The Entertainers Issue
September 2025
Interviewed by Carina Chocano
Photographs by Matthew Sprout
Styling by Carolina Orrico
The Entertainers Issue
September 2025
Interviewed by Carina Chocano
Photographs by Matthew Sprout
Styling by Carolina Orrico
Being a true entertainer means more than just saying your lines, stepping on stage, or cranking away on your next bestseller. It’s about putting on a show: dreaming up a world for fans to escape to, no matter the medium, and committing to it with all you’ve got.
For Bustle’s inaugural Entertainers Issue, we’re celebrating the performers and creators who thrilled and delighted us in 2025. Whether they’re diving deep into their characters, lighting up red carpets, or going viral on TikTok, they all intrinsically understand that a work of art isn’t complete until it’s shared with an audience. Best of all: They have a blast doing so.
Kesha’s Back, Free & Giving It Her All Each Night
With her legal battle behind her, the pop star is notching new milestones and feeling the love: “I’m through the hard part.”
For Nicole Scherzinger, The Whole World’s A Stage
Whether she’s belting on Broadway or dusting off her Pussycat Dolls hits, the singer loves to “show up and show out.”
Janelle James Doesn’t Search For the Spotlight. It Finds Her.
The comedian keeps us laughing in Abbott Elementary and One of Them Days. There’s plenty more where that came from.
Put Chloe Fineman In Everything
The SNL star’s 2025 work — including Freakier Friday and Summer of 69 — proves she’s always game for whatever.
In Domhnall Gleeson We Trust
He’s played noble everymen and ruthless villains. The throughline? Making viewers care about his characters.
KATSEYE Is Only Getting Started
From their latest hit “Gabriela” to their mesmerizing Gap commercial, everything this girl group does goes viral.
Brittany Broski Is Appointment Viewing
The YouTuber, podcaster, and now musician is writing her own rules about what it means to be a content creator.
