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Shaad D'Souza is a freelance writer and critic based in London. Previously on staff at Vice and The Fader, he is currently an editor at the Guardian and has contributed to Pitchfork, Bon Appétit, and Frieze.

  1. timelines
    The Long, Winding History of Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’The story of how the 2019 deep cut became a No. 1 single involves Ellen DeGeneres and some sweetly deranged tweets.
  2. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: And the Winner Is …The ending to the season couldn’t be more perfect.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Family AffairWe’ve made it to the penultimate episode and are rewarded with the ultimate gift: a cameo from Murray Bartlett.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Off BrandThis week’s hometown infomercial challenge feels like the sort of thing we should have gotten much earlier in the season.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Belts, Buckles, and BreakdownsAs ever, the girl-group challenge provides some extraordinarily awkward odd-couple comedy.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Circus of HorrorsMaybe celebrity impressions don’t come naturally to Antipodean queens.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Best of a Bad BrunchIt becomes clear that Molly truly is the sabo bitch of the season. She’s even managed to sabo herself.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Not So GroovyOne of the show’s most delicious elimination narratives in recent memory.
  9. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season-Premiere Recap: Out With the NewThe season premiere kicks off by planting the seeds of an interesting old guard versus Instagram queen conflict.
  10. music notes
    The White Lotus Score Is Definitely Trying to Make You AnxiousComposer Cristobal Tapia de Veer breaks down how he translated the HBO series’s “Hawaiian Hitchcock” vibe into its wild, haunting soundtrack.
  11. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season-Finale Recap: You’re a Winner, BabyThis grand finale feels a little like a vision of what this sometimes-bumpy season could have been.
  12. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Feeling RavenousIt may be Pride month, but everyone in this werkroom could do with a healthy dose of shame.
  13. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Better the Devil You KnowThe much-loved makeover challenge gives us some heartwarming moments and a heartbreaking elimination.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: Beauty and the YeastFor perhaps the first time in this show’s history, a contestant is taking on critiques and actively becoming better for it.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: GlamdiculousAn unexpected (and unexplained) return exacerbates some of the main complaints about this season.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: GobbysmackedWith no front-runner in this race, each queen tries to step forward and assert herself as the one to beat in the season’s girl-group challenge.
  17. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Recap: A Dingo Ate My Snitch GameA fairly heinous Snatch Game levels the playing field and turns this into any queen’s game.
  18. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Series-Premiere Recap: Hey, Koala Girl!This impressive — and impressively savage — group of queens sets an improbably high bar for the rest of the season.
  19. Car Seat Headrest Rerecorded His Best Album, and Now It’s Even BetterTwin Fantasy has been rerecorded, and it changes the vibe of the album entirely.