Editor in Chief Sara Moonves reflects on the making of our latest issue and the importance of creativity during a challenging year.
as the cover stars of our first ever Music Issue. Dua was an easy choice—she had been the soundtrack to our staff holiday party, where we danced, Secret Santa’d, and played Heads Up! to her hits. Photographer Tim Walker shot her in London in early March, and even though the mood was starting to feel jittery as we found out more about Covid-19, Dua was joyful, kind, and eager to play dress-up.
From left: Behind the scenes of “High Notes” and “A Star for Our Times” in London in March, with Róisín Murphy and producer Jeff Delich; Dua Lipa; Christine and the Queens; photographer Tim Walker with Dua Lipa., we always aim for stories that feel timeless, but we still couldn’t help but wonder if the issue would feel tired by the time it came out. As it turns out, music was the glue that held a lot of us together during the most trying times of our lives.
From left: Visuals and Content Director Alexandra Ben-Gurion; Kelsey Lu; makeup artist Sam Bryant; Rina Sawayama. Contributing features editor Alex Hawgood called me about a story as soon as he heard we were doing a music issue. He wanted to feature the biggest international pop stars that perhaps we hadn’t heard of.photo team, especially Visuals and Content Director Alex Ben-Gurion and Senior Visuals Editor Oona Wally, on a ride around the world to photograph musicians from Nigeria to Israel to Brazil. Also in the issue is an incredible, captured by photographer Campbell Addy.
It has been an incredibly challenging time for everyone everywhere, but one thing is certain: Music is universally loved. It’s a language that everyone speaks, and it has the power to connect us all. Our wish is that this very special edition ofwill bring you joy, introduce you to some new stars you didn’t know before, and reintroduce you to some old favorites in a new light.
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