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Barbra Streisand Announces New Duets Album Featuring Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Ariana Grande, and More

Barbra Streisand has brought an all-star lineup of singers on the same album. Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Sting, Hozier, Sam Smith, Seal, Josh Groban, Tim McGraw, and Laufey will all appear on her new duets album, The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two, arriving on June 27. Listen to the first single, a take on ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ featuring Hozier, below.

“I’ve always loved singing duets with gifted artists,” Streisand said in a press release. “They inspire me in unique and different ways…and make our time in the studio a joy! My new album, The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two, gave me the chance to work and play with some of my old friends, label mates, and new artists too. I admire all of them… and I hope that you’ll enjoy listening to our collaborations as much as I enjoyed recording with all of my wonderful partners.”

Hozier commented: “Barbra Streisand is one of the most enduring and iconic vocalists of our time, and somebody who defined an era with the sheer force of her voice, her talent, charisma and vision. To be asked to join her on a duet was a huge honour and came as a wonderful and welcome surprise. Ewan MacColl’s ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, made famous by the stunning Roberta Flack recording, has always mystified me. It is, to me, one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Like so many, I was deeply saddened to hear of her recent passing. Along with the honour I have to sing on this record with Barbra, I hope this duet offers something of a gesture to Roberta Flack’s incredible legacy.”

The new record is a sequel to Streisand’s 2014’s duets collection Partners, which featured Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Billy Joel, John Legend, and more.

The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two Cover Artwork:

The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two Tracklist:

1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with Hozier
2.My Valentine with Paul McCartney
3. To Lose You Again with Sam Smith
4. The Very Thought of You with Bob Dylan
5. Letter to My 13 Year Old Self with Laufey
6. One Heart, One Voice with Mariah Carey & Ariana Grande
7. I Love Us with Tim McGraw
8. Secret o’ Life with James Taylor
9. Fragile with Sting
10. Where Do I Go from You? with Josh Groban
11. Love Will Survive with Seal

Why Pet Wellness Trends Are Influencing Lifestyle Choices in 2025

Pets are more than just furry friends who learn tricks and snuggle with us after a long day at work. In 2025, pets are members of the family deserving of the same approach to wellness that humans expect.

That means today’s pet owners are investing in anything from health supplements to pet-focused clothing instead of the usual bags of kibbles.

And pets are experiencing more than just routine visits to the vet’s office as owners work to create tailored health plans that help their companions thrive.

Keep reading to discover some of the latest wellness trends in 2025!

The Impact of Supplements

Pet supplements have emerged as a key component of today’s wellness plans. Supplements can support brain and joint health, helping pets feel more alert and active than they would from eating just a standard bowl of food.

Some of the best supplements can suppress inflammation, preventing arthritis in your dogs joints. Ingredients like turmeric, black pepper, and hemp protein help formulate these joint care supplements.

And, best of all, you can sprinkle them over your pet’s food, making it easy to fool even the pickiest eaters into taking a bite.

Some supplements can help calm pets who may feel anxious due to loud noises from storms or fireworks. And others are infused with omega-3s to support shiny coats and better cognitive function in dogs.

Pet owners can select supplements that improve digestion or ones loaded with vitamins and minerals that promote overall wellness. When pet owners observe the positive changes in their pets, they might just be inspired to enhance their own approach to personal wellness, too.

How Pets Are Influencing Fashion and Music

Pet wellness is also finding its way into the fashion and entertainment industries. Yes, that’s right – you can build a coordinated wardrobe of clothing for both you and your pet. Athletic brands are selling matching gear for owners and their furry companions, so you can look more stylish on your next walk around the block.

But it’s not just about designs and colors. These same brands are prioritizing sustainable materials to help entice pet owners who want to support eco-friendly practices. This added layer of awareness on the part of fashion designers can help pet owners create a personal brand that reflects their priorities.

The music scene has also become intentional about targeting pets. Humans can benefit from listening to calming, ambient music when they’re feeling stressed.

So why not offer the same type of music to pets prone to feeling anxious? If your pet grows anxious when a storm rolls into town or you’re taking a road trip, you can find playlists geared toward soothing their mind. Plus, the music can help ease your stress levels, too!

Building a Better Wellness Plan

As a dutiful pet owner, it’s easy to get caught up in spoiling your pets with the best products and services to create the healthiest life possible for them. But when you step back for a moment, it’s easier to see how these wellness trends can benefit your own life, too. Pursuing a higher level of pet wellness has informed revisions we can make to our wellness routines – and businesses have taken notice.

For instance, you can find wellness kits tailored to both pets and their owners and have them delivered to your doorstep. These customizable boxes may include supplements for both pets and parents, plus some fashionable gear to help you look your best for a playdate at the park.

In 2025, it’s clear that pet care and human self-care have become intertwined, and it’s a benefit for everyone. When pet owners take control of their nutrition and mobility and seek solutions for stress management, they’ll be more present for their pets.

The Pet Wellness Revolution

The pet wellness revolution shows no signs of slowing down in 2025. And with the increased connection between pet and human wellness, the potential to reap the benefits of better self-care is strong.

Dietary supplements, fashion trends, and pet-focused music are helping pet owners provide better lives for their furry friends. And, in the process, pet owners are embracing the opportunity to improve their own lives, as well. Pet wellness has become the inspiration for human wellness, and fortunately, that’s a positive development with staying power.

Kae Tempest Announces New Album, Shares New Single ‘Know Yourself’

Kae Tempest has announced his fifth studio album, Self Titled, which is slated for release on July 4 via Island Records. Following previous single ‘Statue in the Square’, the new track ‘Know Yourself’ is a captivating back-and-forth with Tempest’s younger self. Check out the music video for it below.

“I love this song,” the rapper said. “It samples a lyric I wrote years ago, where my younger self is talking to their younger self. A dialogue between selves across time, in real time. Or maybe I could put that simpler – When I was young I sought help from my older self. I came into my head, I told me know yourself.”

Tempest co-produced the new LP with Fraser T Smith (Adele, Stormzy, Dave). The record also features guest appearances from Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, Young Fathers, Connie Constance, and Tawiah.

Self Titled Tracklist:

1. I Stand On The Line
2. Statue In The Square
3. Know Yourself
4. Sunshine On Catford
5. Bless The Bold Future
6. Everything All Together
7. Prayers To Whisper
8. Diagnoses
9. Hyperdistillation
10. Forever
11. Breathe
12. Till Morning

17 New Songs to Listen to Today: Stereolab, Jenny Hval, and More

There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our Best New Songs playlist). Below, check out our track roundup for Tuesday, April 29, 2025.


Stereolab – ‘Melodie Is a Wound’

Stereolab have previewed their first album in 15 years with another single, ‘Melodie Is a Wound’, which is a little more understated, yet also more sprawling, than lead cut ‘Aerial Troubles’. It’s also accompanied not by a music video but a cryptic crossword puzzle compiled by Alan Connor, the crossword editor for The Guardian, which is fun.

Jenny Hval – ‘Lay Down’

“I was hoping I was a child but perhaps I am a guide/ Writing to set you free, a guardian of the in-between,” Jenny Hval sings on ‘Lay Down’, the tenderly alluring opener of her new album Iris Silver Mist, which is out Friday. “We enter the album through lying down in our own grave, under the earth, just like the root, which is the part of the iris that has a scent,” Hval explained. “It would be the very best time and place to listen to music, wouldn’t it? The fetus can smell and taste their mother’s food as well as hear voices outside the mother’s body in the final months of a pregnancy. Can a ghost in the coffin still hear the birds singing above?”

These New Puritans – ‘A Season in Hell’

These New Puritans, who recently got a shout-out from Charli XCX at Coachella, have a buzzing new single out called ‘A Season in Hell’. They got Alexander Skarsgård for the music video, which is directed by Harley Weir. “The song features two pipe organs, two sopranos, and two hundred drums,” the band’s Jack Barnett shared. “When I was writing it, images of vast, inhuman machinery kept coming into my head – enormous chains, pulleys, grinding gears, molten iron. Huge machines driving into the centre of the earth. And every now and then, a little human amongst it all, barely visible. Then I saw Piranesi’s etchings of “imaginary prisons” from the 1700s, and that’s exactly what had been in my head. If we could resurrect him, maybe we could have persuaded him to do the album artwork.”

Car Seat Headrest – ‘The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)’

What if Car Seat Headrest sounded a bit more like Bleachers? ‘The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)’ has the answer, and it’s a fun one. It serves as the final preview from CSH’s new album The Scholars, which arrives Friday.

MSPAINT – ‘Angel’

Synth-punk outfit MSPAINT has never shied away from its pop influences, but ‘Angel’, the first preview of their new EP No Separation, still feels like quite a shift. “It’s definitely different from the way I would usually write for the band,” singer Deedee said. “It’s something you can sing along to, but it’s also something that maybe you’re saying to yourself that feels good — some positive thinking. I felt like we succeeded at bringing poppier elements into our space and making them our own instead of trying to bring what we do into a pop space.”

PUP – ‘Olive Garden’

Ahead of the release of their new album Who Will Look After The Dogs? this Friday, PUP have dropped one more single, ‘Olive Garden’ which is noisy and a little goofy. “This is a very stupid, but also wonderful song,” Stefan Babcock said in a statement. “The band get all the credit for turning it into something really special. Zack (who plays drums) heard my cute little acoustic guitar demo and decided we should try and make it as heavy as possible, which is objectively a very annoying thing to suggest. But you know what, I’m glad I kept my stupid mouth shut, because it works. There’s a real magic in the way these sweet vocal melodies are bludgeoned by a wall of disgusting, grinding, detuned guitars. The whole song is kinda upsetting and uncomfortable but also catchy and fun. And I don’t care what anyone says, ‘Olive Garden’ rhymes with ‘Grandma in a coffin’ — listen to this crap and tell me I’m wrong.”

Chris Farren – ‘Cause of Death’

Chris Farren is back with a new single, which features Lexi McCoy-Caso and G Leonardo of Suzie True on backing vocals. “‘Cause Of Death’ is about that morbid curiosity we all have (..right??) anytime there’s news of a death but the cause is left ambiguous,” Farren explained. “It’s a weird, kind of gross, voyeuristic tendency that I’m embarrassed about, but can’t seem to shake. Writing this song was an attempt to work through those thoughts and ideas. And it worked and I’m cured.”

Sea Lemon – ‘Give In’

Sea Lemon has released another hauntingly dreamy song from her debut LP, Diving for a Prize. “Growing up, I never knew the term of ‘intrusive thoughts’ but often had them, and as I got older, my particularly remaining intrusive thought is around wanting to go inside of abandoned houses even if I know it’s a horrible idea,” Natalie Lew explained. “‘Give In’ is about giving into the intrusive thoughts, and the relief and the consequences that happen after. The song was written in an afternoon in my producer’s studio, and was probably the fastest song from initially writing to execution.”

Opal Mag – ‘I Don’t Like You, But I Love You’

Opal Mag has released a new single, ‘I Don’t Like You, But I Love You’, which brims with uncertainty. “This slow-burning track explores the emotional tug-of-war between love and frustration,” the British singer-songwriter explained. “It’s about the internal struggle of being in love with someone, yet disliking their actions and self-sabotaging. ‘I Don’t Like You, But I Love You’ is about the push and pull of wanting to stay in a relationship but losing yourself in the process.”

Lido Pimienta – ‘Aún Te Quiero’

Lido Pimienta has shared ‘Aún Te Quiero’, the latest single from her fully orchestral new album La Belleza. The particularly imposing new song was co-produced by Pimienta and composer Owen Pallett. “Aún Te Quiero’ translates to ‘I Still Love You’,” Pimienta explained. “I sing to the Lido of the past—to the people I once thought would be in my life forever. Friends, lovers, family. But falling-outs happen. We hurt each other. And yet, I’m a softie at heart—I still love all of them, even my enemies. There is so much I deal with as a mother and as a wife, there is so much about myself that I don’t recognize or connect with anymore, it happens to most of us caregivers, when we carry the weight of the home. We can’t always be there for everyone, and sometimes they can’t be there for us either, but the message remains, I still love us, beyond our expiry date.”

Maxo – ‘Human ?’

Southern California rapper Maxo has announced his fourth studio album, Mars Is Electric, arriving on June 20, with the woozy, sleek ‘Human ?’. “This is the first time that I really didn’t care, I didn’t approach things so seriously,” he said of the vision behind the LP.

 

Lael Neale – ‘Wild Waters’

On Friday, Lael Neale is releasing her new album Altogether Stranger, and today, she’s sharing one more single, the inviting ‘Wild Waters’, whose music video offers a glimpse into the 34-minute film accompanying the LP. “The video for ‘Wild Waters’ was a collaboration with choreographer & dancer Sandi (Denton),” Neale shared. “I had this vision of dancers playing the part of interdimensional beings performing a dance that would open a portal, calling my character through. In perfect synchronicity, when I approached Sandi with the idea, she had already been building a two-person dance that fit seamlessly. I love working with Sandi for this reason.”

Westside Cowboy – ‘Shells’

Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy have unleashed ‘Shells’, a stirring new single produced by Lewis Whiting of English Teacher. “‘Shells’ is broadly about acceptance,” the band commented. “Whether it is the acknowledgment of what you have, or the acknowledgment that change is inevitable. The song is loosely based on a film, in which the character masters this. We have yet to reach this point though.” They added, “I suppose it’s a little more earnest, and it starts slow, but it kicks in soon enough.”

BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R. – ‘Found a Light (Beale Street)’

BADBADNOTGOOD have teamed up with Veronica Camille Ratliff, the Memphis musician who records as V.C.R., for a luscious seven-minute track called ‘Found a Light (Beale Street)’. “This is more than a song to me,” she remarked. “It’s a milestone. I’ve been cooking this kind of sound for years — from late nights writing at my desk in South Memphis to composing orchestral works at USC. This collaboration with BADBADNOTGOOD is a dream come true — and a thank-you letter to my hometown, my people, and the communities that raised me. ‘Found A Light (Beale Street)’ isn’t just a single. It’s a love letter to the sounds of the South and the sacred art of collective resilience. It calls back to a time when Black communities turned Beale Street into a sanctuary — a place to find freedom, purpose, and light amidst the harshest of shadows. This song is a taste of everything I’ve been marinating over the past few years — academically, emotionally, and spiritually. It’s a reflection of where I come from and what I’ve been building. And it’s only the beginning.”

Water Machine – ‘River’

Water Machine have announced their debut full-length, God Park – out June 20 – and shared ‘River’, its wonky, instantly catchy lead single. “‘River’ is about your neighbor, hypothetically, stealing your boat,” the band said. “We wrote the bassline, and the rest came quickly. The harmonies were so fun to record, and we got Hando’s partner to sing the high notes as Hando and Flore are altos.”

Humour – ‘Plagiarist’

Humour have announced their debut album, Learning Greek, arriving August 8. They’ve also shared its lead single ‘Plagiarist’, which is jagged yet cathartic. Vocalist Andreas Christoloudis said: “‘Plagiarist’ is about being a lyricist and having run out of ideas and inspiration. In the song, the character is under pressure to put words to music written by the band, and realises that he can’t even steal lines from his favourite books because he has already used them all. He fears being discovered as a fraud and being punished for it with death.”

beaming – ‘colors’ [feat. Kississippi]

beaming have shared a new single from their self-titled debut EP, out June 13 on Rose Garden. The dancey, appropriately vibrant ‘colors’ features backing vocals from Kississippi’s Zoe Reynolds. “It’s about making a change in your life, stepping back, and finding what really makes you happy,” Derek Ted explained. “‘Colors’ started when Braden recorded a keyboard sample at a Goodwill while visiting his family on the East Coast. We pitched it up, dropped in a beat, and the song started writing itself. It’s about making a change in your life, stepping back, and finding what really makes you happy. We wanted it to feel intense and driving—kind of shouty—but still have emotional depth under the surface.”

15 Must-See Acts at Primavera Sound 2025

Primavera Sound 2025 is just over a month away, and this year, the organizers managed to book three of today’s biggest pop stars: Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan. If you’re planning to go to the Barcelona festival, you don’t need us to tell you not to miss their sets; they’ve got enough fans riding for them. Just like we’ve done the past couple of years, we’re not including headliners in our list of the must-see acts at Primavera, if only to highlight more of the good stuff you’ll find in the lineup’s smaller print. We’re also not including acts we’ve featured in this list before, like Turnstile (whose performance will excitingly coincide with the release of their new album) and Black Country, New Road (who are always a highlight but will perform a whole new set of songs this time, having just released Forever Howlong). Here are five acts worth prioritizing from each day of Barcelona’s Primavera Sound 2025. 


June 5

FKA twigs

FKA twigs’ Eusexua Tour hasn’t exactly gone as planned. In early March, the artist postponed its initial Berlin and Prague dates due to “unforeseen production issues” – they’re now scheduled for May 30 and May 31, respectively – and later pushed back several North American shows due to ongoing visa issues, which meant dropping out of Coachella. She’s still on for Primavera Sound, though – granted, she was also on the bill in 2023 and 2024 and ended up cancelling. If she makes her way to Parc del Forum this time, it’s bound to be an extravagant, unforgettable performance. 

Cassandra Jenkins

Cassandra Jenkins’ set was a highlight of Primavera a la Ciutat in 2022, and it’ll be exciting to see her on the main festival this year, especially given how stunning the follow-up to An Overview on Phenomenal Nature is. Jenkins’ music pierces right through you even when it gazes up at the sky, pondering the workings of the universe. A planetarium may be the ideal place to experience her songs, but seeing Jenkins perform them live in any setting can only amplify their resonance.

Magdalena Bay

Another band whose Primavera a la Ciutat set stood out to me a few years ago, Magdalena Bay’s popularity has since exploded, to the point where their placement in the poster seems to underestimate the buzz surrounding their most recent album, Imaginal Disk. The experimental pop duo’s Imaginal Mystery Tour is currently taking them across North America, and Primavera Sound is their first scheduled European date. It may not mirror their live show in all its visual extravagance or sheer length, but it’s sure to immerse you in the album’s vibrant, kaleidoscopic world in fresh new ways. 

Momma 

Momma have just a few European festival shows scheduled before returning to the US for the rest of their tour, and their cathartic, instantly gratifying indie rock songs deserve to be heard live. You’ll find yourself humming along to ‘I Want You (Fever)’, the lead single from their latest LP Welcome to My Blue Sky, even if it’s the first time it’s crossing your radar. The best Momma songs work like that – gateways to a band that’s certain to bring the heat at any festival.

This Is Lorelei

I was lucky to catch Nate Amos’ other band, Water From My Eyes, at last year’s Primavera Sound, and since then his project This Is Lorelei has picked up steam with the release of the addictive Box for Buddy, Box for Star last year. The record recently got a deluxe edition, which featured covers by MJ Lenderman – who called it “by far the album I listened to most in 2024” – and Snail Mail – who concluded that “he is the best songwriter of our generation as well as a great guy.” He did seem like a great guy both times I’ve interviewed him, and though he’s unpredictable as a songwriter, his live show will certainly be a treat. 

June 6

Clairo

Clairo has been charming crowds with songs from her latest album since its release last July, and her name being placed right under Sabrina Carpenter’s on the Primavera poster says a lot about how her fanbase has grown. She had several indie hits when I saw her supporting Immunity in 2019, but every clip from her recent live shows the different level of confidence with which she carries herself on stage these days. Songs like ‘Bags’ and ‘Sofia’ will be big sing-alongs, but we can’t wait to hear Charm’s breezy, soulful indie pop under the Barcelona sun, not least because the singer cancelled her appearance at the festival in 2022. 

HAIM

It’s a big year for HAIM. Their new album, out June 20, is called I quit, and the band is doing the opposite of quitting by touring quite heavily in support of it. Aside from an appearance at Radio 1 Big Weekend in late May, their show at Primavera Sound is the first chance we’ll get to hear some of the new material live, including the great recent singles ‘Everybody’s Trying to Figure Me Out’ and ‘Relationships’. It’s no surprise they’d pick Primavera – they played their first show in Spain at the festival back in 2014, promoting their debut LP, and delivered a surprise show in 2017.  Their tour proper kicks off in the fall, but you can’t miss seeing them in the summer.

Beach House

I still think about the first and only time I’ve seen Beach House, at Primavera Sound, back in 2022. It’s been three years since they released their last album Once Twice Melody, and you have to be curious about what their live set will bring 15 years after they brought Teen Dream to the festival stage – especially since it’s one of less than ten dates they’ve announced for 2025. Who knows if there’s a new record in the works, but I can guarantee their performance will be entrancing – and hopefully, once again, timed after midnight.

Cat Power Sings Dylan

Chan Marshall has released several cover projects, but her reimagining of Bob Dylan’s “Royal Albert Hall” concert (which actually took place at Manchester Free Trade Hall) is her most ambitious. She issued Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert last year, and seeing her recreate it live is a unique opportunity, no matter how many Cat Power shows you’ve seen. I can only hope it takes place in the auditorium, the one festival stage that can really enhance this kind of set.

Waxahatchee

Over the decade and a half that Katie Crutchfield has led Waxahatchee, her sound has grown lusher, yes, but also sharper in its honesty, more melodically astute. Her current setlist is mostly comprised of songs from her most recent albums Saint Cloud and Tigers Blood, which are also her best, as well as a couple of great sing-alongs she co-wrote with Jess Williamson as Plains, and maybe one of the standalone singles she’s put out recently to keep up the momentum. MJ Lenderman appears later in this list; if schedules permit, maybe we’ll even get to hear ‘Right Back to It’ as a proper duet.

June 7 

Destroyer

Primavera Sound is the first stop of Destroyer’s upcoming tour, supporting his groovy yet meditative new album Dan’s Boogie. Talking to Dan Bejar ahead of its release, I got the sense that translating his songs live can be a mysterious thing, even to him. “As it gets closer to coming out,” he told me, “I’m starting to think more about the seven of us getting in a room together and figuring out what this music would actually sound like to perform on stage, so that’s becoming more of a tangible, real thing.” Maybe they’re still cooking it up, but it will no doubt be one to get lost in.

Los Campesinos!

The band cheekily self-described as “the UK’s first and only emo band” were excited enough about playing Primavera to make an individual post about it, not least because it’s their first trip to Spain since 2014. Given how many anthems there are on last year’s fantastic All Hell, we’re excited, too. “Prima has felt like our white whale until now!” they wrote. “We’ve been lucky enough to play virtually every Bucket List Festival (though of course there are some we’d love to play again ahem), but Primavera is the one that’s eluded us. We’re so glad this opportunity is coming to us at this stage of our band, and buzzing to have our name alongside so many incredible, and huge, artists! Gonna make a weekend of this to watch some of our faves.” 

MJ Lenderman

Wednesday did not disappoint when they played Primavera in 2023, and since then, the band announced MJ Lenderman will no longer be touring with them, though he’ll continue to take part in the group’s studio output. Given how much of a leap his own solo career has taken, it makes sense. Manning Fireworks was one of the best albums of 2024, and his live record And the Wind (Live and Loose!) is as good as any of his studio records; you can hardly listen to an MJ Lenderman and not wish to hear it live. (What’s more, Colin Miller, our latest Artist Spotlight interview, plays drums in the Wind.) One can only hope the boat owners docked around the Forum get a free show out of it. 

Horsegirl

Born and bred in Chicago, Horsegirl – singer-guitarist Nora Cheng, 20, drummer Gigi Reece, 20, and singer-guitarist Penelope Lowenstein, 19 – already have two albums of playful, idiosyncratically joyous indie rock under their belt. Phonetics On and On is more confident than their debut Versions of Modern Performance, which is surely reflected in their live show. But even if you’ve heard neither album, there’s something so elemental and hooky to their bare-bones approach that can captivate any listener. 

Maria Somerville

The bleary-eyed festival goer needs an artist like Maria Somerville on their itinerary. You’ll want to hear her music – lush, liminal, illuminating – while the sun’s still burning hot and you’ve got hours and hours of live music ahead of you, and even more of them behind you. The Irish singer-songwriter had but one album to her name when she was announced for the festival, but the just-unveiled Luster, her 4AD debut, will go down as one of, if not the, best dream pop album of 2025. Don’t waste the chance to let it wash over you. 

MSPAINT Announce ‘No Separation’ EP, Share New Single ‘Angel’

Mississippi experimental punk outfit have announced a new EP, No Separation, which is due May 23 via Convulse. The band’s Nick Panella co-produced the five-track effort with Show Me the Body’s Julian Cashwann Pratt and Harlan Steel. It’s led by the single ‘Angel’, a song as catchy as their recent collaboration with power-pop wizard Dazy, ‘It’s Only a Secret’. Check out director Alex Thiel‘s video for it below.

“Most of our music is genuinely inspired by our relationships to each other,” Panella said in a press release. “We bring together disparate musical philosophies and try to marry them and create our own community that can accept those differences and actually thrive as a result of them. Originality ultimately isn’t about creating something new as much as it’s about navigating your own inner world and the inner world’s of those directly around you until you’ve learned something that hasn’t been learned before.”

“We met up with Show Me the Body in LA while we were on tour, and we went to visit this spooky studio where they were doing a ‘writing camp,'” bassist Randy Reilly added. “We didn’t even know what that was — ain’t nobody in Hattiesburg doing a writing camp. But it ended up being this really strange and cool experience, and we showed Julian and Harlan some of what we were working on. Julian hit the ground running and started offering feedback right away, so when it came time to work on the EP we remembered that and thought it was something worth exploring more.”

Commenting on ‘Angel’, singer Deedee said: “It’s definitely different from the way I would usually write for the band. It’s something you can sing along to, but it’s also something that maybe you’re saying to yourself that feels good — some positive thinking. I felt like we succeeded at bringing poppier elements into our space and making them our own instead of trying to bring what we do into a pop space.”

MSPAINT’s debut album, Post-American, came out in 2023. Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with MSPAINT.

No Separation EP Cover Artwork:

No Separation EP Tracklist:

1. Drift
2. Wildfire
3. Surveillance
4. No Separation
5. Angel

Stereolab Release New Song ‘Melodie Is a Wound’

Stereolab have released ‘Melodie Is a Wound’, the second single from their first LP in 15 years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film. ‘Melodie Is a Wound’ is a little more subtle than lead single ‘Aerial Troubles’, but sprawls into something fascinatingly hypnotic. It’s accompanied not by a music video but a cryptic crossword puzzle compiled by Alan Connor, the crossword editor for The Guardian. Try to solve it here, and listen to the song below.

Instant Holograms on Metal Film is set for release on May 23 via Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp Records.

Artist Spotlight: Colin Miller

Colin Miller is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who quickly established himself as part of Asheville’s music scene, recording albums such as Indigo De Souza’s I Love My Mom and Wednesday’s I Was Trying to Describe You in the late 2010s. He released two EPs, My Love in the Winter and Hook, before coming through with his first full-length, September 2023’s Haw Creek, an understated yet radiant collection that invited listeners to the titular compound that became a haven and source of inspiration for many artists in the local community. While Miller continues to build his impressive resume as an engineer and drums in Lenderman’s live band the Wind, he also just dropped its heart-wrenching follow-up, Losin’, which features Lenderman on drums and guitar, his Wednesday/The Wind bandmates Ethan Baechtold (bass, keys, aux percussion) and Xandy Chelmis (pedal steel), and was recorded at Drop of Sun with producer Alex Farrar. There are a couple of layers to the album title: it untangles a period of intense grief following the death of Gary King, who owned the Haw Creek property and served as a father figure to Miller; it’s also a literal reference to trying to win the lottery in hopes of buying the home, which he rented for 13 years. Even when the pain swells, echoing in every note his friends play, Miller keeps up the effort – if not for the unattainable, then simply to keep the engine running.

We caught up with Colin Miller for the latest edition of our Artist Spotlight series to talk about his sense of home, living in and leaving Haw Creek, the process behind Losin’, and more.


Losin’ has just been released, but you’re also gearing up for another run of tour dates with MJ Lenderman, and the Florry record you helped produce comes out next month, as does the new Friendship LP. Does it feel like you’re occupying the worlds of several different albums at the same time?

Yeah, I think that’s been my dream for a long time. I love doing multiple things. I love being behind the computer and actually doing the recording, and I love being behind the drums and playing a part in a band, and I love writing songs. It just feels really freeing and affirming that I get to be in a place where I’m surrounded by so many projects that I get to either enjoy or be in, and then I get to contribute to them and be on, like, a similar level. For me, that’s been a very affirming thing for the hard work I’ve been putting into being a better writer, being a better drummer, and just a better listener. It’s interesting how everyone goes through seasons of listening to more music or not, but when you work in music, I think it’s really important to push yourself to listen and enjoy it. I’m sure you have this feeling from the critical end where it’s like, if you’re doing all of this just for work, when do you sit down for this thing just for fun, right? And if you don’t do that, it kind of spoils the whole reason you’re there. So, I’ve been pushing myself to keep that skill up, along with the technical stuff with drumming or staying on a writing routine.

Do you feel like you have diverging perspectives as a listener, a songwriter, and an engineer?

It’s kind of a mixture. There are things when you’re engineering that you have to focus on that are bare-bones, technical stuff, because you’re really just focusing on trying to get the right performance – no matter if you even like the music. That’s kind of the engineer’s creed: just to make good recordings, good mixes, or good masters. So there’s a natural divergence there. When it comes to songwriting and producing, your taste is so important. Your taste is the reason you’re there, especially with producing, but songwriting, in the modern tradition, is not just about an anthology of folk songs or country songs that you’re supposed to know anymore. It’s deeply about your taste and your specific anthology as a listener. I think that’s what people look for, and I think that’s also why there are more songwriters who bridge the producer gap and go into different things, like I do. They all feel like different jobs doing essentially the same thing: working to make a good song. When you’re a songwriter, it’s your song, and when you’re a producer, it’s someone else’s. 

Before we go into the new album, I’m curious how the release of this album, and the story behind it, have maybe cast Haw Creek in a new light for you.

Somewhat. I haven’t really thought about that, but because I’ve had so much distance, so much time, from those songs, and then I had to leave that place, I think I appreciate those songs in a different way. That album, Hook, and my first EP, My Love in the Winter, were just made while I was living there kind of without a care in the world, in terms of having to leave. It’s always been kind of an impending thing; Gary was getting progressively sicker over the years, and then it had a steep drop-off in the last few months that he was alive. But there was a steady decline that we all knew was coming, like, “Oh, he’s on oxygen now,” or “I have to mow the yard because he can’t anymore.” There were just factors of life that showed he was aging. But those albums for me are nice time capsules of that period of my life when I was just living there with my friends, enjoying that space. And having the space to learn how to write songs and put together songs in a way that I thought was interesting, just like what my friends were doing at the same time.

A less tangible thing that the record grieves is the loss of a sense of home. Could you trace back your earliest memories of understanding or gaining that sense of home? I know that you lived in Haw Creek since you were 15.

We were bopping around different apartment complexes, and as soon as we moved into the house, I just felt so much less anxious. We always lived on the bottom floor in the apartment complexes, so there was always somebody walking overhead. It just felt like you never had space from people, and that always made me anxious. Living in Haw Creek, I felt like I finally had space in the house, and then it was just so beautiful, with all this natural beauty – the field out front and the woods in the back. I just kind of felt like I was in heaven. And it was pretty immediate; as soon as we moved in, I was so excited.

A catalyst for us moving was that there was a big fire at the end of our apartment complex, and we just had to pack all of our stuff at like 11 at night into the car and just be like, “I don’t know if our home is going to burn down or not,” because we were at the other end, but the fire kept jumping the firewall to the next set of apartments. And then the house we got – I just felt so lucky. 

How would you describe the transition from a place that felt like a personal, familial home to a collective, musical one?

It was a natural process. I wanted to do music as my job, and I didn’t really know what that meant, but I always thought I would have to move to a city to do that. I knew I was surrounded by such talented musicians who were also my friends, so when my parents moved out the year I started college, I was like, “Yeah, I want to keep this house, and the rent is cheap, so this is a no-brainer. I should do this and get my friends in here, and we can record all the time.” And that’s pretty much exactly what happened. Then, the house next door opened up, which was about 50 feet away from mine. It needed renters, and I had some friends who had just finished their first year living on campus, which was mandatory at UNC, so they came and took that spot. Just to have that freedom of: We’ve got these houses, and we’ve all got our own introvert spaces inside these houses, but we’re also able to hang out whenever we want. There was pretty much always somebody working on something cool. It felt like an idea I had back in high school, like a pipe dream. But I still thought, “Oh, I have to move, though. I have to move to the same city as Xandy, and then we’ll get jobs there and find a community and learn it.” All of that just sounded like something I wished I could have here, because I already had the most important part, really. And that kind of ended up being true. I just had the right community. I had a great group of friends who loved each other and loved music wanted to support each other. 

How did you carve out a space for your own songwriting within that?

At that time, I was quietly writing my own songs because I was like, “If I want this to be my job, I should record everything I can.” If my friends could pitch in a little bit of money, that would be amazing, but I really just needed a portfolio of stuff that I’ve worked on, to have a functional resume as an engineer and producer. Because I was an avid listener and loved music so much, it naturally came to me like, “I’ve been writing my own songs since I was 15. Why can’t I put them out too?” I was really just stopping myself. And now, it feels like this great thing where I get to have a deeper understanding of my friends’ work. Their music is so different from mine because their tastes are different from mine, but anybody writing a song goes through a similar process of searching in the dark for a good line, a good turn of phrase, or a riff that leads to the next thing. And then it becomes this living thing you’ve found. That’s such a beautiful process. I just love having that experience for myself and sharing it with my friends.

You said you started doing that at 15, so it coincided with moving to Haw Creek?

I think I started writing songs when I was 13 because I would come home from school every day, and I didn’t want to do any homework. All I wanted to do was sit in front of the computer and learn how to play songs I had just heard and liked. That was all I wanted to do; that’s all I really did. I kind of lucked out in school and where I was able to get all the school done relatively quickly, and it felt easy. So I got into a rhythm of being like, “Okay, I’ll spend 30 minutes on this, maybe get a B, and that’s fine.” [laughs] Because then I get to spend all night watching cool YouTube videos of concerts and learning how to play guitar.

What kind of videos or concerts? Is going on YouTube still a part of your process?

Yeah, for sure. I love playing along to songs, having this active listening experience. I’ve started a practice routine of learning songs completely and recording them – essentially a cover, but it’s less about covering a song to put it out, like I did with Merce [Lemon]. When you cover a song, the ethos is to bring your own take on it, which makes it sound different. This practice routine I’m doing now is about learning a song I think is interesting or hard and figuring out all the parts. It’s a good way to practice guitar, bass, drums, and keys. That’s something I’ve been doing as a functional way of immersing myself in something I already like and getting to have a deeper understanding of it.

That’s what I do now, but when I was a teenager, getting immersed in music for the first time, I was really obsessed with The Swell Season. They were my favorite band, and I would watch Once every few days and learn all their songs. I thought Glen Hansard had hung the moon, you know? Whenever they had tour dates, I would just see if someone had uploaded something from the night before. So then I would be like, “Oh, that’s a new song,” or they would do a cover of someone I’d never heard of, or heard of but never really listened to. Like, “You know, I’ve always heard the name Bruce Springsteen, but now Glen Hansard is playing a Bruce Springsteen song, I should check it out and see if I like it.” And of course, I did. I got into a ton of music that way, just through his taste. He would cover bands like the Pixies, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, all sorts of other bands. It was like my personal curriculum, where I was following this person’s taste and then creating my own through theirs.

You started working on the songs that would become Losin’ a few months after Gary passed away, but you didn’t move out of the house until about two years after his death.

That’s right. It was basically this time last year.

Do you feel like that period of time stretched or entangled the feelings of grief that sit in this album?

I think it would have been really hard to leave that place – I mean, everything is hard when you’re grieving. But I think there are pros and cons, if the grief is place-dependent, to being able to leave immediately versus having your own time to leave. By the time I left, I was really ready to leave, because things in the house were just breaking at such an intense pace, and it was providing so much stress. It was providing stress not just for me but also for Gary’s friends, who were trying to sell the property, but also trying to be good to the people still living there, making sure we were comfortable. It definitely intensified the process of grief. 

But it was a no-brainer to stay. At first, I thought, well, how much is the property going to be listed for? Is it possible – like, do I have any rich relatives? [laughs] Do I know someone who would want to buy it and keep it the way it is? Because that’s what pretty much everyone involved wanted, but it wasn’t what the will stipulated. So, I feel like that first year, nothing really happened, in part because the process of listing a property like is a long one, but also, it wasn’t moving fast because people didn’t want to see it change. It had a security blanket type aspect for me. But, I mean, played the lottery every week. I’d buy scratch-offs and Powerball tickets, probably two times a week, just to see if I could literally win the lottery and stay in that house and buy that property. Because if I wanted to keep it the same, I’d have to buy the whole thing outright. Of course, I didn’t, so I kept accruing these losing tickets. That’s where the title of the record comes from – I was trying to hold onto something that was beautiful and meaningful to me, and I was literally, constantly losing. That felt pretty metaphorical of the whole process of grief. 

That spins the title of the record in a whole new light. 

Do you want to see the stack? I still have them. [brings stack of lottery tickets] This isn’t all of them, but it’s a chunk of it. I saved them because I was like, “Maybe I’ll use this for something, maybe some piece of the album art.” I just didn’t like how it looked, but it was something I had in my mind for a while. It’s like, “I have this: I have two years of trying.” And the funny thing is, part of me didn’t even want to win – I knew how hamfisted that idea was. Winning the Powerball isn’t just about getting a life-changing amount of money, but a person-changing amount of money. I’d talk to my friends and my fiancée – we were doing scratch-offs and being like, “What would we actually do?” If I’m thinking about trying to win this amount of money for this specific purpose, how would we do that? Some of it would go toward the house, and then we would just give the rest of it away?

It became this half-joke, half-nightmarish scenario. [laughs] But it all came from this place, this mania of grief, of, “This place doesn’t just mean a lot to me, it means a lot to everyone around me.” The whole community was – they still are so mad that the property is going to be turned into a development. They don’t want that to happen. So it felt like the good fight, like trying to do something actionable, even though I was really just playing the lottery and wasting money. But it felt like trying.

Did you all entertain the idea, or did this trying feel isolating at times?

It was a little isolating because I think I had the most connection to the place. Everyone else understood what I was doing, but also understood how ridiculous it was. It wasn’t something I ever expected someone else to do. It felt like this burden of responsibility fell on me to do this moonshot thing, and that felt okay. Because I grew up there; I think for them, it was my home that they moved into.

You mentioned the idea of using the tickets for the album cover. How did the actual cover by Matthew Reed come together?

I think the cover represents the thing I was trying to do with the album in general, which was include other people. With Haw Creek, I made that almost entirely on my own. I did have Xandy play on one song and Ethan helped out on another, but it was like, “I’m gonna give my friends like a window to work inside of, and then they’ll do that.” This was way more collaborative. I was like, “Here’s the structure. Let’s make small adjustments together.” It felt like I had them as my band to create this with me. I’m really grateful they were open to that. Apart from the record’s meaning and content, I wanted to involve my friends more because I didn’t do that on the first one.

There’s obviously an emotional and thematic component to re-recording the song ‘I Need a Friend’, but it also coincides with that decision to feature your friends more prominently.

Definitely. It’s really easy to look at this record as one where I’m mourning the loss of a friend, and it is about that. But it’s also equally about the fact that all of my friends were grieving him too, were writing about him, were inspired by him. Gary had such a huge presence. He kind of held our day-to-day fate in his hands as our landlord, and was so chill about it in a way that no landlord is today. We were all really distraught when he died, and it happened at a time when things were going really well for Jake and Karly’s music. It felt like this horrible snap back to reality, where this person who had made a space for you is dying and you’re not able to be around. That’s where a lot of this record came from, too, us leaning on each other. The friend element is definitely wanting to include my friends, and also writing about that aspect of loss and yearning for connection. It’s just as much about us leaning on each other as it is about specifically missing Gary. I didn’t explicitly write it from that place, but that was just the reality.

A moment that stuck out to me is ‘I Need a Friend’ transitioning into ‘Lost Again’; every element of that song is so deeply felt. 

Ironically, that’s the one song that Alex and I worked on almost entirely together. It was the last song I put together, and it felt like working on all the other songs helped me figure that one out. I had this momentum with these songs, and I had an understanding of it, because of the work I did with my friends. So even though ‘Lost Again’ was just me and Alex, it still felt like it was in that same vein of collaboration. That song was the hardest one to write, though, and it came together at the last minute. I had all these fragments and ideas I liked. I was working on it the night before we recorded it, and I felt like I had cracked the code to it. And then we made it, and it felt good, felt simple.

How did your dynamic with Alex Farrar play out on this record? 

It was great. He’s so fast, so skilled, and just such an incredible engineer. It felt like I could communicate exactly what I wanted so easily, and the flow moved quickly. It wasn’t like we had limited time – every day just felt like, “Okay, let’s keep humming along because these are sounding good.” The workflow felt good.

Something I’ve talked about with your collaborator Indigo de Souza is the significance of parking lots in her music. There is a similar pattern with drive-throughs – and really, cars in general – on this record.

The drive-through is really just a liminal space, like a parking lot. The parking lot is this anonymous place – you can go there any time of day and, within means, do whatever you want. You can sit in your car for hours just listening to music. It’s a special place to be as an introvert and an anxious person. But a drive-through is almost the opposite. It’s a little bit like jail. [laughs] It feels like the time between ordering and paying is just rife with wild thoughts. It feels like a deeply emotional place. If you work all day and don’t feel like cooking for yourself, so you go get food from a drive-through, and the drive-through’s packed – that mixture of emotions is so intense. That time before you’re able to get your food, that you want to pay somebody to feel better and feel fed – the emotions leading up to that are so unnecessarily big. I think everyone’s been in a horrible mood in a drive-through. Those emotions are not funny when you’re feeling them necessarily, but when you aren’t feeling them, they’re pretty hilarious because they’re so unreasonable. That sort of mismatch usually makes for good lyrics.

I’m curious how your idea of home has shifted over time. Has it become more fluid or liminal?

I think my sense of home has definitely changed from being place-dependent. My sense of home is really tied to my fiancée and my dog. We live in a house that was built in the last year and a half, and we’re super close to our neighbors in proximity. But we don’t interact much with them. It’s a very different kind of space than I’m used to, and that’s changed my understanding of home. I drive to see my friends more than I used to. I’d love to live closer to my friends again, or live in a house that’s more in nature than I am now. But just the fact that I get to live with my fiancée and dog feels really grounding when I come home from tour. Your sense of home on tour is literally just the people you’re around and the van or the bus you’re driving in. So it’s less about a physical place, but I think it’s helpful that I live in Asheville, and I love living here. It feels more like a bruise than a cut, I guess.


This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

Colin Miller’s Losin’ is out now via Mtn Laurel Recording Co.

Sticker Room Service: Build a Hotel Aesthetic with Room-Themed Stickers

Ever wish that your notes app included towel swans and soaps the size of thimbles? Get ready for Sticker Room Service, where hotel life’s finest gets boiled down into cute, stylish stickers. If your ideal suite is old-school and draped in velvet, or high-tech with neon minibars and robot butlers, there’s a place for it all—and Dreamina’s sticker maker is your design concierge.

In this world, every minibar snack gets a glow-up. Every keycard is a collectible. And that ghost bellhop mascot? He’s absolutely getting his own sticker sheet. With Dreamina’s tools, you can build entire sticker collections around the charm, elegance, or sheer strangeness of hotel life—one small item at a time.

Minibar fantasies and attitude towel animals

Consider more than hotel wallpaper and bellhop attire. Hotel style is found in the nuances—the things you discover stashed away in drawers, the logo mascots on slippers, and those room service menus that subtly suggest excess.

Create sticker sets based on these micro-moments

  • Towel zoo: Swans, crabs, bunny, and elephants—each with attitude and add-ons such as sunglasses or a bowtie.
  • Suite treats: Micro branded bottles, novelty chocolates, enigmatic minibar cans, and fridge monsters that protect the final soda.
  • Do-not-disturb drama: Sarcastic door sign-ons such as “Manifesting in Progress” or “Dreaming in 4K.
  • Micro toiletries: Shampoo, lotion, and bath products with pastel-colored labels and playful fonts. Make them wacky. Make them luxurious.

Each micro thing becomes a chat starter—and if made with Dreamina’s AI image generator, even your towel monkey may have a martini in their hand.

Hallway keys and gates to someplace unusual

Let’s not leave out the subtle enchantment of room keys. No matter if it’s an old-fashioned brass number badge or a space-age chip that unlocks holographic doors, room keys are mysterious. They’re symbolic. They’re sentimental. And just right for sticker reinterpretation.

Design your ideal key set

Retro motel keys: Imagine 70s plastic fobs with irreverent sayings such as “Don’t Check Out on Me.” Bonus: distressed textures and bold colors.

  • Fantasy keys: Exaggerated silver or crystal forms that open doors, not rooms. Keys to clouds, dreams, or underwater cafes.
  • VIP badges: Tarot-card or hotel loyalty pass-shaped keycards that resemble scrolls of spells.

Dreamina’s AI logo generator even aids in branding your fictitious hotel. Design everything from crests to mascot stamps to a gothic-chic monogram representing your suite-style universe. Whether it’s supposed to be the Celestial Stay Inn or the Haunted Hideaway, every amazing hotel needs a logo-and now you have one to work with for something sticker-like!

Mascots that pilfer the minibar

No hotel would be complete without a delightful (or disorganized) mascot. Perhaps it’s a cranky bellhop cat who serves you treats at 2AM. Perhaps it’s a glowing jellyfish concierge who drifts down the hallway silently. Such characters deserve to be personified—and immortalized as stickers.

Give it a try and create sticker mascots for your ideal hotel

  • Cryptid concierge: A mothman in a crimson vest who brings room service and bad luck.
  • Spa ghost: A see-through guest draped in towels with cucumbers over their vacant eyes.
  • Robot butler: With tea trays, attitude, and roller wheels. Imagine C-3PO crossed with Wes Anderson.

Construct entire sticker sheets devoted to your made-up hotel employees. Assign them slogans. Have them haunt your notes app or calendar sidebar. With Dreamina’s sticker maker, you can design and arrange whole sheets like mini books. Every character, object, and logo is part of your overall aesthetic story.

What’s in the hotel gift shop?

There’s a gift shop in every nice hotel that is just a tiny bit too selected and a little too enchanted. So why not create one for yourself—stick-form?

  • Souvenir mugs: Imprinted with the hotel name, mini ghosts, or strange slogans like “I Survived Room 666.”
  • Keychain charms: Tiny shampoo bottles, old-style light switches, hologram postcards.
  • Local specialties: Even if your hotel is in a fantasy jungle or outer space, have little sticker jars of jam, local teas, or snacks such as “Moon Bark” or “Ectoplasmic Boba.”

All these little things can coexist in a unified Dreamina-created world. Display your stickers as shelf displays, or create a sticker catalog that’s like browsing through an unsettling-yet-chic welcome binder.

Turn your sticker sheet into a mini getaway

The greatest advantage of the hotel sticker look is its transportive quality. You can create an area you’d never leave—a velvet and neon room, a stormcloud bathhouse, or a cat-operated penthouse.

With Dreamina, you can make every aspect count

  • Plan out your towel animals around a sticker minibar.
  • Include radiating light switches and fluffy robes.
  • Create imaginary room service tickets or spa brochures.

As the designing is done digitally, the hotel completely resides in your pocket-no checkout time, no lost keycards-all vibes.

Use AI image generator to complete every idea into a colored, textured, weirdly playful, and then some. Finally, take your best into stickers that also serve as digital keepsakes or art pieces.

Conclusion

Sticker Room Service is not just a vibe—it’s an invite to play. Dreamina assists you in creating not only visuals, but experiences. So if your hotel is haunted, high-tech, or lost in a mossy forest, there’s space for your imagination—and a key just waiting for you.

Grace Fu Redefines Silkwear with Studio Oblivion’s “Ethereal Threads”

New York, April 25, 2025 — Grace Fu (Xuan Fu) is set to unveil Ethereal Threads, the debut collection from her personal brand, Studio Oblivion—a name already stirring quiet reverence among fashion insiders. Having shaped the visual language of leading houses in both China and the United States, Fu now turns inward, guided by a quieter obsession: the world of loungewear, lace, and the meditative craft of embroidery.

“Ethereal Threads” is a study in contrast—technical precision meets poetic design. Inspired by her time at Fleur du Mal, ALIX NYC, and LVMH, the collection draws on a rich vocabulary of sensual minimalism, softness, and sophistication. These experiences shaped the collection’s refined textures and silhouettes.

But the lineage of Studio Oblivion also owes much to Fu’s transformative roles at Alexander Wang and KITH. At Wang, she introduced bold wash designs and textile treatments that reimagined the brand’s gender-fluid collections. In 2024, she joined KITH, revolutionizing menswear tailoring with advanced techniques and material innovation. “Grace’s innovation drives us forward,” noted Mikol Stambaugh, KITH’s Senior Vice President of Product. Her creative leadership continues to define the brand’s evolution.

Crafted in premium Asian raw silk and adorned with French embroidery, each garment in “Ethereal Threads” requires 20 to 40 hours of hand-stitching. The pieces—robes, lingerie, loungewear—radiate a pared-back sensuality and quiet strength. Upcycled silk becomes a symbol of renewal, shaping garments that evoke heritage and liberation.

The campaign was photographed at the Marlton Hotel in Greenwich Village, a space once frequented by poets and rebels. Natural light illuminated the embroidery’s shimmer, while tousled hair and smoky makeup nodded to 1990s sensuality—wrapping each image in nostalgia and feminine resolve.

Studio Oblivion offers more than fashion. With “Ethereal Threads,” Fu presents a meditation on beauty, identity, and self-expression—an invitation to dress not just the body, but the soul.