ICYMI - The Year of Concerts and Being Outside
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🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by culture journalist Cat Sposato to run down this year in concerts, from the Renaissance alien to the perils of standing room only. They get into the value of concert films, how internet standom translates to venue fandom and why pop stars have become the target of flying objects.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Candice Lem, and you're listening to Icy Y-M-I, in case you missed it, |
| 0:18.0 | Slates Podcasts about Internet Culture. |
| 0:21.0 | And it's just me today, so you might be wondering, what are we going to talk about? |
| 0:26.8 | Are we going to talk about George Santos getting expelled from Congress and immediately signing |
| 0:32.0 | up for Cameo. |
| 0:33.5 | Which by the way, great Christmas gift, send it to me. |
| 0:36.8 | Are we going to talk about the finale of the Golden Bachelor |
| 0:39.1 | unto which Gary said, show me the money |
| 0:41.4 | and I'll show you a televised nuptial or are we |
| 0:45.4 | going to talk about how cheaters are getting podcasts I'm looking at you TJ Holmes |
| 0:49.1 | and Amy Roboc. robot. |
| 1:03.8 | No, I want to talk about an internet trend that happened throughout this year that boggled my mind in a way that I actually feel kind of guilty about it's a trend that has affected our highest of highs I'm talking |
| 1:08.2 | pink Harry Styles and Cardi B. Boy the internet is latching on to the latest incident of fans throwing things at performers on stage. |
| 1:18.0 | This time an object was thrown at rapper Cardi B. |
| 1:21.0 | Back in July of this year, Cardi B was performing Bodeck Yellow at this outdoor Vegas Beach Club concert. |
| 1:28.1 | She had this gorgeous, greishon, orange dress on. She was feeling the crowd when someone took what looks like a big |
| 1:36.7 | gulp sized cup and threw their drink at her and it hit her, Spitgate style. |
| 1:42.8 | And at this point, we've seen many variations of what could happen next, you know, |
| 1:47.8 | when BB Wrexa was hit in the face by a flying phone, she fell to her knees and got whisked off stage by crew members. |
| 1:54.4 | When someone threw their mother's ashes at pink on stage, she put it back on the ground |
| 1:59.4 | and kept singing just like a pill. But with Cardi, oh, she threw back. That's right, with the arm of a |
| 2:08.7 | Major League Baseball pitcher, Cardi just instinctively threw her mic that she was singing with into the crowd toward |
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