Pop’s next great singer-songwriter writes super specific love songs and makes grown men cry. No wonder people are talking. The most talked-about teenager on the planet is sitting on a bed, 3,500 miles away on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, looking impossibly chic in a rented house in London. …
The NYLON Music Issue 2021
NYLON’s Music Issue is here, featuring “drivers license” singer Olivia Rodrigo, who discusses her upcoming new album 'SOUR' and her meteoric rise to fame. Inside the issue you’ll also find interviews with Japanese Breakfast, TikToker-turned-musician Lil Huddy, and more.
How the TikTok star turned punk rock prince is planning to save the scene. In 1999, Blink-182 released their breakthrough album Enema of the State, effectively putting the pop-punk genre at the forefront of the musical map. Three years later, Chase “Lil Huddy” Hudson was born. This summer, he’s …
Japanese Breakfast’s third studio album, Jubilee, opens with a sunrise. The song “Paprika,” bursting forth with blazing horns and pittering drums, is a hearty greeting to the album, delivered with the zeal of a theme park’s marching band and led by the impassioned cries of frontwoman Michelle …
Nine milestone moments and a look into the future for the industry that few believed could crossover. Even before idols began singular attempts on the American market, K-pop was alive and well in its main U.S. strongholds of Los Angeles and New York City. In 2003, the Korean Music Festival sold out …
Inspired by Olivia Rodrigo’s cover shoot for NYLON’s Music Issue. In April, a fashion-inspired trend took over TikTok that had users dressing like their favorite pop stars of the 2000s. From thinking up outfits for rehearsals, signing autographs, hiding from the paparazzi, and on-stage performances, …
From singing lessons to SNL. In NYLON'S Top 8 video series, we ask artists to tell us the eight people, places, and things that made their careers — the good, the bad, and the ugly. Here, May 2021 cover star Olivia Rodrigo breaks down her Top 8. 1. Singing Lessons “I think I was 5 or 6 years old when …