The New Yorker's Goings On newsletter profiles sombr, the twenty-one-year-old TikTok sensation whose hits "Back to Friends" and "Undressed" earned him a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and Taylor Swift's endorsement, with Sheldon Pearce writing that he is well on his way to pop's pantheon ahead of his Madison Square Garden shows on November 23 and 24. The newsletter also covers events including "In Conversation with Merce" at Baryshnikov Arts Center, a "Waiting for Lefty" revival, and Richard Brody's take on Pedro Almodóvar's "Bitter Christmas."