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Under the influencers

Taylor Lorenz explains how content creators killed traditional media and why that might not be a bad thing

August 25, 2025

TikTok is being overrun by Sean Parker’s royal hamsters

An AI-generated hamster isn’t cool. You know what is? A billion AI-generated hamsters, all speaking in a vaguely Irish accent

August 20, 2025

At Chase Center with young Asian America’s favorite crooner

Keshi had what felt like every college-aged Asian person from the Bay Area singing and crying last night

August 13, 2025

The Outside Lands cheat sheet

Did you miss the action at this year’s three-day festival? Fear not, here are some things you can talk about to sound like you were totally there

August 11, 2025

Gimme K-pop!

An easy solution to boost Outside Lands’ sales? Bet on the K-pop obsessives

August 8, 2025

Face Time: Ben Fong-Torres

The ‘Rolling Stone’ editor and author is more than almost famous — he’s a legend

August 8, 2025

An Outside Lands primer from a rising star

British singer Hope Tala performs at Outside Lands and The Independent this weekend

August 7, 2025

Boiling over

Tensions between restaurants and influencers reach a fever pitch

August 7, 2025

Opera for all

Lucia Lucas comes to SF to perform at Expansive, a celebration of trans and nonbinary singers

August 5, 2025

Dad & Co.

What does a 10-year-old make of the Dead? ‘A lot of old people, and they all look like hippies’

August 4, 2025