Numéro 239

Also featured, pop star Kim Petras, first transgender woman to receive a Grammy Award ; South African singer Tyla, whose music intertwine amapiano and 2000’s R’n’B ; singer-songwriter and actress Rina Sawayama, who stars in John Wick - Chapter 4 ; French duo Ascendant Vierge’s flamboyant and mystical techno ; an exclusive interview with choreographer Benjamin Millepied, who will soon unveil his movie Carmen in theaters ; young comedian Fleur Geffrier, starring in series Les Gouttes de Dieu ; the Basquiat x Warhol big exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton ; and fashion editorials by Txema Yeste, Ben Hassett, Sofia et Mauro, Kenny Germé, Bruno+Nico Van Mossevelde and Julien Vallon.

In a world where everything must be controlled, measured and rationalised, passion unsettles: it escapes control and refuses compromise. Also in this issue: Victoria Luengo, who brought two films to this year's Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar's Autofiction and Rodrigo Sorogoyen's L'Être aimé; Leïla Bekhti, whose work relentlessly explores identity and female emancipation, and who has turned her red-carpet appearances into a powerful statement; Eartheater, unveiling a seventh album of experimental electroacoustic pop; La Vie d'une femme, starring Léa Drucker and Mélanie Thierry; Arthur Harari's L'Inconnue, in competition at Cannes with Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider.

By a swimming pool in Los Angeles, Taylor Russell opens up with fire and daring in this issue. Also in this issue: Pedro Almodóvar, who has just presented Autofiction in Cannes, a dive into the workings of his mind and a creative process he describes as an inner ocean of emotions; Alewya, the London-based singer, songwriter and producer releasing her debut album this summer; Iliona, at 25 one of the brightest stars of the French-speaking scene; Charlotte Cardin, named female artist of the year.