{"id":1932427,"date":"2026-05-12T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1932427"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:24:57","slug":"calvin-lecompte-offers-a-scorched-slice-of-psychedelic-americana-with-freeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1932427","title":{"rendered":"Calvin LeCompte Offers a Scorched Slice of Psychedelic Americana with \u201cFreeway\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FUntitled-design-56.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Calvin LeCompte Offers a Scorched Slice of Psychedelic Americana with \u201cFreeway\u201d\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images='[{\"image\":{\"description\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"image_caption\":null,\"small\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"medium\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"large\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"xlarge\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"full\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\"},\"src\":\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/12\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22u202fAM.png\",\"alt\":\"calvin lecompte tommy malekoff freeway music video\",\"width\":1378,\"height\":1032,\"credit\":\"Tommy Malekoff\",\"caption\":\"\",\"creditKey\":\"general\",\"description\":\"\",\"annotations\":null,\"shop\":{\"url\":null,\"label\":\"Shop Now\"}},{\"image\":{\"description\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"image_caption\":null,\"small\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"medium\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"large\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"xlarge\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"full\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\"},\"src\":\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/12\/IMG_7133-scaled.jpeg\",\"alt\":\"calvin lecompte tommy malekoff freeway music video\",\"width\":3500,\"height\":2340,\"credit\":\"Tommy Malekoff\",\"caption\":\"\",\"creditKey\":\"general\",\"description\":\"\",\"annotations\":null,\"shop\":{\"url\":null,\"label\":null}}]' role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"1\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit general-general\">Tommy Malekoff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"2\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Tommy Malekoff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yTiZuhJYqCM?si=eW6j38wgXn84Pm7_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Calvin LeCompte and Tommy Malekoff are two if-you-know artists who\u2019ve been operating in their own respective lanes \u2014 LeCompte as a cult figure in underground music, Malekoff as a video artist whose work with Salem, Bladee, Yung Lean, and brands like St\u00fcssy has made him one of the more singular eyes in the game. \u201cFreeway\u201d is where those lanes converge.<\/p>\n<p>The track from LeCompte\u2019s new LP <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> (what a name!) is a hazy, ebullient soundscape. It\u2019s the kind of thing you want playing on a long drive as neon signs blur past a rain-streaked window, your corneas dilating. \u201cTelecaster lines arriving one after another through long impressionistic arrangements,\u201d writes LeCompte, adding that it\u2019s \u201ca narcotic record sparkling like baywater at three in the morning.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The ambient drift of the track finds a natural visual counterpart in Malekoff\u2019s hyperreal Americana imagery, where \u201cWalgreens electric reds liquefying into sodium orange washing across the windshield.\u201d It\u2019s terrain Malekoff knows well. His practice has long been drawn to the places and situations most people scroll past, blending found footage, v\u00e9rit\u00e9, and staged scenes into something that sits between documentary and fever dream.\n<\/p>\n<p>LeCompte goes on to describe \u201cFreeway\u201d as \u201cAmerican exhaustion wrapped in fluorescent optimism,\u201d a feeling Malekoff has made something of a signature: the liminal, the overlit, the mundane tipping toward the sublime.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above. <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> is out now via Maximum Exposure Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6719618\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>mgk and Wiz Khalifa Team up for Breezy Summer Anthem &#8220;girl next door&#8221;\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6718845\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Skrilla Fronts SALEM x Supreme, fakemink Confirms &#8216;Terrified&#8217; Release Date: Everything We Loved in Music This Week\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6719186\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Michael B. Jordan Is Producing the Only Muhammad Ali Story His Estate Ever Approved\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    MusicMusic Videocalvin lecomptetommy malekofftommy malekoff artunderground music\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-footer\" class=\"post-footer row\">\n<div class=\"col-shopping-break\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-comments\">\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"post-comments none \">\n<header>\n<div class=\"heading\"><span class=\"comment-count\">0<\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-dropdown-tooltip\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Calvin LeCompte Offers a Scorched Slice of Psychedelic Americana with \u201cFreeway\u201d\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images='[{\"image\":{\"description\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"image_caption\":null,\"small\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"medium\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"large\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"xlarge\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"full\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\"},\"src\":\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/12\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22u202fAM.png\",\"alt\":\"calvin lecompte tommy malekoff freeway music video\",\"width\":1378,\"height\":1032,\"credit\":\"Tommy Malekoff\",\"caption\":\"\",\"creditKey\":\"general\",\"description\":\"\",\"annotations\":null,\"shop\":{\"url\":null,\"label\":\"Shop Now\"}},{\"image\":{\"description\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"image_caption\":null,\"small\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"medium\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"large\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"xlarge\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"full\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\"},\"src\":\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/12\/IMG_7133-scaled.jpeg\",\"alt\":\"calvin lecompte tommy malekoff freeway music video\",\"width\":3500,\"height\":2340,\"credit\":\"Tommy Malekoff\",\"caption\":\"\",\"creditKey\":\"general\",\"description\":\"\",\"annotations\":null,\"shop\":{\"url\":null,\"label\":null}}]' role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"1\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit general-general\">Tommy Malekoff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"2\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Tommy Malekoff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yTiZuhJYqCM?si=eW6j38wgXn84Pm7_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Calvin LeCompte and Tommy Malekoff are two if-you-know artists who\u2019ve been operating in their own respective lanes \u2014 LeCompte as a cult figure in underground music, Malekoff as a video artist whose work with Salem, Bladee, Yung Lean, and brands like St\u00fcssy has made him one of the more singular eyes in the game. \u201cFreeway\u201d is where those lanes converge.<\/p>\n<p>The track from LeCompte\u2019s new LP <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> (what a name!) is a hazy, ebullient soundscape. It\u2019s the kind of thing you want playing on a long drive as neon signs blur past a rain-streaked window, your corneas dilating. \u201cTelecaster lines arriving one after another through long impressionistic arrangements,\u201d writes LeCompte, adding that it\u2019s \u201ca narcotic record sparkling like baywater at three in the morning.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The ambient drift of the track finds a natural visual counterpart in Malekoff\u2019s hyperreal Americana imagery, where \u201cWalgreens electric reds liquefying into sodium orange washing across the windshield.\u201d It\u2019s terrain Malekoff knows well. His practice has long been drawn to the places and situations most people scroll past, blending found footage, v\u00e9rit\u00e9, and staged scenes into something that sits between documentary and fever dream.\n<\/p>\n<p>LeCompte goes on to describe \u201cFreeway\u201d as \u201cAmerican exhaustion wrapped in fluorescent optimism,\u201d a feeling Malekoff has made something of a signature: the liminal, the overlit, the mundane tipping toward the sublime.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above. <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> is out now via Maximum Exposure Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6719618\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>mgk and Wiz Khalifa Team up for Breezy Summer Anthem &#8220;girl next door&#8221;\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6718845\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Skrilla Fronts SALEM x Supreme, fakemink Confirms &#8216;Terrified&#8217; Release Date: Everything We Loved in Music This Week\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6719186\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Michael B. Jordan Is Producing the Only Muhammad Ali Story His Estate Ever Approved\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    MusicMusic Videocalvin lecomptetommy malekofftommy malekoff artunderground music\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Calvin LeCompte Offers a Scorched Slice of Psychedelic Americana with \u201cFreeway\u201d\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images='[{\"image\":{\"description\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"image_caption\":null,\"small\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"medium\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"large\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"xlarge\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\",\"full\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\"},\"src\":\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/12\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22u202fAM.png\",\"alt\":\"calvin lecompte tommy malekoff freeway music video\",\"width\":1378,\"height\":1032,\"credit\":\"Tommy Malekoff\",\"caption\":\"\",\"creditKey\":\"general\",\"description\":\"\",\"annotations\":null,\"shop\":{\"url\":null,\"label\":\"Shop Now\"}},{\"image\":{\"description\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"image_caption\":null,\"small\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"medium\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"large\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"xlarge\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\",\"full\":\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\"},\"src\":\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/05\/12\/IMG_7133-scaled.jpeg\",\"alt\":\"calvin lecompte tommy malekoff freeway music video\",\"width\":3500,\"height\":2340,\"credit\":\"Tommy Malekoff\",\"caption\":\"\",\"creditKey\":\"general\",\"description\":\"\",\"annotations\":null,\"shop\":{\"url\":null,\"label\":null}}]' role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"1\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FScreenshot-2026-05-12-at-11.16.22%E2%80%AFAM.png?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;format=png&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit general-general\">Tommy Malekoff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-cell landscape\" data-gallery-index=\"2\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-3-2\">\n                                                                                                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FIMG_7133-scaled.jpeg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Tommy Malekoff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yTiZuhJYqCM?si=eW6j38wgXn84Pm7_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Calvin LeCompte and Tommy Malekoff are two if-you-know artists who\u2019ve been operating in their own respective lanes \u2014 LeCompte as a cult figure in underground music, Malekoff as a video artist whose work with Salem, Bladee, Yung Lean, and brands like St\u00fcssy has made him one of the more singular eyes in the game. \u201cFreeway\u201d is where those lanes converge.<\/p>\n<p>The track from LeCompte\u2019s new LP <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> (what a name!) is a hazy, ebullient soundscape. It\u2019s the kind of thing you want playing on a long drive as neon signs blur past a rain-streaked window, your corneas dilating. \u201cTelecaster lines arriving one after another through long impressionistic arrangements,\u201d writes LeCompte, adding that it\u2019s \u201ca narcotic record sparkling like baywater at three in the morning.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The ambient drift of the track finds a natural visual counterpart in Malekoff\u2019s hyperreal Americana imagery, where \u201cWalgreens electric reds liquefying into sodium orange washing across the windshield.\u201d It\u2019s terrain Malekoff knows well. His practice has long been drawn to the places and situations most people scroll past, blending found footage, v\u00e9rit\u00e9, and staged scenes into something that sits between documentary and fever dream.\n<\/p>\n<p>LeCompte goes on to describe \u201cFreeway\u201d as \u201cAmerican exhaustion wrapped in fluorescent optimism,\u201d a feeling Malekoff has made something of a signature: the liminal, the overlit, the mundane tipping toward the sublime.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above. <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> is out now via Maximum Exposure Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6719618\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>mgk and Wiz Khalifa Team up for Breezy Summer Anthem &#8220;girl next door&#8221;\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6718845\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Skrilla Fronts SALEM x Supreme, fakemink Confirms &#8216;Terrified&#8217; Release Date: Everything We Loved in Music This Week\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6719186\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Michael B. Jordan Is Producing the Only Muhammad Ali Story His Estate Ever Approved\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    MusicMusic Videocalvin lecomptetommy malekofftommy malekoff artunderground music\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time class=\"timeago\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T15:24:57Z\">15 Hrs ago<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             327<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yTiZuhJYqCM?si=eW6j38wgXn84Pm7_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Calvin LeCompte and Tommy Malekoff are two if-you-know artists who\u2019ve been operating in their own respective lanes \u2014 LeCompte as a cult figure in underground music, Malekoff as a video artist whose work with Salem, Bladee, Yung Lean, and brands like St\u00fcssy has made him one of the more singular eyes in the game. \u201cFreeway\u201d is where those lanes converge.<\/p>\n<p>The track from LeCompte\u2019s new LP <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> (what a name!) is a hazy, ebullient soundscape. It\u2019s the kind of thing you want playing on a long drive as neon signs blur past a rain-streaked window, your corneas dilating. \u201cTelecaster lines arriving one after another through long impressionistic arrangements,\u201d writes LeCompte, adding that it\u2019s \u201ca narcotic record sparkling like baywater at three in the morning.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The ambient drift of the track finds a natural visual counterpart in Malekoff\u2019s hyperreal Americana imagery, where \u201cWalgreens electric reds liquefying into sodium orange washing across the windshield.\u201d It\u2019s terrain Malekoff knows well. His practice has long been drawn to the places and situations most people scroll past, blending found footage, v\u00e9rit\u00e9, and staged scenes into something that sits between documentary and fever dream.\n<\/p>\n<p>LeCompte goes on to describe \u201cFreeway\u201d as \u201cAmerican exhaustion wrapped in fluorescent optimism,\u201d a feeling Malekoff has made something of a signature: the liminal, the overlit, the mundane tipping toward the sublime.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above. <em>Fu Lai Cai Lai 5 Seas Legends<\/em> is out now via Maximum Exposure Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Zach Sokol<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    MusicMusic Videocalvin lecomptetommy malekofftommy malekoff artunderground music\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2026\/5\/calvin-lecompte-offers-a-scorched-slice-of-psychedelic-americana-with-freeway&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2FUntitled-design-56.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;] Music 15 Hrs ago 327 Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save Text By Zach Sokol Share this article 1 of 2 Tommy Malekoff 2 of 2 Tommy Malekoff Music 15 Hrs ago 327 Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save Calvin LeCompte and Tommy Malekoff are two if-you-know artists who\u2019ve been operating in their own respective lanes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,39],"class_list":["post-1932427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-hypebeast-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1932427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1932427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1932427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1932427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}