In the decade since Styles left One Direction, his style has done nothing but get better. First, it was the skinny jeans and scoop neck t-shirts of his boy band days. Then, much like his music, he evolved into candy-coloured suits and printed flares with Harry’s House. And now, in 2025, it feels as though Styles has finally arrived at a truly cohesive and authentic place of dressing.

Yes, it’s been years since Styles bless us with new music (we’ve been counting the days, trust us). But his hiatus has been anything but quiet. From frolicking in the fields of Glastonbury, to helping a fan (unsuccessfully, but still) parallel park in Italy, and running a marathon in Tokyo, Styles is shaping up to be the King of side quests in 2025.

If you’ve been missing his music, then we have just the cure. Below, our ode to the fashion stylings of Harry Styles.

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Short shorts and bright colours were the brief at Glastonbury 2025.

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An easy autumnal outfit with a fan in London.

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Supporting Alessandro Michele in an orange sweater with the cutest ruffle-necked shirt.

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A monochrome ensemble at the S.S. Daley show in London.

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Eggers, the director behind The Lighthouse, The Witch and The Northman, says the film will loosely be based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, the 1922 silent German expressionist movie Nosferatu still scares audiences to this day.

Watch the brand new trailer

Watch the trailer released this week…

What is the Nosferatu film about?

The story tells of a mysterious count Orlok who summons real estate agent Thomas Hutter to his Transylvanian castle to help him acquire more property. When he meets Hutter’s wife Ellen, he comes obsessive and wants to suck Ellen’s blood and claim her as his own – men, am I right?

Deadline reports that the movie will seemingly follow a similar, perhaps darker and more psychological plot: “In the new reimagining, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) in 19th-century Germany, and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Bill Skarsgård) who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.”

Who is joining the cast of the Nosferatu remake?

The cast is nothing short of sensational. Lily Rose-Depp (fresh from The Idol), Bill Skarsgård and Nicholas Hoult are on board, while Emma Corrin was added to the lineup as a new character called Anna Harding.

Willem Dafoe has reunited with Eggers after working together on both The Lighthouse and The Northman together – Dafoe set to portray Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz.

Other notable cast members include Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who will be joining the cast as Friedrich Harding, and Game of Thrones’ Ralph Ineson who will play Dr. Wilhelm Sievers.

Where was Nosferatu shot?

Filming for Nosferatu took place in Prague over the course three months, wrapping up in mid-May last year. Filming locations included Rožmitál pod Třemšínem castle, a Baroque 18th Century military hospital and the Invalidovna complex.

What is the release date for the Nosferatu film?

Nosferatu is set to have its cinematic release in Australia on Christmas Day, 25 December 2024.

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Here, we look back at some of the best, most memorable concert outfits worn across the globe and across generations.

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan currently on on his ‘Something to Give Each Other’ tour, is definitely giving us something more than his music on this tour. His wardrobe on tour is next level, simple but effective but we’r definitely feeling the rush as we look at him. His wardrobe for tour is Camp, with statement pieces, a throwback to the Y2k era and a sprinkle of the occasional high fashion piece such as custom Prada and Helmut Lang pieces. Styling Sivan for the tour is his stylist Marc Forne.

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Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo is currently on her first worldwide tour for her album ‘Guts’. Known for her punk-rock style, Rodrigo has been pulling out the ultimate pop-star outfits for her world tour, where of course glitter, black, a winged-eyeliner and fishnets are her staples.

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Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish recently announced her tour for her new album ‘Hit me hard and soft’ will be coming to Australia in 2025. While we wait, we take a look back at her past tour wardrobe’s that have been consistent with the theme of her wearing oversized jersey’s, graphic tees,  shorts and cap. Known for changing her hair colour, we wonder if she will go blue for this tour to match her album?

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David Bowie

The Starman himself, Bowie was never one to shy away from an outlandish costume. While some of his best looks are more paired-back in a classic suit, we love the Aladdin Sane era endlessly.

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Stevie Nicks

Stevie, Stevie, the melodic queen of our hearts. Her whimsical stage presence and garb will forever be etched in our adoring minds.

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Tina Turner

Simply the best – IYKYK.

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Cher

If we could turn back time, seeing Cher performing in her 80s glory would be the first place we’d go, although her 1960s looks do give them a run for their money.

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ABBA

Rumour has it ABBA used to don such outlandish clothing as a means to avoid paying tax in Sweden. The results? Iconic disco decade imagery, from cat motifs to blue jumpsuits.

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Madonna

Forever the Queen of Pop, Madonna has always been that girl. Gaultier, Versace – just some friends who used to make her clothes. Honestly, is there a tour wardrobe more influential than her that worn on her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour? Riddle me this.

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Freddie Mercury

The word “icon” is oft overused in articles concerning musicians past. However, when it comes to Freddie Mercury, it cannot be employed enough.

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PJ Harvey

Polly Jean, our fever dream. Just as her music is deeply experimental and ever-changing, so is her style. An artist in the truest sense of the word, PJ Harvey’s albums are never without a fully-realised beauty or sartorial mood to match. Be it her To Bring You My Love era, defined by that iconic slick of powder blue eyeshadow, blood red lips, and lusty sequined dresses or shielded in monochromatic Ann Demeulemeester — a designer whom she feels a kinship with — for Let England Shake. Each period of dressing is charged with female desire, and tied together by her signature shock of black hair and enigmatic aura.

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Harry Styles

Few contemporary artists can hold a candle to the tour wardrobes of the greats, but Harry Styles is certainly doing his best to rise to the occasion. With a little help from Harry Lambert and Gucci, his Love on Tour wardrobe is vying for the top spot; a flood of leather, suits, feather boas and bare chest. And how about that Coachella look?

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Elton John

The Rocketman himself, opulence is a way of life for Sir Elton. Bedazzled sunglasses, baseball uniforms and feathers aplenty are always on high rotation in his wardrobe.

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Mick Jagger

What some consider the blueprint for Styles, Mick Jagger went from a conservatively dressed 1960s rock and roll singer to a 1970s god of androgynous, sultry style.

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Debbie Harry

An honourable mention to Debbie Harry, who had some vibrant, eclectic moments while performing as part of Blondie.

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Björk

Our Senior Fashion Editor Hannah Cooper pleaded for Björk to be included in this round up, and it’s not hard to see why. A Björk performance is about more than the music – it is art, coming to life before your eyes.

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Lady Gaga

Mother Monster, subtlety is never her strong point. We know her for wearing meat dresses on red carpets which she would also arrive to in a giant egg, and her on stage get up is as outlandish as off.

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Dua Lipa

Clad in Mugler and Valentino, Dua Lipa is a bonafide pop star who has embraced all that comes with the territory: catchy tunes, choreographed dances to match and a costume as eye catching from the back row as it is in the front.

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It was only a matter of time before a proper clothing launch commenced. And there is no time like the present.

Following a ribbed loungewear set, Pleasing has just debuted their first ready-to-wear apparel line. In characteristic Harry Styles style, (which we’ve covered extensively)  the collection is a mishmash of comfort and light confection-coloured hues. We can see Styles himself lounging around in trailers, strumming a guitar, or rifling through a dog-eared copy of In Watermelon Sugar in any of these pieces. This is precisely what we want to see. Below, we take you through how to get your hands on your own pieces. Don’t fret: we’ll race you to the shopping cart.

What does the collection include?

Titled ‘Wet, Hot, Pleasing Summer’, the line is an array of tote bags, caps, and co-ord baby tees and shorts. In customary Styles fashion, his line of clothes are emblazoned with bold, squiggly prints and adorable heart and sun motifs.

There’s also a rainbow ray set which we for one cannot wait to get our hands on. Just in time for summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the line-up also includes self-named ‘boat totes’, which would only be appropriate inclusions for our Euro Summer sojourns.

Where can I shop the collection? 

You can scope out the whole line-up on the Pleasing website.

Right now, Pleasing ships to 3 out of 8 Australian territories, so make sure your place of residence is included.

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Watch the trailer for The Idea of You

Wow, we’re really doing this whole Harry Styles fanfic film again, hey? No matter. Go on stans, your wish has been fulfilled. We hope it’s everything you imagined and more. Although, they can’t be serious about that artwork…

What is the plot of The Idea of You film?

The plot of the film is pulled from 2017 book The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, wherein a 39-year-old gallery owner, Solene, unexpectedly falls for a boy band singer in his twenties, named Haynes Campbell. Solene falls for Haynes when she takes her daughter to a concert for his band, August Moon. The film will have a few differences to the original plot: Hathaway will star as Solene, who takes her daughter to Coachella when her ex-husband last-minute cancels on taking her to the festival. The film will be directed by Michael Showalter, who also worked on The Eyes of Tammy Faye and The Dropout. 

Now, before we all start debating whether or not this is actually about Harry Styles, there are a few things to consider, one of which the below comment made by Lee to blogger, Deborah Kalb, in 2017: 

“A few years ago, my husband was away on business, and I was up late surfing music videos on YouTube when I came across the face of a boy I’d never seen in a band I’d never paid attention to, and it was so aesthetically perfect it took me by surprise. It was like… art. I spent a good hour or so Googling and trying to figure out who this kid was, and in doing so, I discovered that he often dated older women, and so the seed was planted.”

Allegedly, following this revelatory moment in Lee’s life was a conversation with her husband where she jokes she was “leaving him” because she had found the perfect man, to which her husband commented it would make a great book. 

Lee, however, denied the book is about Styles when questioned in 2020, saying, “This was never supposed to be a book about Harry Styles. It was supposed to be a story about a woman approaching 40 and reclaiming her sexuality and rediscovering herself, just at the point that society traditionally writes women off as desirable and viable and whole.”

We’ll leave it up to audiences to decide. 

Cast

Anne Hathaway will take the lead of Solene while Nicholas Galitzine will star as Hayes Campbell. Ella Rubin will play Solene’s daughter Izzy, while Annie Mumolo and Rashal James are also involved.

Is there a release date for The Idea of You?

The film will drop on Prime Video on May 2, 2024.

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Founded back in 2021, the brand has dabbled in lip balms, serums, moisturisers, nail polishes and capsule makeup collections – but they have just quietly announced their foray into the fragrance market, with three new “sex-themed” Pleasing scents: Closeness, Rivulets, and Bright, Hot.

All three of the fragrances were crafted in collaboration with natural perfumer Robertet.

Pleasing has been hinting at the launch of a fragrance range for a little while now, sending peel-off fragrance strip samples to customers in their e-commerce orders for the last month. The Chief Executive of Pleasing, Shaun Kearney, even told Business of Fashion recently that: “Being a brand that is deeply rooted in the exploration of colour, emotional storytelling, and sensory experience, it is a strategic move for us to expand into this category.”

Styles joins a long line of celebrity-turned-beauty-brand-founders like Ariana Grande, Hailey Bieber, Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez – even Aussie TikTok influencer Anna Paul dropped a sell-out skincare line. But while the idea of a celebrity fragrance is not a novel one, the idea of a “sex-themed” scent certainly evokes some originality.

While Styles’s brand has remained somewhat ambiguous in terms of its offerings, launching into the fragrance market does seem like natural move to round out of their sensory universe.

When will Harry Styles’s fragrances be released?

All three scents in the range are scheduled for release in October, but an exact date remains unannounced by Pleasing at this point in time. In the meantime, you can sign up to the brand’s mailing list for updates on their website here.

Where can I buy Harry Styles’s fragrances?

For now, Harry Styles’s fragrances will only be available to purchase via Pleasing’s website in October. But they’ve hinted at plans to bring the scents to some brick-and-mortar retail spaces soon.

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Bebe Rexha, Harry Styles, Pink, Kid Cudi, Azealia Banks, Steve Lacy and Drake are just a handful of artists who have been on the receiving end of all this inexplicable object throwing, with Rexha needing stitches after being struck by a phone at her concert in New York City last month and footage surfacing of Harry Styles wincing in pain due to an unidentified object hitting him in the eye during a performance in Vienna on July 8.

The slate of injuries has even caught the attention of Adele, who spoke out against poor concert etiquette during one of her latest Weekends with Adele concerts in Las Vegas. “Have you noticed how people are like, forgetting fucking show etiquette at the moment? People just throwing shit on stage, have you seen them?” she said. “I fucking dare you. Dare you to throw something at me and I’ll fucking kill you,” Adele warned.

Azealia Banks famously vowed never to perform in Australia again after cancelling her tour in December 2022, citing previous gigs in Melbourne and Sydney in 2013 when she narrowly avoided being hit by beer cans and bottles (as well as the country’s reputation as a “culturally stale white nation” – read us for filth, baby!)

Granted, crowds throwing items onstage isn’t exactly new. David Bowie was once hit in the eye with a lollipop while playing in Oslo and Akon received a fine and 65 hours of community service for throwing a teenager off stage after the same 15-year-old tossed a can at him while performing. However, these examples aside, what was once reserved as a gesture of appreciation and harmless interaction has morphed into something intended to disturb and in worst cases, harm.

Is it all in the name of virality? Are individuals just trying to manufacture moments for TikTok? Or have people genuinely forgotten how to hold themselves while listening to live music? Everyone has their theories. Lockdown and social-distancing means younger audiences have missed out on acclimatising to live music spaces. Hell, there was a time when those of us that did experience that education struggled to recall what it was like for musicians to appear so unguarded and vulnerable in a room of hundreds or thousands. Why would we risk all that again for the sport of shock and impulse?

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Included in the roundup are some expected heavy hitters like Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Doja Cat, Lizzo and Steve Lacy. Notably, in the record of the year category, Adele and Beyonce are both featured for the first time since 2017.

It comes as no surprise to absolutely anyone that Beyoncé ate at the Grammys. Not only is she the top nominee for the 2023 Awards, receiving 9 nominations, but throughout her career, Beyoncé has received 88 grammy nominations. This ties her with her husband Jay- Z for the most Grammy nominations received in history.

The 2023 Grammys air live from the Crypto.com arena (formerly known as the Staples Center) on February 5. Without further ado, check out all the nominees below.

Record of the Year

ABBA – Don’t Shut Me DownAdele – Easy on MeBeyoncé – Break My SoulBrandi Carlile Featuring Lucius – You and Me on the RockDoja Cat – WomanHarry Styles – As It WasKendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5Lizzo – About Damn Time – WINNERMary J. Blige – Good Morning GorgeousSteve Lacy – Bad Habit

Album of the Year

ABBA – VoyageAdele – 30Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin TiBeyoncé – RenaissanceBrandi Carlile – In These Silent DaysColdplay – Music of the SpheresHarry Styles – Harry’s House – WINNERKendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big SteppersLizzo – SpecialMary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)

Song of the Year

Adele – Easy on MeBeyoncé – Break My SoulBonnie Raitt – Just Like That – WINNERDJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God DidGayle – ABCDEFUHarry Styles – As It WasKendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5Lizzo – About Damn TimeSteve Lacy – Bad HabitTaylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)

Best New Artist

AnittaDomi & JD BeckLattoMåneskinMolly TuttleMuni LongOmar ApolloSamara JoyTobe NwigweWet Leg

Best Pop Solo Performance

Adele – Easy on Me – WINNERBad Bunny – Moscow MuleDoja Cat – WomanHarry Styles – As It WasLizzo – About Damn TimeSteve Lacy – Bad Habit

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

ABBA – Don’t Shut Me DownCamila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran – Bam BamColdplay & BTS – My UniversePost Malone & Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song)Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy – WINNER

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Diana Ross – Thank YouKelly Clarkson – When Christmas Comes Around…Michael Bublé – Higher – WINNERNorah Jones – I Dream of Christmas (Extended)Pentatonix – Evergreen

Best Pop Vocal Album

ABBA – VoyageAdele – 30Coldplay – Music of the SpheresHarry Styles – Harry’s House – WINNER Lizzo – Special

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Beyoncé – Break My Soul – WINNER Bonobo – RosewoodDavid Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)Diplo & Miguel – Don’t Forget My LoveKaytranada Featuring H.E.R. – IntimidatedRüfüs Du Sol – On My Knees

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Beyoncé – RenaissanceBonobo – FragmentsDiplo – DiploOdesza – The Last GoodbyeRüfüs Du Sol – Surrender

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s LadderDomi & JD Beck – Not TightGrant Geissman – BloozJeff Coffin – Between Dreaming and JoySnarky Puppy – Empire Central

Best Rock Performance

Beck – Old ManThe Black Keys – Wild ChildBrandi Carlile – Broken Horses – WINNERBryan Adams – So Happy It HurtsIdles – Crawl!Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9Turnstile – Holiday

Best Metal Performance

Ghost – Call Me Little SunshineMegadeth – We’ll Be BackMuse – Kill or Be KilledOzzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi – Degradation Rules – WINNERTurnstile – Blackout

Best Rock Song

Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses – WINNEROzzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black SummerTurnstile – BlackoutThe War on Drugs – Harmonia’s Dream

Best Rock Album

The Black Keys – Dropout BoogieElvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named IfIdles – CrawlerMachine Gun Kelly – Mainstream SelloutOzzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 – WINNERSpoon – Lucifer on the Sofa

Best Alternative Music Performance

Arctic Monkeys – There’d Better Be a MirrorballBig Thief – CertaintyFlorence and the Machine – KingWet Leg – Chaise Lounge – WINNERYeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius – Spitting Off the Edge of the World

Best Alternative Music Album

Arcade Fire – WEBig Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in YouBjörk – FossoraWet Leg – Wet Leg – WINNER Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down

Best R&B Performance

Beyoncé – Virgo’s GrooveJazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So GoodLucky Daye – OverMary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak – Here With MeMuni Long – Hrs & Hrs – WINNER

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan – ’Round MidnightBabyface Featuring Ella Mai – Keeps on Fallin’Beyoncé – Plastic Off the Sofa – WINNERMary J. Blige – Good Morning GorgeousSnoh Aalegra – Do 4 Love

Best R&B Song

Beyoncé – Cuff It – WINNER Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So GoodMary J. Blige – Good Morning GorgeousMuni Long – Hrs & HrsPJ Morton – Please Don’t Walk Away

Best Progressive R&B Album

Cory Henry – Operation FunkMoonchild – StarfuitSteve Lacy – Gemini Rights – WINNERTank and the Bangas – Red BalloonTerrace Martin – Drones

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe)Lucky Daye – Candy DripMary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)PJ Morton – Watch the SunRobert Glasper – Black Radio III – WINNER

Best Rap Performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God DidDoja Cat – VegasGunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin PHitkidd & Glorilla – F.N.F. (Let’s Go)Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 – WINNER

Best Melodic Rap Performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA – BeautifulFuture Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U – WINNERJack Harlow – First ClassKendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer – Die HardLatto – Big Energy (Live)

Best Rap Song

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God DidFuture Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for UGunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin PJack Harlow Featuring Drake – Churchill DownsKendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 – WINNER

Best Rap Album

DJ Khaled – God DidFuture – I Never Liked YouJack Harlow – Come Home the Kids Miss YouKendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – WINNERPusha T – It’s Almost Dry

Best Country Solo Performance

Kelsea Ballerini – HeartfirstMaren Morris – Circles Around This TownMiranda Lambert – In His ArmsWillie Nelson – Live Forever – WINNERZach Bryan – Something in the Orange

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Brothers Osborne – Midnight Rider’s PrayerCarly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – Never Wanted to Be That Girl – WINNERIngrid Andress & Sam Hunt – Wishful DrinkingLuke Combs & Miranda Lambert – Outrunnin’ Your MemoryReba McEntire & Dolly Parton – Does He Love You (Revisited)Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Going Where the Lonely Go

Best Country Song

Cody Johnson – ’Til You Can’t – WINNERLuke Combs – Doin’ ThisMaren Morris – Circles Around This TownMiranda Lambert – If I Was a CowboyTaylor Swift – I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)Willie Nelson – I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die

Best Country Album

Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: LindevilleLuke Combs – Growin’ UpMaren Morris – Humble QuestMiranda Lambert – PalominoWillie Nelson – A Beautiful Time – WINNER

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Cheryl B. Engelhardt – The PassengerMadi Das, Dave Stringer & Bhakti Without Borders – Mantra AmericanaMystic Mirror – White SunPaul Avgerinos – JoyWill Ackerman – Positano Songs

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Ambrose Akinmusire – Rounds (Live)Gerald Albright – Keep Holding OnJohn Beasley – Cherokee/KokoMarcus Baylor – Call of the DrumMelissa Aldana – FallingWayne Shorter & Leo Genovese – Endangered Species

Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Baylor Project – The Evening : Live At ApparatusCarmen Lundy – Fade to BlackCécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost SongThe Manhattan Transfer & The WDR Funkhausorchester – FiftySamara Joy – Linger Awhile – WINNER

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – LongGonePeter Erskine Trio – Live in ItalyTerri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens – New Standards, Vol. 1Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz FestivalYellowjackets – Parallel Motion

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band – Bird LivesRemy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows – Architecture of StormsRon Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob – Remembering Bob FreedmanSteve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene – Center StageSteven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective – Fandango at the Wall in New York – WINNERArturo Sandoval – Rhythm & SoulDanilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers – CrisálidaFlora Purim – If You WillMiguel Zenón – Música de las Américas

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Doe – When I PrayErica Campbell – PositiveMaverick City Music & Kirk Franklin – KingdomPJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel Walls – The Better BenedictionTye Tribbett – Get Up

Best Latin Pop Album

Camilo – De Adentro Pa AfueraChristina Aguilera – AguileraFonseca – ViajanteRubén Blades & Boca Livre – Pasieros – WINNERSebastián Yatra – Dharma +

Best Música Urbana Album

Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti – WINNERDaddy Yankee – LegendaddyFarruko – La 167Maluma – The Love & Sex TapeRauw Alejandro – Trap Cake, Vol. 2

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Cimafunk – El AlimentoFito Paez – Los Años SalvajesGaby Moreno – AlegoríaJorge Drexler – Tinta y TiempoMon Laferte – 1940 CarmenRosalía – Motomami – WINNER

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Chiquis – Abeja ReinaChristian Nodal – EP #1 ForajidoMarco Antonio Solís – Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe)Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México – El Musical – WINNERLos Tigres del Norte – La Reunión (Deluxe)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Carlos Vives – Cumbiana IIMarc Anthony – Pa’lla Voy – WINNERLa Santa Cecilia – Quiero Verte FelizSpanish Harlem Orchestra – Imágenes LatinasTito Nieves – Legendario

Best American Roots Performance

Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Stompin’ Ground – WINNERAoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell – Prodigal DaughterBill Anderson Featuring Dolly Parton – Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version)Fantastic Negrito – Oh BettyMadison Cunningham – Life According to Raechel

Best Americana Performance

Asleep at the Wheel Featuring Lyle Lovett – There You Go AgainBlind Boys of Alabama Featuring Black Violin – The MessageBonnie Raitt – Made Up Mind – WINNERBrandi Carlile Featuring Lucius – You and Me on the RockEric Alexandrakis – Silver Moon [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith]

Best American Roots Song

Anaïs Mitchell – Bright StarAoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell – Prodigal DaughterBonnie Raitt – Just Like That – WINNERBrandi Carlile Featuring Lucius – You and Me on the RockRobert Plant & Alison Krauss – High and LonesomeSheryl Crow – Forever

Best Americana Album

Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That…Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days – WINNERDr. John – Things Happen That WayKeb’ Mo’ – Good to Be…Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise the Roof

Best Bluegrass Album

The Del McCoury Band – Almost ProudThe Infamous Stringdusters – Toward the FrayMolly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree – WINNERPeter Rowan – Calling You From My MountainYonder Mountain String Band – Get Yourself Outside

Best Traditional Blues Album

Buddy Guy – The Blues Don’t LieCharlie Musselwhite – Mississippi SonGov’t Mule – Heavy Load BluesJohn Mayall – The Sun Is Shining DownTaj Mahal & Ry Cooder – Get on Board – WINNER

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Ben Harper – Bloodline MaintenanceEdgar Winter – Brother JohnnyEric Gales – CrownNorth Mississippi Allstars – Set SailShemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far

Best Folk Album

Aoife O’Donovan – Age of ApathyJanis Ian – The Light at the End of the LineJudy Collins – SpellboundMadison Cunningham – Revealer – WINNERPunch Brothers – Hell on Church Street

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani – Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani (Live at the Getty Center)Natalie Ai Kamauu – Natalie NoelaniNathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas – Lucky ManRanky Tanky – Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalSean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul Featuring The Golden Band From Tigerland – Full Circle

Best Reggae Album

Kabaka Pyramid – The Kalling – WINNERKoffee – GiftedProtoje – Third Time’s the CharmSean Paul – ScorchaShaggy – Com Fly Wid Mi

Best Global Music Performance

Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar – Udhero NaBurna Boy – Last LastMatt B & Eddy Kenzo – Gimme LoveRocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro – Neva Bow DownWouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode – Bayethe – WINNER

Best Global Music Album

Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf – Queen of ShebaAnoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago – Between Us… (Live)Berklee Indian Ensemble – ShuruaatBurna Boy – Love, DaminiMasa Takumi – Sakura – WINNER

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Jamie Foxx – Act Like You Got Some SenseLin-Manuel Miranda – Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the WorldMel Brooks – All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show BusinessQuestlove – Music Is HistoryViola Davis – Finding Me – WINNER

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Amanda Gorman – Call Us What We Carry: PoemsAmir Sulaiman – You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly.Ethelbert Miller – Black Men Are PreciousJ. Ivy – The Poet Who Sat by the Door – WINNERMalcolm-Jamal Warner – Hiding in Plain View

Best Comedy Album

Dave Chappelle – The Closer – WINNERJim Gaffigan – Comedy MonsterLouis C.K. – SorryPatton Oswalt – We All ScreamRandy Rainbow – A Little Brains, a Little Talent

Best Musical Theater Album

Original Broadway Cast – A Strange LoopNew Broadway Cast – Caroline, or Change‘Into the Woods’ 2022 Broadway Cast – Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) – WINNEROriginal Broadway Cast – MJ the Musical‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Original Cast – Mr. Saturday NightOriginal Broadway Cast – Six: Live on Opening Night

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Various Artists – ElvisVarious Artists – EncantoVarious Artists – Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer – Top Gun: MaverickVarious Artists – West Side Story

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

Germaine Franco – EncantoHans Zimmer – No Time to DieJonny Greenwood – The Power of the DogMichael Giacchino – The BatmanNicholas Britell – Succession: Season 3

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Austin Wintory – Aliens: Fireteam EliteBear McCreary – Call of Duty®: VanguardChristopher Tin – Old WorldRichard Jacques – Marvel’s Guardians of the GalaxyStephanie Economou – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Beyoncé – Be AliveCarolina Gaitán – La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto – Cast – We Don’t Talk About Bruno – WINNERJessy Wilson Featuring Angélique Kidjo – Keep Rising (The Woman King)Lady Gaga – Hold My HandTaylor Swift – Carolina4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva – Nobody Like U

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6 – As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)Danny Elfman – Main TitlesKings Return – How Deep Is Your LoveMagnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer – Scrapple From the AppleRemy Le Boeuf – Minnesota, WI

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet – 2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)Cécile McLorin Salvant – Optimistic Voices / No Love DyingChristine McVie – Songbird (Orchestral Version)Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer – Never Gonna Be AloneLouis Cole – Let It Happen

Best Recording Package

Fann – TelosSoporus – DiversSpiritualized – Everything Was BeautifulTamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra – Beginningless Beginning -WINNERUnderoath – Voyeurist

Best Album Notes

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Andy Irvine / Paul BradyAstor Piazzolla – The American Clavé RecordingsDoc Watson – Life’s Work: A RetrospectiveHarry Partch – Harry Partch, 1942Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – WINNER

Best Historical Album

Blondie – Against the Odds: 1974 – 1982Doc Watson – Life’s Work: A RetrospectiveFreestyle Fellowship – To Whom It May Concern…Glenn Gould – The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio SessionsWilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – WINNER

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy AllenLaura VeltzNija CharlesThe-DreamTobias Jesso Jr. – WINNER

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Baynk – AdolescenceFather John Misty – Chloë and the Next 20th CenturyHarry Styles – Harry’s HouseRobert Glasper – Black Radio IIIWet Leg – Wet Leg

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Boi-1daDahiDan AuerbachDernst “D’Mile” Emile IIJack Antonoff – WINNER

Best Remixed Recording

Beyoncé – Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)Ellie Goulding – Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix)The Knocks & Dragonette – Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix)Lizzo – About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)Wet Leg – Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)

Best Immersive Audio Album

Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene – Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded WorldThe Chainsmokers – Memories…Do Not OpenChristina Aguilera – AguileraJane Ira Bloom – Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej – Divine Tides

Best Music Video

Adele – Easy on MeBTS – Yet to ComeDoja Cat – WomanHarry Styles – As It WasKendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film – WINNER

Best Music Film

Adele – Adele One Night OnlyBillie Eilish – Billie Eilish Live at the O2Justin Bieber – Our WorldNeil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band a Brotherhood a BarnRosalía – Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)Various Artists – Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – WINNER

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For the love of god, where are the women? Where are the genderqueer artists? And it’s not just the artist of the year award where their absence is deafening. Indie duo Wet Leg are the only women in the running for Album of the Year, which is an odd choice considering Florence + the Machine and Charli XCX exist.

It’s not as though the people making the decisions are an insular group either, the BRIT Awards voting academy are famously a varied 1,000-wide body comprising of record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. Which leads one to believe it’s less of a one-person problem, and more so reflective of the state of society as it stands: patriarchal and misogynistic. It’s clear, until the pendulum swings evenly of its own accord, affirmative action is needed.

There are other snubs too. With categories like R&B and Pop blended into one, there’s a notable disparity between what genre of artists are included. British singer Mahalia described the nominations as “nothing short of disrespectful,” per Hypebae. Meanwhile, there’s a call to divide other categories like Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap, where it could be argued that the genres stand out in their own right.

Given how receptive the voting academy has been in the past, it will be interesting to see how they respond to the criticism of the 2023 BRIT Awards.

Find a complete list of the BRIT Awards 2023 nominees, below.

Album of the Year

The 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign LanguageFred Again – Actual Life 3Harry Styles – Harry’s HouseStormzy – This Is What I MeanWet Leg – Wet Leg

Artist of the Year

Central CeeFred AgainGeorge EzraHarry StylesStormzy

The 1975Arctic MonkeysBad Boy Chiller CrewNova TwinsWet Leg

Song of the Year

Aitch and Ashanti – BabyCat Burns – GoDave – StarlightEd Sheeran and Elton John – Merry ChristmasEliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)George Ezra – Green Green GrassHarry Styles – As It WasLewis Capaldi – Forget MeLF System – Afraid to FeelSam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy

Best international artist

BeyoncéBurna BoyKendrick LamarLizzoTaylor Swift

Best international group

BLACKPINKDrake & 21 SavageFirst Aid KitFontaines DCGabriels

International song of the Year

Beyoncé – Break My SoulDavid Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran – PeruEncanto cast – We Don’t Talk About BrunoGayle – ABCDEFUJack Harlow – First ClassLizzo – About Damn TimeLost Frequencies & Calum Scott – Where Are You Now?OneRepublic – I Ain’t WorriedTaylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best new artist

Kojey RadicalRina SawayamaSam RyderMimi WebbWet Leg

Rising Star

Flo – winnersCat BurnsNia Archives

Best alternative / rock

The 1975Arctic MonkeysNova TwinsTom GrennanWet Leg

Best dance

Becky HillBonoboCalvin HarrisEliza RoseFred Again

Best hip-hop/rap/grime

Pop/R&B

Cat BurnsCharli XCXDua LipaHarry StylesSam Smith

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In a lot of ways, it felt like the internet was at its most viral this year, and at times we couldn’t tell if it would be it or our brains that would collapse first. Anyway, we’re here to dredge it all up again, so we can forget about it once and for all – except for the occasional bedtime when you remember Heidi Klum as a worm.

Think of it as exposure therapy. Below, the most memorable pop culture moments of 2022.

Julia Fox

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When that Interview story did the rounds just after the New Year, the world was divided. But with distance from ye-who-must-not-be-named, Julia Fox has has won us all over, one DIY outfit and candid TikTok at a time. She’s remained a constant in the news cycle; whether it was people on TikTok being cringe and miming the way she says “Uncut Gems” or through her podcast Forbidden Fruits. Honestly, she’s just an all-round queen and we can’t wait for her to continue her reign in 2023.

Wordle

Me every morning on Twitter now

Wordle 209 X pic.twitter.com/0TcxkAhcWm

— McNeil (@Reflog_18) January 14, 2022

Okay so do you all remember when you lost your minds over this simple little word game? Because truthfully I forgot. Which is insane given how much time we spent talking about it. Have I touched the app, or any of the imitation games, since? Not at all. Yet there has to be someone still addicted because publications continue to post the daily answers. Show yourself!

The Slap (I’m sorry)

As a 40something upper middle class white male who didn’t watch the oscars and only saw a clip of the Will Smith slap this morning, here are my thoughts on violence in the black community

— Nurse D, Fentanyl Survivor (@TakeThatNurses) March 28, 2022

Apologies for bringing it back to this, but Will Smith did slap Chris Rock at the Oscars this year. When the comedian made a joke onstage at the expense of Jada Smith, who has publicly spoken about her experience living with alopecia, Will leapt to his feet and shouted “keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth”. Naturally the line went viral on TikTok and everyone had a hot take, the best of all coming from Daniel Radcliffe who said he was “just so dramatically bored of hearing people’s opinions about it”.

Dare we say, Depp v Heard

Heard’s closing:

“Think about the message Mr Depp and his legal team are sending to Ms Heard and, by extension, all victims of domestic abuse: If you didn’t take pictures, it didn’t happen. If you did take pictures, they’re fake.”

— Lucia Osborne-Crowley (@LuciaOC_) May 27, 2022

Look, we’re not about to go deep on what happened here. But let us just say if Julia Fox’s rise was the best thing we got from pop culture in 2022, this was the worst. If we could send it back we would. The absolute vitriol and blatant misogyny levelled at Amber Heard across social media was disgusting and depressing. This was one of those times when you wanted to drown your technology in the kitchen sink.

The cursed Little Miss Memes

these “little miss” memes… some of the most unfunny work ever produced by the internet

— zach fruit (@zacharyfruit) July 22, 2022

We love memes. But above all we love funny memes, and the Little Miss brand of humour was deeply unfunny. “Little Miss loves a wine” is the dregs of internet humour. Let us not speak of it again.

Remember the insanity around the Met Gala?

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2022 was the year we hit peak Met Gala. Armchair experts all across TikTok couldn’t get enough, and we could barely take in the looks over the chorus of “thAt DrEsS iS nOt on ThEme”. Then there was the whole Marilyn Monroe dress fiasco. Kim Kardashian lost a lot of weight to fit into the blonde bombshell’s “Happy Birthday” dress, and when she returned it to Ripley’s damaged, fashion historians were outraged.

Pete Davidson

Pete Davidson pic.twitter.com/po99cRna0U

— KOJAMF (@alfreds74427060) November 17, 2022

We have to talk about it. 2022 was also the year Pete Davidson was passed around like a grape-flavoured vape. From Kim Kardashian to EmRata, there’s still time to send in your dating predictions for 2023.

Beyonce’s Renaissance

The album is called Renaissance bc Da Vinci and Michelangelo would be kissing in the club if they heard it

— Vinny Thomas (@vinn_ayy) July 29, 2022

If Beyoncé is up to something, we’ll only find out when she wants us to. That being said, the Beyhive has never let a closed door get in the way of sniffing out her next move. And when they got wind of her seventh album, it was all over. Although, when it leaked back in July, they held out for the official release, and promptly after BREAK MY SOUL sounded out on every dance floor and everyone was trying to learn the dance to CUFF IT on TikTok. The internet can be so pure at times.

Jeremy Allen White

the working woman’s Timmy Chalamet https://t.co/yDOijbya9V

— Delia Cai (@delia_cai) July 11, 2022

We have to thank Hulu for allowing us a moment of innocent, unadulterated simping after The Bear star Jeremy Allen White. You’ve helped us in more ways than you can imagine.

BeReal

And in that moment I asked myself: Is posting “late” on BeReal more real because I’m living life away from my phone… pic.twitter.com/Rn0QbGGxFQ

— Chase Purdy (@chasepurdy) July 12, 2022

We may have fallen off the wagon, but BeReal is definitely a fond memory of 2022. And we’d like to thank it, in turn for storing so many of our own fondest memories. Proof that social media can be a source of joy… for a little while at least.

Lea Michelle can’t read

Do we actually think Lea Michelle can’t read? No. But we’ve got to say it’s the best conspiracy theory to come from the internet this year (even though it first took off in 2017). And we appreciate it when a celebrity can join in on the fun.

The whole Queen Elizabeth II and Trisha Paytas thing

1 cm dilated! Woo hoo!

— Trisha Paytas (@trishapaytas) September 7, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II died this year, in case you weren’t forced into numerous periods of mourning. But what really heightened the stakes on the internet was news that Trisha Paytas had gone into labour, and that the late Queen would be reincarnated into Paytas’ baby, something that had been predicted months prior. Turns out it was too good to be true, and Paytas made a video clearing it all up, but not before we all milked the memes for all they were worth.

“Darling, we’re worried”

Has someone checked in on Olivia Wilde recently? We need to know how she’s holding up after the chaotic Don’t Worry Darling press tour, which hit its PR crisis peak at Cannes Film Festival. Will we ever know if Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine? Or what the musician-cum-actor really thinks of the film, besides that it “feels like a movie”? I don’t think so. But it’s probably best left that way.

Adam Levine

me vs the hot pocket i just made pic.twitter.com/L8Yb6aC7CU

— Pope (@punishedpope) September 21, 2022

Social media is a precarious place if you’re a high profile person sliding into civilian’s Instagram direct messages, but much more so if you’re married to an equally high profile person. And when Instagram model Sumner Stroe posted on TikTok drawing attention to the year-long affair with the Maroon 5 singer, leaking text messages between them after he asked for permission to name his baby after her, chaos ensued. “That body of yours is absurd” and “I may need to see the booty” were memefied to hell.

Heidi Klum as a worm

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The ex Victoria’s Secret model gave us a look at her 21st annual Halloween party that truly was for the citizens of the internet. Her worm costume, which took more than 10 hours to complete, was inspiration, more importantly it summed up how many of us truly felt by the time October 31st rolled around.

That very horny viral clip of Emma D’Arcy

When many of us were thirsty for Emma D’arcy, the House of the Dragon star gave us the perfect cocktail to sip on instead. “A negroni…sbagliato…with prosecco in it”. We’ll take twelve please. Stunning.

Just Stop Oil

BREAKING: SOUP THROWN ON VAN GOGH’S ‘SUNFLOWERS’

Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice?

The cost of living crisis and climate crisis is driven by oil and gas.#FreeLouis #FreeJosh #CivilResistance #A22Network #JustStopOil #NoNewOil pic.twitter.com/18T2zSP2ws

— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) October 14, 2022

Teens terrorised by the looming threat of climate change, decided to terrorize some art galleries instead, throwing cans of soup on van Gogh’s Sunflowers and gluing their heads to Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring. Were the upper classes enraged? Like clockwork. Do the protestors have a point? You bet.

The end of Twitter

We are cringe.But we are free.

— tumblr dot com the website and app (@tumblr) November 8, 2022

Mark 2022 as the year a mass exodus from Twitter to less appetising platforms like Mastodon or fresh-from-the-dead Tumblr unfolded. Ever since Elon Musk bought the platform for US$44 billion on October 27, a noticeable amount of users have packed up and left the platform for good. Godspeed, we say. And now the news is reporting Elon Musk is no longer the richest man in the world…

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