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  1. influences
    How Meat Loaf, Elden Ring, and the Apocalypse Inspired MGMT’s Loss of Life“I don’t think I’ve ever played piano like that.”
    By Justin Curto
  2. influences
    How Britney Spears, Nelly, and the Clipse Influenced Amaarae’s Fountain Baby“I wanted to take listeners back to dancing to interesting beats in the club.”
    By Isabel Ling
  3. influences
    How Tracy Chapman, DeBarge, and a Glass of Wine Inspired Jenny Lewis’s Joy’all“I came in and I was like, ‘I want to make something like “Fast Car.”’”
    By Justin Curto
  4. influences
    The Real Jazz Age Stars and Scandals That Inspired Damien Chazelle’s BabylonA character-by-character guide to the silent-era analogues whose real-life exploits inspired Damien Chazelle’s Jazz Age epic.
    By Katie Rife
  5. influences
    How Basic Instinct, Fight Club, and Hitchcock Shaped Do RevengeDirector Jennifer Kaytin Robinson on the unexpected cinematic inspirations behind her candy-coated black comedy Do Revenge.
    By Ilana Kaplan
  6. influences
    How Inception, Jackie Chan, and Prince Inspired Jackson Wang’s MAGIC MAN“For this album, I just chose to be me.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  7. party report
    How Caroline Calloway’s Jump-Scare Cameo Ended Up in Not OkayWriter-director Quinn Shephard slid in her DMs “and we ended up drinking a lot of rosé together.”
    By Lydia Wang
  8. primers
    Rock and Roll Starts With Sister Rosetta TharpeA new Elvis biopic attempts to show her legacy. Here’s just a fraction of it.
    By Craig Jenkins
  9. guides
    A Brief History of the Club Music Drake Attempts on Honestly, NevermindHow did Baltimore club make its way, three decades later, into Drake’s Canadian hands? The clues were all there.
    By Lawrence Burney
  10. influences
    Alex Garland on Attack on Titan, Notting Hill, and More of the Influences on Men“I just think life is strange, and I’m trying to reflect how strange life feels to me.”
    By Katie Rife
  11. influences
    The Everything Bagel of Influences Behind Everything Everywhere All at Once“We’re very confident about our dumb ideas.”
    By Chris Lee
  12. influences
    Lindsey Jordan’s Long, Bumpy Road to Creative Control of Snail Mail“When I worked on Lush, I was so overwhelmed. I just wanted someone else to take the reins all the time.”
    By Justin Curto
  13. influences
    Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin Can Do It All“I love to make something crazy, but I also get a lot of joy from making songs that you want to listen to.”
    By Justin Curto
  14. influences
    Yola Had to Break Music History’s Rules to Make Stand for Myself“I didn’t have, ‘You are exploring the depth of your musical life and being an exponent of extreme music freedom, and we’re totally cool with that.’”
    By Justin Curto
  15. influences
    6 Influences on Pom Pom Squad’s Debut Album Death of a CheerleaderFront woman Mia Berrin on everything from Drag Race to a Vegas bomb shelter.
    By Zoe Haylock
  16. influences
    Mannequin Pussy’s Secret to the Art of SurpriseThe real Philly band behind Mare of Easttown’s fake band threw out the rulebook for their new EP, Perfect.
    By Justin Curto
  17. influences
    Ashley Monroe Listened to Her Gut (and Old Kanye) to Make Rosegold“I would get chills when I was hearing these melodies.”
    By Justin Curto
  18. influences
    7 Influences on girl in red’s Debut, From (Yes) Taylor Swift to Low Serotonin“Like, I’m such a big Swiftie.”
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  19. influences
    9 Influences on Rebecca Black’s Reinvention, From Madonna to the ‘Friday’ Hate“Everything that happened to me as a result of ‘Friday’ was a whole other wagon of stuff to go through with a therapist.”
    By Gabrielle Sanchez
  20. influences
    SG Lewis Is Just Trying to Have a Career Like Pharrell’sThe producer-singer on what influenced his debut album times, 2020’s disco revival, and the power of working with Robyn.
    By Justin Curto
  21. vulture guides
    Keep the Throwbacks Coming After Miley Cyrus’s Plastic Hearts With These AlbumsFrom Janis Joplin to Blondie to Ashlee Simpson.
    By Justin Curto
  22. influences
    Robyn, Queer Clubbing, the xx, and 6 More Influences on Romy’s Debut Solo Music“Then I realized I was describing Robyn’s music to herself.”
    By Justin Curto
  23. influences
    Taylor Swift, Canadian Singer-Songwriters, and More Influences on Shamir“Taylor Swift really taught me how to write a good pop song.”
    By Justin Curto
  24. sanity check
    Angel Olsen’s Pandemic Sanity Routine Is Pretty Damn InspiringIncluding her new friendship with an elderly widower, a growing fascination with moss, and her desire to become a private investigator.
    By Dan Reilly
  25. influences
    Björk, Hairspray, and 6 More Things That Influenced Perfume Genius’ New Album“I could feel it when I was a kid and watching Hairspray: This makes sense to me.”
    By Justin Curto
  26. influences
    Harold and Maude, Beck, and 7 Other Things That Influenced Emma.Director Autumn De Wilde on the movies, music, and TV that inspired her own coming of age.
    As told to Hunter Harris
  27. british comedy
    How Spike Milligan’s Q Paved the Way for Monty PythonLooking back on the surreal sketch show that debuted six months before Flying Circus.
    By Ramsey Ess
  28. influences
    5 Extremely ’80s Albums That Influenced Wild Nothing’s IndigoBig budgets, weird sounds, and all!
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  29. influences
    Perry Mason, Jimi Hendrix, and Other Pieces of Pop Culture David Lynch LovesAs revealed in Lynch’s new memoir, Room to Dream.
    By Devon Ivie
  30. influences
    The Best Part of Riverdale Is All of the Twin Peaks ImageryThat Black Hood couch crawl made me shriek in delight.
    By Devon Ivie
  31. vulture lists
    Search Party’s 13 Biggest Pop-Culture InfluencesThe major cultural landmarks that shaped Dory and the gang, from Alfred Hitchcock to The Comeback.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. influences
    How Garry Shandling’s Unexpected Death Inspired the Most Recent Episode of Girls“The truth was that Judd [Apatow] lost Garry Shandling.”
    By Devon Ivie
  33. vulture lists
    13 Non-Superhero Films That Influenced LoganThe new Wolverine film draws extensively from the Western, the American road movie, and dystopian sci-fi.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  34. influences
    Michelle Obama Reflects on How Much Mary Tyler Moore Meant to Her“She was one of the few single working women depicted on television at the time.”
    By Devon Ivie
  35. where you lead
    Amy Sherman-Palladino Explains Her Cultural InfluencesJudy Garland, Buffy, KROQ, and more.
    By Rebecca Milzoff
  36. influences
    Tig Notaro Recalls the Tremendous Influence Ellen DeGeneres Had on Her“She made stand-up seem like something within my reach.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  37. influences
    4 Things Westworld Will Remind You of (and One Thing It Won’t)HBO’s Westworld is a series that’s layered with familiar influences and previous stories.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  38. influences
    Tilda Swinton on Her Bowie-Influenced Role in A Bigger SplashThe actress on the influences behind her performance in A Bigger Splash.
    By Dan Reilly
  39. influences
    Breaking Bad and More Influences on Crazy Ex-GFThink of Rebecca Bunch as a “bubbly Walter White.”
    By Stacey Wilson Hunt
  40. influences
    Rising Singer Gallant on His 5 Biggest InfluencesThe Zane Lowe–approved artist nerds out on Brandy, Prince, Janet, and more.
    By Dee Lockett
  41. influences
    Better Call Saul Influences: Godfather and More“We’ve been ripping off Edward Hopper shamelessly over the last two years, at least.”
    By Dan Reilly
  42. influences
    Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hamilton’s Influences“The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up.”
    By Rebecca Milzoff
  43. influences
    The Cast of Fargo on How They Found Their Voices This Season“When the words are really, really good, you just try them on and surrender. It’s just like music that plays over you.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  44. influences
    The Affair’s Sarah Treem Loves the Elena Ferrante Novels TooLenú and Lila 4eva.
    By E. Alex Jung
  45. influences
    Dr. Who, Beer, and Other Rick & Morty Influences“Would our moms get this? Would they be entertained by this?
    By Simon Abrams
  46. influences
    Whit Stillman on 10 of His Biggest InfluencesIncluding Evelyn Waugh, J.D. Salinger, and Alfred Hitchcock.
    By Nate Jones
  47. influences
    Taxi Driver, Girls, and 7 Other Big Influences on Mr. Robot“There’ll be a little bit of a nod to Dr. Strangelove in the season finale that people can look out for.”
    By Matthew Giles
  48. influences
    John Green on 12 of His Biggest InfluencesIncluding Toni Morrison and Jimmy Stewart.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  49. influences
    Spike Lee on 10 of His Cultural InfluencesHis latest joint, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, opens in select theaters this weekend.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  50. influences
    Former My Chemical Romance Frontman Gerard Way Explains His Britpop InfluencesThe New Jersey singer discusses his Lush life.
    By Dan Hyman
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