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Cover Story · The Kiffness

The Kiffness, 'Hadeda': An Ode to South Africa's Loudest Bird

A comic tribute to the hadeda ibis, South Africa's loudest early-morning alarm clock, dressed up as a hype anthem

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By Editorial Desk · Oct 18, 2026

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Murasaki Shion & La+ Darknesss

Lip-Sync: Two VTubers Perform the Cruelty They Don't Mean

A snarling duet between two online personas who hide hurt feelings behind performed cruelty, framing their every word as a lip-synced act

Editorial Desk · Oct 18

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Rod Wave

Kiss Me Interlude: A Hymn to the Cross in the Middle of a Rod Wave Album

A Korean-language worship hymn about the cross as the single act of love that cleanses, revives, and lifts the believer

Editorial Desk · Oct 18

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Josh A

Josh A's 'Lost': A Refusal Letter to the Nine-to-Five

A defiant anthem about refusing the nine-to-five script, written as a reply to every adult who told the narrator to grow up, cut the weed, and get a real job

Editorial Desk · Oct 18

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Noah Graves

The 3 a.m. Prayer at the Heart of Noah Graves' 'Lost and Seeking'

A 3 a.m. prayer from someone who still looks the part by day but is quietly running out of strength to keep believing alone

Editorial Desk · Oct 18

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