Announcing “Hypebeast Magazine Issue 35: The Wavelength Issue” with Cover Stars Playboi Carti, Oakley and Kaytranada
Hypebeast, the leading global platform for contemporary culture and lifestyle, announces the release of its latest edition, “Hypebeast Magazine Issue 35: The Wavelength Issue,” a deep dive into the talents who have developed a cohesive vision throughout their artistic output, regardless of the medium, spotlighting their ethereal, even ineffable but understandable creative throughlines. These icons have built a movement, a wave, that ripples throughout the culture at large.
“The Wavelength Issue” features three distinct covers, headlined by Playboi Carti, whose albums have shattered expectations of rap time and time again, only to become era-defining cultural staples. In our exclusive feature, photographer Gabriel Moses captures the hip-hop demigod’s mystique while writer Paul Thompson unpacks Carti’s long-awaited LP, MUSIC.
The second cover celebrates the 50th anniversary of iconic eyewear institution Oakley, with meditations on what continues to make the brand so influential from collaborators including Kyle Ng of Oakley Factory Team, Brice Partouche of SATISFY, design guru Nic Garfias, and others.
Our third cover spotlights electronic music maestro Kaytranada, who gets introspective in conversation about embracing self-growth and self-love in order to enhance his inimitable self-expression.
Beyond the cover features, this issue explores a diverse range of influential voices in music, including Pa Salieu, Feid, and Sexyy Red, as well as survey of the burgeoning hi-fi listening bars across America.
In addition, the fashion features showcase the most exciting labels and designers, including A.Presse, Salehe Bembury, Liberal Youth Ministry, XLIM, District Vision, Greg Ross, 424, Willy Chavarria, O Thongthai, and Phantom Ranch. On the other hand, the art session showcases the mind-bending portfolios of Eri Wakiyama and the future-forward practices of interdisciplinary architecture collective sub.
“Hypebeast Magazine Issue 35: The Wavelength Issue,” a 256-page magazine, is now available on hbx.com.
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