You know you love WhitneyPeak. With the highly anticipated HBO Max reboot, the Gossip Girl star is readying herself for all the fame—and fashion—that comes with being part of a cultural phenomenon. ellemag.co/GIwrse2

Peak's character, Zoya Lott, is the “new kid in town” who struggles to fit in without silencing herself. “[The original] @GossipGirl was how life was seen then. And this version is very much true to this time,” she tells ELLE. ellemag.co/GIwrse2

“Living in New York as an 18-year-old is definitely crazy,' WhitneyPeak says. 'I’m meeting people I’ve watched on TV for years, and getting to be a fly on the wall in rooms where important conversations are happening.” HBO Max Gossip Girl ellemag.co/GIwrse2