Our latest GEN F star @notdaine can’t be killed.
At just 23, the Australian pop star has already flopped, been dropped, and considered calling music quits. Then they made their playful and poetic breakthrough record.
“I thought I was going to have a comfortable 100,000 monthlies, and be playing 200-cap rooms the rest of my life,” they say. Things are quickly changing.
Read daine's GEN F interview here:
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Nothing quite like the nonbinary experience of an Essentia water. @eisenbergsounds
Wendy Eisenberg (@eisenbergsounds) came into a special sort of limelight this year when they released their self-titled record, ‘Wendy Eisenberg.’ The dense and lilting album pairs their technical mastery of the guitar with lyrics that reflect a feeling of awe.
Meet our entire 2026 NYis class here: features.thefader.com/ny-is-…
Story: @Tobiasfornow @perlucidum
Photographer: @MrCHRIS_BUCK
Design: Luca Gianesi
Editorial Director: @steffaneex
Creative Direction: Chris Cereda
Social Media editor: Kylah Williams
Social Video producer: Hajin Yoo
First Photo Assistant: Sophia Pallwein-Prettner
Second Photo Assistant: Oscar Villanueva Padron
Third Photo Assistant: Mickey Gulcicek
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1900Rugrat is the only rapper featured on #MonstersUnderMyBed, the first Tay-K album in nearly 10 years. Read our review of "Gangstalicious" here: thefader.com/2026/11/13/tay-…
Nirosta Steel on covering his close collaborator, the late Arthur Russell for the Club Kid EP:
"It was so cool to hear Arthur’s voice in this fab movie then even cooler to get the call from the A24 folks to cover it. Big smile!"
Story here:
thefader.com/2026/11/13/club…
Club Kid has released an EP composed of music from and inspired by the film. It features music by Shygirl, Brutalismus 3000, Moby, Christine and the Queens, and Nirosta Steel.
Details here:
thefader.com/2026/11/13/club…
Last summer, Bronx teenager yuke (@sprain_) put out an ultra-fried rap mixtape called 'Cheetah World 2.' "But despite his high-energy raps and the typically blown-out lowend, the project didn’t make me want to turn up: it made me feel depressed," Vivian Medithi writes.
As it turns out, that was by design. Now, some of your favorite underground rappers call themselves his fan: @xaviersobased, @EdwardSkeletrix, and @Nettspend.
Meet our entire 2026 NYis class here: features.thefader.com/ny-is-…
Story: @perlucidum @Tobiasfornow
Photographer: @MrCHRIS_BUCK
Design: Luca Gianesi
Editorial Director: @steffaneex
Creative Direction: Chris Cereda
Social Media editor: Kylah Williams
Social Video producer: Hajin Yoo
First Photo Assistant: Sophia Pallwein-Prettner
Second Photo Assistant: Oscar Villanueva Padron
Third Photo Assistant: Mickey Gulcicek
Special Thanks: Conflict of Interest PR, Cody DeFalco, Orienteer, Natalie Miano, Shannon Byrne, Kanya McMahon, Luc Fatton
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.@IDK announces partnership with @Eminem's Shady Records and Interscope Record.
"To get to the point where I have a partnership with the most legendary hip-hop label and the biggest rapper of all time it's not only surreal but feels like what my calling has always led towards. This next chapter not only allows me to soak in the expertise of literal legends, but it also allows me to bring a new flavor to the Shady Records and Interscope," he exclusively tells The FADER.
More details: thefader.com/2026/11/13/idk-…




















