Hey, we're Ella and Victoria!
We're longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls.
Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the pop culture topics that feed our inner fangirl.
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The Genius of Audrey Hobert: Pop’s Funniest Rising Star
Welcome to Feed The Fangirl!
We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls.
Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu.
Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl!
In today’s episode we discuss Audrey Hobert: pop’s funniest rising star. We explore how Audrey got her start in the music industry, co-writing with her best friend and pop star Gracie Abrams. We breakdown a few of the key tracks from Who’s The Clown? and explore how Audrey’s screenwriting brings a distinct narrative quality and specificity to her lyricism. We also discuss the comedic and slapstick elements of her performance style and how she’s able to capture an audience. (And yes, we feel like we’re Phoebe!).
In todays episode we referenced: ‘The beast inside me wants to move!’ The smart, slapstick world of Audrey Hobert, the Steve Martin of pop (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/06/audrey-hobert-interview-gracie-abrams-songwriter-steve-martin-of-pop) from The Guardian, Audrey Hobert Is Pop’s Funniest Newcomer (https://junkee.com/articles/audrey-hobert-interview) from Junkee, How Gracie Abrams turned an ‘insatiable’ crush into a No. 1 album (https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/64401/1/gracie-abrams-the-secret-of-us-tour-album-taylor-swift) from Dazed, Gracie Abrams - That's So True (Story of My Song) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugT-APo4ow) from American Express and Pop music's funniest newcomer is Audrey Hobert (https://www.npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-5492315/audrey-hobert-whos-the-clown-interview)from NPR.
We also referenced the Popcast episode Audrey Hobert on ‘Sue Me’ Success, Gracie Abrams, Malcolm Todd & Her Next Album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_zZf7TIOP4)and Audrey Hobert’s Web Archive (https://archive.audreyhobert.net/).
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1 Oct 2026
The Love Hypothesis: Victoria Reads the Book for the First Time + Our Review of the Movie Adaptation!
Welcome to Feed The Fangirl!
We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls.
Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu.
Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl!
In today’s episode we discuss The Love Hypothesis, a movie from Amazon Prime, based on the popular BookTok book and STEM romance by Ali Hazelwood. But before we watched the movie, we of course wanted to do our due diligence and read the source material. So Victoria shares her thoughts after reading the book for the very first time and Ella reflects on her experience of re-reading it! We have some thoughts to share on the way Ali Hazelwood writes smut. Then we share our thoughts on the movie adaptation and discuss why we thought some of the changes to the timeline made sense for the story and how it brought back the ‘com’ in ‘rom-com’. We also explore whether the film captured the nuances of Olive and Adam’s romance and Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman’s chemistry. Of course we also discuss the famous Chapter 16 scene and how the smut was translated on screen!
In todays episode we referenced: Netflix Lands Ali Hazelwood’s Hot New Adult Romance Novel ‘Deep End’; Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps, Alex Cooper’s Unwell Productions Producing Feature Adaptation (https://deadline.com/2026/08/deep-end-movie-netflix-alex-cooper-shawn-levy-ali-hazelwood-1237018553/) from Deadline.
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24 Sept 2026
The Useless Boyfriend Epidemic: Why Are There So Many Loser Boyfriends in Film and TV?
Welcome to Feed The Fangirl!
We’re Ella and Victoria - longtime friends, pop culture obsessives and eternal fangirls.
Whether it’s TV, movies, music, books or celebrity - we talk about all the things on our pop culture menu.
Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl!
On the podcast so far, we have explored why different kinds of love interests or even particular celebrities are appealing to audiences right now. But what about those fictional men that are particularly unappealing? In today’s episode we explore a spectrum of ‘useless boyfriends’ in TV and film and unpack their purpose. There’s the ‘nothing burger’ boyfriends in Devil Wears Prada 2 and Disclosure Day and Jeremiah from The Summer I Turned Pretty. We also discuss Ken from the Barbie Movie, Jack from Don’t Worry Darling and Bear from Obsession. Whether their purpose is to act as a plot device or as an exploration of toxic masculinity and gender roles, what do these ‘useless boyfriends’ say about culture?
In today’s episode we referenced: The Useless Movie Boyfriend Era Is Upon Us (https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a71743168/useless-movie-boyfriends-2026/) from Cosmopolitan, Barbie Is a Movie About Male Fragility. Let's Dig In (https://time.com/6287484/barbie-male-fragility-ken/) from Time and How hilarious ‘Barbie’ earworm ‘I’m Just Ken’ brings toxic masculinity to its knees from LA Times
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