Pop culture
Why Are Western Gen Zers « Turning Chinese »? Unpacking the #BecomingChinese Phenomenon
A British martial arts enthusiast demonstrates Chinese kung fu at the square in front of the Bell and Drum Towers in Beijing on Monday. From China Daily In early 2026, if you open TikTok or Instagram, you’ll witness a peculiar sight: young blonde women boiling apple slices on camera, American youths at the gym swapping Read more
Why are iconic french musicals making a comeback on stage today?
Starmania, Notre Dame de Paris, Le Roi Soleil, Roméo et Juliette and soon Mozart, l’opéra rock and? For several years now, the great musicals that have marked generations in France and internationally have been returning to the French stage. Throughout the press, the 2025 season was presented as particularly rich for musicals in the capital. Read more
How “Amazing Night 2” Uses Comedy to Examine the “Invisible Pain Points” of Contemporary Society
In this era dominated by big data recommendations and fragmented information, finding a carefree and unrestrained bout of laughter seems extremely easy, yet it is also incredibly precious. The punchlines are mass-produced, and jokes are quickly forgotten. Amidst the noisy wave of entertainment, have we ever felt a sense of emptiness at a moment when Read more
2026 is the New 2016 : Revival or Denial ?
Stranger Things is on TV in millions of homes, Taylor Swift and Zara Larsson are at the height of their fame, Instagram and its stories are more popular than ever… No, I’m not describing 2016, but rather the beginning of 2026. This feeling of collective déjà vu, shared on social media and in the press, Read more
Why is the video game industry so complex to understand ?
The video game industry has become a juggernaut among cultural industries, but despite its growth and popularity, it remains incredibly difficult to understand Financially, it outpaces music and film combined. The outdated perception of games as a niche hobby for teenage boys has — almost — vanished. People of all ages play. You can find Read more
Board Games Bars: The 3rd place that achieved to combine art and popularity
7 years ago, my sister recommended me to go to a board games bar. By that time, I only knew bars bored me, because you sit, you drink, you try to chat in a noisy environment and cover the blanks of a discussion that are never really blank, paradoxically due to this permanent white noise. Read more
The French animation industry: a visionary tale of craftsmanship and national exception
In March 2025, French-Latvian animation movie Flow managed the impossible: with a team of under twenty animators and in partnership with Paris-based Sacrebleu Studios, made up of less than ten employees, Gints Zimbalodis won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film. This achievement is all the more impressive considering the harsh competition it faced, having Read more
4Memes, Blackness, and the Power of Circulation
This article examines how memes function as powerful cultural tools shaped by Blackness and digital circulation. It explores how meme formats, affective media practices, and online communities reflect collective creativity, cultural labour, and political expression. Drawing on scholars like Aria Dean, the analysis highlights the role of Black cultural production in shaping digital culture, the relational power of circulation, and the impact of memes on identity, visibility, and everyday online life. Read more
TV Series as a Reflection of Daily and Societal Anxieties
For a long time, TV series were perceived as simple entertainment. We watched them to pass the time, relax after a day’s work, or escape from the everyday. Today, this view is increasingly outdated. Some series no longer simply seek to entertain: they disturb, question, and sometimes leave the viewer with a profound sense of Read more
Music streaming: innovation, cultural monitoring, and human-driven solutions
Digital Communities and the Birth of Streaming At the end of the 1990s and the dawn of the 2000s, music became one of the first fields to experiment with digital culture. Whether on forums, sharing sites, or peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, self-organized and self-regulated communities emerged: uploaders, curators, collectors, and enthusiasts. Even today, these communities persist, Read more