Jacob Elordi's Fake Injury, the Kylie Doco & Georgia Maq Is Going to Be Huge

About this episode

Ben and Ione discuss various topics including music predictions, a Kylie Minogue documentary, and a celebrity's fake injury.

Ben and Ione discuss ribbon collections, Minnie Mouse comparisons, and a theory about why the first guy in your friend group to have sex always had great posture. Then: Ione and Ben went to see Georgia Maq (of Camp Cope) perform her first solo show back in Australia — and Ben has a bold prediction about her new song "Rearranging Chairs on the Titanic." Also: Ben's track record of terrible music predictions (Bruno Mars, Beastie Boys Sabotage, "nobody will watch movies on a computer"). The Kylie Minogue Netflix documentary gets a full debrief — Michael Hutchence, Nick Cave, Olivia Newton-John as Sandy, the gay community saving her career, and what Kylie taught an entire generation of Australian artists about reinventing yourself. Ben brings some inside Australian music industry news: a major new study revealing community radio delivers $153M back to the economy on $28.6M in funding — and why live music venues are facing an insurance crisis that could kill the scene. And finally: Jacob Elordi faked a sprained ankle to skip the Cannes Film Festival jury and hang out with Kendall Jenner. Ben is weirdly pro this. Dive deeper into our world at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lee, Ione Skye

Topics covered

• music predictions
• live music
• Kylie Minogue documentary
• Australian music industry
• Georgia Maq
• celebrity news

Keywords

• Kylie Minogue
• Georgia Maq
• Jacob Elordi
• music predictions
• Australian music industry
• live music venues
• Cannes Film Festival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Camp Cope, Australian music industry

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