The Spring 2026 Issue

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Music

4 things fakemink told us about his new album

From inspirations from drill to how he’s staying ahead of the trend cycle, here’s everything the rapper told Dazed about his sophomore record, Terrified

May 20, 2026

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Art & Photography

Cato Ink’s paintings offer an experimental vision of Black British life

Inspired by everyday scenes from his south London stomping grounds, Cato Ink’s collaged paintings have an ‘uncle quality’

May 12, 2026

Alayo Akinkugbe
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Music

The secret history of Black British music

Black British music has been ‘making arses shake since the Windrush’, as Lewisham’s finest Jim Legxacy put it. Now, a new exhibition at London’s V&A East aims to tell the whole story

Apr 16, 2026

Nicolas-Tyrell Scott
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Music

Silvana Estrada: ‘Bad Bunny is my hero, but Latin America is a continent’

For our spring 2026 issue, the Mexican folk artist discusses the influence of Spanish-speaking musicians and feeling the pressure to sing in English

Apr 15, 2026

Isobel Van Dyke
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Music

Coals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop scene

For our spring 2026 issue, Dazed sat down with the duo to discuss their shifting sound, the Polish music scene, and cats

Apr 03, 2026

Tiarna
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Music

Finnish alt-pop star Pehmoaino: ‘Art helps us survive this dark country’

For our Spring 2026 issue, we spoke to the ethereal Finnish singer-poet about nature and national identity in the Nordic country

Apr 01, 2026

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Art & Photography

Barbara Kruger: ‘Never be shocked. Shock is a failure of imagination’

Savage and satirical, Kruger’s conceptual art predicted the meme culture of today – now, she says, it’s the right that’s harnessing the power of polemics

Mar 26, 2026

Dominique Sisley
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Art & Photography

Meet the 12 Dazed Club creatives featured in our latest issue

Some of our Berlin-based Clubbers shared their portraits for the Spring 2026 issue of Dazed. Connect with them on the Dazed Club app

Mar 25, 2026

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Music

Zaylevelten is leading a Gen Z Nigerian rap revolution

For our Spring 2026 issue, we caught up with rising Nigerian star to hear how he’s fusing underground rap with the rich lineage of African dance music

Mar 24, 2026

Solomon PM
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Music

Billionhappy is the ‘king’ of the Nu China rap scene

For our 2026 Spring issue, the Shanghai-based rapper tells us about the hybridising influences that gave way to his radical ‘Nu China’ scene

Mar 23, 2026

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Music

‘Emo boy got the party lit’: The UK underground has a new identity crisis

The likes of EsDeeKid and his UK Ug peers fuse disparate subcultural aesthetics – something that would’ve been unthinkable in the 2000s. Emma Garland reports on how the style divides collapsed

Mar 20, 2026

Emma Garland
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Fashion

Lyas: ‘I’m really bad at keeping my mouth shut’

Flipping fashion-world etiquette on its head with his riotous runway watch parties, Elias Medini AKA Lyas is the new-gen face of online style commentary

Mar 19, 2026

Elliot Hoste
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Music

Kim Gordon selects: What to listen to, watch and read

From racy Brit-lit classics to first encounters with the French New Wave, the noise-rock icon shares inspirational sounds and visions to wean you off the algorithm

Mar 13, 2026

Laura Pitcher
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Music

K-pop disruptor Effie: ‘Conservatives usually hate my music’

Pushing back against the K-pop industrial complex, Effie is the 'fresh and wild' underground rap star deferring to no-one

Mar 10, 2026

Isaac Muk
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Music

On the funk line: 7 young Brazilians speak on the future of baile funk

In 2026, baile funk is in a bind: at the peak of its powers as a global pop phenomenon, but strangled at the grassroots level by government repression. Here, communities in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo reflect on Brazil’s hottest cultural export

Mar 09, 2026

Felipe Maia

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