In our July/August ‘Cravings’ issue, it’s all about the things we unabashedly want to indulge in—even if we sometimes know we shouldn’t. Gone is our usual list of carefully curated book or film recommendations. Instead, the Vogue Singapore team shares their personal guilty pleasures, from the animes they’ve grown up on, to the reality television shows they can’t help but love.
Desmond Lim, editor-in-chief: Bridget Jones’s Diary “I have watched this so many times, I could probably deliver every momentous line said by Renée Zellweger on cue. In some ways, I am a closet Bridget—goofy, oblivious and self-loathing when it comes to romance.” Janice Sim, digital editor: Pitbull “Put on any one of Mr Worldwide’s greatest hits in a room and I’ll be there in a heartbeat.
To this day, I still know the lyrics to ‘Hotel Room Service’ by heart and that somehow fills me with equal parts shame and pride.” Nicholas See, stylist: Yu Yu Hakusho “A solid showing of a shounen anime, Yu Yu Hakusho is an easy watch that has resonated with me since my childhood. The series is pure action.
Its simple, unpretentious format of episodic clashes between supernatural forces of good and evil (with many plot loopholes) makes it a guilty pleasure for me.” Azrin Tan, senior digital writer: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas “If you know, you know. Known as #BookTok’s most popular ‘romantasy’ series, this was the book that got me back into reading—and .
