JayZ allegations, Taylor Swift ends an Era, & Google's Year In Search
+ a pop culture edish for a change!
Babies, I’m aware it’s been a big week of news (Syria, the UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination etc) so to end the week on a bit of a lighter one, today’s edish is going to be a lil bit pop culture-y, yay!
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Google’s year in search
One of my fave end of year wrap ups is Google’s Year In Search which shows top trending searches in the U.S for 2024. I get these via a press release and always LOVE reading what unhinged things we’re searching for, so here are some of my faves:
Top trending searches:
Election
Donald Trump
Connections
New York Yankees
Kamala Harris
Copa América
Hurricane Milton tracker
Olympic medal count
Toby Keith
Liam Payne
Top trending actors:
Katt Williams
Jacob Elordi
Glen Powell
Jeremy Allen White
Shane Gillis
Hugh Jackman
Barry Keoghan
Adam Brody
Ella Purnell
Jodie Foster
Is ... a real word?
Demure
Beaut
Sigma
Funner
Skibidi
Learnt
Unserious
Brolic
Gonna
Rizz
Top trending musicians
Usher
Diddy
Kendrick Lamar
Drake
Justin Timberlake
Ingrid Andress
Sabrina Carpenter
Drake Bell
Chappell Roan
Tracy Chapman
Top trending food and drink recipes:
Olympics chocolate muffins
Tanghulu
Tini's mac and cheese
Mama Kelce's cookie
Dense bean salad
Dubai chocolate bar
Logan cucumbers
Onion boil
Sleepy girl mocktail
Chia water
Relationship definitions
Open relationship
Gaslighting
Daddy
Harmonious relationship
Poly relationship
Cheesy
Narcissist
Exclusive
Fling
Situationship
Top trending songs:
Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar
meet the grahams - Kendrick Lamar
Thick Of It - KSI
Euphoria - Kendrick Lamar
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs
Houdini - Eminem
yes, and? - Ariana Grande
But Daddy I Love Him - Taylor Swift
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter
"Why are...[zodiac sign] so..."
Aries: Stupid
Taurus: Attractive
Gemini: Powerful
Cancer: Freaky
Leo: Dramatic
Virgo: Sarcastic
Libra: Attractive
Scorpio: Annoying
Sagittarius: Powerful
Capricorn: Attractive
Aquarius: Difficult
Pisces: Stubborn
Relationship "when should"
When should a relationship become exclusive?
When should I take a break from my relationship?
When should you start holding hands in a relationship?
When should you ask where the relationship is going?
When should you talk about marriage in a relationship?
When should I start saying 'I love you' in a relationship?
When should a relationship end?
When should you give the first kiss?
When should you talk about finances in a relationship?
When should you talk about the future in a relationship?
Top trending ‘aesthetics’
Mob wife aesthetic
Nancy Meyers aesthetic
Pillow face aesthetic
Brat aesthetic
Decora aesthetic
Airport tray aesthetic
Office siren aesthetic
Smokers aesthetic
Coastal granddaughter aesthetic
Y3K aesthetic
... before first date
Nervous before first date
Texting etiquette before first date
Talking about sex before first date
How long to talk before first date
Facetime before first date
... after first date
What to text after first date
When to text after first date
Ghosted after first date
How often to text after first date
Questions to ask after first date
Top trending internet theories:
Burnt toast theory
Orange peel theory
October theory
Invisible string theory
Taxi cab theory
Birth order dating theory
Let them theory
Men's first love theory
Ladder theory
Blue nail theory
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A lawsuit alleges Jay-Z and Diddy raped 13-year-old girl
Content warning: sexual assault.
Yikes. The latest in the Diddy saga involves his mate JayZ, and they’ve both been accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl at a party in 2000.
As per the BBC:
“The anonymous accuser alleges she was assaulted at a house party after the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in New York and that an unnamed female celebrity was in the room at the time.”
And this was the statement that Jay Z released:
“My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a "lawyer" named Tony Buzbee.
What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.
No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!
These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!!
Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?
These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.
This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these type of theatrics!
I have no idea how you have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, but I promise you I have seen your kind many times over. I'm more than prepared to deal with your type. You claim to be a marine?! Marines are known for their valor, you have neither honor nor dignity.
My only heartbreak is for my family. My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such at their young age. It is unfair to have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit.
My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
You have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all "celebrities" are the same. I'm not from your world. I'm a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don't play these types of games.
We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain.
Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable.
I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”
Taylor Swift’s Eras tour has ended
And yes, I was emotional watching her perform Long Live and singing “it was the end of an ‘era’ but the start of an age.” Buzzfeed put together an article which summed up the tour ‘by the numbers’ and I want to share some of those facts here:
She played 149 shows in total for The Eras Tour, over the course of 18 months.
Since "All Too Well" is 10 minutes long and she plays it at every show, that means "All Too Well" will have been played for 1,520 minutes in total, or 25 hours and 18 minutes. AKA over one full day.
Taylor has performed over 6,500 songs in total, throughout The Eras Tour.
Taylor has spent an average of 532 hours total onstage, or 22 days and 4 hours!!!
Around 10 million people have attended The Eras Tour — which is more than all of Taylor Swift's previous tours combined.
Taylor has sung a whopping 444 songs as surprise songs, counting repeated songs as new entries.
Taylor Swift's global economic impact from The Eras Tour alone is $13-28 billion, which roughly translates to that of "a small country."
Insane. Read all the stats here.
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I find Jay Z’s statement so triggering!!!!! Just his tone. It does not give “I’m sympathetic with victims” at all, it gives I have so much money that I am confident I can run over ANYONE who ever tries me. I hope it does go to court - even though I have no confidence in the system for victims especially against such financial power.