Charli XCX
El-P, Charli XCX, Lizzo and More Are in the Halloween Spirit
It really is cruel that Halloween is on a Saturday this year — between the pandemic and looming election, it’s hard to let loose and celebrate much of anything right now — but that doesn’t mean you can’t dress up, even if your costume party is hosted by Zoom. Run The Jewels’ El-P and his wife Emily Panic paid tribute to The Sopranos by dressing up as Tony and Carmela Soprano. Charli XCX got ghoulish with red latex and a creepy monster sleeve. Halsey, the queen of Halloween, went all out on a Corpse Bride costume, while YUNGBLUD dressed up in two different costumes (Wednesday Addams and Beetlejuice). But Lizzo might have taken the cake this year — she dressed up as 2020’s hero, the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head during the vice presidential debate. See all these and more cos...
The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s
Why now? Because — and there’s no reason to ignore the elephant in the room: SPIN stewardship has changed hands many, many times since we made the online jump — we got our chance. Because plenty of our favorite albums of the last 10 years could still use a boost. Because some of the already unanimously beloved music on this list still merits further praise. Because we relish excuses to sound off on the music that’s affected us the most and to enlist some of our favorite writers to do so. Because the works of art below serve as a reminder that the 2010s weren’t all bad. Because lord knows we need the distraction. Because it’s fun. There’s a lot of music that isn’t on this list. Which, duh, but plenty of artists whose work defined the decade for many, many people, including many of us, ...
Whethan Flips Charli XCX’s “Claws” Into Bone-Rattling Trap Tune
In preparation for the release of his highly anticipated debut album FANTASY, prodigious electronic pop producer Whethan has been all over the place as of late. He unveiled monumental collaborations with Grouplove, STRFKR, and Grandson, dropped a scintillating guest mix for ODESZA‘s Foreign Family Collective mixshow series, and even took on Louis The Child in a beat battle. Whethan’s latest gift to his fans comes in the form a mammoth remix of Charli XCX‘s single “Claws,” which appeared on the Grammy Award-nominated pop songstress’ fourth studio album, How I’m Feeling Now. Whethan, who collaborated with XCX back in 2017 on the fan favorite “Love Gang,” flips the single into a quirky trap bomb, producing metallic...
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