Bad Aura Karma, The Dystopian Enhanced Games & Are Artists “Purging” Fans?

About this episode

The episode discusses celebrity news, the Enhanced Games, and artist dynamics regarding fan relationships.

Pete Davidson’s messy break-up, are Harry Styles and Charli XCX purging fans, and what the hell are the enhanced games? Hi friends! After a quick catch up we jump straight into music news. Olivia Rodrigo has released a brand new single titled ‘The Cure’ and we theorise on whether Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Charli xcx are trying to purge the fans they gained during their mega world tours.  Comedian Pete Davidson has made headlines recently after his ex-partner and mother of his child, Elsie Hewitt, took to social media to share that she’s a solo parent of their five-month-old child. Yikes. In a Hunger Games turn of events, this weekend sees the inaugural Enhanced Games take place. We recommend and discuss the 7am Podcast’s reporting on the new billionaire-backed Enhanced Games that allow participants to take “performance-enhancing drugs” including testosterone, anabolic steroids and growth hormone. The art of the grifter persists.  In Bookmarked, we have two cosy recommendations for you: Watching the Detectives , a rom-com from 2007, and the juicy Rivals Season 2 on Disney+.  Thank you for listening! No video episode this week as we recorded remotely but we’ll…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jas, Mags

Topics covered

• music news
• celebrity relationships
• Enhanced Games
• performance-enhancing drugs
• artist fan dynamics
• media recommendations

Keywords

• Pete Davidson
• Harry Styles
• Charli XCX
• Enhanced Games
• performance-enhancing drugs
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Watching the Detectives
• Rivals Season 2

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 7am Podcast

Books & works: Watching the Detectives, Rivals Season 2

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