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People were asked to share their ‘most memorable moment’ with a stranger. One answer jumped out.

Interactions with strangers can be the highlight of your day, the reason you’re crying in a bathroom stall at Chipotle or anywhere in between. A user on Reddit wanted to hear about the most memorable moments people had with strangers in what is assumed to be an effort to show the good in humanity.

The question read, “What is the most memorable moment you shared with a stranger who you never saw again?” Well, leave a prompt like that and the internet is ripe with responses ready to go. This particular post has more than 11,000 comments, but it was one comment in particular that stood out and brought the internet to tears.

Reddit user misdolnurs2517 answered the prompt with a story about grief and how a group of strangers came together for a momentary act of kindness.


The user says at the time of the incident her father had passed away earlier that day and she felt like she was doing a pretty good job holding it together. Grief is a strange thing, sometimes it’s delayed, sometimes its immediate and oftentimes it peeks its head up in the most unexpected moments. You never know how grief is going to affect you until it hits, and it’s something you don’t have much control over.

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For this particular Reddit user, grief snuck up on her when she took a stroll around Target to clear her mind and buy a few groceries. The commenter recalls getting to the checkout stand with her arms full when she dropped a container of sour cream. It was in that moment, the dam broke. Right in the middle of Target for everyone to see, this grieving daughter began to sob uncontrollably.

She said, “I completely lost control of myself and started to cry. The ugly cry.” Everyone knows that cry and it doesn’t tend to happen over sour cream splattered all over the floor. The shoppers around her knew that something deeper was going on but no one pried.

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The Reddit user said she was instantly surrounded by a group of women who took charge of the situation without saying a word. Connecting with someone on such a human level that words are not needed is a moment to be treasured. She said the women cleaned up the mess, someone grabbed her a new sour cream and helped her get checked out.

I’m stereotyping here, but that is some big mom energy coming from that group of women. They saw someone who was hurting and did what needed to be done without shaming, without prying and without talking. The group anticipated the needs of a stranger then anticipated the actions of the other women helping to get a grieving person home.

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The story garnered many supportive comments but most were speculating on if a group of moms is called a flock or a gaggle before telling their own stories of how a random mom helped them. No matter what a group of moms is called, the story is a beautiful testament to seeing one another’s humanity.

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Bacon hidden in a casserole teaches an important lesson on antisemitism and family boundaries

If you’ve never been on Reddit, there’s a section titled “Am I the A**h*le” aptly abbreviated AITA where people ask for clarification on a difficult situation. The idea is that commenters will help you decipher if you are being the jerk in a situation or if it’s the other person involved that holds the title.

A Jewish dad and his two children took to this subreddit to seek his own clarification. The dad, who doesn’t give his name for obvious reasons, explains that he is a remarried widower who came into his second marriage with two children by his deceased wife. He tells readers that his current wife isn’t Jewish but also isn’t particularly religious while her parents are and have attempted to convince his daughter to be baptized Christian.


Boundaries were set according to the post and the family ate dinner at the in-laws house prior to Thanksgiving. Even if you know nothing of Jewish religion, you know that those who follow religious doctrine eat foods that are kosher, which is something that had been explained to the in-laws and they had always abided by.

After the meal was finished, his mother-in-law remarked, “See, we told you nothing bad would happen.” and upon further clarification, she admitted to mixing bacon into the casserole dishes. While he says the father-in-law appeared to be uncomfortable, he agreed that he knew what his wife had done to the food. The situation resulted in his daughter crying and leaving the room with the child’s stepmother following close behind. The poster’s son, who is 15 had some choice words for his step-grandparents.

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The entire situation created a rift between not just the in-laws and the person who posted, but with the wife (stepmother) as well. It seems his wife stayed behind at her parents’ house after her husband and stepchildren left. She eventually returned home to be with the family she married into. But the damage had been done after she supposedly sided with her parents in saying her stepson had to apologize before being welcome to Thanksgiving dinner being hosted by her parents.

The thousands of comments were overwhelmingly supportive and turned the comment section into a master class on confronting antisemitism.

And while I certainly don’t believe tampering with someone’s food when you’re aware of their religious restrictions is subtle, it may not be as clear as some of the more overt examples. But Merriam-Webster defines antisemitic as, “feeling or showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a cultural, racial, or ethnic group,” which is exactly what the Reddit poster’s mother-in-law displayed by sneakily adding bacon to the family’s food.

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Commenter, Millerlicious said, “Yup. I’m Jewish, my fiancé is from a Catholic family. They might not have always understood my religion or diet, but they would have never snuck pork into my food. That is some disgusting level of antisemitism. I would be reevaluating this whole marriage.”

Another commenter, melloussa wrote, “As a Muslim who doesn’t eat pork I would feel so violated and cry like your daughter. This is just evil disrespect. They are not trying to convert you, they are just trying to prove to you that you are wrong. I would go completely NC. NTA.”

The majority of the commenters did not think the 15-year-old son should have to apologize and many thought the marriage may be too broken to salvage. The update given provided some hope explaining that he and his wife will be attending counseling and he will be speaking to his Rabi. There will be no further contact between his children and their step-grandparents for the foreseeable future.

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Metro Boomin Honored His Late Mother With A Beautiful Birthday Tribute: ‘I Love You Always And Forever’

According to hip-hop mega-producer Metro Boomin’s No. 1 album, the world may be filled with heroes and villains. But there are also heavenly angels continuously surrounding us. For the “All The Money” musician, it’s his late mother, Leslie Wayne. Since her tragic passing in June, the Atlanta-based producer has done everything in his power to honor her life, including the launch of the Single Moms Are Superheroes initiative.

Now to celebrate her posthumous birthday, Metro Boomin took to Instagram to share a heartfelt tribute, writing, “Happy Birthday, my Queen, my mentor, my best friend, my biggest supporter, my motivation, my real twin, my hero, the Love of my life, my Mother,” he continued with. “You taught me what unconditional love truly means, and I carry that with me to this day and every day forever after that.”

Before closing out the message, Metro promised his late mother, “I will continue to do everything in your name and shine light throughout this dark world, further building the legacy that You started and achieved so much in. God made You so strong to make me so strong, and I see the bigger picture now. I Love You always and forever and can’t wait to see You again.”

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Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Resolution Is Inspired By Dolly Parton’s Husband

Miley Cyrus has, more or less, promised fans new music in 2023 through “New Year, New Miley” promotional posters and a countdown clock. But she’s also making a few promises to herself. Ahead of her Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party NBC special tomorrow night, December 31, Cyrus sat down with Hoda Kotb to dish on her resolutions.

“My 20s were so much fun. If you don’t believe me, I believe you can google it,” the 30-year-old star said. “It looks as fun as it was, but it’s a different kind of fun. I feel that whatever I had in my purpose to prove, I did that. And now, it’s less about proving to others and more about for myself.”

Cyrus continued, “I think why New Year’s is probably my favorite holiday is because everyone has the same idea that I’m kind of exercising all year around, which is, it’s time for something new. It’s time for a change. It’s time for a new beginning. And I think a lot of us wait until midnight to go, ‘Well, when I wake up tomorrow in this new year, everything will be different.’ But it won’t be different if you aren’t different.”

When Kotb specifically asked for Cyrus’ New Year’s resolution, she admitted that her “instinct is very loud, but I’m not a great listener sometimes. The full resolution, as exclusively reported by People yesterday, was inspired by Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean Thomas.

“Dolly was telling me, her husband [Carl Thomas Dean] says, ‘You’re not hard of hearing. You’re hard of listening,’ and I guess that would kind of be my resolution — to not just listen to myself, but listen to others,” Cyrus said.

Parton, Cyrus’ godmother, was tapped to co-host this year’s Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, a role held by Pete Davidson last year.

“I’ve never seen Dolly actually scared before, but I told her, ‘You know, at the end of the year, I was really wanting to do something different. I think I’m gonna dye my hair brunette,” Cyrus additionally relayed to Kotb. “She acted like I told her the worst news you can imagine. She clutched her pearls, gasped and went back, and she goes, ‘You can’t do that! You are me!’ I am somehow some extension of Dolly Parton, so I will be blonde.”

The musical guests joining Cyrus and Parton in Miami include Fletcher, Latto, Liily, Rae Sremmurd, and Sia. Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party will air live tomorrow, December 31, on NBC beginning at 10:30 p.m. EST and lasting until after midnight. It will also stream live on Peacock.

Watch Cyrus’ TODAY With Hoda & Jenna interview above.

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White Reaper Does It Again (Again)

Here is what I know, for certain, about Asking For A Ride, the new album from the Louisville, Kentucky garage rock quintet White Reaper: it’s really good.

It could be White Reaper’s best album. It’s entirely possible that the album is flat-out-great, maybe even a classic of its form. It certainly has all the material: hard riffs, lighters-up choruses, sneaky great hooks, and production that makes the songs sound big without sacrificing the raw energy that this sort of thing needs.

The only real issue at hand is that I’ve been listening to this album on a stream sent by White Reaper’s label Elektra. And that’s fine and all, as listening to albums on your laptop is kind of the de facto way many of us take in music these days.

But when it comes to the sort of unadorned, bash-and-pop rock music that White Reaper specialize in, there’s two ideal ways to experience it: live and in a car, and I won’t have the opportunity to do either of those for months, as the album is not out until January 27th, and I won’t be able to visit my parents and commandeer their SUV for further critical evaluation purposes until the spring.

Ok, here’s one other thing I know, for certain, about Asking For A Ride: it wasn’t easy to make.

White Reaper (guitarist-frontman Tony Espositio, drummer Nick Wilkerson, bassist Sam Wilkerson, and keyboard player Ryan Hater) are a boyish band of classic rock aficionados that formed in high school, and began playing at Louisville’s DIY venue Skull Alley, learning how to become a band and how to ride the energy of a crowd, while also learning all about safe spaces, being an ally (and not being an asshole) and all the other things a young band needs to be well-versed in these days.

After releasing their snotty 2015 debut White Reaper Does It Again and the arena-dream 2017 follow-up The World’s Best American Band via Polyvinyl (the first album to also feature guitarist Hunter Thompson, they signed with the WMG affiliate Elektra and released the more polished You Deserve Love in 2019. It earned a number one Billboard Alternative single with “Might Be Right,” but in retrospect, the album as a whole doesn’t entirely sit well with them.

White Reaper were determined to recapture the feeling of their live shows, and even scrapped the first version of Asking For A Ride, which was recorded with a big-shot producer that Esposito declines to name. They started over, recorded and largely self-produced in Nashville with the help of band friend and engineer Jeremy Ferguson. The result finds Espositio largely coming into his own as a singer and lyricist, projecting a new-found confidence that fits the strength of the new songs, which at various points resemble Weezer, Cheap Trick, The Replacements, Nirvana, and The Strokes, but all delivered with a panache that now feels singularly them. Again, I can’t wait to hear this in a car with the windows rolled down.

A week before Christmas, I jumped on the phone with Espositio to talk about scrapping a finished record, what he learned from his first major label album, and the bewildering feeling of scoring a hit single.

So, this album sounds a lot different than the last one. It seems a little bit less ready for radio, and a lot more like it’s ready to tear up a nightclub.

Honestly, making it was very crazy. It just felt like there was a new problem every step of the way. We started writing in October 2020, and it’s gonna come out in January 2023, so it took a long time.

I think COVID definitely played a part in that. I think it was hard to feel creative or inspired at the very beginning of the pandemic, ’cause we were just sitting around. And I really learned that being in transit and touring and constantly seeing things and constantly being stimulated is a big help for writing. But yeah, it really slowed things down when that was out of the equation.

I can imagine how frustrating it must have been, because 2019, you’re having a couple of hits on the radio, you’re having a lot of momentum, some big tours with Weezer and Pearl Jam, and then all of a sudden everything stops.

Yeah, that was pretty crazy. I think at that point, though, we were pretty worn down from touring, so we were pretty excited to get a break. We just didn’t realize it was gonna be as long as it was.

Was the thought that you’d come back and like me, do some more touring for You Deserve Love, and ride the success of “Might Be Right?” Or at what point were you like, no, we should just get to work on the next one?

Around October 2020, I think, is when we kind of were like, “that’s over, let’s get started.” We all met at this bizarre Airbnb in the middle of nowhere in Arkansas. It was the first time we’d seen each other since that last tour. We just tried to write.

Now, what was that moment like when you guys finally reunited in the same room?

It was really hard to be productive because I think we were just really excited to see each other and there was a lot of fooling around and joking around and things of that nature. It was very hard to stay on track.

The trip was about like maybe a little less than 10 days. We spent a good two or three days just messing around, maybe even more.

So this time around, you decided to self-produce. What was the thinking there?

So that’s another kind of cursed aspect of this album is that we chewed through a couple producers on the way to the end result. We had one producer and we went into the studio last November, November ’21, and it just wasn’t the right fit. And we just left there knowing that it wasn’t done and that we didn’t feel good about it. So, at that point, we were like, “let’s just go in with an engineer and just do the rest ourselves.”

What do you think was off about the album, at that point?

I’m trying to like diplomatically say that […] Like just the people we were in the studio with, I just don’t think were right for us creatively. And it was hard to get really anything done that we felt great about. And it was just this weird kind of a labored process that was just super uncomfortable.

I can tell you’re being very polite and diplomatic and I appreciate that, but definitely anyone reading this or any fans of yours is going to say, “okay, so they got paired with some pop producer, someone who doesn’t understand what White Reaper is, and they’re forced to make a pop record that didn’t work for them.” Am I within the vicinity of things?

Oh yeah, that’s pretty close. [chuckle] That’s pretty close.

So you threw the album out, and then did you start from scratch, or were there any songs you thought were good that just got the wrong treatment?

So we kept some, four of the songs on the album were ones that we did record from that session. And then the other six were songs that we either redid from that session or wrote totally fresh to finish the album with.

Now, when did you feel the album was coming together in a way that was up to your standards, and you were really starting to nail it?

Honestly, as soon as we got into the studio with Jeremy in the first couple days there, I think we felt really good. And we had a week of preparation in Louisville before we went to Nashville, and I think at that point, we were just excited again. And it was kind of dark times between then and leaving the last studio. We were in this kind of state of uncertainty about what was gonna happen to us. But as soon as we got together again, we kinda slapped ourselves out of it, and it started to feel really good and exciting.

Once you finally turned the album in, was the label supportive or were they mad that you didn’t go with the more pop direction?

They’ve always been very supportive, weirdly. We were nervous ’cause we basically had to record it twice, so we were like, “oh, they’re probably so pissed off.” But they’ve been very, very supportive and very helpful.

Speaking of major labels, looking back on it, how do you feel about how You Deserve Love came out, now you’ve had time to sit with it.

I feel like recording that record was really fun, because it was the first time we did a big producer thing with Jay Joyce, and he was very into live takes of the band and running through things a bunch. And I think we really liked that. And I will say, though, I don’t know if it’s our favorite album to play live. That is kind of where I sit with it now. There are only a couple songs off that record that we’re stoked to throw into our set. And then a lot of them feel like these pretty polished, poppy things that would feel weird with the rest of our set. But outside of that, I look back on it fondly. It just feels like an awkward sort of puzzle piece sometimes at our live shows.

But at the same time, the album did seem to get you guys onto rock radio. “Might Be Right” was the number one hit, and you had some other popular songs on the radio as well from that album. What was it like to reach a different audience, play to bigger crowds, play festivals, and that sort of thing?

It was pretty crazy. The shows definitely got bigger and it’s pretty funny. We always joked about how the phones come out, on “Might Be Right.” But it was cool to see the growth there, but it was also a little funny.

So tell me how “Fog Machine” came about, because that song is one of the highlights of the album. It’s an absolute ripper, really catchy, but also really raw.

So it was this riff that I had come up with that we had had in our little batch of demos for this new album. But we never could figure out how to get out of that main riff and into a verse or something. It just felt like this riff was looping on the demo we had. We tried it a bunch of different times. And it just stumped us for the longest time. And then finally, like literally the week before we went to Nashville to record, it just clicked at literally the last second. And we threw it in there. It was a buzzer-beater.

I remember when I talked to you a couple of years ago, you said you’re nervous as a lyricist. This one both lyrically and just your voice in general is a lot more forward, a lot clearer in the mix. Do you feel like you’ve grown more confident in yourself as a frontman and as a songwriter?

I’m definitely confident as a singer, but I think lyrics are always tricky ’cause you worry about enunciation or that sort of thing, because for the longest time with our band specifically, they’re like, “I don’t know what he’s saying, but it sounds cool.” I think the lyrics are always gonna be troublesome, because you’re always looking for something better. And it was with “Fog Machine,” the last line of the chorus is “left me hanging in the first place.” We were banging our heads against the wall trying to find something better than that, ’cause like none of us absolutely loved it. But eventually we’re just like,” oh, whatever, that’s what it is and that’s what it’ll be.” But yeah, that’s always gonna be there with every song, wondering if the lyrics are as good as they can be or as good as they should be. And I think that’s just another thing that we do as a band, like when I was talking about seriously self-editing. But yeah, we just think really hard all the time.

Going back to the creation of the album, a lot of the lyrics here seem to have a theme of blowing off authority and realizing you know what’s best for yourself. I’m thinking about “Getting In Trouble With The Boss” or Bozo, just sort of like this real affirmation of yourself. Was that on your mind?

Oh, definitely. And whether it was on our minds consciously or not, I think it was what we were literally dealing with throughout the making of this record. So yeah, that feels like a pretty strong theme, I think, just for us in general. So yeah, I’m glad that you got that out of it.

I know when I talked to you a couple of years ago, you said you guys get a real mix of people, both older people that kind of miss hearing rock on the radio and like younger people who maybe you’re their first band. Does that kind of continue to be the case?

Oh, yeah, it seems like it. I mean, there are definitely a lot of younger kids and it’s weird, it’s either super young or pretty old and it feels like there’s not a lot in between. I would say like from 24 and 18 to 45 and beyond.

It seems like for a lot of kids you might be their first rock band that they got into. How does that feel to be like the introductory group?

If that’s the case, then it’s super, super flattering. And I hope that they can listen to our music and be like, “oh, this is cool, like guitars and drums” and then really find what our favorite records are from us. But if that is the case, that’s super, super flattering to be somebody’s intro.

What do you think you learned about yourself and the band going through this entire process of making the album?

That we just have to persevere. That was the main thing, because there were definitely lots of times when I was like, “what’s the point of even doing this?” Like as soon as we make a decision, we’re going to get some email that’s going to blow everything up and push it back another month. And that just happened time and time again. Like I said, it was dark times there for a minute, but I’m glad that we stuck it out and finished, because it feels great now.

Asking For A Ride is out 1/27 via Elektra.

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Elon Musk Reportedly Fired The Janitors At Twitter And Now Employees Have To Bring In Their Own Toilet Paper

Even before Elon Musk purchased Twitter, the site had often been described as a toilet bowl and, now, it might be taking that descriptor literally. According to a new report, Musk allegedly fired the entire janitorial staff at the social media company’s San Francisco headquarters just before the holidays, which has led to some pretty gross working conditions. The move was reportedly made as part of Musk’s aggressive cost-cutting measures, and oh, also the janitors went on strike for better pay. Can’t have that!

The situation isn’t being helped by Musk reportedly looking to consolidate Twitter’s working spaces and most likely abandon the San Francisco building where Musk has already missed rent payments. In the process, he’s condensed workers onto the same floors, which is not great when there’s no janitorial staff around to clean things up, and more pressingly, restock the toilet paper.

Via The New York Times:

That has left the office in disarray. With people packed into more confined spaces, the smell of leftover takeout food and body odor has lingered on the floors, according to four current and former employees. Bathrooms have grown dirty, these people said. And because janitorial services have largely been ended, some workers have resorted to bringing their own rolls of toilet paper from home.

While those working conditions downright stink, Twitter employees can take comfort in the fact that Musk managed to help out at least one business this week. The social media CEO came to the rescue of Hooters after a false report that it was closing because millennials don’t like boobs went viral. Sure, Twitter employees are working in a turd swamp, but at least they live in a world where Hooters is going to be just fine. You gotta look for the silver lining.

(Via The New York Times)

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Hugh Grant (Briefly) Dishes On The (Potential) Romantic Implications Of His ‘Glass Onion’ Cameo

[This post contains a minor spoiler for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]

I have a theory that I’d like to bounce off you: every movie would be 10 percent better with a cameo from Hugh Grant.

This applies to bad movies, like Cats (Hugh Grant as Skimbleshanks), and classic movies, like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Hugh Grant as an orc). I wouldn’t have felt this way about the romantic-comedy icon 10 years ago, but then I saw his Oscar-worthy performance in Paddington 2, and now I plan on buying a ticket for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on opening night. Not for the dungeons and/or dragons, but because Hugh Grant plays a character named Forge Fletcher.

The 10 percent better rule was proven correct with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, where Grant makes a brief appearance as the (probable?) boyfriend of Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, when a character in the movie shows up at the famous detective’s home to hire him. “It is true, I’m married to James Bond,” the actor told Collider about the cameo. Grant then explained how he got involved with the sequel. “It’s the tiniest little moment,” he said. “I don’t really know why they wanted to do it, but anyway, I thought Knives Out was brilliant, and so yeah, I thought, ‘Why not’ I turn up for a few hours…”

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Why not, indeed. Remember that for your next movie, Greta Gerwig (Hugh Grant as Barbie).

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Blackpink’s 5th Episode Of ‘Born Pink Memories’ Relives The Group’s Los Angeles Takeover And Album Promo

It’s business as usual, outside of YG Entertainment‘s contract discussions and human resources department.

In the past 12 hours, YG Entertainment not only denied the reports of the group moving to THEBLACKLABEL, but the label also released the fifth episode to Blackpink’s Born Pink Memories vlog series, giving Blinks and newcomers what’s it like to go behind the scenes with the popular K-pop group.

In the fifth episode, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé take viewers on their Los Angeles takeover, during the album promotions for their second studio album, Born Pink. Considering it’s the group’s first time promoting in the US since the pandemic began, Blackpink’s September press run in LA consisted of a jam-packed schedule full of appearances. Making their first stop at their own Spotify pop-up, Born Pink: The Pop-Up Experience (held on September 16 to 18), the quartet took pictures and checked out the space and exclusive merchandise before it opened to the public.

The episode then shifts to clips of the group doing some radio promo at Top 40 radio stations where Rosé and Lisa joked around saying how nervous they were to do radio interviews. The next cut follows the quartet inside a local Target as they buy and unbox their own copies of Born Pink. (Catch Jisoo pulling her own photocard in the mix.) However, things turn for the better as the members are then seen casually shopping around the toy section and buying other things. (Because that’s exactly what you do at Target.)

The rest of the episode shows a glimpse of Blackpink in the studio, rehearsing for their tour and filming pre-recorded content for their concert’s programming.

Blackpink recently concluded the North American and European leg of their Born Pink World Tour but will embark on the Asian leg in 2023.

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Runnner Questions ‘NYE’ Plans In A Retrospective Quick Dive Into Today’s Introverted Lifestyle

Indie act Runnner (real name Noah Weinman, yes there are three “ns”) had an urgent message to share with music lovers. While his latest song snippet, “NYE,” may be a 47-second brain dump of his most intrusive thought upon further inspection, it reads more like advice to take into 2023. Listed as one of our top indie acts to watch in the new year, the Los Angeles-based songwriter’s new release proves why.

Coined the year of the introverts, social anxiety boomed in 2022 after nearly two years in lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic. So now, as many make plans to self-isolate to watch Dick Clark’s New Years’ Rockin Eve hosted by Ryan Seacrest or pop singer Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve Concert Party, Runnner is questioning if this is what you desire.

On “NYE,” Runnner sings, “New Year’s Eve at home recording / Thinking: ‘how’d I get so boring?’ / And how I miss my friends, my loves / Am I choosing what’s important?”

As the momentum from the great resignation dies down, Runnner implores listeners to prioritize friendships and familial relationships rather than finances. A rather fitting message to broadcast on the heels of the new year. Ironically, the song wasn’t written with the holiday in mind.

“I didn’t actually write this song on NYE but pretty close to it,” said Runnner clarifying, “It was the last song I wrote for the record, and I had been in such a deep recording mode I felt like I was neglecting so many other parts of my life. I was diving back into the record one more time and feeling like I should probably come up for air.”

It makes you wonder, will an extended version of “NYE” make its way onto his debut full-length?

Like Dying Stars, We’re Reaching Out is out 2/17 via Run For Cover Records. Pre-order it here.

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If One Of Your Holiday Wishes Was To Get A Song About Hunter Biden’s Laptop From Ariel Pink And Mumford & Sons’ Former Banjo Dude, Today’s Your Lucky Day

During the holiday season and the final days of the year, the news cycle tends to get a bit dormant, as most people pack it in, stop doing new things, and wait for the new year to begin. That’s especially true in the music world, but in case you missed it, Christmas Eve brought… something: On December 24, Ariel Pink (who was in DC during the Capitol riot) dropped a holiday tune called “Rudolph’s Laptop,” which seems to be about Hunter Biden: “Rudolph, what have you done?/ They found your laptop, it’s a smoking gun,” Pink sings.

The song’s below if that’s something you want to listen to.

Pink co-wrote the song with Winston Marshall (who left Mumford & Sons in 2021 because he didn’t want to “self-censor) and Two Door Cinema Club’s Alex Trimble. To promote the tune, Pink and Marshall decided to wrap up their year by taking to Fox News to guest on Tucker Carlson (with guest host Tulsi Gabbard filling in for Carlson).

During the interview, Marshall insisted Pink, a Tucker Carlson veteran who faced physical and sexual assault allegations in 2021, has been “cancelled for something that he didn’t even do,” which Pink said he’s “struggling” with while remaining hopeful for a “rebirth.”