Mulaa Shares Her Camera Roll: On Love Letter, Touring and Finding Her Voice

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Mulaa Joans Opens Her Camera Roll from Her First International Shows

written KLAAS HAMMER

For this edition of the Personal Edit, Mulaa Joans gives us a glimpse into what life is really like for a young rising artist. Between soundchecks, fan meet-ups, radio interviews, and visits to all kinds of venues, things never get boring. The singer has already caused quite a buzz on social media. She has more than 400,000 followers on TikTok, and her song “Love Letter” alone has been streamed millions of times, with over 50,000 posts created using her sound. To get to know her a little better, she answered a few questions for us:

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My first international radio interview in Amsterdammm

Klaas Hammer
How did you first get into music, and which artists inspired you the most in your early days?

Mulaa Joans
I got into music because I think I was born with it. I always felt so inspired by and close to the songs my dad and I listened to. He used to play artists like Prince and Pink Floyd. But I really started singing because my mom used to sing to me every night before I went to sleep. It was something she loved to do, and girls love being like their mums. I wanted to be like her and sing. We still sing together to this day. It’s so cute.

What does a typical songwriting session look like for you, and what tends to inspire your songs the most?

I often write songs or melody ideas and concepts in my bedroom, or while sitting by my window, to YouTube beats. It was something I always used to do when I was little because I can’t play any instruments, but I really like that I still implement that in my songwriting today. I then usually take those ideas into sessions with the people I work with, and we make the song better. I’m inspired by literally everything. I think as I’m growing up, I’m learning how to speak about things that may have happened to me in the past, things that maybe I wasn’t ready to speak about when I was younger. But I’m also very inspired by film. I often write songs based on films or TV storylines.

Your music has been all over our feeds, with videos and edits with millions of views using your song “Love Letter.” Why do you think the track connects so strongly, and what is it about it that resonates with so many people?

I honestly think it’s because the lyrics are so blunt and honest, and often people are scared to say exactly how they feel. I’ve always been a very confrontational and blunt person, so I think it comes across in my songwriting. People relate to it because it’s something they feel they want to say to someone in their life, but don’t feel like they can. The song gives them an outlet for that.

Looking back so far, what has been the most memorable moment of your career?

I think the most memorable moment of my career has been my show in Amsterdam. I can’t even express to you how crazy it is that people in another country are singing the lyrics to my songs that aren’t even out yet. That is just actually mad. The fans were so nice, and I really loved getting to stay and chat with them.

photo / Mulaa Joans

Signing my setlists for a newfound fan!!

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Claws out for my headline in Amsterdam! It was unbelievable, I loved every second

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Visiting a venue I can only dream of playing in Brussels one dayyyy

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Fan meet-up in Amsterdam! This blew my mind, and I can’t wait to come back

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A moment for the Paris fit… This skirt I will be buried in

photo / Ninte Hogeslag

One of my fav shots from tour, taken by a very talented fan, @shotbyninte

photo / Mulaa Joans

Backstage pouts, ’cause it’s my go-to face 🤫

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This was my first time seeing my name in lightssss… WTF

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Smiley soundcheck with Kent on the keysss

Eva Lys Shares Her Camera Roll: The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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Eva Lys Opens Her Camera Roll from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

written KLAAS HAMMER

For this edition of The Personal Edit, Eva Lys offers a glimpse into the rhythm of life on tour, sharing moments from her personal camera roll that capture what unfolds both on and off the court at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.

Few sports demand as much travel as tennis. From Miami to Stuttgart, on to Rome and Madrid, before returning to Paris at the end of May for the clay-court highlight of the season, Roland Garros, the calendar rarely slows down. The young player gives us an inside look at what tournament life really entails: sponsor commitments, catching up with fellow players, training sessions, and the in-between moments that often mean spending long stretches of time in yet another hotel.

The Stuttgart tournament stands out each year, both for fans and players alike. Time and again, the organizers succeed in bringing the biggest names on tour to the region. For Eva, the season hasn’t had the easiest start, marked by injuries and a series of narrow losses. But tennis is a sport that always offers another opportunity, another match, another tournament — a chance to turn things around is never far away. Eva has already shown what she’s capable of, proving that with her powerful and versatile game, she can challenge even the top seeds. With her keen sense of style, she’s also one to watch beyond the court, set to bring a distinct presence both in her performance and in how she carries herself.

Shot on her phone and paired with her own captions, The Personal Edit stays close to the tennis circuit — game, set, match.

photo / Eva Lys

one of the sexiest center courts

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media day with Porsche

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forever young in the Porsche Museum

photo / Eva Lys

test driving the new car with my little sister

photo / Eva Lys

Coco and I at the players’ party

photo / Eva Lys

the beauty of a clay court

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me and my crush

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the view doesn’t get better than that

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sitting in a car that was gifted to Ferdinand Porsche

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my all-time favorite

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the interior speaks for itself

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late-night walk after the match to find some pasta at 11:30 pm

photo / Eva Lys

little test drive with friends

The Personal Edit of Samuel Bottomley: From Dundee to the Barras

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Samuel Bottomley Opens His Camera Roll From California Schemin’

written LE MILE

For this edition of The Personal Edit, Samuel Bottomley shares a glimpse into his personal camera roll from the making of California Schemin'. Shot between Dundee, Glasgow and later festival stops, the images follow the intensity of a production built around performance, music and a tight-knit cast and crew.

Based on the true story of Scottish rap duo Silibil N’ Brains, the film moves between high-energy stage moments and the quieter reality of long shooting days, preparation and collaboration. Bottomley, who takes on one of the lead roles, documents that rhythm from within: first days on set, rehearsals, live crowd scenes, and the atmosphere shared with co-star Séamus McLean Ross and director James McAvoy. Shot on his phone and paired with his own captions, The Personal Edit stays close to the process — on set, on stage and in between.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

This was the first day on set I think, definitely the first week up in Dundee and the first time I’d seen a proper directors chair with the directors name on it, so I had to get a pic. All the crew working hard in the background. It was such an exciting set to be on and all the crew really believed in the job too. I was working on a job in Scotland before this and, talking to some of the crew on that, it sounded like everyone up there was buzzing about the project.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

Séamus McLean Ross outside the Barrowland. This was, for both of us, the most surreal and daunting time of our lives.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

On stage at the Barras. As you can see, I’m so burnt out. Rapping in time while jumping around on stage and trying to give the biggest energy we could to hype up the audience was tough. However, being directed while being in front of 2000 people and having to perform “Superhero” is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. Felt like a rockstar.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

This was once we had finished and got all the shots we needed. James promised the crowd a big photo at the end and everyone had refrained from using their phones during the takes to keep it authentic to the period. We got this great picture to show for it.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

This is me on the Easyrig. The DOP and I really got along, I had worked with his wife around a year or so before. I was being cheeky and asked if I could try it out in between a set up. I wasn’t expecting him to say yes and as you can see, I’m buzzing.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

We walked into a room full of cardboard cut outs of ourselves. It’s mental just looking around seeing your face everywhere. Some of the stuff in there made great souvenirs to take home though, loads of CDs with our faces on, stickers, pens, hats, packets of Silibil n Brainz sweets. The set designers actually brought the cardboard cut outs to the wrap party and we took them around the next few pubs with us. On my way home I left one cut out of me lifting my skateboard up over my head like a weapon right outside my apartment and it stayed there for a few weeks after.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

Séamus and I trying to get a cool pic of us from the monitor while the camera pointed at us.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

Big pic. Kudos to all the incredibly talented and hard working crew, they brought it 100% everyday and I have so much respect for all of them. I’ve learned so much about film through just watching what they do and asking questions.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

Lucy Halliday and James McAvoy leaving a breakfast spot in Toronto the day after our film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. So glad that I got this photo - these two just look so cool.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

“Hey Lucy” what are the chances? Lucy put that jumper on after breakfast and it made my day.

photo: Samuel Bottomley

Séamus and I after picking up a special mention award at Rome Film Festival for our performances in the film. It’s a massive honour to receive something like that and we were both so shocked, we didn’t expect it at all.

The Personal Edit of Krista Papista: During the Making of Euro Divas

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Krista Papista Opens Her Camera Roll During the Making of Euro Divas

written LE MILE

For this edition of The Personal Edit, Krista Papista shares fragments from her camera roll captured during the making of her recent album Euro Divas. Moving between a residency in the Czech Republic, travels across Asia, and the final stages in her Neukölln studio, her images trace a process moving across geographies, states of mind, and shifting identities.

Based between Berlin and Athens, Papista works across music, film, and performance, building a practice rooted in queer ritual, erotic mythology, and hybrid sound. Drawing from Cypriot, Greek, Middle Eastern, and Balkan influences, Euro Divas emerges as a layered world shaped by memory and transformation. Built from spontaneous snapshots and paired with her own reflections, The Personal Edit becomes a visual diary of creation — capturing the environments, bodies, and moments that fed into the album’s formation.

photo: Krista Papista

Journal of shows. Fusion festival, Art Explora, Schinkel Pavilion, Chauffer dans la Noirceur.

photo: Krista Papista

Stalagmites in the neighborhood, and a photo of my mums’s village Kythrea.

photo: Krista Papista

EURO DIVAS VINYLS ARE DONE AND SENT OVER TO ATHENS.

photo: Krista Papista

I started working on Euro Divas album in the Czech Republic. I did an art residency in the country side in the Czech Republic. The accommodation provided was in a monastery, I had the peace & privacy to devote myself to the album 100%. It was a sad little town, bordering Poland, some beautiful Baroque churches, I developed 40% of the album there. My track Heartmode was inspired by this fountain that I found on a wall in the monastery, they say you can only manifest what you want, when you are operating from Heartmode.

photo: Krista Papista

While traveling in Vietnam, I went in a Hare Krishna temple and found a photo of myself as baby goddess, I tried to get into it but I couldn’t. Vietnam was incredible.

photo: Krista Papista

BRIDGE IN FISH VILLAGE , EL NIDO PHILIPPINES.

photo: Krista Papista

The mandolin I played on Eurotrash.

photo: Krista Papista

I came back from traveling and finalized the production and mixing of my album in my studio in Neukölln. I was drinking about 3 bottles of Nature Energy a day, they don’t produce them anymore :/ why? Final stages of mixing took place in November, the whole of Berlin turns yellow and red.

photo: Krista Papista

WHERE I'M I.

photo: Krista Papista

The Personal Edit of Henry Ashton: Between Westeros and London

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Henry Ashton Opens His Camera Roll From A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

written LE MILE

For this edition of The Personal Edit, Henry Ashton opens his personal camera roll during the release of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Stepping into the role of Daeron Targaryen, a greenseer navigating visions of past and future, Ashton enters the expanding world of Game of Thrones at a decisive narrative moment.

Between filming days, costume fittings, late-night script sessions and the anticipation surrounding the weekly episodes, his images document the atmosphere from within. Shortly after, he returns to screens in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, marking another key chapter in his trajectory.

Built from spontaneous snapshots on his phone and paired with his own captions, The Personal Edit offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes glimpse into a rising actor’s world at the height of release momentum.

photo: Henry Ashton

Unfortunately I never got to do any sword training on the project, due to Daeron being a pretty ineffectual knight. But, during a horse ridding lesson, I got to see Pete and C.C do their thing.

photo: Henry Ashton

This is me getting a mould of one side of my face. Turns out getting your ear chopped off is quite an involved process.

photo: Henry Ashton

We went through quite a few different looks for Daeron, mostly with shorter hair. But eventually Pippa Woods decided on this one. I thought the greasy, long, Kurt Cobain-esque hair was perfect for him.

photo: Henry Ashton

Ser Steffon Fossoway, played by the incredible Edward Ashely, getting up close and personal with the dragon puppet.

photo: Henry Ashton

Pete and his weights.

photo: Henry Ashton

This photo of the amazing Finn Bennett makes me laugh. From the waist down he’s ready to ride into battle. But up top, he’s ready for party party in Berlin.

photo: Henry Ashton

Shaun and Pete practising lines. I love this photo as it sums up their relationship on and off camera. Just two friends helping each other out.

photo: Henry Ashton

Quite simply, the best wrap gift I have ever been given.

photo: Henry Ashton

Ed and Finn deep in a very tense game of chess. I forget who won. Probably Ed. The man’s a menace.

The Personal Edit of Justus Riesner: Berlinale 2026

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Justus Riesner Opens His Camera Roll From Berlinale 2026

written + styled KLAAS HAMMER

For this edition of The Personal Edit, Justus Riesner shares a glimpse into his personal camera roll from the Berlinale 2026. In Germany’s capital, he moved between film premieres, Prime Video’s “A Night to Remember” event, agency meetings, and an afterparty with Charli XCX, collecting impressions along the way and crossing paths with colleagues as well as international stars.

Having trained at the USC School of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, he first gained wide recognition through the hit series Maxton Hall – The World Between Us. A devoted film lover, he enjoys not only watching movies but also debating them and he clearly thrives in his profession. Maxton Hall was just the beginning for Justus - let’s see what this year will bring for him.  Built from spontaneous snapshots on his phone and combined with his reflections, The Personal Edit becomes an intimate chronicle of the Berlinale — capturing fleeting encounters, quiet in-between moments, and the unmistakable atmosphere of the festival through his own lens.

photo: Justus Riesner

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fitted in mm6 margiela for my first event with prime video

photo: Justus Riesner

posed on red carpets and flirted with the press

everything is accompanied by my talented friends

photo: Justus Riesner

and lots of bling bling
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photo: Justus Riesner

klaas got me margielaaaasssss

photo: Justus Riesner

bad for the body, good for the soul. berlin in february demands controversial ways to remain sane

photo: Justus Riesner

cos meets jimmy choo

photo: Justus Riesner

this week’s form of transport consists of uber XLs and mini vans
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photo: Justus Riesner

where arthouse auteurs meet haute couture

photo: Justus Riesner

attended „the moment“ after party with charli xcx and a special appearance by the one and only gaspar noé omggg

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The Personal Edit of Ewens Abid: Paris Fashion Week FW26

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Ewens Abid Opens His Camera Roll From Paris Fashion Week FW26

written LE MILE

For this edition of The Personal Edit, Ewens Abid opens his personal camera roll from Paris Fashion Week FW26. Moving between fashion shows, late-night gatherings and long walks through the city, Abid documents Paris as he experiences it: attentive, curious and instinctive.

Known for his roles in Andor and as Jonathan Harker in Dracula directed by Luc Besson, he shifts seamlessly between cinema and fashion culture, carrying the same sensitivity into both worlds.
Presented through images taken directly from his phone and paired with his own captions, The Personal Edit becomes a visual diary of fleeting moments, encounters and atmospheres that define Paris during Fashion Week — intimate, unfiltered and entirely his own.

photo: Ewens Abid

When wandering through the streets of Paris and getting lost, the walk unexpectedly led to art and a small coincidence: Rue Léon. Léon: The Professional, starring one of my favourite actors, Jean Reno, directed by Luc Besson, whom I happened to work with not long ago on Dracula.

photo: Ewens Abid

First event done, it was time to relax and enjoy a good old catch-up with friends, while admiring passers-by in their Paris Fashion Week best.

photo: Ewens Abid

Madly in love with Paris’ café culture. Just know that when you order a coffee here, a single espresso lands on your table. Espresso. What else?

photo: Ewens Abid

Let’s just say that one hit the spot just right.

photo: Ewens Abid

The red carpet at a fashion event, like the TATRAS AW26 Paris Fashion Week presentation, carries its own kind of charge. You simply step into it.

photo: Ewens Abid

I always like to go to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre. The architecture, the view, the sense of calm — a perfect place after a busy day.

photo: Ewens Abid

It wouldn’t feel like Fashion Week without a party or two. Cutting shapes with friends, soaking up the vibrant atmosphere of Paris by night.

photo: Ewens Abid

The Magliano FW26 show was jaw-dropping. The excitement and suspense before it began gave way to a strong, elegant, dynamic performance — and within ten minutes, months of preparation, hard work, and chaotic commitment came to a close.

photo: Ewens Abid

Coming home to a Shiba Inu, one-on-one. First, the side-eye of “Where have you been?”, then an hour of attitude, and finally a little “I’ll cuddle, but I’m still mad at you.”

photo: Ewens Abid seen by Cedric Terrell

I had the chance to meet photographer Cedric Terrell for a street shoot, and we had a blast. For me, the best part of any shoot is the casual conversation along the way. I find meeting new people fascinating — everyone has a different story to tell.