For nearly two decades, The Kooks have quietly provided the soundtrack to growing up. Their songs drift through late-night walks, messy breakups, festival fields, and the strange optimism of your early twenties. Somewhere in the background there’s usually a jangly guitar line tying it all together—most often played by guitarist Hugh Harris. Since the band emerged from Brighton’s mid-2000s indie explosion alongside frontman Luke Pritchard, Harris has been the melodic architect

Photos Courtesy of @roemagazine Backstage in Razzmatazz, Barcelona, there’s laughter before there are answers. Microphones turn blue. Someone forgets the intro. They restart. “Hi Roe.” Reset. “Hi Roe.” Again. And then, finally: “We are ROYA from Denmark… and we are here in Barcelona.” The Danish duo, Line and Sebastian, are hours away from taking the stage at Razzmatazz. They’re buzzing, playful, slightly chaotic in the most charming way. But beneath the jokes, there’s someth

Photos credits to @pinterest Not long ago, the ultimate online aspiration was visual perfection. The clean girl woke up at 6 a.m., drank chlorophyll water, owned five matching workout sets, and spoke mostly in routines. She optimized her body, her morning, her habits, however rarely her mind. Now, quietly and almost rebelliously, a different archetype has appeared in her place. She still has taste. But now she also has opinions. The internet’s newest aspirational figure isn’

Photography by Pascal Behring & Paolo Fiore Furkan Çetin doesn’t speak like someone waiting to be picked. He speaks like someone already on set; mentally blocking scenes, hearing dialogue, feeling the light before it exists. At just  23, the Berlin-based director and screenwriter has built a body of work that reads far older than his age: emotionally precise, visually controlled, and anchored in the kind of quiet human tension you don’t scroll past, I can proudly say from evi

Since 2025, exclusivity has evolved. What once showed up as quiet luxury bags, skincare routines, or hyper-curated aesthetics is now being distilled into something even more selective: how fit you look. When you see someone who’s fit today, you’re not just registering thinness or muscle tone. You’re subconsciously reading an entire lifestyle. You assume they can afford expensive Pilates or reformer classes. That they spend more on organic groceries, supplements, and functiona

On social media, we’re used to seeing business advice delivered from polished studios and boardrooms. James Dumoulin took it to the sidewalk. You ’ve probably seen him before: calm voice, hoodie, mic in hand, stopping strangers with a simple hook - “Excuse me, sir…how did you get rich?”  On his platform The School of Hard Knockz, those questions turn into short, addictive conversations about money, mistakes, and the mindset behind success. Today, Hard Knockz is a full-blown