W Magazine Volume #5 2022 : Kendrick Lamar by Renell Medrano

[vogue28]

Cover #1:

 

[kokobombon]

sigh... remember Vol 4?

 

[Avonlea]

So they are back with their usual bullsh*t. How lovely

 

[vogue28]

Cover #2:

 

[Kimy Jo]

No comment

 

[caioherrero]

Why?

 

[aracic]

It's too soon after the glorious last issue, it would've been hard to live up to but they didn't even try.

 

[sanssoleil]

why does this look like someone did a very amateur iphone photo app cover lol

 

[WAVES]

it’s bad.
and I still haven’t quite digested his inappropriate use of the f word so…

 

[Xone]

I saw the issue today, there is a couple of editorials...one of them with Mica but Willy Vanderperre i think in studio...

But 25 euros for this???? not worthy it...i thought the price was like this for the anniversary issue but not this issue is also 25...anyway,,,

 

[matheus_s]

I saw the issue today, there is a couple of editorials...one of them with Mica but Willy Vanderperre i think in studio...

But 25 euros for this???? not worthy it...i thought the price was like this for the anniversary issue but not this issue is also 25...anyway,,,

Thats it? Only Mica ed? Any good article?

 

[Xone]

Thats it? Only Mica ed? Any good article?

There is one more ed...but don't remember much...for me not worthy paying 25 euros

 

[vogue28]

A 50th anniversary issue with a handful of celebratory supermodel covers is undoubtedly a tough act to follow, but it appears as though Sara Mooves didn’t even attempt to keep the momentum up.

In this current climate, we need a reason to rush out to the newsstand. Ain’t no one sat salivating over this…

 

[mepps]

Why is he on the cover of W? Do the handful of people who actually buy this magazine, care about him?
Also, the covers suck.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

W has lost the plot, theres a better way to photograph him than this.

 

[Phuel]

Why is he on the cover of W? Do the handful of people who actually buy this magazine, care about him?
Also, the covers suck.

Eh. He lends certain sheep some level of cultural/social/political creds to namedrop- or have him on their cover. “…One of the voices of a generation” LOOL Hardly. God, certain types are so desperate to be up in his a55 (and that Amanda Gorman person's...). He’s no Lauryn Hill. And he’s no D’Angelo in the looks department by any stretch of the imagination.

Don’t care whom you cast for your covers, but make the effort to actually style and photograph your star to some elevated sensibility that’s above the everyday, instead of these clueless test shots that would get you laughed off even the community paper 10 years ago. I loathe that because he’s an award-winning recoding artist and has something to say other than flexing, he’s portrayed somehow above fashion and basic human sensuality—and for a fashion magazine…

(BTW, what fashion victim is blind enough to pay 25 euros for this rag?!?!? Put that money towards the upcoming Steven Klein tome instead.)

 

[Deleted member 141523]

The pictures has some late 90s mood. That kind of light takes me back to 1997, it's such a mood. Don't know who is him, but for the comments here I guess is another mediatic subject. I agree that after the celebratory issue, the next one is a step down from those fantastic covers. Magazines editors think it's time for turning the page to appeal Gen Z readers, but their biggest and criminal mistake is forgetting their soul just for the buzz and money.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ Oh yes, absolutely. It’s such a pathetic lesser attempting to copy the Greats: Mario Sorrenti for Arena Homme Plus (of which he shot D'Angelo in his darkly-lit signature style); Steven Klein for L’UOMO; Sean Ellis for The Face; Mark Romanov’s “Got ’til It’s Gone” video for Janet etc etc.

Problem is that it’s so unskilfully executed, such inexperience, and so uncreative: It's student desktop-publishing level of amateur. And this is a cover for publication that was once at the vanguard of creative vision... That has got to mean something-- even in 2022:sigh:

 

[PowerDroid]

Is this out or just a digital preview?

 

[Lola701]

I love Kendrick Lamar so seeing him is always a good thing for me but it’s maybe time to do something different for him. Obviously he is not afraid to play the fashion game but it’s also maybe time to offer something other than the very serious, almost depressing aesthetic he is always associated with.