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I’m Everywhere I’m So Julia
Can everyone chill the fuck out about Charli XCX’s new album? The meme is whatever. It’s a lyric from the song and it’s all the famous Julias. Great, awesome, cool. Now that I’ve fulfilled the promise of this newsletter, I need to get on my soapbox. I am sick and tired of everyone freaking out every time she does anything as if it’s the death of pop music. We’re all sad SOPHIE died, but that doesn’t mean you get to be mean to Charli. The music is good. The last album was good. It’s all good. It’s fucking Charli XCX. She never fails. If you hate it, it’s because you’re listening by yourself in your house. Charli makes outside music. You have to go outside to enjoy it. You don’t even have to dance to it, you can just walk around to it. Stop acting like silly marketing is going to stop this from being the album of summer.
You Are One Interesting Chica
A meme for social correction. We let too many people get away with too much in an attempt to be interesting. This phrase is an attempt to shut them down. In widespread popularity, we could end a subculture or a phenomenon. Say goodbye to Pilates or prebiotic soda. If enough people tweet about it being boring, it could be gone tomorrow.
Nasty Girl
New mesmerizing viral video alert! There’s nothing much to say about mesmerizing videos because their magic lies in being inexplicable. Their hypnotic subjects stop the noise of our minds for a second and their sounds soothe our nervous system. They calm the mind and the body and offer a second of relief. May this get us through the month of May.
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Song Of The Summer
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This is the song of early summer. It doesn’t matter that it’s no one’s favorite. Where Espresso is the earworm none of us can stop singing, this is the song that plays in the background of everything else. If Espresso is about joy, this is about filler. The second song on a summer playlist.
Bbl Drizzy
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As we fill out our summer playlist, we have to make room for the Drake/Kendrick beef. It has produced yet another banger, thanks to Metro Boomin. While it’s been fun to see everyone’s remixes and this embrace of memetic culture in a mainstream way, nothing beats the original. The original song is so fun and stupid that any attempt to remix it undercuts it. The joke was funniest the first time.
Lets Fucking Go I Guess
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So many situations in life end like this. The spiritual sequel to “A win is a win.” It’s anticlimactic, it’s not perfect, but it’s in your favor. Let’s fucking go, I guess. It lacks the excitement and acceptance that a win is a win but it is the first step on a journey of realizing you’ve won.
Friend Dictionaries
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Unfortunately, I love these. It’s mostly because I miss my friends and speaking in a ridiculous dialect based on years and years of memories and experiences but I also think the trend itself is fun. I love getting invited into the world of these strangers. I like watching these people have fun without the context of their lives. I don’t feel like I’m a part of their lives, I feel like I’m at a pre-game at a friend of a friend’s apartment, and I’m watching people try to prove to me how fun they are. Sometimes it’s charming and sometimes it’s not. Just like any audition. When it works, it works.