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Brain Rot Summer, Smurfette’s Surprise & Taylor Swift’s Bridal Era? Your Pop Culture Reality Check Is Here

What do Taylor Swift, Smurfette, and “brain rot summer” have in common? We're giving you this week’s wildest pop culture moments you didn’t know you missed—but totally needed. Spoiler: nostalgia, chaos, and glitter included.

In Case You Missed It: The Week Pop Culture Threw Glitter in Our Faces

Welcome back to another sparkly edition of “In Case You Missed It”—your one-stop scroll for all the pop culture lifestyle news that got buried under 15 tabs of existential dread and that one TikTok deep dive you definitely didn’t mean to watch for 3 hours. This week popped off.


Celebs Were Out, About, and Absolutely Glowing

Chase Sui Wonders graced the 2025 Televerse Festival in L.A. looking like a Vogue editorial page come to life. Meanwhile, Dave Franco kept it cool, and Cara Delevingne gave us punk-meets-princess at the Topshop & Topman Autumn/Winter show in London.


Let’s not forget Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson, who brought the glam, the smiles, and the kind of poise you can’t buy at Sephora (we’ve tried). Oh, and yes, Hailey Bieber looked like a human Pinterest board again. We’re not surprised, just impressed.


Album cover for Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, featuring Taylor submerged in water wearing a rhinestone-studded outfit, with retro-styled orange text overlaid on the image.
Taylor Swift dives into a bold new era with The Life of a Showgirl, her upcoming 12th studio album set to drop October 3, 2025—complete with vintage glam, bridal-core, and Vegas sparkle.

Music News That’ll Make Your Playlist Jealous

Hold onto your headphones: Taylor Swift just announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, and Swifties are already decoding every orange pixel of her teaser videos. Did someone say “bridal-core meets Broadway”? Because yes, yes they did.


Meanwhile, Yellowcard (remember them? Your high school iPod does!) dropped “Bedroom Posters,” a collab with Travis Barker that’s soaked in nostalgia and smells faintly of Hot Topic and teenage angst.


Machine Gun Kelly is in full rockstar mode with Lost Americana, and the single “Starman” samples Third Eye Blind’s “Semi-Charmed Life”—which means we’re now crying in eyeliner and reliving 2002. Bonus? ESPN picked his track as the official 2025 College Football anthem, and Cleveland literally gave him a whole weekend called MGK Day. Subtle!


Also: Reneé Rapp is eating. Her sophomore album Bite Me hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 in multiple countries. Stream it. Learn it. Cry to it.


The cast of Wednesday Season 2 standing in a foggy graveyard, dressed in gothic and vintage-inspired costumes. Characters include Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, and other members of the Addams Family ensemble.
The Addams Family is back and moodier than ever in Wednesday Season 2, now streaming on Netflix. Expect more mystery, mayhem, and that deliciously deadpan Wednesday stare.

Streaming Is Basically Our Full-Time Job Now

You thought you could take a break? Ha! The streaming gods said, “Try keeping up.”



Also, big release alert: Ari Aster’s Eddington is finally streaming. Think pandemic satire meets Joaquin Phoenix in another emotional tailspin. Also up: Superman rebooted (again) by James Gunn and a new Smurfs movie starring Rihanna as Smurfette. Yes, you read that right. And yes, it works.


Brain Rot Summer: It’s a Vibe

Welcome to what some culture critics are calling the “brain rot summer.” What does that mean? No single song of the summer. No unified pop moment. Just craziness, and vibes. It's like your feed is curated by five different people and one of them is a bot with commitment issues.


Honestly, it kind of rules. We’re all vibing in our own weird little corners of the internet. And while the monoculture is dying, personal taste is thriving. Whether you're spiraling over MGK lyrics, binging true crime, or trying to dress like an off-duty celeb, you’re doing pop culture your way. And we love that for you.


Fall Culture Preview

The fall season’s cultural buffet is stacked:

  • TV: Vince Gilligan’s new sci-fi series Pluribus and dramas like The Savant.

  • Movies: Emma Stone’s new satire Bugonia and a Richard Linklater double feature (yes, cinephiles, rejoice).

  • Music & Dance: Big Thief on tour, Misty Copeland’s farewell, and experimental orchestras doing stuff with 11,000 strings. No, that’s not a typo.


If you were too busy this week doing boring stuff like “working” or “having a life,” now you’re all caught up. You're welcome. Stay tuned for updates and more in-depth coverage of your favorite celebrities and entertainment news! Create a free membership account with us today!

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References:

  • People Magazine, “Televerse Festival Photos,” 2025

  • Page Six, “We Hear: August 2025”

  • Decider, “New Movies on Streaming: Eddington, Superman”

  • MarketWatch, “What’s Worth Streaming August 2025”

  • Business Insider, “Brain Rot Summer: Cultural Fragmentation”

  • The New Yorker, “Fall Culture Preview 2025”

  • Wikipedia, “Bite Me (Reneé Rapp album)”

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