The "sad, beige" influencer lawsuit

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🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Well hello! Today on the show, we’re discussing the "sad, beige" influencer rivalry that has now escalated into a full-blown lawsuit. Can the legal system protect the ‘vibe’ of a creator? Even if that vibe is… kinda basic? And later, we’re talking about whether or not being an influencer is hard work. Again! This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Elite Eleven, your one-stop shop for all your last-minute Christmas shopping. We also want to thank SIX The Musical, which is heading back to Sydney! This episode was audio-produced by Eilish Gilligan. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of you.

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0:00.0	This episode of Shameless Media.
0:06.8	This episode of Shameless is brought pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:43.5	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald.
0:47.6	Hello, Zara McDonald and a big hello to producer Elish Gilligan.
0:50.7	Hi.
0:51.0	Hi, both. Coming up on today's show, the sad beige
0:54.5	influencer rivalry that's now escalated into a full-blown lawsuit. Can the legal
1:00.2	system protect the vibe of a creator, even if the vibe is by definition quite basic? And later,
1:06.3	we're talking about whether or not being an influencer is hard work. Once again, death, taxes and that conversation
1:13.1	is happening yearly and I'm happy to have it again. First, Michelle, do you have a recommendation?
1:18.5	I don't have a recommendation. Solid start. I do want to talk about Spotify Rapped though.
1:23.7	There's rumblings. There's rumblings. Now, to break the fourth wall with the listeners, obviously you hear this on Monday.
1:30.0	We record it at the end of every week.
1:32.2	Spotify Rapt is all anyone's talking about right now.
1:34.8	We're very curious if that's going to continue over the next few days because the people's Spotify
1:38.9	raps are coming out and the people are grumpy about them.
1:42.4	Yeah, so the first kind of sense I got about this.
1:44.8	And when I say sense, I'm talking about people saying, is this accurately reflecting my
1:49.0	music consumption or podcasting listening consumption this year?
1:52.2	Was I got to work and I'd already checked my Spotify wrapped.
1:55.6	And our head of business development, Rhee was checking it.
1:57.7	And we walked out of the office to go for a walk and get a coffee.
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