issue 26

Is culture actually stuck, or have we just lost the ability to see past the loop?

Deepfakes warp our sense of reality. Algorithms curate our desires, distort our truths, stoke division, and send us spiralling into ragebait rabbit holes. Emotions are heightened, overstimulated, optimised for engagement. Do we laugh? Do we cry? Or do we just keep scrolling?

Through the noise, humour has always emerged not as escapism, but as a knife. A secret weapon. Perhaps the last honest language we have left.

This issue of LOVE isn't just about being funny. It's about humour as a call to action, as confession, as the last place where truth can still slip through. In a world that feels endlessly policed and polarised, comedy refuses to bow. And maybe that's exactly why it's time to get DEAD SERIOUS.

LOVE returns in print under a new creative leadership.

In 2025, LOVE returns as a new kind of platform, part magazine, part event, part cultural filter.

We bring fresh takes on global culture, where fashion, journalism, and talent meet in unexpected ways. We see culture as a spectrum of voices, disciplines, geographies, and ideas.

Like love itself, unpredictable and without borders, LOVE is here to ask better questions and spark new conversations.

LOVE is independent, focused, and ready to do things differently.