Culture Vulture

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Harry Styles and the Celebrity Beauty Brand Nov 23, 2021

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Upon the release of Harry Styles' new beauty brand 'Pleasing' and Billie Eilish's new fragrance 'Eilish,' Luce and Liv go into the history of the celebrity beauty brand. From Elizabeth Taylor's perfumes to Rihanna's Fenty line, we discuss whether the world needs more beauty brands (spoiler alert: it doesn't), and we walk through some of the wildest products out there (I'm looking at Goops at home enema kit, and Jessica Simpsons EDIBLE BUBBLE BATH???) Is there a difference between a brand with integrity vs a brand without? OR is it all just a money grab? All the answers in this weeks ep!

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Why is Taylor Swift Re-Recording Her Masters? (Part 2) Nov 19, 2021

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In part two of our two-part series on Taylor Swift, Luce and Liv discuss why Taylor Swift has chosen to re-record her masters. What went down with Scooter Braun? Does she own the music and just not the final song? Why should we only be listening to ‘Taylor’s Versions?’ What does this mean for the future of the music industry? Is she now feeling happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way? Is it miserable or magical?

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The Modern History of Taylor Swift Nov 16, 2021

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In part one of our two-part series on Taylor Swift, Luce and Liv relive Taylor Swift as we’ve always known her. Era by era, we discuss the music, the look, and the people who inspired (sometimes in a good way, sometimes... not) Taylor Swift to become the superstar we’re all enamoured with today. All I can say is it was enchanting to record this episode for you.

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What Happened to Ed Sheeran? + Album review! Nov 12, 2021

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An updated version of our 'What Happened to Ed Sheeran' podcast with an added album review.

FIRST OF ALL, Liv and I LOVE ED SHEERAN. We’ve grown up with him, we used to cover Give Me Love and Kiss Me at every gig we ever played. But we had to ask: how could the same man who wrote Grade 8, This City, The Man, This, Bloodstream, U.N.I etc etc etc write BAD HABITS??? He sang You Need Me Man, I Don’t Need You, Take It Back, Eraser and countless other bangers about not falling into the traps of the music industry and he just sort of has…. (please see: ‘I Don’t Care feat. Justin Bieber’ and ‘South of The Border feat. Camila Cabello’ for more evidence.)

DON’T COME FOR US, WE LOVE HIM WE JUST WANNA LOOK AT WHAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY CAN DO TO PEOPLE!

Here’s the article I keep referring to! https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/ed-sheeran-interview-2021

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Return of the Cringe Couple Nov 09, 2021

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Luce and Liv sit down to discuss why Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker and Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson are literally copy and pasted versions of each other! And why they make us cringe (but kinda in a good way...)

As always, a big shout out to Neon - literally the best NZ streaming service - for making this episode of Culture Vulture possible.

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WE INTERVIEWED BENEE Nov 07, 2021

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Luce and Liv sat down with Stella AKA Benee to chat about mental health, why we all need a good cry sometimes, her new music & her love for Kath and Kim!

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Zayn Malik, Gigi Hadid and Ted Lasso Nov 02, 2021

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This week Luce and Liv give you all the details on the Zayn/Gigi/Yolanda situation before unpacking every little detail (including lots of extremely fun facts) about everyone's favourite football coach, Ted Lasso.

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Chatting Shit with Chris Klemens!!!! Oct 31, 2021

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UM hey besties!!!! I sat down with Chris Klemens to talk about literally everything. From mental health, to Booger, to ALL his weird celebrity interactions, to quizzing him on New Zealand (and then organising him a trip here) it was a RIIIIDE. AND YOU SHOULD LISTEN COZ I ASKED ALLLL YOUR QUESTIONS TOO!

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Dave Chappelle, Bad Movie Remakes, & Billy Porter on Harry Styles Oct 26, 2021

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This week on Culture Vulture Luce and Liv dive deep into the Dave Chappelle/ Netflix controversy, Billy Porter's comments about Harry Styles in Vogue, and a big segment about things that should have been left as books/ shouldn't have had a sequel (we're looking at YOU Grease 2 and Vampire Academy.)

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The tea on Adele, Little Mix & Jameela Jamil Oct 19, 2021

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New format alert!

Luce and Liv begin with a game of naughty or nice where they discuss Little Mix's falling out with ex band member Jesy, and Jameela Jamil clapping back to the people who didn't think she should be credited on James Blake's latest album.

Then they launch into a big old chat about Adele - because she did NOT go easy on us with her new single.

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ALSO we apologise for the shitty audio!! Our home-studio didn't serve us well today in lockdown.

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