Status Magazine

Armed with major music names in his arsenal, English art director and designer Samuel Burgess-Johnson captures and translates the atmosphere of sound into art through his transformative design flair.

While there’s definitely been breakthroughs, the beauty industry still calls for great change and a shift in the way we define beauty. Makeup artist Bea Sweet intends to be a part of this revolution.

Singapore-based artist Qixuan Lim turns grotesque into cute, bite-sized cuisine you can’t unsee.

With wicked rhymes and a name originating from the villain in Max Payne, PUNCHNELLO's audacious demeanor closely resonates with the fictional Italian mobster he drew inspiration from.

After a four-year break from the spotlight, Marina Diamandis is stepping back into the scene—breaking the barrier and taking back her identity as MARINA.

Challenging our views of femininity and sexuality, Kat Toronto wraps herself in skintight ambiguity and peculiarity in her fetishistic polaroid pictures.

In the haze of the nine-to-five routine, AURORA brings you back to the things that truly matter in this world.

“There [are] no genres and boundaries to music… Even if the creation is not commercial, a lot of people are listening to them. I don’t think there is a need to separate [my music] into two categories anymore.”

“The future of drag looks like a free form method of expression that people will perform on the daily. It has no gender, no race, and no rules.” Move over, things just took an odd turn as current reigning drag superstar Yvie Oddly ushers in the new normal.

In Erik’s world, nothing is ever still.

16 years strong, it's safe to say that EPIK HIGH are legends in the game. The three-piece Korean hip-hop outfit has paved the way for many modern artists in the flourishing alt-rap and K-Pop scene and after more than a decade of creating from a spectrum of styles and sounds, …

The intrigue that surrounds GIUSEPPE PALMISANO’s photography is an element that makes people gravitate towards its enigmatic nature. While anyone can capture the female form in an image, there’s more to his faceless visuals than meets the eye.

Finding success at a young age doesn’t come easy after having your once run-of-the-mill life completely transformed. Now, at 20, DAYA continues to tread to new avenues, all the while being authentically herself.

Coming from a multinational powerhouse group like GOT7, MARK TUAN proves that his prowess doesn’t stop with a team as he continues to exhibit his abilities on a global scale; solidifying himself to be a force to be reckoned with.

“I always want to express what I feel. I always want to deliver different messages through my experiences and emotions. By listening to my music, I wish people would feel comforted or even loved and be a part of them.”

Brooklyn-based photographer BROOKE DIDONATO has a penchant for the extraordinary. Her illusory visuals take image-making to another world; transporting viewers into her own Freudian universe in the process. She takes us on a step inside the trance and revel in the reverie of her art.

“The idea of knowing the difference between response and reaction has become more ingrained in my head and I just have to be more mindful to be able to catch myself in how I’m approaching things.”

With her suave vocals, atmospheric beats, and fiery choreography, K-R&B singer-songwriter SAAY is taking her artistry to new heights as she rises back up the scene as a solo artist—creating music on her own terms and striving to be remembered for a sound distinctively hers.

“This role and this show has been, by far, my biggest career success, and now that Levi has come out, and that I am able to be a voice for the Queer community on a much larger platform, it has now become one of the biggest personal successes for me …

“Use the internet to network, just remember everything is a tool—Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, SoundCloud, Tumblr—whatever you want to use, it’s all tools to get to people, to contact, and network. Your network is your net worth.”

“Everything on the album is a reflection of who we are now and who we were then. It’s about our lives and the sound was influenced by how we see life. The Midnight Emotion is a collage of our thoughts when we’re at our most vulnerable state.”

“I think that the moment people think they’ve pinned my sound down, I actually might have moved on to my next incarnation.”

“The streetcore value of skateboarding is something that I think is really important, that we not lose that connection and value. Let’s let it be as hardcore and real as it can be.”

Jill of all trades Stevie Dance revels in cross-pollinating throughout the creative realm, all the while staying true to her passions and her eclectic brand of style.

“This career keeps life unpredictable. I never know what gig I might be offered tomorrow. I could get an email then fly out and jump on a tour the next week. It’s exciting and fun in a weird way.”

“OPM, to me, is world-class but I don’t think we can say it’s a genre. It’s just what we call the music from here, I guess. There’s so much OPM that comes out of the Philippines that it’s hard to say it’s just one certain genre.”

“I have a commitment to being authentic at all times. The honesty in my creative process is the most important thing to me. Quality over quantity is one of the things that separates me from other artists and will continue to do so.”

“You sort of have to get along because when we do ghost hunt, those episodes are 20 minutes long but we’re at those locations 10 or 8 hours at a time. We would never do that if we didn’t get along; we would’ve strangled each other by now.”

“I notice that all the guys who were negative were getting put on and not the positive guys. So I was around both of them, but I was patient and wanted to do it the positive way, that’s why my music doesn’t sound like the other guys that made it …

“Theater is liberating and electric because you get to live the role and tell the story in an uninterrupted arc before an audience…A thing I enjoy about film is how collaborative it is.”