The 18 Best Musician Halloween Costumes This Year

As the wise Phoebe Bridgers once said, it’s Halloween and we can be anything. This year, the music world had plenty of different ideas for how to mark the spookiest day of the season, which coincided with the end of Daylight Savings time. So don’t cry because the sun sets at 5:00 P.M. now. Smile because Tinashe dressed up as a gram of melatonin, Wednesday makes the perfect Addams Family, and Janelle Monáe is as terrifyingly inventive as ever. You've seen our costumes: now check out Pitchfork’s favorite Halloween looks of 2026.
Tinashe as Melatonin
Wednesday as the Addams Family
Hattie Lindert is an associate staff writer at Pitchfork. A former editor at Resident Advisor, she has written for Rolling Stone, The FACE and The A.V. Club, among others. She’s based in New York, and born and raised in Vermont. ... Read More
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