Sneak Inside GQ’s Breakouts Houseparty Deep in the Hollywood Hills

GQ’s Breakouts have officially broken containment. Last night, high up in the Hollywood hills, at one of LA’s most famous spots—the glass-and-concrete modernist sculpture known as the Sheats-Goldstein residence—GQ toasted to a new class of stars who spent 2026 commanding our attention.First, they had to get in—down the palm-lined path, past the apple-red twin-engined car brought by presenting sponsor Hot Wheels, across the mildly perilous path over a koi pond—to a tucked-away den where GQ Editor-in-chief Adam Badawi quickly toasted the 13 Breakouts of 2026. “The double edged sword of success is that sometimes you’re so out-of-your mind busy and stressed and locked in, that you forget to enjoy it,” he told the room. “I hope you find a moment to enjoy it tonight.” And then he laid out the evening’s goals: have a hell of a house party. Everyone obliged.GQ Breakouts Stavros Halkias and Pablo Torre huddled with Hasan Piker, who later chatted with Jake Shane, creating a powerful personality vortex. Amelia Dimoldenberg sipped an espresso martini at the bar in the house’s club. Breakout Belmont Cameli hung out poolside on the terrace, soaking up cinematic views of a glittering LA, while DJ Alice Longyu Gao played classic bangers like Drake and Future’s “Diamonds Dancing” filled the air. Later, towards the end of the night, two guests went rogue and got themselves escorted out for diving into the pool in their underwear. (In a shocking twist, it was not Stav, who had shouted “Cannonball!” earlier, by the house’s other pool.) Houseparty’s gonna houseparty.When I found GQ Breakout Pablo Torre outside, he was showing off the incredible business card that house owner Jimmy Goldstein had given him just moments before. It was huge, about the size of an index card you used to study for algebra tests. Rare memorabilia.Torre—who made the NBA’s life difficult with reporting that blew open the Kawhi Leonard scandal—joked to me that Clippers fandom is so tepid in LA that he hardly felt like he had to watch his back while in town from New York. (The biggest concern for his visit: a rainy forecast for the weekend.)As Breakout AZ Chike told GQ for his portfolio interview, people “crossed worlds that hadn’t been crossed before.” Chike parlayed fellow Breakout Cameli early in the night before taking the stage a few hours later to run through heaters like “Packed Up” and “Look Like My Mama”—the same tracks that earned him GQ Breakout status. He told me he’s enjoying being back home in LA after touring his new album across the country, playing in new-for-him cities. Turns out DC showed an unexpected amount of love to a West Coast kid.GQ Breakout Owen Thiele celebrated the season 3 renewal of Adults—announced earlier in the day—by zipping around the party armed with a disposable film camera. Watching him connect with True Whitaker of I Love LA felt like witnessing the cinematic crossover that we lowkey need to see play out on-screen.Mavi, the North Carolina rapper who popped up in GQ’s September best new music portfolio, told me he’s finishing the project that he teased back then. He says he has so many songs in the tuck that he might thank his fans by dropping more than we’d expect.Speaking of fresh music from new talents, Leon Thomas said he isn’t tripping expectations for his follow-up to the critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning “Mutt,” and previewed a project that’ll source inspiration from “p-funk, soul, and hip-hop.” Thomas was in the midst of rehearsing for an appearance at Tyler, The Creator’s Flog Gnaw festival this weekend, and joked that he got so sweaty during practice that we can expect him to tear it down on Saturday.For the moment though, the weather was perfect, the music was hitting, the vibes were strong, and there was a lot more night left for partying. See how it all went down below. ✦ExpandAmelia DimoldenbergExpandShanny Wise and Jackson Walker LewisExpandExpandStavros HalkiasExpandTrue Whitaker and Owen ThieleExpandDanasia Sutton, Joyce Wrice, Chaise Dennis, and Austin MaddoxExpandLeon Thomas III and GQ’s Frazier TharpeExpandDixie D’AmelioExpandExpandBelmont CameliExpandJake Shane and Hasan PikerExpand