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Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! We’re back with another Snack Break, a Feed the Fangirl bonus episode! This is a bite sized episode that doesn’t quite fit on the main menu.  In today’s bonus episode, we discuss the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. We chat about our favourite visual moments in the film and key scenes that resonated with us. We also discuss our thoughts in relation to the book and the original 1995 adaptation of the story. Plus, we strongly believe Willoughby is slimy! (and Jane Austen, we love you down). Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl We will be back in late November for Season 4! Cya then! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! We’re back with another Snack Break, a Feed the Fangirl bonus episode! This is a bite sized episode that doesn’t quite fit on the main menu.  Boo! It’s Halloween next week! In today’s bonus episode, we share some of our Halloween pop culture essentials that get us into the spooky spirit. We reminisce on our past Halloween costumes and chat about our favourite spooky movies to watch every year! Plus, we share our favourite songs to create the perfect playlist of Halloween bangers.  Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! In today’s episode we discuss our new favourite romcom and possibly the best movie we have seen this year - Finding Emily! We discuss how the movie captures the feel of classic 90s and early 2000s romcoms, while also bringing a fresh perspective to the genre. We chat about how the movie feels grounded in a specific place and time and explores themes of cancel culture, friendships and sibling bonds. We share why we loved the character dynamic between Owen and Emily and their juxtaposing views on love and dating. We agree with Owen: “When did everyone get so cynical?”. (Also Spike Fearn call us xx).  In todays episode we referenced: ‘Finding Emily’ Review: The Working Title Romantic Comedy Gets a Fresh, Funny GenZ Makeover from Variety and How Finding Emily was love letter to 'best city ever' from BBC. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! In today’s episode we discuss Audrey Hobert: pop’s funniest rising star. We explore how Audrey got her start in the music industry, co-writing with her best friend and pop star Gracie Abrams. We breakdown a few of the key tracks from Who’s The Clown? and explore how Audrey’s screenwriting brings a distinct narrative quality and specificity to her lyricism. We also discuss the comedic and slapstick elements of her performance style and how she’s able to capture an audience. (And yes, we feel like we’re Phoebe!). In todays episode we referenced: ‘The beast inside me wants to move!’ The smart, slapstick world of Audrey Hobert, the Steve Martin of pop from The Guardian, Audrey Hobert Is Pop’s Funniest Newcomer from Junkee, How Gracie Abrams turned an ‘insatiable’ crush into a No. 1 album from Dazed, Gracie Abrams - That's So True (Story of My Song) from American Express and Pop music's funniest newcomer is Audrey Hobert from NPR. We also referenced the Popcast episode Audrey Hobert on ‘Sue Me’ Success, Gracie Abrams, Malcolm Todd & Her Next Album and Audrey Hobert’s Web Archive. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! In today’s episode we discuss The Love Hypothesis, a movie from Amazon Prime, based on the popular BookTok book and STEM romance by Ali Hazelwood. But before we watched the movie, we of course wanted to do our due diligence and read the source material. So Victoria shares her thoughts after reading the book for the very first time and Ella reflects on her experience of re-reading it! We have some thoughts to share on the way Ali Hazelwood writes smut. Then we share our thoughts on the movie adaptation and discuss why we thought some of the changes to the timeline made sense for the story and how it brought back the ‘com’ in ‘rom-com’. We also explore whether the film captured the nuances of Olive and Adam’s romance and Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman’s chemistry. Of course we also discuss the famous Chapter 16 scene and how the smut was translated on screen!  In todays episode we referenced: Netflix Lands Ali Hazelwood’s Hot New Adult Romance Novel ‘Deep End’; Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps, Alex Cooper’s Unwell Productions Producing Feature Adaptation from Deadline. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! On the podcast so far, we have explored why different kinds of love interests or even particular celebrities are appealing to audiences right now. But what about those fictional men that are particularly unappealing? In today’s episode we explore a spectrum of ‘useless boyfriends’ in TV and film and unpack their purpose. There’s the ‘nothing burger’ boyfriends in Devil Wears Prada 2 and Disclosure Day and Jeremiah from The Summer I Turned Pretty. We also discuss Ken from the Barbie Movie, Jack from Don’t Worry Darling and Bear from Obsession. Whether their purpose is to act as a plot device or as an exploration of toxic masculinity and gender roles, what do these ‘useless boyfriends’ say about culture? In today’s episode we referenced: The Useless Movie Boyfriend Era Is Upon Us from Cosmopolitan, Barbie Is a Movie About Male Fragility. Let's Dig In from Time and How hilarious ‘Barbie’ earworm ‘I’m Just Ken’ brings toxic masculinity to its knees from LA Times Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! Today we break down season 2 of one of our favourite shows Adults episode by episode. We chat about the comparison to Friends and explore what we think makes a great Hangout Sitcom. We also discuss how the sitcom format has changed in the streaming era and why we want longer seasons and more time for filler episodes! We also chat about how debut comedies can feel stunted in their growth and are often not given the chance to find their footing due to early cancellation. Plus, we discuss the interesting choice Adults made to create a new pilot episode in an attempt to find a new audience. (Also we need to talk about the flight that emergency landed in Albuquerque! We kinda wish we were there.) In today’s episode we referenced: ‘Adults’ Starts to Figure It Out in a More Mature Season 2: TV Review from Variety, In “Adults,” Gen Z Gets the Hangout Sitcom It Deserves from The New Yorker, Adults’ Creators Break Down Season 2’s Most Shocking Moments and Tease a Potential Season 3 from Collider and Maybe You'll Like the Second Try at the First Episode? from the New York Times. We also referenced Friends: The Reunion (2021) and this video from @hannahzookpop on TikTok. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! There’s a new pop star on the rise and we want to talk about her. You may have heard of the global girl group KATSEYE, formed through the Hybe x Geffen training program and survival show Dream Academy. But in today's episode we talk about Adéla, the very first contestant to be eliminated. We reflect on Adéla’s rise to fame from her EP The Provocateur, to her brilliant Lollapalooza performance. Plus we discuss why there is a renewed appetite for pop stars who dance on stage and make songs audiences can dance to as well. Of course we also break down PRIMA track by track and unpack how Adéla has studied the pop music bible and invites the audience to feel empowered by her music alongside her. (It’s true! The baddest bitches ain’t in LA). In today’s episode we referenced: Adéla Shuffles Her Music Library: Beyoncé, Nelly Furtado, A$AP Rocky and more | Song Shuffle from Rolling Stone, What's On Adéla's Playlist? from Teen Vogue, Adéla: Prima review – Slovakian star smashes the fourth wall to bask in pop’s cynicism and seduction from The Guardian, Album Review: Adéla’s Risk-Taking Pays Off on ‘Prima’ from Rolling Stone and Missing out on Katseye was the best thing to happen to this rising pop star from The Sydney Morning Herald Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

Hey Fangirls! Guess what? We're back on Friday with Season 3 of Feed The Fangirl! As per usual we’re going to be bringing you deep dives on all things TV, movies, music, books and celebrity. Starting this week on September 11, we’re bringing you 6 fresh episodes, dropping weekly on Fridays. So now's your chance to get up to date and catch up on listening to all our season 1 and 2 episodes if you haven’t already. In the meantime, don’t forget to hit follow wherever you listen to your podcasts so you can be the first to know when our new episodes drop. You can also keep up with us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you soon! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! We’re back with another Snack Break, a Feed the Fangirl bonus episode! This is a bite sized episode that doesn’t quite fit on the main menu.  In today’s bonus episode we cover one of the strangest (and funniest) celebrity rumours that have come across our desk in our time as fangirls: Hobama. Aka, the crackship between Harry Styles and former US president Barack Obama. Plus we unpack another fabricated internet ship between Tom Holland and Nicki Minaj. We also cover the ‘Zendaya Hat Theory’ and how Zendaya and Tom Holland are always at the scene of the crime when it comes to wild internet bits.  This is our final episode of Season 2! Thanks so much for listening. We will back in September! Today we referenced the following videos: Harry Styles addresses Barack Obama dating rumours at the BBC Music Awards 2014 from SugarScape, Harry Styles reveals whether rumours about him are true from The Graham Norton Show, Team USA v. Team UK - Dodgeball w/ Michelle Obama, Harry Styles & More from The Late Late Show with James Corden and Tom Holland on Zendaya, Robert Pattinson & His Career | Explain This from Esquire. These articles also helped inform our research: Obama, his gay accuser and the lawyer in a kilt from The Sydney Morning Herald and Tom Holland fans explain ‘joke’ as Spider-Man actor trends following Nicki Minaj pregnancy announcement from The Independent and Zendaya Hat Theory Explained: TikTok’s Met Gala 2025 Obsession from Teen Vogue. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya in September for Season 3 xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! We’re back with another Snack Break, a Feed the Fangirl bonus episode! This is a bite sized episode that doesn’t quite fit on the main menu.  Anyone who’s been keeping up with the pod so far would know that we loveeee a great musical moment in TV or film. So in today’s episode, we discuss our favourite needle drops - those moments when a song plays at the perfect moment in a scene, elevates the story, or even when the music hits you in an unexpected way.  Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya next Friday! xoxo

Correction: At 38:25 Victoria mistakenly said the year 2025 when referencing Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The correct year the film came out was 2015. Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! Recently it feels like we have seen an overwhelming amount of reboots, remakes and prequels in film and television. It had us thinking - where is the original content and why do we have reboot fatigue? In today’s episode we explore the state of cinema and the risk averse nature of Hollywood and the entertainment industry. We interrogate Hollywood’s reliance on IP and nostalgia content and explain why we see fewer original stories on the big screen. We discuss the rise of Gen-Z filmmakers, the resurgence of horror films and the success of Obsession and Backrooms at the box office. We also chat about Gen-Z’s cinema going habits and a shift to physical media. Also, Hollywood, we think you learnt the wrong lesson from Heated Rivalry and Barbie!  Today we referenced the articles: Reboots and remakes: why is Hollywood stuck on repeat? from The Guardian, The streaming wars are over from CNN, Why Streaming Content Could Be Hollywood’s Final Act from Forbes, Inside Hollywood’s Expensive and Exhausting Road to Making Movies During Coronavirus from Variety, Obsession becomes highest-grossing film with budget under $1M US from CBC, Christopher Nolan Talks Potential Horror Film, Says 'Obsession' Movie 'Works Like a Motherf*cker' from Complex, ‘Backrooms’ Becomes A24’s First Movie to Surpass $200 Million Globally, Overtaking ‘Marty Supreme’ as Studio’s Highest-Grossing Release from Variety, Gen Z Goes to the Movies! Younger Audiences Are Driving the Box Office, Study Shows from Variety, DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media from Los Angeles Times. We also referenced these interviews from Hot Ones: Matt Damon Sweats From His Scalp While Eating Spicy Wings and Vince Vaughn Catches a Hot Streak While Eating Spicy Wings. Plus, shoutout to the podcast Culture Club and their episode The AI Book Scandal, Hannah Montana Forever & Reboot Fatigue. They were the first people we heard use the specific term “reboot fatigue”. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya next Friday! xoxo

Content Warning: In this episode, we touch on mental health struggles when we discuss the movie Heartstopper Forever. You can reach out to Lifeline Australia for 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services or Beyond Blue for 24/7 mental health support. Or if you are listening internationally, please visit Find a Helpline to find free, confidential support from a helpline or hotline near you. (The Heartstopper Forever segment is between 21:37 - 38:09). Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! Today’s episode is a bit of a mixed bag! We begin by chatting about this year's Emmy Nominations. We are happy to see some of our fav shows and actors get nominated but we also have some bones to pick and some snubs to discuss (Isa Briones where is your nom?). We are also excited to see our beloved characters Nick and Charlie back on our screens and discuss the new Netflix movie Heartstopper Forever. Plus, we discuss the new Gracie Abrams album Daughter From Hell, and share our favourite lyrics and top 3 songs.  Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya next Friday! xoxo

Content Warning: In this episode we touch on some heavier topics, including mental health struggles, eating disorders and substance abuse. Please take care if these topics may be sensitive for you. Help is available. You can reach out to Lifeline Australia for 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services. For support with eating & body image struggles, you can reach out to the Butterfly Foundation. Or if you are listening internationally, please visit Find A Helpline to find free, confidential support from a helpline or hotline near you. Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! In today’s episode we revisit the alleged love triangle between Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter. We discuss the fallout after the release of Olivia’s debut single Driver’s License and the way Josh and Sabrina responded and coped with the online frenzy. We explore the cultural impact of the song that sparked an SNL sketch, multiple songs in response and a media storm that impacted each of their careers for years to come. Now that 6 years have passed, we are able to reflect on the situation with the gift of hindsight and critique when fandom culture goes too far and impacts real peoples lives beyond the internet.  In this episode we referenced: How the Gen Z stars of ‘High School Musical’ saved the season’s central romance from The LA Times, Song You Need to Know: Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Drivers License’ from Rolling Stone, Joshua Bassett on Surviving Childhood Abuse and a Near-Fatal Health Crisis: 'I Felt My Heart Failing' from People, Joshua Bassett Revealed What It Was Like To Work With Sabrina Carpenter On A Song For His Debut EP from Buzzfeed, Joshua Bassett Is Still Processing from GQ and Olivia Rodrigo Charts All 13 Songs From ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ in Hot 100’s Top 30 from Billboard. We also referred to Joshua Bassett’s book Rookie: My Public, Private, and Secret Life. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya next Friday! xoxo

Welcome to Feed The Fangirl! We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls. Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl! In today’s episode we reflect on the summer of lime green, party girls, bumping that and working it out on the remix. Of course, we’re talking about Brat Summer. First, we explore Charli XCX's career trajectory pre-Brat as an "underground" artist. We then discuss how Brat not only defined a summer, but defined the culture at large and influenced the world of politics. We also chat about the film The Moment and how you move forward as an artist after creating a cultural phenomenon. Plus, we share what it was like to experience Brat Summer live at Laneway Festival in Sydney and consider where Charli is going next.  In today’s episode we referenced: Charli xcx Thinks Kamala Harris Is ‘Brat.’ She May Be Right from Time, Kamala Harris Is Using Social Media to Reach Young Voters from Time, How this ‘off-putting’ color shaded the internet and beyond from CNN, Brat’ Unfiltered: Charli xcx on How She Stole the Summer (And Worked It Out With Lorde on the Remix) from Billboard, Charli xcx Enters Her Next Chapter from Vanity Fair, What is Kamala Harris's 'brat' rebrand all about? From BBC, Charli XCX: Brat review – insecurity-obliterating anthems by pop’s most human superstar from The Guardian, Brat from Pitchfork, Charli xcx Says Original ‘Brat’ Movie Pitch Was Too Label-Focused and Calls Ariana Grande’s Oscar Snub a ‘Surprise’: ‘She Is Amazing and Goes Full Force’ from Variety We also referenced to the performance Boiler Room & Charli xcx Presents: PARTYGIRL, the podcast episode Sidetracked with Charli XCX and the reel Brittany Broski reveals her First/Worst/Best concerts! Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya next Friday! xoxo