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85 Grimes Cranks Up
the Heat
The pop artist delivers
a concept album about
climate change (sort of).
BY CLAIRE SHAFFEROn the Cover
SZA, Megan Thee Stallion, and Normani (from left) photographed in
Los Angeles on January 28th, 2020, by Campbell Addy.
Produced by Rachael Lieberman. Set design by Ali Gallagher at Jones Mgmt. Fashion direction by
Rachel Johnson. Tailoring by Kimberly Mackin. SZA: Hair by Randy Stodghill at Opus Beauty. Nails
by Teana Nails. Makeup by Ernesto Casillas for The Only Agency. Styling by Dianne Garcia for The
Only Agency. Pants by Karl Kani. Boots by Heliot Emil. Belt chain by Martine Ali. MEGAN THEE
STALLION: Hair by Kellon Deryck. Nails by Coca Michelle. Styling by EJ King. Bodysuit by Bao
Tranchi. Top and bottom by Zana Bayne. Boots by Jennifer Le. NORMANI: Hair by Yusef at Factory
Downtown. Nails by Yvett Garcia. Makeup by Rokael for Rokael Beauty. Styling by Vincent Smith
for Mastermind Management Group. Shoes by Stuart Weitzman. Skirt by Marina Hoermanseder.
Belt and bra by Zana Bayne. Anklet by Laruicci. Necklaces by Laruicci and Adore Adorn. Bracelets
by Laruicci, Alexis Bittar, and IZA by Silvia D’Avila Jewelry.The Mix
21 Waxahatchee’s
New Morning
Sobriety and a lot of
soul-searching led Katie
Crutchfield to make
her best album yet.
BY ANGIE MARTOCCIO26 Rocking Dublin
Our photographer joins
breaking rockers Fontaines
D.C. on an Irish-pub tour.
BY ANDY GREENE28 Can Elvis Presley
Rise Again?
The Presley estate’s
earnings have slipped, but
a new team is hellbent on
overhauling his image.
BY DAVID BROWNESPOTLIGHT
30 City Girls Are
Finally Free
The rap duo — JT and Yung
Miami (pictured, left to
right) — get back to work
after a serious setback.
BY BRITTANY SPANOS33 Selena Gomez’s
Wild Pop Drama
She might seem like a
blank slate, but nobody
makes this many brilliant
records by accident.
BY ROB SHEFFIELDNational
Affairs
40 The MAGA
Mouthpiece
How Matt Gaetz
cracked the code
to congressional
fame in Trump’s D.C.
BY RYAN BORTTV
90 ‘The Plot Against
America’
In their new HBO series,
the creators of The Wire
tackle a Philip Roth tale
of fear and bigotry that
has frightening parallels
to today.
BY ALAN SEPINWALLFeature
78 Planet Plastic
How Big Soda and Big Oil
were able to keep a global
environmental calamity
a secret for decades.
BY TIM DICKINSON30