The Kid LAROI’s tattoos make the most sense through the stories he shared on GQ’s Tattoo Tour. He talks about a friend he lost, his mother, Juice WRLD, Post Malone, tour mates and a few impulsive designs that simply looked good at the time. That mix gives the collection its character.

He also makes clear that not every piece has a precise explanation. Some tattoos have a specific story; others came from a drawing on tour, a birthday-party experiment or a picture someone sent him. This guide keeps the designs separate and uses LAROI’s own account for the meaning instead of trying to assign a symbol to every small mark.

The Saik memorial and the sailor-style “MUM” tattoo start the collection

LAROI says he was 18 when he got his first tattoo, a memorial to his friend Saik, who had died. He wanted his first design to be something he would not regret a few months later, and says he could never regret putting Saik’s name on his skin. That is a much clearer explanation than simply identifying a shape in a fan photo.

He remembers being more nervous about the wait than the needle. People had told him tattoos hurt, so he was surprised to realise the session was already underway while he was still waiting for pain. It is a light story around a serious tattoo: the first piece began his collection and marks a friendship he wanted to keep close.

Beside that memorial story is a sailor-style design that reads “MUM”. LAROI explains the U: he grew up in Australia saying “mum,” while classic American tattoo lettering often reads “MOM.” He picked the Australian spelling without expecting it to become a running joke, then found people noticed it straight away. The word is simple, but the spelling gives the family tattoo an Australian detail.

The Saik memorial and the “MUM” tattoo are separate pieces with different meanings. One honours a friend who died; the other is a direct reference to his mother. They should not be blended into one general family-and-friends tattoo story.

The alien with a cookie, the spider girl and the world for Juice WRLD

One of LAROI’s more unusual designs shows an alien returning a chocolate-chip cookie to its UFO. He says his family has long been interested in aliens, conspiracies and similar subjects. His version of the story is playful: the alien visits Earth, decides it is a terrible place, but finds one good thing—the chocolate-chip cookie—and takes it home.

That explanation keeps the tattoo light rather than solemn. It is a family in-joke built around a short science-fiction scene. The UFO, alien and cookie all belong to the same visual gag; calling it just an “alien tattoo” loses the detail that makes it recognisable.

He also shows a girl holding a spider. LAROI says it is the only tattoo on his arm that has no particular meaning. An ex-girlfriend sent him the picture, he thought it looked cool and chose to put it on his hand. That is the whole story. There is no need to add a hidden meaning, and his lack of a deeper explanation is useful context in itself.

The world symbol connected with Juice WRLD has a different role. LAROI says the world shape gives him a way to keep Juice with him without covering his body in portraits of friends. He calls it a symbolic connection to Juice and says it hurt more than tattoos on his hands, knees or ribs. It is both a memorial shorthand and one of the most painful sessions he recalls.

Together, these three designs show the range of his tattoos: a family joke, an image he liked without attaching a particular meaning, and a considered tribute to a mentor and friend. Treating them as if they all carried the same message would flatten their very different stories.

Post Malone’s cowboy and the tour tattoos preserve friendships

One of the most memorable collaborations is a stick-figure cowboy with angel wings, a cowboy hat and clogs. LAROI says Post Malone drew it while the two were hanging out and decided to tattoo each other. Post made it up as he went, adding the hat and clogs to a simple figure. LAROI liked it and asked for an arrow and wording to identify Post as the artist.

That credit is part of the tattoo, not a small afterthought. LAROI says Post was a major inspiration and he wanted the piece to preserve the night as a permanent memory. Its rough look is part of the appeal: it is a freehand drawing between friends, not a polished studio illustration.

LAROI also tattooed Post Malone, but that mark is on Post’s body, not part of LAROI’s inventory. He says Post was in a hurry to use the bathroom, so LAROI drew a sad face on Post’s kneecap with “I have to shit” underneath. It is a funny story, but attributing that tattoo to LAROI would be a factual mistake.

Several other pieces came from touring. Callie drew a design on paper from LAROI’s End of the World Tour merchandise, and he put it on his knee. He says the group then got matching versions. Central Cee tattooed another design during a music-video shoot. LAROI describes both as records of specific friendships and work moments, not symbols that need to be decoded.

His smaller experiments include a thorn-like design found by his friend Dev and a small love heart he got at a birthday party. LAROI says the heart was partly an experiment to find out what a rib tattoo felt like. It is an unusually direct explanation: curiosity and wanting to try the placement were enough of a reason.

On his ribs, LAROI shows a kitten holding a mushroom. He says it came from his first Europe tour, when people in the group got kittens holding different objects. His kitten has the mushroom; another held clothing, and two kittens were shown playing ping pong. The shared format connects the designs, while each object keeps the person’s version distinct.

Finally, LAROI points out the word “towers”, drawn by Callie, which he says reminds him of home. He does not give a longer private explanation, so the clearest account is the one he provides: it is a home reference in lettering made by a friend.

The Kid LAROI’s tattoo record is most useful when it stays this specific. Saik’s memorial, the Australian “MUM,” the alien and cookie, the girl with a spider, the Juice WRLD world, Post Malone’s cowboy, the tour drawings, the mushroom kitten and the word “towers” all have different origins. Some are memorials, some are jokes and others keep a moment with a friend. Keeping those differences intact makes the collection more interesting than a generic list of ink.