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Music production
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

'Nobody looks like me and sounds like me': flowerovlove redefines what pop stardom means

Joyce Cissé, known as flowerovlove, is a confident South London singer-songwriter making waves in pop music with relatable themes.
#noah-schnapp
fromQueerty
1 day ago
LGBT

Noah Schnapp hard launches relationship with new mystery man, but there's a catch... - Queerty

fromQueerty
1 day ago
LGBT

Noah Schnapp hard launches relationship with new mystery man, but there's a catch... - Queerty

Boston Celtics
fromMashable
1 day ago

Do you know ball? Inside the internet's most obsessive basketball debate.

Ball knowledge in basketball transcends trivia, encompassing a deeper understanding of the game's systems and player roles.
Marketing
fromUnHerd
2 days ago

Cosmeticorexia is a symptom of social media replacing play

Children are increasingly engaging in skincare routines, leading to a projected $380 million market by 2028, raising concerns about the beauty industry's influence.
#social-media
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
Social media marketing

Brooklyn Beckham and Prince Harry are the canaries in the coalmine. The children of Instagram will be next | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video apps

Social media activity in the UK is declining due to video app popularity and concerns over past posts affecting users' reputations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
Social media marketing

Brooklyn Beckham and Prince Harry are the canaries in the coalmine. The children of Instagram will be next | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

#tiktok
Film
fromVariety
3 days ago

When Fandom Converts: How TikTok Is Driving Measurable Box Office Growth

TikTok has become a powerful engine for movie discovery, translating online engagement into real-world ticket sales.
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity | TechCrunch

Cameo videos regularly go viral on TikTok, and TikTok talent delivered its strongest year yet on Cameo in 2025, according to Cameo CEO Steven Galanis.
Social media marketing
#zayn-malik
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
Music

"This Is A Terrible Thing To Say Publicly": Zayn Malik Is Facing Intense Backlash Over His Latest Comments About Gigi Hadid

fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
Music

"This Is A Terrible Thing To Say Publicly": Zayn Malik Is Facing Intense Backlash Over His Latest Comments About Gigi Hadid

Fashion & style
fromBustle
1 week ago

Kim K & More It Girls Are Leaning Into The Hannah Montana-ssance & You Should Too

Fashion lessons from Disney Channel in the 2000s emphasize fearless and fun style, particularly through Hannah Montana's iconic layering.
Digital life
fromWIRED
3 days ago

Taylor Lorenz's Screen Time Is Almost 17 Hours a Day

Taylor Lorenz embraces her digital lifestyle, finding value in her screen time for work and creativity despite concerns about excessive usage.
Television
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

The True Religion of Reality Television

Abuse in reality shows often intertwines with religion, creating a troubling spectacle that raises ethical concerns.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
1 week ago

Young people want their news to be more fun, a new report says

Young adults prefer news that is entertaining and fun, contrasting with older adults who favor traditional news sources.
#taylor-frankie-paul
SF parents
fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

#MomTok Might Not Survive Taylor Frankie Paul's Season of 'The Bachelorette' Getting Canceled

Taylor Frankie Paul faced serious allegations leading to the cancellation of The Bachelorette amid a domestic assault investigation and leaked video evidence.
Television
fromBustle
1 week ago

Taylor Frankie Paul Isn't Hitting Pause On Social Media

Taylor Frankie Paul is returning to TikTok after the cancellation of The Bachelorette due to resurfaced domestic violence footage.
SF parents
fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

#MomTok Might Not Survive Taylor Frankie Paul's Season of 'The Bachelorette' Getting Canceled

Taylor Frankie Paul faced serious allegations leading to the cancellation of The Bachelorette amid a domestic assault investigation and leaked video evidence.
Television
fromBustle
1 week ago

Taylor Frankie Paul Isn't Hitting Pause On Social Media

Taylor Frankie Paul is returning to TikTok after the cancellation of The Bachelorette due to resurfaced domestic violence footage.
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

iHeartMedia / Tik Tok alliance sought to reinvent album releases

The initiative aspires to create 'a new blueprint for artist launches moving forward.' This partnership integrates fan interaction, live broadcast distribution, and platform-native amplification.
Music production
NYC LGBT
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Two Harry Styles Fans Had a Magical Encounter With Him. Then They Completely Ruined It.

A chance encounter between fans and Harry Styles on the Williamsburg Bridge demonstrates how genuine celebrity interactions can be undermined by the impulse to record and share them for social media validation.
#taylor-swift
Music
fromBustle
2 weeks ago

Bruno Mars Addressed A Claim That He Thinks Taylor Swift Is "Talentless"

Bruno Mars publicly defended Taylor Swift against false claims she was called talentless, affirming his support and admiration for her.
Music
fromBustle
2 weeks ago

Bruno Mars Addressed A Claim That He Thinks Taylor Swift Is "Talentless"

Bruno Mars publicly defended Taylor Swift against false claims she was called talentless, affirming his support and admiration for her.
Media industry
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

How Long Is 15 Minutes of Fame, Really?

Celebrity fame is temporary and transient, unlike hereditary royalty, with most stars eventually fading into obscurity despite efforts to maintain relevance.
fromQueerty
2 weeks ago

TikToker reveals the historical precedent behind Ilya topping Shane in Heated Rivalry - Queerty

Maria explains that Russia's non-religious stance means anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is not driven by the Bible, unlike in the United States. Instead, it originates from prison culture, particularly after Stalin's release of inmates post-WW2.
LGBT
Humor
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Release Harry Styles From the Tyranny of Being Serious

Harry Styles demonstrates sharp wit and humor during interviews, often deflecting serious questions with comedic timing and self-aware banter that reveals his personality beyond his music.
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
3 weeks ago

My Friend Is Getting TikTok Famous Using My Trauma And I'm Not Sure What To Do

An advice column addresses relationship and personal challenges, including household labor expectations, coming out to religious parents, and friend exploitation of trauma.
Social media marketing
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

'Eating disorders start on TikTok': Ad campaign takes social media to task in the most subversive way

Just Treatment, a UK health justice group, created guerrilla ads mimicking Meta's branding to highlight social media's mental health impact on teens and advocate for improved youth mental health care.
Marketing
fromForbes
3 weeks ago

Influencers Are Leaving The Feed And Entering The Real World

Influencer marketing is evolving from one-off social media posts to integrated brand partnerships where creators function as core media infrastructure helping design campaigns across multiple platforms and physical spaces.
#harry-styles
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Is Harry Styles losing his Mr Perfect' image? Six things you need to know

Harry Styles faces significant fan backlash over high ticket prices for his seven-city residency and new album rollout, prompting public criticism and debate about accessibility.
Music
fromVulture
2 months ago

The Harry Styles Drought Is Almost Over

Harry Styles is teasing a return with 'We Belong Together' posters, sites, and a video featuring his Love On Tour crowd, suggesting new music soon.
Music production
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Can Harry Styles really, truly lose himself?

Harry Styles' new album 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.' achieves massive commercial success while exploring themes of anonymity, crowd experiences, and the tension between stardom and ordinary life.
Music
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.

Harry Styles' album Kiss All the Time attempts dance-punk and club music but undermines its ambitions by repeatedly retreating to familiar stadium-pop production techniques.
fromHer Campus
3 weeks ago

Is Social Media Creating Micro-Celebrities?

The rise of TikTok and YouTube has dramatically changed the lives of content creators by turning social media into a legitimate career path rather than just a hobby. These platforms allow ordinary people to build massive audiences without traditional media connections, often through algorithm-driven exposure.
Social media marketing
Health
fromScary Mommy
1 month ago

What Is "Looksmaxxing"? The Dangerous Trend Affecting Teen Boys, Explained

Looksmaxxing, a trend originating from incel forums and popularized on TikTok, encourages teens to maximize physical attractiveness through extreme measures, raising health and psychological concerns among medical professionals.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
19 years ago

Where the heartthrob is at home

Colin Farrell purchased a $4.3 million Hollywood Hills villa featuring luxury amenities including a wine cellar, infinity pool, and four bedrooms across 4,000 square feet.
Digital life
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Gen Z is already nostalgic for TikTok - and the platform is only 6 years old | Fortune

Gen Z users nostalgic for early TikTok express declining loyalty as the platform becomes increasingly commercialized with ads, brands, influencers, and shopping features replacing raw, unfiltered content.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Jimmy Sotos on Catching Up and Going Viral Overnight

Jimmy Sotos transitioned from basketball identity to overnight TikTok fame, experiencing pressure to maintain algorithmic visibility while grappling with loss of athletic purpose.
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Why is everyone so obsessed with gen Z?

Generation Z is the most studied generation due to their unique digital immersion from infancy, distinctive behaviors, and significant economic influence on employers and marketers seeking to understand and reach them.
Humor
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

TikToker Hires Fake Tom Cruise to Come To His House And It Gets Awkward Fast

TikToker Chase Hofer hired a Tom Cruise impersonator to perform privately in his home, creating an awkward and viral moment that accumulated 5.6 million views.
Chicago Blackhawks
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How sports leagues are vying for Gen Z and Gen Alpha's attention to build the next generation of fans

Gen Z and Gen Alpha consume sports digitally, show lower avid-fan rates, and require teams to adapt content packaging and distribution.
Digital life
fromFortune
1 month ago

How fandom became culture's power center - and a blueprint for Gen Z's economic influence | Fortune

Fandom empowers Gen Z and Gen Alpha to co-create culture, shape IP, and convert collective creativity into real economic and cultural power.
UK news
fromFast Company
2 months ago

In the U.K., Reddit is king

Reddit is now the fourth most visited social media platform in the U.K., with rapidly growing reach and a shifting demographic toward Gen Z women.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Kid Rock's Past Comments About Underage Girls Go Viral As MAGA Piles on Praise

In the song, Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, sings about liking underage girls. One of the lyrics in the song goes, Young ladies, young ladies, I like 'em underage, see. Some say that's statutory (But I say it's mandatory). Kid Rock's Saturday Night Live appearance from April of 2001 also went viral ahead of his Sunday show, as he said on the episode that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were old enough to pursue despite the famous twins being 14 at the time.
US politics
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Is Jacob Elordi really the hottest man on the planet? Six things you need to know

Jacob Elordi's transition from teen heart‑throb to serious actor centers on high‑profile, darker roles and a controversial casting as Heathcliff.
Los Angeles
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Justin Bieber wore a hoodie to the Grammys after parties, while everyone else dressed up

Celebrities attended Los Angeles Grammys after-parties wearing a mix of red‑carpet looks and changed statement outfits from casual hoodies to leather dresses and see‑through trenches.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Pingtok: Teenagers taking drugs on TikTok

Dilated pupils, high on camera and often alone. On TikTok, more and more young people are publicly filming their drug use. The videos reach millions, often under a single hashtag: #Pingtok. The trend reflects a new visibility of drug use on social media. What once happened behind closed doors is now filmed, aestheticized and shared publicly sometimes with life-threatening consequences, and often unnoticed by parents.
Public health
#justin-bieber
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

People Are Absolutely Losing Their Minds Over This Photo Tom Brady Posted, And You'll See Why

Lots of women are over super masculine men these days.
Fashion & style
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Younger generations aren't just growing up online

For today's young people, online content isn't a backdrop to daily life-it is daily life. Streaming platforms, short-form video, and social media don't just entertain; they influence how young people see themselves, their health, and what behaviors are seen as normal or aspirational. Movies, television, and streaming content still have influence, but as the digital ecosystem expands, so does its power to shape choices-for better and for worse.
Public health
Film
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Bretman Rock Called Vanessa Hudgens His "Most Disappointing Celebrity Encounter"

Bretman Rock named Adriana Lima his favorite celebrity encounter and described Vanessa Hudgens as his most disappointing after a dismissive Coachella interaction.
Television
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

What Are "Fan Edits," and Why Is Gen Z Obsessed With Them?

Heated Rivalry fan edits repurpose show scenes into music-driven mini-trailers that deepen emotional engagement and sustain fandom between seasons and books.
Fashion & style
fromSheFashionable
2 months ago

20 Ways Social Media Changed How We Dress - SheFashionable

Social media transformed fashion by accelerating trends, elevating influencers, enabling niche communities, algorithmic personalization, direct brand communication, and casualized dressing.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

'Heated Rivalry' is rewriting the rules of online fandom

There's something different about the "Heated Rivalry" online fandom from what I typically see - something strange brewing in the feeds, something I haven't seen in a long time, or maybe ever. It's easy for a topic to suddenly take over my Instagram Reels or TikTok feeds - those algorithms seem so sensitive that interacting with just a handful of posts on a topic can instantly send you down a rabbit hole.
Television
Social media marketing
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Why the millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram

Millennials are nostalgically reposting 2016-era selfies on Instagram and TikTok, embracing retro filters, analogue aesthetics, and relief from current social pressures.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

People can be cruel I learned that early': US pop star Madison Beer on child fame and fan attacks

Madison Beer may only be 26, but she is something of a veteran in the pop industry. She got her start at 13, after Justin Bieber tweeted a link to a YouTube video of her covering Etta James's At Last, and has spent the intervening decade-plus toiling away in mainstream pop, amassing a huge gen Z fanbase in the process including more than 60 million followers between Instagram and TikTok.
Music
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Facebook in fight for teen attention against social media rivals SnapChat and TikTok

In documents recently uncovered by The New York Times, Facebook demonstrated why losing the attention of younger teen users was one of the biggest threats facing the business. "If we lose the teen foothold in the US we lose the pipeline," reads the internal memo from last October. It seems Facebook had hoped Instagram would engage early high school users (aged 13-15) in a bid to replenish Facebook's aging user base.
Digital life
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Facebook swiftly loses dominance as teens flock to other social media apps

US teen Facebook use dropped from 71% to 51% in three years as YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat become the leading platforms.
Music
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Internet shocked to discover this one thing Kid Rock and Ricky Martin have in common - Queerty

Ricky Martin and Kid Rock were both born in 1971, prompting social media comparisons of their appearances following Super Bowl-related performances.
Music
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

MTV made it big with music videos. Where does it stand today?

MTV popularized the music video but music videos predate MTV, with precursors like Beatles promos, film shorts, and video jukeboxes; videos continue online today.
Music
fromForbes
2 months ago

Fan Pages, Nostalgia And More: Music Marketing Moves That Will Rule 2026

Music and creator strategies in 2026 prioritize community and authenticity through long-form storytelling, immersive artist worlds, and collectible physical media.
fromAol
1 month ago

Charlie Puth and His Wife Brooke Sansone Have Known Each Other Since Childhood

I recorded a little demo, just me singing with the Rhodes [keyboard], and sent it to [co-founder] Jay Brown at Roc Nation. I've been told this, I don't know if it's true, but he played it for Jay-Z and Jay-Z loved it. And it got to [NFL Commissioner Roger] Goodell and they all said that I could do it.
Music
Music
fromJezebel
2 months ago

Ashley Tisdale Is Now Hanging Out With Hilary Duff's Estranged Sister, Haylie

Ashley Tisdale is seen socializing with Haylie Duff, suggesting reconciliation amid prior group tensions and political rumor-driven estrangement.
Music
fromNew York Daily News
2 years ago

Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner take romance public with Beyonce concert kiss

Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner publicly kissed at Beyoncé's RenaissanceWorld Tour concert in Los Angeles, confirming their romance.
Music
fromQueerty
10 months ago

Bad Bunny has the entire internet zooming in with his thirstiest thirst trap yet - Queerty

Bad Bunny posted an underwear mirror selfie in white Calvin Klein briefs including a photo of Frank Ocean that drew millions of likes and comments.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Anti-pop and an alien sigil: how Aphex Twin overtook Taylor Swift to become the soundtrack to gen Z life online

Aphex Twin's obscure tracks, led by QKThr, have surged in popularity among Gen Z on short-form platforms, driving a back-catalogue renaissance and major streaming gains.
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