Yung Lean’s ‘256 GB’: A Digital Decade Bound in Print

Yung Lean, vendor of melancholic cloud rap and digital-native aesthetic, has distilled ten years of his digital life into his first book, 256 GB. Adept at straddling sincerity and irony, the Swedish artist offers nothing less than a fragmentary autobiography—a dossier comprised of 574 images taken on various iPhones between 2014 and 2024. (hypebeast.com)

The volume spans 594 pages, divided into nine chromatic chapters—red to white—each a tonal shift through snapshots of hotel rooms, cryptic notes, blurry selfies and screenshots. Each image is captioned as if it were a track on a rap album: “F*ck You”, “Air Jordan 12”, “Boy life in EU”. (hypebeast.com)

Heavily produced yet deeply personal, 256 GB balances craft and chaos. The hardcover, crafted in Italy with traditional binding methods, is finished in black with red foil stamping and a silk ribbon bookmark. Inside, a table of contents resonates with Lean’s deadpan lyricism. A final page reveals his own note: “I buy a lot of phones… It feels like collecting these photographs and memories.” (overstandard.dk)

Published by InOtherWords and designed by OK‑RM, copies are available for preorder ahead of a July release. At approximately €130–$145, 256 GB positions itself between vanity printing and cultural artefact—an unconventional memoir of digital ephemera. (perimeterbooks.com)

Why It Matters

• Curatorial Reconfiguration: The project repurposes digital detritus—a scattered camera roll—into a structured, tangible narrative. (overstandard.dk)

• Materiality as Method: In an era of infinite scroll, this object asserts permanence and intentionality in glossy, bound form.

• Brand Extension: Emerging from internet subculture into physical publishing, it deepens Lean’s brand and cements his transition from ephemeral to archival.

In sum, 256 GB invites us to consider our own digital footprints as raw material for storytelling. Yung Lean has not only given form to his online life—he’s offered us a lens on ours too.