Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, Paul Simon, and More to Receive 2026 Lifetime Achievement Grammys

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Cher, Carlos Santana, and Chaka Khan will also get the honor from the Recording Academy Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-12-19 14:17:09. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

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Kali Uchis, Lucrecia Dalt, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-12-22 16:04:46. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

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Drake Accused of RICO Gambling and Stream-Boosting Scheme in New Lawsuit

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. A new lawsuit alleges that the rapper conspired with streamer Adin Ross and an Australian man to promote illegal gambling on Stake.us and funnel funds to bot farms Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2026-01-02 16:28:14….

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Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military village

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. There’s a scene in Hailey Gates’ feature directorial debut, Atropia, where Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), an actress working in a mock military village, admits she’s jealous of the dishes she washes. It’s a moment that neatly sets…

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French producer Malibu is an ambient antidote for the chronically online

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Pressing play on Malibu’s Vanities slips you into a slower pace. The first full-length project from French producer Barbara Braccini is filled with hymn-like vocals, droning synths, and stirring field recordings. In a world that constantly…

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January 2026 Horoscopes: Society is getting a collective upgrade

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Grace McGrade is an intuitive astrologer based in Los Angeles. She is the head astrologer of the app “Stars Align”. Her sessions include birth chart readings, transits, energetic clearings and psychic consultations. For more astrology, read…

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