In this episode, Brent reads his July 25th, 2025 essay titled, “Is the Yungblud Army Here to Save Us From Our Collective Nightmare?: On the performative intimacy of a budding British rockstar weighed against the ongoing discourse of the Gen Z Stare,” about how a torrent of unsolicited social media content from the official Yungblud fan account, most focusing on the topic of intense eye contact, paralleling the ongoing discussion of the Gen Z Stare, causes him to consider if we are (probably not, but maybe?) approaching a moment of cultural reckoning over longing to truly see each other again.

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