January 2019 Favorites

1. Lizzo’s new song “Juice“. Bump it at max level.
2. The stories of promising millennials (who are probably psychopaths) disgraced by committing fraud à la Billy McFarland and Elizabeth Holmes. OK—they aren’t my favorites per se, but the level of deception and delusion followed by a deservedly swift downfall makes for a stunning, whirlwind plot. I highly recommend both the Hulu and Netflix documentaries on the Fyre Festival (Hulu one’s better) and the podcast The Dropout on Elizabeth Holmes’s rise and fall. I am v excited about the upcoming Adam McKay-directed film starring Jennifer Lawrence as Holmes. I wonder by how many octaves Lawrence can drop her voice…
3. Kacey Musgraves. She’s as if Lana Del Rey, Cher, and Dolly Parton had a baby. Go listen to basically all the songs on her Golden Hour album.

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