If 2020 was the year of survival, 2021 was the year of intentional reinvention. The lifestyle and entertainment sectors didn’t just bounce back; they mutated into something more intimate, more digital, and surprisingly, more luxurious. In this Premium Interview 2021 Lifestyle and Entertainment feature, we go beyond the red carpets and the minimalist decor trends to speak with three visionaries: a streaming mogul, a wellness architect, and a silent cinema legend.
"My clients are consuming premium content on VR headsets for one hour, then spending three hours in a flotation tank. There is a pendulum swing. The entertainment industry is getting louder, so lifestyle services must get quieter. I have a client—a major pop star—who installed a $200,000 recording studio in her basement but used it only twice. She converted it into a mushroom-growing chamber. That tells you everything about 2021: we want to grow things, not just broadcast them." premium bukkake interview 2021
A private library in the English countryside, smelling of leather and old paper. Reyes, 58, hasn't seen a Marvel movie. She doesn't plan to. If 2020 was the year of survival, 2021
"In the 2010s, lifestyle was a performance. 'Look at my green smoothie. Look at my matching athleisure.' 2021 stripped that away. Now, lifestyle is radical honesty. I wake up at 4:00 AM not to hustle, but to read for three hours. I wear the same Japanese selvedge denim every day. I own one coat. That isn't minimalism as a trend; it's minimalism as a rebellion against the chaos of the streaming scroll." "My clients are consuming premium content on VR
In this Premium Interview 2021 Lifestyle and Entertainment segment, we visit his latest project: a $4.5 million Manhattan penthouse that contains zero televisions but three separate "listening rooms."
Welcome to the new standard of living. The backdrop: A sun-drenched terrace in Malibu, far from the noise of Hollywood. Elena Voss, 42, has just greenlit three series without reading a single physical script.
"I was told the cinema was dead. Then I went to a screening of Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm last month in London. The theater was full of twenty-year-olds. They weren't there for nostalgia. They were there for scale . Entertainment in 2021 has become too small. We watch things on our thighs (laptops). Premium entertainment, true entertainment, requires surrender. You cannot surrender to an algorithm."