Beabadoobee Covers Highsnobiety Fall 2026 in Four Distorted Y2K Looks

Beabadoobee is on the cover of Highsnobiety's Fall 2026 issue, and the accompanying shoot treats Y2K style as raw material rather than a costume. The Filipino-British singer-songwriter, born Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, built her name on 2020's Fake It Flowers and hit a career high with 2024's This Is How Tomorrow Moves, her first album to top the UK charts. She's since toured with Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and The 1975.

The editorial moves through four distinct looks without settling into one version of nostalgia. The standout is a pair of medium-wash jeans with oversized embroidered angel wings extending from the hips, paired with a plain white tank top and brown pointed pumps, a mix of whimsical and refined that lets the wing detail carry the whole image. Elsewhere, she wears an olive denim jacket with a shaggy yellow-dyed faux fur collar over ripped black jeans and leopard-print high-top sneakers, captured mid-crouch with a cigarette in hand. A third look pairs a vintage-style cream jersey, numbered "19" with blue stripe detailing, with a distressed, torn tan mini skirt. The fourth sees her in a cropped brown leather jacket draped over a turquoise lace-trimmed slip skirt and matching bandeau top, finished with chunky brown platform boots.

Shot against plain interiors, bare walls, marble columns, unadorned fireplaces, the clothing does all the talking. Throughout the accompanying interview, Beabadoobee talks candidly about turning 26, the making of her upcoming album Pylon, and admits she thought she'd "been through everything" while wrapping her last record with Rick Rubin, only to find her twenties messier than expected. Her tousled brunette pixie cut with blonde peekaboo highlights and heavy fringe stays consistent across all four looks, tying the shoot together.