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You Don't Miss 2016, You Miss the 2016 Internet

Ally Perry

In Defense of ‘Swag’: Justin Bieber’s Comeback Album Shows Us He Knows How to Play the Industry Game

Lana DeGaetano

‘This Lack of Evolution Is Precisely What Makes Justin Bieber a Mediocre Pop Star’: I Have Never Listened to a Full Justin Bieber Album and I’m Certainly Not Going to Start Now

Ben Weiss

‘Don’t cry for me theatre kids:’ How the bold directorial decision to bring a famous musical number about the people to the people is stirring up drama

Bar Mor Hazut

‘It’s a Vibe’: Why aura farming wholesome dance trends is so infectious

Jesse Kessenheimer

'The disappointment fandom': How being a fan of celebrities is actually just setting you up for failure

Lana DeGaetano

We Need to Stop Relying on ‘Boomer Bait’ to Save the Movie Theater Box Office

Ben Weiss

Legend Has It: How ‘Dad Lore’ romanticizes the pursuit of daring adventures for the sake of legendary storytelling

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Doomscrollers become self-aware’: Bait-and-switch video trend is hilariously shaming our time-wasting scrolling habits

Jesse Kessenheimer

Why More Pop Stars Should Be Like Lorde and Disappear for Several Years at a Time

Ben Weiss

‘Cash Grab or Comeback?’: Why actors should retire rather than exploit their nostalgia-fame

Bar Mor Hazut

‘You’re cooked!’: How the exhausting chore of posting has created an obsession with culinary slang

Ally Perry

‘Never meet your heroes’: How paid celebrity meet-and-greet events have become awkward 10-second-long cash grabs

Remy Millisky

Nonchalance Isn’t Considered a ‘Cool Guy’ Personality Trait Anymore, It’s a Coping Mechanism

Jesse Kessenheimer

The ‘Da Vinki Twins’ Are the Only Good Influencers On the Internet

JR Atkinson

FOMO Frenzy: How gremlin-like ‘Labubu dolls’ became the new ‘Beanie Baby’

Jesse Kessenheimer