09/06/2026
FML MAGAZINE: ISSUE III
THE REINVENTION ISSUE
The Music Cover: Crystal Waters
For our Music Cover, FML celebrates Crystal Waters, the Mother of House Music and an artist who represents reinvention in its truest form. She is both a classic and a reference point, one of the defining voices of house music whose work helped establish a language that generations of artists continue to draw from. More than three decades later, Waters is not simply part of the genre’s history. She remains an active force in shaping what comes next.
“To me, reinvention means expansion and growth,” Waters tells FML. “You can find yourself in a rut doing the same thing over and over. It’s always good to try something new.” That philosophy has carried her far beyond the records that made her an icon. Through new music, I AM HOUSE Radio, I AM HOUSE Orchestrated and her growing role behind the scenes, Waters is turning an extraordinary legacy into a platform for the culture, its pioneers and its future.
Crystal Waters does not need to leave her past behind to reinvent herself. Instead, she is finding a greater purpose for everything she has built. The records that changed dance floors around the world remain part of her story, but they were never meant to be its ending. More than three decades later, the Mother of House is still evolving, creating and, ensuring that the house she helped build has room for the generations coming next. Read the full Crystal Waters cover story at the link in bio.
EIC: Gina Kim-Park ( Gina Kim Park )
Photography & Creative Direction: Reinhardt Kenneth ( Reinhardt Kenneth )
Muse: Crystal Waters ( Crystal Waters )
Publicist: Brad Taylor ( Brad Taylor )
Fashion Stylist: Oliver Brown ( Oliver Brown )
Make Up Artist: Marc Cornwall ( Marc Cornwall )
Hair Stylist: Makayla Tarae // SPYCE ( NYC Hairstylist )
Assistant Stylist: Safa Haque ( Safa Haque )
Assistant Stylist II: Angelina Wu ( Angelina Wu )
Production Manager: Deki Namgyal ( ✮ DEKI ✮ )
Lighting Director: Luis Lopez ( Luis )
Photographer’s Assistant: Griffin ( GRIFFIN )
Set Assistant: Marcella Antiko ( Victoria Godeliva Marcella Antiko )
