Celine Song on Materialists, Matchmaking, and Her Favorite Rom-coms

The Run-Through with Vogue

Vogue

Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.2 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Mix rom-com classics like Broadcast News and You’ve Got Mail with today’s impossible dating market and what you might get is Materialists. The new A24 film starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal is the latest from Celine Song who also wrote and directed 2023’s indie-hit Past Lives.

On today’s episode of The Run-Through, Chloe and Vogue’s research manager and senior digital line editor Lisa Macabasco ask Celine what romcoms she adores, her vote for best love triangle and how her brief, real-life stint as a matchmaker inspired the film.

Earlier in the show, Chioma and Chloe dive into Francesco Risso’s departure from Marni and Martine Rose’s fabulous Men’s Spring 2026 show, which created quite a buzz in London over the weekend.

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0:00.0	This episode of The Run Through is brought to you by eBay.
0:03.7	I'm Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue's Beauty Editor at Large.
0:06.9	Everyone's talking about tassels right now, and that's the moment that I end up typing it into eBay.
0:11.4	I found the perfect vintage triple chain belt with golden tassels, and it just looks so elegant, timeless, and it's on the way in the mail to me thanks to eBay.
0:30.0	This is The Run Through. I'm Chloe Mal.
0:32.1	And I'm Choma Nardi.
0:34.0	Choma, have you seen materialists yet?
0:36.1	I haven't. I haven't. It's on my to-watch list. Tell me everything about it, though. I'm dying to see it.
0:42.2	I feel like everyone saw it this weekend when it came out.
0:44.9	Well, I can't watch it till August 15th because it's not out here until then.
0:48.9	Oh, wow. Okay. So don't give me too many spoiler alerts, but go ahead.
0:53.3	I think you'll really enjoy it.
0:55.2	I had such a good time watching it, not least because the three leads are so attractive and delightful.
1:03.9	Dakota Johnson, Pedro Bascall, and Chris Evans.
1:07.4	And I thought it just raises a lot of interesting questions about finding a match and what we value and what we are materialistic about and what we're not.
1:18.0	And I am excited for you to watch at Choma and I'm very excited for you to hear our conversation with Celine's song.
1:25.5	Wow.
1:25.8	Lisa McAbasko and myself spoke to Celine about how she was once a matchmaker and that
1:32.3	inspired this movie.
1:33.5	No way.
1:34.6	Yes.
1:35.3	It's really a fun story and sort of how much she learned about people from that,
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