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To end 2025, I wanted to share a few pieces I wrote this year that I really loved working on. Writing has taken me to some amazing places where I’ve been able to experience music, food, and culture up close. Travelling to Mexico and Athens and staying in one of the most beautiful resorts I’ve ever seen in the Maldives showed me that people appreciate what we do at the magazine. I’ve met so many new faces and in some cases am now able to call them close friends of mine. It’s nice to be trusted with moments that mean something to the people creating them and to be thought of when they want someone to tell a story. Grateful for every opportunity, conversation, and everyone who’s read, shared or supported my work this year 🩷

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Lisboa!!! 🇵🇹

My latest cover for New Wave Magazine is out now featuring Opium’s Destroy Lonely 🦇🕷️🕸️🩸🗡️🖤 Thanks as always to @esco_boomin and @tahirahtho @wesh__t DESTROY LONELY // @destroylonely for Issue XVI, The Experience Issue Wearing @labstorelondon New Wave Magazine //@nwavemagazine Destroy Lonely doesn’t give a f*ck whether you like him or not. He doesn’t care whether you hate the music he makes and he doesn’t care if he’s not on your top five rappers of all time list. At the end of the day, all he wants is to be a vessel for his raw vulnerability. His jagged and spectral sonics feed into horror, like claws to flesh scraping through a brash lifestyle that he follows unapologetically, with the music bleeding through him into the world, seeking out those who ache in the same places who crave beauty laced with chaos. Words by Shenead Poroosotum (@shexead ) Available In Print Now. CREDITS // Creative Director / Stylist - Ignacio de Tiedra // @ignaciodetiedra Photographer - Pascal Schonlau //@pascal_schonlau Producer - Derrick Odafi // @esco_boomin Production Manager - Bijoux Chima // @b_joux MUA - Sophia Sinot // @sophiasinot MUA Assistant - Taisha Sherwood // taishamakeup Styling Assistant - Ruby Mensah // @rubynsah Visual Director - Dante Richardson // @dantemoriah CGI Artist: George Russel // @Recomfarmhouse Post Artist: Kate Brown // @Recomfarmhouse Photographer assistant 1 - James Bryant //@_james_bryant Photographer assistant 2 - Tobias May // @tobias_ _may Photo Trainee - Danaia Konstantinova //@_dakonaks_ Special Thanks to Labstore - @labstorelondon

Athens with @kingdom_collective and @acehotelathens 🇬🇷🏛️

What a wonderful trip with @patron 💚 this was such a lovely and incredible experience in Mexico and I’m so sad it’s over 🇲🇽

72 hours in Copenhagen 🇩🇰🚲

Brits 2025 🇬🇧🪩 📸 @gretatopping

Japan pt. 2 💴🌸🍱🍣🍜🍡🇯🇵

ここに引っ越すべきでしょうか？🇯🇵🍜🍱🍡🍣

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Tahirah’s birthday / going away party! 🥂 Sorry if I missed your tag I’m trying to remember usernames .. 💀