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[the-phantom-author]

Hasan Piker | long-term gf

Yes, these were made at 1am while I was eating rice krispie treats. Reblogs always welcomed, request are open.

You meet Hasan toward the end of him working at The Young Turks in late 2019, when the two of you talked about his streaming and other social media, the both of you agreed that you wouldn’t physically be on them but he's more than allowed to talk about you.

You move in with him during lockdown. It wasn’t really lockdown yet when you first planned on moving, but he needed to move into a new apartment and neither of you really wanted to go through lockdown without the other. So, the two of you decided that it was a good time to move in together anyway.

It was during lockdown that you really got to know his mother, as she did live with the two of you. It was also during this time that chat got their first bits of information and glimpses of you. It was nothing huge or anything, there would be times that they see you leaving the apartment to go to work or get groceries. They could faintly hear you talking/cooing at Fish. They’d see throw blankets around the house, ask about them, and Hasan would respond with “My girlfriend gets cold easily” and move on.

Hasan is very careful with how he navigates your hidden relationship while online. One thing is for sure though, and that he’s so respectful of it. Like, he makes his “I’m fucking your mom” jokes as he does, but as soon as someone makes a joke that just a bit to suggestive he says “I have a girlfriend.” and move the conversation alone, not letting it go there again. The whole “Hasan Positivity Week” thing would be very “Flattered, but no.” He’s not letting any amount of disrespect go your way.

That said, if someone linked him one of your tiktoks, where you’re just like “I would totally drop my long term boyfriend for Hasan Piker, I mean look at him." Coupled with a bunch of photos of him that are from your personal camera roll. He is most definitely just sitting there, looking.

The way that he talks about you on stream though is very 🥰🥰. Like, someone in chat asked how yall met and he just said “She grinned, and everything about her was perfect, and I fell in love instantly". There are several times where he absentmindedly says “we” instead of “I”. Like “We’re going on a trip later this month” or “”We’re going out for dinner, so the stream is ending early.”

During this time you are soft launching, and by this time I mean the whole relationship. It’s vague pictures of him, pinterest like photos of coffee cups that have his hands and ring in them, pictures of furniture with his clothes in the background, you in tiktok wearing his hoodies or necklaces.

It is also after covid where chatter starts getting suspicious. They see the same woman in pictures from Austin, Ludwig, Will, and the lot , often in the background or barely there. Chat asks them all about her/you and they say nothing about it. Ethan mansions Hasan’s “special lady” far too much on leftovers to just be some kind of bit.

This is when chat starts to do some digging, they put the photos from and of you together with the photos of the mystery lady in the pictures from everyone. This prompts a discussion between you and hasan about what to do with introducing you to the internet.

It is decided that Hasan should start to soft launch you and this is what is fully intended to happen, however Hasan doesn’t know the definition of soft launching. He really just post a picture of the two of them together on iInstagram. The very next day the stream is just titled “Partner Reveal” and when the stream opens it’s just you, in his chair.

Chat soon realizes that the two of you are the duo they never knew they needed. Banter off the walls, and undeniable chemistry. There are a few portions of his stream that he automatically goes to get you and ask if you want to join the stream for it. Like if he ever starts to watch something that pertains to an interest of yours, true crimes, jubilee, those conspiracy videos he's watched a few times, or these 2000's reality TV shows,.

He'll even have specific subjects that he knows you know about in a non-political way, that he'll bring you in for. Just so he can have a normies opinion on it. A normie that he trust.

[mushroomfic]

Hasan Piker Midwest Princess Chapter 1, Trauma! at the Gay Bar

This is the first chapter of a fic I've been frankensteining from a non related series of one shots I never intended on posting but once it reached fifty pages I was like, I feel like its more psycho if I don't post it? Mad respect to all of the work Hasan does; fanfic is a coping mechanism, sorry to this man. If I didn't see that podcast episode of him telling the TikTok edit people he doesn't care I would not have posted. I'll post a (y/n) version soon. My first slow burn! Well ig you can decide if its slowburn lol.

Warnings: Slight homophobia, bad date, swearing, allusion to older sibling trauma, x OC but will post a y/n

Word Count: 2818

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Day One,

Forty five minutes before:

“You’re meeting him alone? And you drove there? Where did you park? How far is your walk? Are you armed? I shouldn’t need to say this but we are not in Kansas anymore, Dorth-” The audio is crackling through one damaged earbud but the gist is communicated well enough to be annoying.

“Yeah you’re right, you don’t need to say this. I literally wrote those things down in a packet for you. It’s in a garage, we’re meeting in a public place, he’s gay, I’m literally almost there now, and I have everything that I send in my bi-annual safety package.” It was a bit biting, but nothing anyone wasn’t used to. “I’m going to forgive your attitude because you’re just not used to it, but it's high time I start parenting you instead.” The woman being scolded lets out a scoff, but decides to let it go. “Okay, I gotta go, love you.” As if knowing she was on the way to hang up, the girl on the line speaks lightning fast:  “Love you, I’m serious, text me. I’ll see you tomorrow!”

Their call ends and the man in question is immediately visible upon entering, as it is too early for fog, strobes, colored lights, or dancers. He was sat in a booth, wearing noticeably much different hair and clothes than usual with a look of concern.  She approaches, more curious than scared. “Hey Matt, how are you?”

Now:

This little outing really was not going to plan. Here she was, thinking what a great networking connection, I wonder why he took an interest in me, he must have a project in mind. Now, the two sat awkwardly, twiddling their thumbs and looking at the table between them as a massive misunderstanding had just unfolded not even a half hour in. Despite still hanging in the wake of an argument, the man on the south side of the booth elects to open his mouth again.

"I cannot fucking believe you thought I was gay. Why would you even say to me, Vivian?" This did not go over well with his audience. Vivian looked up from her now ripped up napkin, eyes bulging and mouth agape. She was really reaching for a way to be nice in spite of everything, in the not-so-rare case this comes back to bite her. It took a lot of effort to hold back her flabbergasted laughs in her rebuttal.

"I'm sorry, Matt. You’re obviously offended. But, I just used context clues: this is an internationally notorious gay bar." She motions around the place as the scantily clad, male dancers start their shift with her hand. The resulting look on Matt's face could be described as potent horror. After a moment, he shakes it off and his face relaxes, like he had just reloaded back to a point in the night where nothing had ever happened. "You know what, I can forgive you. Let's just get outta here and go somewhere where there's people I can show you off to." Matt had a wide grin on his face. He must’ve felt ingenious, but now it's Vivan's turn to wretch. There was no other direction to go. She almost starts laughing again when she says, "Um, I agreed to meet you alone under the pretense that you were gay and on business. On what planet does that mean I’d want to go out with you?"

Thankfully, Vivian had the foresight to start texting under the table since the beginning of the straight reveal. Even more convenient than calling her smug sister back, she had noticed her (hopefully) savior earlier, who she’d been to this bar with before. She hadn't checked if he’d be in town at the time because of work and family plans on top of her being too nervous to meet his friends that she’d definitely be introduced to. But now, it was clear one fear was worse than the other. This is the text conversation they had while she tried to navigate this tantrum:

V: Austin

A: Vivvvv!!

V: Are you at The Abbey rn?

A: omg how did you know did someone post something?

V: No I'm here can I come over there

A: WHAT

V: this guy from work invited me I assumed he was gay bc he suggested it but its bad

A: NO NOT THAT of course you can come over, come over now, I'm just shocked you DIDN'T FUCKING TELL ME YOU WERE COMING.

Seconds later and without further coordination, Austin starts yelling, creating the perfect excuse to leave just as she starts gathering her things post rejection.

"GUYS, VIVIAN IS HERE. YOU GET TO MEET VIVIAN!!!!!" Followed by several gasps and chatter. She whipped around to 'see what the noise was.' When she turns back to Matt Vivian starts speaking at hyper speed. "Oh my God, that's my friend Austin! I should say hi. I Gotta go, thanks for the drink!" And she was out of there before he could say a word about how obvious that was. 

Through the suddenly large crowd of people it took her a second to reach Austin’s group but as soon as she did the aforementioned introductions began. "Guys, this is my best friend Vivian, we met in college! She's helped with some of my shows before.” He names every member off before getting out of the booth and patting the seat cushion. She sends him a questioning glance when he doesn’t just scooch over, but he doesn’t give her any time to ask. “I'm so excited, you turned up at the perfect time. We're pre-recording the podcast this week before the convention in Japan, so everyone is around." Once she climbed in, he followed, wrapping his arm around her shoulders and sandwiching her between him and a friend.

The girls seem friendly enough but the guilt, especially from having seen any amount of their content before, persisted. "I'm so sorry to intrude. I was trying to find a way to escape the guy I'm with and then I saw you guys." After ingesting and enjoying some of their work to support Austin, it was difficult for Vivian to not feel like a fan interrupting their night for a picture. However, she did find a little relief in Maya, QT, and Caroline in unison all saying things like: "Of course!", "Don't be sorry!", and "It's nice to finally meet you!". While she was busy learning everyone's names, or more like acting, Austin decided to glance around for the perpetrator. He locked eyes with a man getting out of the booth he saw her leave from. He shakes his head when he starts heading their direction, and Matt changes course for the door without much more persuasion. Maya notices, but he motions for her to say nothing.

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To Vivian's surprise, it ended up being a really fun, guilt free night. Now, it was almost one in the morning and all had begun to trail out after agreeing on another day to get together in a couple months during her next work trip. Only Vivian and Austin were left. She insisted on driving him home, trying to be alone for as little time as possible. On the way to her rental car, they chatted about how excited he was to ingratiate her into his friend group, and that tonight was a great start, better than he’d imagined. Well, that's what she'd translated it to mean, anyway. 

Once the two were in, she peaked over to his side to make sure he'd buckled as she talked. "Okay, where are you staying, babe?" Her voice made him jump in his seat, exposing his lack of attention. "hmmmmmmm?" She reiterates, "Which hotel are you staying at?" Austin takes a bit too long to answer. "I'm not." He sounds a little devious. "You're not?" She sounds a little confused. "It's Hasan's ho-HIC-use. Hasan's house. Another one off the-the list. The friend list." Austin hiccups in the middle of his sentence, rolling around trying to get his phone out of his back pocket. Vivian tried not to act caught off guard by this news. He had started staying there more recently, she knew that. There was no reason for alarm, it shouldn’t be any different than meeting his other friends. It was already surprising that she hadn't met him or anyone else already. Brief phone calls with Austin on speaker had revealed her existence to them; she's not a foreign concept to anyone. It would be fine. Besides, Hasan said on the podcast a couple of days ago that he goes to bed really early so she might not even get a glimpse of him. She decided to not tell Austin she knows that and just typed in the address as he eventually gets through saying it.

The ride was enjoyable, Austin didn’t puke, and he didn’t complain about her music choices either. She hadn’t had to get through a neighborhood gate by herself in a while, but the real hard part came after parking the car; Getting Austin out and through the door. She tried to support him with her shoulder the best she could and managed to get him up on the porch. “Just remember, if you.. If you see Hasan, he isn’t mean. He just is like that - oh my god where is my key?!” Unfortunately, he had gone into all his pockets while talking to find said key, but it wasn’t there. Frantic searching obviously ensues. Every pocket on Austin's body checked twice, every crevice of the car, all over the sidewalk, and the grass. 

In a fleeting moment of clarity, Vivian cuts off his panicked rambling to make the suggestion to just call Hasan and figure out the rest in the morning. "Oh yeah, duh." It takes a lot of energy to keep calm. If he lost the key that means anyone could have it. What if it was stolen? Or worse, stolen by a fan? Is this supposed to be his first impression of her? That she, the DD, let a stranger steal the key to his home? It doesn’t matter if those thoughts are ridiculous, what if he’s ridiculous? It’s not like she really knows anything about him.

Austin calls him and puts it on speaker and the sound interrupts her spiral; it rings a couple of times and Vivian almost loses all hope until a deep, gravelly groan radiates from the phone at the last second. She pretended to not have heard it. Austin explained, Hasan was irritated, reasonably, but agreed to come down after waking up enough to realize there was no other option. They stood there silently, like two kids in trouble, waiting for the door to swing open.

It did. "Austin you are a fucking idiot. The key is on the kitchen counter." Is the first thing he said when he saw him. Vivian was exasperated. “Thank fucking god, I thought someone stole it”. She covered her face in her hands as she spoke. When she revealed herself, Hasan realized her presence for the first time; caught off guard, he let his face change for a second. Displeasure, recognition, just surprise? Vivian let it slide as per the advice of her friend earlier. Austin raised an eyebrow, but carried on anyway. "Hey hey hey! None of that is true. Hasan, this is the Viv I’m always talking about. Can she come over tomorrow?" Hasan pauses before offering his hand. “Yeah.. I remember.” She accepts, shaking softly and smiling up at him. They both chuckle at Austin as they do. During the greeting, she notices for the first time that Hasan had opened the door wearing nothing but pajama pants, which you know, is an odd outfit to be shaking someone's hand in, is all.

"I was wondering if we’d ever meet you." Vivian blushes, and agrees with him. Hasan, on his never ending quest to become the world's greatest host that she’d heard all about, offered to have her stay since it's so late. She politely declines on reflex, explaining her hotel wasn't that far and that she had work in the morning. Which was mostly true. After that, Austin hugs her goodbye and shimmies behind Hasan saying something, probably incoherent, under his breath. The sight amused her enough to distract her from Hasan’s reaction to what was mumbled. His ungraceful footsteps serve as background noise for the rest of the conversation. "If you're sure. I guess see you tomorrow then?" His face reads so earnestly she struggles for a moment, wondering why Austin would ever leave her alone like that. "Yeah, of course. Thanks." Hasan begins his retreat back into the house, and she's glad to have received a cue and starts to turn around as well, waving.

"Hey. text Austin's phone so we know you got home okay." She glances back to agree before picking up the pace back to her car, face burning for what she elements is no reason. In the distance she can hear muffled yelling and laughter.

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Day Two,

The next morning Hasan carried on his early routine to breakfast, then to basketball, then back to the house as per usual. That was until the sound of crashing around upstairs reminded him of last night. He just hoped that he had come off the right way to Vivan. Austin’s faces and teasing mutters did not help, but he’d already been told a few times before that he doesn’t tend to make the greatest first impressions. Even though he had thought carefully about this one in advance, it still managed to take him by surprise. In a sleepy haze, in the middle of the night, and barely clothed no less. If he didn’t do okay that night, he was going to have to deal with the consequences for at least one depressing, awkward night, or maybe even more.

Eventually, he and Austin crossed paths in the house and Hasan had the chance to try and calm some of his nerves. "What are we gonna do with Viv today?" Hasan sat at the counter, watching his friend rummage around in the fridge. He sipped his coffee, ignoring that he could not get his knee to stop bouncing. "Uhhh." The key word was “try.” He made an effort to not to sound frustrated; obviously Austin thought that they would get along just fine and was not worried at all about being a diligent liaison, which was good, he supposed. Yet, this was as much as he could muster: "You invited her over to my house with no plans?" Austin chuckled at his friend's perpostered tone, wiggling his shoulders around in a way that suggested he may be making something up on the fly. "Well first off, I was drunk, and second… I'd like to, to, to - to give her a tour of your lovely home!" Austin sets up shop for breakfast on the other side of the island very nonchalantly and Hasan now has to hide his embarrassment. "I am not doing that." 

Austin cracked an egg into a pan, smirking. He decides to poke the bear. "Give me one reason why." Hasan gestures wildly with his hands in confusion, and the other just sits there, enjoying how the tables have turned for once. "What do you mean?? How is that not embarrassing?" He rolled his eyes. "I said I'm doing it, not you. You can hide your shame in your office until it’s over - Oh! and then I'm definitely taking her out to a fancy dinner. Anyone can come, but when I see her I like to buy her nice dinner. Then she asked me a while ago if she could teach me Mario Kart so I need a copy of the new one. You have a switch right?" Despite the greasy spatula being pointed at him as a gesture, Hasan manages to find some solus in any sort of established structure for the day.

“Oh, speak of the devil, she texted me, will you read it?” The spatula returns to point at Austin’s phone on the other side of the kitchen island. Hasan grabs it with a light grunt, returning his glasses to his eyes. “Austin, my sister and I are going to brunch in 2 hours, she says she hasn’t seen you in so long do you want to come.” He barely gets to finish reading it before Austin says, “fuck yeah, say yes.” Hasan types:

A: Austin says “fuck yeah, say yes” - Hasan

V: lol thank you for carrier pigeoning <3, its here tell him he can click on it 

Austin Insta-Carted the game under the advice of Hasan and Google before they separated again. One getting ready for brunch and the other taking a long shower and marinating in his thoughts, wondering if he should make a phone call or if that would be too dramatic.

[soundslivemagazine]

Recapping the 2025 Juno Awards

If you somehow missed it, this weekend was the 54th annual Juno Awards, taking place in Vancouver, Canada to honour the best of Canada’s most successful artists of 2024 across various categories and genres. It took place across Saturday and Sunday, 29-30 March 2025, the main televised ceremony taking place in the 19,000-capacity Rogers Arena, as well as other events like the Songwriters Circle also taking place alongside the big show, featuring spectacular live productions and performances, a who’s-who of current Canadian music including award presenters The Beaches and Jessie Reyez, and host Michael Bublé.

In short, it was a night recognising and celebrating the artists who have been working tirelessly for years and are finally enjoying a moment in the spotlight. Albertan singer and dancer who took the world of pop by storm with her hit single ‘Greedy’, Tate McRae was one of the biggest winners at this year’s JUNOs, winning artist of the year, while single ‘Exes’ won Pop Song of the Year and her subsequent album Think Later won Pop Album of the Year, although she wasn’t at the ceremony to collect her awards in person.

The Beaches continued the dominance they have had upon guitar- and rock music by winning Group of the Year, retaining the award they had won last year on the back of the success of their single ‘Blame Brett’, and following that, of the whole album Blame My Ex. If things continue as they are right now for the Beaches, they could rival Arkells for the continuous run of three Group of the Year wins. Arkells’ frontman and singer Max Kerman was at the ceremony as well, to announce that next year’s JUNOS will be hosted in their hometown of Hamilton, ON.

Torontonian poet and folk singer Mustafa, who won praise from critics the world over for his debut album Dunya, which was also featured in many year-end ‘Albums of 2024’ lists, picked up Songwriter of the Year, and Palestinian-Canadian pop singer Nemahsis won Breakthrough Artist of the Year for her debut album Verbathim.

Nemahsis performing at the Juno Awards in Vancouver. Image: CBC.

It was a special moment for Nemah Hasan, who had initially gained attention for her artistry through TikTok and had been signed by a Los Angeles-based record label. As she was working on her album in 2023 however, she was dropped by her label because she was Palestinian. Disheartened but supported by fans and family, Nemahsis went on to independently release what would become the Juno winner for Alternative Album of the Year. She also performed a breakthrough single from the album, ‘Stick of Gum’.

Cree musician Sebastian Gaskin took home Indigenous Artist of the Year for his single ‘Brown Man’. Snotty Nose Rez Kids made history in becoming the first Indigenous artists to win Rap Album of the Year for 2024’s RED FUTURE. The duo also delivered another powerful, high-energy and evocative performance of songs from the album, last having performed at the 2022 edition of the JUNOS, when they were nominated for their fourth album, Life After.

Montreal hard rock and punk band NOBRO, who lit up the Massey Hall stage last year when performing songs from their Polaris-shortlisted 2024 album, Set Your Pussy Free, won Rock Album of the Year and performed at the JUNOS, which means we got to hear the sentence ‘I always knew that singing about my pussy and doing drugs would get me somewhere, and I’m so happy I got to prove that tonight!’ on national television. A much-needed shot in the collective national arm! NOBRO follow on from The Beaches and JJ Wilde winning for the best rock album in recent years, a heartening increase in the focus on women in rock music. (Before JJ Wilde led the way in 2021, the last woman to win Best Rock Album was Alanis Morissette in 1996.)

Pop musician and rising star Aqyila performed her 2024 single ‘Bloom’ on a meticulously, beautifully set up floral stage in keeping with the theme of the song, winning Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. Josh Ross won Country Album of the Year for his album Complicated, performing his TikTok hit ‘Leave Me Too’.

Aqyila performing at the Juno Awards on Sunday. Image: CBC.

Vancouver local and electronic musician bbno$ (pronounced ‘Baby No Money’) arrived on the JUNOS orange carpet on Sunday elaborately dressed as a toilet bowl, and won the TikTok Fan Choice Award, voted by fans either through TikTok or the JUNOS website. Later in the evening, with a fresh change of wardrobe, he was presented his award by The Beaches and performed his song ‘It Boy’ at the ceremony. Fellow Vancouver locals Peach Pit also made an appearance on Sunday to perform their song ‘Magpie’.

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Boi-1da (pronounced ‘Boi Wonder’) was celebrated with the International Achievement Award for the part he played over the years as a songwriter behind international popstars and hit songs by artists like Drake, Rihanna, Eminem, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Nas and Kendrick Lamar, amongst others. Singer Anne Murray, the most awarded artist in Juno history with 25 Juno wins, was celebrated with only the second-ever Lifetime Achievement Award, which was previously awarded just once: to Pierre Juneau in 1989, after whom the JUNOS were named.

Canadian pop-rock band Sum 41 closed out Sunday night’s ceremony by performing for the last time on stage at the Rogers Arena, formally wrapping up their farewell tour and hanging up their boots for good as a band. They were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame by members of the American pop punk band Good Charlotte, who are friends of the band and toured with them in 2004.

Sum 41 closing out the 54th Juno Awards on Sunday night. Image: CBC.

Reflecting on the this year’s award show, CBC Radio hosts Tom Power (of acclaimed art, music, film and pop culture podcast, Q fame) and Elamin Abdulmahmood (host of CBC culture show Commotions) noted that this year’s JUNOS felt bolder and more political, perhaps a reflection of the times we live in. Even as Canadians have reckoned in recent years with the country’s own history of racism, misogyny, violence and discrimination against minorities and systemic issues still ingrained into the inner workings of Canadian life, performing to 19,000 people and broadcasting to the nation of 40 million behind their televisions and laptops, many artists took the opportunity to send a message, of hope, of resistance and resilience, to Canada and the world.

The JUNOS are often dubbed ‘the biggest night in Canadian music’. Given that they are hosted, and many categories are presented, by public bodies: the CBC, various other Canadian art councils and government funding bodies, corporate sponsorships are key to putting on an event of this scale. Having it in a stadium like Rogers Arena and broadcasting it nation-wide often requires the sort of money you need to rely on the private sector for.

But Canadian artists haven’t held back this year, nor have they been asked to tone down by the JUNOS for the sake of sponsors. In her acceptance speech picking up Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Nemahsis spoke about waiting her whole life to see hijabi women on screen in a normal, non-politicised setting. She noted, she hadn’t thought it would only be when she herself was the woman on the screen that she would finally see girls like her represented. This comes as we pushback on the Quebec government’s bill C-21 banning ‘religious symbols’ in public services (a bill many detractors have deemed racist for targetting minorities, as often workers wearing hijabs, turbans, etc. have been reprimanded, whereas those sporting Christian symbols like crosses have not). Further, Nemahsis won at the Junos for an album her label were unwilling to market as it was made by a Palestinian Canadian. Her literal existence on that stage before the nation was a win and testament to Canada’s strength as a nation of multiple cultures, and she just made the best Canadian alternative album of 2024.

Michael Bublé’s opening performance and monologue included the line ‘Canada is not for sale’. Bublé, the adult contemporary staple of the moms’ and Christmas record collections, is not usually known as a political man. This comes as Canada puts together a united front against US President Donald Trump’s attacks on Canadian sovereignty.

Leandra Earl of The Beaches stood before the nation and said, ‘Ladies, Canada, I am single.’ At a time whem homophobia has been on the rise and is becoming more naked across the continent (particularly south of the border), that again sends a strong message about Canada’s tolerance and inclusivity, even as ‘DEI’ becomes a villainised concept in the United States.

2025 Group of the Year, The Beaches.

Bbno$ is an artist who came up largely through the internet, and won the Juno TikTok fan choice award, the fan vote, in the face of much more famous pop artists like the Weeknd, Tate McRae and Shawn Mendes. His last statement of the night was ‘Elon Musk is a piece of garbage’ (the television-friendly version of what you can surely complete on your own). Max Kerman—Max Kerman of Arkells, Canada’s Coldplay—echoed this statement seconds later. Arkells are one of the biggest, most decorated band in Canada. A band that indeed reaches a wide audience.

(Max, if you’re reading this, I apologise in advance for the comparison. Arkells are an incredible live band in their own right that give their shows every inch of their energy and heart, and then some more, as I can attest from having seen them play a spellbinding and immersive show in Kingston, ON last year. An Arkells show is an experience for a lifetime. The comparison is neutral and only for our international readers, who may not know the six-time Juno-winning pop rock band.)

Arkells in Kingston last year. Photo: me, I was there.

Country artists like Josh Ross, who made his big break by relocating to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, were quick to establish how important home in Canada was to them in their speeches. It was all pretty much laid out in the open.

While I doubt a significant number of Americans were actually watching the Junos, or even know what they are, I think these shows of support and defiance were more about sending a message to Canadians, about who we are: defining ourselves in opposition to the values the current US administration is pretending are ‘American’. It was more about saying that we have free speech, we have tolerance (more than the US anyway), it was about saying on national television to potentially 40 million Canadians, that we have people that will stand up for Canadians of all strokes and that we defy any attempts to paint the culture of this country with the same colours as America’s.

Which is good. Every exercise in free speech is a test of the strength of democracy. I hope like hell we hang on despite the long shadow cast by our American neighbours.

Watch the 2025 Juno Awards full show on the CBC Music YouTube page.

[memorymessage]

can we just acknowledge that ethan klein has been on a trajectory of reeling back his left-leaning political beliefs?

saying anyone who believes in economic socialism are virtue signaling

befriending people like bryce hall and defending his maga posting on tiktok and social media

saying it's okay to be friends with maga people, ignoring the fact that these people will vote politicians into power whose policy interests target the removal of human rights for marginalized individuals, and the h3 audience is largely women and lgbtq folk that are the targets of these policies

continually starting onesided fights with hasan since the ending of leftovers

i'm sorry, but that guy deserves to lose every single left-leaning fan he's gained since he started pushing away his anti-SJW right-leaning audience from 2016. that audience is more in line with the belief systems he's now espousing anyway

it's been sad watching h3h3 regress back into the 2016 era

hope he enjoys gaining back the audience he claimed to dislike. he seems to hate his leftist audience, so i'm sure he'll enjoy it plenty

[rayswriting]

we buy so much because we are scared of what we are missing

i long to create something new

in a world of endless consumption and constant production.

i want to make something that has never been before. something that changes my community for the better but, every time i think about creation in this time i think of excess. exploitation, pink sauce, and cryptocurrency.

there have been good and bad creations since the dawn of time undoubtedly, the problem lies within the fact that there is so many more ways to create. so much so that an entire sector of the workforce are labeled as such. there are entire production teams, writing teams, assisting teams, you name it, behind these single “creators”. i want to be apart of real change, i am privileged in many ways i should be able to enact real change. something i have in common with these production teams is that i feel like im contributing to someone else’s dreams. someone else’s beliefs.

no matter how hilarious she will be or how truly she will understand growing up in a low income family, tana fucking mongeau is not going to have the same outlook on life as me, yet there are genuinely groups of thousands and millions of people that believe that same statement.

she is not alone she is just an example, and she has done nothing wrong. i am not exempt from this behavior either, im more of a hasan piker guy, him and other little gay men. but i understand very deeply that i will never have the same experiences as them, the same life, the same opportunities. so in the same way i should not have the same ideas as them.

the few examples i gave of influencers i would argue are still people who i would enjoy their company and share many ideas with.

all of this rambling is trying to convey the idea of class consciousness. the understanding that singular people are not the problem, it is the system we are living within but some people are benefitting off of this system and no matter how lovely they may be or how hard they worked for it, no matter how rough they had it before, they have forgotten. or they have never truly understood in the first place. and until a tidal wave of time and change crashes into their fucking kik channel, or youtube channel or tiktok page. and they are left alone with a production team they can’t pay and a fan base that is rioting worse than police claimed those columbia students were. even now in my attempt to create new age theory i have just rambled senselessly. at the end of the day there are those of us who are benefiting from the system and those of us who are angry and jaded and no longer allowed to be psychiatrically admitted because their state insurance only covers 3 separate visits. i’m tired of bootlicking and ass kissing and influencers and fans seem just like a newer version of getting your haircut a certain way because your lord threatened your sheep if you didn’t.

[freakiwildi]

WEEK 9: Game Live Streamers Expanding Themselves. They Play with Skills? No, They Play with Their Personality.

From Niche Nerds to Global Icons

Once upon a time, in the pixelated dawn of the digital world, "live streaming" was just a humble act—gamers broadcasting their gameplay in real-time to small, tightly-knit communities who shared the same passion (Pellicone, 2017). It was raw. It was niche. It was a subculture that belonged to the few who resonated with it.

But time has a funny way of flipping the script. What was once a quiet gathering of enthusiasts turned into a phenomenon. Enter PewDiePie, the OG of game streaming—a man who did not just play games but rewrote the blueprint of online influence (Burgess & Green, 2018). Felix Kjellberg was not the best at gaming, but did that ever matter? No. What made him a titan was his personality—his chaotic humor, his iconic reactions, his ability to create a space where millions felt connected (Zhao et al., 2019). He was the first individual YouTube creator to shatter the 100 million subscriber ceiling, not because of god-tier gameplay, but because he turned his presence into the main event.

Streaming Is Not Just Gaming Anymore—It’s a Show

Fast forward to now, game streaming is not about games anymore—it’s about entertainment. The evolution of the digital era has rebranded game streamers into full-fledged entertainers, influencers, and celebrities (Partin 2020). Their communities are no longer just gamers. They are fans. They’re spectators. They’re thirsty, entertained, and loyal.

Social media has supercharged this shift. The rise of TikTok, short-form edits, and viral trends changed everything which satisfies the users desire, imagination, and interest (Yang 2020). No one needs to sit through a 3-hour stream to get hooked on a creator anymore. A single cut video, a well-timed edit, a perfectly chosen sound bite—that is all it takes. These clips can be hilarious, absurd, or straight-up thirst traps. And the industry knows this.

Take Kai Cenat and Hasan Piker, two Twitch giants who have mastered the game—not the game they play, but the game of attention.

Kai Cenat does not just stream—he creates internet moments. His audience is not just gamers; it is everyone. His humor, his wild energy, and his high-profile collabs with Drake, Kevin Hart, and Nicki Minaj have launched him beyond Twitch. The viral and meme-worthy clips, Kai has turned streaming into a form of digital entertainment that appeals to a far broader audience.

Then there’s Hasan Piker, whose growth as a game streamer has been strategic and multifaceted. His content isn’t limited to gaming; it’s political commentary, pop culture analysis, and—whether intentionally or not—a masterclass in social media appeal. His thirst-trap edits? A naturally calculated move to attract a different kind of audience, especially the gays and straight women. He’s expanded from Twitch to TikTok and other platforms with diverse types of content - A way to ensure he stays relevant across multiple online spaces.

The Reality: Game Streaming Is a Hustle

The days when streamers could just "be good at games" are over. Personality sells. Looks sell. Clips sell. Game streamers have transformed into digital performers, working tirelessly to maintain their empire. Some are funny, some are hot, some are chaotic—but all of them are hustling.

At the end of the day, the reality is this: not all streamers are great gamers, but all successful streamers are great entertainers. That’s the game now.

References:

Burgess, J & Green, J 2018, ‘YouTube’, Google Books, viewed 24 March 2025, <https://books.google.com.vn/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mg1rDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT5&dq=Pewdiepie+who+is+a+pioneer+of+streamer+with+his+impressive+legacy+left+on+the+media+subculture+shaping+the+part+of+online+word+&ots=RDrISEg7rO&sig=16_P5j_WX8Lz0aryOC3lvv_Vcdg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false>.

Partin, WC 2020, ‘Bit by (Twitch) Bit: “Platform Capture” and the Evolution of Digital Platforms’, Social Media + Society, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 205630512093398.

Pellicone, AJ 2017, ‘Performing Play: Cultural Production on Twitch.tv - ProQuest’, Proquest.com, viewed 24 March 2025, <https://www.proquest.com/openview/73d60cac7a5d36ae00dd12c8de772eb5/1?cbl=18750&pq-origsite=gscholar>.

Yang, Y 2020, Understanding Young Adults’ TikTok Usage -----Real People, Creative Videos that Makes Your Day, viewed <https://communication.ucsd.edu/_files/undergrad/yang-yuxin-understanding-young-adults-tiktok-usage.pdf>.

Zhao, K, Hu, Y, Hong, Y & Westland, JC 2019, ‘Understanding Characteristics of Popular Streamers on Live Streaming Platforms: Evidence from Twitch.tv’, papers.ssrn.com, Rochester, NY, viewed <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3388949>.

[stargirlsuicide]

i need leftists on tiktok to stop discouraging people to watch hasan and putting him on the same level as fucking like destiny. hasan is a great starting point for normal people who arent informed to learn abt things like socialism and trans rights especially for like young men cause hasan is just a guy at the end of the day like granted a rlly rich one but i still think that a lot of people that r like teenagers especially boys would benefit more from hearing hasan tell them theyre a loser if theyre dick heads to trans people rather than keep on consuming exclusively instagram reels with thinly veiled micro aggressions sprinkled in

[samwontshare]

Ms Marvel ep 5:

-Bold of the MCU to make a super dead couple one of their most compelling love stories. How dare you give me Aisha and Hasan only to take them right back.

-I felt like we were gonna do an intergenerational trauma healing story and I love them, keep it up! Did I cry? Absolutely. Compassion and accountability, you had me at hello.

-Kamala’s mom discovering find my phone was hilarious. Her actress is crushing this role - she brings so much levity and heart to Muneeba.

-Kamran’s mom needed vastly more development but my heart did break for him when he said he needed to wait so she could find him.

-Kamran and Bruno, unlikely friends!

-We’re almost to the end and it feels like a lot has to be wrapped up.

-Kamala is having a super bad week. Unfortunately no one told her that being a superhero requires baskets full of new trauma, so here’s hers all at once. So many murders.

-What’s most interesting to me about Kamala is that unlike other superheroes we’ve seen, she isn’t hyper competent at anything. She’s not kid scientist Peter who gained instant fighting skills overnight. She didn’t train to be the best in her field from childhood. She thought she was just a normal teen who dreamed of being a superhero and then found out everything was way more complicated than it seemed.

She’s good at a lot of things but not extraordinary at any one particular thing. She has powers she barely knows how to use but she has spirit and drive. She’s so out of her depth and keeps on moving, always approaching the situation with flexibility and curiosity. She learns fast on her feet and has an extended support network that helps her succeed. It’s just kind of a cool thing to see. What can’t we accomplish with a few good people in our corner? With support we reach our fullest potential.

-But MCU, Black women bursting into ash in back to back releases? Knock it off.

-MCU I need you to pick a consistent narrative around time travel and stick to it. Now we have a time paradox. 😩

-That sure looked like terrigenesis to me! Inhuman after all?

-I guess Kamala’s just gonna like see Kareem around TikTok. Teen superhero communication is gonna be a blast.

-Wait did they ever explain why Aisha’s name was a horrible thing? Is it bc they assumed she ran off and left Hasan and Sana behind? I think I missed something doing the dishes.

[ashleyslothlife]

I feel so completely demoralized.  Being a disabled trans person in the US is a hellscape.  I’m immune-compromised and only other leftist disabled people are masking anymore.  If you are a leftist and not wearing a mask, you are shit leftist.  As the amazing Imani Barbarin as talked about on tiktok and twitter American leftist fumbled the ball hard on covid.  (End of what she has said, back to my own words.)  Abled leftist have proven themselves to be completely unserious.  Claiming to care about the science, but as soon the CDC announces that disabled people dying is a positive sign, and Biden decides to change the rules in accordance airline owners requests any concern about real science goes out the window. Covid-19 is a mass disabling event.  The US left has no plan to help people that are being disabled, and that will be.  The US left gives 0 fucks about the currently disable people.  I’ve seen so many disabled activists beg popular leftist to tackle ableism in leftist spaces and they are always ignored. 

Disabled people, who are statically poor, are left with only ourselves to try to help each other.  Watching dudebros like Hasan who pretends to care about trans people, happily support the antisemitic wizard game because he is too cool to care about the harm his actions cause.  Trans and disabled people have no real allies. We are just being left to die, by the people that claim to care about us.  If we dare complain we are “ungrateful” and turning away “good allies.” I’m so tired, it just keeps getting worse. 

[the-phantom-author]

Since we’re in agreement that Hasan doesn’t know what soft launching is, maybe him dating someone a bit younger who is more in touch with online lingo (streamer!gf who keeps him in the know with things lol) and he goes on stream one night and is like “chat, as you know there’s been rumors going around but I’m just making it clear now that I’m in a relationship with *firstname* *lastname* and we’re happy!” And your chat starts telling you he full on hard launched y’all while you’ve been doing soft launch stuff forever on your insta😭😭😭😭 so you go to him streaming and are like ???? What happened to soft launch???? And he’s like dw!! I did! 😁😁😚😚 so it ends up you and him looking at examples of soft launches and hard launches on TikTok and he just kisses you out of nowhere and it gos viral on twit and tt with fans calling it your soft launch🥹

He’s so serious he’s like “yeah I’m with YN, she’s also a content creator” etc etc meanwhile you’re so aesthetic and carefully planning the little hints of Hasan you show. Wearing his jacket, matching nails, taking a mirror selfie in his bedroom, his shadow in pictures on sunny days etc etc

Bless his heart🩷🩷🩷🩷

It'd be like nine or so months into the relationship. You're at you're place, chilling for once, and you have Hasan's stream on in the background. That's when you hear him say it and you immediately start to head to his place. The minute you see him it's just an "Ayo Hasan, what the fuck?" He's just sitting there, still on stream like "what, in soft launching, like we discussed last night." Truly, an idiot.

Queue you lecturing him on what soft launching is for the next hour, hour and a half. The whole streams right after he kisses you. He does spend the rest of the night trying to make it up to you.

[mushroomfic]

Hasan Piker Midwest Princess Chapter 2, A Tumultuous Brunch

This is the second chapter of a fic I've been Frankenstein-ing from a non-related series of one-shots I never intended on posting, but once it reached fifty pages, I was like, I feel like it's more psycho if I don't post it? Mad respect to all of the work Hasan does; fanfic is a coping mechanism. Sorry to this man. If I didn't see that podcast episode of him telling the TikTok edit people he doesn't care I would not have posted. I'll post a (y/n) version of each chapter eventually as well. My first slow burn! (allegedly)

My second warning is that I had to split this chapter in half because the first half could stand on its own, and the important part of the second half remains completely unwritten. So, chapter 3 might take a while.

Warnings: Slight homophobia, bad date, swearing, references to family drama, x OC

Word Count: 2775

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Day Two, Continued.

Hasan had successfully gone on with the following hour in normalcy. Well, the call was made, but the intention was to continue to be normal. Just calling his best friend, (Caroline’s boyfriend,) Will to invite them to dinner. Both of them seemed really excited about it and were going to try to move some things around to go.

“That would be so much fun! Will is gonna love Vivian. She works in movies, I think. We hung out the other night. Plus, she needs a redo date, anyway.” Will coos in approval, but Caroline’s use of the word date is like the first rock in a landslide. At least that's how Hasan’s insides started to feel. 

“What do you mean?” He asks without really thinking. “Oh, well,we only ended up meeting Vivian that night because she thought she was having a drink with this gay co-worker, but he was actually just some demanding, horny, idiot who didn’t know what The Abby was. So she had to run over to our table. Thank god we were there. Austin didn’t even know she was in town before that.” Will’s laugh makes Hasan’s phone buzz against the counter. He wasn't sure if the increased happen-stance of last night made it more comforting or not.

“Hasan, why weren’t you at girl’s night? You could have been her knight in shining go-go boots.” Will’s tone is caked in all-knowing sarcasm, he’d realized as soon as the follow up question about their meeting was asked. Hasan groans, displeased. Caroline, on the other hand did not have the context, but giggled anyway before bidding the both of them adieu to continue her kitchen stream across the house.

 Once the door closed behind her, Will took him off speaker for a moment. “You good, dude?” Not sincere, chuckling as he asked. Hasan paused, but eventually decided it would be worth it to discuss. “Do you think Austin is going to make it awkward?” That was not the question his friend anticipated from him; he hesitates for a second before choosing to answer lightheartedly.  “In a different way than usual?” a grunt from the other side of the phone. “You know what I’m talking about.”

“Oh, that? man, I think you’re fine. Austin is devious, but he cares about her meeting his friends and he has since before you did that. I won’t make promises in the long run, but Austin wants a smooth intro, I think. Why do you care so much all of a sudden?”

Will did not seem to be worried, almost discomfortingly unworried. Even when reminded of Austin’s muttering and the state himself when he’d met the woman, so that must be a good sign. It was definitely perturbing to be this anxious about something that normally he is almost too unbothered by. It feels… prolonged, maybe? For no real reason, he reminds himself. The lack of control over their meeting wasn’t really helping either.

After Will hung up with the promise of a solid “probably,” Hasan became easily irritated just sitting there, stewing, waiting. He would feel a lot better if there were more people at dinner to up the distraction factor. As if on cue, Austin’s muffled voice started travelling through the vents. It’s barely decipherable but it sounds like he’s telling Vivian that QT and Ludwig are busy tonight. It doesn’t stop there but Austin must have moved; he became too quiet to hear. Knowing that he could be saying just about anything right now worsened Hasan’s state. 

Fortunately, nothing could serve as a better distraction than working and preparing for work. He felt like any contact with Austin before this dinner could cause additional concern, so he resigned himself to researching in his bedroom. His laptop held a welcoming, but monstrous pile of open tabs that he kept for that day and just dove in after locking the door. It took a second for the eerie feeling to subside and allow him to lock in, but it thankfully happened not too long after he began. 

Thirty minutes or eight hours could have passed for all he knew. The only thing that was ever worthy of lifting his head for was Austin’s iconic doorslam and subsequent goodbye text, indicating that it was time for brunch and he could move into his office. The clock had kept ticking in spite of all signs pointing to limbo.  It had actually been about two hours but this bullshit article muddled time like no other. Sitting at his PC, preparing to start the stream, as compared to his bed, did anchor his reality a bit more. 

While he continued to fight unnecessary and frankly, uncharacteristic turmoil with the news, Vivian, Austin and Ava reunited, hugged, and the prying began effective immediately.

“So how did that business meeting go with that guy? Anything good?” Vivian was too busy thanking the waiter for their drinks to give her sister’s question a prompt response, so Austin fixed it.

“Noooo, It was terrible!” His friend scoffs, and Ava looks smug.

“Yeah, yeah, it was bad. He wasn’t gay, just a fucking idiot who had like, heard that the Abby was a good place to get laid and didn’t process that he heard that from an out-of-towner baby gay who’d heard it from another, definitely gay man? But Austin was there so, like, it's fine.” She puncuates her sentence with a long sip of water, long enough to indicate her disinterest in this conversation.

“Hm. I’m choosing kindness, so I won’t say “I told you so,” but speaking of multiple men, Jason will get you the list next wednesday.” Ava’s gaze shifted to Austin, speaking silently. But Vivian just snorted, amused and unaware. His face lit up. “Ooooh! a list of men for Vivian?” Now she was aware. “Of groomsmen, Austin… This is great, so many more opportunities to cold email.” We’re doing damage control; she does not want to have this conversation. It persists anyway. “It certainly should open up “opportunities.” I think it's obvious that we should be taking this list very seriously, Ava.” She slams her palms down on the table in delight, frightening off the waiter who could’ve offered distraction and reprieve. 

“Oh my gosh, it's like you read my mind! We have an incoming list of eligible, pre- approved bachelors, Viv. I’ll send you their pictures with the list.” Everyone shimmies their shoulders, but the victim in question folds into herself. She takes a moment to mask her upset and keep riffing. “Already covered, I’m just gonna marry Austin after he returns to the light of God, just like grandma always wanted.” She grabs his jaw and puts their temples together, smiling too widely for anyone’s comfort.

“That is so sweet!” He leans into it, but the sister is not impressed. “Austin you figuratively and literally cannot play both teams like this, your straight passing relationship is sick and twisted and I’ll never be an aunt at this rate.” As funny as that was, Austin pings this as a potential problem, watching Vivian go to speak but ultimately choosing to shut herself up and recollect. He puts his arm around the chair and squeezes her forearm knowingly.

“We are aunts.” It was colder, but pretty manageable all things considered. Ava rolls her eyes. She walked into this, but it’s just not fair. “Yeah, but their mother hates me. I’m not even allowed to send them christmas gifts anymore.” Vivian holds eye contact. Under the table she digs her pinky nail into the denim covering Austin’s thigh. He hooks it with his own. 

“Subject veto.” Was all she could say. Before Ava could respond, he clears his throat and buds in. “Adjourned. Ava, what are you and Jason doing later?” Table-wide relief occured. “Yeah, do you guys want to come to dinner tonight?” The perpetual olive branch. Vivian can tell it was reciprocated by her facial expression. “I can’tttttt, I’m flying back to Michigan to help dad and figure out who's an acceptable invitation to the wedding. It sucks that I can’t be there, though. We've wanted you to be in the group for so long now.” Now that peace has been restored, the not-a-couple un-entangle themselves and Vivian’s shoulders un-tense as she comments jokingly: “Too much pressure, they could hate me.” Her sister waves her off.

“Sure.” Austin laughed at Ava’s blatant disregard, rubbing his eyes the way a dad does after a fight and waving over the waiter.

—---

Hasan had long already gone live and was completely dropped in at the time of the three ordering. Vivian was the only one who knew this after checking her notifications, but said nothing, enjoying her pancakes and her secret. 

The next two hours flew by for everyone involved. It seemed almost too fast when Austin and Vivian arrived back at Hasan's together, but she was just thankful she’d managed to pay for her own bill between the overly-douting company she held. The quietness of the house, save for the muffled, rumbling sound of Hasan explaining something to chat, was immediately noticeable to her. The contrast between this vibe and most of Vivian’s life was palpable.

The homeowner in question only blinked an eye when he happened to have heard the patio door open a bit later, realizing Vivian must already be there, and she must have been the one to close the front door. He listened in, debating whether or not to go out there for a moment, but the two guests had started a rolling conversation so quickly that he didn’t want to interrupt. Instead, he announced that the end of the live was incoming, and continued to eavesdrop carefully. Not very secretively, though, as the chat was intermittently filled with people guessing what was going on in the house that had Hasan so distracted. 

Outside the office, Austin gave the grand tour of the house he has become so acquainted with to Vivian, making up various lies on the way to add some variety. Once they’ve made their way upstairs and finished Austin’s room’s portion, they discover the master bedroom’s door was left open. So obviously he busted in. The woman with him chose to stand respectfully in the doorway, feeling a bit surreal. She laughed at his antics nervously. From her planted spot she didn’t really see much, but it was easily noted how clean it was. Care put into it.

 Under their feet, Hasan began to actually wrap up the last topic of the day once the sounds of footsteps on the second floor pointed back to the stairs. Vivian couldn’t quite make out what he was saying but the tone was quite familiar, the stream was over. He pressed the end button literally just in time for the door to slide open and both of their heads to pop in, ridiculously.

“Are you done yet?” Austin whisper-yells. Vivian holds back a laugh and sticks her hand through the door, waving. Hasan is left wondering where his nervousness went. He waved back, in a rather cute way, one might add, and confirmed. Hasan was so busy with his wave that he had forgotten that the tour wasn’t over yet until: "And last but not least,” with much pizzazz, Austin slides open the door. “with special guest Hasan Piker himself!” He guides Vivian inside clumsily, pointing at his friend. “This is where the magic happens baby! Look at the paint job, the decor, the wood grain, it's just fantastic!" Hasan cannot stop himself from commenting on something he clearly found so shocking.

“Austin, you are literally the one who started the set complaints, what are you talking about?” Vivian giggled. He looked up and noticed she's been covering her mouth, trying not to get involved. Like she knew it was coming. “It has its ways.” He rolled his eyes at this response, but chose amicablity, watching Viv look around the room, seemingly in genuine interest instead. 

"In the flesh... The camera makes it look so different." Her fingertips trace the top of each chair as she looks around at the complete mixed bag of wall art, posters, and decor, amused. Vivian was so enthralled that she’d unknowingly admitted to something alarming. Hasan, who was struggling to disguise his urgency, questioned it immediately. "You watch the podcast?" Shit. Is that embarrassing? It feels really embarrassing.

 "Yeah, of course I do. Since Austin told me about it.” Blame everything on Austin. Vivan had sworn that Hasan’s face held a look of concern but in a millisecond it was gone. “Yeah, she’s my biggest fan.” Austin went to wrap an arm around her shoulder for the bit, ignoring her disgusted face, but his phone buzzed before he could land it. “Oh wow, Will and Caroline are actually available for dinner tonight! We're on a lucky streak for plans. Oh god, I have to go change the reservation." He shuffles out, sliding the door closed behind him out of habit. 

Vivian meandered over to Hasan’s desk, where his streaming setup was anchored, smirking at the cardboard cutouts she had definitely never seen on camera before. Hasan followed. "So how would you rate your tour experience?" She glances over her shoulder at the door and puts on a little show like she’s really contemplating hard, tapping her chin, hand on her hip. "I'd give it…. Annnnnnn..  8.5 out of ten." He feigns offense. "What??? That’s bullshit." She turns her attention to shelves on the back wall, shrugging her shoulders. "Well, you’ll have to give me a new one then, because I’m pretty sure half of what he said was a lie." It evokes a laugh, and he a little sheepishly responds, “Maybe.”

 Vivian started browsing the shelves in more detail, trying to think of something to say to continue the conversation that's not weird. Hasan watches, doing something similar. It does not take them too long. “Oh, is this one from the show QT hosted?” She pointed at the award, looking back at him over her shoulder. He gets closer to see which one she’s pointing at. The table’s proximity to the shelf forced his arm to be grazing her back. “Yeah, best Just Chatting 2023, no big deal.” She scrunched her nose, giggling. “Only if you say so… What about this one?” He scoffs, more comfortable now. “It's the goddamn queen of England, no further questions.” She touches his forearm in fake apology, then has to pretend that she still can’t feel it on her fingertips as she pulls away. “Oh, god bless.” They keep playing this game, her pointing to an unfamiliar or silly object and laughing at his responses. Her continued, real curiosity made him a bit shy.

There is a pause as she looks for another item she doesn’t have context for, so she fills it without really thinking. “This is good lore for me. Austin is not a consistent news source.” After saying that she became afraid it would sound like she had been hounding her friend for facts and news about Hasan, but if he felt that way he definitely didn’t show it. “No, literally because he doesn’t fucking tell me anything either.” She tilted her head back, laughing. Perfect timing; from this angle she can see Austin’s silhouette approaching the door.

“I had to push it back an hour but we could go grab a drink or wait and have them meet us here first?” The implications of that sentence alarmed Vivian. She knew what he was doing. No medium-scale restaurant would have to push the reservation for two chairs. She turns to him, her back brushing up against Hasan’s chest in doing so. “Is this place fancy?” Her eyebrow was raised, her tone accusatory, and everything she needed to know was revealed when both boys answered in tandem. 

“No.” Mischievous.

“Yes.” Firm, to override Austin. It echoed above her head from behind. 

She turned back to Hasan, looking up almost to a ridiculous degree from their proximity, pointing at him. “I trust you, I knew he was going to do this to me. Is there a bathroom I can use to get ready?” He grinned, feeling complemented. “Yeah, you can use mine. I have to change too, but I’ll go in the closet.” Hasan moved out of her way and headed out of the room, but waited for her at the door. As she ducks under his arm she can’t help but think that this is the type of thing that would only happen at the beginning of a rom-com. Or at least it would be if Austin wasn’t following them up the stairs.

[biglisbonnews]

Did Kim Kardashian Orchestrate Her Own 2012 Flour Bombing? Remember back in 2012 when Kim Kardashian was pelted with flour by an animal rights activist during the red carpet launch of her own perfume? It turns out that it might have all just been a shrewdly orchestrated publicity stunt.According to a new Channel 4 documentary The Kardashians: A Billion Dollar Industry, the reality star's former media strategist Sheeraz Hasan claimed that the incident was actually a planned "media moment" to promote Kardashian’s fragrance True Reflection. Related | Kim Kardashian Divides Fans With Deleted TikTok of Dogs in GarageThe flour bombing incident, which was famously captured in season 7 of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, was originally blamed on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The animal right's organization had previously decried Kardashian for wearing fur, and the assailant even allegedly shouted "fur hag" as they threw the baking ingredient onto her. At the time, Kardashian claimed to have no knowledge that it would happen, describing it to E! as “probably the craziest unexpected… thing that ever happened to me.” She even went on to jokingly say to her makeup artist, "I wanted more powder, and that’s a whole lot of translucent powder right there.”However, Hasan claims that he had pitched the idea to Kardashian as a way to drum up publicity. “‘Okay, this is what’s going to happen. You’re going to be fine, you’re going to be safe, but we’re going to create a media moment,’” the media strategist recalls telling the fashion mogul when explaining the idea behind the stunt. “‘If we create media gold, guess what’s going to happen? Everyone’s going to be talking about your perfume, everyone’s going to buy it.’”According to Hasan, Kardashian and her team discussed the flour bombing prior to the perfume launch and even had gotten her blessing before executing the plan. Lending further credibility to the conspiracy, Kardashian ultimately never ended up pressing charges against the attacker who was later released from police custody. PETA also denied any involvement, with the organization's senior vice president Lisa Lange commenting to the New York Post, “Perhaps the bigger reveal is that Kim’s assistant is a secret PETA member?”Photo via Getty/ANGELA WEISS/AFP https://www.papermag.com/kim-kardashian-flour-bombing-2659094352.html

[cutsliceddiced]

New top story from Time: We Watched Every New Show on Quibi. Here’s What to Watch—and What to Skip

Like it or not, Quibi is here. The new streaming platform, launching April 6, offers short-form content—”quick bites,” hence the portmanteau, that run 10 minutes or less. These shows are designed to be watched exclusively on your phone, whether you’re on the subway heading to work or sitting in the waiting room at the dentist’s office—places, in other words, that most people won’t be able to go for some time yet in the era of social distancing. But despite the fact that very few people are, for the moment, on the go, Quibi has held fast to its planned debut, launching, by our count, 50 scripted series, documentaries, reality shows and news programs on April 6 with plans to roll out 175 shows over the course of the year.

Quibi is casting a wide net to court various types of viewers: there are soothing cooking shows designed for the boomer crowd, while celebrity-studded reality series aim to lure Gen Z off of TikTok. Television critics have been busy debating whether the Quibi model signals the end of quality television or the wave of the future. But it’s clear the platform is hoping sheer star power alone will entice some quarantined television lovers to download the app. Jennifer Lopez, Idris Elba, Lebron James, Chance the Rapper and Chrissy Teigen are among the celebrities set to star in Quibi content, and filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Catherine Hardwicke, Paul Feig, and Guillermo del Toro have content on the upcoming slate.

The streaming service, which also features proprietary new technology that allows viewers to switch seamlessly from landscape to portrait viewing, will cost $4.99 per month with ads and $7.99 without ads, though a 90-day free trial is available if you sign up in April.

Quibi gave journalists a glimpse at some of their content launching on April 6. We watched everything available to screen in advance (in most cases, around three chapters; “Daily Essentials” like news shows were not available in advance as they will cover news as it breaks). If you’re thinking of subscribing, here’s what you should watch and what you should skip.

What to Watch

Gayme Show! (unscripted)

Gayme Show! has a deceptively simple premise: it’s a gay game show. That’s it! Hosted with with aplomb by comedians Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni, each episode features two straight contestants competing in gay-themed challenges in an effort to be crowned “Queen of the Straights.” The jokes are plentiful, and if you’re not well-versed in gay Twitter—references to Dua Lipa, Laura Dern’s salmon button-down from Jurassic Park and Cynthia Nixon’s wife whiz by—you might have to Google to catch up. But even if you don’t get every joke, it’s hard not to let out a guffaw watching contestants like Demi Adejuyigbe prance around the stage in a unitard during a game called “notice me father”—actually a bespectacled Rogers softly weeping. The conceit is goofy, silly and exactly what you want it to be—and that’s a great thing. —Kelly Conniff

Nightgowns (documentary)

Lately it seems like everyone who’s ever come within 10 feet of RuPaul’s stage is getting their own show, but don’t hold the deluge of drag content against Sasha Velour, a Drag Race winner who stands out even from that talented pack. While her gender-fluid performances can be transgressive, Velour, who takes a big-tent approach to drag, has a heart of gold. As she adapts her Brooklyn-born revue NightGowns for a bigger stage, this docuseries profiles the queen and an inclusive troupe that features performers with a wide range of identities and styles. Each episode of the show—the only Quibi title I screened that feels particularly suited to the medium—ends with a beautifully shot production number that does Velour proud. —Judy Berman

Prodigy (documentary)

You don’t have to be a sports fan to appreciate this docuseries, which covers a different young elite athlete in each episode. With artful cinematography and well-paced storytelling—especially compared to the frenetic quality of many of the platform’s other shows—Prodigy is less concerned with the specific athletic achievements of its subjects (no. 1 ranked high school basketball player in the U.S., five-time national junior boxing champion) and more focused on the sacrifice and singular dedication of these athletes’ family members. If you cried during that Procter & Gamble Olympics commercial thanking the moms who drove carpools and gave pep talks so that their children could get a shot at the podium, this one is probably for you. —Eliza Berman

Punk’d (unscripted)

This third revival of MTV’s prank show has been winningly updated for millennial and Gen Z sensibilities: it’s slightly more absurdist, slightly less cruel and involves way more animals. YouTuber Liza Koshy ruins a bat mitzvah; rapper Megan Thee Stallion gets attacked by a gorilla. Chance the Rapper—who in the wake of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow, has rebranded his once-innocent persona to include a mean streak—brings a mischievous energy to hosting duties, and his laugh is infectious. —Andrew R. Chow

The Sauce (unscripted)

Dance—particularly street dance—doesn’t get enough mainstream respect. The Sauce has something to say about that. Each episode pits two dance groups against each other, judged by talented dance duo Ayo and Teo, with the lure of a $25,000 cash prize. The lack of polish is endearing, as is the raw skill on display; you’ll wish you could spend more time just watching these young athletes move their bodies in ways that have no respect for the laws of physics. Kudos to executive producer Usher and the hosts for making sure to explain regional dance styles, as it’s high time these art forms got their due. Constant camera cuts and stylized editing seem best suited for the TikTok generation, but it’s a joy to watch these dancers in motion in any format. —Raisa Bruner

Shape of Pasta (documentary)

Now this is my sort of short content. I’m a devoted Bon Appetit Test Kitchen subscriber, Alison Roman Instagram story watcher and Anthony Bourdain worshipper. So, yes, a show about a chef traveling across tiny towns in Italy to discover forgotten pasta shapes is my jam. I can’t get my head around the tone of this show—it’s extremely self-serious, so much so that it’s maybe supposed to be making fun of other food shows? Or perhaps it’s just one of them. No matter. The show has many nonnas teaching Felix Trattoria chef Even Funke how to make pasta in shapes you’ve never thought of but are centuries-old traditions in picturesque Italian towns. It’s delightful! —Eliana Dockterman

You Ain’t Got These (documentary)

Lena Waithe takes viewers on a thoughtful, well-researched and star-studded tour of the world of sneakers. As the show conveys, sneaker culture is about much more than style. “Your footwear is your ID now in the black community,” Carmelo Anthony tells her; Nas, Run DMC, Hasan Minhaj and a cultural historian reflect on the legacy of icons like Michael Jordan and the relationship between hip-hop and commerce. Questions about branding, exploitation and value are tackled head-on. For sneakerheads it might be mostly recap, but it’s still fun to hear Rev Run reminisce about securing his Adidas deal—and for everyone else, it works as a solid introduction to a foundational part of contemporary American culture. —Raisa Bruner

What to Try

Chrissy’s Court (unscripted)

In this ode to Judge Judy, Chrissy Teigen rules over petty cases brought by local randos. Each episode is extremely dependent on the personalities of the plaintiff and defendant. Most of the “contestants” are actively awkward (or actually mad, which is bizarre given the TV show’s unserious premise), and Chrissy and her mother Vilailuck Teigen (as bailiff) have to work double-time to counteract their discomfort. The humor often feels forced. Chrissy’s Instagram is more entertaining—at least there, she has total control over the cast of characters, namely her husband John Legend and their two kids, all of whom are way more natural in front of the camera. That said, if you like Teigen and are already churning through her Instagram stories every day, this is a fine way to get some more. —Eliana Dockterman

Fierce Queens (documentary)

Reese Witherspoon narrates mini wildlife documentaries made with BBC Studios Natural History Unit, each focused on the female members of a species. Some of the lines veer into cheesy girl-power territory: “Getting that belief in yourself and gaining confidence: that’s what growing up is all about. These big cats totally nailed it. Walk tall, fierce queens!” she sings out after a surface-level episode about adolescent cheetah sisters. But thanks to truly beautiful footage and surprising subject choices—unless you already know all about the life cycle of the ruthless, cannibalistic queen honeypot ant?—viewers who want a quick hit of nature and some new fun facts about animals will be satisfied. —Raisa Bruner

Flipped (scripted)

After one episode, this one looked like it would fall squarely in the “skip” bucket: two incredibly annoying self-anointed visionaries, a married theater director (Will Forte) and Home Depot-esque associate (Kaitlin Olson), are both deservedly fired from their jobs for asserting their own artistic purity over things like appropriate subject matter for tween thespians (in his case) and customer service (in hers). (Think the kind of kooky, self-serious characters you’d find in a Christopher Guest movie, minus the great ensemble to balance them out.) But a hastily paced sequence of events—they decide to try to be house flippers, buy a foreclosed-upon property and find stacks of cash in its walls, which turn out to belong to a drug cartel—leads to the introduction of Broad City‘s Arturo Castro as an organic-apple-eating overlord, which might just elevate this bonkers ordeal from grating to promising. —Eliza Berman

Gone Mental with Lior (unscripted)

The mentalist Lior Suchard lacks the theatricality or scale of other famous magicians like David Blaine or Criss Angel, making him perhaps the perfect match for a low-stakes platform like Quibi. It’s agreeable enough to watch him catch basketballs while blindfolded or exactly guess the number of coins in Ludacris’ hands, but his tricks won’t haunt your dreams, either. —Andrew R. Chow

I Promise (documentary)

By all accounts, LeBron James’ I Promise School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, has been a resounding success: Its students, who were picked to attend after underachieving in the city’s public school system, are testing better and seem to be thriving in their new environment. This show, however, comes off as a surface-level feel-good advertisement for the school. —Andrew R. Chow

Run This City (documentary)

Jaseil Correia grew up with the dream of becoming the mayor of his hometown, Fall River, Mass.—a city of around 90,000 most famous as the home of Lizzie Borden. At the remarkably young age of 23, he achieved it. But what sounds at first like an uplifting story of millennial striving turns dissonant when Correia is indicted on fraud and extortion charges. It’s an intriguing story that could have made for a fascinating hourlong documentary. Unfortunately, the Quibi format requires director Brent Hodge (I Am Chris Farley) to chop the saga into equal-sized, eight-minute “bites” that drag in the middle before ramping up to exaggerated cliffhangers. The result is a micro-docuseries whose rhythm always feels a bit off. —Judy Berman

Singled Out (unscripted)

I like host Keke Palmer. I like Joel Kim Booster, who serves as the Jenny McCarthy to her Chris Hardwick. I like that all three episodes I watched had queer contestants but didn’t feel as though they were pandering to an LGBTQ audience. The best one featured a fully decked-out, super-charismatic drag queen looking for a man who could handle her at her most femme. But the best thing about the original MTV show was the unscripted banter, both between the hosts and among the competitors. And there just isn’t room for that in an already-rushed seven-minute show. —Judy Berman

Thanks A Million (unscripted)

There’s not much here that you can’t already get from watching YouTube clips of Ellen DeGeneres giving out life-sized checks on behalf of name-that-corporation, or soldiers coming home to reunite with their spouses/children/dogs. But if you’re going to subscribe anyway and want a cathartic cry in two-minutes flat, watching celebs like Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Hart and Nick Jonas give deserving people $100,000, then watching the recipient give half of it to another deserving person, and so on, should do the trick. If you think too hard about it, the magic starts to fade—how much of this will get eaten up in gift taxes, and how many phone calls is this person going to get asking for a loan after receiving such a large sum on, well, if not national TV, whatever Quibi is? Yet seeing an apparently kind, hard-working person get the chance to pay for infertility treatments, or a house, or more resources for their therapy dog program, is far from the worst way to spend six minutes. —Eliza Berman

What to Skip

&Music (documentary)

With its sweeping landscape shots, ambient background score and pseudo-philosophical ramblings, &Music seems to want to be the Chef’s Table for the random-dudes-connected-to-the-music-industry set. The show spends each episode with a behind-the-scenes collaborator of a star: there’s Ariana Grande’s choreographers and Martin Garrix’s light guy. But while there are one or two poignant and revealing moments, the show is mostly slick, overproduced and vacuous. There are plenty of music documentaries that are far more worth your time—and that you can watch on a big screen with proper speakers. —Andrew R. Chow

Dishmantled (unscripted)

Dishmantled is a cooking show, minus the main ingredients that make cooking shows so satisfying: interesting and empathetic contestants to root for and, much more fatal to the whole endeavor, the cooking itself. Hosted by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘s Tituss Burgess, the show invites two blindfolded chefs into a small chamber where a mystery dish is blasted into their faces; they have to taste the exploded shrapnel, figure out what it might be, and make a dish replicating what they think they’ve eaten, to be judged on both taste and accuracy by celebrity judges like Dan Levy, Antoni Porowski and Jane Krakowski. But the quick format makes this far from a nutritious meal; viewers don’t have time to get to know or get invested in the contestants, and the cooking itself sails by without any attention to technique or ingredients. The most drama you’ll get here are lines like: “This all comes down to…is this a zoodle or is this a noodle?” —Eliza Berman

Memory Hole (unscripted)

Will Arnett makes fun of terrible pop culture moments from history that nobody remembers for a reason (like that time Alan Thicke appeared in a corny tribute at the opening of a Canadian superdome). It’s unclear who this show is for or why it exists. The references are so obscure that even people who lived through them will have forgotten and the quips feel like something you’d hear at a high school open mic. I spent the entire time watching this show thinking about another, much better show, BoJack Horseman. In that Netflix animated series, Arnett voiced a washed-up ’90s sitcom star struggling to stay relevant in Hollywood. Memory Hole feels like a project that an investor in Quibi would have blackmailed BoJack into doing after BoJack accidentally threw up on him during a bender at a wedding. —Eliana Dockterman

Most Dangerous Game (scripted)

This show is so obvious, it’s almost funny. These are the exact roles SNL would cast Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz in for a skit—cancer-ridden former athlete with a pregnant wife and an evil billionaire who wants to pay said former athlete to be hunted by rich people. Since each episode is seven minutes, these are not character revelations that slowly come out over time. They are blatantly spoken by the actors to one another in every scene. Don’t come to Most Dangerous Game expecting The Game-esque twists or any subtle dialogue. What you expect is exactly what you will get. Unless you expect fun. You won’t get that. —Eliana Dockterman

Murder House Flip (unscripted)

Despite the name, there’s nothing original about Murder House Flip. The series is essentially two types of reality shows unceremoniously jammed together: one part home redesign show hosted by two perky designers with a surfeit of canned jokes; one part true crime docuseries filled with the requisite pan and scan over vintage photos and newspaper clippings. This uneasy juxtaposition results in awkward episodes that often feel like a Saturday Night Live parody, especially when one of the hosts brightly announces: “Our goal was to take this murder house and turn it into a happy home.” And a focus on the grisly nature of the crimes reflects the worst parts of a genre that too often obscures victims. Is there a world in which this show could have managed to strike the right tone? Possibly. But as it stands, Murder House Flip is too flip. —Kelly Conniff

Nikki Fre$h (unscripted)

“Wellness has a new voice. A black voice,” Nicole Richie’s rapper alter ego says in the first episode of Nikki Fre$h (and then immediately clarifies that she’s referring to herself). The resulting show is part poker-faced satire of the goop lifestyle and part honest assessment of organic produce and artisanal honey. Her attempts to draw attention to food waste and the plight of bees are well-intentioned, but cameos from the likes of Bill Nye can’t save the show from falling flat; Richie helped pioneer awkward reality TV on The Simple Life with Paris Hilton, but Nikki Fre$h lacks that show’s schadenfreude appeal. —Raisa Bruner

Skrrt with Offset (unscripted)

If you like looking at nice cars, you might get a kick out of Skrrt with Offset. Otherwise, there’s not much point. The show has a thin premise (the Migos rapper Offset does stuff with cars) and is executed with even less imagination. When his wife Cardi B shows up for an episode, overflowing with sass and charisma, you wonder why they didn’t just give the whole show to her. —Andrew R. Chow

Survive (scripted)

Before watching the first five episodes of this thriller about a disturbed young woman preparing to kill herself on the flight home from a mental institution, I might have said something like, “I’d watch Sophie Turner do anything.” Well, Turner is great in Survive—but neither her performance nor the impressive production values manage to redeem a story that, whether intentionally or not, revels in the bloody, nihilistic aesthetics of suicide. A twist (one that’s “spoiled” in the trailer) that has the plane crashing and Turner’s character teaming up with an obvious love interest (Corey Hawkins) to, yes, survive only heightens the absurdity and introduces plot holes. —Judy Berman

When the Streetlights Go On (scripted)

It’s the summer of 1995—a stiflingly hot one—when things start going wrong in sleepy Colfax, Ill. That fall, a beautiful high-school mean girl (Kristine Froseth) and the teacher she’s been sleeping with (Mark Duplass) get carjacked, forced to strip and gunned down by their masked assailant. The weirdo sister (Sophie Thatcher) she used to bully wanders around unmoored. A jock sometimes-boyfriend (Sam Strike) is brought in for questioning. Narrating this murder mystery is the student journalist (Chosen Jacobs) who found the bodies. Period signifiers like Nirvana and ck one abound. Every once in a while a show formed entirely out of genre tropes and nostalgia for the recent past is executed well enough to exceed the sum of its parts (see: the first season of Stranger Things). But after three trite, predictable episodes, I’m not holding out much hope for this one. —Judy Berman

Other Shows Headed to Quibi

The titles below are Quibi’s “daily essentials,” more information-oriented programming covering news, sports, weather and entertainment. Screeners were not provided in advance for these series:

Around the World by BBC News Weather Today by The Weather Channel Morning Report by NBC News Evening Report by NBC News Saturday Report by NBC News Sunday Report by NBC News The Replay by ESPN NewsDay by CTV NewsNight by CTV Sports AM by TSN Pulso News by Telemundo For the Cultura by Telemundo Close Up by E! News Fresh Daily by Rotten Tomatoes Speedrun by Polygon Pop5 by iHeartRadio No Filter by TMZ: AM No Filter by TMZ PM Last Night’s Late Night All The Feels by The Dodo The Daily Chill The Rachel Hollis Show Sexology by Shan Boodram The Nod with Brittany & Eric Trailers by Fandango

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Croatian Winger Ivan Perisic Joins Bayern Munich on 1-year Loan From Inter Milan

Berlin: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have signed Inter Milan and Croatia winger Ivan Perisic on a one-year loan deal, the club confirmed Tuesday.

“Ivan will help us immediately with his many years of international experience,” said Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.

“He is technically gifted and flexible in attack.”

Perisic, 30, is widely considered to be Bayern’s back-up option after their bid to sign Leroy Sane was derailed by the Manchester City winger’s recent knee injury.

The 2018 World Cup finalist had already confirmed the transfer to German media after he was spotted undergoing a medical check in Munich on Monday.

According to Bild newspaper, Bayern have paid five million Euros ($5.6m) for the Croatian international, with the option to buy him outright for around 20 million Euros at the end of the season.

Perisic is a familiar name in Germany, having won the Bundesliga title with Borussia Dortmund and the German Cup with Wolfsburg earlier in his career.

“I am very happy to be back in Germany. Bayern are one of the biggest clubs in Europe. We don’t want to just win the league and cup, we also want to attack the Champions League,” said Perisic.

He also played under Bayern coach Niko Kovac during the latter’s two-year spell as Croatia coach between 2013 and 2015.

“I am sure that Ivan will integrate quickly as he already knows the Bundesliga and Niko Kovac,” added Salihamidzic.

Perisic’s current contract at Inter runs until 2022, but he was reportedly set to play less of a role under new coach Antonio Conte.

At Bayern, he will provide much-needed reinforcement on the wing following the departure of veteran club icons Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery at the end of last season.

The German giants had initially targeted Sane, but turned their attentions to Perisic after the Manchester City winger tore his anterior cruciate ligament last week, potentially ruling him out until early 2020.

It remains unclear whether Bayern will still make a bid for Sane despite his injury. Yet several former Bayern players have insisted that Perisic would be more than just a plan B.

“I don’t think Perisic is an emergency solution, he is a fantastic player who can help Bayern immediately and won’t need any time to adjust,” former Bayern captain Stefan Effenberg told Sport1.

Bayern launch their Bundesliga season at home to Hertha Berlin on Friday.

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she’s playing maybe the biggest venue she ever has, it’s a monumental moment for her and she’s so happy that hasan is there to see it

hasan is there in the crowd obvi, maybe he’s brought the fear& group plus caroline and lud, the whole night everyone is nudging him when popstar looks his way, maybe she winks at him at some point or points his way and he’s BLUSHINGGGGG

there aren’t even songs about hasan out yet. maybe tonight she surprises everyone with a new song. (“slut!” by taylor) (might something about that song and popstar!gf with hasan soon)

she says she was going back and forth about when to release it but she really wanted to play it tonight, no certain reason 😉😏 and everyone is like ???????????? girl it’s a work of art but we’re confused???????

hasan and his group are VERY MUCH not confused, they allllllll know it’s for him and he’s a puddle on the ground, austin’s hooting and hollering because if popstar!gf has one fan, it’s austin, if she has no fans, he’s dead

she goes back to her regular show, maybe she’s touring the album guts by olivia rodrigo, it’s very ragey and self reflective and looking back on a bad relationship with anger. fans are wild but confused because is she saying she’s in love but she’s literally performing vampire and saying some dude is a blood sucker, fame fucker, etc

it’s almost midnight, she’s wrapping the show up, it’s final number, hasan has went over to where she’ll come off stage and is waiting for her

after the final bows, thank yous, etc etc, she’s leaving, she’s coming off stage and searching until finally she sees him and she just starts running 🥹🥹🥹

he opens his arms wide and she throws her arms around him and gives him a big smoochy!!!!!

she doesn’t care who sees, she’s with someone who is secure enough to handle the criticism, someone who isn’t ashamed of her and isn’t ever trying to diminish her in anyway.

he doesn’t care who sees either. he doesn’t care her hair is wild from sweating and she’s damp from sweat from dancing, he’s kissing her right back and as soon as they pull away from each other he’s telling her how amazing she was, how proud he is of her. how he can’t wait for the next year and he can’t wait to spend it with her.

they finally come out of their love bubble, noticing the fans can see them and they’re yelling that it’s midnight, they were each others new years kiss

gf and hasan KNOWWWW this is gonna be viral when they wake up the next morning.

Imagine the people live tweeting the show

The new year kiss hard launch!!!!

Her just being in the middle of the show touring the breakup album, and is like "wait hold up, so I have a song, and I know it clashes with the tour theme, but I really want to sing it tonight. Who knows when it'll be official released tho." And just goes for it with "Slut!"

Also Hasan, fear& their partners being at the concert!! Don't be you'll make me cry. I'm not even touching on Austin and her relationship, but I will say "beautiful and natural" becomes a regular thing she says.

Popstar!gf knows she not supposed to ran, jump, and kiss Hasan at the end of the show, especially not when she premiers Slut! but she can't help herself. Partly because Slut! got such a great reception from the audience, partly from post performance adrenaline, but mostly because she's never had someone wait for at the stage door after a performance and is just over come by her love and adoration for Hasan.

The entire time they're in their little bubble,they have the most love struck look on their faces, and during that time neither of them are letting go of eachother.

The next day, Hasan's stream is just full of chat asking so many questions and sending tiktok that people have made of the two of you with the audio of Slut! from the concert behind it. You wake up to much the same, but also lots of calls from you team.

But ya'know it's worth it for once.

[the-phantom-author]

Also seen some screenshots of Hasan’s stream today, and Felix just sitting there like 🫥🫥🫥 while Hasan is going off on someone (from what I can gather from a Reddit post, someone who has actually watched is free to correct me🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻) is just so funny.

Hasan’s girl being sat beside him, ready to react to some stuff and being excited to be with him and spend some time together and he’s just ripping someone a new one😪😪😪😪 so you’re sitting there like 🙂🙂🙂🙂

When Hasan is done getting stuff off his chest, he just turns to you and apologizes for all that but you lean and kiss him, telling him not to apologize because that dude was being an asshole.

You spend the rest of the evening reacting to some lighter, funnier stuff, you somehow end up in his lap??? Giggling over silly tiktoks 🥰🥰😌😌

No, because I've been watching the Hasan debate, which was against some guy who been making Hasan=bad videos, and Felix really is just chilling the whole time.

But being his girl, sitting in the background with Kaya, drinking your smoothie, just enjoying the show.

As you're spending the rest of the stream reacting to things, there comes a point that you have a very specific video to show him, and you're having trouble pulling it up without being right in front of the computer. So you just, plop yourself on top of Hasan's lap and take over.

Just a silly little goofy end to a stream where he was yelling earlier.