-Shakira (and Burna Boy) created the song “Dai Dai” for the 2026 World Cup. She filmed the video for it with the Ghetto Kids, a dance troupe of Ugandan schoolchildren living in poverty who went viral for their dance moves. They will also join her live onstage for the July 19 finale.
-Naturally, America had to ruin a bunch of shit by delaying or turning back international guests traveling to Texas legally to attend the games.
-The lucky foreigners who did manage to get in and are visiting Texas for the first time are posting their reactions to American stuff, and it is hilarious. They have posted their reviews of Waffle House, Wal Mart, and CostCo, and Bass Pro Shops.
Just had our first Waffle House experience at 1am. Great food, great prices, and friendly staff. 10/10, we will be coming back.😋 pic.twitter.com/QHgftpqfoX
— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) June 8, 2026
-AirBnB landlords are pissed off that not many people have booked their AirBnBs for the World Cup, even after admitting to price-gouging. Of course, many of these AirBnBs are as expensive as hotels, if not more.
-Mexicans and South Koreans united in celebration in Mexico, even though Mexico lost to South Korea. Mexican fans shouted, “You’re one of us now!” and adopted some random Korean dude, the South Korean soccer team was gifted sombreros in their team colors upon their arrival, and revelers danced to “Gangnam Style” into the wee hours of the night in the streets of Guadalajara.
A jury in South Carolina acquitted Chikei Rick Chow of murdering 14-year-old Black teenager Cyrus Carmack-Belton. In response, several Black TikTokers have called for boycotts of Asian businesses, particularly Chinese restaurants. Some Asian TikTokers pushed back against this, others understood it. In response, the Black TikTokers claim that the Asian community’s outcry against the proposed boycott has been louder than its condemnation of the death of Carmack-Belton and the acquittal of Chow.
In another controversial case, a Texas jury convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of homicide for the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf; Anthony was 17 at the time of the incident.
In the comment section of just about any post on these two cases, you will find AI-generated memes of Chikei Rick Chow as a hero in front of the American flag, Karmelo Anthony wearing a crown, Karmelo Anthony action figures with knives, and other bizarre memes in the vein of Charlie Kirk death memes.
-The viral phrase of the year in reference to Pride is definitely “you deserve sunshine,” which comes from the bestselling gay novel Heated Rivalry.
Several Christian content creators made anti-lgbtq videos, only to have even more people make viral response videos in support of Pride.
-One of the most viral TikTok sagas this week was from a young guy named Jafer who came out to his Muslim mother. She was not accepting.
-But this queen is back.
-And I am delighted to share that the internet made this now-classic TikTok go viral again, cause you gay and stuff.
-Allie Rose, the BookTok girl who tried to trademark “Hot Girls Read,” has dropped her petition.
-The first stills from the adaptation of Emily Henry’s bestselling novel Beach Read. Fans are in an uproar, and Henry herself is apparently not crazy about it, but she has been diplomatic publicly.
-Penguin Random House has yassified Junie B. Jones and the kids from The Magic Tree House books. Look what they did to my boys! They massacred my boys!
-The “my coffee order” trend is where you type the phrase, “my coffee order” in your TikTok search bar. The first video that comes up is the type of coffee that you have to order the next time you go to a coffee shop.
-The “Getting Robbed, But…” trend is when you pretend that someone is trying to mug you, but you respond in some nonsensical fashion.
-In the “My Reason Why” trend, someone posts a video or slideshow of their boyfriend or husband, often with a list of their positive attributes, ending on a slide with the phrase, “and that’s my why.”
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