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World Cafe: Pierre Kwenders

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World Cafe:Yukimi mini-concert

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World Cafe: Adrian Sherwood

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In the song "Family," users of the VR experience can move their hands in rhythm with the music to sew Björk's broken heart back together. PulseJet Studios hide caption

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You can now experience Björk's heartbreak in VR

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Each Disiniblud song vibrates with a sense of playfulness and otherworldly possibility, building up songs from tinkering, music box melodies into epic soundscapes, as if to suggest reality can become fantasy at any moment. hide caption

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TOKiMONSTA Jennifer Lee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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World Cafe: TOKiMONSTA

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Benjamin Booker on World Cafe

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Everything Is Recorded on World Cafe

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Olly Alexander's Polari is an exploration of queer identity that includes songs like "Cupid's Bow." Richie Talboy/Interscope Records hide caption

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MUSIC: Polari- Olly Alexander

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John Morrison on World Cafe

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Yola on World Cafe

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Sylvester on World Cafe

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John Morrison on World Cafe

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Conner Youngblood on World Cafe

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FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is out with a new album, Eusexua. Jordan Hemingway hide caption

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FKA twigs' new album "Eusexua"

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Castle Rat's fantasy-themed heavy metal is featured on the 2024 edition of Viking's Choice. Courtney B Hall/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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