Dazed & Confused

A trailblazer for emerging talent and proudly independent, Dazed magazine aims to set the cultural agenda, both on and offline. Founded by Jefferson Hack and Rankin in 1991, the entire archive of back issues is available for digital subscribers to Dazed. The independent British fashion, culture and arts magazine has a strong global reputation for its groundbreaking and trendsetting editorial and its support of new generations of fashion, art, literature, photography and music talent. DazedDigital.com, their online magazine, is updated daily, hosting interactive projects, extra editorial content, exclusive music and fashion film.

Dazed & Confused

The Culture Clash Issue

Zaylevelten Cannelle Silvana Coals Rita Estrada Billionhappy L'Oujdia Pehmoaino • Swapping English-language lyrics for locally sourced sounds, today's young artists offer a glimpse into pop's polyglot future

Funk in the favelas • In 2026, baile funk is in a bind: endangered at a grassroots level, but at the peak of its powers as a global pop phenomenon. Here, communities in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo reflect on the forces that shape Brazil's hottest cultural export, and the social taboos that threaten it

Effie • Pushing back against the K-pop industrial complex, Effie is the underground rap star deferring to no one in her pursuit of a sound that's ‘fresh and wild’

fake mink • He declared himself ‘London's saviour’ on his debut, a title he claims is still undisputed. But is the blazingly talented UK Ug star really the ultra-cocky extrovert he portrays online? We spend a day with the health-conscious, Pokémon-mad 21-year-old behind the bluster

2hollis • He's the internet rap star on a mission to keep pop music weird. She's the cult producer and DJ who has been pushing boundaries for more than a decade. Here, 2hollis and Arca discuss the agony and ecstasy of performing, and their radical visions for the future

Lil Vert • ‘Who's gonna drop my music for me if I'm dead?’ After a low-key 2025, rap's most unpredictable star is back on their album grind. Does the steampunk revival start here?

Ok lou • After topping best album lists worldwide in 2025, Oklou has cemented her status as experimental pop's most exciting new voice. Here, she connects with fellow trailblazer Pink to talk trouble with Auto-Tune, young motherhood and finding her voice

beabad oobee • Growing up's been a painful business for beabadoobee, an indie-rock ingenue making ‘every single feeling count’ through her art — lks oversharing on Instagram, and learning to let go of her inner Blair Waldorf

Take Me by the Hand

Unearth Me

Las • ‘I'm really bad at keeping my mouth shut’: Flipping fashion-world etiquette on its head with his riotous runway watch parties, Elias Medini AKA Lyas is the new-gen face of online style commentary who's got the establishment eating out of the palm of his hand

I Didn't Give Up on You

Girl on My Throne

Galore

The Night Is Young • For school leavers in South Africa, the matric ball is a rite of passage like no other. Alice Mann's portraits bear joyful, poignant witness to a celebration where teenage dreams take flight

Another Night • Life goes on for young people in Kyiv, where New Year offers the chance to reconnect with loved ones-and forget about the conflict for a few blissful hours

The Baile Goes On • An intimate lens on the funkeiros and funkeiras on the frontlines of Brazil's baile funk scene – a genre that is exploding in popularity internationally, but under siege at home in the favelas

Two Tribes One Scene • The likes of EsDeeKid and his peers on the UK underground scene embody a very British fusion of chav and emo aesthetics – but back in the 2000s, the...