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The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel
This week, we’re tired of trends, agreeing with Doja, singing with Sophia and having greet expectations
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Agreeing with Doja Cat.
The American rapper recently took to X, urging fans to leave their kids at home when they attend her shows. Her lyrics are too explicit for kids to be listening to them. That, and no one’s a fan of crying babies at gigs. Or on aeroplanes. We can avoid one, not the other.
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Getting carded
Harry Styles’s manager says that the pop star has received 8,000 cards from a woman stalker. She’s spending 14 days in prison as a result. Was there too much sugar in her watermelon? Where did she find the energy? We can barely drum up the right gif and emoji for a WhatsApp text. Also, don’t try this at home!
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Keyed up for nothing
All week, everyone from Guinness World Records to the Delhi Police has been asking us to look closely at our keyboards. Beauty brands wanted us to look between H and L if we believed picking pimples was a good idea. (JK, it’s not). Tinder India asked users to look between Y and O to find out who’s going on a date (U and I). Who’s bored of this trend? Look between the letters Q and R for the answer.
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Calling out the bots
A report from influencer marketing agency Klug Klug says that nearly two out of three Instagram influencers in India have fake followers exceeding 60%. It notes that this is particularly true for fashion and beauty accounts. Here’s a question for Klug Klug: Who is paying for these studies and this research when we could tell you that for free?
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Watching re-runs.
Of One Tree Hill. Sophia Bush, who came out as queer, has confirmed her relationship with retired football player Ashlyn Harris. They made their red-carpet debut at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and looked smashing. We’re also glad that Bush is singing, “I don’t wanna be anything other than me”.
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Feeling old again
Suri Cruise is 18 years old. This seems like fake news to millennials who swear it was just last year that her father Tom Cruise was jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch, declaring his love for Suri’s mum, Katie Holmes (It was 2005, sigh!). Time flies when you’re following toddler-style blogs, and watching nepo babies grow up. BRB, Blue Ivy, 12, has a role in Mufasa: The Lion King.
