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Buzz Feed
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Tell Us: What Do You Think Is Undeniably Zillennial?
If you're reading this, odds are you — like me — are a Zillennial. You know, that weird, cusp age group that's too young to fully understand the Millennial experience, but also too old to be fully Gen Z? Like, you were technically born in the '90s, but maybe don't fully relate to all those "'90s kid" you also remember a time before smartphones and computers ruled the world, unlike most of Gen Z. Generally speaking, if you were born between 1993 and 1998, welcome! You're a Zillennial. As you've also probably seen, the Internet is pretty obsessed with talking about generational trends or patterns and pitting them against each other — for instance, the whole "Gen Z stare" thing or the thorough roasting of Millennial design trends like "Millennial gray". This got me thinking — what trends, pop culture moments, or other generational things do you consider to be Zillennial-core? For instance, in my opinion, the golden era of YouTube vlog culture is sooo Zillennial (even if most of the creators aren't). Whenever I reference YouTubers I grew up watching, my Millennial friends only know who I'm talking about, like, half the time, and my younger Gen Z friends say YouTube was less their vibe and they were more into apps like or Instagram. whole dystopian YA book to movie era? Sooo Zillennial. Being the same age as the protagonists in those books and movies as they came out just hit different, you know? I'm not saying no one else watched them, but I feel like this was to us what Harry Potter was to Millennials. Now it's your turn! What trends (social, fashion, design, etc.), pop culture moments (TV, movies, tropes, music, celebs), or other things do you think are 100% Zillennial? For instance, is there a tattoo trend that is to Zillennials like the mustache finger tattoo was to Millennials? Or a food trend like the Millennial rainbow food era? Tell us in the comments or via the anonymous form below, and your response might just be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post!
Cosmopolitan
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
What Is Tinder's New Double Date Feature?
Earlier this week, Tinder launched 'Double Date,' a new feature that allows users to—wait for it—double date by pairing their profiles with friends and swiping for other paired matches. Double Daters can sync their profiles with up to three friends, arguably rendering the 'Double Date' of it all something of a misnomer, but that's neither here nor there. For world-weary daters like myself who have been swiping since the apps went mainstream a decade ago, this news may trigger flashbacks to the mid-2010s chaos that was 'Tinder Social,' a similar (and relatively short-lived) feature that allowed daters to swipe as a group. But enough showing my age. While Tinder Social was ostensibly a flop, launching in 2016 and sunsetting the following year, the app seems to be betting on a new generation of daters better suited to the group-dating mentality. As Tinder's resident relationship expert, Devyn Simone, puts it, 'Gen Z isn't shy about being, well, a little shy.' For a generation of post-pandemic daters who crave in-person interaction but were deprived of it during their formative years, 'Dating can feel like a high-stakes performance,' Simone tells Cosmo. Double Date 'turns it into a team sport, one that comes with a built-in gut check.' Meanwhile, in an age of dating-app burnout where singles are craving real-life connections but aren't sure where to find them, a group-date scenario—however app-originated—could potentially make a first date feel less like an algorithmically generated job interview and more like a low-stakes hang where sparks can fly (or not) organically. According to a press release, the new feature has already proven popular among its target demo, with nearly 90 percent of Double Date profiles coming from users under 29 years old (the oldest Gen Zs are, like my Zillennial self, currently 28). Testing also found that the feature may be particularly attractive to women, who were three times more likely to swipe right on a pair than on an individual profile. As for how that's playing out in real life—well, as one TikToker put it, 'Everywhere I turn they release more tools for men to be absolutely heinous because why did they release a Double Date feature on Tinder? I do not need to be seeing more than one of you guys at once.' Anyway, whether this summer is destined to be the summer of double (or triple or quadruple) dates or Double Date is headed for the same fate as its Millennial predecessor, I think we can all get on board with anything that gets us out of the house and actually interacting with other people. Life's short, go forth and date (with friends!).
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kylie Kelce Reveals 5-Year-Old Daughter Wyatt's Perfect Response to This Zillennial Era Slang
Kylie Kelce opened her most recent podcast episode by sharing her 5-year-old daughter Wyatt's perfect response to Zillennial slang Kelce revealed she had to "stifle a laugh" at her daughter's new turn of phrase The mom of four shares her children with her husband, retired NFL star Jason KelceKylie Kelce's daughter had the perfect response to a Zillennial slang phrase, catching her mom completely off guard. At the start of the Thursday, June 19 episode of the Not Gonna Lie podcast, the 33-year-old podcaster shared how her 5-year-old daughter Wyatt expertly responded to her asking if she was "for real for real." Kylie noted that her daughter's response caused her to have to "stifle a laugh." "I'm not gonna lie, yesterday, I was caught off guard because I asked Wyatt, 'Are you for real for real?' and she said, 'No it's pretend pretend,' " she said. "I had to stifle a laugh on that one because she was deadass." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Kylie and her husband Jason Kelce, 37, who announced his retirement from the NFL in March 2024, are the proud parents of four daughters — newborn Finnley 'Finn' Anne, Bennett Llewellyn, 2, Elliotte Ray, 4, and Wyatt Elizabeth, 5. Now that Jason has retired, Kylie shared what she hopes their daughters will take away from their dad's time playing in the NFL. "I hope that ultimately they end up understanding that their dad had an impact on Philadelphia in a way that was wholesome and that he understood the city, enough that he wanted to stay there and raise a family there," she told Today in March 2024. "He gave his blood, sweat and tears to the city and it was out of sheer love and commitment. And I hope that my girls see that.' Elsewhere in the podcast, the mom of four opened up about a secret she's keeping from her four little daughters, and it's a lie she's totally fine with. "We've taken some trips to the shore, and we were lucky enough to get the screen feature in the back. We have a TV. That is a game changer for the beach. The girls are obsessed," Kelce began to explain in the episode. "Although I won't lie to you guys," she continued, jokingly adding, "I will lie to my children till the day I die — but I won't lie to you guys — and I did lie and tell my children that the TV only works on long car rides." is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! On the Thursday, June 12, episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast, the mother of four recalled a viral moment from her husband Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast last week where their 4-year-old daughter Elliotte Ray loudly shouted, 'I'm all done pooping!' 'Can someone tell me when you're supposed to stop wiping your kids' butts?' Kylie pondered. 'I could be about to get dragged on the Internet … all the moms out there, can you tell me so that we can sort of add them all up and get the average of when we should stop wiping their butts specifically for poop? Okay? Don't come for me." Noting that she doesn't trust her young children to properly wipe and wash their hands, Kylie shared that she taught her kids to call for them when they're going No. 2. 'That's the soundtrack of my life right there,' she said of the call. 'This happens probably anywhere from two times minimum, six times maximum a day. It is legitimately something that I hear in my — I was gonna say dreams, but let's be honest, that's a nightmare.' Read the original article on People
Daily Mirror
18-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
''I was advised to never wear a tracksuit to the airport again'
Having a cute airport outfit is vital for so many people. Looking sassy while you sit down for hours? A must. That's why I think a fashionable tracksuit is the best outfit you could opt for when you're travelling to another country. Chic and comfortable is a must. I want to be able to strut around duty-free, feeling good, getting my pre-flight prosecco, and knowing that I'm going to be the comfiest gal on that flight. No jeans marks here, ladies and gentlemen! So, that's why, when I flew from Manchester Airport to Palma last month, I knew my Juicy Couture tracksuit was a must-wear. It ticks all the boxes of comfort, cuteness, bling on the top and the bottom, and Y2K having its moment again, as a Zillennial, really means a lot to me. Of course, for maximum comfort, I paired it with my Uggs. Yes, I was flying to a hot country, but we were arriving at night, and the transfer had air conditioning, so it was fine. We dropped our bags off and made our way to security, breathing a sigh of relief that the queue wasn't long, despite the fact that we'd accidentally booked a holiday during half term (our adults-only hotel was uncharacteristically cheap, and we didn't ask questions). We were told at security that we could keep our jackets on and liquids in our bags, which is fantastic, but I'd already taken my jacket off and put it into the tray. The person handling the trays then asked me, 'Are your pants the same as this?' as they gestured to the diamante 'Juicy' on the back of my tracksuit top. 'Yes,' I said, as I turned around, and they could see it for themselves. They chuckled to themselves and said that I'd definitely be getting stopped when I passed through the scanners. Lo and behold, when I went through the scanner, something flagged, and it was my tracksuit. I was asked whether I had anything in my pocket, which I didn't, and then I was sent for my shoes to be checked. When I was walking away, the person working for security advised me not to wear my Juicy tracksuit to the airport again if I didn't want to be stopped. I must admit, this isn't the first time I've heard this advice, but it's too comfy and cute. To be honest, I've been stopped and searched to some extent at security every single time I go through - usually because of jewellery - so I think I would've set it off anyway. But I assumed that there wasn't any metal with the diamantes on the tracksuit and that it was all just plastic, but who knows. Anyway, I really don't mind being stopped at the airport when the person searching me is polite and friendly. I've definitely had some vile experiences with security staff at various airports across the world, but thankfully, when flying out of Manchester, they're usually pretty jovial and are just there to do their jobs, rather than behave like jobsworths. Someone on X referred to airport security as a 'humiliation ritual,' and while I have been made to feel like this in the past, it's definitely not commonplace. Although I can't lie, when waiting for security, I do get a little bit nervous to see how the person will treat me. I'm not the only person who has experienced this at an airport, either. Several women have taken to X to share their experiences of wearing Juicy Couture diamante items at the airport. One woman wrote: 'My bedazzled Juicy Couture track pants set off the airport security scanner and I had to get a pat down and an explosives test'. Someone else shared: 'I went through airport security in my Juicy Couture pants and the bum got flagged,' followed by a crying with laughter emoji. Manchester Airport has been contacted for comment.
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse' Review: Down the Y2K Clickhole
The image is instantly familiar: Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears crammed into a car, caught in a paparazzi flash, on the cover of The New York Post. That iconic photograph, from 2006, and the inside article's headline — '3 Bimbos of the Apocalypse' — conjures a time when Calvin Klein boxers peeked out from low-rise jeans, pop star aspirants pinned their hopes on MTV's 'Total Request Live,' and a juicy tabloid meltdown could end a career. In 'The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse,' a deliciously fizzy new musical from Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley that opened Tuesday at the Pershing Square Signature Center, something is different in this version of the photo. The painted tableau of the three bimbos that looms briefly onstage contains a previously unnoticed detail: a slim wrist, at the edge of the frame, dangling a charm bracelet that spells out 'Coco.' Now, in 2025, a Zillennial internet sleuth who goes by Brainworm (Milly Shapiro) fills us in: Coco was a one-hit wannabe who had uploaded her own music videos to YouTube in the hopes of going viral, or at least bacterial, before she disappeared. We see the red-maned Coco (Keri René Fuller) appear onstage in a midriff-exposing top, belting out a murderously upbeat tune. 'I don't think therefore I am!' she sings before needling her listeners: 'the less you try / the more they cry out for ur bag of tricks / (they're dumb as bricks).' The song is catchy as hell, and plays like an underdog bid for MTV immortality. Brainworm enlists the help of two other 'worms' — teenage shut-ins who also spend their waking lives online — to track down Coco: Earworm (Luke Islam), who sports cat ears and decodes pop culture and fashion, and Bookworm (Patrick Nathan Falk), who sifts through media and politics from his Nebraska bedroom. Like Brainworm, who identifies as an 'intersectional feminist' and specializes in tracking down missing girls, they are descendants of and Tumblr true-crime threads. Soon, they fall into a clickhole of clues. An obituary for Coco surfaces, which mentions that she 'went on a bender and spiraled out of control.' Grainy flip-phone photos are studied. Is that a knife jammed into a clothing rack? Could it have been used as a murder weapon? And what to make of the 'Coco' charm bracelet Brainworm received from an anonymous sender? Is it a hoax? In their search, the worms leave no monogrammed outfit unturned. (Cole McCarty's costumes revisit the era's rhinestone-studded jeans, velour tracksuits and garish, faux-glam accessories.) And lyrics to Coco's song are obsessively analyzed. The best of the musical's tunes, which includes Coco's ecce bimbo opener as well as more speculative numbers sung by the worms in places like Walmart, have the tingle of soda pop reaching a tender spot at the back of your throat. (The music director Dan Schlosberg leads a small but mighty band upstage.) While it has become a trope for shows to display projections of group chats or online comments (often with redundant voice-over), 'Bimbo' refreshingly steers clear of such contrivances. Under Rory Pelsue's fluid direction, we hear online comments voice-bombing Brainworm's internal monologue. They range from fetishistic ('show me your toes') to hostile ('my day sucked and you made it worse'), and are alternately read aloud by Brainworm and menacingly embodied by the other worms. Unsurprisingly, the more vicious the comments, the greater the number of viewers on the worms' TikTok channels. Breslin and Foley, whose previous work includes 'Circle Jerk' — a fantasia about the creation of an indomitable influencer — bring a similar fascination with the desires and insecurities of the extremely online to 'Bimbo.' But their new musical also ventures beyond cybernated spheres into a world largely devoid of technology. In this analog world, we meet Coco's mother (Sara Gettelfinger) and sister (Natalie Walker), who reveal a very different side of Coco. To say more would spoil the plot-twisty show, which wastes not a second of its 90 minutes. (Some of those soap-operatic turns recall Michael R. Jackson's equally ambitious, though less disciplined 'White Girl in Danger.') Especially in its latter half, 'Bimbo' traverses the gap between the very online and the very not online with exuberant intelligence. Earworm and Bookworm have a lovely number about who they are in their private realities, when no one's looking at them. For a show about pop stardom and fandom, it has a surprising amount to say about oblivion — and our inalienable right to it.
