In celebration of young women who explore their own sexuality as a huge way they relate to their world, we present our Generation Bombshell issue. And we’re celebrating that, because it’s rare that anybody else does. Growing up is hard, growing up as a girl is hard, and growing up in the public eye is so difficult most of us can not fathom it. Instead, there’s a larger focus on using energy to make girls who are just trying to figure all this shit out, feel really bad. At 18, Kylie Jenner owns multiple companies, manages the largest public Snapchat following to date, responds to an obscene public obsession with her body, family and relationships, and still manages to get out of bed in the morning. Applause for you, Kylie—it takes a strong woman to grow up into the girl that you are. Our other cover girl, Zendaya, has also established herself as a (very stylish) businesswoman, and as a young woman invested not only in standing up for herself, but in being held fully accountable for her own statements and actions. The idea isn’t that you’ll always make the right choice, or even wear the right thing. Take it from our girls in this issue: you’ll mess up, but it’ll be okay. If it doesn’t feel possible, that’s also okay—just focus on getting out of bed in the morning.
Ten works, five of them new, make up the exhibition, including a large-scale installation measuring approximately 3 meters that can be walked through by the public. The Contempo Gallery presents the first solo exhibition by Sandra Lapage, titled “Cortejo de um cão da lua”, on view from June 20 to July 18 in São Paulo.
Born in Queimados, in Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region, LARINHX occupies a singular place in contemporary Brazilian music. A singer, songwriter, producer, and curator, she has built a career that moves across multiple creative fields, earning influence both behind the scenes and in the spotlight. Her name has become closely associated with projects and
Few groups in Brazil’s new music scene have managed to build such a distinctive identity as Os Garotin. Drawing from soul music, R&B, samba, and MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), the trio formed by Leo Guima, Anchietx, and Cupertino has found a language that feels both familiar and entirely new at the same time. After attracting
Clementaum belongs to a new generation of artists who understand the dancefloor as a form of spectacle. Blending music, performance, and image-making, her presence evokes the energy of a pop star while remaining deeply rooted in the club culture that shapes her identity. Through fast-paced beats, tribal percussion, ballroom references, and an aesthetic profoundly connected
