Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2025 i Rolling Stone

RANDOM NOTES The buzzy New York group Geese reveal the secrets to their success as one of rock’s most exciting young bands (p.9). HIM’s Tyriq Withers tells us how he went from college athlete to big-screen star (p.11), and we look at how preteen pop act X-Cetra’s 2000 debut became a cult favorite (p.11). Benny Safdie talks about his first solo feature — and that time he got punched in the face (p.13). We check out the new wave of shoegaze bands (p.14). Plus, Mark Ronson shares some memories from Nineties NYC (p.15). “Music, even more than other forms of art, stays in your body.”MARK RONSON NATIONAL AFFAIRS Stephen Miller is Donald Trump’s favorite zealot. From unleashing the Army in the streets to mass deportations and camps, we go inside…

The members of Geese are sitting around a hibachi grill in a Brooklyn restaurant, talking about the time they lost an entire day in the studio listening to hand claps. While making their new album, Getting Killed, Geese wanted to incorporate the sound onto a track. Their producer, Kenneth Blume (better known as Kenny Beats), promptly opened a folder of sample files. “He pulled up 7,000 claps,” frontman Cameron Winter recalls. “We spent all day choosing a clap.” Even months later, Winter, drummer Max Bassin, guitarist Emily Green, and bassist Dominic DiGesu are still incredulous as they recall the intensity of the search. And its ultimate futility. “That was one of the days we went home sad,” Green says. Why? “We spent too long looking at claps!” she answers. “We…

Benny Safdie desperately wants to tell me about the time he got punched in the face. Over a long breakfast at Old John’s Luncheonette — the kind of New York diner that, despite a recent renovation, still emanates a distinct greasy-spoon vibe — the 39-year-old writer, director, and actor will wax poetic on a number of topics: elementary particle physics, the benefits of therapy, geeking out with Christopher Nolan, It’s a Wonderful Life. He’s as good a conversationalist as he is a filmmaker, and as one half of the duo responsible for movies like 2017’s Good Time and 2019’s Uncut Gems, that’s saying something. Those gritty, often harrowing, and oddly funny character studies helped Robert Pattinson and Adam Sandler dig into darker sides they didn’t normally get to display, and…

It was after 3 a.m. on Nov. 6 last year, and nobody on the planet was happier than a balding, slender man standing near the reception desk of the Hilton West Palm Beach. Donald Trump had just finished hosting his 2024 election watch party at the adjacent Florida convention center, declaring victory in a speech eloquently touting “the most incredible political thing.” Jubilant Republican donors, campaign staff, future government officials, and attendees (of course, Jon Voight) flooded over to the luxury hotel to celebrate. At the front of the lobby stood Stephen Miller, the man Trump would soon tap as his White House’s undisputed orchestrator of policies and executive authority. Miller had been one of the first Trump administration’s key policy drivers, particularly when it came to the president’s throttling…

RYAN MCGINLEY Photographer Ryan McGinley has photographed his share of superstars, including Lady Gaga and Harry Styles for Rolling Stone covers in 2011 and 2019. But for this issue’s cover, he decamped with Paul Mescal to a highly unusual location: an old military bunker just outside of London. At one point, Mescal fell into a swampy bog on the grounds. McGinley took the unexpected moment in stride and captured captivating images of the actor emerging from the water. The best part? Mescal was totally game. JULYSSA LOPEZ Deputy Music Editor In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Rolling Stone is diving into the hottest sounds and artists in Latin music with the “Nuevos Futuros” special (p.38). The package includes change makers like Mexican band Latin Mafia and Brazilian singer Ludmilla. “We’re…

Call it a “crossover” if you want — Ludmilla won’t. The Rio de Janeiro-born dreamer started her music career in baile funk and later transitioned into pagode, a subgenre of samba. But now, she’s knee-deep in her sixth and biggest album yet, which she calls a “game changer.” It’s a project she hopes will open new doors as she embraces R&B and cameos by stateside artists like Victoria Monét. However, she isn’t letting go of where she comes from. As one of the few openly queer Afro-Latina artists at her level, Ludmilla knows her presence carries weight. “I’m not stopping my career in Brazil so I can make a career in the United States,” she says. “No, I’m doing my work in Brazil, and I want the United States to…

Olivia Dean Adds Her Own Page to the Book of Love OLIVIA DEAN The Art of Loving ISLAND What more is there to say about love? It has been painstakingly dissected and enshrined for centuries in the written word, films, and songs that both shatter and mend hearts. Olivia Dean says it herself on “I’ve Seen It,” the closing track from her second studio album, The Art of Loving. The British singer-songwriter witnessed love shape-shift across those mediums, but also watched as it took the form of her parents’ bar-setting romance, young couples finding each other and growing apart, and older ones losing memories to time. “It makes me cry to think that I am able to give it back the way it gives to me,” Dean sings, while birds…

“Act like you belong, until you do belong.” You’re publishing a memoir about your formative years in rock & roll. You saved everything from your past, from backstage passes to a doodle David Bowie drew you. It must have made writing easier. They’re souvenirs from a front-row seat. My dream was always, if I get a front-row seat, I want to put you in the seat next to me. It’s like, “Here’s what it is to really be in the middle of all of it, and to do diary pieces from within that hurricane.” When people write about Bob Dylan, they feel the need to swing in the arena with Bob Dylan. It’s like, “No, don’t do that. Get out of the way.” [I aimed to] write this in a…

Happiness Is the Truth It’s giving Baby Pharrell [Steve Lacy, RS’ September 2025 cover star]. Side note: Steve Lacy can do no wrong in my eyes. @luckybynature, via the internet A Note to Steve Lacy The way you collected us and told us we needed to take more time to appreciate the last album before you’d drop anything else … and the WHOLE time you were in the studio?! Gorgeous RS cover and I’m excited! @Gabbynikki, via the internet Missed Opportunity? No Ozzy on the cover?! Missed opportunity smh … no disrespect on Lacy. Good artist, but wow. @247joelnetwork, via the internet Former RS Cover Star Gets Amnesia According to this list [“The 25 Most Influential Creators of 2025,” September 2025], a guy with 1 million followers is more influential…

The year was 2000. Y2K came and went, and a group of four childhood best friends had something more important to worry about: middle school. But that summer, they found a way to briefly escape the future. In a Santa Rosa, California, guest room turned studio, they imagined they were the Spice Girls and transformed into X-Cetra, a pop group they dreamed up. Ayden Mayeri, Jessica Hall, and Janet Washburn were 11 going on 12 at the time. Rounding out their quartet was Janet’s younger sister, Mary, who was two and a half years younger but a crucial part of the group. Janet and Mary’s mom, Robin O’Brien, and their stepdad, Don Campau, had always filled their home with music. O’Brien was a musician herself and had been part of…

Ghosts of late nights past haunt the streets of downtown New York. Mark Ronson can see them everywhere: In Tribeca, there are remnants of New Music Cafe, where Ronson made the jump to flyer-billed headlining DJ at a party called Sweet Thang in his early twenties. That same address, where Brooklyn legends Jay-Z and Notorious B.I.G. heard him play — and where he became the first DJ to drop “Hypnotize” before its official release — became an oyster restaurant a few years back. That’s gone now, too. But Ronson remembers it all. “I have so many memories of pulling up to the club and seeing everybody already on line, excited for the night ahead,” the DJ turned Grammy Award-winning producer recalls. Night after night, he came to understand the difference…

Roy Wood Jr. has performed on virtually every kind of stage American comedy has to offer, from small, cutthroat clubs in the Deep South to sold-out theaters and televised specials that reach millions. At 46, he knows exactly who he is and what he wants to say, and he wants to make sure no one interferes with his freedom to say it. When he arrives to the Manhattan loft where we’re taping our interview, clad in jeans and a light-gray T-shirt and jacket (“I’m matching the rug, that wasn’t on purpose”), Wood asks if anyone on his team gave me any “no-fly zones” in terms of topics. “It hasn’t been a problem the past couple of years, but old agents and shit would come behind my back and go, ‘Don’t…

Across the Latin-music industry, the most interesting artists are the ones shaking things up and boldly experimenting in their own corners of the world. From electronic renegades to raucous punk rockers, here are a few acts who don’t sound like anyone else — and who are creating totally new genres as they forge their own paths in Latin music. SARAMALACARA Saramalacara made a splash with 2024’s Heráldica, a thrashing electronic opus. The Argentine rebel is promising to go even harder with an upcoming LP on Interscope. PLANTA INDUSTRIAL The punk-minded Bronx duo smash together dembow and metal without a care — and they’re gearing up to release their debut album later this year. MULA The Dominican trio have surprised listeners with wild mixes of electro-pop and merengue, and their new album,…