I Am Trash, But I Am Free
with Bridget from Literal Trash 2004 💘
Bridget from Literal Trash 2004 is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We explore how having ‘bad taste’ is really arbitrary, the shadow side of pop culture, tabloid culture, low culture, bimbofication, and how superficiality and vapidness on the internet can actually be fun. Not everything has to be ~so deep~ right??
If you’ve ever thought about why Paris, Lindsay, Britney, Nicole, Mischa, and so many others were made out to be villains by the media, how fame was so detrimental to high-visibility celebrities before social media democratized access to having a platform, or a time when there was a divide between the public and celebrities, you will love this episode.
We play Trashy or Trendy with 2000s culture staples like Von Dutch, Ed Hardy, Jersey Shore, Playboy Bunny motifs. If you had pink, lime green, and zebra print bedroom decor, you are trash!! (It’s okay, we are too.)
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🛼 Haven’t You Heard?!
My fav things from the internet rn:
Joe Jonas did the ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ trend on TikTok. He really thought he could put a picture of Kevin in there without us noticing…
Speaking of the Jonas Brothers, their song “S.O.S” came out 15 years ago last week! Nick (who I once saw walking down the street in the West Village btw) shared some fun facts about the song. Tbh I wasn’t really listening, I was just reading the comments section. “I saw a tiktok saying Nick is the Lea Michelle of the Jonas Brotjers and it’s all I think about now” 💀
Avril Lavigne gave us all the nostalgia this weekend, reuniting with fellow Canadians Drake, Fefe Dobson, Nelly Furtado, Shania Twain at a myriad of shows in Ontario.
Is Old Music Killing New Music? It’s interesting that nowadays there aren’t accurate numbers on teenage spending. ‘Go to the record store’ culture doesn’t exist anymore because kids use their parents’ streaming accounts to listen to music. (Would like to note that this article is referring to mainstream listener behavior, which is VERY different than merch consumption in fandoms.)
⏮ Let’s Go Back….Back to the Beginning
A time capsule of this week:
In 1990, Groove Is in the Heart by Deee-Lite was released. I became obsessed with this song after playing the Charlie’s Angels movie soundtrack approximately 1,000,000 times. It’s VERY sample heavy, which is great because my favorite website Who Sampled breaks it all down. I am floored by the usage of the Green Acres sample. (That is one TV theme I cannot and will not forget every word to.)
In 2004, Ashlee Simpson’s “Pieces of Me” was the number one video on TRL for five days. Yes, of course we bring up this album in this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. I find myself talking about it a lot, actually, especially because it just turned 18 in July!
In 2011, Jay Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne collab album came out. I remember having such concert fomo at the time, but I saw Jay Z at Fenway Park with Justin Timberlake in 2013 and Kanye at his Yeezy show at MSG in 2016, so that suffices.
💿 Hey Mr. DJ, put a [playlist] on
Playlist of the week:
Literal Trash is a playlist made of songs that you actually would rather not have Spotify Wrapped advertise. It’s all of the superficial, vapid, guilty pleasure-adjacent songs that if you played, [boring] people would question your taste. Think Paris Hilton, the Vanderpump Rules theme song, Pussycat Dolls, and more bubblegum bling bimbofication bops.
🏆 Nicstalgia Trivia
Can you believe Legally Blonde came out 21 years ago this summer?! What was unapologetically extra sorority sister Elle Woods’ college major before she went off to Harvard Law School to get Warner back become a badass lawyer?
Find the answer in this week’s episode of Nicstalgia!
Last Week’s Answer
This hairstyle was the only thing I wanted in 2000, well, other than skinny eyebrows so the boys on the bus would stop bullying me. What music video is this iconique flippy masterpiece from??
Never Had a Dream Come True by S Club 7. This is the only song that I have ever called the radio to request. I waited for HOURS to hear it come on.
Watch last week’s episode, Living Your Y2K Dream with Janine from Retro Avocado, on YouTube!
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