Ivan Guzman

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Nessa Barrett's Brooklyn Paramount Tour Diary - PAPER Magazine

2 months ago | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

Nessa Barrett is on a roll. Fresh off the release of AFTERCARE DELUXE — an expanded version of her acclaimed 2024 album AFTERCARE — the alt-pop princess is in the midst of a globe-trotting tour, most recently playing the historic Brooklyn Paramount on February 17.
LSDXOXO Talks 'BLOODLUST" Video

Jun 7, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

LSDXOXO’s new music video for “BLOODLUST” is very on-brand. In it, the artist plays both master and puppet as he lurks in online chatrooms with anonymous users, eventually relinquishing control in a Saw-esque webcam contraption. “I was definitely immersed in forum and chatroom culture as an adolescent,” he tells PAPER. “One could say I was in chatrooms showing feet.”The DJ/producer/singer-songwriter extraordinaire, real name RJ Glasgow, is clearly no stranger to the internet.
Sissy Misfit Is Coming Out of Her Shell

Jun 6, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

An exoskeleton is defined as a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal to both support the body shape and protect the internal organs. It's a key feature of arthropods, a category of animals that includes insects, spiders and crustaceans. For Sissy Misfit, the concept of an exoskeleton sparked a revelation. “The more I progressed as a trans girl, I was either forced or willfully building a shield for people to experience,” she tells PAPER.
Coolest Person: Tama Gucci, Pop Spiritualist

Jun 5, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

Popularity is relative, especially in the digital age. You could have hundreds of thousands of followers online but be completely unknown in the streets — massively famous on Instagram, YouTube or Twitter, but lack any kind of real, authentic cool in person. For our series Coolest Person in the Room, we pinpoint all the people whose energy is contagious regardless of their following count or celebrity.
Aint No Party Like a Huddy Punk Party

May 21, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

Remember walking into Hot Topic in 2008? That warm feeling you got hearing My Chemical Romance and longing for swooped, jet black hair and a metal nose piercing? Last week in LA, those vibes were brought to life in the modern day by Huddy. The 21-year-old pop punk prince just dropped his new EP, Love Bites, and to celebrate, wrangled all the E-Boys and it-fluencers for one big night at No Vacancy in Hollywood.
Dan Aura Talks "Where It Hurts"

May 20, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

Dan Aura’s currency is vulnerability. Since dropping his 2021 EP Plastic, the 23-year-old British singer has been on a journey of growth as an artist and his method of choice is complete self-expression. “When I think about how I felt growing up it does make me emotional,” he tells PAPER.
Amit Rahav Talks 'We Were the Lucky Ones'

May 15, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

Amit Rahav feels emotions really intensely. When he gets overwhelmed or anxious, the 28-year-old actor can quite literally feel the blood exploding through his veins and rushing to his heart. “It’s sort of like an addiction to insanity,” he tells PAPER. Maybe this is what makes him so good at channeling the dark, heavy roles he’s become known for.
G-Star RAW's Denim Drags With Shea Couleé, Envy Peru and Hungry

May 14, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

With Pride and the Fourth of July approaching, what’s more American than some drag artists dripped in head-to-toe denim? G-Star RAW tapped international drag icons Shea Couleé, Envy Peru and Hungry to star in a new campaign, "Denim Drags," which pushes the boundaries of denim by exploring the art of drag. “For me, the ‘Art of Denim’ exists within,” Couleé tells PAPER.
Kit Major Premieres "Let Me In Your Band" Music Video

May 3, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

Kit Major likes to rock. The LA-based musician and self-proclaimed “#1 dirty misfit” has been releasing her distinct brand of rebellious, grunge-inspired pop-punk since coming onto the scene in 2018, and recently, it’s started to really take hold. Her new music video for “Let Me In Your Band,” which premieres today on PAPER, keeps to this ethos. “I can’t play guitar, but I got the moves,” she sings in the track.
City Girls' JT Performs at The Harbor in NYC

May 1, 2024 | papermag.com | Ivan Guzman

JT is on a roll. The self-proclaimed "City Cinderella" and South Florida rapstress has had quite the year as a solo act. Since the City Girls fulfilled their promise of dropping the new album RAWlast Fall, JT has been flourishing in her own respective world with a fresh fashion it-girl aesthetic and steady stream of solo singles, first “Sideways” and most recently the defiant “Okay.”She’s also taken this momentum and hit the road on an intimate US club tour.