Now that the headline-song charts-discourse dominating Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef is over, we're likely about to see a lot of artists emerging out of the smoke to get their own rollouts back on track. First up is Donald Glover, who's been teasing new music as his alter ego Childish Gambino—well, he's always teasing new music, but it ramped up last month in April when he played some tracks on Instagram Live and told an eager fan “it's a rollout dummy.” He kept the energy going later in the...
I went through a rough time last month—my chaos follow was taking a break. He does this occasionally, saying he’ll be off Instagram until a specific date. Sometimes he follows through, but there have been times, in his inimitable chaotic fashion, that restaurateur Keith McNally will suddenly start posting on the app before the promised return date, and everything will feel normal again. This last time around, he posted at the end of February that he’d be taking off until May 1st and nobody...
Sex Lives chronicles the evolution of one person's sexual history. This week: Rafael, 39, in San Francisco. I mean, I remember being turned on by women as young as four. I feel like I felt attracted to women my whole life, like an insatiable desire to go be by the pretty girl. From an older perspective, now I look back and I'm like, what kind of socialization was happening late ‘80s and early ‘90s? There was a lot of objectification of women. Like, hair metal and MTV. But I feel like since I was...
Want more insider watch coverage? Get Box + Papers, GQ's newsletter devoted to the watch world, sent to your inbox every Friday. Sign up here. Usher is the proud owner of many desirable watches from the likes of Rolex, Breitling, Panerai, Audemars Piguet, and Cartier. But for the 2024 Met Gala, the Super Bowl halftime performer decided to make a serious splash by wearing something never seen before. Dressed in a custom Alexander McQueen look (complete with a cape), Usher sported the Jacob & Co....
This story is from Manual, GQ’s flagship newsletter offering useful advice on style, health, and more, four days a week. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. If there’s one net positive of Peak TV, it’s the streamers' need for content and their propensity to cozy up to established names with big ideas to feed the beast. For every dull cash grab (made by A-listers who just need a new beach house, for viewers with one eye on their phones) we get something delightfully weird that feels like it...
Over the past four years, Grace Wales Bonner has worked on a total of 14 (!) Wales Bonner x Adidas Samba sneakers. And while the reigning queen of British menswear could just keep dropping 'em (and we’ll just keep copping 'em), she’s got something a little wilder up her sleeve for her next collection. If you've never heard of the Samba Millenium before, then you're forgiven. First introduced in 2009, this was basically a beefy update of the classic silhouette. But Adidas purists weren't really...
Congratulations are in order for Justin and Hailey Bieber, who announced they’re expecting their first child. The parents-to-be shared the news on Instagram with a video of their low-key vow renewal ceremony in Hawaii. (The Biebers first tied the knot at a New York City courtroom in 2018, followed by a grand The Notebook-inspired ceremony in South Carolina in 2019.) They appeared as they often do: delightfully mismatched. Hailey looked bridal in a translucent veiled lace gown and dark shades...
A casual observer could be forgiven for missing snowboarding’s Black history. The sport’s most heralded athlete, after all, is a rock-and-roll-loving redhead whose last name is White. And while the sport has produced a pantheon of Black pros, they’ve been few and far between. Only a couple have secured their own board model, and none have made the U.S. Olympic Team. But Black riders are crucial to understanding snowboarding’s style, and trajectory. The sport’s pioneering pros include Russell...
Bodegas are precious resources in New York City. They’re a respite for the famished and the piss-drunk, but they’re also a kind of third place that’s unique to the five boroughs. Here you can catch the local gossip, yuk it up with the chef as he machetes together a chopped cheese, and in some cases, go viral. The best bodegas are the ones where they know your name. The most special bodegas, though, are the ones that sell merch with your face on it. My local bodega is Garden Market in Greenpoint,...
We're now well into the second round of the NBA playoffs. A slew of future hall-of-famers have gone home early, while a few likable underdogs are still scrapping their way forward—just the kind of hardscrabble drama we’ve come to expect from arguably the most fun postseason in all of sports. But while the superstars are out there giving the game their all night after night, they’re also showing off a less obvious skill set: the ability to pick a great pair of shoes. From player exclusives to...
Damon McMahon, the nucleus of Amen Dunes, doesn’t really listen to music. He doesn’t throw on records at home in Brooklyn, and on tour his van rattles on down the road to the next city, carrying himself and his bandmates, in silence. When I ask him to unpack this—what sounds like a potential aversion to, well, music—he smiles slyly. He considers what I’m asking for a moment. “There’s too much music in the world,” he says, adding that over the years, the part of his brain that processes music has...
During an asthma attack, the airways responsible for bringing fresh oxygen into the body become inflamed. The muscles in the lungs and bronchial tree (or the windpipe and channels connecting it to the lungs) swell and tighten, restricting your airflow. At the same time, the airways increase mucus production; this is an immune response meant to trap pathogens—but in reality, it further clogs your pipes. Inflammation happens when the body fights off something it determines to be foreign or...