Hypebeast Magazine Issue #35: The Wavelength Issue focuses on talent who’ve developed a cohesive vision throughout their artistic output, regardless of the medium. The creative throughline might be ethereal, even ineffable, but it’s felt and understood by contemporaries, collaborators, and fans.
These icons have built a movement, a wave, that ripples through culture at large.
This world-building is undeniable in the output of our cover star, 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.
Our 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.
And 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.
The Wavelength Issue also includes stories on music luminaries including Pa Salieu, Feid, and Sexyy Red, as well as a survey of hi-fi listening bars across America.
Fashion features include some of the most exciting labels and designers making moves today, such as A.Presse, Salehe Bembury, Liberal Youth Ministry, XLIM, District Vision, Greg Ross, 424, Willy Chavarria, O Thongthai, and Phantom Ranch.
Art portfolios showcase the mind-bending work of Eri Wakiyama and the future-forward practice of interdisciplinary architecture collective sub.
Across 256 pages, the tide of influence can be actively felt from these once-in-a-generation talents.
Tap into the wavelength by ordering Hypebeast Magazine Issue #35 on HBX.