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ROSÉ / DECEMBER 2025

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White tops

+ Calvin Klein

And a very WET Jackson!

Let’s gooooooo

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Michelle Obama Is Flawless

Thank the fashion gods! Thank you, Anna Wintour!

At a time like this, a Michelle Obama Vogue cover is exactly what we needed to cleanse our palate of so much nastiness.

We couldn’t be more euphoric at seeing this EXQUISITE photo of the ultimate First Lady of the United States on the December cover of the fashion bible.

And the accompanying photos shot by Annie Leibovitz are simply divine!

We hope you also take the time to read the interview. Check out some HIGHlights (below)!

On the role of the First Lady: “Everything we do is by choice. I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There’s no legislative authority; you’re not elected. And that’s a wonderful gift of freedom.” President Obama on his wife: “Michelle never asked to be First Lady. Like a lot of political spouses, the role was thrust upon her. But I always knew she’d be incredible at it, and put her own unique stamp on the job. That’s because who you see is who she is—the brilliant, funny, generous woman who, for whatever reason, agreed to marry me. I think people gravitate to her because they see themselves in her—a dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time.”

On leaving the White House: “You know, there are little . . . moments. Even today I was looking out at this view here. Looking out on the South Lawn and the Washington Monument and it had just rained and the grass was really green and everything popped a little bit more. It’s soooo beautiful. And for that moment I thought, I’m going to miss waking up to this, having access to this anytime I want. But on the flip side . . . it’s time. I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It’s enough. Because it’s important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power. The nature of living in the White House is isolating. And I think Barack and I—because we’re kind of stubborn—we’ve maintained some normalcy, mostly because of the age of our kids. I go out to dinner with my girlfriends; I go to Sasha’s games; Barack has coached a little basketball with Sasha’s team. But at the same time, when you can’t walk into CVS?”

On her role post-FLOTUS: “I will always be engaged in some way in public service and public life. The minute I left my corporate-law firm to work for the city, I never looked back. I’ve always felt very alive using my gifts and talents to help other people. I sleep better at night. I’m happier. So we’ll look at the issues that I’ve been working on. The question is: How do I engage in those issues from a new platform? I can’t say right now, because we can’t spend that much time really doing the hard work of vetting offers or ideas or options because we’re still closing things out here.”

Check out the spread in the gallery (above)!

[Image via Vogue.]

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December Cover

The options stand. We have

Sonata Arctica – Love

Michael Kiske – Exceptional

Cara Dillon – Shotgun Down the Avalanche

The Shires – Tonight

Woodkid – Iron

You may now vote for either one or multiple of these. I don't rule out the possibility that I'm going to cover even two or three of these, depending on how much I like it and how much time I'll actually have.

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The Shires - Tonight

I'll have to see how well I can play this on the guitar. I'm pretty sure I'll have to simpify it a bit. I'm just not really an actual guitar player.

I still think this can work well. I love the singing melody of it. I'll most definitely also record to voice tracks for this, which would be a new thing for me and hopefully fun to do.

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Sonata Arctica - Love

I have to admit, the original of this song has a bit of an ironic/sarcastic/cynical touch to me. Tony's singing just sounds a bit too... corny? Well, anymways, I guess I'd probably sing this a bit differently. In a way that to me it doesn't sound like a parody on a love song anymore but rather like an actual love song.

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Cara Dillon - Shotgun Down the Avalanche

I love Cara Dillon's singing. No matter what she does, I will always like the fact that she's singing it. In this case, it's also a brilliant song. Obviously I'm not going to sing this in the same pitch as here but rather about an octave deeper.