Rolling Stone - USA (2020-02)

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Letter From the Editor 10
Correspondence 11
Playlist 18
The Last Word 98

Departments

Reviews

Music

83 Tame Impala

Reach Higher

The Slow Rush packs

psychedelic pop with

new sonic tricks.

BY JON DOLAN

On the Cover

Lizzo photographed in Los

Angeles on November 26th,

2019, by David LaChapelle.

Produced by Coleen Haynes at Maavven.

Makeup by Alexx Mayo. Hair by Shelby Swain.

Nails by Eri Ishizu. Men’s grooming by Larry

McDaniel. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics.

Prop styling by Josh Thomas. Scenic painting

by Tom Hall. Styling by Brett Alan Nelson. Body

suit by Garo Sparo. Head scarf by Schiaparelli.

Bracelet by Lorraine Schwartz. Rings by

Lynn Ban. Shoes by Fashion Nova.

The Mix

15 Soccer Mommy’s

Brutal Truths

The indie songwriter

faces down grief and

turns up the noise.

BY CLAIRE SHAFFER

16 Marley’s Legend

Lives On

A look inside Dennis

Morris’ photographs of

the reggae icon.

BY ANGIE MARTOCCIO

SPOTLIGHT

24 Black Pumas

The Austin duo make

retro-soul magic — and

the Grammys agree.

BY DAVID BROWNE

Q&A

29 Mick Fleetwood

The drummer on

Fleetwood Mac’s future,

parting ways with Lindsey

Buckingham, and

honoring Peter Green.

BY ANDY GREENE

National

Affairs

37 The Next

Election Hack

Our elections were proved

vulnerable in 2016. Now

experts warn that 2020

could be even worse.

BY ANDY KROLL

RS REPORTS

44 Life on

Death Row

After nearly 20 years

in prison, Rob Will is

running out of options.

BY ERIK HEDEGAARD

TV

86 ‘High Fidelity’

Plays the Hits

Zoë Kravitz gives the Nick

Hornby novel a modern

update, trading mixtapes

in for playlists. Plus:

Awkwafina gets her own

series on Comedy Central.

BY ALAN SEPINWALL

Movies

88 Our Oscar Picks

From Joe Pesci’s return

to film in The Irishman to

Jennifer Lopez ditching

rom-coms in Hustlers,

we take a look back on

our favorite films and

performances of 2019.

BY PETER TRAVERS

Contents

16

Random

Notes

33 Smells Like

Team Spirit

Surviving members

of Nirvana reunite. Plus:

Elton John and Bernie

Taupin celebrate awards.