PAPER Playground: Step Into Our Desert Festival Oasis
Drinks, desert, DJs, oh my! There’s only one proper way to kick off a weekend of partying in Indio, California and that’s by well… partying. Thursday night, PAPER’s PLAYGROUND party brought together influencers, musicians, artists and partygoers to kick off weekend one in style, transforming the arid atmosphere into a full-on lush escape. The neon-lit…
Read MoreLYNKS Isn’t Afraid To Be an ‘Abomination’
Don’t get LYNKS started on Heartstoppers, Netflix’s British teen soap opera that depicts gay adolescence in dreamily utopian hues. “It sets us up for failure. It makes people expect that gay people have no problems,” the masked British provocateur tells PAPER over Zoom from Los Angeles. “[Then] people meet gay people in real life, and…
Read MoreCoachella 2024: PAPER’s Version
A rolling festival review of Coachella 2024, weekend one. Day One: Depth, Dust and Dying Phones I fucking love Coachella. And before we get into it, yes, I love it for all the reason people talk shit about it. It’s overflowing with influencers and models, people who put their phones up during concerts, guys who…
Read MoreInside PAPER’s Pre-Coachella Dinner With Cohart and KHEE
Before Los Angeles cleared out to get dirty and dusty at Coachella 2024 (see you at Lana Del Rey!), PAPER invited a few close friends together for a special dinner in Beverly Hills with art marketplace Cohart and Eva Chow’s KHEE. Our favorite pop girlies stopped by — Dorian Electra, Slayyyter, Blu DeTiger and Gia…
Read MoreSound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now
It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the…
Read MoreTinashe Gets ‘Nasty’ Before Coachella
It’s always a good day when new Tinashe drops. After releasing the synth-y and sweet BB/ANG3L last year, she’s back today with a new single and video for “Nasty,” as well as the trailer for part two of her three-part album series, which is entitled QUANTUM BABY. “I think it’s kind of all been leading…
Read MoreQueenie Clears It All Up
Queenie wanted a clean slate. After becoming a New York nightlife staple as one half of the beloved music duo Sateen, the multi-disciplinary artist was craving a new start after her relationship with Ruby ended. “All the signs were pointing to porn,” she tells PAPER. So she got an agent and moved to LA. She’s…
Read MoreAdele Roberts’ first cancer symptom appeared on I’m A Celebrity ‘for all to see’
Adele Roberts says she had bowel cancer while in the I’m A Celebrity jungle (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock) Adele Roberts was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021, but she was experiencing symptoms while on I’m A Celebrity two years before. The Radio 1 DJ, 45, has opened up in her new autobiography – Personal Best: From Rock…
Read Moretalker Confesses Her Sins on ‘Old Enough’
talker (the alias of Los Angeles singer-songwriter Celeste Taucher) knows that telling the truth can be hard. Still, backed by jittery pop beats and indie guitar riffs, she does it, conveying vulnerability through open writing and catchy choruses that stay with you long after the song is gone. Take her new track “Old Enough” as…
Read MoreBlu DeTiger’s Album Release Party Was the ‘Best Night Ever’
Manhattan’s newest hotspot Gonzos tends to attract an excited crowd outside its entrance on any given night, so when a line runs down the block you know something special is happening. Blu DeTiger, a longtime PAPER favorite, took over the East Village recording studio in March with friends and family to celebrate the release of…
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