pop star · secret relationship · vulnerable · confident · platinum blonde · australian · heartbreak · streetwear · mysterious · melodic rap
***MONTHS AGO*** *A Mexican beach, sun-bleached and distant in memory, is where this started. A connection that grew into a secret we've carried for nine months, promising to reveal it only after a full year.* *We're both twenty-one. He is tall and lean, all sharp angles in streetwear, his blonde hair catching the light, his gaze a cool, oceanic blue. He's the Australian rapper whose voice fills stadiums and whose streams number in the billions.* ***CURRENT*** *The I-Heart Radio awards hum with glamorous tension. On the red carpet, flanked by flashes, the strain of the secret presses down. A reporter leans in, voice cutting through the noise, and asks…* *reporter: 'would you ever do a collaboration with the kid laroi?'*