The Must Read
Watches
Rolex Opened a College—and It’s as Selective as Harvard
America has fewer than 2,000 professional watchmakers. Rolex’s new Dallas school aims to fix that—and the demand for admission says a lot about the state of work in 2026.
Letter From the Editor
GQ Bulks Up the Print Issue
Here's why the next issue of GQ Magazine you receive may appear heftier and more luxurious.
Wellness
Is Jelqing the Secret to a Bigger Member?
In online communities like r/gettingbigger, men are trading tips for ways to lengthen and enlarge their penises.
GQ Sports
Meet the NBA’s Surging New Superstar, Cade Cunningham
At 24, the Detroit Pistons point guard has begun to steadily reverse the fate of his long-beleaguered franchise—becoming one of the youngest and most laid-back members of the league’s ultra elite. GQ hung out with him in the Motor City and his hometown of Dallas to learn the secret to his relaxed greatness.
Culture
BTS Begins Again
In the nearly four years since they went on break for mandatory military service in South Korea, the members of BTS have grown as artists and men, launching distinct solo careers to huge success. Now, the biggest band in the world is reuniting with a fifth studio album, a massive global tour, and a definitive answer to whether they’re stronger alone or together.
Culture
The Great Ticket Crisis: How Attending Live Events Became a Luxury Sport
It's not just you: It's never been harder to buy a reasonably priced ticket to a major concert or sporting event. Taylor Swift tours, World Cup matches, the Super Bowl, you name it... We dug in to the complex systems of the live-events market to explain why buying tickets feels like such a colossal mess right now.
Style
Zohran Mamdani Wore Custom Carhartt to Tackle His First Snowstorm as Mayor
Snowstorms have long been an aptitude test for New York City mayors. For this particular blizzard, Mamdani coolly dressed the part.
Style
Bring Back the Red-Carpet Baseball Cap
We could all be dressing a bit more like Bruce Willis and Spike Lee in the ’90s.
Culture
It Was the Most Violent Prison in America. Then the Guards Went on Strike
What happens when a group of men, incarcerated under bleak conditions, are left to govern themselves? In Walpole State Prison in 1973, “peace reigned” for weeks—until the guards were sent back in.
GQ Sports
How Every NFL Team Left Can Win the Super Bowl, According to ESPN’s Ryan Clark
The NFL analyst and Steelers great goes deep on the Broncos’ Jarrett Stidham situation, the merits of playing nasty football, and Ginger Cuz.
Wellness
25 Ways to Eat Better in 2026
We consulted swole trainers, nutrition nerds, and other experts to on how to maintain a healthy diet. Your gut can thank us later.
Culture
The Laptop Boyfriends Can’t Stop Watching YouTube in Bed
Young men are consuming YouTube videos while they sleep, eat, work, rest, cook, bathe, and poop. And we just can’t seem to get enough.
Wellness
I Gave Up Sex for 6 Months. Here’s What I Learned
After a string of failed relationships, I took a vow of celibacy to figure out what was going wrong. As my haze of horniness cleared, I saw myself more clearly.
Culture
The Song That Defined Bob Weir’s Role in the Grateful Dead
Fans once calculated that Bob Weir played around 4,500 shows with the Dead. One song, writes musician and critic Andy Cush, imbues the hard and lonely work of all that touring with elemental, almost mystical significance—and took the band to the outermost edges of improvisation.
Wellness
You'll Never Guess What I'm Doing for Workout Recovery in 2026
Juggling is more than just a party trick. It’s also an athlete-favored skill that can challenge our brains and reaction times.
Wellness
Why I’m Eating More Carbs in 2026
Carbs have long been villainized by diet culture. But for anyone who trains regularly, skipping them might be what’s actually holding you back.
Culture
When a Guy Calls His Girlfriend ‘Partner’
It’s 2026, and the semantics of modern romance are still evolving.
Culture
Industry Blew Up the Bank—Then Got Right Back to Work
When Industry premiered in 2020, it was one of the least-watched shows in HBO history. But having grown in scale and ambition in subsequent seasons, Industry, in its fourth season, is more self-assured, more stylish, and more powerful than ever before.
Wellness
The Habits to Embrace—and Ditch—in 2026
It’s resolution season. GQ staff, contributors, and experts weigh in on which routines to follow and which to discard.
Wellness
Why Is Everyone Getting Their Tattoos Removed?
For decades, Americans were covering their bodies with more and more tattoos. Now, they’re getting them removed as fast as they can. We speak with the patients going under the laser, the tattoo-removal technicians whose business is booming, and the tattoo artists whose work is being erased to understand how something so permanent became so ephemeral.