Innholdsfortegnelse for Volume 3, 2025 i W Magazine

Tim Walker Photographer, “The Wild, Whimsical, Wonderful World of Chappell Roan” (page 100) Which album do you wish you could hear again for the first time? Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. What song lyric is currently stuck in your head? “I found a fox, caught by dogs / He let me take him in my hands / His little heart, it beats so fast” [Kate Bush’s “Hounds of Love”]. If your life had a theme song, what would it be? “Across the Universe,” by the Beatles. It’s a cosmic reflection of life. Who do you think is the most fashionable musician of all time? George Harrison. Think of the oversize William Morris–print suit jacket. Genesis Webb Stylist, “The Wild, Whimsical, Wonderful World of Chappell Roan” (page 100) If you…

I Never Stopped Loving You is the title of a neon work by Dame Tracey Emin. It’s installed on the facade of Droit House, a former customs bureau on the eastern end of Margate, the seaside town on the Kent coast of England, where Emin grew up. It was created in 2010, when she was living in London, enjoying a glitzy career as a celebrated YBA, the moniker given to the Young British Artists who took the art world by storm in the 1990s. The work was a hometown homage, a tribute to a faraway past. A decade and a half later, Emin is as shocked as anyone that the piece now symbolizes something much more personal and present. After watching her mother die in Margate in 2016, and surviving…

Last year, my 3-year-old daughter’s best friend was constantly singing “Hot to Go!” in our apartment. I didn’t know what that was, but it was short-lived. Pretty soon, all the toddlers in my life—and there are many—were singing instead Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” with intense passion. It was their anthem, even though they had no idea what any of the words meant—nor should they! At the start of her rise, Roan was known as your favorite artist’s favorite artist—then, all of a sudden, she was simply everyone’s favorite artist. Her look was as extraordinary as her voice, and she became hugely famous for both. So when a petite, shy redhead walked into Manhattan’s Pier59 Studios and said, “Hi, I’m Kayleigh,” you would never have known that she was one…

The hottest artist in underground dance music is a horse. The Berlin-based DJ HorsegiirL claims she played exclusively for animal audiences before getting discovered by “Whitney Horseton” and crossing over to the human world with equine-themed bangers like “My Barn My Rules” and “Material Hor$e.” Since 2022, she’s developed a growing fan base of “farmies” who line up to see her surreal, genre-bending sets at festivals like Coachella and clubs like Berghain. Farmies are fiercely protective of her mystique: HorsegiirL, who also goes by Stella Stallion, has never revealed her face or her real identity. “People always love a bit of lore,” says Stallion. “We like stories. That’s how we function. That’s how we build empires and also how we bring them down.” While HorsegiirL’s act is extreme, it’s symbolic…

Chappell Roan is a believer in the Enneagram test, which categorizes personality types. “I judge people based off their Enneagram,” she told me on a cold spring day in Manhattan. Roan was at the cover shoot for W, dressed in a heavily structured and generously padded Marc Jacobs look, her hair pouffed into a nimbus cloud of red frizz. “I’m an eight on the Enneagram scale,” she continued. “Eight is the Challenger.” She smiled. “It’s one of the most difficult numbers, because they challenge everything.” In the past year, Roan, who is 27, has gone from being a virtual unknown to having worldwide fame. Her lyrics, which are a celebration of queer life and love, matched with her thrilling voice and eccentric stage presence, have catapulted her into superstar status.…

It would be wrong to assume that two-for-one deals are solely the domain of fast-fashion chains. Throughout their storied pasts, several haute brands have dabbled in dual-purpose accessories—from Bulgari’s mesmerizing Serpenti watch bracelet to Chanel’s 2.55 bag, an emblematic tote designed with a secret pocket inside the front flap intended, according to sartorial lore, for discreetly storing love letters. Loro Piana, the embodiment of “if you know, you know” refinement, has entered the realm of fashion multitasking with an ingenious double-ringed calfskin handle that instantly turns scarves into elegant but easygoing shoulder bags. The magic happens as often as you like: Simply swap out the various foulards and allow for endless possibilities of personal expression. It’s a fitting creation from a label known for its core values of tradition and…

Over your four decades in the entertainment industry, your career has spanned television, movies—from Spy Kids to Burlesque—and theater. Now you’re also in the reality TV world with The Traitors, a Mafia-inspired competition show that pits “faithful” contes tants against undercover “traitors.” It is gearing up for its fourth season. Did you think it would become such a sensation? I had absolutely zero idea! I did it on a whim, because I like doing things that are outside my comfort zone. When the producers asked me to do it, I got what they were trying to do: elevate the reality competition format. The show led to your first Emmy, for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program, in 2024. It’s interesting that you unseated RuPaul, another queer man…