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Buzz Feed
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
30 Products If Your Favorite Pastime Is Couch Rotting
A snack bowl you can plop on top of your Stanley cup for enjoying some snackies while staying ~hydrated~. It's perfect for movie nights or mindless TikTok scrolling! And an eight-compartment snack box because movie night isn't complete without your favorite crackers, chips, and candy. You'll always have a variety of your fave snacks, because being limited to one is so (*yawn*) boooring. A blissfully plush checkered blanket that is EXTREMELY soft and fluffy, perfect for cozying up on the couch. Just imagine settling in for a Dance Moms marathon and throwing this baby on top of you — ahhh, pure bliss. Plus, reviewers say it's comparable to the pricier Barefoot Dreams throw! An acupressure mat and pillow, because after a long day of work, plopping down onto your couch just won't cut it. This set helps to relieve tension and stress with over *7,000* acupressure points — after 10–30 minutes of lying on it, you will probably arise as a new person. A cozy fleece loungewear set you can toss on as soon as you set foot inside your home. You can still look super chic while you're in full relaxation mode! And a Barefoot Dreams robe so you can lounge around all night feeling as cozy as can be. I dare you to not feel as relaxed as humanly possible in this. AND! A genius Comfy that'll give you both the comfort of a hoodie and the warmth of a blanket — who could possibly hate the epitome of coziness and relaxation? An Amazon Echo that lets you blast music throughout your house without having to move an inch. It's true what they say: Robots can do almost ANYTHING. Just say, "Alexa, play 'The Lazy Song' by Bruno Mars," then sit back and relax. A Cup Cozy so you won't have to get up for snacks or bevvies once you plop down on the couch. Let's be honest for a sec: Do you really want to reach alllll the way to your side table to sip your cup o' tea once you're cozied up? I didn't think so. A Govee smart floor lamp that'll add the perfect mood lighting to your home. Put it in a corner and watch it radiate gorgeous colors (it has 25 preset modes!) to create ~ambiance~. You can even control it with your phone *and* connect it to Alexa! *Plus* it comes with a music mode if you want the light to sync with your tunes. A 10-foot lightning cable if you don't have an outlet nearby and your phone's running on fumes, but you've made a "you-shaped" dent in your couch and can't be bothered to move. Now the TikTok scrolling can continue without interruption. An electric mug warmer so you don't have to constantly get up and put your mug in the microwave — especially if you're a sipper. After four hours it'll automatically shut off, so you don't have to worry if you walk away (or doze off) and forget it! A remote control page turner — you won't have to budge an inch from that perfect, comfy position you've set yourself in because this bb will tap your screen for you. Just attach the clip to your Kindle or tablet, and it will flip to the next page with the click of a button! And a TikTok remote control ring because some days you can't be bothered to move *at all*. With just a push of a button, you'll be able to scroll through TikTok without touching your phone. You can even use this to take pictures on your phone from up to 33 feet away! An Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K that allows you to download almost every streaming service, so you can park yourself in front of the TV for hours if that's the vibe for the day. Press the voice button and say, "Alexa, play Grey's Anatomy," then prepare to bawl your eyes out (even though you already know what happens). And a glow-in-the-dark Fire TV Stick remote case because you've been dreaming all day of rotting on the couch and rewatching New Girl — so don't let a missing remote ruin your plans. This nifty, grippy case helps prevent the remote from slipping between your couch cushions or falling to the floor, and if it *does* disappear, you'll locate it in mere seconds because it'll be ~glowing~. An Owala FreeSip tumbler so you can enjoy icy agua all evening instead of having to add more ice every hour. This godsend offers all the benefits of a Stanley without the spills, and its spout is a game changer — you can either drink through a built-in straw or tilt it back to chug. Plus, you'll never have to painfully sip on a lukewarm bev again because it keeps drinks cold for up to 24 hours with its triple-layer insulation! A Roomba robot vacuum if your floors are begging to be cleaned, but the couch is holding you hostage. Not to worry — this baby will do it all for you! It can navigate around furniture and even fit under tight spaces, so every nook and cranny of your home will be clean by the end of your Netflix session. Plus, you can use the app on your phone to give it a schedule! A SwitchBot Smart Switch button pusher because you don't have to get up from the couch to turn off the lights whenever you want to take a lil' nappy. Just attach the SwitchBot to any device with an on/off switch and download the app! From there, you can even set it on a timer — all you need is a Bluetooth connection. And an Alexa-compatible smart plug so you can verbally tell it to do anything you'd rather not get up and do yourself, from turning on your coffee machine to turning off the lights. Add voice control to ANY outlet with this *truly* smart plug. A pair of prism spectacles ideal for anyone in their "lazy gal" era (aka me). You can lie completely flat on your back to read or scroll through TikTok instead of doing an unintentional core workout and straining your neck just to prop your head up. An automatic pet feeder so you can schedule meals for your pets up to four times a day. It holds up to 6 liters of food, so you don't have to keep refilling it! Oh, Milo's hungry? Just open the app to give your furry friend a treat! A TikTok-famous 3-in-1 convertible "reading chair" that may just give Chandler and Joey's Barcaloungers a run for their money — you'll never want to get up from this bb. It has USB charging ports, a cup holder, and a side pocket to hold your remotes or books. Plus, you can pull it out and turn it into a sleeper chair or a full flat sleeper. Um, this is not a want but a NEED. A luxe candle so you can set the mood for your Toy Story marathon with just the right amount of lighting and a delightful scent. When you light this bad boy up, it'll give off a captivating aroma of jasmine, oud, and sandalwood. A tablet holder that holds any size iPad, Kindle, or other device, so you don't have to. Now you can enjoy a movie, book, or show without straining to balance your tablet on your body. A heating pad for your sore neck, back, and (honestly) entire body that has been working too hard. It heats up in just 20 seconds and will help relieve any tension that's been living within you. And a heated massager so you can release your stress when you come home from work. You can use it on your back, neck, legs, and even your feet to knead out all those knots while relaxing on the sofa. A cult-favorite movie theater popcorn salt because popcorn from the theater just ~hits different~. Reviewers say it tastes just like the real deal, so heat up some kernels, sprinkle some of this deliciousness on, and enjoy your at-home movie night! A lap desk if you insist on doing work *only* from the couch. This handy thing will save your poor thighs from burning when your laptop overheats, and it'll give you an even surface so you don't have to awkwardly balance your devices on your lap. Plus, it has a pillowy cushion and anti-slip wrist pad to take your comfort level to the max! Or a rolling C-shaped table with a base designed to slide under the couch so you'll have a perfectly placed mini table for your laptop and, of course, meals and snacks.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The song of the summer is … nothing? Why 2025's charts are so stale
A spectre is haunting America – the spectre of Shaboozey. Despite it coming out in April 2024, Shaboozey's huge hit A Bar Song (Tipsy) is still, billions of streams later, at No 5 on this week's Billboard chart. Its country-tinged refrain of 'everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy,' an interpolation from J-Kwon 2004 hit Tipsy, has stuck around well past closing time. It's not the only one. It's joined in this week's Billboard Top 10 (which combines streaming and radio airplay data in the US from a given week) by Teddy Swims's Lose Control, which was released in June 2023; Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga's Die With A Smile, which was released in August 2024; and Luther by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, which came out in November 2024. Chart analysts say that 2025 has produced the fewest new hit songs in US history. The mid-year report from Luminate, the company that produces the data for the Billboard charts, shows that of the top 10 most listened to songs so far this year in the US, only one was released in 2025: Ordinary by Alex Warren. All the others are tracks from 2024 and 2023 – No 1 is Luther. As a result it kind of feels like this year's song of the summer is sort of … nothing. Or just the same as last year's? Despite a slew of recent releases from artists Lorde, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Miley Cyrus and Lil Wayne, nothing is really crossing the threshold of hit song. Obviously what makes a summer hit is a somewhat vibes-based determination that is hard to put an exact number on, but in the industry getting close to a billion global streams means you have had an unavoidably massive track - and only Ordinary, along with the two Bad Bunny songs DTMF and Baile Inolvidable that were mostly streamed outside the US, have managed that. Things were very different this time last year, when almost the entire Top 10 was filled with huge new hits: Not Like Us by Kendrick, Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, Beautiful Things by Benson Boone and the aforementioned Shaboozey – back when it was a new song. All of these reached the billion streams mark, with Chappell Roan and Charli xcx making multiple chart entries later on in the year. Of course there are thousands of smaller and medium-sized artists who are having great years, but why have things become so stale at the very top of the charts? In part it is because the overall volume of new music (defined as the songs released in the last 18 months) being listened to is down slightly year on year, around 3%, but it's more pronounced in genres such as pop and hip-hop, where listeners are turning towards nostalgia and delving into back catalogues. Artists that have produced a lot of hype releases this year like Addison Rae, Lorde and Haim have not produced radio songs that appeal to a mass audience, arguably putting more focus on creating an album and aesthetic that works for committed fans. Even stars such as Lizzo and Justin Bieber, who have topped a billion streams in the past, have made records with less obvious choruses and pop production. Some artists just are trying and missing. Carpenter, one of the most successful artists of last year, could nott quite recreate the magic this summer with Manchild, which was a small hit and did hit No 1 for a week before falling down the charts. Her album slated for release later in the summer might still provide a song with more chart staying power. It has long been the case that the pipes through which new music is discovered have become calcified. Less people listen to Top 40 radio, or watch late-night shows, meaning it's harder for a band to have that one big moment when they break into the mainstream. And while TikTok does help certain songs filter into the consciousness, there's still not a fail-safe mechanism for getting them off the app and into the charts. It does not help that the one song that is unambiguously a breakout mega hit this year, Ordinary by the 24-year-old California singer-songwriter Warren, is a little insipid and forgettable, a song desperately indebted to mid-2010s Hozier and Imagine Dragons. Hardly a feelgood song of the summer. But, as Jaime Marconette, the vice-president of music insights and industry relations at Luminate, says, this drift away from new music is not present in every genre. 'It's true that in some genres, like R&B and hip-hop, people are listening to less new music, whereas with Christian and country in particular, they're actually gaining listeners to new music.' He points to Hard Fought Hallelujah, by Christian singer-songwriter Brandon Lake and country star Jelly Roll, as an example of the way the genres are combining to reach wider audiences. 'Christian is the most current streaming genre right now [with the largest proportion of streams to new tracks]. These are genres where their fans were a little bit later to the streaming game but are now starting to really embrace it.' Marconette also says that this is not unprecedented - there have been other years, particularly during the Covid pandemic, when there were fewer new songs in the charts – after which new music bounced back. 'In the Covid period, there was a lot of dramatic things happening in our world. So, it is interesting that now in a period where there's uncertainty out there, we're seeing it again,' he says. 'Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but we're also starting to notice a jump in people streaming recession pop [music released around 2008 with escapist themes from artists such as Taio Cruz and Nicki Minaj] and it does point to a sort of this communal yearning for things that bring comfort from the past.' It's not all bad news: a couple of pop songs this year are streaming pretty well: Bad Bunny has had a string of huge hits outside of the US. Carpenter, Ty Dolla $ign, Maroon 5 and Drake all have records coming out this summer that might change things. Marconette also pointed to the return of K-pop group BTS and the success of the soundtrack to Netflix's animated movie KPop Demon Hunters as big players for the second half of the year. Of course, there is plenty of superlative new music, filed away in millions of private playlists, that might be someone's personal sound of the summer. The charts have never been guardians of taste or even vibes. But it is much harder for one such song to become a communal and inescapable hit. Whether this year is an anomaly or just another sign of ongoing cultural fragmentation remains to be seen.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The song of the summer is … nothing? Why 2025's charts are so stale
A spectre is haunting America – the spectre of Shaboozey. Despite it coming out in April 2024, Shaboozey's huge hit A Bar Song (Tipsy) is still, billions of streams later, at No 5 on this week's Billboard chart. Its country-tinged refrain of 'everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy,' an interpolation from J-Kwon 2004 hit Tipsy, has stuck around well past closing time. It's not the only one. It's joined in this week's Billboard Top 10 (which combines streaming and radio airplay data in the US from a given week) by Teddy Swims's Lose Control, which was released in June 2023; Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga's Die With A Smile, which was released in August 2024; and Luther by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, which came out in November 2024. Chart analysts say that 2025 has produced the fewest new hit songs in US history. The mid-year report from Luminate, the company that produces the data for the Billboard charts, shows that of the top 10 most listened to songs so far this year in the US, only one was released in 2025: Ordinary by Alex Warren. All the others are tracks from 2024 and 2023 – No 1 is Luther. As a result it kind of feels like this year's song of the summer is sort of … nothing. Or just the same as last year's? Despite a slew of recent releases from artists Lorde, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Miley Cyrus and Lil Wayne, nothing is really crossing the threshold of hit song. Obviously what makes a summer hit is a somewhat vibes-based determination that is hard to put an exact number on, but in the industry getting close to a billion global streams means you have had an unavoidably massive track - and only Ordinary, along with the two Bad Bunny songs DTMF and Baile Inolvidable that were mostly streamed outside the US, have managed that. Things were very different this time last year, when almost the entire Top 10 was filled with huge new hits: Not Like Us by Kendrick, Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, Beautiful Things by Benson Boone and the aforementioned Shaboozey – back when it was a new song. All of these reached the billion streams mark, with Chappell Roan and Charli xcx making multiple chart entries later on in the year. Of course there are thousands of smaller and medium-sized artists who are having great years, but why have things become so stale at the very top of the charts? In part it is because the overall volume of new music (defined as the songs released in the last 18 months) being listened to is down slightly year on year, around 3%, but it's more pronounced in genres such as pop and hip-hop, where listeners are turning towards nostalgia and delving into back catalogues. Artists that have produced a lot of hype releases this year like Addison Rae, Lorde and Haim have not produced radio songs that appeal to a mass audience, arguably putting more focus on creating an album and aesthetic that works for committed fans. Even stars such as Lizzo and Justin Bieber, who have topped a billion streams in the past, have made records with less obvious choruses and pop production. Some artists just are trying and missing. Carpenter, one of the most successful artists of last year, could nott quite recreate the magic this summer with Manchild, which was a small hit and did hit No 1 for a week before falling down the charts. Her album slated for release later in the summer might still provide a song with more chart staying power. It has long been the case that the pipes through which new music is discovered have become calcified. Less people listen to Top 40 radio, or watch late-night shows, meaning it's harder for a band to have that one big moment when they break into the mainstream. And while TikTok does help certain songs filter into the consciousness, there's still not a fail-safe mechanism for getting them off the app and into the charts. It does not help that the one song that is unambiguously a breakout mega hit this year, Ordinary by the 24-year-old California singer-songwriter Warren, is a little insipid and forgettable, a song desperately indebted to mid-2010s Hozier and Imagine Dragons. Hardly a feelgood song of the summer. But, as Jaime Marconette, the vice-president of music insights and industry relations at Luminate, says, this drift away from new music is not present in every genre. 'It's true that in some genres, like R&B and hip-hop, people are listening to less new music, whereas with Christian and country in particular, they're actually gaining listeners to new music.' He points to Hard Fought Hallelujah, by Christian singer-songwriter Brandon Lake and country star Jelly Roll, as an example of the way the genres are combining to reach wider audiences. 'Christian is the most current streaming genre right now [with the largest proportion of streams to new tracks]. These are genres where their fans were a little bit later to the streaming game but are now starting to really embrace it.' Marconette also says that this is not unprecedented - there have been other years, particularly during the Covid pandemic, when there were fewer new songs in the charts – after which new music bounced back. 'In the Covid period, there was a lot of dramatic things happening in our world. So, it is interesting that now in a period where there's uncertainty out there, we're seeing it again,' he says. 'Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but we're also starting to notice a jump in people streaming recession pop [music released around 2008 with escapist themes from artists such as Taio Cruz and Nicki Minaj] and it does point to a sort of this communal yearning for things that bring comfort from the past.' It's not all bad news: a couple of pop songs this year are streaming pretty well: Bad Bunny has had a string of huge hits outside of the US. Carpenter, Ty Dolla $ign, Maroon 5 and Drake all have records coming out this summer that might change things. Marconette also pointed to the return of K-pop group BTS and the success of the soundtrack to Netflix's animated movie KPop Demon Hunters as big players for the second half of the year. Of course, there is plenty of superlative new music, filed away in millions of private playlists, that might be someone's personal sound of the summer. The charts have never been guardians of taste or even vibes. But it is much harder for one such song to become a communal and inescapable hit. Whether this year is an anomaly or just another sign of ongoing cultural fragmentation remains to be seen.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pop megastar rumored to owe millions jokes he is ‘almost out of debt'
Bruno Mars' recent collaborations appear to be paying off in a big way. The pop star joked that he is 'almost out of debt' after making a surprise appearance at Blackpink's concert in Los Angeles Sunday to perform ROSÉ's smash hit 'APT.' 'Almost out of debt BehhhhhBehhhhh,' Mars wrote in an July 14 Instagram video that showed him running out on stage. 'Preciate You ROSAAAAYYYYYY!!!!' ROSÉ also posted photos of herself and Mars with the caption, 'Look at me and dis HUNK-O-RAMAA.' Mars is rumored to have racked up $50 million in casino debt at Las Vegas' MGM Grand, where he had signed a long-term residency contract in 2016, according to Billboard. The casino, however, has denied the claims. 'We're proud of our relationship with Bruno Mars, one of the world's most thrilling and dynamic performers,' MGM Grand said in a statement to Billboard in 2024. 'From his shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM to the new Pinky Ring lounge at Bellagio, Bruno's brand of entertainment attracts visitors from around the globe. MGM and Bruno's partnership is longstanding and rooted in mutual respect.' Mars has previously poked fun at the rumors, saying 'I'll be out of debt in no time' after he became the first artist to ever surpass 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The 16-time Grammy Award winner has been part of two massive collaborations in the past year: 'APT.' with ROSÉ and 'Die With A Smile' with Lady Gaga. The latter became the longest-reigning daily No. 1 song in Spotify history, the fastest song to reach one and two billion streams on the platform and stayed atop the Billboard Global 200 chart for 18 weeks. More music content R&B icon addresses longtime rumor he's not really blind: 'You know the truth' Famed drummer plans to keep playing despite leaving iconic rock band Legendary rock star could spend more than a decade in prison Surgery scheduled for country music icon recovering from onstage stroke Coldplay returns to Gillette Stadium for two sold out shows - Here's how to buy tickets Read the original article on MassLive. Solve the daily Crossword
Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Bruno Mars's Debut Album Reaches A Landmark, 15 Years On
Bruno Mars's Doo-Wops & Hooligans returns to the Official Albums chart, hitting 400 weeks on the ... More U.K. list — easily the longest run of his career. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Bruno Mars performs onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo byfor The Recording Academy) Bruno Mars didn't just make his name known with his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, he produced one of the most successful pop projects of all time. The full-length turned him into a superstar thanks to mega-hits like "Just the Way You Are," "Grenade," and "Marry You," among others, and the project still resonates with a huge population. Nearly 15 years after it dropped, fans are still consuming both the collection and its tracks in massive numbers. As the bestselling title returns to one tally in the United Kingdom, Mars reaches a milestone he's never seen before. Doo-Wops & Hooligans Returns Doo-Wops & Hooligans reenters the Official Albums chart this week, the U.K.'s ranking of the most consumed full-lengths and EPs. The list blends both sales and streaming activity to generate a clear snapshot of total consumption, while separate rankings also exist for pure sales and streaming. This week, Mars lands at No. 96 on the chart, and Doo-Wops & Hooligans hits an impressive 400 weeks spent on the competitive roster. Bruno Mars's Longest-Running Album by Far Doo-Wops & Hooligans is Mars's first project to live on the Official Albums chart for 400 weeks. It's still his only release to earn a triple-digit stay, and it stands out as the longest-running success of his career by a significant margin. His follow-up, Unorthodox Jukebox, is his second-longest-running title, with 85 weeks on the tally. More Weeks Than All His Other Albums Combined To date, Mars has released only four albums, including a joint effort with Anderson .Paak under the name Silk Sonic. The three most recent projects — Unorthodox Jukebox, 24K Magic, and An Evening With Silk Sonic — have collectively spent fewer than 200 weeks on the Official Albums chart. That means Doo-Wops & Hooligans has now spent more than twice as long on the list as all of Mars's other albums combined. Streaming Activity Powers the Comeback At the moment, Doo-Wops & Hooligans doesn't appear on any of the U.K.'s sales-focused rankings, but it does land on the Official Albums Streaming chart. The tally highlights the most successful projects on platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, and this week, the debut set lifts from No. 87 to No. 81. Streams on those platforms appear to be largely responsible for the album's continued success and its exciting return to the Official Albums chart.
