, we were transported to…

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Moby Preps New Album Future Quiet

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Led by a new version of his Stranger Things hit “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die,” featuring Gabriels’ Jacob Lusk Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2026-01-16 15:18:03. Read the full story on pitchfork.com →…

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