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Waterparks drop unreleased demos after fans pass album challenge

After Waterparks singer Awsten Knight challenged fans to get his tweet 20,000 retweets today in exchange for a new album, they’ve delivered on that promise. Sort of. The band are releasing a collection of demo tracks for 1 (A COLLECTION OF UNRELEASED HOME DEMOS, THIS IS NOT G, OR EVEN AN ALBUM, SHUT UP ENJOY) on SoundCloud which you can stream […]

Miley Cyrus called out for posting old "punk" photo with Jonas Brothers

Miley Cyrus has been clowned on in the past for trying to co-opt scenes outside of her own and a post she made on social media has people up in arms over her claiming she and the Jonas Brothers are punk. The musician and former Disney star posted an old photo of her with the Jonas Bros […]

Twitter will never have an edit button for tweets—here’s why

If you ever thought you’d have the ability to edit your tweets, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says it’s never going to happen. The platform’s users have been asking for an edit button for years and in 2018, it was looking like we were about to get our wish. Read more: Machine Gun Kelly reveals Travis Barker-produced […]

Tumblr combating cyberbullying, misinformation with new campaign

Tumblr is taking a stand against cyber-bullying and misinformation with a new internet literacy initiative. The campaign comes ahead of the 2020 election, the company hopes to keep users from spreading wrong information. Read more: Can you match the lyrics to the correct My Chemical Romance album? In 2018, the platform banned all adult content from the […]

Hayley Williams social media move sparks theories of new solo music soon

Hayley Williams said in late December that we will be getting a taste of some of her new music in January. Well, here we are in January and Williams appears to be delivering on that promise. Last night the Paramore singer posted three identical black pictures to her Instagram. Some fans are interpreting this move […]

Spotify pauses 2020 political ads over inability to “validate and review”

Spotify is announcing they will not be allowing political ads on their platform starting early next year over the issue of verifying an ad is not misleading. The streaming service says they will suspend political ads since they cannot “validate and review” these ads accurately. Read More: Asking Alexandria drop deluxe self-titled album with demos and […]

Instagram begins warning users on "potentially offensive" captions

Yesterday, Instagram began warning users their caption content might be considered “potentially offensive.” The warnings are generated via the platform’s AI technology which interprets the postings to be offensive or hurtful in any way. The program is being instituted by Instagram in an effort to eliminate acts of bullying. If users post content the technology […]

10 of the best “I’m gonna tell my kids this was” memes

There were a lot of great memes in 2019, and then there was the “I’m gonna tell my kids” meme.  In case you don’t know, the newest meme to go viral is one where people share photos of certain celebrities. In the caption, they write “I’m gonna tell my kids this was” and then state […]

Sugar Ray singer dumps woman’s boyfriend for her via video request

Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath is one of the countless celebrities to use Cameo, a site dedicated to allowing fans to buy customized videos from celebs, and one woman hired McGrath for a brutal purpose. Breaking up with someone is never easy, but this woman went a super harsh route by hiring McGrath to break up with […]

Instagram testing public like count removal in US next week, CEO confirms

When discussing Instagram, likes and followers immediately come to the forefront. The photo and video sharing platform seems to have evolved into more of a popularity contest amongst its users. Well, viewing likes may be a complete thing of the past as the tech giant is testing the removal of the publicly viewable like feature […]

Kanye West Christian album sparks Church Of Satan response

The new Kanye West album has seemingly taken over everyone’s attention after a predictably sloppy release, and now even the Church Of Satan has joined in on the conversation. The new record, JESUS IS KING, follows Kanye’s rebranding as a devout Christian and an announcement he will be re-recording all of his albums without any swearing. Read More: […]

Tony Hawk asks fans to text him and is actually replying

Influencers have been changing how the public can interact with celebrities over the past couple of years in interesting ways and Tony Hawk is testing out a new service letting him get more personal with skaters. The skateboarding legend tweeted out a phone number last night urging fans to text him and people were surprised with the […]

Panera Bread worker allegedly fired after viral mac & cheese TikTok

If you frequent TikTok, you might have seen a viral video going around of someone “exposing” how Panera Bread makes their mac & cheese.  To fill you in, the video shows individual frozen packages of noodles being dropped into a vat of boiling water before being put into a bowl.  Read more: Metallica drummer gives […]

Google predicts 2019 Halloween costume trends by city with FrightGeist

Google has created a function that determines the most popular Halloween costumes of 2019 based on search trends.  The FrightGeist platform use statistics from around the country to figure out the most searched for costumes by city.  Read more: Billie Eilish “bad guy” video comment becomes first to get 1 million likes You can see […]

Snapchat reportedly back online after second major outage this month

Once again, Snapchat users fell victim to another round of outages earlier today. Users reported being unable to send chats and snaps, while others were unable to even open the app. While Snapchat Support states the problem has since been resolved, many users are still reporting issues on Twitter. Read more: ‘Fortnite’ players left staring at […]

Instagram releases emo dark mode function — here’s how to activate it

Goths are further infiltrating social media as Instagram has just unveiled its own dark mode to match our permanent mood.  The app follows Twitter, Android, iPhone and Facebook Messenger, all of who has unveiled their own dark modes this year.  Read more: Lisa Frank hotel unveils booking for rainbow-filled 90s paradise While the mode is […]

Waterparks celebrate ‘FANDOM’ with "HIGH DEFINITION" Instagram filter

Waterparks have unveiled a new Instagram face filter in honor of their upcoming album FANDOM.  The filter is inspired by Awsten Knight’s green star face paint in the band’s video for “HIGH DEFINITION”.  Read more: Slayer unveil intense trailer for ‘The Repentless Killogy’ film Waterparks has been having fun posting Stories with the filter, especially […]

Instagram creepers mourn the app removing “Following” tab this week

Instagram has gotten rid of its long-time existing Following tab that allowed them to see what their friends were posting, liking and following.  The social media company will eradicate the function starting this week. So it looks like the days of mindlessly stalking your friends and loved ones on Instagram are now over.  Read more: […]

Post Malone getting flashed onstage results in hilarious reaction meme

Post Malone has got himself turned into a meme thanks to his hilarious reaction to being flashed by an audience member during one of his gigs.  The rapper is currently touring the U.S. in support of his latest album Hollywood’s Bleeding.  Read more: MTV EMAs nominees include twenty one pilots, the 1975, Halsey, more So, […]

iPhone 11 multi-lens camera becomes instant meme after Apple reveal

Apple has officially unveiled the iPhone 11 and needless to say, people online have a lot of thoughts about the new camera and more.  The company unveiled three new phones — the iPhone 11, iPhone Pro and the iPhone Pro Max.  Read more: I Prevail explore effects of trauma in gritty new “Gasoline” video The […]
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