Incredible, incredible, incredible. Shot by Michael Flores & Nicola Formichetti for Schön! Magazine, here is Brooke Candy in all her g(l)ory. You can buy the issue here.

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This collaboration couldn’t be any more perfect. Tinashe’s 2 On is fast climbing the Billboard charts and Brooke Candy is…well…dominating pop culture through her unique aesthetic and alignment with Nicola Formichetti and Steven Klein. Like I said, a match made in heaven. The rap was co-written by the insanely talented Jesse Saint John. If only it had an official artwork…

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Let’s start with the team behind this work of genius. The track itself is written and produced by Brooke Candy (duh), Sia, Diplo and Jesse St John. The video is directed by Steven Klein and art directed/styled by Nicola Formichetti. I mean, you can’t really get better than that. This is literally Gaga circa 2010 levels of excellence. Note that what you are about to/have just watch(ed) is the DIRECTOR’S CUT and the track (which is beyond incredible) gets pretty lost amongst the narrative, editing and sound effect BUT SERIOUSLY WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME AN ARTIST DROPPED A CONCEPTUAL VIDEO LIKE THIS? It’s Sin City for 2014 with the most enigmatic display of, well, Opulence I have ever experienced visually on screen in such a short period of time.

The creative nods back to Brooke’s stripper days in the opening and bar sequences add genuine and personal story for the first time in her music video repertoire. Kudos, massive kudos. Let’s have it go viral now please, because by GOD this bitch deserves it.

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This is just the beginning. OPULENCE marks Brooke’s first official single. Everything up until this point has been just one long teaser. Tracks, videos, cameo appearances, Diesel campaigns, runway shows were just the foundation for someone that clearly has the potential to become an alt-pop superstar. If alignment is anything to go by, the video for Opulence which drops this week is directed by Steven Klein (yeah, I know) with art direction/styling and a lot more by Nicola Formichetti. The track itself was co-written by Jesse Saint James, Sia (who is Exec Producer on the album) and Brooke herself – it first premiered live at the Diesel Venice show last week and officially landed on iTunes today in HQ – and holy shit it is repeat-worthy good.

LA-based music mogul in the making Jesse Saint John told me, “OPULENCE is like a modern day VOGUE. Referencing the underground drag culture we idolized and ended up coming up in. It’s a fun sexy urban song that taps a nerve in all of us. We all wanna feel overly glamorous and decadent at times. It’s an amazing introduction to Brooke Candy, the world is hungry for a girl like her, strong and iconic with an actual message.”

Teasers for the video under the cut. Buy OPULENCE on iTunes here.

https://soundcloud.com/brooke-candy/opulence

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That Nicola reign just won’t let up. Diesel just unveiled a short fashion film by Inez & Vinoodh following the social media teasing of the stills from the new Brooke Candy for Diesel SS14 Accessories campaign.

Art directed by Nicola Formichetti of course, the black and white imagery features Brooke in her most demure and beautifully understated guise yet (even if a strip pole is included). The video also features Tessa Kuragi. The track showcased is Brooke’s Bollywood meets J-POP infused ‘Feel Yourself‘.

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What can we expect from this? A Brooke Candy music video? An exclusive duet between Lepore and Candy? Music is at the heart of the brand after all…

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