Phemia Demosthenous

Victoria de Angelis embraces fearless freedom: from Måneskin to her solo DJ era, queer techno, and a bold new fashion chapter featuring Gentle Monster. Interview taken from METAL Magazine issue 52. Adapted for the online version. Order your copy here. If her celestial name didn’t already allude to it, her defiance of gendered expectations and continued outspoken support for gay rights, have christened her a bit of a guardian angel of the queer community — especially in these times of crisis.

Are you living in track pants, smoking a record amount of cigarettes, and feeling super indoor-sy? Then you’re having a Sophia Stel summer. You might recognise her name from the internet alt-pop classic “I’ll Take It”, which became the TikTok score to everything from brutally honest breakup advice to #hopecore friendship content.

Whether or not she believes it herself, Sonoya Mizuno’s unique journey from ballerina to actress is a beautiful example of fate-like consequences. Appearing quite abruptly on our screens back in 2014, as Kyoko in Ex Machina, Sonoya’s decisiveness to audition for the role, to put her contracted security as an experienced ballerina at risk, is worthy of admiration.