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(Image credit: Getty Images) As I sit on a packed L train, I am face-to-face with a haggard Labubu hanging from a standing passenger's bag. Confronted by the little guy, I began to think about Labubu's place in the cultural zeitgeist. With its smudged plastic face and matted pink fur, I am forced to reckon with the terrible cyclical nature of such cultural phenomena. Much can be said about the Labubu: it’s frivolous, commodity fetishism, belovedness among adults and children, culturally...

- Rosalía LUX listening party event (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona) - Photo sourced from Pinterest "Seven heavens? Big deal. I want to see the eighth heaven, tenth heaven, and thousandth heaven. You know, it's like, break on through the other side. It's just like going through one door. One door isn't enough. A million doors aren't enough." This is a quote from a 1976 interview with esteemed writer Patty Smith, featured on Spanish pop artist Rosalía’s new album LUX ....