Daily Edit | Apr 24

Cumming has been the poster child of cool since she burst onto the scene with her rock band Sunflower Bean in 2016. The status was thrust upon her, rather unfairly, thanks to her eminence in the NYC underground and her turn as Hedi Slimane's muse circa 2018. But if everything goes according to plan, that’ll all change on April 24 when the 30-year-old singer-songwriter releases her debut solo album, Julia. “F*ck cool,” she says. “This is the anti-cool record.” -Nylon

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