Culture
Under the influencers
Taylor Lorenz explains how content creators killed traditional media and why that might not be a bad thing
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
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
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
Gimme K-pop!
An easy solution to boost Outside Lands’ sales? Bet on the K-pop obsessives
Face Time: Ben Fong-Torres
The ‘Rolling Stone’ editor and author is more than almost famous — he’s a legend
An Outside Lands primer from a rising star
British singer Hope Tala performs at Outside Lands and The Independent this weekend
Opera for all
Lucia Lucas comes to SF to perform at Expansive, a celebration of trans and nonbinary singers
Dad & Co.
What does a 10-year-old make of the Dead? ‘A lot of old people, and they all look like hippies’
