Why Can't I Find Any New Music?

[View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [My Middle-Age Music Crisis]( [My Middle-Age Music Crisis]( One balmy evening this past summer, I was hanging out in the bustling courtyard of a bar under the Williamsburg Bridge, celebrating a friend’s thirtieth birthday. I was having a nice enough time making small talk with various partygoers—until a stranger asked what new music I had been listening to. The trains above screeched to a halt. Everyone at the party fell silent and looked my way. I racked my brain. Surely there was something cool and obscure I could turn this person onto. And… I had nothing. There’s a technical term for what was happening to me. I was becoming washed. [Read More](   [SSENSE’s Sale Has Unbelievably Good Designer Deals]( [SSENSE’s Sale Has Unbelievably Good Designer Deals]( I’m talking 50 percent off Tom Ford, Fendi, and more. [Read More]( [Five Fits With: Thee Sacred Souls Singer Josh Lane]( [Five Fits With: Thee Sacred Souls Singer Josh Lane]( The voice of the up-and-coming band fills us in on why style is crucial—whether he's on the street or on stage. [Read More](     [Statement or classic, this collection has the perfect piece for every guy]( [Statement or classic, this collection has the perfect piece for every guy]( His Style: Upgraded [Shop Now](   [10 Products I Swear By That Make Great Gifts]( [10 Products I Swear By That Make Great Gifts]( You got your Spotify Wrapped earlier this week, so consider this your Esquire Wrapped, in a way. I'm not giving you any statistics or fun infographics here, but I am rounding up the hottest gift ideas of 2024 and serving them up to you on a silver platter. [Read More]( [Do You Really Need a $75 Water Flosser?]( [Do You Really Need a $75 Water Flosser?]( Become your own dental hygienist. [Read More](     [Alternate text] [Ben Stiller Sees the World Differently Now]( [Ben Stiller Sees the World Differently Now]( “People do ask me, ‘Why were you drawn to this? You’re not a guy who does these kinds of things,’” Stiller says. “I get asked that about Severance, ‘You’re funny. Be funny.’ I get it. But I don’t analyze it. In my mind it made total sense. Maybe it’s something ingrained in me from the movies I watched as a kid that had a big effect on me, and there was a wide range. There were the crazy disaster movies, like The Poseidon Adventure. Or Jaws. Or sci-fi movies in a weird dystopia, like Planet of the Apes. All of those I loved. There was a human quality about all of them, but in a disconnected world. There are human desires and human emotions that are there no matter what, and people figure out a way to fight through barriers. People figure out a way to connect.” [Read More](   [Esquire The Handbook of Men's Style]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Visit Esquire on Facebook]( [Visit Esquire on X formerly Twitter]( [Visit Esquire on Instagram]( [Visit Esquire on YouTube]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779