Phoebe Bridgers is back
Plus a bunch of new music for your weekend
Hello!
Hope everyone had a good week 🫶
Today’s newsletter looks a little different because we sent the main essay on Tuesday. There’s a link to read it in case you missed it, plus all the regular bits.
Happy Phoebe Day! And enjoy the sun!
Holly x
Updates from the Capsule universe you may have missed this week:
Big news: Phoebe Bridgers announced her third album, Lost Weekend. Could the title be a John Lennon reference?
And the first single ‘Lost Boys’ is here, complete with an excellent music video. We break down the song and video here!
Olivia Rodrigo is putting on her own festival and a) the lineup is great and b) it’s all for a great cause
The Harry Styles tour responded to the heatwave thank god
Gabbriette had her bachelorette
Was not expecting Madonna to be our authority on screen time but here we are!
Long live the Jacob Elordi x Kendall Jenner twinning era
Meta glasses did well to put Zuck on the bench and sub in Kylie Jenner
After years in Paris, McQueen will return to London Fashion Week
Upcoming collabs to get excited for: Clairo x Ryan Beatty, and Beabadoobee x Hayley Williams
This week’s best dressed: Adwoa Aboah, Myha’la, and Jodie Comer
And we thought a Taylor Swift MSG wedding was a clever decoy but now it’s looking rather likely…!
We published this week’s Open Tabs essay a few days early on Tuesday to align with the Hayley Williams tour. It was a lesson in overcoming cringe and how doing embarrassing things can actually get you somewhere. Here’s an excerpt, then a link to read the whole thing.
That sense of feeling like a teenager is something I have been reflecting on since Saturday night. I was embarrassed at the prospect of sharing my ticket hunt on Instagram because it felt childlike: to go to all that effort, and to be so desperate, felt like something that would be acceptable if I were 10 years younger but not now. I thought a few times that this story might be sweet for a teenager but I’m nearly 30. What was I doing? I imagined what people would think of me. Who would cringe while swiping through the carousel? Who did I hope would miss the post? And who would I look to for comfort, because they would get it?
This week, Au/Ra popped into Capsule to share what’s 🔥hot🔥 and what’s not 🙅♀️ …
Au/Ra is a German-Antiguan alternative electropop singer and songwriter. Born in Ibiza and raised in the Caribbean, she broke through with her 2018 hit single ‘Panic Room’. Her album heartcore comes out today!
🔥🔥🔥Hot🔥🔥🔥
Sade, Babybels, Lord of the Rings, metallics, Wild Rift, boorsoq, labradorite, frolicking, teal, cosplay, Vinted, lemon on everything, Sanrio, jasmine
Hot Not… 🙅♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️
Running, the geopolitical state of the world, truffle oil, shaving off your eyebrows, Suno, the color yellow, revolving doors, fast fashion, double faucets (WHY), cilantro
📺 Watching: Charli xcx on Fashion Neurosis, Gracie Abrams on Popcast, and of course the great new Phoebe Bridgers song and video.
📖 Reading: 10 things Raven Smith learned in his first year of fatherhood for Vogue, Harling Ross Anton sharing items of clothing she’s owned for 10+ years (we must do the same!), and Delia Cai on the contradictions of mass cool.
🎧 Listening to: A bunch of new singles today: ‘Violins’ by Blondshell, ‘Wink Wink’ by Charli xcx, ‘Look at My Life’ by Gracie Abrams, and ‘Sun Has Set’ by Beabadoobee. Plus two new albums: Ryan Beatty’s Sweet Fortune and Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads.
Gonna put that album on just because of the crazy sword