6 | Rolling Stone | April 2020 PHOTOGRAPH BY Valerie Chiang
12 Letter From the Editor
14 Correspondence
18 Random Notes
24 RS Recommends
98 The Last WordDepartments
Reviews
Music
85 Pearl Jam’s
Grown-Up Grunge
The band’s first album in
seven years balances rage
and maturity.
BY KORY GROWTV
88 New ‘Normal’
Hulu’s take on the Sally
Rooney novel is a millennial
romance for the ages.
BY ALAN SEPINWALLMovies
90 ’Promising’
Revenge
Carey Mulligan gives
predators a taste of their
own toxic medicine.
BY PETER TRAVERSOn the Cover
Greta Thunberg illustration by
Shepard Fairey.
Based on a photograph by Markus Schreiber/
AP Images/Shutterstock.The Mix
21 Hayley Williams
Isn’t Afraid
The Paramore frontwoman
tells her biggest secrets on
her first solo album.
BY BRITTANY SPANOSRS REPORTS
26 Uganda’s ‘Ghetto
President’
Bobi Wine is one of his
country’s top artists and
revolutionaries. Will he
survive till election day?
BY DAVID PEISNERQ&A
33 Jason Isbell
On writing breakthroughs
and meeting Springsteen.
BY BRIAN HIATTMY OBSESSION
34 Bathtub Escape
Brittany Howard shares her
number-one stress reducer
on long tours.
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