Canceled Santas and Hot Stratocasters
Canceled Santas and Hot Stratocasters
“gen z jimmy buffett”
Inside DJ Kygo’s quest to become the “Gen Z Jimmy Buffett”; Gen Z moms (or, at least, one Gen Z mom) are canceling Christmas for their kids; the first Gen Z member of Congress was denied a D.C. apartment due to bad credit; and in very good news, comedian Jerrod Carmichael is hosting this year’s Golden Globes.
HOW A HELLO KITTY GUITAR BECAME THE HOTTEST STRATOCASTER, guardian
The average price of a vintage pink strat emblazoned with the face of the cartoon cat-girl has more than doubled since 2019, and some owners are now asking more than $1,000. Blame the pop-punk resurgence among young people!
IN ‘WHITE LOTUS,’ IS PORTIA THE VOICE OF GEN Z?, wsj
The White Lotus hot takes will undoubtedly be out of control today, since the season finale was last night, but I think this one — a fun lil’ interview with star Haley Lu Richardson — has got to be one of the best.
WHY ‘EMILY IN PARIS’ TOUTS YOUNG DESIGNERS, vogue business
Emerging labels can bring a cool factor to the decidedly un-hip Netflix series, while the show’s enormous reach can completely transform a small business.
Last year, the second season generated $96 million in media impact value in the month after it first aired, according to tech and data analytics provider Launchmetrics, using an algorithm designed to measure the impact of marketing strategies across print, online and social media. This is a quarter of the media impact generated across all shows in Paris Fashion Week’s Spring/Summer 2023 edition ($384 million). Some 14,000 fashion pieces from 250 brands were featured during the third season, up from 12,000 last season.
TIKTOK BRINGS FOOTBALL FEVER TO MILLIONS OF FANS, guardian
Videos under the #FifaWorldCup hashtag have been viewed over 12 billion times since the tournament started, and quarter-final opponents England and France have both picked up more than one million followers.
CELEBRITY PROMOTERS SUED OVER BORED APE NFT ENDORSEMENTS, thr
Gwyneth Paltrow and Justin Bieber are among the many stars who have been sued in a proposed class action accusing them (and others who promoted Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs) of fraud. The suit claims the celebrities misled their followers into buying BAYC NFTs, among other unregistered securities issued by Yuga Labs, to pump up their value, causing buyers to purchase “losing investments at drastically inflated prices.” A sign of things to come?
One last thought (entire thread worth reading!):
