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Leather miniskirt
Spare a thought for everyone who grew up with this bedroom.

– Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
and the brutality of fame
Liam Payne  
and the brutality of fame
It's part and parcel for today's pop stars to question the trappings of celebrity – but Payne came of age in a very different world, writes Elle Hunt.
Youthquake  
A brief history of the boyband – and how One Direction reshaped it in their own image.
Critic's take  
Our music critic also paid tribute to the late singer, who had been slowly reuniting with his former bandmates before his death.
Hearts break  
And in Buenos Aires, hundreds of fans gathered in a makeshift vigil to mourn a cornerstone of their teenage years.
Cook this
Salad daze
Salad daze
Weather's getting hotter. We're getting lazier. Salad for dinner!!!!
Extremely online
Extremely online
No-one asked, but an updated list of things that are brat: upstate New York (according to this pop-up); Sean Baker (who made this year’s hottest movie); Bon Iver (no explanation required); Brian Jordan Alvarez (no explanation required); Paul Mescal (this leather miniskirt); Elton John (just wrote for the Guardian); iPhone photography (so in right now). 

Not very brat: Cynthia Erivo (is she okay); the American bookstore (in decline); angel numbers (fake, according to their creator).

Good reads: GQ asked Harrison Ford about his tiny shorts; the New Yorker partied with The Dare. This is the most down bad person of all time and this is a beautiful essay on cruising. Love wins!
The funniest things on the internet
Elouise Eftos's tour of her tabs
Elouise Eftos's tour of her tabs
One of the first videos she watched was a 3D baby doing a macarena. Thankfully that does not make the list.
Top of the list
A genre – dance town  
How did Australian dance music get so big? We looked at the rise of Rüfüs du Sol, Dom Dolla, Fisher, Flume and more. We promise this piece does not use the word Aussietronica.
How did Australian dance music get so big? We looked at the rise of Rüfüs du Sol, Dom Dolla, Fisher, Flume and more. We promise this piece does not use the word Aussietronica.
A film – bad clown  
While one killer clown flops at the box office, another reigns. Terrifier 3 – the latest in a ultra-violent gorefest – goes full sicko mode, and audiences are loving it. In cinemas.
While one killer clown flops at the box office, another reigns. Terrifier 3 – the latest in a ultra-violent gorefest – goes full sicko mode, and audiences are loving it. In cinemas.
Another film – tears drown  
Mats Steen died from genetic muscular dystrophy at age 25 – and only after his death did his family discover his popularity in World of Warcraft. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin tells his story in game-like animations. In cinemas now, on Netflix next Friday.
Mats Steen died from genetic muscular dystrophy at age 25 – and only after his death did his family discover his popularity in World of Warcraft. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin tells his story in game-like animations. In cinemas now, on Netflix next Friday.
A show – bro down  
And for something sweet: Shrinking might just be the nicest show on TV, starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segel as as pair of therapists. It's 'beautifully untaxing' – and it's on Apple TV+.
And for something sweet: Shrinking might just be the nicest show on TV, starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segel as as pair of therapists. It's 'beautifully untaxing' – and it's on Apple TV+.
This week's weirdest story
I vant to suck your lifeblood
I vant to suck your lifeblood
Meet the 'emotional vampire'.
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