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Cosmopolitan
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Shop Sabrina Carpenter's $5 Polka-Dot Old Navy Flip-Flops
If you haven't noticed, polka dots are having a ~moment~ right now. Remember when Olivia Rodrigo wore those polka-dot micro shorts around NYC? Or when Charli XCX wore that polka-dot dress in her "party 4 u" music video? Well, the latest celeb to hop on the polka-dot trend is Sabrina Carpenter, whose recent Instagram photo dump included a pair of polka-dot flip-flops. The best part? Those very shoes are currently on sale for $5 at Old Navy. This is not a drill, ppl!! Available in sizes 5 through 11, these super-affordable sandals come in half-a-dozen prints, including pink gingham, oranges, and navy cherries—but I'm partial to the polka-dot pattern sported by Sab. Need further proof that polka dots are e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e right now? Here's Clairo rocking a twee look at the 2025 Grammys: And Hailey Bieber wearing polka-dot capris while out and about in NYC: And Sydney Sweeney looking very chic during Paris Fashion Week: Oh, and let's not forget the black-and-white polka-dot bodysuit Sabrina debuted on her tour in Paris: I have a feeling polka dots aren't going anywhere anytime soon—but if you're looking for a low-risk way to get in on the trend, then you can't beat Sab's $5 flip-flops.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Overcompensating' is Prime Video's latest streaming sensation. The queer coming-of-age comedy is about wanting to be loved.
At first glance, Overcompensating, Prime Video's new coming-of-age comedy, may seem like a light, raunchy watch — but it's more than that. Created, written and produced by Benito Skinner, who's also the show's star, Overcompensating tells the tale of closeted college freshman Benny, who finds himself suppressing his gay identity to better fit in. As the eight-episode season progresses, it becomes clear that Benny isn't alone in his pursuit of acceptance. He, along with his sister, Grace (Mary Beth Barone), best friend, Carmen (Wally Baram), and her roommate, Hailey (Holmes), are all yearning for the same thing: to be loved for who they really are. 'All of these people are hurting and really want to be loved so badly,' Skinner told Elle for its Hollywood Rising issue. 'That's the whole point of the show — wanting to be loved so deeply and going about it in the totally wrong way. I don't think that's just a queer experience. I think that's everyone.' It's a simple yet honest sentiment, and it's one that appears to have resonated with Overcompensating's growing fanbase. Online, fans are sharing why Skinner's series has struck an emotional chord with them. 'I can't explain to you how seen I feel,' a creator named Sammy Talukder said in a video on TikTok. 'I feel so connected to that show. … It makes me so happy [that there's] actual queer representation and seeing what a lot of queer people deal with every single day. … I can't stop thinking about it.' Avery Herman, another TikTok user who felt similarly, wrote, 'Overcompensating is quite literally one of the best pieces of media I have seen in a long time. It is so funny but also feels so real??? I laugh out loud multiple times an episode. I'll be giddy one second and then have secondhand embarrassment the next.' On X, one fan declared, 'Overcompensating centering the love story between two best friends makes the entire series worth the watch. … Crying to the only person you feel comfortable coming out to? Cathartic.' Benny and Carmen's friendship is a focal point of the series. Carmen initially sees Benny as a romantic prospect but quickly comes to realize they're better off as friends. At the end of Episode 5, she realizes that Benny is gay, after seeing his gutted reaction to finding out his crush is straight. The episode's final scene, beloved by fans, shows Carmen and Benny approaching each other in the middle of the dance floor before falling into a tearful embrace. The moment has already received the TikTok treatment and has spawned video edits set to Charli xcx's viral track 'party 4 u' — a fitting choice, given that Charli also composed the show's original score. 'A beautiful, well-written, nostalgic show about figuring out who YOU are,' a TikTok user named BJ also said of the show. 'Thank you to Benito for creating such a beautiful reflection and inspiring me beyond.' Brandon, another X user, praised Skinner's series for depicting a group of college kids who are each ''overcompensating' for something,' showing that 'no matter who you are, we all can feel like we are falling short of what we should be.' For Skinner, overcompensating meant hiding behind a golden-boy facade. 'I think it was one of my first costumes in so many ways,' he said during an episode of CBC's Q with Tom Power. 'I'm going to be this version of a boy next door that it seems like everyone's cheering for, and they'll love me, and this costume will give me safety and social safety.' Overcompensating was quick to skyrocket to the top of Prime Video's ratings: As of May 22, it is the streamer's No. 1 show worldwide. With a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the college-set comedy has also been lauded by critics as a 'thoroughly charming show with a very sensitive soul' and 'one of the most promising comedies to hit television.' A second season has yet to be confirmed, though fans are hopeful that Skinner will get the opportunity to tell more of Benny's story. If ratings are any indication, the future of Overcompensating looks bright.
ABC News
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
From fan favourite leak to bonafide hit: A timeline of Charli xcx's 'party 4 u'
What began as a whisper of a track in 2017 — teased in clubs, passed around in grainy live clips, and begged for by fans — has finally bloomed into one of Charli xcx's most beloved songs. 'party 4 u', a shimmering, slow-burn anthem drenched in yearning and euphoria, had one of the longest and most unexpected ascents of any song in her catalogue. From its early cult status among Angels to its quarantine-era rebirth and viral 2025 chart peak, the track has lived many lives. Now, five years after its official release on how i'm feeling now , it's finally getting the flowers it's always deserved. Here's how 'party 4 u' went from a club bootleg to a bonafide hit. 2017 The earliest known performance of 'party 4 u' takes place on May 26 in Tokyo, during Charli xcx's set with A. G. Cook at the Nylon Japan 13th Anniversary Party. This rough early version quickly gained traction as a bootleg among fans (aka Angels), laying the groundwork for its cult status. In a 2020 interview with Beats by Dre , Cook revealed that the Logic Pro session file for the track was created that same month. Snippets began to surface in Charli's later live shows and online clips, fuelling anticipation. Later that year, in September, Cook included the song in a DJ set in Queens, New York, further cementing its underground appeal. 2018 'party 4 u' was played at several Pop 2 Tour afterparties, cementing its status as a deep-cut fan favourite. These early versions featured a club-ready, trap-style beat drop and a more up tempo vibe — sounding worlds apart from the tender, emotional anthem that would eventually be officially released. 2019 On February 9, 2019, during an interview with iHeart Radio, Charli was asked if 'party 4 u' would ever be released. She said she wasn't sure and joked that she likes to "keep you guys on your toes", leaving Angels guessing about its future. 2020 In April 2020, as the world went into lockdown, Charli xcx began crafting her quarantine album how i'm feeling now – a project written, recorded, and released in just five weeks. Embracing the chaos of the moment, Charli invited her fans into the creative process through Zoom calls, live streams, and real-time updates. Demos were shared, artwork was crowd-sourced and ideas were shaped collectively. On April 20, a reworked snippet of 'party 4 u' mysteriously appeared on Reddit — leaked by none other than Charli herself, posting under the alias 'Jazzlike_Village'. Just 10 days later, she made it official on Twitter: the long-awaited fan favourite would finally be featured on the album. May 2020 After three years of teases, leaks, and live-only versions, 'party 4 u' was officially released on how i'm feeling now on May 15, 2020. Speaking to Apple Music, Charli reflected on the track's long evolution: 'Every time we get together to make an album or a mixtape, it's always considered, but it had never felt right before now," she said. "The song has literally grown – we recorded the first part in maybe 2017, there are crowd samples now from the end of my Brixton Academy show in 2019, and now there are recordings of me at home during this period. It's gone on a journey." Though never released as a single, the song quietly resonated, peaking at 111 on the Billboard 200 and cementing its place as one of her most emotionally-layered deep cuts. 2023 Charli scores the high school satire Bottoms . 'party 4 u' soundtracks the gloriously unhinged, blood-soaked climax of the film — a fittingly chaotic moment in a film starring Charli's real-life bff Rachel Sennott alongside Ayo Edebiri. 2024 Brat summer. Ever heard of it? 2025 In February, 'party 4 u' experienced an unexpected viral resurgence when the song's up-tempo second verse took off on TikTok, propelling it onto the US Spotify Viral 100. Two months — and two Coachella performances — later, a second wave hit: a trend emerged where fans paired the song's haunting, minimalist a capella breakdown with heartbreakingly iconic moments from film and TV, transforming the song into a soundtrack for collective emotional release. Then, in May — on the eve of how i'm feeling now 's five-year anniversary – Charli announced the release of the song's first official music video, directed by Mitch Ryan. In a handwritten note shared on Instagram, she said: "I will never forget it, and I really can't believe that 5 years later one of the angel favourites is having its own special moment. So obviously I wanted to do something to celebrate… This one's for you angels. Love, Charli." Now, years after it first appeared on her DIY quarantine album — and despite never being released as a single — 'party 4 u' is sitting pretty at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Charli xcx drops 'party 4 u' music video 5 years after the song was released — thanks to a melancholic TikTok trend.
Brat summer may be over, but Charli xcx's pop culture reign persists. Five years and a full-blown TikTok takeover later, the Grammy-winning singer has debuted a music video for her 2020 deep cut 'party 4 u.' Directed by Mitch Ryan, who most recently brought Addison Rae's 'Headphones' vision to life, the 'party 4 u' music video, released on May 15, sees Charli in a polka dot dress, walking through an empty house, presumably the morning after throwing a party. Intercut with close-up camcorder footage of the singer, the video shows Charli walking along an empty path outside, before eventually tearing up and burning down a billboard of herself. 'We turned this video round in 4 days just 4 u <3,' Charli wrote on Instagram. 'I love this song and i can't believe this is happening so many years later. thank you <3' Charli's fans, affectionately referred to by the singer as her 'Angels,' have already started to share their initial reactions to the music video online. 'This music video captures the isolation and desperation so well girl ur my modern day Jay Gatsby,' one fan commented on Charli's TikTok video. X user Juanpa, wrote, 'At work took a bathroom break to watch the party 4 u music video and i cried watching it @charli_xcx girl i love you.' Aym, another user on X, said of first watching the music video, 'Guys I can't stop crying bc of the party 4 u mv, this song is so important for me.' Reflecting on the song's renaissance and accompanying video, an X user with the handle @wordsandfevers wrote, 'The mainstream success of party 4 u feels like an old friend u were once close with but drifted from as life got in the way and years later they became who they always dreamed of being and despite the silence between u there's still this. Deep respect and lingering closeness.' The music video comes less than a week after the 'Apple' hitmaker first teased the video on her private Instagram account. On Wednesday, Charli shared a clip of herself running down an empty street while holding a cluster of pink balloons — a direct reference to one of the song's lyrics. The 10th track off her 2020 album, How I'm Feeling Now, 'party 4 u' puts a melancholic spin on Charli's signature dance-pop dispositions. Produced by A.G. Cook, the track hears an emotionally dejected Charli dancing through the pain, as she stomachs the fact that the one person she wanted to see didn't show up to the party. Also featured in the 2023 romantic comedy Bottoms, which Charli helped compose the score for, 'party 4 u' initially inspired a lip-syncing trend in February. In the style of Drag Race icon Coco Montrese, fans shared videos of themselves enunciating the track's fast-paced second verse. Charli herself got in on the trend too. But the song's emotional bridge, during which Charli repeatedly sings 'party on you, party on you' over layers of auto-tuned harmonies, spawned an even more resonant trend — as fans have taken to the platform to dissect the meaning of the breakdown, and even suggest theories surrounding its lyrics. In the music video, this moment culminates in a slow motion shot of Charli lying on the floor in an empty room, as lights flash and confetti flies around her. Fans have shared a range of interpretations, believing the bridge captures the feeling of 'seeing the person you like kiss someone else,' the realization that 'they'll never again be the person you first met,' or the belief that you've 'been delusional this whole time.' Fans have also created gut-wrenching edits of fictional couples from films and television shows whose relationships they feel encapsulate the song's underlying meaning. Films like La La Land and Someone Great, along with television shows like Normal People and Girls have all been referenced in relation to 'party 4 u.' Charli has since clarified the actual meaning of the song's bridge in a TikTok video of her own. 'This is actually the moment you realize that that one person isn't ever coming to your party so you stand in the middle of the room, tears briefly fill your eyes but then you wipe them away, pretend you're OK and proceed to get unbelievably f***ed up and then spend the next weekend feeling completely ashamed of yourself,' she writes. Aware of the song's renaissance, she also added it to the Weekend 2 set list for her Coachella performance in April. The 'fact that you guys love this song makes me seriously emotional,' Charli wrote in a TikTok caption. Thanks to its online virality, 'party 4 u' made its Billboard Hot 100 debut in early May and reached a new peak at No. 55 on the chart dated May 17, 2025, Billboard reports. The song, according to a TikTok spokesperson, has also spawned over 2.9 million creator posts and more than 6.6 million video views. 'How I'm Feeling Now turns 5 years old tomorrow,' Charli wrote in a handwritten note ahead of the music video's Thursday release. 'It honestly just feels like yesterday. So much has changed since then: Me, my life, elements of my music and most definitely the world. I made the album in just 5 weeks, from conception to release, entirely publicly in collaboration with all of you.' The '360' singer added, 'It was all of us at our most raw, our most stripped, our most vulnerable. I will never forget it, and I really can't believe that five years later one of the Angel favorites is having its own special moment. So obviously I wanted to do something to celebrate. … This one's for you Angels.'
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Charli xcx drops 'party 4 u' music video 5 years after the song was released — thanks to a melancholic TikTok trend.
Brat summer may be over, but Charli xcx's pop culture reign persists. Five years and a full-blown TikTok takeover later, the Grammy-winning singer has debuted a music video for her 2020 deep cut 'party 4 u.' Directed by Mitch Ryan, who most recently brought Addison Rae's 'Headphones' vision to life, the 'party 4 u' music video, released on May 15, sees Charli in a polka dot dress, walking through an empty house, presumably the morning after throwing a party. Intercut with close-up camcorder footage of the singer, the video shows Charli walking along an empty path outside, before eventually tearing up and burning down a billboard of herself. 'We turned this video round in 4 days just 4 u <3,' Charli wrote on Instagram. 'I love this song and i can't believe this is happening so many years later. thank you <3' Charli's fans, affectionately referred to by the singer as her 'Angels,' have already started to share their initial reactions to the music video online. 'This music video captures the isolation and desperation so well girl ur my modern day Jay Gatsby,' one fan commented on Charli's TikTok video. X user Juanpa, wrote, 'At work took a bathroom break to watch the party 4 u music video and i cried watching it @charli_xcx girl i love you.' Aym, another user on X, said of first watching the music video, 'Guys I can't stop crying bc of the party 4 u mv, this song is so important for me.' Reflecting on the song's renaissance and accompanying video, an X user with the handle @wordsandfevers wrote, 'The mainstream success of party 4 u feels like an old friend u were once close with but drifted from as life got in the way and years later they became who they always dreamed of being and despite the silence between u there's still this. Deep respect and lingering closeness.' The music video comes less than a week after the 'Apple' hitmaker first teased the video on her private Instagram account. On Wednesday, Charli shared a clip of herself running down an empty street while holding a cluster of pink balloons — a direct reference to one of the song's lyrics. The 10th track off her 2020 album, How I'm Feeling Now, 'party 4 u' puts a melancholic spin on Charli's signature dance-pop dispositions. Produced by A.G. Cook, the track hears an emotionally dejected Charli dancing through the pain, as she stomachs the fact that the one person she wanted to see didn't show up to the party. Also featured in the 2023 romantic comedy Bottoms, which Charli helped compose the score for, 'party 4 u' initially inspired a lip-syncing trend in February. In the style of Drag Race icon Coco Montrese, fans shared videos of themselves enunciating the track's fast-paced second verse. Charli herself got in on the trend too. But the song's emotional bridge, during which Charli repeatedly sings 'party on you, party on you' over layers of auto-tuned harmonies, spawned an even more resonant trend — as fans have taken to the platform to dissect the meaning of the breakdown, and even suggest theories surrounding its lyrics. In the music video, this moment culminates in a slow motion shot of Charli lying on the floor in an empty room, as lights flash and confetti flies around her. Fans have shared a range of interpretations, believing the bridge captures the feeling of 'seeing the person you like kiss someone else,' the realization that 'they'll never again be the person you first met,' or the belief that you've 'been delusional this whole time.' Fans have also created gut-wrenching edits of fictional couples from films and television shows whose relationships they feel encapsulate the song's underlying meaning. Films like La La Land and Someone Great, along with television shows like Normal People and Girls have all been referenced in relation to 'party 4 u.' Charli has since clarified the actual meaning of the song's bridge in a TikTok video of her own. 'This is actually the moment you realize that that one person isn't ever coming to your party so you stand in the middle of the room, tears briefly fill your eyes but then you wipe them away, pretend you're OK and proceed to get unbelievably f***ed up and then spend the next weekend feeling completely ashamed of yourself,' she writes. Aware of the song's renaissance, she also added it to the Weekend 2 set list for her Coachella performance in April. The 'fact that you guys love this song makes me seriously emotional,' Charli wrote in a TikTok caption. Thanks to its online virality, 'party 4 u' made its Billboard Hot 100 debut in early May and reached a new peak at No. 55 on the chart dated May 17, 2025, Billboard reports. The song, according to a TikTok spokesperson, has also spawned over 2.9 million creator posts and more than 6.6 million video views. 'How I'm Feeling Now turns 5 years old tomorrow,' Charli wrote in a handwritten note ahead of the music video's Thursday release. 'It honestly just feels like yesterday. So much has changed since then: Me, my life, elements of my music and most definitely the world. I made the album in just 5 weeks, from conception to release, entirely publicly in collaboration with all of you.' The '360' singer added, 'It was all of us at our most raw, our most stripped, our most vulnerable. I will never forget it, and I really can't believe that five years later one of the Angel favorites is having its own special moment. So obviously I wanted to do something to celebrate. … This one's for you Angels.'
