Mamadoux by Elliott Beach is more than a cult-culture phenomena. The vision behind this brand was something along the lines of freeing the fashion world. Every item of clothing is unique unto the moment. Beach’s inspirations come to him daily, needing to be created by his own hands: every clothing item is 100% hand made. Elliott Beach figured out how to decimate all conventions in order to hand-make a vision of personal liberation. His line is for anyone, not solely one type of person, but for a true world that infuses individualism and style.

Mamadoux’s clothing is crafted precise to your measurements. Making each item is irreplaceable, none are made the exact same way. Mamadoux feels like your own personal brand, almost intrinsically chiseled for your persona.

Was Mamadoux something you always kind of knew you would end up doing, did you kind of have a feeling you would go on this artistic route?

EB: It was more of a fantasy than a dream back then. I had this sketch book, this big orange sketch book; anyone who knew me when I was young knew that I would bring it around everywhere I went.  I was always drawing in it; I’ve been drawing clothes since 6th grade just for fun, even if it was drawing my friends, telling them “I think you should where this.”  It was always a dream, I never thought I’d become a designer…I mean how do you become a designer?  I don’t know.  When you’re growing up in the suburbs, it’s not like “Oh, I’m just gonna be the next Marc Jacobs or something.” How does one do that?  There is no “How To” book, so I never thought that was something I would actually be able to do.  But I knew it was what I wanted to do, and I found a way to do it, no matter what.

Talk about dedication, did you ever doubt you would not make it at all? Any moment you felt like giving up?

EB: I mean, I don’t think there were any doubts because I’ve always been really dedicated and knew what I wanted to do, and I knew that I could do it.

When you’re first putting your stuff out there, there’s a big fear that people will copy it. But it happens all the time… bigger brands literally have people who work for them to find designs to copy. I know people who used to do that job. It’s scary, it’s really scary. You have to be able to let go of those initial designs–everything you put out there you’re not going to necessarily get credit for, and you have to know that going in. That is a big fear.

Target audience?

EB: Funny, because I’ve actually been offended before when someone said Mamadoux is really only for one type of person. And I got offended by that only because it’s actually not for one type of person. I know so many different types of people, they people couldn’t be more different. I guess what I took from that is that it’s for a specific “type” of person; it’s someone who’s just sick of the fact that they can’t get anything unique, real, authentic, one of a kind anywhere.

I know that there’s a lot of people out there that do care about that and it’s important to them. Why? There’s a lot of different reasons. I just want to contribute to this world something that’s authentic and one of a kind. It’s really simple, I make them by hand and that’s our target audience, the people who understand and want that.

What about Mamadoux the name, where does it come from?

EB: I adopted that name when I was really young, I started signing all my drawings and sketches with that name. It’s actually a North African name, it’s the French Moroccan form of Mohammed. It’s funny, because I didn’t know that when I first adopted the name. To me it’s a really powerful name in itself, a very spiritual name. I like the sound of it, the fact that it’s different.

Do you see this brand specifically going in any direction in the future? Goals for the brand?

EB: I have plans on how I want to structure it, and how to keep it growing. The ultimate goal is to be able to do this at the highest level possible, using the highest level of materials, where I would have everything at my disposal, basically to create anything I want. Eventually I’d like to have a high end line that is in-house produced (everything produced by us). I want to have a cross-over or bridge line that is manufactured in America, not over-seas (not in China). What I would bring new to the commercial market is doing a limited run, so the designs aren’t duplicated constantly. I want to always have access to the everyday people and make clothes for them. I don’t want to only be making high-end couture, I also want to be able to dress people in their everyday life, and to be accessible at all levels.

Even your commercial wear will still be limited and unique.

EB: We’ll still be doing one of a kind–just at a bigger scale, all in-house produced.

Is that your main inspiration? The vision?

EB: Yea I pretty much decide every day, “what do I want to make today”, what am I interested in today?

I think the main influence is people. I like to make clothes for both men and women; but when it comes to making clothes for men and women, it’s always for a very different reason. So, specifically with women: I’m influenced by the woman herself and my romanticized vision of her. As a designer you’re a problem solver, you’re looking at the world around you and thinking “how can I make it better”. You have to have a love for the world around you but at the same time have to be unhappy with it. My main influence I guess is “how can I make the world more beautiful and make people feel more beautiful”. That’s the biggest influence for me.

So, that’s kind of like a very present influence. Non-stop really. What do you do on your downtime?

EB: I’m really weird about my dogs, I have two little Chihuahuas. I spend a lot of time talking to them and making up weird names for them. I also love to watch “South Park” and “Law and Order SVU”.

How did you find out it was specifically Mamadoux, how did you find out that it was this specific brand and this specific vision? What was stopping you before from actualizing it?

EB: I guess I really did it as soon as I was able to, but I think before there were a lot of mental blocks. It took a long time for me to really just get to it. I knew what I wanted to do, but I had no support-system and I had to go off and do it on my own. When I first moved to LA, I was working for this artist for two years (I don’t even want to call him a fashion designer), I was making entire collections for him without getting paid or even getting any credit. He treated me very badly and held me back for years until I met Palma Wright. It wasn’t really until after that that I was able to start Mamadoux.

The way I see it, is that this brand is so f***ing powerful with such potential, I can’t see it not growing at all; so why wasn’t it put out earlier in this world?

EB: It was kind of simple, it was a way for me to express myself and have a place to do what I’m supposed to do, what I love to do and feel good about doing… A place where I can get credit for my work and have my name attached to it, and get compensated for my ideas. I had to learn that what I did actually had value. It was a way for me to have all of that. After being told “no” so many times, I said “fine I’ll just start my own thing”.

So, who is Mamadoux?

EB: Mamadoux is what I call the things that I make, but eventually I want to be my own “thing” too. I want to be able to be Elliott Beach on my own, that’s really what I’m doing, you know? This “genre” is called Mamadoux, this period in time is called Mamadoux.

Interview by Gabby Ramirez & Photographs by Palma Wright

Having a random dude slide into your DMs is basically the digital equivalent of cat-calling.

In the best cases it’s flattering. In the worst cases, it can make you want to call the cops and file a restraining order. But no matter what, it’s never the start of a star-crossed love affair. Or even a hookup.

Yet for some reason, guys keep doing it. So we decided to ask Abigail Ratchford, a super hot model with over 4 million Instagram followers, what she does when people slide into hers.

#TBT to one of my favorites ☺️ With @themanuc X @jenniferconejobeauty

A photo posted by A b i g a i l (@abigailratchford) on Mar 17, 2016 at 11:48am PDT

Who’s the most random person ever to slide into your DMs?

Haha, I have had my fair share of random DM slidage, but a funny one that was well publicized about a year ago, was when this L.A. Lakers basketball player DM’d me. The problem was, he kept commenting on my photos “check your dm” so, of course his followers and mine saw all his public comments and the story went viral.

What are some of the most common messages you get in your DMs, and how do you interpret them?

I get a lot of nice ones, then some mean ones of course, but the most common one I always see is “send me some nudes.” It makes me want to reply and be like “yea sure, give me 10 minutes.” Some people are just crazy! Haha.

Take 2 ☺️ @leahdarcymakeup X @jucieg

A photo posted by A b i g a i l (@abigailratchford) on Mar 28, 2016 at 3:03pm PDT

What’s the better course of action when you get a dirty DM: ignore it or respond politely?

I always just ignore them. I think any response at all will keep a door opened that I want TOTALLY shut. So definitely ignore, and if they persist, block them.

What’s the most creative DM you’ve ever gotten?

The most creative DMs I used to get were from this boy who would superimpose his head or body into pics of me with my friends that I posted. Then the message would say “we look great together, right baby?!” He was harmless, so I thought it was pretty clever and funny.

Más roja glam by @josecorella @jucieg luscious locks by @bellamihair

A photo posted by A b i g a i l (@abigailratchford) on Dec 11, 2015 at 2:08pm PST

Do you ever get any DMs that actually make you laugh/make you want to date the person?

One time I received a DM that said, “I heard this is where it goes down,” because of the Yo Gotti song. It was when the song first came out so, the line wasn’t terribly overused by everyone at that point. It was cute and simple, but made me laugh.

Have you ever actually met up with someone based on DMs?

I don’t think I ever did. If I did, it was someone who I already knew through mutual friends, but we never exchanged contacts. Then the DM exchange happens, and everyone goes out together etc., but I’d never meet up with someone random through DMs.

What’s the best way to get rid of someone who won’t stop sliding into your DMs?

BLOCK. BLOCK. BLOCK!! It’s the only fool proof method to permanently reject unwanted, creepy DMs from someone.

Flashback Friday to a few weeks agoOne of my favorite glam looks with the team @josecorella @alexraz0 #Calvins

A photo posted by A b i g a i l (@abigailratchford) on Nov 27, 2015 at 5:17pm PST

Top photo by Lisa B Photography

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are currently in relationship limbo — back together, but not engaged, even though Miley just can’t seem to get that ring off her finger.

So how did we get here? Well, their relationship spans a Nicholas Sparks movie, a broken engagement, and even getting a dog together, going all the way back to 2009.

Now that things are looking very on-again for the couple, many of us might need a refresher course when it comes to their tumultuous, “Romeo and Juliet”-esque love story. So consider this your study guide for the Miley and Liam saga. Let’s have a look back at their relationship timeline.

June 2009: Miley and Liam meet while filming that Nicholas Sparks movie you totally forgot about/never saw, The Last Song. Their relationship as secret lovers began shortly after Miley broke off her nine-month relationship with model Justin Gaston and also tried to make things work one last time with Nick Jonas.

November 2009: In response to the rumors about the nature of her relationship with Liam, Miley tells Seventeen Magazine, “We’ve decided that any type of relationship we have, we will always just keep it very DL.  First and foremost, we are best friends, so that’s what I tell people all the time.”

March 2010: After nearly a year of speculation, Miley and Liam come out as a couple at The Last Song’s premiere, and share an important celebrity couple milestone: their first joint red carpet. 

August 2010: After a year of dating, Miley and Liam go on a break. According to an insider, it’s because “Liam wanted more, but she’s [Miley’s] 17 and has other priorities right now.” Liam was 20 at the time; they’re now 23 and 26 respectively.

December 2011: Following a year of unnamed sources waging war over whether or not Miley and Liam were hanging out or totally broken up, Miley and Liam save everybody the trouble of speculating by walking the red carpet together while looking adorable.

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March 2012: Miley starts wearing a topaz ring on her left hand ring finger, tripping off a collective media frenzy over whether or not Hannah Montana just got engaged. She didn’t. In a message on Twitter, Miley cleared things up by saying, “I’m not engaged…I’ve worn this same ring on this finger since November! People just wanna find something to talk about! It’s a topaz people!”

June 2012: Three months later, Miley and Liam confirm they’re engaged and Miley ditches the topaz for a beautiful diamond ring. 

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November 2012: Miley talks about her nuptial plans on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  “I didn’t really realize until I got a wedding planning book what you have to decide on. Like, I don’t care what color the napkins are, to be honest,” Miley explains, although she did admit that her wedding “has to be perfect.  It has to be like a soundtrack in a movie.” 

And then Ellen got her some strippers because she’s the best and totally knew what direction Miley’s career was going in before Miley did.

February 2013: Perez Hilton shares a story about Miley cheating on Liam with Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick. Miley is not impressed and shuts the whole thing down.  

March 2013: Miley stirs up some controversy when she’s photographed sans engagement ring while Liam is out of the country vacationing, but later denies that there are any problems between her and Liam. In other news, later that month she posts a video of herself innocently twerking in a unicorn onesie.  

April 2013: Billy Ray Cyrus appears on Nightline and tells the world he doesn’t think Miley and Liam will make it to their wedding, explaining, “They’re young. They’re kids.”  Way to be a buzzkill, Billy Ray… But also, way to be right. 

May 2013: US Weekly runs the headline “It’s Over: Liam Dumps Miley” but both Miley and Liam refuse to comment.

June 2013: Miley and Liam act like a normal couple and go to the movies. This is their first public appearance together in five months.

August 8, 2013: Miley and Liam walk their last red carpet together, as she supports Liam at the premiere of his new film Paranoia. 

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August 25, 2013: Amidst rumors that Miley and Liam are going through a breakup, Liam is mysteriously nowhere to be found in the audience while Miley gives her infamous VMA performance, stripping down to flesh-colored underwear while twerking onstage with a foam finger against Robin Thicke’s striped crotch.  

September 14, 2013: Miley unfollows Liam on Twitter.  

September 16, 2013: Miley’s rep confirms to E! news that their engagement is over.

November 2014: Nearly one year later, Miley is photographed making out with Patrick Schwarzenegger at a USC football game. This is extra cute because in 2011 Patrick told Details magazine, “My eye, though, is set on Miley.”

March 2015: After pictures of Patrick getting touchy with his ex-girlfriend and taking body shots off a rando in Cabo hit the internet, the romance between Miley and Patrick officially starts to look less cute and a little more like it’s destined to fail.  

April 20, 2015: Fittingly on 4/20, the speculation regarding Patrick and Miley’s split becomes a cold, hard fact. Four days later Miley is photographed making out with multiple people in Vegas, so clearly our girl wasn’t the one crying in her sweatpants while cramming ice cream down her face.

April 29, 2015: Miley and Liam are caught hanging out together for the first time in nearly three years. The Internet gets mildly excited. 

June 2015: Rumors start flying that Miley and Victoria’s Secret model Stella Maxwell are hooking up after Miley reveals that all her relationships haven’t been strictly heterosexual.

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July 2015: Two years after splitting with Miley, Liam starts dating his Independence Day co-star Maika Monroe.  

October 2015: Nobody knows why, but three months later Liam and Maika break up. Could it be because Liam and Miley had started rekindling their romance? The Internet holds its breath and waits for a sign.

November 2015: One month later, a sign arrives. Miley and Liam reconnect in a major way when Miley helps her ex adopt a six-month-old puppy he later named Dora the Explorer. You know what they say comes after adopting a puppy together, right?

January 2, 2016: Shortly after wrapping up her Dead Petz tour, Miley flies to Australia where she’s seen getting cozy with Liam at a music festival. When she’s still with him four days later, the rumor mill really starts to churn — and the internet starts to let itself dream of reconciliation.

January 17, 2016: Miley is spotted arriving at JFK with a ring on that finger which looks eerily like her old engagement ring. Hmm…

January 18, 2016: Miley is photographed with a U-Haul truck outside of Liam’s house. This isn’t rock solid proof that the couple has moved in together, but given the fact that she’s still wearing that ring, they’re clearly trying to send us some sort of signal and a breakup isn’t it.

March 28, 2016: Miley is spotted at a Knicks game wearing her engagement ring and the gossip blogosphere freaks out appropriately. Countless stories are gushing over her “flaunting” of her ring. So it looks like the engagement’s still on.

April 11, 2016: Miley and Liam are photographed together in public for the first time since their split in 2013 while grabbing lunch with Liam’s family.

April 15, 2016: In an interview with an Australian new outlet, Liam goes on the record and says, “I am not engaged, no.” Whether this is a lie or Miley’s just wearing the old engagement ring around town for fun remains to be seen, but as Just Jared points out that the interview was conducted on March 31, so there’s a chance that they’ve gotten engaged since. With these two, you truly never know. 

What’s next for Miley and Liam? Question mark indeed.

Sometimes we ask friends for advice, sometimes we ask our family, sometimes we ask random guys at the bar for an unbiased male opinion. Whoever we’ve asked for love advice in the past, we’ve probably forgotten it. But we’ll always remember the advice that we never asked for.

I’m talking about the words of “wisdom” you get from your driver while you’re slumped in the back of an Uber at 3 a.m. pondering the meaning of life. What is it about Uber drivers that makes them capable of diagnosing your love life after like 12 minutes of knowing you? We don’t know, but we do know that half the nighttime Uber rides we’ve ever taken have devolved into therapy sessions.

So we collected stories from 11 people who’ve received noteworthy relationship advice from their drivers.

1. Whatchu Tryna Say?

“After listening to me drunkenly argue with an ex over the fact that she left me for a hockey player, he turns around and tells me; ‘It don’t take no big dick to make a baby.’ I don’t really get it, but I’ve since used this advice for pretty much everything.”

2. The Age Old Dilemma

“One night this guy I had met at the bar was texting me to go back to his place and I said no because I wanted to go get pizza. The guy said that he would order me a pizza to his place (obviously I was telling the cab driver the play by plays) and my cab driver goes ‘he’s not gonna want to just drunk eat pizza with you.’ I was like, ‘I know he’s gonna want to fuck me.’ So he asked, ‘Do you think you’d be able to eat pizza while having sex, you could try it tonight with him?’ He wouldn’t drive me to Queens though, that was my next request. He said I’d regret it in the morning.”

3. Matchmaker, Matchmaker

“He randomly said, ‘Arranged marriage is always good. Do it. These American men are shit. Keep Indian bloodline going.’ He had just been arranged a couple weeks prior to some 19-year-old girl and he was 35.”

4. Communication, Major Key

“I was in New Orleans for my buddy’s bachelor party and as a joke we were asking all of our Uber drivers if they had any marriage advice for our bud. A lot of them would jokingly respond and say, ‘yeah, don’t do it.’ This one Uber driver told us how crazy he was with girls when he was younger. He had a ‘sex list,’ but said when he met his wife all of that didn’t matter. He said marriage is a lot of work and the way to make it work is to never stop communicating.”

5. Make-Up Sex

“My girlfriend and I were arguing over absolutely nothing after a long night. I was sitting in the front seat, she was in the back. He grabbed my arm gently and said, ‘Stop arguing. Just go home, fuck, and get over it.'”

6. One Star Rating

“After texting me the screenshot below, he proceeded to call me five times.”

7. No Pocket Pussy In The Vehicle

“We were pretty drunk and I think we had been talking about sex dolls, and our driver goes, ‘It might seem like a good idea to get a pocket pussy, but only if you wash it every few days.'”

8. What About Your Dadbod Tho?

“My Uber driver was an older Eastern European/Russian dude and told me all about his love life and then told me the golden rule: ‘look at the mother before you marry’ to see how the body will look post-kids.”

9. Bananas Don’t Have STDs?

“My Uber driver once blurted out, ‘never have sex with a condom on cause it’s like eating a banana with the peel still on.’ I don’t remember what we had been talking about before, we were pretty drunk, but I swear it was just random.”

10. Should’ve Put a Ring On It

“I was cracking my cab driver up by saying, ‘ugh, my boyfriend better have dinner done,’ and he was like ‘you’re so cool, you are hilarious, do you cook?’ We got to talking about how my boyfriend and I both cook — and then he got real serious that my boyfriend should be marrying me ‘because other guys have eyes and see me.’ My cab driver told me if I cook for my guy and his family that I should already be engaged, that I should get married now and have babies so my babies grow up with me. Best cab ride ever!”

11. Jamaican Me Crazy

“After a lunch date with a friend of a friend, we were in an Uber home. He was talking about how he had so many flyer-miles that he needed to use and that he wanted to take me on a trip. I didn’t know him very well, so I kind of brushed it off. After the Uber dropped him home and started driving me to my place, the driver turned around and told me that he’d driven my date before and he’d heard him make those promises to other girls too. I told my date and he claimed he’d never seen that driver in his life. We ended up being great friends and never hooked up.”

If you’re searching for styles inspired by the latest celebrity trends and catwalk looks, online retailer Missguided is your answer. Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, and Taylor Swift are already fans of the brand. As the fastest growing women’s retailer in the UK, Missguided has become a credible fashion source for bloggers, celebrities, and lifestyle magazines.

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Here’s 9 styles you need to look your best for festival season.

1. Indiana Slogan Tee 2. Knee High Gladiator Sandals 3. Floral Sunglasses 4. Rose Embroidered Shorts 5. Circle Fringe Cross Body

6. Ripped Denim Shirt 7. Extreme Rip Boyfriend Shorts 8. Suede Fringe Shorts 9. Tassel Trim Backpack

It’s easy for our generation to think we invented the days-long ragefest that is a music festival, but our forefathers have been at it way longer than us.

Take Duff McKagan, a bassist and vocalist who got his start with Guns N’ Roses and went on to form Velvet Revolver, for example. He has partied harder than most people ever will. He’s now living the dad life — if the dad life includes playing the Grammys in a band with Johnny Depp — to daughters Mae and Grace, the lead singer of The Pink Slips.

We caught up with Duff about the state of rock music, what it’s like to be surrounded by girls at home, and Guns N Roses’ iconic style.

Duff, you’ve been married to model Susan Holmes since 1999. What’s the deal with models and rock stars?

You know, I don’t know if there is a deal. Susan and I met on a blind date.

No way!

When we met back in 1996, I wasn’t looking for a quote-unquote model. I was really a couple years sober, wasn’t dating anybody because I didn’t know how to date sober, and I got set up on a blind date, and there was this beautiful woman. She came and picked me up at the airport, and it was her. And I’m like, Oh, shit.

I was wearing, like, a wife-beater and sweatpants, and… She wasn’t. She was all dressed up. I really liked her. I fell in love with her personality. We talked on the phone a bunch before we met, so it was just a super nice bonus that she looks like perfection.

But maybe if there ever was a connection between rock people and models, it’s only because they both live crazy lives. So you understand that transient-ness.

You both understand life on the road.

Yeah. Living out of hotels, living out of your bag, having to leave suddenly if something happens. It would be really hard for most people stuck in a 9-to-5 job because it would be a lopsided sort of affair.

What’s your craziest story from your music heyday?

I’ll tell you a story. In 2005, my band Velvet Revolver—we were asked to [perform at a tribute] when the tsunami happened. We were asked to re-record an Eric Clapton song, and all the proceeds went to tsunami relief. Gwen Stefani was on it, everybody huge. All these people are taking verses on the song, and we’re the band.

Elton John decides he wants to record with us in the studio in London, and Sharon Osbourne is making this whole thing happen. I’m at the studio and Elton comes in. He looks straight at me and goes, “Duff, it’s so good to see you doing so good.” I was kind of stunned. I’m like, “Oh, thank you. I don’t know what to say.” He goes, “Well, uh…”

Then he starts talking about, “You don’t remember the Freddie Mercury show, do you?” It’s 1992 or something at Wembley Stadium. I remember getting to the stadium, I remember getting to the event, but I don’t remember all the in between stuff. I was so fucked up. I was standing on the side of the stage getting ready to play, and I just fell over. He picked me up and I had my arm around him, and he was holding me up. And he goes, “It’s time to go out and play.” And I went out and played just fine. And I came offstage and fell down the back stairs, and he grabbed me and took me back to our backstage room and he thought, That’s gonna be it. I’m never gonna see this guy again.

And a year later, I got myself straightened out. I hadn’t seen him since then. I don’t remember any of this. You’d think you’d remember Elton John helping you around Wembley Stadium; I don’t remember any of it. There are a lot of crazy stories, I just don’t remember 90% of them. That’s the caveat to my life.

That’s ironic.

We were on that tour for two and a half years. We went around the world four times. This is back when the Berlin Wall had just gone down, the Iron Curtain had just gone down. We were playing these really exotic countries, like Czechoslovakia. I remember looking at my passport at one point, and I saw stamps from countries I didn’t even remember going to. The wall had just gone down, so you’d think it would be a memorable trip, but the only way I knew I’d been there was because I had a stamp in my passport. We thought we were doing what our heroes had done in the 70s, like Zeppelin, but I think we surpassed all that stuff.

In terms of how hard you partied?

I think we just thought that was the way it was done, and we went for it. I’m sure there were a lot of good times in there, but you know, we made it through. I remember something about jumping a fence at Niagara Falls and standing at the edge backwards, heels over the edge. I remember little snippets of completely insane things, but I have no idea why I was there.

Yeah, why were you at Niagara Falls?

What the fuck was I doing there? Who let me climb the fence? I wrote a book about, kind of, me going through all that; and, as opposed to going around and asking people what happened here and what happened there, I wrote just my memories. When the memories started getting splotchy, [I wrote] what was going on in my head before that. The book goes into splotches of stuff and coming out of it. [We were] the ultimate band of taking it to the edge, for sure, but we’re all still here. It’s crazy.

What do you think of the state of rock music right now?

Because I have 15 and 18-year-old daughters, and they’re involved in that stuff, I was asked this question about a year ago. It came out sideways of course, because they cut and clip things you say and put it out in the Internet.

My answer to this question is: It shouldn’t matter what I think about the state of rock and roll today. I remember when I was 18 or 20, I didn’t care what some 52-year-old guy said. I go to a lot of shows. I think it’s healthy. There are a lot of great bands that Grace’s band, The Pink Slips, plays with.
The Garden is a really cool band. They’re two 6’5” twins, and they’re kind of menacing and cool. And I think bringing that sort of menace back into a live music experience is important. You gotta be a little bit afraid. And so I’ve seen stuff happening that I like. I think it’s probably in a good state, but I guess my point is that my opinion shouldn’t really matter.

I don’t mean it in a bad way. I’ve realized just from having kids myself that shit, man, my opinion shouldn’t matter. Like, I played rock and roll this whole time, I’m doing what I’m doing now, and I don’t feel any different. I still feel like I did when I was 18, especially when it comes to music. You’re just putting it out there. And because I’ve been through it for so long, if I’m gonna have an opinion on new music, it’s kind of like commenting on a high school. I’m just too old. I’m not in high school. But from what I’ve seen it’s alive and well and kicking.

You’re an expert and a legend though, so that’s why people care.

I guess, but I’m also old. I don’t think I’m old, but if I was 18, I’d think I’m old. I think, even Grimes and stuff I’ve seen, like Purity Ring—I think it’s all really cool. Do you call it all rock and roll? I don’t know what you call it all, and I don’t care. Charli XCX live? She’s like Iggy [Pop], man. I think she’s cool. Middle finger in the air, all of that.

I think it’s cool what’s going on. My daughter’s band kicks ass. It’s my daughter and I’m her dad, but I genuinely think they kick ass. Billie Joe [Armstrong]’s kids, SWMRS? They’re great. They do it on their own.

I have seen a lot of new bands as a result of having kids. Ho99o9—they’re black dudes from New Jersey who play hardcore, old school punk rock but mixed in with really dark hip-hop. They’ll go from like a Bad Brains sort of song to this amazing dark hip-hop where the guy’s writhing on the floor, like butt naked, screaming. And it’s dangerous and dark and cool, and there’s mystique to it.

You guys were able to chart and have mainstream success in a way that a lot of rock bands can’t today. Why do you think it’s more fragmented now?

If you were around our band in 1985 and 1986, we were not what was going on MTV or on the radio. Too many “fucks” in all the songs, too many swear words. It was too hard. There were no keyboards.

What was going on then was really dense pop, and if there was metal or hard rock on the radio, it was very sugary. So it’s kind of like… it goes in cycles. We were this underground band, so was Jane’s Addiction, but we kind of came out and suddenly something hit. They showed our video at 3 in the morning, and this was back in the day when people would call MTV and demand [the videos they wanted to see].

We struck a chord with this disenfranchised section of kids our age and younger, and that kind of opened the door for that kind of music—left of center music. Then Alice in Chains came out, then Pearl Jam, then Nirvana, and all that stuff started to really hit, and then it went away again.

I guess it’s just kind of cyclical. I feel like it’s set for another sort of underground resurgence. I don’t want to say mainstream, because I don’t know what that means, but it seems like there’d be this youth movement, like, We have to make rock and roll again. We have to scare people.

Maybe if Trump wins it will bring out everyone’s inner rebel, like Reagan in the 80s.

That’s true. When Reagan came into office, [it inspired] all those punk rock bands. I mean, that’s my age group. I had to sign up for the draft when I turned 18. I was a punk rock kid. I drew missiles and penises on the thing I had to sign for the government, but we all did.

But you just said, “if Trump wins.” That’s the scariest thought ever in American history, it really is. But yeah, it might create good art.

Anyway, back to non-political stuff. What does “the Golden Age of Groupies” mean to you?

I’m not the best at this, because when I grew up, it was all about music in my family. But I know guys who started playing guitar because they could get chicks, and I wasn’t one of those guys.

In the late 80s, before HIV was even thought of as a heterosexual thing, it was the craziest of sexual times. There was a lot of drugs, a lot of sex, no protection, no nothing. So it was kind of free and easy and [groupies weren’t] thought of as weird or taboo or anything.

But I didn’t know about [the legendary groupies of the 70s] until Almost Famous came out, kind of like everybody else. That’s when I discovered the Plaster Casters and all that stuff.

I met Sweet Sweet Connie from Little Rock, and by that time she was maybe 60. She was still Sweet Sweet Connie, and she showed up and I got to meet her. There were legions of groupies organized in all kinds of stuff back in the 70s. By the time we were a band, it was free and open and groovy.
And then, you know, HIV kind of came into everybody’s world in 1992 or so, and that changed everything. I guess I saw like the tail end of it, but it wasn’t “groupies” per se, organized like in the 70s when they had names and divisions, like West Coast and East Coast.

What about the rock aesthetic and look?

It was funny coming back once we got big. Our band blew up when we were on the road, and this was pre-Internet and pre-cell phones. We couldn’t look on the Internet and see that we were getting big or affecting fashion, just more and more people were coming to our shows. We’d see people in the audience in Wisconsin wearing bandanas or whatever, wearing cowboy boots outside their pants. We got back to LA when that tour was over and everybody was wearing pants with rips in the knees, cowboy boots on the outside, bandanas around the head, kind of looking like we looked. It was the strangest thing to come back and see that.

Our fashion—if you want to call it fashion—was…a hangover from punk rock. So the cowboy boots on the outside really derived from probably New York City—Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell—we morphed it into our thing, and literally, we were just poor. If the clothes we wore got old and fucked up looking, it was because that’s what we wore onstage. We didn’t carry pajamas or an extra set of clothes with us. Those were just our clothes: one pair of boots, one leather jacket, one pair of pants, and maybe another t-shirt.

Out on the road, if someone threw [you a t-shirt] onstage, that was it. You had the belt you bought on Melrose for $15 and a pair of sunglasses that would break, so you’d tape them, and that was it. Now, you can buy a shirt that’s fucked up and it’s got holes in it, and it costs $1,000. We had, I guess, a slight impact on fashion; but that was just the stuff we wore.

And I kind of sort of still dress the same. I can get a nice McQueen suit now, and I know Givenchy is a really nice fit on me. I know this stuff these days, but only because I have a wife and daughters that are super into fashion. And you know, once in a while, I’ll get something nice, but really I kind of wear the same pair of pants every day, the same boots every day. I haven’t changed that much—a black wife-beater, maybe a vest every once in a while to dress it up.

You name-checked a lot of female musicians before. Do you think now is a good time for women in music?

The girls are killing it, the young women right now. We’re at a really cool point. I get to be around a lot—not just my daughters, but all their friends, too—and it seems like these girls are really forward thinking. They’re tough in a very good way. They’re kicking ass. They’re looking at like, How are we gonna change shit coming up?

I don’t want to generalize guys because that’s not a great idea, but I think the females right now are of an age, from 14 up to 26—they are kicking guys’ asses right now. I don’t know what’s happened over the last 20 or 30 years to make this phenomenon happen, but it’s real. Artists, photographers, actresses, girls in a band, and going to school, and they’re all smart and cool.

I’ve seen a lot of female artists, like Lana Del Rey. I went and saw her and talked to her afterwards, and what a cool woman. She’s got her shit together. I’ve seen Charli XCX, and I just really like what the girls are doing now.

Everyone seems more empowered to make their own music.

I love it. Yeah, I think it’s great. And I’m lucky enough to have two daughters, so I get to really see it from the inside, and it’s really fun to be around. I’m just “dad,” but I get to be around it and be included because I’m also the dad who’s a musician, so I’m accepted into the club somewhat. I can’t ask all the questions, but it’s fun to be around, and it’s really refreshing.

So you had a huge night recently at the Grammys when you played with The Hollywood Vampires.

Yeah, I played [the Grammys] once before with Velvet Revolver. I think it was the tsunami song with Stevie Wonder, Bono, everybody. Awards shows aren’t always my favorite thing. Anything where there’s a competition with music has never struck me as being a completely solid thing because music is… There’s no winner.

But this show in particular was fun. Johnny Depp is a super cool guy, and doing anything with him is an adventure. He’s such a unique individual.
My wife and younger daughter, Mae, got to go. It’s really about them—their dresses, and the hair lady coming over at 8 in the morning, and being so excited… It’s really more about them than me.

It was cool to play rock and roll. The Grammys does need rock and roll, and it took a bunch of guys north of 50 to do it? Okay… But it should be a young rock and roll band. I’m glad to do it, and I’ll show you how it’s done, but next year, they’ve got to continue rock and roll at the Grammys. Everybody there—when we came out and started playing—you see people in suits go, “Fuck yeah!” and stand up. Everybody appreciates rock and roll, I think.
Do you think the Grammys are hesitant to put a stamp on someone who’s just coming up?

I think it’s probably always been that way. I don’t pay that much attention to the Grammys, to be honest. It was fun for me to do, and I had a great time playing with those guys—Johnny and Joe Perry and Alice Cooper and Matt [Sorum]—it was kickass. I’m proud to be included in with those guys, and being able to pay tribute to our friend Lemmy, an icon and an ass kicker for any age group—to be able to pay tribute to him—was great for us.

How has playing live at a big venue changed over the years?

I don’t know, because I haven’t stopped playing. I played this whole time, and it’s really hard for me to get perspective. A live experience is a live experience, and I get to play all over the world.

You play South America, it’s all teenagers. In the US, it’s people your age and they’re bringing their kids to see you play. In the UK, it’s a different thing. In Europe proper, it’s a different thing. In Asia, it’s different.

You know you’re having a good moment in a set when you don’t see any iPhones up. You know that’s when you’ve gotten the people—when their iPhones go down, and they’re suddenly in the moment with you. That’s what live experiences should be about.

Someone who’s going to film the show on their iPhone—go ahead and go on YouTube later if you want to watch it again. I’m a firm believer that, if you go to a show, put your fucking iPhone in your pocket and just experience that moment.

There are so few of those moments we can experience now without electronics. We’re all so glued to our navigation system in our car, our iPhone, our computer. There’s nothing better than when you go to a show and it’s like, Oh. This is all I care about right now. I don’t care about Instagram or Twitter or Snapchat. It’s just—I’m here, and I forgot about all that stuff.

I guess that has changed for me. I know when it’s a good moment when you don’t see any iPhones up.

Was that hard to get used to?

It was kind of gradual. With my band Loaded—that’s a smaller band—we play maybe thousand-seat rooms in South America. There was a gig in place down there, and everybody had their iPads up. This was a couple years ago [in Cordoba, Argentina]. I stopped the show and there was an interpreter, and I said, “Can we have a conversation?” I said, “You know, I’ve never been here, and I don’t know when I’m gonna come back. But I’m up here on the stage for two hours, and I’d rather share that with you guys. Because all I see is iPads, and I feel really weird. I’m not seeing any faces, just iPads. Why don’t you guys get one person to film it and watch it on YouTube, and the rest of us will fucking rock?”

I wasn’t trying to make fun of them. I was just trying to make it a moment. And you know, I’m a modern man and I understand it and I live with a bunch of girls, so I understand stuff. I don’t hold a grudge. I don’t go, “Fuck these god damn iPhones,” but I do know when they come down for that moment. I think the younger kids now are putting the iPhones down. They think it’s a little goofy, maybe it was just a phase.

Like we all had to get it out of our systems.

I think younger kids now are like, “Ugh.” I’m glad to see that kind of rebellion [against mobile phones] against that happening now.

You were in such a male-dominated scene for decades, and now you’re surrounded by women at home. What’s that transition been like?

It’s been a work in progress. It’s the best thing that ever happened. I had a really great mom, and I had three great sisters. It’s not like I grew up solely around men. And I think being a father of daughters is the biggest honor there is out there for a guy to have. Being part of their life growing up—you’re the male figure in their lives, that they base all other male things off of in some part or another. That’s just the truth, and it’s really an honor being that guy. I take it seriously, and I really like it and treasure it. And now I see other girls—teenage girls—and I understand them and I’m into what they’re doing—all the stuff they do: sports, musicals, plays. Yeah.

What’s something you didn’t understand about women until having daughters?

Just how different, you know…It’s that thing: “Men are from Mars.” Men are—we fix shit. Like, okay, “How do I fix that?” That’s our first instinct: Okay, I’ll fix it. I got it. And you know, women are not necessarily into getting whatever it is fixed. They want to see why it fell apart. Why did it get to this point? So now that’s a big difference right there. And I’m not saying one’s better. A problem should get fixed, and knowing why it got to that broken state is valuable information too, so it makes a whole. The female and the male make a whole. As a man, I have to have patience and understanding [with them like] they’ve had to have patience and understanding with me. Men are just different. That’s our deal.

What are you looking forward to music-wise this spring and summer?

I wish I had an answer for that. You know, I think it’s pretty obvious I like my daughter’s band. These bands, like The Garden and SWMRS, and the new Charli XCX thing—I’d love to hear that.

I think she really could be the voice of a generation, that girl. She’s pissed off and she’s smart, and she can write an amazing hook. It’s about girl power. I think that’s really cool and valuable. I look forward to something from her. I’m glad Iggy made a new record and that came out. Old and new, it’s all one thing for me.

You’re clearly not someone who just sticks to the music he knows from the past.

I’ll go back to stuff and fall back in love with it. I’ll fall back in love with Led Zeppelin, like Holy fuck I forgot how good these guys are. A Prince record from 1978—Holy shit, I forgot how good this record is. I’ll do that a lot. But we buy vinyl at our house, so I buy a lot of new stuff. I like new stuff, but I realize I’m not a kid. I’m not trying to be a kid, I just enjoy music. I’m comfortable in my station in life at this point, whatever that station is.

Some people just refuse to learn new music past a certain point.

I know people like that. They just listen to classic rock, and it’s like, Dude, it’s the same fucking six songs. Bad Company is great, but not every day.
I wonder if I hadn’t had kids where my musical journey would have gone. I’m fortunate that I have kids and that I’ve been into music, so I’ve seen everything—Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift when they were smaller. Hillary Duff and Hannah Montana.

Who do you think is keeping the rock spirit alive?

I always think Iggy keeps it alive, whether they re-form The Stooges or what. He’s just the ultimate rock figurehead. He doesn’t age, and we don’t want him to age. Lemmy was like that.

These are people…They’re more than people; they’re like ideas. Lemmy and Bowie passed—these people who are these amazing ideas. So yeah, it’s… Somebody’s gotta step up. Iggy’s still out there cranking. I’ve seen Black Sabbath, and these guys are in their late 60s and they’re fucking amazing. Aerosmith toured last summer, shredding. Really good. Really into it. They’re not running from the set. They mean it, and it’s great to see that kind of stuff. Soundgarden is out there playing again. These are master musicians, and they mean it. And they created that shit out of thin air. It’s really cool to see.

Photography and Creative Direction by Jacob Dekat and Prince Chenoa

Jacket by Alexander McQueen | Pants, Tank, and Jewelry by Chrome Hearts

Between over half a million Instagram followers and a contract with Wilhelmina Curve, things are looking good for Jordyn Woods. With full support from her squad (especially Kylie Jenner and Jaden Smith), Jordyn might just be the next social media supermodel. We caught up with her to talk new signee jitters, the cons of being social media famous, and what it’s like to date with a gaggle of famous friends. It’s only the beginning for Jordyn. Check out her Q+A below.

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How has your life changed now that you’ve joined Wilhelmina’s Curve board?

Well, joining Wilhelmina’s Curve board helped me make the first step in my path. Being that I signed when I just turned 18, it was almost like taking a jump into the adult world. I feel like my followers can now admire me for something that I’m doing rather than following me for my lifestyle.

Since you’ve become a part of the plus-size world, is there anything within the industry you’ve noticed that you’d like to change?

I’m beginning to notice that the modeling industry is changing completely, and the fit requirements are starting to disappear. It’s more about having a cool aesthetic. I definitely feel like the word “plus” should be eliminated from the term “model.”

I was just talking to Barbie Ferreira about her fears before shooting her un-retouched Aerie campaign. Have you ever or would you ever be comfortable doing a campaign with no Photoshop?

I would be okay with doing so, but I feel like society would have an issue with that.

Who are some of your role models who promote positive body image?

You know, it’s hard to find a positive role model in this day and age. I honestly admire the other curve models so much.

Are your friends supportive of your modeling career?

I have amazing friends, and they are very supportive of everything I want to do.

What’s the most important advice you’ve received regarding your career thus far?

I know it sounds very cliché, but take chances and enjoy the ride.

You and your group of friends look like you’re always having a good time. Y’all are weird! You guys are goofy and funny. What’s your role in your friend group? Are you the funny one?

I would say we all are pretty funny in our own way. We all have similar senses of humor, but all have such different personalities. Either way, we are always laughing.

You always seem to be cooking bomb-ass food! What’s your favorite thing to make? Or what are you best at?

My friends and I are always trying to make new things and expand our mental cookbook. I love making tacos. They’re so fast to make and rarely ever turn out bad.

I’d imagine making new friends is hard. How do you guard yourself or stay wary of the users and people who may have intentions other than genuinely being your friend?

Nowadays, everyone has an intention. I love being around new people, but when it comes to allowing people in my world, I always have a million guards up.

Do you find dating to be a weird thing since you’re so well known on social media? Like, do boys usually know who you are?

Dating is very weird! Social media or not, this generation has a strange idea of what a relationship is. You can just scroll through someone’s Instagram and get an idea of who they are, and it leaves no mystery to a person. I would say a lot of boys already know who I am before they even start talking to me. I’m okay with that, as long as I can tell that there are no negative intentions.

You’re a DJ on Kylie radio! What are your favorite songs at the moment?

My favorite song changes everyday, but right now it’s “Uber Everywhere” (by Madeintyo) and “Hella Os” (by Wiz Khalifa).

Photography and Creative Direction by Prince + Jacob

Styling by Alexandra Mandelkorn

Makeup by Cherish Brooke Hill

Hair by Nai’vasha Johnson for Exclusive Artists using Karatese Products 

As you scroll through Snapchat on this sunny afternoon, you may feel like you’re the only one who’s not at Coachella. After seeing the fifteenth flower crown selfie and the tenth Coachella geotag, you’re probably having some major FOMO. You may tell yourself that you’re definitely going to make it out to the desert next year, or convince yourself that the line-up isn’t that good and camping sucks anyways. But either way, you can experience the joys of Coachella this weekend without leaving your city, you just have to get a little creative.

1. Listen to a bunch of artists you don’t know

I know, I know, you absolutely adore the Coachella line-up. You were totally a fan of The Chainsmokers before “#selfie”, and you also know one song by Churches, or is it Chvrches? Whatever. You don’t need to be in a hot-ass desert to listen to music that you don’t even know. Instead, just download an obscure ass playlist from 8tracks and try your hardest to sing along like you know the words even when you don’t. You’ll get even more into the spirit if you start trying to convince the people around you that you’ve been like, the biggest fan, forever. Maybe even convince them that you did coke with them in the back of a Taco Bell before? The sky is the limit.

2. Get drunk in a field

Honestly, do you really need to pay $400 for a ticket, plus however much for transportation, just to get fucked up in a desert? You can totally DIY that shit. Go put on some jean shorts, buy a cheap bottle of wine, maybe purchase some molly from that creepy kid down the hall if you’re feeling crazy; and go get fucked up in a field. If you live in the city, a park will do just fine. All the commuters buzzing around you will make you basically feel like you’re in Coachella with a throng of fans, especially if you take that molly.

3. Take 300 selfies with a flower crown on 

With all the selfies that people take at Coachella, who’s to say if they’re even in the desert or not? After all, most of the photo is taken up by their perfectly contoured face and obscenely large flower crown. In fact, most of their Coachella experience is probably taken up by them taking selfies, you can do that too! Get your own flower crown, and take as many selfies as you physically can (after doing your makeup for a sun-kissed look, obvi). If you go by a window or outside for natural lighting, you can probably post a picture with the location tagged as Coachella and people will be none the wiser.

4. Wear rompers for as many days straight as possible

If you’re going to be at a music festival all day with little access to comfortable bathrooms, the obvious choice of outfit is a romper, aka the most difficult thing to pee in. You can mimic the unreal Coachella experience by donning your own romper, drinking a shit ton of $4 water bottles, and then relieving yourself in a nasty ass porta-potty while trying not to ruin your trendy floral romper.

5. Pretend to camp out 

Do people really camp out at Coachella? Or do they Instagram pics of their tent only to take an Uber to the Embassy Suites down the road? You may never know, since you’re not at Coachella. However, you can mimic this same experience on your own! Buy a cheap tent and call your best guy friend to set it up. Then, after setting up the blankets, pillows, etc. realize that sleeping outside sucks and go back into your bedroom where it’s safe and warm and you can make hot dogs in the microwave instead of over open flames.

6. Take selfies with random people who may or may not be famous

It’s the ultimate war in your mind, when you spot someone who may or may not be famous at Coachella. Do you ask for a selfie just in case? Is it appropriate to ask for their name? Maybe you can ask for their Instagram handle so you can check? As fun as the frenzy of chasing a D-list DJ through throngs of half-naked girls for a coveted snap story is, you can totally do this in your own city. I mean, if you live in NY there are basically semi-famous people at every corner, or at least someone Instagram famous. Just run around snapping selfies with cool looking people and you’re bound to find a winner! If not, at least it’ll look like you have friends!

Cuffing season is finally melting away like the stubborn pile of snow that was eternally in your driveway this winter.

Whether you emerged victorious with a Tinder boyfriend in tow, or you kept warm this winter with a big box of pizza and wine, you can soon throw on your short-shorts and forget about all the loser dudes who texted you asking to “come cuddle” this past winter.

But, what about if you got wifed up during cuffing season? Does it mean now that spring has sprung it’s time to say sayonara? Or do you two have a love that’ll last through all the seasons?

If any of these red flags pop up, you might want to have a little talk with bae…

1. You Start Getting Spring Fever

I’m still not sure if it’s the warm weather or some type of mirage, but every time it starts getting warm again it’s like a whole new swarm of sexy men start floating around your neighborhood. Suddenly, you’re bumping into hotties everywhere. While you go on your morning run, while buying eggs at your corner bodega, even while you’re purchasing tampons at CVS! Nothing wrong with noticing shirtless dudes on their morning jogs and appreciating the scenery, but if you start fantasizing about these guys instead of the dude you’ve been Netflix and chilling with all winter, maybe it’s time to upgrade your model.

2. You Don’t Want To Bring Him Out With Your Friends

The great thing about being cuddled in bed with Netflix all winter is that you really don’t have to introduce your cuddle buddy to anyone except your roommates. Sure, maybe he’s kind of pretentious and has a really bad tattoo, but none of your friends really saw what he looked like besides the carefully selected Instagram photos you sent of him to your group chat. Now that it’s getting warm, you’re being invited to happy hours, parties, and your man is actually wanting to go on outdoor dates?! If you’re not about any of this nonsense, and prefer to only see this guy when he’s under your covers eating you out while The Breakfast Club plays in the background, tell him you’ll see him next winter.

3. You Start Wearing Less and Going Out More

Sorry for the cliché as fuck Drake pun here, but it’s true. We all know that wearing a barely-there bikini to a music festival is so much more fun when you don’t have a jealous boyfriend at home freaking out over the fact that your bare ass is on display. Not to mention that going out with your girls will always be more fun than going out with your boo thang. Having a bae is fun when your weekends consist of take-out and movies, but it’s not quite as fun when you’re just trying to do you and be a bottle rat at the club.

4. You Start Noticing Gross Things About Him

The longer you hang out with someone, the more things you may notice about them. If you’re really in love with said someone, their imperfections won’t bother you. But, if they’re a rando that you picked up to keep you warm through December, you may notice these things. I mean, honestly, seeing a guy in flip flops can really change a girl’s perspective on him, because it’s fucking disgusting. You may also notice how his sweat smells like a mixture of potato salad and Axe body spray, or how he actually drinks Natty Light on his porch like some washed up frat dude with a dad bod. Sometimes, guys just look better in a beanie and jeans, or in the haze of a lonely winter night.

5. You Start Wanting To Like, Actually Do Things

If you’ve ever had a boo in college, you’ve probably found yourself in a relationship where the dates solely consist of watching movies, having sex, and drinking together. While all of those things can certainly be a great time, there comes a point where you long for a boyfriend who will take you on actual dates. Going out to eat instead of ordering in is fun. So is taking walks in the park. Fuck, maybe go mini golfing if you’re feeling really crazy. If you find that your man isn’t too keen on fun activities and prefers to have his dick sucked while watching The Walking Dead, maybe it’s time to find someone new.

6. He’s No Longer a Priority

Cuffing season occurs because everyone is bored, lonely, and doesn’t want to leave their house in the winter. Now that it’s warming up, you have tons of plans and not tons of time. If you find that now that you have a busy schedule hanging with your cut-buddy is getting pushed to the bottom of the list, it’s time for a new cut-buddy, or maybe it’s time for you to be single.

After months of anticipation, Coachella is finally here. Obviously, we’re excited, and we know you are too. But do you know what can ruin even the best music festival? Taking the wrong drugs.

Have you been there, because we’ve been there. 

Although we can’t officially encourage you to use illegal substances, since we’re not your mom, we can give you a little guidance into what cocktail of drugs perfectly matches your true essence, vibe, and aura, judging by the ultimate source of wisdom in the universe: your zodiac sign.

Don’t get it twisted, we’re not saying you should take these or any drugs. This is a mere reference tool for entertainment purposes alone. And whatever you do, don’t mix cocaine and heroin.

Aries

TBH, Aries while you’re usually a very adventurous and impulsive person, you can also be a self-involved diva who’s driven by a need to kill whatever experience you’re having. While that makes you a fun person to be around on the daily, you don’t want to spend your entire weekend falling prey to the idea that you can actually win Coachella.

Do everybody a favor Aries by getting super stoned or downing a Xanax that’ll help you get down with your bad self, slow down, and enjoy the moment before you find yourself stricken with a case of FOMO for an event you actually attended. 

Taurus

Mmmmm Taurus child, you’re about to be in your element. When it comes to enjoying the sensual pleasures of life, somebody should hurry up and give you a book deal already, because you are very experienced in indulging yourself.

Honestly, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what drug matches your essence: molly. However, if you’re gonna get down, don’t take any molly if it’s not from a friend with a legit connection.

Also pls drink plenty of water. Don’t be that girl who passes out and has to go to the hospital. You’re better than being a statistic.

Gemini

Geminis have a tendency to get superficial and make snap judgements which can lead to problems further down the road. This is not an aspect of Gemini that makes for a good time at Coachella, unless you’re into feeling like you wasted the $399 you dropped on tix.

There are a lot of sides to a Geimini’s personality, so try to focus on the part of you that loves connecting to whatever people and situations you find yourself immersed in.

In short, coke might be a match for Gemini. Be a social butterfly. Get your Coachella on. 

Cancer

Even on a good day a Cancer can be more sensitive than Drake after a night full of liquor and reminiscing, and while a Cancer usually surrounds herself with friends that are pretty good about humoring her, let’s be honest, nobody wants to deal with a sad sack when they’re tripping balls.

Since Capricorns have moods like a seesaw, a short-term drug like Salvia is probably the best match for them. And yes, we know it’s not a real drug so it’s kind of lame, but honestly, so are your crazy mood swings, Capricorn. Instead of setting Capricorn up for failure with a long-term effect drug that can send her into a paranoia trip just as easily as it can be totally chill, maybe Capricorns should just take it 20 minutes by 20 minutes, you feel?

Your friends will thank you, and at the end of the day, so will you. We promise.

Leo

Baby, you’re a firework. Leo girls love new, extraordinary experiences, and detest the dull, drab daily routines they’re sometimes forced to contend with. Basically, Coachella was made for Leo.

Since Leos don’t tend to be overly emotional people, it’s possible for them to bounce back from any minor trauma that befalls them. If we had to pick a drug for Leo, it would have to be LSD. Have an experience, commune with the mother moon spirit, and get ready to see all your friends with dripping rainbow hearts for eyes, Leo.

However remember that coke is a no no for any Leo who doesn’t want to leave Coachella with any regrets. We’ve seen it play out before. Everything will be really fun until Leo ends up getting pissed at her friend for not caring that it’s already an hour past when Jack U’s set is supposed to start and according to Instagram, Skrillex and Diplo’s asses are still drinking backstage with their homies. Before you know it Leo will probably bring up that one time that one time her friend cheated on her boyfriend, or did something equally embarrassing, which will lead to a big ole nasty fight. Leo’s friend will never forgive her, and not even the best concert can make up for the loss of that friendship.

Just don’t go there, okay?

Virgo

Virgos have a tendency to find themselves filled with a lot of nervous, uncontrolled energy. Often times, they even fall into the bad habit of over-analyzing everything around them. Overcomplicating their lives isn’t exactly fun for Virgos, but once they start drowning in negative vibes, it can be hard for them to turn their shit around.

On the one hand, we think valium could help Virgo calm the fuck down and enjoy herself/her surroundings for once. On the other hand, maybe her best match is a tab of LSD.

Who knows, maybe opening herself up to some different energies and outlooks on life is exactly what Virgo needs most right now. Who knows, the $399 she spent on admission may be the best purchase she ever made in her life.

Libra

Dear Libra: you’re a chill-ass bitch who loves excitement, new situations, adventure and unusual experiences. People love Libras, Libras love people, and most importantly, Libras love vibing out to music/feeling like they’re an important patron of the arts.

Coachella can be kind of a shit show, so if you’re gonna do drugs Libra, we recommend spending the entire weekend in a haze of the dankest weed known to (wo)man. Indica, Sativa, edibles, whatever reputable refreshments you can get your hands on.

Please again, don’t take drugs from strangers.

Scorpio

Scorpio’s have a tendency to get too serious about things and try to take control of the situations around them but this is Coachella, baby. If a Scorpio girl want to have fun, they need to relax and let the festival happen to them. Scorpio please know that you won’t get close enough to the stage for every show, nor will you even see every show you want to see, and that’s fine. Drink some tequila, maybe have a sip on some molly juice and don’t be afraid to take a hit or two off the endless supply of joints that Scorpio friends always seem to have stashed in their bras. 

Do stay away from shrooms, though. You know how emotional you can get, bb.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius, when given the choice between freedom and anything else, your sign always chooses freedom. Sagittariuses crave adventure, excitement, and all the crazy changes life sends your way. Best of us, no moody cat vibes here, and even if something shitty happens, it’s super whatever. No use crying over spilled milk when there’s a handle of premium tequila waiting around the next corner, right?

Literally, Coachella was made for your sign. Every drug matches a Sagitarus’s spirit. DMT, PCP, shrooms, molly, acid, coke, literally whatever you can think of that sounds like a good time would probably match the Sagittarius vibe.

Capricorn

In everyday life Capricorns tend to be very self-disciplined and responsible, thinking about the all the possible consequences of every action before you make a movie. While that can help a girl get ahead at work/avoid hooking up with as many f*ckboys as many fuckboys as some girls, it’s also a fun sucker. 

So in honor of Coachella, just say fuck it. Drink a lot (but responsibly, obviously), and be open to the possibility that your BFFs molly juice and all those bong hits that cutie behind you keeps offering you just might be a perfect match for you.

Even if it’s just for this weekend, get loose with your bad self…just not so loose that you find yourself spiraling down into a wormhole of emotions that you can’t get out of and ultimately decide to never have fun again.

Aquarius

Aquarius girls are like such free spirits. Your sign is independent AF and makes life fun for everybody around because being an Aquarius means never being afraid to try anything.

What people sometimes tend to forget is that just because Aquarius girls are rebellious and impulsive, they’re also inquisitive and observant, constantly questioning societal norms and seeking intellectual stimulation.

This Coachella LSD, shrooms, pot, any literally every psychedelic that you cross paths with might just fit the Aquarius spirit like a glove.

The only thing an Aquarius should avoid is anything that gets her down, which means staying clear of that dumb Cancer bitch who always ends up crying about how no boy will ever love her. In fact, you probably shouldn’t even be friends with her anymore. Make a note to bring that up to everybody at a later date. Sorry, Karen. Maybe you shouldn’t suck so hard.

Pisces

Pisces are such an intuitive souls and if there’s something wrong in the world that affects her, she feels it, and feels it deeply. On the other hand, if the world around you her is kicking ass, she feels like a bo$$.

For the Pisces girls of the world, we feel like downing Tequila-based beverages and staying open to anything else that’s gonna chill you the fuck out/keep you vibing on that Positive Pollyanna realness might be up your alley.

Stay away from LSD tho. Even if the hottest boy in the world offers to let you eat a magic mushroom off his six pack, just say no. The last thing a Pisces needs to do is ingest anything that’ll send her into an existential crisis just because she watched some bro throw up on somebody’s lost flower crown, which reminds her that humanity is slowly destroying life on earth as we know it.

Def get that guy’s number though.

Calvin Klein ads featuring Kendall Jenner, Justin Bieber, and other hot young things seem to be plastered over every vertical surface nowadays. But one person isn’t 100% sold on them — and that person is Calvin Klein himself.

In a very candid chat with Fern Mallis at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he gave his unvarnished opinions on both Justin and Kendall.

When asked about Justin, here’s what he had to say, per Fashionista:

“I think they’re very good,” he said, when asked about Bieber’s in particular. “So many people wanted to be on a billboard or in an ad or in a commercial, and for sure Justin Bieber wanted to do it. I thought that was really good.”

That’s actually not super surprising. Back when Calvin Klein himself was at the brand’s helm, he picked Mark Wahlberg — then known as Marky Mark and basically the Justin Bieber of the early 90s — as the face of the brand. Real recognize real, right?

But when Fern asked about Kendall, he wasn’t so sold:

“You know, I’m really not that familiar with it,” he replied. “I’m honestly not.” There’s silence, then laughter. “I’m sure she’s a lovely young woman. It’s not the kind of thing I would have done, even today. Justin Bieber, yes.”

He continued:

“When [I say] I like Justin Bieber in the Calvin Klein Underwear [campaign], it’s because I like him — not because he’s got millions of followers,” he explained. “Now, models are paid for how many followers they have. They’re booked not because they represent the essence of the designer, which is what I tried to do — they’re booked because of how many followers they have online. I don’t think that, long-term, is going to work. I don’t think that’s a great formula for success for the product you’re trying to sell.” It’s not all bad news, though, so long as you prioritize the artistry. “However, if you take really exquisite photographs of the right people in the right clothes in the right location, and you put it online, that’s fine,” he said. “Just putting any old clothes on Kim Kardashian, long-term, isn’t going to do a thing.”

Sidenote: if you’re wondering why the brand bearing Calvin Klein’s name is featuring a model he’s not crazy about, it’s because like Donna Karan, he’s no longer the creative director of his brand. He just owns a big stake in it and advises from the sidelines.

Kendall hasn’t said anything about the remarks yet, but if we had to guess, we’d have to say she won’t be crying over her piles of Calvin cash any time soon.

Whether they make you want to laugh, cry, or both, there’s nothing quite like an unsolicited dick pic.

Whitney Bell knows that all too well. So she turned her experience of online harassment into an incredible art exhibit called “A Lifetime of Dick Pics.”

The exhibit, at Rhabbitat Gallery at 1495 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles, is made to look like a house, full of physical examples of online dick pics. The show’s opening night was poppin’ with over 600 people in attendance, and Whitney says the party raised almost $4,000 for the Center for Reproductive Rights.

There’s also a closing party this Sunday, April 17, from 1 to 7 p.m. with DJs and discounted prices for the works. Click here for the deets and read on for some of Whitney’s thoughts on the scourge of dick pics.

Do you remember the first dick pic you ever received?

I do remember my first dick pic. I was 17 and renting a beach house with my friends one summer and this friend of a friend came over and I had a total crush on him. We flirted all afternoon and when he left with his friends later he said he’d text me…and damn did he. I was still a virgin and not very experience with guys at all so when I got just a close up pick of his rather large and extremely red dick I freaked out. I felt so violated and uncomfortable which I suppose was likely the point.

However my immense hatred for the dick pic can be traced by to my hilarious best friend. For months I was getting dick pics emailed to me from different private email address…multiple a day. I didn’t understand there they were coming from…I thought I’d like somehow signed up for some weird porn site or something. My boyfriend at the time even almost broke up with me over because he thought I was cheating. Literally this went on for almost 4 months. I felt like I was going insane…sooo many dicks. Eventually my friend caved and told me that she had set up an OK Cupid and anytime a dude asked her for a sexy pic she said “pic of pic” and gave them my email address. Her longstanding commitment and the brilliant hilarious nature of the prank made it impossible for me to even be mad. I guess this can all be traced back to her. So thanks Angelica for making my gallery dreams come true.

What generally goes through your head when you get an unsolicited dick pic?

Getting an unsolicited dick is a combo pack of emotion; amused, repulsed and full of pity.

Do you agree that even a consensual dick pic is really not as hot as guys seem to think it is? Like if you’re sexting someone and they just send you a pic of a disembodied dick, it’s still kind of weird, right?

Don’t get me wrong I love a good dick, I just don’t want to be forced to look at it. Either way though, even when it’s consensual guys need to be aware of the fact that just a disembodied dick is never going to be attractive. The same thing applies to girls, we just seem to be already aware of this fact. I know loads of ladies who sent sexy pics (myself included), but never are they just close up, spread lipped, pussy shots. No one wants that either. There is something disconcerting about genitalia without any other context. Just gimme some abs or a nice side shot of your butt and dick…but please please stop with the extreme ball sack closeups.

Getting a dick pic can feel like getting flashed in the street. The same guys who send dick pics would consider flashers to be pervs, but themselves as just flirting when they send a dick pic. Why do you think there’s such a disconnect between flashing and dick pics in guys’ heads?

There shouldn’t be a disconnect. Sending an unsolicited dick pic is sexual harassment and comes from the exact same psychological place as a subway flasher. Forcing a woman to see their dick gets these guys off in a small way. I talked to hundreds of dudes over the last few months trying to gain some insight into why they do it. Many simply like the thrill of forcing a woman to see their dick, it’s an exertion of power just like hollering at a woman on the street. They know you she’s not going to turn around and say “I really wanna go on a date with that guy who yelled ‘hey sexy, let me lick it’ from this pick up.” Like all harassment it’s about power not about sex. They do it because they can, because they know there aren’t repercussions and because in some small way it validates their position as the dominant. I am trying to show them, that there are repercussions, that this isn’t a victimless crime, that they should strive to be better.

Many guys seemed to really not know why they did it though. Seems as if they had never really thought it through fully until I asked. Just following the patriarchal status quo of harassment as the norm.

What can people expect to see at your art show?

The show is more than just dicks pics; really the dicks are just used as a way to show how completely pervasive harassment is in a woman’s life. I’ve completely emptied out my home and set it up at the gallery. Literally all I have left is a pillowless bed and a dresser. The viewer gets welcomed into a walking tour of my home, but there is a steady river of dicks running throughout the house. Just like in life, you cannot avoid harassment, it follows a woman wherever she goes.

My artists created pieces based on this idea, on the concept of the female experience and what it feels like to reclaim some of that power. The art ranges from amazing sex positive tattoo sketches by @melodieperrault to darker pieces like @martinamartians who used saccharine baby pinks and blues while exploring themes of domestic violence. That’s the great thing about a group show is that you get a lot of perspectives on the same experience.

What’s the worst dick pic horror story you’ve heard from someone you met through this project?

The worst story has got to be from my friend’s little sister. She’s 15 and she got one from her 24 year old cousin’s friend, she hasn’t even kissed a boy yet. A grown ass man is exposing himself to teen girls and because he’s hiding behind a phone and feels shielded and safe. It’s repulsive.

What do you think can be done about the scourge of the unwanted dick pic?

Progress, progress is the only thing that will change this situation. It’s not just dick pics that we need to eradicate, it’s the notion that harassment of a woman is to be expected. We need to show the world that we will not sit idly by while we get hollered at, harassed and flashed. We must reclaim what the patriarchy has taken from us. Fight back and show that we won’t take this kind of treatment anymore. I’m trying to open up a dialogue and get people thinking about the greater ripple effects of this kind of harassment. Hopefully in doing so we can make a small step forward.

Girlpool is Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad; best friends barely out of their teens yet incredibly accomplished with an immeasurable sense of wisdom.

Their debut full-length, Before The World Was Big, captured the tenderness of fleeting adolescence and the importance of finding your voice at any age. Months have passed since their record release, and a relentless tour schedule has come to a close. Cleo and Harmony have returned to their new home in Brooklyn, a little bit older, and infinitely insightful.

The duo are already onto the next phase of taking the world by storm. First up: conquering Coachella. Next up: new music.

Galore: How important have all-ages DIY spaces like Silent Barn been to the livelihood of Girlpool?

Cleo: They’ve been incredibly important to both of us. We met at a DIY place in Los Angeles called The Smell and we both grew up really valuing spaces like that, ones that allowed us to feel safe and creatively inspired.

It seems like you guys have pulled together an awesome gang of musician friends that way. Tell me more about some of those relationships. I know you just went on tour with Frankie Cosmos…

Harmony: It’s been amazing getting to tour and it’s been really inspiring getting to tour with so many different artists. Seeing how they perceive certain experiences… Just discussing and exploring with people through tour is just so inspiring and empowering.

What about some other artists, maybe outside of your circle, that are inspiring you?

Cleo: We both really love the new Horse Jumper of Love album.

Harmony: Our friend Jillian’s band IAN has a record coming out. She’s just the best person in the world.

Cleo: I’ve been listening to the new Fraternal Twin album a lot recently.

Now that things are settling down after the whirlwind last few years, is there any sort of feeling like, what’s next?

Cleo: We’re working on music and thinking, writing, playing, and exploring constantly. The context feels different because it’s a new kind of routine, especially after moving. It always feels like a new fold.

Harmony: We’re working on new stuff, but it’s all natural.

Harmony, it looks like you have been doing some solo stuff lately?

Harmony: We both have been doing solo music for our entire lives, since we’ve been playing music. We both really love to play shows, but now there’s this weird thing where we can’t just play all the time.

Would it feel strange to play without your other musical half onstage?

Harmony: Cleo actually drums in the band!

So you guys really can’t get enough of each other! Tell me more about your best friendship. What’s the key to maintaining such an intimate and creative relationship?

Harmony: Communicating about everything. Any passing feeling or moment is super important to honor. Regardless of circumstance, it’s important to take it on.

Cleo: Honesty.

So what will Girlpool 2.0 sound like?

Cleo: We’ve been exploring the concept of juxtaposition; comparing and contrasting both as friends and the way that we write. It’s really exciting because it’s fresh and new. We’ve always talked about it, but it hasn’t been explored to this degree.

Your music has a beautiful way of connecting deeply with people. What has been some of the best feedback you’ve received from fans?

Cleo: I love how powerful it is to communicate with people in a space where we’re playing, the overall connection and ability to be in a room with people who want to share.

Harmony: It’s hard to pinpoint because it’s so in the moment, but when it feels real it just is. It doesn’t register as words, but registers as feeling.

Do you feel grown up?

Harmony: It’s always happening…

Cleo: There’s always a new “I’m there!” A new arrival. But I think youthfulness is core, it’s always there.

Harmony: It’s important to wonder and feel like there’s something to discover. You think you’ve arrived but that moment moves too.

What’s out of your comfort zone?

Cleo: Being alive is out of my comfort zone. I have an interesting relationship with comfort zones. Right now I’m exploring outside of it and feeling okay with everything and allowing everything. Aimlessness or having a lot of time also makes me anxious and uncomfortable. It’s just when I feel like I’m not being intentional.

What advice or words of wisdom can you share with those who have the desire to create but are nervous to put themselves out there?

Harmony: Your voice is your own and it’s powerful. It’s so much more to do with confidence than anything. Sharing is hard for anyone, to put yourself out there is hard for a lot people. Knowing that your voice, regardless of whether anyone likes it or not, has validity in the fact that you thought it. And that’s enough.

Cleo: Allowing your bigness takes practice. It feels good to feel all of it. It feels good to practice.

If you haven’t heard of Wildflower, you’re missing out.

The brand, consisting of handmade iPhone accessories designed in Los Angeles by founder Michelle Carlson and her two daughters, Devon and Sydney Carlson, has become a favorite for teenage girls with edgy, fashion-forward style.

“Designing was a natural step for us. We create cases that we genuinely want to wear, that compliment our style and become conversation pieces. We know our demographic because we are the same edgy girl we design for,” says Devon.

Celebs like Miley Cyrus, Kylie Jenner, Lucy Hale, and an array of Youtube talent have been seen rocking the floral, studded phone cases, leading Wildflower to exclusive partnerships with retail powerhouses like Nasty Gal, Anthropologie, ASOS, Free People, and more.

“On social media, we talk to our customers, listen to what they have to say, and give them more of what they want. We cater to girls who want to stand out and make a statement, who also live on social media. And we’ve understood the designs that defy trends so we give our customers something unique that she’ll wear over time,” says Sydney. And if you shop at Wildflower, unique is what you’ll get.

Galore caught up with Devon and Sydney before heading to Coachella to find out just how important a stylish phone case can be. See Wildflower’s 8 reasons why your phone case is your most important accessory, below.

@devonleecarlson @wildflowercases // @studio64_la thanks @heathercatania

A photo posted by E A S T O N (@eastonschirra) on Feb 6, 2016 at 6:06pm PST

1. When you have a boring outfit on, you just put on a cute case and it immediately makes your outfit a 10/10.

2. Phone Cases are like bras. Always there for support and close to your heart. You know, if you hold your phone by your heart.

3. Your phone case shows a lot about you.

4. You get to match your mani to your phone case, which makes for great instagram pics.

5. You can get matching cases with your best friend.

6. Having a knockout phone case is a great icebreaker. Strangers will actually go out of their way to be nice and talk to you if they see your case. I’ve had random people stop me because they wanted to know where I got my case.

7. If you forget your purse, just hold your phone case. It’s the same thing.

8. Not only is it cute, but it’ll protect your phone when you drop it… like I do… 12 times a day.

There must be something in the Tokyo and Shenzhen style-slaying water, you guys. Proof: I recently returned from checking out Tokyo and Shenzhen fashion weeks, and the shows were fantastic: from the forward-thinking head-turners, the wacky yet wearable, and the downright crazy (in a really good way.) Equally as jaw-dropping-inducing kinds of impressive was the street style. And since I absolutely cannot travel without a disposable camera, I captured lots of the sartorial magic. You’re very welcome!

The fantastic All Saints presentation during Tokyo Fashion Week.

My favorite Tokyo bae Hiraku Morilla being a bae at the All Saints presentation. Heart you.

All Saints street cast the cutie on the left/my favorite new model crush. Good eye, All Saints.

Painfully hip All Saints models on a smoke break.

Obsessed with the sartorial-slaying Yuri Nakagawa, Tokyo model/blogger/sweetie. A must follow on Instagram: @DARAYUNYA

Best sweater ever? Yes.

Killing me with cuteness outside the zany Anne Sofie Madsen Tokyo Fashion Week show.

Leopard, anyone?

Shenzhen Fashion Week punk princess.

A style star is born.

I really wanted this Shenzhen Fashion Week robe. And him.

The Shenzhen best zany hair trophy goes to Y-VISON HOMME. Obviously.

Shenzhen’s best street style trophy goes to this woman. Who are you? Does it hurt to be so amazing?

Everything. Just everything.

Models smizing before hitting the runway for Shenzhen’s gothy glam designers, ODBO.

My personal favorite Instagram star is “Multimedia Post Pop Artist” Pandemonia. Take a moment to take in this incredibleness.

Here’s me creeping backstage on these cuties before the ODBO show.

Hi there.

Need that ODBO coat. Need him in my life, too.

BOYS BOYS BOYS.

Important question: why isn’t there a Pandemonia fashion line yet? Get on it, girl.

Meet Cameron, the baby-blue-eyed beau from Toronto. We rendezvoused with the rising male model to talk all things imagination, spirit animals and his inevitable success.

Nationality: Canadian/Torontonian

Star sign: Aries

Okay, so let’s talk career. It’s obvious that you stand out from the male model masses. What do you think makes you so unique?

I think everyone is different and unique in their own way but if I had to say one thing I guess the baby face and maybe the dimples.

What’s the most challenging thing about being in the modeling industry?

I wouldn’t say it’s the most challenging but I really hate the fact that so many people are just trying to live their life and people try and shut down their dreams. When they take it to heart it’s the worst. Life’s about living and dreaming, no other opinion should ever matter.

What motivates you + who inspires you?

A good imagination is always motivating but it all comes from my parents and my grandma for sure. Family in general have always been so supportive. My grandma definitely inspired me the most though, I wouldn’t be doing this if not for her.

Okay, so we have to say it. Your resemblance to young Leo is basically undeniable. With that said, have you ever considered acting?

I think about it all the time, I love movies. So let’s see what happens.

What are you looking forward to most in your career?

Working with new people and travelling is fucking amazing but I definitely love just seeing what happens next because in this industry you never really know.

Dream job?

To be a rockstar or a superhero.

Moving on to love + relationships. How would you define love?

Love is being with the person who allows you to be who you are at all times. If you want a dog don’t get a cat.

What do you find most attractive about a girl?

Everyone is attractive in their own way, but I do love eyes. It’s all in the eyes.

Who’s your dream girl?

Right now I’ve been totally paralyzed by Emily Ratajkowki. Something about the “Blurred Lines” music video.

Biggest turn on + biggest turn off?

Biggest turn off is people taking advantage of people and biggest turn on is a girl who likes to go for a big burger.

Last but not least, we’re going to get a little personal. Boxers or briefs?

Boxers are way more kick-up but briefs keeps ya in check.

What’s your guilty pleasure?

Reese’s Pieces. I can’t look at one without touching it.

Who’s your spirit animal?

The Bear from “The Revenant.”

What are you most proud of?

The fact that I can be myself without compromise is what I’ll always be most proud of.

Watch out, Drake. The 6 has a new god on the rise.

Zella Day doesn’t quite fit the usual pop star mold, however, as her music is mostly influenced by country and classic rock artists. But that’s not stopping the all-American girl from making music that people really like. In the Q+A below, Zella Day talks music collaborations, and even reveals the secret to perfect bohemian hair.

Ralph Lauren Top & H&M Jeans

What skin products do you swear by while on tour?

I absolutely swear by the mild Aesop Fabulous Face Cleanser and moisturizer. I have felt a legitimate difference in the balance of oils on my face, which really makes a difference when I’m traveling. My schedule can be pretty irregular, so I need my cleanser to do its job. I have also been taking Collagen supplements everyday, and they have brought my natural glow to a whole new level. I’ve been doing my research on vitamins, and collagen has been my favorite hair, skin, and nail supplement thus far. 

What are your spring makeup must-haves?

My beauty regimen is cohesive for every season, but I would say that I start applying sunscreen more regularly when the spring months come around. If I don’t, my freckles will completely take over my face. 

How do you create perfect bohemian bed head hair?

I’m lucky to have a natural wave in my hair, so I can kind of let it do its thing for the most part. But I do have a couple of secrets. I always make sure to let my hair air-dry, for one, because if I blow dry it, the frizz is out of control. When my hair is dry, I spray a Kevin Murphy damage manager spray throughout my whole head before I flatten the ends with a straightener. Once my curls are in order from lightly using the iron, I spray Oribe Aprés Beach Wave and Shine Spray to separate my waves and Simply Smooth Xtend Keratin Reparative Magic Potion to make it shine.

What’s your biggest beauty indulgence?

My biggest beauty indulgence is getting my monthly bikini wax… Haha. Not kidding. 

What is your go-to nail color?

Nail color? I don’t think I even own nail polish. The last time I saw a bottle of nail polish was in my stocking last Christmas, and I think it was a clear topcoat. Thanks, mom. 

How do you keep your skin and hair perfect during festival season?

If you’ve seen photos of me during festivals, then you probably know that “perfect” isn’t necessarily in my wheelhouse. If anything, I use less products on my skin and hair so that it doesn’t melt off everywhere. My biggest tip for festival season is: Go natural!

What makeup product do you think is the most underrated and why?

Eye drops. It’s key to have bright eyes for those first impressions.​​

What are you planning for your Coachella debut in April? Have you thought of what looks to wear both weekends?

Of course I’ve been putting thought into it! I’m currently pulling a lot of inspiration so that I can have a clear direction of where I want to take my looks for both weekends. I picked up a 70s disco top from one of my favorite vintage stores off La Brea a few days ago that may very well be making an appearance at Coachella. 

What product in your own makeup bag do you never leave home without?

My OLO roll-on perfume and cardamom lip balm.

Do you play your own music when getting dressed?

I am not my own pump up music ;)

Who is your style icon?

I’m currently looking into everything Anita Pallenberg.

Who would you love to collab with on a duet?

I would like to do a collaboration with Beck playing only mandolins.

What are your thoughts on a Guns N’ Roses reunion at Coachella?

I’m praying that Axl Rose wears tight leather pants.

What should every girl bring to Coachella this year?

Hula hoops, cheap sunglasses, and condoms. Have fun by being safe.

Biggest guilty pleasure?

Salted caramel ice cream with hot fudge syrup.

What is next for you in 2016? 

I have some very exciting tour dates, videos, and singles lined up for this year—working harder than ever.

Zimmermann Top & Maje Skirt

Zimmermann Dress

Photography + Creative Direction by Prince + Jacob

Styled by Brittany Moore

Something about hearing your favorite musician performing live can make you pretty horny. Especially when it’s on top of the beer you’ve drank, the weed you’ve smoked, and the throng of sweaty half-naked concert goers surrounding you.

Naturally, having sex at a concert isn’t a rarity, and it seems to be one of the few places where people don’t mind getting it on in public. We asked our readers and scoured Reddit for some of the best concert and music festival sex stories.

By the way, just as a disclaimer: if you come across two horny randos going at it at your music festival of choice this year, don’t take a picture of them, you perv. What’s the point?

1. Rejected

“I knew a girl that was at this festival really drunk and this guy was eating her out on the hood of the car for the whole world to see. Anyways, it was filmed and she was basically naked and it ended up all over Twitter. The college she applied to found out and took away her acceptance.” -Gabrielle

2. Sounds Shitty

“I was at a festival my sophomore year of high school and for some reason my scrawny ass decided to approach this girl. She was down so I decided to fuck her in one of the PortaPottys. I basically had to hold my nose the whole time.”- Sam

3. The Houdini

“A couple was making out across from me. The guy gets up and leaves (I guess he went to the bathroom or something). Some other guy comes out of nowhere, starts making out with the girl, sticking his tongue down her throat, touching her boobs, ass, etc, and she is just loving it. After about a minute or so, the guy leaves. Original guy comes back, they carry on with making out as if nothing happened.”- randomAnonymousthing

4. That’s Unheard Of

“I was at a local pub and a local band was playing. It was a pretty decent indie-rock group, and they were playing a bunch of covers from popular rock songs. About midway through the concert, I saw these two chicks on the floor, naked, just going at it. Both were easily 9/10s, and everyone else was just walking or moving around them, looking at the band. It wasn’t these two (probably drunk) women hooking up in the middle of the floor, it was the fact that all the guys seemed completely uninterested. No one had a phone out to take pictures or videos, no one was staring; no one was paying them any attention. I thought that was weird as hell.” – Faithless195

5. Next, Please!

“I can’t remember the name of the band, but they were playing with Muddy Waters at Penn State. My job that day was to guard the gate directly next to the stage. So all I had to do is stand there and listen to the music. As I was stood there, the only thing in front of me was a window van with the band in it waiting to go on stage. This chick comes to the door and proceeds to blow every one of the band members (except one who waved her away). She finished and left the van. No one seemed to speak to her, she just bobbed each person and moved on. It seemed as if it was something they had done every day for 20 years.”- nfaguy

6. Casual AF

“A standing, dancing orgy between four (plus or minus, at points) nearly naked people at a multi-day reggae festival. Some of them were tattooed like leopards and other animals (full body) and had crazy piercings and the most peculiar haircuts I’ve ever seen. I was hanging in the crowd with some friends and one of them exclaimed, ‘Wait, the people right in front of us are fucking!’ Sure enough, they were, right in the middle of a stadium-sized crowd.”- One_anus_for_all

7. Bloody Hell

“My father ran front of house/monitors at a venue in Atlanta for, like, 6 years and was really good friends with G [GG Allin]. He told me the story of how one night at some show, G ate this girl out on stage, bloody and menstrual. He pulls out her tampon by the string and slings it into the crowd, face dripping in period blood.”- terraculon

Welcome to Galore horoscopes, where we’ll advise you on whether to expect drama, chill vibes, hot sex, or all of the above over the coming week.

Peep your sign’s seven-day forecast, starting Monday and ending the following Sunday, below. Pro tip: instead of your sun sign, make sure to read your rising sign as it’s far more accurate.

ARIES

This Monday, powerful Pluto retrograde in your 10th house of career might bring initial setbacks. Don’t panic. Rethink. Analyze. Dive deeper. In addition, check who you can really trust in your field. Somebody you would never think of might be blocking your career path and trying to extinguish your fire. Reflect on the negativity that has made you doubt yourself. Stay confident and never give up.

For the mysterious Scorpio full moon this Friday, I suggest you arrange a  sexual ritual with your lover. I promise you there is no better, sexier Moon, than the extreme Scorpio full Moon that sheds light on our most hidden golden treasures. If you are trying to get over somebody, now would be a good time to work on a banishing ceremony. Out with the old, in with the new.

TAURUS

Happiest of birthdays, dear Taurus!! Exactly, the bright and hot Sun will be moving into YOUR sign this week! You will be the superstar of the month with full cosmic support. Indulge in food, drinks or whatever it is that you love. Taurus people are known to be party animals, especially on their birthdays. With your endurant energy, it is hard to keep up with you. Thank god, you have so many loyal friends, who will probably need a month to recover from your festivities. Let the party marathon begin.

Before the celebrations start, metamorphic Pluto will go retrograde in your ninth house of beliefs. You will be reevaluating religion and spirituality on a very deep level. You might clean your soul through alternative beliefs. Remember: Transform = Reborn. When Pluto goes retrograde in the ninth house, your search for inner truth and peace is vital.

This week’s Scorpio full moon lights up your relationship house. You either will end things for good or you are going to take one step further with your sweetie, by making your bond official. It’s going to be a super special month for you, bday babe!

GEMINI

Fearless Pluto will be reversing its steamy ride through your eighth house of deep sexuality and intimacy. You will get more in touch with your heart’s true desire and subconscious. It can get really dark when transformative Pluto carves his ways through that intimate area of your chart.  Remember, the darkest nights produce the brightest stars.

The obsessive Scorpio Full Moon, by the end of the week, which takes place in your sixth house of routine, will bring you back to basics regarding health and routine.

CANCER

Birth, death, rebirth — Pluto will be retrograding in your seventh house of relationships, which means you might meet dark powerful personalities now, who will transform your inner core. Cancer Lindsay Lohan certainly has found herself a sexy Ruski, who definitely is very powerful and transforming her for the better, while most of us had given up on her. Love does conquer all.

Lessons about kinship are awaiting you. Are you getting the most out of your romantic relationships? This person who could come into your life anytime now, is going to completely scoure and destroy your previous notions of what it takes to partner. On the flipside it can also spell the end of relationships. I know you’re crabby and attached. Don’t worry, something better is waiting for you.

The passionate Scorpio full moon, will highlight your fifth house of pleasure and soulmates. Try to release that build up pressure. The scorpionic lunar force is going to help you erupt like a volcano. Use your sensual, raw energy between the sheets to get loose and of course to have a lot of fun and laughter. Hot week, Cancer. Sizzling, hot.

LEO

Ruthless Pluto will be turning retrograde in your 6th house of order, bringing you a needed period of reflection in work habits and your health. I don’t wanna lie, but Pluto is kind of intense. You might encounter some harshness in your daily work. Your “colleagues” might not be very supportive now. Keep in mind, that these outcomes often work in your favor as they push you to make those needed changes, to become the king of the jungle. Some patterns and attitudes will change. Be aware and positive.

With the watery full moon in Scorpio, this weekend, your attention will be at home. Try to have a nice, home cooked  meal with your beloved family.

VIRGO

Pluto the lord of  darkness is going retrograde in your fifth house of romance and creativity. Old lovers may come back into your life now. With Pluto in the mix, drama is emphasized and a initially not so serious one night stand might change your life. You are going to be attracting scorpionic types who are trying to teach you some lesson. Pluto will make you very mysterious  and attractive to the opposite sex. Don’t forget that the plutonic potency, is active on both sides. You as well, will be able to easily lure lovers into your sexy world. Hehe.

With the intense Scorpio full moon in your communication house you could  post a viral photo or publish some of your work, which you could receive love and praise for. People might get totally obsessed about it . Show the world you are not as innocent as people might perceive you.

LIBRA

Sharp Pluto retrograde prompts us to reflect inwards, sometimes triggering us to change the direction of our lives in radical ways. When in the fourth house of home, anything, be it a move or career change could happen. Don’t try to resist change, it’s just gonna hurt you. Family and careerwise, forceful Pluto is trying to break you up, so you can transform into the best version of yourself and land on the path that is supposed to give you the most magical life.

Friday’s unshakable Scorpio full moon is about balancing give and take and how you share money and resources. You are fair and expect the same from your partner.

SCORPIO

It’s going to be a highly scorpio-plutonic week. No problem for you, since you are fearless and used to these beautiful dark and most importantly, real vibes. The sun will be in Taurus your opposite sign, which means the focus will be on your partnerships. Are you going to be in full control or are you ready to let go and relax a little? Your choice.

What an interesting period for you. Your ruler, turbulent Pluto, is going to go retrograde early this week, in your communication house. You hate superficiality and basically, with all this backward plutonic activity in that sector, you might research obsessively online or through reading newspapers and books. As a result, you may uncover new secrets and ways to gain more power.

The ultra potent full moon this week will be in your sign and is going to help you start a new chapter in your life. The new you will feel invincible and ready to take on any challenge that comes your way. Do welcome any kind of transformation.

SAGITTARIUS

This week kicks of with driven Pluto moving retrograde in your financial house. Now is the time to sort out the finances. You’ll have time, since slow moving Pluto will be retrograde for a while. You may not like what you see financially. Take this as an opportunity to review and find a better way to handle your money.

With the spiritual Scorpio full moon in your 12th house of the unconscious, issues from deep within might resurface. Be open to whatever comes your way. Sagittarians are very positive and optimistic. If there is a sign that can turn shit into gold, then it’s you. It could also be that maybe a work project reaches culmination now. Positive mind. Positive vibes. Positive life.

CAPRICORN

When magnetic Pluto, the transformer, goes retrograde in your first house of self, it is a good time to look for what it is you want to transform. Remember to stay true to yourself and you will reshape into the amazing soul that has been hiding in the dark. Sometimes it hurts to say goodbye to parts of ourselves. Good news: many people who experienced extreme Pluto in their first house, reported to suddenly have lost lots of weight ;) Pluto is going to stay in your first house for quite some time. You lucky skinny bitch.

Friday’s Scorpio full moon links you up with team players. And with the energy of Pluto ensuring that you have a very powerful aura, you’ll be making those beneficial VIP contacts you’ve been longing for. It is vital for you to surround yourself with like minded people now.

AQUARIUS

Dearest Aquarius, this week is an excellent time to purge your inner soul. Intuitive Pluto will move retrograde in your 12th house of the unconscious. A lot of passive aggressive energy will be stirred up, like a little storm inside of you. The thing is, you won’t quite know why, since the 12th house also holds the secrets and Pluto is the planet of our deepest most unconscious desires, you mostly even hide from yourself. Do any kind of spiritual meditation. Release those negative emotions inside of you. Try to encode the messages even if they scare you to death. In order to grow we need to face the darkness and conquer our fears. If you’ve been feeling low this is a good time to address the root of your problems. Sometimes we have to face our own darkness in order to transcend into the highest light.

With the magic of the sexy Scorpio full moon, in your 10th house of career, your coworkers might experience your more competitive side. Take care of your reputation and be clever and fair about the steps you decide to take.

PISCES

When spiritual Pluto goes retrograde in your 11th of dreams, your compassionate nature comes to play and you search for more knowledge in society. You philosophize about what tribes you belong to and  what kind of friends are good or bad for you. You might make up with friends you have had issues with, or you might meet a new amigo, who will transform your belief and value system, sometimes through dark shit happening. It could also be that you might be feeling blocked by people who have control over you. It could be that daily dose of social media, that unconsciously drags you down. If all this is impacting you too much, maybe log off for a while. Go out into the nature and experience real freedom.  

With the emotional Scorpio full moon in your ninth house of spirituality, you were testing your personal beliefs and are now reaching that zen moment. Just look at Pisces super icon Ruby Rose, right now swimming in the heights of bliss. Spiritual epiphany, anybody?

I would never want to discourage guys from giving head. After all, there’s always room for more dudes to reciprocate these days, since it still seems that more girls give blow jobs than dudes eat box.

But sometimes, a guy is down there doing such a bad job that you don’t even know what to do. Do you pull his head back up and tell him you just want to fuck? Do you try to instruct him as to where your clit is? Do you tell him that practice makes perfect and he’s going to have to be down there a while?

These are the 10 thoughts you have while getting bad head.

1. He’s probably just warming up.

Yeah, it’s like when you start giving a blow job and you begin by going real slowly. That’s probably what he’s doing. It’ll totally get better as he keeps going, wait, wait, where is he going? That’s not my pussy…

2. It kind of feels good…

If you keep imagining Leo DiCaprio’s face in your head while replaying that really hot bondage porn you watched last week, you’re kind of starting to feel something right?

3. Maybe if I maneuver a little bit…

Kind of like the ladies’ version of face-fucking, you can always grab the dudes head and start moving him towards the appropriate area, or push his face in if he’s being too gentle. You also may find yourself opening and closing your legs to see if either position helps his motions feel better on your lady parts.

4. What’s the appropriate time to cut him off?

Okay, this isn’t getting any better. Is it rude to just tell him to stop trying? Or will he be happy that I saved him from his endless mission in trying to make me cum by eating my pussy like a Subway sandwich?

5. I’ll just wait a little longer…

Did I ever receive that red dress I ordered from Nasty Gal? It’s been like six days, right? No, I think it’s only been four… damn, I would’ve worn that out tomorrow night. Ugh, what am I going to wear tonight now? Oh, better fake a moan right now before he realizes I’m not paying any attention to his fruitless efforts.

6. Did I cum? Are you serious?

No, you fucking idiot, I didn’t cum. What part of that was supposed to be enjoyable for me? Instead of giving you my number I’m going to give you a print-out map of the human vagina, there’s this thing called the clitoris you should know about.

7. Do I even want to fuck him now?

In a normal hook-up, this would probably progress to some sex, but I honestly am not even turned on anymore by that horrendous excuse for eating out.

8. Ugh, might as well…

Maybe his dick game is less whack than his head game? A girl can only hope…

9. This was a mistake

Did I take this kid’s virginity or something? This isn’t fucking whack-a-mole.

10. Please GTFO

This is why I have a vibrator, that I prefer to use alone.