Word on the street is that serpentwithfeet took a vow not to mention heartbreak on his next album. The result: this super cute song about friendship! Is it maybe too sincere? Sure. But it is also dreamy and happy, and it will charm the shit out of anyone you send it to. Listen now and gear up for other non-heartbreak topics on Deacon, out March 26.
Would you like to watch someone clean their house on YouTube? You might if you were (are?) a despondent mom trying to summon the energy to clean her own home. That’s the phenomenon giving rise on to a group of housewife types scrubbing, tidying and dusting their way to fame on YouTube. The obligatory NYT take: “these influencers validate and elevate the work that housekeepers do, reframing it as skilled physical labor that deserves respect.” Which, sure, but is this not overly rosy? 1. It is deeply depressing that the patriarchy has ground us into such a rut that consuming its products as entertainment is the only way to bear them. And 2. Why does a middle-class lady have to do something for it to get respect? Would love to see that YouTube cash go to the folks who don’t already own the homes they’re cleaning.
Kids don’t want to be astronauts and marine biologists any more— they want to be influencers, according to a study cited in the new HBO doc, Fake Famous. In this early-aughts-style gotcha film, some producer types manufacture influencer status around random young people to make a point about how lame it is to chase internet fame. While the premise is not so new, Daisy Alioto’s review of it brings some heat. “Fake Famous isn’t a documentary about influencers,” she says; “it’s a documentary about work. If an entire generation is choosing tenuous “fame” over a 9-5 or, more realistically, gig work for a parent corporation, shouldn’t we be asking what makes “traditional” jobs so unappealing rather than mocking the alternative?” Puh-reach.
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