Beyhive, Swifties, BTS ARMY: Who Are Music’s Biggest Stans?

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( cheat sheet [Who’s Your Favorite Artist?]( A guide to music’s biggest stans and what they stand for. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos Getty Images Stans aren’t exactly known for being chill. These ultradedicated fans are either using their collective power for charity and activism — K-pop devotees once [spammed]( police, who were looking for videos of protesters, with fan-cams — or they’re going to impressive (and [sometimes unhinged]() lengths to defend or promote their favorite artists. It’s all or nothing all the time. While it would be impossible to list every single musical standom under the sun, here’s a guide to help you better identify some of the major players right now. Proceed with caution. [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: [Thai One On]( • Yellowjackets: [Cornflake Girls]( • Daisy Jones & the Six: [Steel City Blues (Episode 9)](, [Go Your Own Way (Episode 10)]( • Shrinking: [The Best Way to Help Yourself]( • Love Is Blind: [Mean Girls]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Citizen Detectives, Get Sleuthing Yellowjackets is already leaving us with more questions than answers about our favorite not-not-cannibal girls.]( By Rebecca Alter and Roxana Hadadi [Introducing Succession Club A newsletter exclusively for New York subscribers obsessively covering the show’s final season.]( [If Only Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella Were Worse Neither good nor so bad it’s good.]( [Time to Brush Up on Succession’s Assistants, Aides, and Attachés Which of the Roys’ many suit-wearing advisers is closest to power?]( By Jackson McHenry [The Noise Around Swarm Is Deafening The first episode’s sex scene opened an entire can of discourse worms. We’re still trying to sort them out.]( [Inside Daisy Jones & the Six’s Most Memorable Needle Drops Including a hard pass from Led Zeppelin and an enthusiastic yes from Fleetwood Mac.]( By Devon Ivie [Replicating Rosalía When the Spanish singer’s tour didn’t come to Peru, a YouTuber spent six figures re-creating it.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 15-Across, Six Letters: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, or Michelangelo. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, Shutterstock Into It With Sam Sanders Photo-Illustration: Vulture This week, a game of hosts: [Sam Sanders asks]( NPR’s All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro and CNN’s The Assignment host Audie Cornish if they’re into the return of HBO’s Succession, the new NYC tourism campaign, Sofia Coppola’s daughter trying to charter a helicopter from New York to Maryland to see a camp friend, and more. [Read more from Vulture]( A weekly newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved