Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

2025 gave us the hero with a hero, bloated Vance, and who could forget the Coldplay couple? (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) As the year comes to an end, I’m really at a loss for where to ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

We toured with Gina in the US this year and it was a treat to watch her perform these songs – “I Thought I’d Live Forever” is one of my favourite tracks of the year. Amazing arrangement, and just a ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

Earlier this year, TikTokers declared the start of the Great Meme Depression of 2025. In the months since, things haven’t picked up much. As 2026 approaches, some internet users have decided to take ...

On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

If you haven’t heard by now, the Louvre—the world's busiest museum—was robbed last Sunday. But this wasn’t the stuff of an Ocean’s Eleven film or The Da Vinci Code, conducted in the middle of the ...

You hear it everywhere: SIX SEVEN! And it's accompanied by a couple of hand motions as if you're juggling. If you have a teen or tween or you're on TikTok, chances are you've heard "six-seven" A LOT ...

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The dimensions of the current building and the plans for its condo conversion mean the sales price translates to $3,000 per buildable square foot, according to sources. In March, Commercial Observer ...