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A 13-year-old Canadian kid uploaded R&B covers to YouTube in 2008 from his bedroom. A talent manager named Scooter Braun stumbled on the videos and signed him. For the next 15 years, Braun controlled everything. Tours, branding, business deals, public image. The kid became the biggest pop star on the planet, sold 150 million records, racked up 32 billion Spotify streams, and had three Diamond-certified singles before turning 25. Then in 2022, he got hit with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Partial facial paralysis. Cancelled the world tour. Disappeared from public life entirely. Here's where it gets interesting. In January 2023, he sold his entire 290-song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. Every song he'd ever released. "Baby." "Sorry." "Love Yourself." All of it. Gone. At 28 years old, he cashed out his past. Then he dropped Scooter Braun. After 15 years. No manager. No agent. For the first time in his career, nobody was making decisions for him. Fast forward to this weekend. Coachella calls. He picks up the phone himself. Rolling Stone confirmed he negotiated his own headlining deal directly with Goldenvoice. No agent commission. No manager cut. $10 million for two weekends, and he kept all of it. Then he walked onto the biggest stage in music, sat down behind a MacBook, and pulled up YouTube. He played "Baby" from 2010. He played his bedroom covers from 2008. He harmonized with his 13-year-old self in front of 100,000 people. Katy Perry joked about whether he had YouTube Premium. Half the internet called it lazy. The other half called it genius. They're both wrong. It was a receipt. He sold his catalog for $200 million. He fired the man who discovered him. He negotiated his own deal. And then he went back to the exact platform where it all started and said: I built this from a laptop. I'm headlining Coachella from a laptop. And for the first time in my life, every dollar is mine. The kid from YouTube just closed the loop.

@mulberryoasis No CUNTS canceling me

After giving birth, it takes a woman six months for her internal wounds to heal, 12 months for physical recovery, 2 years for hormonal balance, and up to 5 years to rediscover her identity. Relationships often struggle during this period due to a lack of understanding. Be kind and patient with new moms; they're facing more challenges than it may seem.

I HAVE HAD THE WORST POSSIBLE DAY, WHY DID I BOTHER GETTING OUT OF BED

Justin Bieber performing live at Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California. (April 11th 2026) (Full Set)

Parents who were physically present but emotionally unavailable shape you in ways people rarely talk about.

Older generations were brainwashed into thinking that coming to work sick or never taking leave was a badge of honor.

I really feel like workdays should be 10am–3pm or 9am– 2pm. There’s no reason for people to spend most of their lives at work. Let people go home and have time for their families, partners, friends, and rest. That’s why everyone is so miserable today.

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This injury could’ve been prevented if Lewis Holtby wasn’t wearing those tiny shin pads. I’ll never understand this trend at all… 😒🤷‍♂️

The first rule of twitter is you do not tell people in real life about your twitter.

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I mean, bottling four competitions is still a kind of a quadruple, if you think about it

The greatest sport in the world man 😭😭😭

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The year is 2029, fuel is £8 a litre, a 1 bedroom flat is £3000 a month rent, the retirement age is 90, tax is now 60%, car insurance costs more than your car, a full time job is now 80 hours a week and they're still doing roadworks on the motorway.

🚨 The Inbetweeners is set to return with a MOVIE. It was reported in late 2025 that the entire cast had agreed with production to make a comeback, with a deal now reportedly struck with NETFLIX.

▶️ Ashanti & Ja Rule "ALWAYS ON TIME" (2002) #2000s