Tierra Whack Takes Her Mask Off

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( profile [Mask Off]( Known for her clever lyrics and eccentric music videos, rapper Tierra Whack gets surprisingly vulnerable on her debut album. Photo: Camila Falquez for New York Magazine In the video for her new song, “[27 Club](,” [Tierra Whack]( appears in her customary setup: a surrealist world splattered with bright colors and filled with weird characters. At what seems to be a pep rally from an alternate universe, Whack wears a silver garment that looks like a cross between a choir robe and a clown suit. As a melancholy melody starts to play, she cycles through a series of animated masks — one with running eye shadow, another with subtle clown makeup — before she reveals her actual, downcast face. “I can show you how it feels,” she sings, then drops an octave, “when you lose what you love.” As band members and cheerleaders dance joyfully around her, she tells a story of disillusionment and loneliness, of how thoughts in isolation can make you feel so invisible that the people close to you can’t even recognize when you’re hurting. Those thoughts lead to an unsettling conclusion in which, on the song’s hook, Whack repeatedly chants the word suicide. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Below Deck: [Barbie Land]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Ariana Grande Is Telling This Story Herself Eternal Sunshine stares directly into the past — and recontextualizes it.]( [Who Mastered the 2024 GlamBOT Season? The packed awards circuit meant more time to perfect the art of the GlamBOT.]( [The Royals Are So Bad at This First rule of the internet: Why believe a boring, simple explanation when there’s so much more pleasure in rampant speculation?]( [Corruption’s Heroes Are Not Serious People Murdoch’s phone-hacking scandal, recounted by thinly drawn archetypes.]( By Sara Holdren [My Momma Told Me You Should Listen to This Podcast Langston Kerman and David Gborie’s approach to conspiracy theories is always measured — and always funny.]( [Jimmy Kimmel Names the ‘Biggest Dick’ of Oscars Night Trumping John Cena’s.]( By Zoe Guy [The Boy and the Heron Will Poop on Max The freshly crowned Oscar winner is heading to streaming … eventually.]( By Eric Vilas-Boas [No Thoughts, Just Eternal Sunshine Grande dropped the “slightly” deluxe version featuring Mariah Carey and Troye Sivan.]( By Jennifer Zhan [Justin Timberlake Briefly Subs In for Kimmel Post-Oscars Subtly reminding us he did in fact reunite ’N Sync.]( By Alejandra Gularte [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 31-Across, Three Letters: One of a similarly named Cartoon Network trio Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, Everett [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name an Adam Driver movie with a character name in the title? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Mike Marsland/WireImage, Belinda Jiao/Getty Images, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [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 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved