V1LLAG3 Voice
The essential bi-weekly V13 roundup of the latest in music, entertainment & culture
Feb 27, 2026
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11 min read
Voice: Why 13 matters to us. This isn’t a branding gimmick. For our CEO and founder Christopher Gonda, 1’s and 3’s have mattered his whole life. It’s a pattern he’s noticed forever. For me, 13 got real when I realized the house numbers of my first and last home addresses added up to 13.
Feb 21, 2026
10 min read
Voice: This week, I want to start with something unglamorous but frankly the theme of the week: the work behind the work.
Feb 13, 2026
Voice: I woke up and remembered what day it was. Friday the 13th.A lot of people see 13 and flinch. They treat it like a warning label. Like the universe is trying to tell them to drive slower and keep their hands inside the ride.
Feb 6, 2026
Voice: We’re all working on a million things at once. Not just here at V13 (though that’s 100% true), but most of us. In fact, probably you reading this as well.
Jan 23, 2026
Voice: Cover Stories are the backbone of what we do. The long-form conversations. The ones that go deeper than the press cycle allows, across different scenes, genres, and decades. But always with the same commitment to that unfiltered version. That’s what Veritas is all about.
Jan 16, 2026
9 min read
Voice: Welcome to 2026. New years demand declarations. Big ones. Loud ones.We're choosing something smaller and more deliberate.This is the first issue of V1LLAG3 Voice this year, and the start of a new rhythm: from now on, this newsletter arrives once a week, on Fridays.
Dec 16, 2025
7 min read
Voice: It’s been a hard year. Yes, we’ve had more and more success as a business. But us, the people behind this, we’ve all been handed blow after blow. Death, sickness, and a long litany of trials and tribulations. It’s been a lot.
Dec 12, 2025
Voice: So I’m talking to Erin Browne, our PR & Marketing Exec this morning, and I’m realizing that I need to write this thing, which means I’m obviously going to seize at the first thing that comes to mind, and it’s that I’m incredibly grateful. I’m so grateful for the incredible people that I get to work with. I’m so grateful for the work I get to do with people. I’m so grateful for my family and the life I get to lead.
Dec 9, 2025
Voice: I’ve talked a LOT about the Christmas Miracle we’ve been running the past few weeks and how awesome the talent has been. So today I’m going to talk about another Christmas Miracle that’s upcoming:
