Flared Jeans, Reheating Nachos, & Movies To Look Forward To
Vol. 2 Issue 7 – 15th February 2025
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Super Bowl LIX- Kendrick Lamar’s performance was the highlight of the day when the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl this year, becoming the most-watched halftime show. The choreography was bursting with symbolism, as Lamar called out Drake on national television (subsequently providing the Internet with a hilarious reaction image) performing his hit ‘Nothing Like Us’ in flared jeans (which are now making a comeback on the fashion scene, for men and women alike, thanks to him).
SZA & Serena Williams surprised the audience with their cameos performing All The Stars, and crip-walking respectively. Serena’s appearance was another dig at Drake and culture at large, as she once dated the rapper and was criticised for the crip-walk move at Wimbledon. Other than that, Taylor Swift got booed without reason when shown on the big screen at the game. Donald Trump also got booed but the televised coverage chose to mute the live audio.
Super Bowl’s coveted and expensive TV spots also saw numerous commercials with celebrity cameos, along with trailers for new movies including the live-action Lilo & Stitch, Jurassic World: Rebirth, the new Mission Impossible and Marvel’s Thunderbolts*. Take a look.
The Duolingo owl is dead! The company took to its social media accounts to pronounce the beloved and chaotic mascot of the language learning app, known for its threatening aura online, dead. It was allegedly hit by a Tesla Cybertruck. Dua Lipa, the mascot’s long-time crush, extended condolences and finally acknowledged its existence posthumously.
Food for thought- The phrase ‘reheating nachos’ has become a metaphor for online users to compare when a celebrity is intentionally or unintentionally copying another.
Em dash – a sign of AI? A viral tweet has claimed that spotting an em dash in a piece of text is an indicator of chatGPT-written content, but all the writers are coming to the defence of their favourite, emotional-support punctuation mark, which they use liberally.
Short-form video trends
Emergency Contact- People are using silly videos of their partners to show who they’ve chosen as their ‘emergency contact’, usually someone you’d think is serious and in control of situations.
The ‘I met my younger self for coffee’ poem is resonating with a lot of young women. Originally written by Jennae Cecelia, people are writing their own versions about the conversation they would have if they met themselves from when they were younger, as a form of catharsis.
Girls throwing a mini fit and lightly kicking things around them when they don’t get their way.
Prebiotic soda drink Poppi is under fire for sending influencers full-sized vending machines stocked with their drinks. The lavish PR gift is facing backlash for the ostentatious show of wealth and wastefulness.
Google Maps and Apple Maps have renamed Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America as per President Trump’s orders. But someone who Trump couldn’t strongarm was Elon Musk’s son, who was a menace on his visit to the Oval Office, telling Trump to “shush your mouth!”, digging his nose and wiping his hands on the President’s table…
Kanye West’s Yeezy website was taken down by Shopify as he was trying to sell t-shirts with the Nazi swastika symbol.
Sound off
Sabrina Carpenter covers the latest issue of American Vogue, the singer’s deluxe version of album Short n’ Sweet is also out now. While the bonus tracks continue to hit the spot like the rest of the songs, the new Please Please Please version with Dolly Parton is…not the best, with their two voices clashing more than complementing each other.
Selena Gomez surprise dropped a new song Scared To Love You and announced her new album I Said I Love You First with Benny Blanco, days after saying she wouldn’t return to music at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Some other new music that came out this Friday were Tyla’s Push2Start remix featuring Sean Paul, Role Model’s deluxe edition album Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye), and Addison Rae’s new single High Fashion.
Ed Sheeran has revealed that his next album will be called Play, and Bon Iver will be releasing a new album after six years, titled SABLE fABLE.
Watch out
The White Lotus premiere took place in LA and Bangkok, the new season starts streaming this Sunday.
The new Captain America and Bridgit Jones movies are now playing in theatres!
Trailers for A24’s Friendship, On Swift Horses starring Daisy Edgar Jones and Jacob Elordi, Borderline starring Samara Weaving, rom-com Picture This starring Simone Ashley & Hero Fiennes, G20 starring Viola Davis, O’Dessa starring Sadie Sink, The Accountant 2 have dropped!!
First look of Bridgerton Season 4 has been released, so has the first trailer for the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale.
A new TV series TAYLOR LAUTNER: WEREWOLF HUNTER is in the works at Amazon. The series follows a reality where Taylor Lautner wrapped filming the final Twilight film & vanished from the spotlight to join a secret society of werewolf trackers who need his unique expertise. Okayyy…
Nicholas Galitzine’s He-Man prep is CRAZY after images dropped of him looking bulked-up on set.
Style statement
New York Fashion Week
Exes Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny avoided each other at the Calvin Klein show, but more importantly, Calvin Klein’s first woman creative director in the brand’s history, Veronica Leoni paid homage to the CK legacy with a bag shaped like the iconic CK1 fragrance bottle.
Bag charms were big at the Coach show, especially of the stuffed, fluffy, plush variety.
The Thom Browne show added more colour to the usual grey palette. The sharp tailoring juxtaposed beautifully against the playful and restructured silhouettes, paired with the brand’s animal-shaped bags.
Carolina Herrera’s gowns were as opulent as ever, emerging from the set design of individually placed flowers.
Demi Moore’s theme dressing for The Substance at the awards circuit is brilliant. A reminder for you to watch the movie if you haven’t already. One of the best films in the body horror genre, alongside another contender this season, A Different Man starring Sebastian Stan.
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