Ryan Miller, lead singer of alternative rock band Guster, has a new gig that even he’s a little surprised about: Musical theater songwriter.

Alessandro Michele is leaving his role as creative director of the Gucci, the fashion house announced Wednesday, bringing an end to an eight-year tenure that sharply redefined Gucci’s codes with romanticism and gender-fluidity, all the while powering revenues for the Kering parent.

Florence Welch is ditching the machine for musicals.

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele teamed up with film director Gus Van Sant to create a seven-part mini-series revealing Guccis latest collection, dubbed Ouverture. Film and fashion have a long relationship, and Gucci is not the first fashion house to team up with a filmmaker, even during the pandemic. Van Sant traveled to Rome, where he filmed part of “My Private Idaho” 30 years ago, to shoot on location. “There is a cinematic fusing with commerce,’’ Van Sant said. “The combination of cinema with exposing fashion ideas has a lot of potential, as cinema starts to get sucked into the computer screen,’’ Van Sant said.

Vampire WeekendWe're not sure where the time has gone, but it's insane to think it's been six years since Vampire Weekend released new music. Last week, the band finally released two songs from the upcoming album, called "Father of the Bride," and fans and critics alike were pleased. The first song, "Harmony Halls," is the type of song that Vampire Weekend fans have been waiting for. The second song Vampire Weekend released is called "2021," and it's a lot shorter than a normal song, with only eight lines of lyrics. Florence and the MachineNow this was an artist we were not expecting any new music from in 2018, let alone two songs.