Welcome to See/Hear, InsideHook’s deep dive into the month’s most important cultural happenings, pop and otherwise. Every month, we round up the biggest upcoming movie, TV and album releases, ask some cool people to tell us what they've been into lately, make you a playlist we guarantee you'll have on heavy rotation and recommend a classic (or unduly overlooked) piece of pop culture that we think is worth revisiting.

February brings much more than candy hearts and Super Bowl spreads. We're hungry for content, and this month will treat us to a new season of The White Lotus (finally!), a highly anticipated Sly Stone documentary and plenty more — so let's get to it.

p.s. — As always, feel free to hit me up here with comments, suggestions or recommendations of your own.

SLY LIVES! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Feb. 13, Hulu

Summer of Soul was proof that Questlove is not only a talented musician and author, but a skilled documentarian, and SLY LIVES! is his latest. It traces the rise and fall of Sly and the Family Stone, focusing specifically on frontman Sly Stone and his struggles with substance abuse and mental illness, and examining the unique pressures that Black artists face in America to this day. The doc features interviews with André 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Nile Rodgers, Q-Tip, Clive Davis, George Clinton, members of Stone’s family and more. The goal is to reframe and celebrate his legacy. “I think our aim to tell the story, to humanize Sly Stone and they’re also going to realize that Sly is parallel to other artists they might like,” Questlove said in a recent interview. “Like, Sly is so influential (…) Our goal is to tell a story of a human being which often isn’t allowed in these circumstances.”

Plus: Best Picture nominee I'm Still Here goes into wide release, Heart Eyes puts a horrific twist on Valentine's Day, Becoming Led Zeppelin chronicles the legendary rock band and more. Check out our complete list of upcoming February movies here.

The White Lotus Season 3

Feb. 16, Max

Has there ever been an actress more perfectly suited to play a White Lotus character than Parker Posey? We’ll find out when the third installment of Mike White’s HBO anthology series ventures to Thailand. Besides Posey, the stacked cast includes Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Walton Goggins, Michelle Monaghan, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Lalisa Manobal (better known as Lisa from Blackpink) making her acting debut. Natasha Rothwell also reprises her role from season 1 as Belinda, the spa manager from the White Lotus resort in Hawaii.

Plus: An SNL 50th anniversary special, a new Robert De Niro series and more. Check out our complete list of February TV release dates here.

Horsegirl, Phonetics On and On

Feb. 14

If this buzzy Chicago trio isn’t yet on your radar, you have the perfect opportunity to rectify that embarrassing oversight with Phonetics On and On. The group’s sophomore album was produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at Wilco’s studio, The Loft. Phonetics On and On sees Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein and Gigi Reece experimenting with some new sounds and adding violins and synths to their musical arsenal, and if the insanely catchy lead single “2468” is any indication, this will likely be one of the best indie rock records of the year.

Plus: Patterson Hood loads his new solo album with plenty of guest stars, Guided By Voices drop their 41st record and more. Check out our complete list of February album releases here.

🎧 Whether they’re a little too obsessive, written about an inappropriately young love interest or romanticizing a toxic relationship, there are a surprising number of songs about love that are far creepier than they were intended to be. To help you know which ones you should steer clear of when putting together your Valentine’s Day playlist this year, we’ve rounded up some of the most disturbing examples. (For the purposes of this playlist, we’re focusing solely on songs that are unintentionally creepy, meaning self-aware depictions of unhealthy relationships or songs that are specifically intended to shock — like The Misfits’ “Die, Die My Darling” or Gnarls Barkley’s “Necromancer” — don’t fit the bill.) Enjoy them on your own time, but maybe don’t do it in the presence of anyone you’re actively trying to woo.

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Streaming on YouTube TV, available to rent or purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+

Last week, the Oscar nominations were announced, and as expected, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown received some high-profile nods, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Timothée Chalamet), Best Supporting Actor (Edward Norton) and Best Supporting Actress (Monica Barbaro). But if you’ve still got Dylan on the brain and want to hear his story from the man himself, it’s the perfect time to revisit Martin Scorsese’s No Direction Home, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

Like A Complete Unknown, No Direction Home focuses exclusively on Dylan in the ’60s, starting with his arrival in New York in 1961 and ending with his decision to “retire” from touring after his motorcycle accident in 1966. Culled from 10 hours’ worth of interviews with the legendary singer-songwriter, it also features interviews with his friends, mentors and even ex-lovers, including Joan Baez, Suze Rotolo, Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Bob Neuwirth, Mavis Staples and D.A. Pennebaker.

Will Dylan diehards gain any earth-shattering insights or break through his notorious air of mystique? Not particularly, though anyone vaguely familiar with him knows that that’s how the man formerly known as Robert Zimmerman prefers it. Instead, the real draw here is the rare historical footage, including a recording of his high school band, his screen test for Andy Warhol and Dylan’s Manchester Free Trade Hall concert on May 17, 1966, where an angry fan disappointed over his hero’s decision to go electric yelled “Judas!” at him before he started performing “Like a Rolling Stone.” If A Complete Unknown sparked your interest in the outrage over a beloved folk singer plugging in and pivoting to rock, watching the real thing is a must.