INVITE: What’s a Pop Culture Happening You’re Convinced Only You Remember?

Live from New York on a random Wednesday night it’s Hung Up!!!

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Live from New York on a random Wednesday night it’s Hung Up!!! For three and a half years Hung Up has only existed in your inboxes and the Substack app; later this month it will happen IRL too. Substack presents “And I’m Glad You Brought It Up,” a night of some pop culture fun, dreamed up by yours truly. I’ve invited some of my favorite people on the internet (and some frequent Hung Up guest stars) to answer this prompt: What’s a pop culture happening you’re convinced only you remember?

I’m talking about Lena Waithe wearing that jacket with a typo to the Met Gala (and of course it was Pyer Moss), Jennifer Lawrence saying she was taking time off of acting to save democracy, Dead Man’s Bones. I swear no one else knows that Hailey Bieber’s [white] mother is named Kennya. This prompt is not the time for Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga almost making out in front of us on live television…