Snail Mail and Bird Brains – After School by Casey Lewis

Terrible reviews aside, Euphoria’s season 3 premiere landed 8.5 million viewers, up 44% from last season; Alex Cooper is making her acting debut in Colleen Hoover’s Verity adaptation; Olivia Rodrigo’s music video for “Drop Dead” premiered a few hours ago and is already at 3 million views; Thom Bettridge interviewed Petra Collins — who filmed Olivia’s new music video, btw — about her new book Star; and Billboard looks at “how Tate McRae leveled up to main pop girl status.” RAINBOW FLIP-FLOPS ARE GEN Z’S SANDAL OF THE SUMMER , nymag Rainbows, the early-aughts staple worn by Zac Efron , Kristen Stewart , and the entire cast of Laguna Beach , have once again become the warm-weather shoe of choice for young people, displacing Birkenstocks at frat bars from Miami University to UC San Diego. “Everyone at Baylor, like legit everyone, wears them,” said Baylor sophomore Lily Patterson. Their sudden ubiquity also prompted UMass Amherst student Ezra Holt, a self-described former “Birkenstocks stan,” to think, “Wait, I need a pair of flip-flops, specifically Rainbow flip-flops.” Syracuse student Violet Alao said, “I’m running errands, I’m putting them on. I’m wearing a dress, I’m putting them on. I’m wearing jeans and going
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