I was confused at first because the cover month says April. Yup, this should be their May issue.
The shoot reminds me of album covers before Gaga, Katy, and GGGB Rihanna came into the scene—the ones with handwritten/graffiti-like typographies all over the album covers. It's very nostalgic in a good way.
This and her TIME editorial are so much better than Radical Optimism's official album shoot. I don't really correlate her new sound to beach.