Charli XCX wins five Brit Awards for Brat
Charli XCX won five Brit Awards this year, taking home best artist, album and song of the year. Her victory lap is a testament to authentic pop music and reflects Brat’s meteoric rise to mainstream success in 2024. The musician and artist Charli XCX has swept up the accolades at...
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New trend sees TikTokers poke fun at millennial burger chains
The latest online generational feud is directed at ‘rustic’ millennial burger chains, with TikTokers hopping on to the trend to poke fun at all their distinct quirks. It’s funny, if not extremely accurate. Another week, another generational battle of cringe. The previous TikTok trend saw Gen Zers poking fun at...
Why are so many musicians calling off shows and tours?
Drake has just announced he is cancelling the remainder of his Australia and New Zealand tour, with some debate as to whether he truly sold out every show. He isn’t the first to do so, either. What gives? Drake’s team has stated that all remaining shows on his Australia and...
New NTIA study shows young people ‘priced out’ of nightlife
Fresh research by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) shows that young people in the UK are going out less than they were a year ago. It seems like Gen Z may be unable to go out in the evenings due to financial pressures. New research conducted by Obsurvant on behalf...
Taylor Swift becomes biggest female artist of all time in the UK
Taylor Swift has now become the biggest female artist of all time in the UK, with the most UK No 1 albums ever. The record means she has officially surpassed Madonna. The rise and cultural dominance of Taylor Swift continues with no real end in sight. She has just broken...
Google’s Gemini AI advert coughs out incorrect cheese facts
In the first version of its latest advert for AI, Google’s Gemini can be seen providing incorrect information on cheese. It’s an excellent example of why we shouldn’t rely entirely on AI to do the thinking for us. Honey, the Large Language Model (LLM) AI program is hallucinating again! It...
Ed Sheeran street concert shut down by police in India
In widely-shared footage online, a police officer can be seen unplugging Ed Sheeran’s microphone at a street performance in India. Ed Sheeran had his street performance in India cut short over the weekend, despite reportedly asking permission before starting. A police offer unplugged his microphone and ushered him away, leaving onlookers disappointed. The incident occurred before Ed was scheduled to play in the city of Bengaluru later that evening. He...
Hawk Tuah girl returns after crypto scam controversy
Haliey Welch went viral last year for her ‘hawk tuah’ TikTok interview moment. Since then, she’s amassed over 2 million Instagram followers, launched a podcast, and faced controversy for a pump-and-dump crypto currency scheme. She’s now returned after two months offline. ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl is back, everyone! 22-year-old Haliey Welch went viral last year for a street interview she did with TikTok content creators Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow. When...
Kendrick Lamar wins five Grammys for ‘Not Like Us’
The smash 2024 summer hit ‘Not Like Us’ has taken home five Grammys, making it the most prolific diss track of all time. If anyone was in doubt as to who won the rap beef last summer, the Grammys just put the final nail in the coffin. This year was the 67th annual Grammy awards ceremony. Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys for ‘Not Like Us,’ the hit diss track that...
US court rules that elephants are not people
A court has ruled that five elephants from Colorado zoo are not people after an animal rights group argued that they were effectively imprisoned. A court has ruled that elephants are not legally regarded as people. This bizarre judgement is the result of an ongoing bid to free five elephants from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado. Named Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo, an animal rights group called The Nonhuman...
