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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Conan Gray's concert scene.

Wellesley students “Found Heaven” at Conan Gray’s concert in Boston

Iris Zhan | October 30, 2024

“Packed my bags at 14, I hadn't planned on leaving” was the lyric circulating through my mind as I processed the first night of Conan Gray’s “Found Heaven” tour. It was quite a night to remember,...

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Hozier Releases “Be – Acoustic” and New EP “Unheard”

Emily Cao | March 27, 2024

  Hozier’s success in the past year can be chalked up to more than just simple luck, but it certainly skyrocketed on St. Patrick’s Day of 2023 with the release of his teaser EP “Eat Your Young.”...

Photo Courtesy of Zeina Nassif

Album Review: Helena Deland’s “Goodnight Summerland”

Norah Catlin | February 7, 2024

On Oct. 13, 2023, Helena Deland released her sophomore album — "Goodnight Summerland." Saturated with grief, the album is full of melancholic honesty. Written in the aftermath of the death of Deland’s...

Digging into Hozier’s Unreal Unearth: “De Selby (Part 1)” and the Population of Loss

Digging into Hozier’s Unreal Unearth: “De Selby (Part 1)” and the Population of Loss

Emily Cao | September 23, 2023

Grinning, half-buried, and caked in dirt, Hozier’s third album, “Unreal Unearth” emerges from beyond the grave. Taking inspiration from Dante’s “Inferno”, he describes, in an interview with...

Summer Releases to Help Usher in Fall

Summer Releases to Help Usher in Fall

Phoebe Grandi | September 23, 2023

As classes begin and each passing day is slightly cooler than the last, we enter the annual limbo between summer and fall. The trees around the lake are still a vibrant green and students are still walking...

"'PFR' Album Cover" Graphic courtesy of Rebecca Birnbach

A Review of Lana Del Rey’s New Album: “Paul Fucking Revere”

Rebecca Birnbach | September 20, 2023

*This is an article from the humor section, not real news.* Track List: Under the CITGO Sign Over Fenway The Orange Line Never Came ft. Dropkick Murphys Grandfathah Please Stand On the Celtics...

Rio Romeo releases single "Over & Over"

Rio Romeo releases single “Over & Over”

Iris Martinez | May 9, 2023

On April 21, Rio Romeo released their new single “Over & Over.” This single, like a majority of Romeo’s songs, is short. However, being under two minutes hasn’t stopped it from being on a mental...

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Hozier stuns with “Eat Your Young” EP

Iris Martinez | March 22, 2023

Living with four other people means that, more often than not, any endeavor I undertake is somewhat communal, or even collaborative. This happened with Kali Uchis’s newest album “Red Moon in Venus”...

Kali Uchis Gets Devotional with “Red Moon in Venus”

Kali Uchis Gets Devotional with “Red Moon in Venus”

Iris Martinez | March 22, 2023

I am rarely one to listen to albums soon after they come, nor do I generally listen to them in their entirety or in order, so I decided to go out of my comfort zone for Kali Uchis’s new album, “Red...

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