2019-09-01 Rolling Stone

8 | Rolling Stone | September 2019 PHOTOGRAPH BY Griffin Lotz

Letter From the Editor 12
Correspondence 1 4
Playlist 22
The Last Word 98

Departments

Reviews

Music

85 Country’s New

Outlaws

The Highwomen artfully

confront social issues on

their terrific debut album.

BY WILL HERMES

On the Cover

Harry Styles photographed

in Queens on July 23rd, 2019, by

Ryan McGinley.

Grooming by Thom Priano (hair) and

Dotti at Statement Artists (skin). Styling by

Harry Lambert at Bryant Artists.

The Mix

19 Yola’s Moment

Her breakthrough album

has its share of heartache,

but Yola’s luck is changing.

BY JONATHAN BERNSTEIN

24 Charli Gets Weird

The pop star stops

worrying and makes music

she can party to.

BY BRITTANY SPANOS

PROFILE

26 Stephen King’s

Greatest Fear

His latest novel eerily

mirrors the times, but the

only thing that scares the

horror icon is retirement.

BY ANDY GREENE

Q&A

40 Sheryl Crow

The singer-songwriter on

her all-star new album,

idolizing Emmylou

Harris, and the failures

of Woodstock ‘99.

BY BRIAN HIATT

National

Affairs

49 Inside Trump’s

Mad Kingdom

Roaring crowds in MAGA

gear give an ominous

foreshadowing of what’s

to come in 2020.

BY MATT TAIBBI

53 California’s Crisis

In the wealthiest state,

homelessness surges with

no end in sight.

BY TESSA STUART

TV

90 David Simon

Keeps His Edge

The Wire shaped HBO’s

golden age, but Simon

isn’t nostalgic for the

past. His storytelling

remains vital, and so is

The Deuce’s final season.

BY ALAN SEPINWALL

Movies

92 Must-Sees for Fall

From a Jedi to a Joker

and from a hitman to a

detective with Tourette’s,

compelling characters

grace the big screen.

BY PETER TRAVERS

Plus: In praise of the It

sequel’s Pennywise.

Contents

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Random

Notes

42 Queens of

Newport Fest

From Maggie Rogers to

Dolly Parton, women

dominated the Newport

Folk Festival stage.