Taylor Swift x Charli XCX Drama, Lola Young’s On-Stage Fall & The Viral Beauty Product To Know | LuxeGen Podcast

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0:28India:Welcome back to the LG Group Chat. This week we're discussing why the pop girlies are fighting. Taylor's new album. Going back to girl beef. Apparently one of the songs was about Charlie X yet. How much would you pay to know what happened in that elevator with Beyonce that time? 2.5 to know what happened in that lift. Because that was a monumental. Fair, maybe I'd back you for that. Gosh. The latest footwear collabs that you need on your radar. Kith have collaborated with Birkenstock. It's actually an unreal drop. And finally, all of the TV series that you need to be watching right now. You're going home tonight to watch Tommy Lies.

0:59India:I'm going home tonight to watch We Will Lies. And I'm going home to watch The Boys. It's a really fun one. A lot of good wheezing. So make sure you tune in. Hello and welcome back to the LG group chat. Today I'm joined with the best. We've got India and Anna. Hey. I feel like we've got a lot to talk about. We do. We've got a lot of wrecks. We've got a lot of teeth. There's a lot going on right now. It's like TV hibernation season. Yeah. Okay, should we start with outfits? Very chic. Anna, this forward. Yeah, I love it. Oh, she's like, oh, yes. Where do I start? The points and fingers. No, really, it is.

1:28All ASOS, actually, from head to toe. I am on ASOS, girl. Is it current? Yeah, it's new in. I'm gonna get this jacket. It's really nice. So cute. I actually just wore it with a pair of white linen trousers as well, it did look really nice. Very nice. If I do sit. If I do sit. And these loafers. Yeah, loafers are also ASOS arranged, although I'm really regretting the white sock decision today. It should have been black socks.

1:48India:No, because sometimes I do that, but sometimes black doesn't go with brown as well as white. And you only feel like Michael Jackson when you look at it yourself. No, other people just see it. That is insane. That's so funny. I can actually picture Michael Jackson as next. No, because literally, I feel like Shimon. Like, every time I get on. Hee hee. Hee hee. Okay, screaming that you think Michael Jackson said, you who? Yeah, sorry. No, yee who? No. I think your Michael Jackson's different. Mine went, hee hee. Yeah. No, what's the bit when he goes like, that one? Hee hee. Yes, yes. That's really embarrassing.

2:20India:Sorry, you who? I was like I don't know she said it again Michael Jackson is country yeah the first time I was like you know what I know Saheem I know it's live the first time Michael Jackson is on Wish oh god and not me doing it twice as well I know it's the second time and I was like wait she's being for real like yeah but I love that you think he sounds like that he sounds a bit friendly I think I've gone bright red please continue India you're looking very chic today thank you you've got a bit of my top is from Topshop on ASOS I've actually kind of pulled it a bit but it's like sheer I like that yeah it's looking a bit very cool like vintage and I kind of like how you can see my bra through it.

2:53Anyways, my jeans. This is from Zara, but they're a bit torn. I've got like a little hole here and there's actually a hole in my crotch. Okay, you don't have to tell everyone. That's all good. I love it. We really are. I love it. India said, keep the stalking secrets. Let's go. This is not even intentional. And then, but I love these. These are my favorite pairs. I'm looking for something similar that I can not show everyone everything. I love them. And I've got my Adidas, like Taekwondo boxing shoes on. They're like metallic. I love them. They're so fun. I literally wear these actually a bit too much.

3:20India:I have got, I'm very similar to you actually. I've gone for the chocolate brown loafers. Mine are a TK Maxx finder. No way. I know. I wanted some like nice suede ones and these are a good YSL. They are so nice. I love them. And you know what? I understand your sock complex. They're a nice sock. They're a nice sock. Sock dilemma. And I've gone for, because these are like an off-white. Knitted, yeah. And they're knitted. So I feel like that's the only way I could like. And it kind of adds to the vibe of like the wholesome cozy vibe. You get it. You see the vision. My jeans are Essene denim, which is from a brand from the influencer, Naomi Jensis and they're honestly the best jeans I wear these all the time I really want to buy a pair of jeans they're a really good wash and that's what I felt like for like autumn winter I feel like they're the perfect blue wash I think it's so bold from an influencer to come up with just a denim brand I agree it's hard to monster and do you know what she does because I cannot show you look they're adjustable oh my god I love that so they've got like an elastic band in because there is nothing worse when it like gapes gapes I agree or even just like you know like throughout the day you're like oh I don't want them so high you can do that so like shout out she's really thought about it yeah I'm real obviously wasn't rushed and my cardigan is Georgia Astor yeah I know god she's coming through I love it I'm really glad I'm just saying like balling on a budget ladies this is what we provide I love it

4:33India:right shall we get into the hot list let's start with the music scene so Lola Young I know bless her oh is she okay it was wild that fall was like horrific yeah like I felt so I was seeing that video I was like she really scared me yeah yeah so for people that don't know Loda Young was performing It wasn't in the UK It was in the US I think it was It was in the US I think you're right And she essentially She looks really unwell Doesn't she And like she's struggling To sing And it looks like She's calling a crew member Yeah I feel like she was trying To get someone's attention And be like Oh I'm gonna You can see her like Miming like I think I'm about to fade Yeah And then like I think you just You see like her eyes Just go like It's just the straight blank Like and then four I was like wow She literally And then everyone Surrounding her Because Even like with that That whole Everything that happened With her which is such a shame.

5:15It really reminded me though of when, was it like two years ago, Lewis Capaldi also, like Glastonbury, when you could just tell he was just like visibly and physically not thriving. And it really reminded me of that. Like all these like young artists coming into the limelight and then the stress. Because there's so much about like the trolling

5:32India:and the, if you look a specific way. It's hard. You know, it's, people are horrible out there and it's just like, you're right, it's really sad when you see like our, like it's now continuing into our generation and it's just like it's crazy you know surely we could get rid of these somehow like some of this I think it's so painful because it's it's becoming a cycle like there's like a new big artist that comes up and then there's like loads of hate loads of trolling for no reason at all and then you just see them struggling and going through a period and then it's like yeah they recovered but that whole struggling period did not even need to happen in the first place like we need to be better to each other I agree and I also just think in our time now the people like Ray like Lola Young they have broken so many boundaries that like it does feel a bit like no we need to give them more public support because they've done so much for us so like why wouldn't we do it for them yeah they struggled enough in the industry like the only thing they need right now is our support to sort of 100 to keep them going has she taken a break now she put on her instagram story a massive like written work that she'd done and she'd been basically been like i'm taking some time off like i don't really know like she said she was basically saying it's going to be for a while yeah to like recover which again Reminded me of Lewis Capaldi when he had to like go off the radar for a while.

6:43I didn't even know he like took some time off. I'm not a big Lewis Capaldi fan.

6:47India:He actually followed up only recently, like a few, what, maybe a year or so. He did a big documentary about the fact that he has Tourette's. You know, he's now working with BetterHelp, which I think is unreal. That's incredible. Because I know like, I even saw something of like one of his concerts. It was like a young boy at the front of like his show is being like, you're my inspiration. Like I also have Tourette's. And he's like a young boy. And it's like, you can think of all the good that's going to do. I love that. I agree and that's that there's this girl I actually met her in real life and a fangirl Mimi Darling I think she's called and she doesn't have Tourette's but she has a severe stammer and she's always stuttered and she used to always she went viral and is now a massive creator because she did the drive-thru videos oh my god I do know her I love her and she would always basically she would challenge herself and she would try and overcome her stammer by putting herself in really difficult situations but like the way that she has gone out and these people put themselves on this pedestal to be like look I am a normal human being and I'm gonna do it and like you say it's incredible to then see them working with people with better help yeah kind of a shame that we don't see that yeah i know you know you kind of want that to be a bit more glamorized i just think everyone needs to be a lot nicer loliang goes out like does something a bit different more comfortable in her body more sexual and like no then she shun frip then you have a man do the exact same thing and it's like double standards i also think in like this day and age particularly you don't just become like a big artist over time it's like instant yes with the age of tiktok and things blowing up.

8:09It's like overnight. You wake up, go to bed with like 10 followers, wake up with thousands. I think that's also part of the struggle though. Because I guess, I guess in the olden days or back in the day, people would sort of build up the... Not the olden days. Why did I say olden days? I'm only talking about like five, six, seven years ago. Sorry, Victoria. The olden days. But like, yeah, I guess you'd sort of build up the fame and you start off slow and build it up. Whereas nowadays, people are being thrown straight into it and it's like, oh.

8:34India:You also get chucked away and I think that's the same thing. Not only do you come into it, you get tossed out really quickly. Oh my God, 100%. It's brutal. But speaking of a brutal music industry, have you seen the Cardi B, Nicki Minaj back in the world? Oh, no. I'm not personally a really big fan of either, but it popped up on, I don't know, maybe I was scrolling my Twitter when I was working on Friday. I was doing my job. But I was having a little scroll on Twitter. It's just research. It's exactly what you're working on. And I saw it all happening in live time, and I was like, what is going on?

9:06What actually is going on?

9:07India:They've had beef, I think, for a long time. Do you remember when there was one point where they were at the same... It was either a... I'm pretty sure it was a fashion show and Cardi B threw her shoe at Nicki Minaj. Do you remember? Oh, my God, yes. I saw the hologram of that. Left on the floor. Because I love Nicki Minaj's music. I love Nicki Minaj. I love Nicki Minaj. Always. That's what we were brought up on. Yeah, 100%. But as a person, I love Cardi B. Yeah. And I think watching this, this is really actually, I will say, sad. They're attacking each other's kids. I know. Really? yeah like that's why it's gone it's gone way too far like nikki minaj has been saying really awful things about how culture looks and stuff which is just let's be real that is so below the belt we've learned this so many times like this it's just not okay to bring these kids into it but how did the beef even come about like i know it's always been ongoing but how has it come about for like the hundredth time like what's happened i think they've just always constantly been on and off and obviously them i'm i don't actually know i'm imagining this stuff behind the scenes and someone said something.

10:03India:I assume so. And she's like, I'm going to put her back on blast. I think Nicki Minaj is coming out with an album though. Okay. Maybe it has something to do with that. I actually am not sure either. But I just saw it happening and I was like, oh my lord. Did you see that Nicki tried to apologize? No. So she was like, dear culture, I hope that when you grow up, you see this like, I'm not a mean person, there's reason behind it. And it's like, it's so, I'm like, you cussed out someone's kid and I tried to apologize on Twitter. But I also think, see if that wasn't done online and that was done behind, like everything was hidden behind the scenes, she would not have said that.

10:34I think the only reason is because it's on, like her PR rep is definitely on. Yeah, 100%.

10:40India:Honestly, it's made me dislike her so much. I know. I'm kind of team Cardi. Yeah. Are you? Well, now after this. Yeah, after that. But I just feel like there's so much, there's always like female, between female rapper B. I know, it's 100%. There's always someone throwing someone under the bus, whether it's in the UK, the US. In Cardi B's new song, She's like, name five Bia songs or you're dead or something like that. Basically, Bia is this American rapper. Yeah, I remember Bia. And like, everyone's laughing because, I don't know, the lyric is funny and people actually don't know who Bia is. They don't know her music.

11:12She had one viral song, do you remember? She had one viral song maybe like five or six years ago. Low key, Cardi Bia's right. Yeah.

11:19India:Long story short. Back to the original point. I just feel like, yeah, all of this needs to calm down a bit. I agree. I don't feel like we see this as much with men. No, not at all. I feel like there's a lot more collaboration and a lot more uplifting. Or it's like they'll use their marketing insights to be like, how can we profit from it? Whereas this is just like, let's just beefing. I agree. How is Central City hanging out with Drake and Nicki Minaj and Cardi B? They can't even be in a room together. Amen. No, I know. That is just the girls though, isn't it? I agree. I know, but let's go back to the days where Cardi B and Nicki Minaj were on motorsport together.

11:51Can we have a collaboration? That would go so viral. That would go so viral. and they'd both make their buck. But then I'm saying,

11:57India:do you know what? Let the Brits have it. Like, let's wait for Raid and Lola Young to collab. You guys are going to, they're already doing it, so I feel like that's fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Also, speaking about tit for tat, if you will, Tate McRae has just come out with like, not like a diss, well, everyone thinks it's a diss on the Kid Leroy because you know how they were dating. Yeah. They're partly now separated and they're now going back and forth with each other on music. Oh. But Tate McRae's song is San Seiji. I've heard she's like absolutely thrown him in the heart today. Oh my God, give me a bow.

12:32I really want to hear it. Do you know anything? I'm not going to. Have you just heard me do my Michael Jackson impression?

12:37India:I am not singing. Are you mad? Okay, like a little line. I just need like a little twist of it. Should I look it up on? Yeah, let's look it up. Give me a little twist. I haven't actually heard the song, but I've heard it. But then the Kid Laroi ones, I'm pretty sure, is actually quite sad. Let's go song for song. Let's go back to back. Let's go tit for tat. that boy you asked for that. That's the best you got. Where's the good one at? I was never as far away as you thought. Now that you're acting like that, I never will. Last night she answered my call. It sealed the deal. Right now I'm not even a bugger.

13:07Oh my gosh, she's kind of giving tea in this. Wait, I actually am really intrigued. I want to know what happened and why they broke up. Do we know why? But then apparently I saw another take that was like, are they even broken up? Like, is this just a good song? Is it PR?

13:17India:You never know if it's also just PR stuff. True, actually. But then she also - It feels quite deep. It does. Yeah, I felt if they were doing this as PR, that'd be a bit too extreme, I think. Part of it, they were like an awards show together and they walked straight past each other, didn't even say hello. That's so TikTok millennial of us. Oh my God, they didn't even say hi to each other. I do that. Do you know what though? I feel like a grandma when I do it because have you ever seen the Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron ones? No. What? Those ones that will come up for me when it's like those two ignoring each other and like my heart breaks every time.

13:47India:That was my emotional loss. That honestly maybe was my first heartbreak. what are you saying like they're not when she's on the um she's on like australian news like years later yeah so do you uh do you still keep in touch with zach she's like no we lost content i'm a child of divorce no no no no i agree i'm so with you on music yeah taylor's new album going back to girl beef apparently one of the songs was about charlie x yeah i thought it was like in like a friendship sense what no but i didn't even realize they ever had I didn't know they crossed worlds. I was gonna say, when were they across worlds?

14:23I know, because they are so polar opposite. But then apparently Charlie X has now come out and said, there's nothing there, don't stress. I don't like being a woman in this industry where we're meant to be like, you have to be best friends. And then also not like a Charlie X. I was like, bang on. I saw a TikTok that was like, whatever Charlie's done, I'm on her side. I don't care, I don't even know what the beef is, but I just will ever be on Charlie's side. but also still on this women for women beef apparently one of the songs is like a dig at Travis's ex talking about I feel like there was some viral video that went round about her name is Kayla Nicole she was on the phone while she was with Travis and it just went viral obviously no one really knows the context of it maybe she was literally texting someone but it came across that she was ignoring him oh I'd like Taylor Taylor was bigger than that that's a shame same but the lyric apparently the lyric is very explicitly kind of throwing shade at her she was like while she was on the phone she didn't really care obviously I don't know the lyrics like for sure.

15:18That sounds deep. I know, but it was actually, and she didn't really care. Well, this is my thing. This is the new album. Some of the lyrics, I'm like, ooh. But anyways, it was something kind of like that and everyone was like, oh, like, surely this could only be about one person. Was that necessary? What's going on? But again, I don't know the ins and outs of it. She actually could be talking about someone else. This is what I've heard.

15:37India:Don't you kind of wish that there was like some, I don't know, obviously this would never happen because obviously celebrities are entitled to their own privacy. But like, I would love to be like, you get to pay X amount and they just sit in a chair and they like have to answer these questions of the line we need them in the group chat but then that's also because I think when we then find out all this information about everything we've ever wanted to know you're boring now the only thing that keeps you sometimes excited to me is I want I like the it's like a toxic relationship where I'm like yeah true but like I really want more yeah but like okay let's be real honestly how much would you pay to know what was said between Beyonce, Solange and Jay-Z in the list in that list what would you pay oh my god realistically I actually, really, genuinely, I think I would pay up to a grand.

16:18I was going to say a couple grand. 2.5 to know what happened in that lift because this is, that was a monumental. Yeah, do you know what?

16:25India:Fair, maybe I'd back you for that. 2.5k. That would go down in history. I agree. How old was I when that video came out and how old am I now? Yeah. I would never, I'll never die peacefully. That will never go to rest. Generally, even after we all, our whole generation passes away, that clip will never go to rest. This might be like a new venture for Jeremy Kyle. Like, Get the celebs on instead. Unbelievable idea. We need them on the Graham Nordkin show. Oh, ITV. You just, you know, give us a call. We're there. Mainly, I would pay money to know what happened between Vanessa and Zach. But anyway.

16:55India:Back to that. Back to that. That is a day for therapy for me. Okay. Right. Moving on. What have we all been watching? What have we been seeing? What's been going on? Oh, my God. I think I've been busy. Okay. Oh, wow. Okay. I feel like it comes into like winter, autumn, and I'm like, give me all the TV shows, all the movies. Yeah. Ever. She's locked in. Let me watch them. But I am a classic re-watcher. I will re-watch TV shows. Really? I'm not. I actually would, I would think I'd prefer to re-watch something I love than start something new. Are you serious? That's actually one thing that like, I can't really do.

17:28Once I watch something new.

17:29India:That's actually like a social anxiety for us. It's a corporate thing where like, I can't think of it. It's actually a really unhealthy baby. I've re-watched Gossip Girl 9 or 2 when I'm probably in the teens. I've re-watched it all. Not a girl. Oh, good. Me either. Well, that's another one for you. I agree with you, we watched that. Friends is on a loop for me. Yeah, I know, I get you, like I do rewatch. Have you, what are you rewatching? I'm currently, well, I've just finished it last night, but I did just rewatch Tell Me Lies for the second time. What is it about Tell Me Everything? Tell Me Lies.

17:56Tell Me Lies. Very toxic, I feel like you gotta have quite a strong head on about you when you're watching the show. And you gotta be open to it. I feel like the first couple of episodes, kind of slow, but I feel like, I just watched it with my boyfriend because I was like, it's really good. Like the twists and the turns, sensational. That he needs to watch it. and I was like, give it time. The first couple of episodes, a bit slow, but they're great filler episodes to get you to know the characters, meet the characters. But it's essentially based in college, relationship, boy, girl, friendships, then boyfriend, girlfriend, like friendships all come to one, everyone's all friends.

18:29And then things happen. It's hard to say anything without anything. Without spoiling it, yeah. But it's like college, kind of teen. Yeah, college drama, but quite intense drama. Is it British or American? American. and it's starring like Grace Van Patten and Jackson White who I actually don't know what else he's in I just know him from being in that he sounds familiar but they actually are going out in real life which I think adds to the plot oh really okay cool do you ever think they do that for the people like do they do it for the plot I can tell you I've watched a copious amount now of interviews of them afterwards to know she's done research I've done my research do they look quite legit yeah I've sat there and I've thought you guys are together okay because they really I don't know I love them together him and the show otherwise oh really okay and she also just went on call her daddy as well oh my god no way so tell me you have to watch it what is it on i actually want to start it's on you watch on bbc iplayer which was kind of surprising to me because i was gonna say american bbc iplayer it does know how to do a great tv show although it's not made by bbc iplayer but everything that's on there is sensational did you listen to the call her daddy episode i did i did okay what do we find out it's It's a lot of like how their relationships sort of worked like during the show.

19:41And then obviously cause Steven in the show, Jackson White is a very, very toxic character. They have a very toxic relationship. So is Lucy, Grace Van Patten. So it was a lot about like how their relationship sort of like came to be because they met on the show. I'm pretty sure they met for the first time, obviously over like a zoom call casting and like they managed to get like a vibe from one another. And then I think they just like hit it off from there. Wow.