V i — January 2012, #75

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“The Music Issue”

Released 9 January 2012

HEROES: RICHARD HELL FACT: RICHARD HELL BASICALLY INVENTED PUNK. FACT: NOW A WRITER, HE HASN'T PLAYED MUSIC IN A LONG TIME. FIND MORE FACTS IN HIS FORTHCOMING MEMOIR, BUT FOR NOW—AND FOR US—HELL SPOKE WITH ROCK'S NEW CULT IDOL, KURT VILE

HEROES: DOLLY PARTON THE QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC HAS BUILT AN EMPIRE ON HER MUSIC, HER MOVES, AND HER ONE-OF-A-KIND MOXIE

HEROES: BARBRA STREISAND PERHAPS NO OTHER ARTIST HAS ACHIEVED AS MUCH COMMERCIAL AND CRITICAL ACCLAIM AS BABS, AND SHE'S STILL GOING STRONG

PERFORMANCE, 1978-1982 SOME WENT GLAM AND SOME WENT PUNK. SOME WERE SIRENS. SOME WERE DIAMONDS. SOME WERE ROXY. ONE WAS NINA. MUDD CLUB. LE PALACE. THE BALLROOMS OF MARS. SUFFRAGETTE CITIES. IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE, ON EVERY STAGE STARDUST. WE HAD FIVE YEARS

THE BALLAD OF LANA DEL REY CYBERSPACE'S CONTROVERSIAL CHANTEUSE FILLED A VIRAL VACUUM WITH "VIDEO GAMES"—IGNITING A BACKDRAFT OF DEBATE IN THE PROCESS. NOW SHE'S READY TO SET THE STORY STRAIGHT WITH A RECORD THAT REMINDS US WE'RE ALL BORN TO DIE

WATCH THE THRONE JUSTIN BIEBER TURNS 18 THIS MARCH. AS POP MUSIC'S LITTLE PRINCE TAKES HIS FIRST STEPS INTO ADULTHOOD, WILL HE PROVE HE'S READY TO BE KING?

WHO'S THAT GIRL? FASHION'S FAVORITE NEW MATERIAL GIRL, SKY FERREIRA, IS CAUSING A COMMOTION IN CAMPAIGNS AND FRONT ROWS—BUT SHE'S ALSO ON THE BORDERLINE OF FINISHING HER DEBUT ALBUM. "IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN PEOPLE EXPECT," SHE SAYS. OF COURSE, NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO SUBVERT EXPECTATION LIKE MADONNA. HERE, SKY TAKES A MOMENT WITH MARIO TESTINO TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MUSIC'S ULTIMATE ICON

THE QUEEN OF HIP-HOP CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE INNATELY KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE "STREET CHIC." CREDITED AS THE FIRST FASHION EDITOR TO MARRY HIP-HOP AND HIGH FASHION, SHE BROUGHT THE LOOK TO THE PAGES OF ITALIAN VOGUE IN 1990 WITH STEVEN MEISEL. SHE SAYS IT BEST: "I LOVE GIRLS THAT MEN WANT TO FOLLOW IN THE STREET—GLAMOROUS, SEXY, POWERFUL. YOU'RE BORN WITH IT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU LEARN. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OBSESSED BY HIP-HOP. L'ATTITUDE IS ALWAYS RIGHT."


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