Table of contents for June 2025 in Rolling Stone

My For You Page is coming to life. I’m in the back of the content-creator collective AMP’s official RV, shuttling through the outskirts of Atlanta on our way to the studio. Like in the clips that inundate my feeds, each member brings a specific vibe: Duke Dennis has the confident aura of the kid in school who was good at everything. ImDavisss is the class clown, randomly yelling “Swamp Izzo” in the same frenetic cadence the DJ does throughout Playboi Carti’s latest album. Chrisnxtdoor and Agent 00 are the quietest of the bunch, and opt to nap in the back. Fanum is the extrovert who keeps the group together — the glue, according to the rest of the guys — though he isn’t on the RV, his presence is…

Eva Victor is carrying a ludicrously capacious bag. When I can’t help but reference the now memed-to-death Succession bit, Victor juts out their jaw and says, in a pitch-perfect Tom Wambsgans impression, “Shiv.” I’m relieved, if not surprised, that Victor got the reference. The actor-writer-director, who is 31 and uses they/she pronouns, has spent the past decade or so as a niche internet presence, going viral periodically with satirical videos and bone-dry one-liners (“Someday, I hope a man takes off my clothes with the same care he takes off the tinfoil of his carnitas burrito”). But now, they’re introducing themselves to a whole new audience — in a whole new way — with Sorry, Baby, an intimate, poignant drama that just closed out the Cannes Film Festival in May…

“There’s Going to be a Lot of People Who Don’t Think I’m A Good Girl Any More.” On an unusually freezing April day in New York, the wind rustles through the cracks of a window AC unit in an apartment high above the streets of the West Village. It’s an unpretentious two-bedroom, and with its taupes and earthy browns, it feels homey and lived-in. There’s a pack of opened Marlboro Golds and loose cash by the door, Post-its stuck to the refrigerator, melted candle wax and magazines on the coffee table, tall branches in a vase, the smell of freshly burned palo santo in the air. The wall next to the fireplace is filled with rows and rows of books, with space on each shelf reserved for more. Even…

THEO WENNER Photographer When it comes to portraits, Theo Wenner takes a personal approach. “It’s like their truth and your truth meeting together,” he says of the ineffable chemistry of a shoot. With that philosophy, Wenner was the perfect collaborator to help Lorde usher in her new era with this Rolling Stone cover. The pair first worked together in 2017 and have remained friends since. “There’s a level of creative trust between us,” Wenner says, which led to intimate and stripped-down photos. “It’s rare to have someone who’s not trying to control their image,” Wenner notes. “She’s a true artist.” DAVID BROWNE Senior Writer Decades into his journalism career, David Browne doesn’t get many firsts. But when it came to reporting “How an American Metal Rocker Landed in Russian…

Cory Booker had been railing against Donald Trump’s agenda from the floor of the Senate for three hours when his feet started to go numb. On the lectern he had his cellphone out (against Senate rules), with his family group chat pulled up. Every now and then it pinged with a message of encouragement, or a photo of an absurdly shredded bald dude — the motivational speaker, ultramarathoner, and former Navy SEAL David Goggins — instructing him to “STAY HARD.” ● Booker’s family read Goggins’ book together back in 2021, his cousin Pam tells me. “We developed our own internal language, like: ‘Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Stop acting like you’re doing something hard. Let’s Goggins it out.’… Anytime we thought we were suffering, we’d say, ‘Well, have you…

“Even in defeat, we feel like we won.” Being a coach is a bit like being a therapist. What’s your approach to treating players as individuals? When you grow up the youngest of five, you really don’t have a voice. You’re a listener. My position in my family really helped me observe and navigate from that. You have to observe to understand that some players like for you to really get on them and talk to them as their parents would talk to them. Some of them like one-on-ones. Once you figure out how everybody receives information, your life smooths. You write that young people today don’t like to hear anything negative, but you tell every player, “I love you enough to allow you to hurt.” What do you…

Love Him or Hate Him So much tension in the pursuit, so many gems in the payoff [“Chasing Lil Wayne: Up All Night With a Hip-Hop Legend,” May 2025]. Loved this. Congrats. @Sid_Madden, via the internet Wayne’s World Interview was a mess from start to finish, journalists deserve the world for real. @iambrysoncarter, via the internet Hip-Hop Journalism What a huge deal this is, congrats. So much to reflect on here, but I wanted to first highlight this part: “His celebrity allows him to thrill us … but it’s also cushioned him from the gravity of his people’s plight.” This is hip-hop journalism that we need. @julianakilrose, via the internet SNL’s Class Clown, Captured The energy in this photo shoot [“Comedy’s Class of 2025: Marcello Hernández”] is kinda hot…

The Who practically invented the concept of the rock & roll farewell tour back in 1982 when they hit the road for what they claimed was the final time. Seven years later, they practically invented the concept of the “forget that whole farewell thing” tour when they reformed for a lucrative run of stadium shows. They’ve been active the past 30 years, but now, they’re kicking off a second farewell tour — and this time around, they mean it. The tour is just one project that band co-founder and guitarist Pete Townshend, 80, has in the works. He’s also releasing a seven-disc box set that chronicles his solo career, working with young bands the Wild Things and Bookshop, and writing new songs. “I’ve got maybe 10 years left as…

Haim Kick Off Single-Girl Summer The L.A. pop-rock trio deliver one of their brightest sets yet, full of romantic freedom and brimming with bangers. By Angie Martoccio In the 2019 video for “Summer Girl,” Haim walk around their native Los Angeles, shedding layers of clothing. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it starts with the sister trio in puffer jackets and peacoats, and concludes with Danielle, Alana, and Este in bathing-suit tops, strolling down Ventura Boulevard. The sun is setting, another dreamy California day coming to a close. This video is essentially how it feels listening to Haim, a band that specializes in sleek, soft pop-rock they regularly infuse with Seventies rock and R&B. While their music shines during every season, these Valley sisters have always been the antidote to…