“Hello friends,” began Canada-based composer and performer Beverly Glenn-Copeland on a recent Instagram post beside his wife and creative partner, Elizabeth Paddon. “[We’re] here today because we have some news to share with you.” For the past decade, Glenn-Copeland has traversed the world, performing his singular music and experiencing a…
In “Like a Virgin,” the second single off Jenys’ six-track Dive Urgent EP, the rising Russian artist delivers “a story about self-destruction,” as she describes it. “It’s the moment when your ego takes control over reality and gradually turns it into deadly paranoia. An insatiable thirst for success, fame and…
Liam Benzvi is a true entertainer. On his new album, the accomplished New York-based musician, producer and artist evokes old school show biz via the album’s title, …And His Splash Band. With his musical crew name checked, Benzvi joins a long tradition of artists who feature their sonic comrades prominently…
“When I heard your music I was like, ‘Oh shit,’” Izzy Spears tells Jack Powers. “I was showing everybody. I was like, ‘This is the gayest shit I’ve ever heard in my life, everyone needs to get on this level.’” It’s totally fitting, then, that the two budding alt-pop stars…
“I’m the beauty, and you’re the beast,” Ms. Boogie proclaims on stage in front of an entranced audience — but she’s not talking to us. She’s talking to the trade. Under a spotlight at The Shed, one of New York City’s most paramount arts institutions, Rose Rayos, a.k.a. Ms. Boogie,…
“Hold up the party/ Bring out the cameras/ This feeling extra,” Rhea Raj warns at the start of her track, “LIGHTS OUT.” Nostalgic Y2K visuals and a healthy dose of modern pop bring those sentiments to life in Raj’s latest visual, premiering today on PAPER, drawing viewers into a vibrant…
If you’ve been listening to the radio or watching the charts, you may think Black artists are having a “moment” in country music. Shaboozey is breaking records and sitting pretty on the top of the charts with his hit song “Tipsy.” Beyoncé — one of the most famous people on…
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…
Hours before the Lacoste show at Paris Fashion Week, fans already began lining up outside the venue entrance in hopes of seeing the front row slowly arrive and snapping pics from behind the security gates. Among the VIPS (Venus Williams, Alton Mason, Wisdom Kaye) was HEYOON, the South Korean pop…
Dawn Richard has always been the quiet one. “I live through the art, and then I’m gone,” she tells PAPER. Even when the New Orleans native was in Danity Kane, she maintained this ninja-like quality: as the only alto voice in the group, Richard quite literally served as the melodic…