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‘Taste your own medicine’: Japanese Twitter users post 9/11 memes after the West trends ‘Barbenheimer’ memes featuring atomic bombs

ICYDK: Not everyone appreciates the bomb promotion (hehe) that people have been doing in support of the blockbuster films Barbie and Oppenheimer. The Barbenheimer trend—a portmanteau of the two summer blockbuster films “Barbie,” a fantasy comedy by director Greta Gerwig about the famous doll, and “Oppenheimer,” the biographical thriller by Christoper Nolan about J. Robert […]

The cringiest ‘non-apology’ apologies ever made online

Let’s be real: An apology is one of the hardest things to say, and is also one of the easiest things to ever f*** up. Like, it’s literally no joke. We’ve probably all seen and experienced bad apologies throughout our lives, but the ones we’ve seen on the Internet? A whole other level…or circle of […]

HyunJin, YeoJin, ViVi, Go Won, and HyeJu begin anew as ‘Loossemble’

Orbits, assemble. (No literally, the second half is part of their name). On August 2, 2023, HyunJin, YeoJin, ViVi, Go Won, and HyeJu (formerly known as Olivia Hye) dropped their first-ever individual and group profile photos under CTDENM, rebranding as Loossemble (Loona Assemble). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Loossemble(루셈블) […]

The ‘politics’ of rain in the Philippines

“I love the rain.” That sentence riles up so many people on Filipino Twitter (…or X…) every time someone posts it at a time when the Philippines is experiencing the nth number of typhoons for the year. Literally, no typhoon season comes and goes in the PH without this staple and always heated debate topic […]

The NPC TikTok trend has also reached the Philippines pop inqpop

The NPC TikTok trend has now reached the Philippines

Whatever gets their bag, we support it. Given the rise of the NPC TikTok trend over at TikTok Live through popular live streamers PinkyDoll and natuecoco (the person behind this whole trend apparently), Pinoy TikTok streamers decided to join in the fun and bring the trend to life in our home country. To give a […]

It’s official: Ryan Evans from the ‘High School Musical’ franchise is gay

What’s up, Wildcats? The long-debated fan theory has just been made canon. In a sneak peek for the final season of the Disney+ series “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” the short clip confirmed Ryan Evans’ (played by Lucas Grabeel) sexuality. The 3-minute clip sees past characters Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman), Chad Danforth (Corbin […]

Rebranding of Twitter brings out the most appropriate fandom to take hold of the X jokes

As everyone probably already knows, Elon Musk has made a couple of big changes to the face of Twitter. As of July 24, 2023, the iconic blue bird logo has been replaced with a new X logo that has some Twitter users, well, not happy with the change. Other users have also turned to the […]

Bird app? No, it’s the ‘X’ app now

Twitter’s going through a whole makeover, and it’s all because of Elon Musk’s rebranding. It’s time for all of us to say goodbye to that iconic blue bird and say hello to the letter ‘X’. Following a series of Tweets made on July 23, 2023, by X Corp. founder Elon Musk, changes to the popular […]

Jeon Somi to make her return to music in August

The official South Korean Barbie is coming back to slay again (finally). On July 24, 2023, THEBLACKLABEL and Jeon Somi officially announce her comeback with her new profile image, along with other details and the title of her upcoming EP, “GAME PLAN.” This is Jeon Somi’s first comeback in almost 2 years after the release […]

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‘Taste your own medicine’: Japanese Twitter users post 9/11 memes after the West trends ‘Barbenheimer’ memes featuring atomic bombs

The cringiest ‘non-apology’ apologies ever made online

HyunJin, YeoJin, ViVi, Go Won, and HyeJu begin anew as ‘Loossemble’

The NPC TikTok trend has now reached the Philippines

It’s official: Ryan Evans from the ‘High School Musical’ franchise is gay

Rebranding of Twitter brings out the most appropriate fandom to take hold of the X jokes

Bird app? No, it’s the ‘X’ app now

Jeon Somi to make her return to music in August

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Logan Paul sends lookalike to answer BBC interview on crypto scam allegations on his behalf

YouTuber Johnny Somali faces added charges as deleted video of bomb scare in South Korea resurface

Popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi returns to YouTube after a three-year hiatus

Filipino Historian Ambeth Ocampo calls out Facebook page over content plagiarism

Rosé shared how Taylor Swift offered her ear, gave her advice on solo career

Logan Paul sends lookalike to answer BBC interview on crypto scam allegations on his behalf

YouTuber Johnny Somali faces added charges as deleted video of bomb scare in South Korea resurface

Popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi returns to YouTube after a three-year hiatus

Filipino Historian Ambeth Ocampo calls out Facebook page over content plagiarism

Rosé shared how Taylor Swift offered her ear, gave her advice on solo career

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