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ITB Berlin 2025: The future of the travel experience and YouTube’s influence on tourism

Day two of ITB Berlin 2025 provided insights into the shifting landscape of global travel, with industry leaders highlighting the rise of immersive...

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Kidult Craze

Driven by nostalgia and a desire for stress relief, adults are gravitating towards playful, non-digital items such as plush toys, collectables and ...

Pop Culture : Nostalgia : Hello Kitty

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Stat: South Korea’s content industry hits new high

South Korea’s content industry hit a new high in 2022, with exports soaring to £10.4bn ($13.2bn, €12.5bn) as ‘hallyu’ – Korean culture encompassing...

Pop Culture : Media : Statistic

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Foresight Friday: Simar Deol, foresight analyst

Every Friday, the Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about.

Foresight : Pop Culture : Gen Z

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Stat: News influencers are shaping young Americans’ media habits

A new report by Pew Research Center highlights the growing influence of news personalities on social media, revealing that nearly 40% of US adults...

Pop Culture : Media : Identities

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Stat: Teens face weekly exposure to conspiracy theories

A new study by the News Literacy Project reveals that teens encounter conspiracy theories on their social media feeds at least once a week, yet mos...

Pop Culture : Youth : Media

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Brenda Lee’s holiday classic enters the AI era with Spanish re-release

Brenda Lee’s iconic holiday song, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, has been re-imagined as Noche Buena y Navidad in a Spanish-language release po...

Technology : Pop-culture & Media : Society

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Foresight Friday: Simar Deol, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, ...

Society : US Elections : The Power Of Precision Micro-Influencing

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Stat: People trust social media, but hesitate to pay for news, study shows

A study from Morning Consult showed social media has become a dominant news source, with nearly 40% of US adults turning to these platforms multipl...

Pop Culture : Media : News

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Johnnie Walker joins forces with Netflix’s Squid Game

Johnnie Walker has unveiled a limited-edition Black Label Squid Game bottle, featuring designs ranging from 001 to 456, in celebration of Netflix’s...

Food & Drink : Pop Culture : Media

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Prada launches Miranda July hotline for autumn 2024 campaign

Prada’s autumn 2024 campaign, Now That We’re Here, features an interactive hotline created by Miranda July, the author of the recent best-seller, A...

Pop Culture : Luxury : Media

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Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, senior foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, ...

Foresight : Media : Pop Culture

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Google partners with Netflix to create shoppable Emily in Paris experience

Google has become the title sponsor of Netflix’s popular series Emily In Paris, marking a significant step into the world of shoppable content for ...

Pop Culture : Media : Technology

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Warner Bros revives Beetlejuice on Roblox with first virtual box office

Warner Bros Pictures is bringing the iconic Beetlejuice franchise back to life in a ground-breaking collaboration with Roblox.

Gaming : Retail : Pop Culture

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Stat: Paris Olympics go viral as TikTok content surges

The Paris Olympics ignited a surge of activity on TikTok, with more than 1.3m posts about the Games, a staggering 1,828% increase from Tokyo 2020.

Sport : Media : Pop Culture

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Stat: Taylor Swift and Beyoncé could influence US Gen Z vote

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé could have a significant impact on the voting choices of Generation Z in the upcoming 2024 US presidential election.

Pop Culture : Media : Youth

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Rolling Stone Africa launched with Afrobeat legend on the cover

Rolling Stone magazine has launched Rolling Stone Africa, marking a significant expansion of the publication’s legacy of celebrating ground-breakin...

Media : Pop Culture : Africa

Micro Trends

Erotic-tainment

A backdrop of sex-averse culture is only making audiences thirstier, leading to an explosion of entertainment that brings smut to the masses.

Sex : Entertainment : Erotica

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Stat: Physical music sales increase for first time in 20 years

Data from The Official Charts Company and BPI reveals that in the first half of 2024 more than 8 million physical album units have been sold, ...

Music : Pop Culture : Media

Micro Trends

Decolonised Cowboy Core

From music to the catwalk and cinema screens, Black and Indigenous artists are finding inspiration in their cowboy heritage like never before, adva...

Pop Culture : Fashion : Media

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Foresight Friday: Dan Hastings, deputy foresight editor

This week, deputy foresight editor Dan Hastings tackles the French early parliamentary elections, the business of Taylor Swift and the song Espresso.

Foresight : Foresight Friday : Elections

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Stat: Spending by European streamers to exceed that of traditional broadcasters

Spending by subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms in Europe’s major tv markets is projected to reach £8.4bn ($10.7bn, €10bn) by the end of ...

Media : Pop Culture : Streaming

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Cannes Lions 2024 daily recap: Re-evaluating the power of brands

At the 2023 edition of Cannes Lions, marketing professor Scott Galloway proclaimed: ‘The era of brand is over.’ This sweeping statement became the ...

Cannes Lions 2024 : Cannes Lions : Advertising

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Cannes Lions 2024 daily recap: Reddit’s recipe for authenticity

Cannes Lions, the premier advertising and marketing festival, has returned to Le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès for its 71st edition.

Cannes Lions 2024 : Advertising : Creativity