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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A list of very serious pop culture predictions for 2026

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. BLUE IVY MAKES HER MET GALA DEBUT With her mum hosting the celebrations, it’d be rude for her not to. We also predict a secret act four to Beyoncé’s album trilogy, but it’s actually Blue’s debut…

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Meet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood

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 winter 2025 issue of Dazed. Order a copy of the magazine here. read more raquo; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (9 images)nbsp; Source: www.dazeddigital.com — original article published 2026-01-02 08:00:00. Read the full…

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Bon Iver Made a Song With Gracie Abrams and Aaron Dessner

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The trio recorded “Sold Out” to benefit Everytown, the gun violence prevention organization Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-12-22 18:27:14. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

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Watch Chappell Roan, Mariah Carey, Post Malone, and More Perform at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Ringing in 2026 on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen’s CNN special Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2026-01-01 16:27:50. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

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Bush domination: The 8 most read beauty articles of 2025

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 2025, Dazed Beauty readers felt a pull towards stories that continued to probe the shifting landscape of contemporary beauty – a landscape that, this year, saw a backslide towards more conservative ideals. Conversely, many of…

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Here are your 10 favourite photo stories of 2025

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. There’s never a tidy way to encapsulate the most beloved photo series published on Dazed across a whole year, and 2025 is no exception. From the “tragedy and humour, beauty and absurdity” of Juergen Teller’s era-defining…

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