Tomorrow, just a day before his birthday, Offset will drop his new single “Swing My Way" via Motown Records. The track comes with a polished yet rugged video directed by Kid Art and stunning album artwork — both featuring supermodel Anok Yai. Check out the artwork premiering exclusively today on PAPER, below.
“Working with Anok for 'Swing My Way' was great,” Offset tells PAPER. “We matched each other’s vibe and style. This is one of my favorite cover artworks. I’m looking forward to sharing the new song and video I created with Anok tomorrow ahead of my birthday.”
In the album artwork, Yai is shown sprawled out on the hood of a black Cybertruck wearing Offset’s rap chains and little else. “Anok said she wanted to go there, so we went there!” stylist and art director SheShe Pendleton tells PAPER. “With her suggestion, we decided to go for nudity paired with an Alaïa heel and Offset’s famous jewels. That’s it, that’s the look. What better way than to pose on top of the cyber truck, highlighting Offset’s favorite lyric from ‘Swing My Way?’”
In the video which was filmed in Brooklyn, the supermodel wields a knife to put on her eyeliner, licks at a flickering lighter, and struts in front of Offset as he raps, “I pulled up in SoHo in a robo cyber tron/ I don’t care what they’re on I’m two fingers and thumbs/ Shorty swing my way/ I got racks to pay."
Produced by Turbo (Young Thug, Travis Scott, Lil Baby), the track tells the story of the rapper’s jet-setting, incomparable, opulent lifestyle, reminding listeners, “Baby, I’m not one of them/ I’m really one of the ones.”
The collaboration with the supermodel is just one of many recent ventures into the fashion world for Offset. In September, he kicked off New York Fashion Week by joining Anna Wintour for a ribbon-cutting ceremony as CFDA’s celebrity ambassador. He also walked for Luar and Melitta Baumeister. Yai’s addition to his visuals continues the Vogue cover star’s dominance in fashion, from walking the runways of Versace, Louis Vuitton, Fendi to becoming a staggering video vixen.
Art direction: SheShe Pendleton
Styling: SheShe Pendleton
Photography: Matthew Gonzales
Retouching: Lesly Saint Louis
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