Reads of the Week: Labyrinth, Charli xcx, Fiona Apple

July 26, 2026 Reads of the Week: Labyrinth, Charli xcx, Fiona Apple JULY 26, 2026 David Bowie helped transform Labyrinth into an unexpected psychological thriller Time Capsule: In 1986, composer Trevor Jones and our favorite starman helped turn Jim Henson’s fairytale adventure into a teenager’s tormented personal struggle to leave childhood behind, a fantastical coming-of-age tale that has charmed audiences and fueled fan theories ever since. 30 years ago, Fiona Apple had her own hell to raise Most of us spend our entire lives trying to figure out how to say what we mean. Apple figured it out when she was a teenager, releasing her debut album Tidal in 1996. IAN SWEET is taking her blinders off Paste Q&A: After a decade of tunnel vision, Jilian Medford discusses the self-reckoning at the center of Shiverstruck , finding hap... read