
INYIM Editorial Profile
Victor Lerma
Co-Founder, Digital Editor & Creative Director
Music, entertainment, digital media, local history and INYIM Radio
Victor Lerma is the co-founder of It’s Not You It’s Me Media and a driving creative force behind INYIM Radio. Since 2009, he has moved fluidly between breaking stories, shaping visuals, restoring forgotten images, editing video, building digital projects, and finding new ways to keep independent media original, alive, and ahead of the curve.
His path has never followed a single lane. Victor began his career at Fanscape, later worked as a Junior Systems Administrator at Add2net Inc., and spent nights DJing throughout Hollywood. He began teaching himself Photoshop as a teenager in 1993, long before digital creativity became part of everyday life. A former music-video boy, he has also worked in artist promotions connected to Enrique Iglesias, Taking Back Sunday, Juliette and the Licks, and many others.
Today, Victor supports international students by day while continuing to shape INYIM’s visual identity, editorial voice, technical foundation, and worldwide radio presence. He is drawn to the artists, places, histories, and creative outsiders that deserve greater attention.
Whether he is reviving an overlooked story, spotlighting emerging talent, documenting Los Angeles, supporting a small entrepreneur, or programming the next track on INYIM Radio, Victor brings the same instinct to everything he touches: find what is special, make it unforgettable, and make sure it never gets lost.
Latest Stories by Victor Lerma
328 published stories

Billy Idol Brings “Dancing With Myself” and “Hot in the City” to the 2026 US Open
Billy Idol takes over ESPN’s 2026 US Open soundtrack with “Dancing With Myself” and a special tournament edition of “Hot in the City,”…

Is L.A.’s Hot, Sticky Weather the New Normal?
Los Angeles is dealing with another stretch of extreme heat, tropical humidity and unusually warm coastal waters. We look at whether this muggy…

LAPD Boxes In 700-Person Street Takeover, Arrests 69 and Impounds 200 Cars
LAPD surrounded a massive Harbor Gateway street takeover involving more than 700 people, making 69 arrests, issuing 570 citations and impounding 200 vehicles.

Christina Aguilera’s “Hurt” at the 2006 MTV VMAs Was a Vocal Masterclass
Christina Aguilera brought the 2006 MTV VMAs to a standstill with “Hurt,” backed by Linda Perry on piano and a sweeping live arrangement…

20 Years Later, the 2006 MTV VMAs Look Like the End of Pop Culture’s Golden Age
Before smartphones, social media and nonstop celebrity access changed everything, the 2006 MTV VMAs still felt like the center of pop culture. Twenty…
Peaches Unleashes Nightlife Club Kids From Uranus in Surreal “You’re Alright” Art Film
Peaches and Agniia Galdanova turn “You’re Alright” into an impeccably styled Paris art film packed with creature drag, inner demons and what look…

The Rapture’s Mattie Safer Says the Band Was ‘Pulling Apart’ While Making Pieces of the People We Love
In an exclusive interview with INYIM Media, Mattie Safer revisits The Rapture’s Pieces of the People We Love 20 years later, opening up…

6 Halloween Amazon Finds You’ll Actually Want — Pet Costumes, Light-Up Ghosts & More
From bat wings and spider costumes for pets to glowing yard ghosts and a fog machine, these six Halloween Amazon finds bring the…

20 Years Later, The Rapture’s Pieces of the People We Love Sounds Like the End of an Era
The Rapture’s Pieces of the People We Love turns 20. We revisit the album, its singles, Mattie Safer, CeeLo Green and the indie-dance…



