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Before they were pinponpanpon, the members of the Japanese digicore girl group — Domenatsu, Katherine, and Tokyo-chan — were strangers, each with a dream. At least that's how a new manga tells it. To celebrate their debut album pinponism, out October 10, the trio have released a mini graphic novel telling the (almost) true story of how they found each other. The manga is only available for download on their website.

Cece Natalie in the video for "Flood Whole Towns." Cece Natalie has been on a serious run since The FADER caught up with the producer-popstar backstage at Elsewhere last fall.

Björk will release Björk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir, a live recording of her 2021 concert with the Icelandic choir, on November 27. The set is out on LP, CD, Blu-ray, and DVD, and is available to pre-order now. The concert was recorded on October 24, 2021, at Reykjavík’s Harpa Concert Hall. It was one of four Orkestral shows Björk staged there that year, a run that swapped the elaborate staging of her recent tours for stripped-back arrangements.

Perhaps one of the perks of being a celebrity is that if you ever want to take up a new skill you can just hit up the experts. That's what Gunna did for the making of the music video behind his latest single "Pop It," which sees him hitting the courts with none other than tennis extraordinaire Coco Gauff.

For the past four years, Joyce Wrice has been ducking the spotlight. Her 2021 debut album Overgrown recast the San Diego-born Wrice as a contemporary R&B star in her own right after years as a recurring character in the wider cinematic universe of 2010’s Los Angeles hip-hop, working with The Alchemist and Free Nationals.

Two weeks ago, Telfar sent invites for an off-calendar runway show in Paris on October 6 during Paris Fashion Week. It was the first time the New York City designer Telfar Clemens switched cities for a showing in seven years. When it came time to unveil his spring/summer 2027 collection, titled “SS,” on Tuesday night, it was presumed to be another runway show. But Clemens has never been a designer who plays by traditional fashion rules.

On October 24th, Turnstile will play a free concert at the Washington Monument in D.C. to raise funds for Lebanon, Palestine, and Sudan. Fans interested in attending the benefit concert, organized in partnership with Human Concern International, can RSVP here and donate here.

Sometimes the best part of playing Grand Theft Auto is the best part of driving in real life: cruising around with the radio on. After breaking basically every entertainment record known to man with the release of GTA V, Rockstar Games has gone even bigger when it comes to picking the radio hosts for GTA VI: Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen, Lana Del Rey, Robyn, and Trina are just a few of the major musicians who’ve signed on to soundtrack your less-than-legal hijinks in-game.

Troye Sivan sort of wishes he made another fun dance pop album like 2023’s Something To Give Each Other.

Yoonchae Jeung, Megan Skiendiel, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Sophia Laforteza and Daniela Avanzini of KATSEYE attend the 68th GRAMMY Awards. Two weeks ago, KATSEYE were the musical guests for the season premiere of SNL. It's a major milestone for any artist, but for some EYEKONS, the moment was likely overshadowed by the absence of Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza, both of whom are currently on hiatus from the six-member girl group.