Newsletter Get the best of The New Yorker in your in-box every day. Submit Privacy Policy Sign in Shop News Books & Culture Fiction & Poetry Humor & Cartoons Magazine Crossword Video Podcasts Archive Goings On Subscribe Subscribe Pop Music December 10, 2018 Issue By Carrie Battan December 3, 2018 As an artist, Earl Sweatshirt is propelled by his own psyche. He has always seemed to view success as both a cause for celebration and a burden. Photograph by Awol Erizku for The New Yorker Pop Music December 10, 2018 Issue By Carrie Battan December 3, 2018 As an artist, Earl Sweatshirt is propelled by his own psyche. He has always seemed to view success as both a cause for celebration and a burden. Photograph by Awol Erizku for The New Yorker Alongside video games, popular music is at the top of the list of America’s most reliable sources of moral panic. Half a century after Elvis Presley’s gy...