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The Backrooms: how Kane Parsons turned creepypasta into cinema

When a meme about architectural dead space went viral as lockdown bit, Kane Parsons knew exactly what to do: here, the teenage YouTube star turned A24 prodigy takes us down to The Backrooms, his nightmare vision of a ‘no-clipped’ world without end

Film & TV

Mar 07, 2024

Jack Mills

Music

Everyone Knows That: how the internet became obsessed with lostwave

On Reddit, internet sleuths are desperately searching for the artist behind a mysterious 80s-sounding track, ‘Everyone Knows That’ – the latest in a long line of ‘lostwave’ recordings

Music

Feb 27, 2024

Laura Holliday

Music

twst’s internet obsessions: Kate Bush and TikTok psychics

The Welsh artist shares her favourite online rabbit holes, from social media psychics to Charleston-dancing YouTubers

Music

Dec 04, 2023

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Life & Culture

Madeline Argy is ‘young, hot and free’

Tackling Gen-Z problems from the front seat of a banged-up Vauxhall Astra, Madeline Argy’s unfiltered TikTok posts are a tonic for the anxious and online – she speaks out on relationship soft-launches and her summer of fun

Life & Culture

Sep 28, 2023

Anna Cafolla

Life & Culture

Inside the rise of ‘abusive boyfriend’ ASMR content

Softly-spoken domestic violence videos are the disturbing new trend growing in popularity on YouTube – but what’s the appeal?

Life & Culture

Sep 05, 2023

Laura Molloy

Life & Culture

Lil Tay: A brief explainer on the teen rapper’s sinister world

With all the mystery surrounding Lil Tay’s life and alleged ‘death’, we unpack everything we know about the teen rapper

Life & Culture

Aug 10, 2023

Halima Jibril

Life & Culture

Skibidi Toilet: the terrifying new creatures haunting the internet

Millions on YouTube an epic war between a race of evil toilets who have taken over the world, and the TV-headed revolutionaries who are fighting back

Life & Culture

Jul 12, 2023

James Greig

Life & Culture

Could two Supreme Court cases really rewrite the rules of the internet?

Google, Twitter, and Facebook are at the centre of a debate about Section 230, the law that underpins free speech online

Life & Culture

Feb 24, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

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Reintroducing Bretman Rock

With the release of his memoir, the internet star is writing a new chapter as the person behind the persona – we chat to him about growing up online, DMing SZA, not raising ‘basic’ chickens, his love for his ‘witch’ grandma, and more

Life & Culture

Feb 20, 2023

Vanessa Hsieh

Music

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Tomu DJ’s internet obsessions: Chinese cooking and Winnie the Pooh

The West Coast producer takes us down her online rabbit holes

Music

Jan 12, 2023

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Fashion

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Go down the Vivienne Westwood rabbit hole with these hidden video gems

From archive chat show interviews and iconic catwalk clips, to little-known musical forays and impassioned messages for change, the internet is packed full of obscure footage of the legendary designer

Fashion

Dec 30, 2022

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

Beauty