Music
Game Time
The Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.
Angela Watercutter
Plastic Wrap
Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits
Elana Klein
The Big Interview
Breaking Gold Medalist Phil Wizard Says Raygun Doesn’t Deserve the Meme Machine’s Wrath
Marah Eakin
Digital Culture
The Stan Accounts That Keep Posting Through Brazil’s Ban on X
Angela Watercutter and Gabriel Leão
shaolin punk
Martin Shkreli Made Copies of His $2 Million Wu-Tang Album—and Hid Them in ‘Safes All Around the World’
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica