Unpredictable, undefinable, and always provocative, Tyler, the Creator has kept his audiences guessing and growing thanks to his emotionally open, genre-fluid, and highly visual approach. How has he survived past controversies and helped create a new agenda for masculinity in hip-hop culture?

With songs about birthday parties and body dysmorphia, Babymetal isn’t your average metal group. Fronted by former J-pop singers in gothic schoolgirl outfits, the band’s blend of intense riffs and saccharine lyrics flies in the face of genre stereotypes and challenges cultural expectations.

The digestion of content is changing. From social media to entertainment, people are watching more vertical videos, and industries are beginning to take notice. A Russian director is releasing a blockbuster movie shot entirely in vertical in the hopes of engaging on-the-go smartphone users.

An Italian movie from the '90s has soared to the top of the Chinese box office, beating out contemporary blockbusters. A combination of cutting-edge restoration tech and the allure of a previously unseen film has fed an appetite among Chinese audiences for unique experiences.