Timothée Chalamet’s outerspace Vogue cover has the Internet in a chokehold. We have a few thoughts of our own.
The new Vogue cover featuring Timothée Chalamet dropped, and the internet did what it does best: spiraled. Shot by Annie Leibovitz, it features Chalamet standing in a cream Celine coat and embroidered jeans, against what appears to be outer space. Maybe it’s a metaphor for his Dune 2 moment. Maybe it’s an editing choice that got a little too literal. Either way, it’s unforgettable — and undeniably the first viral cover of Chloé Malle’s era as the magazine’s new head of editorial content, succeeding Anna Wintour’s decades-long reign.
The response online? Equal parts awe, confusion, and deep-fried meme. Some love the fantasy, others can’t decide whether it’s genius or galactic camp. We had a few thoughts ourselves.
- Okay, wow. Was totally not expecting that.
- The Instagram comments are going off!
- Space? Like, actual space?
- The background does look a bit like a galaxy screensaver from 2011.
- What is he standing on — a planet? A soap bubble? A production assistant’s back?
- Annie Leibovitz shot this? So maybe it’s fine. Maybe it’s art. Maybe it’s both.
- Wait — did they actually fly him and Annie to space?
- Was this one of those five-minute Bezos stratosphere trips?
- Would have been so cool with a queasy Gayle King squeezing his hand, maybe.
- Or Zendaya just floating next to him, holding a sandworm.
- Okay, wait — the image is an actual NASA photo of the Emission Nebula, O 6.5 Star?
- That’s like, really specific.
- I wonder whose idea this was.
- Woah. The nebula is 7 light-years across.
- We don’t talk about how big space actually is nearly enough.
- He’s wearing Celine, though. Not mad about that.
- The coat is excellent. The floral embroidery? Risky. But points for effort.
- The stance: very “I own this moon now.”
- Sorry, nebula.
- The boots feel grounded — literally the only grounded thing here.
- Do we need watches in space? Even an Urban Jürgensen feels a little unnecessary.
- That gaze? Somewhere between existential and “did the intern bring my oat milk latte?”
- “Vogue: The Final Frontier.” Beam us up.
- Someone please confirm: was there a fog machine involved?
- The lighting says “celestial,” but the pose says “’sup, bro.”
- (Somewhere in the Vogue offices, a retoucher is still orbiting his Wacom tablet.)
- What was Anna’s response?
- He looks like he’s about to drop the most ethereal mixtape of the year.
- If this was meant to symbolize being the brightest star of his generation, it feels a little…extra.
- Who else could pull it off, though? Maybe A$AP Rocky? Oh, duh: Bruno Mars.
- Everyone’s joking, but no one’s looking away.
- It’s camp, it’s cinematic, it’s maybe a screensaver — but it’s definitely content.
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