General articles: Arts and culture

Waiting for Lefty

Waiting for Lefty is a one-act play by Clifford Odets, first performed in 1935, about New York taxi drivers holding a strike meeting during the Great Depression.

Waiting for Love (Avicii song)

Waiting for Love: 2015 Avicii single from Stories, co-produced with Martin Garrix, uncredited vocals by Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost, premiered at Ultra 2015, UK peak number 6, lyrics structured around days of the week.

Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians is J. M. Coetzee's 1980 novel, titled after C. P. Cavafy's poem, set in an unnamed frontier settlement of an unidentified Empire where the Magistrate's relationship with a tortured barbarian girl dramatizes imperial violence; widely read as an apartheid-era allegory.

Waiting for the Barbarians (film)

Waiting for the Barbarians (2019 film) is Ciro Guerra's English-language debut, adapted by J.M. Coetzee from his 1980 novel, starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson; it premiered in competition at Venice 76 and earned mixed reviews (53% on Rotten Tomatoes).

Waiting for the Out

Waiting for the Out is a 2026 BBC One six-part drama by Dennis Kelly, adapted from Andy West's memoir The Life Inside, starring Josh Finan as Dan, a philosophy teacher in a prison confronting his imprisoned father and brother.

Waiting for the Rain

Waiting for the Rain is a 1975 novel in English by the Zimbabwean writer Charles Mungoshi, published by Heinemann in London, depicting the fragmentation of a Shona family.

Waiting for the Sun

Waiting for the Sun is the Doors' third studio album, released July 1968 on Elektra. Their first US number-one album, featuring "Hello, I Love You"; produced by Paul Rothchild, engineered by Bruce Botnick.

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote is a 1998 satirical novel by Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma, telling the life of the dictator Koyaga in the form of a Malinké hunters' epic.

Waiting For You In A Long Time (在悠长的时光里等你)

Waiting For You In A Long Time (在悠长的时光里等你) is a 2018 Chinese youth campus web drama, 12 episodes on iQIYI from July 13, 2018, adapted from Man Xue Shi Yi's novel, starring Zhang Yongbo and Tian Xiwei.

Waiting For You In The Future (我在未来等你)

Waiting For You In The Future (我在未来等你) is a 2019 Chinese youth campus drama adapted from Liu Tong's novel, directed by Xue Ling and starring Li Guangjie and Fei Qiming.

Waiting Hai

Waiting Hai is a 2026 Hindi streaming series (Prime Video, MX Player), also called a Tatkal scam dramedy, directed by Sameer Vidwans, starring Divyenndu Sharma as RPF cop Sugam Mishra and Bhuvan Arora as hacker Afroz Hamza in seven Patna-set episodes.

Waiting Room (song)

"Waiting Room" is a 1988 song by the Washington, D.C. post-hardcore band Fugazi, known for its circular bass riff, rhythmic pause, and call-and-response vocals between Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto.

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 comedy-drama about four friends in Phoenix. It earned over $81 million and its soundtrack was a 7x Platinum success.

Waiting... (film)

Waiting... (2005) is Rob McKittrick's raunchy comedy about staff at the fictional Shenaniganz chain restaurant, starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long; a box-office success and later cult favorite despite poor reviews.

Waitress (musical)

Waitress is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and book by Jessie Nelson, adapted from Adrienne Shelly's 2007 film about pie-maker Jenna; four Tony nominations, all-female creative team, 2021 return engagement, 2023 film.

Waitrose

Waitrose, branded Waitrose & Partners since 2018, is a British upmarket supermarket chain founded in 1904 in Acton and owned since 1937 by the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership, with about 4.5% UK grocery share.

Wajah Tum Ho (वजह तुम हो)

Wajah Tum Ho (वजह तुम हो) is a 2016 Hindi crime thriller directed by Vishal Pandya for T-Series, starring Sharman Joshi, Sana Khan, Gurmeet Choudhary, and Rajneesh Duggal, about murders broadcast live on a hacked TV channel; released 16 December 2016 and poorly reviewed.

Wajima-nuri

Wajima-nuri (輪島塗) is Japanese lacquerware from Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, known for exceptional durability from a diatomaceous-earth undercoating and cloth reinforcement, made in roughly 120 specialist steps and designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1977.

Waka Flocka Flame

Waka Flocka Flame (Juaquin James Malphurs, born 1986) is an Atlanta trap rapper; his 2010 debut Flockaveli with Lex Luger production and hits like "Hard in Da Paint" and "No Hands" defined early-2010s trap.

Wakan Rōeishū

Wakan Rōeishū (和漢朗詠集) is a Heian-period Japanese anthology of waka and Chinese-style verse compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō around 1018 for chanting at court, pairing both under shared headings.

Wakanda

Wakanda is the fictional never-colonized African nation in Marvel Comics, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) as Black Panther's homeland, powered by vibranium, ruled by a hereditary monarchy, and popularized by the 2018 Black Panther film.

Wakar bori

Wakar bori, meaning bori songs, are the praise-name songs performed at bori, the Hausa spirit-possession ceremony of Northern Nigeria and Niger, used to invoke spirits for healing and initiation.

Wake (ceremony)

Wake (ceremony), or tórramh, is a vigil held over the dead between death and burial, most associated with the Irish wake, a communal watch blending mourning with storytelling, food, drink, and formerly wake games and keening.

Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright (1971), also released internationally as Outback, is a Ted Kotcheff Australian thriller based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel, starring Gary Bond and Donald Pleasence; its negative was found in Pittsburgh and the film restored in 2009 and 2024.