Introducing ‘This Blew Up’

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

An Instagram post catches, a TikTok goes viral—sometimes that’s all it takes to launch someone into internet fame. And then what? In this six-part series, tech and culture reporter Alyssa Bereznak explores how social media stardom is made. The influencer social circuit, the spon-con, the content houses, and all the dark details in between. Through her investigation into a notorious collab house, she guides listeners through the peaks and valleys of LA’s influencer scene and illustrates how this new kind of celebrity isn’t always as glamorous as it appears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Leslie Golden was a poll dancer in small town Texas with a teeny
0:06.1	Instagram following until a whirlwind weekend in LA where she blew up online.
0:10.6	From there she entered a new world, one where partying in LA mansions, jet-setting
0:15.6	to Thailand and getting glammed up for brand campaigns was all part of a day's work.
0:20.9	Leslie is just one of many influencers who got famous on the internet and then tried to
0:24.5	flip that cloud into a whole new life.
0:27.3	On this blew up, I'm going to show you how social media stardom is made, from the spawn con to the
0:32.3	content houses, and how it all adds up to a new kind of fame
0:35.9	that's not always as glamorous as it looks. When attention is the ultimate currency
0:40.6	what lengths will you go to to get it?
0:43.0	And who's going to want a piece of your success?
0:45.0	From the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Alyssa Bresnack.
0:50.0	You can listen to this flu up on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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