Logging On is an on-going newsletter column by ICYT Columnist-at-large Ian Chow, & ICYT Co-Founder Raeland Mendoza​. The duo also make up ICYT's consultancy division, Tomorrow Works.

Weekly Specials:

IAN: It's absurd how long this franchise has lasted despite it's original origins built on street racing. I have no idea what it is anymore and I really don't care! I'll be watching this.

Also, this is like the third time Dom's son has been kidnapped. Maybe he needs a better babysitter.

RAE: Missed opportunity to have DMX's "X Gon Give It To Ya" play in the trailer. 

LINKS:

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A KIND OF GUISE SS23 FIRST DROP​

I: BLOKECORE IS ALIVE AND WELL!

PANERA'S BAG-UETTE

R: This week a design client of mine taught me the womenswear term "croissant bag", referring a half crescent shaped leather bag, sometimes with braided or quilted detailing. In an ironic twist of fate, I was scrolling Twitter and saw Panera shocked everyone by dropping the freshest bag of the summer, complete with sub sandwich. 

Shout out to whatever marketing agency cooked up this galaxy brain move. Because fashion is the wild west, the bags sold out instantly but you'll see these all over your FYP/TL when they start shipping out come March. 

MEDIA

The Uncomfortable, Messy Truth of Watching This NFL Season the ringer

The enduring stories of the NFL 2022 season center on the health of Damar Hamlin and Tua Tagovailoa and the misbehavior of Deshaun Watson and Dan Snyder. Yet on the cusp of the Super Bowl, the NFL seems nowhere near an existential crisis. If those ugly headlines won’t force a moral reckoning, what will?

Why Do People Believe Everything They Watch on TikTok? vice

We're just as bad as boomers falling for misinformation on Facebook.

I: Everything we consume is now curated content and we've become our own gatekeepers of quality checks.

Ask A Music Critic: Why Aren’t There More Negative Album Reviews? uproxx

"There clearly is hunger out there for more haterism!"

The New Rules of Tipping grub street

It is now almost impossible to make any sort of purchase without being confronted with a Square screen asking for 15, 20, or 25 percent.

I: Although this is an American guideline, I'm adding fuel to the fire of the tipping discourse. On 99% of transactions I will tip due to the services I receive, but I feel a certain type of way seeing the tip screen for something that involved no preparation. It's an inherent guilt if I leave nothing, but also a shame leaving anything less than 15% for something that was as simple as pouring drip coffee into a cup.

When Food is the Only Narrative We Consume catapult

Chinese culture can’t be made bite-sized for mass consumption.

I: This format and message is presented so well.

I wanna make note as well that the people who said my lunch used to smell weird in junior high, all love Asian food now. You not low.

MUSIC​

IAN:

Tennis - Pollen thirty tigers

Andy Shauf - Norm arts & crafts

Paramore - This Is Why atlantic

NewJeans - OMG ador

I: A month late, but no matter. This is the song of the year. 

boygenius - Live From Brooklyn Steel

I: I'm just happy this video is back on the internet.

RAE: 

DANIEL CAESAR - LET ME GO 

I am obliged to say I am *professionally biased* in saying this, but this song is great and I a definitely welcome the return of Daniel Caesar. "I'm not leading you on, I'm leaving you behind" is one of my favourite song lyrics I've heard in recent memory. 

RAE'S WILDCARD: STOP IT WITH THE RED BOOTS

My timeline this week comprised entirely of MSCHF's "Big Red Boots". No, don't send me the black ones. Or whatever the hell a "Nike x Tiffany Concept Colourway" is. These are objectively bad, and if anyone is caught wearings these after next week the y'all are CERTIFIED BIG LAME.

See below for some unfortunate hits from my TL: 

Okay, points up because its Poggy and all older Japanese men can swerve an advanced garm maneuver. But this is probably the only good fit outfit I've seen in these.