🎧 Why The Backrooms is the perfect Gen Z horror movie

🎧 Why The Backrooms is the perfect Gen Z horror movie

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mtdeco.substack.com [https://mtdeco.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] This Wednesday: * Love Island US is going social media silent [https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a71471266/love-island-usa-season-8-new-rule-social-media-manager/] [~00:00:52]. Season 8 made the call to keep contestants' personal accounts dormant while they're in the villa. * The Backrooms is the perfect Gen Z horror movie [~00:15:07]. A24's latest just crossed $200M at the international box office in 10 days, directed by a 20-year-old YouTuber. Below the payw…

🎧 What happened to Glamour Magazine?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mtdeco.substack.com [https://mtdeco.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] This week we cover: * The rise of snail mail clubs [~00:01:07]. We dive into how physical mail became a growing creative economy and Megan Collins [https://substack.com/profile/480688-megan-collins] does a live snail mail club unboxing. Plus: why the appeal might have less to do with nostalgia and more to do with craving a sensory experience that your phone just can’t replicate. * Jay Shetty is leaving YouTube [~00:16:53].…

🎧 Zillennials are in their ✨whimsical✨ era

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mtdeco.substack.com [https://mtdeco.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] This week: * Spotify is reserving concert tickets for superfans [~00:00:35]. Spotify announced it will use listening data (streams, hours, and shares) to identify superfans and hold tickets exclusively for premium subscribers. * The rise of whimsy [~00:19:10]. A New York Times piece [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/style/whimsy-trend-gen-z-millennials.html] declared whimsy a rising trend among Zillennials. Beyond the paywall… * Everyon…

🎧 Is 90% of the internet fake?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mtdeco.substack.com [https://mtdeco.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] This week: * The rise of parallel play for adults [~4:31]. A Real Simple article applied the child development concept of parallel play to adult friendship -- spending time together while doing your own thing. * The Rise of Parallel Play Friendships, Real Simple [https://www.realsimple.com/parallel-play-friendships-11974884] * Stop Calling It Community. You’re Running a Group Chat With Merch. [https://open.substack.com/pub/ayoogunde/p/stop-calling-it-community-youre-running?r=1zu93j&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web], Ayo Ogunde 🧠 [https://substack.com/profile/14608800-ayo-ogunde] * Nobody wants to be famous anym…

🎧 The internet is trying to buy Spirit Airlines

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mtdeco.substack.com [https://mtdeco.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Happy Friday! 👋 We’re back with this week’s episode of Open Tabs, our weekly Substack live where we talk about the internet news and cultural moments that have been taking up space in our brains and Google tabs. Here’s what we covered this week: * Charli xcx dropped a new song exclusively on Instagram and vinyl [~0:00]. She released her new song, I Keep On…