Dazed – Issue 285: The Impossible Issue

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For the Impossible issue of Dazed, we celebrate the creative talents harnessing the power of the mind to move mountains: the dreamers, schemers and over-achievers who hurdle the impossible to embrace a future they refuse to stop believing in.

Lighting the way on our covers, self-styled ‘celestial being’ Ayra Starr brings her authentic Afrobeats style to a story lensed by Zora Sicher; Latin trap star Bad Bunny sets the scene for a new musical era by delving into his Puerto Rican past; and Central Cee reflects on the thin line between survival and success in a cover moment captured by Erika Kamano. UK pop trio FLO present a united front ahead of their debut-album reveal; Willow Smith shines bright in a psychedelic cover from

Lea Colombo, reflecting the soul-searching pop star’s wild ride to date; and model Nyajuok Gatdet shimmers under a high desert sun for photographer Mikael Jansson.

It’s an issue steeped in magical thinking, from the fabulist vision of Lagos author Eloghosa Osunde to the absurdist dance-parties bringing cosplaying Batmen and sexy parkour to the streets of Brazil.

Time to stop living “in someone else’s dream”, as Privatise the Mandem author Nabil-Al Kinani says in astory on the future of collective living, and start turning our own into reality.

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