Bella Hadid, branding disasters and Maya Jama's breakup

Straight Up

Maya Jama and Stormzy’s sad but beautiful breakup statement had to be the first port of call today, huns, as obviously we have been trying desperately to reconcile ourselves with their shock separation. Why are we still surprised that social media doesn’t paint a full picture of relationships? Next, we review The Jetty, Jenna Coleman’s new BBC police thriller, before recommending two recent Netflix shows we have absolutely loved, albeit in very different ways. First, the incredible superhero drama Supacell by Rapman, which has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. And second, the compelling but creepy four-part documentary The Man With 1000 Kids, about the world’s most prolific sperm donor. Also this week: Adidas has apologised to Bella Hadid after putting her in an unbelievably negligent campaign for its new ‘it-shoe’. How can an ad this ill-advised and damaging possibly have slipped through the net? We examine why on earth this keeps happening, reflecting on other recent horrifying brand missteps from Bumble to Balenciaga.

Reccs discussed:

• The Dakota hotel Manchester
• Erst Manchester
• Bar Levan and Levan Peckham
• The Jetty, BBC One
• Wilderness, Amazon Prime Video
• Supacell, Netflix
• Delaney Rowe on TikTok
• Attack The Block, Netflix
• Shiro’s Story, YouTube/LinkUpTV
• Blue Story, BBC iPlayer
• The Man With 1000 kids, Netflix
• The Lady in the Lake, Apple TV

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