DANYEL'S SHINE BRIGHT HQ

DANYEL'S SHINE BRIGHT HQ

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lauryn & pam & momoa & the pointers

lauryn & pam & momoa & the pointers

a gumbo for your long weekend

Danyel Smith
May 26, 2025
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Hi there — I’m the author/journalist, producer, and podcast creator Danyel Smith. SHINE BRIGHT HQ is where I overshare about music, culture, sports, and writing. Folks really loved this recent Ronnie Spector edition. And the one titled, 'we thin and thick and plump of lip.' A full Shine Bright HQ archive is here. Me and SZA in Malibu? Right here. You and your fellow subscribers also really like this 10+ hour playlist, and this tear-stained st. bart's-scented love letter. Right now is a positively divine time to

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I’m working this holiday weekend and here’s some scene-setting for an upcoming profile that is on the the proverbial cutting-room floor:

In the lounge of this building he towers over the nannies and their bouncing Bugaboos, the counters of shiny gravlax, the glass vats of just-squeezed tangerine and grapefruit…

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