That wild TikTok live performer vid makes so much more sense when you see the pricing of the gifts.
“GangGang” and “Ice Cream” are the cheapest (1 coin) while “Hat and moustache” break the bank (99 coins). https://t.co/htRviJuE56twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A TikTok coin is worth ~1.3 cents:
The gifts are showered on the live-streamer. PinkyDoll could get 1000 “hat and moustaches” in a few minutes and be done for the day: https://t.co/fVRiNpFduL https://t.co/9DZNkvHVBOteilo.org/tiktok-coins/ complex.com/pop-culture/a/…
Over $3B of Nutella is sold a year and it is the crown jewel for the Ferrero Group, Italy’s richest family (~$40B).
The recipe itself goes back centuries.
A wild detail: Napoleon is responsible for its invention.
In 1806, the French General turned Emperor started a continental… https://t.co/zLw3QXVLBrtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Michele Ferrero is basically the real-life Willy Wonka and invented Mon Cheri, TicTac, Kinder Bars and Ferrero Rocher (which took him 5 years to make).
I wrote an entire breakdown of the business here: https://t.co/OpPECc8Hhwbit.ly/3Das24Z
TIL: Kobe endorsed Nutella (ad is from 2001), which does make sense because he spent a few years of his childhood in Italy.
What was the most popular episode? It wasn’t a big mansion or exotic getaway.
It was Redman touring his modest Staten Island townhome.
Before filming, the MTV producers offered to rent the rapper a mansion but he had zero… https://t.co/mMxkwrbtBCtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Here’s the Cribs episode:
VladTV interview: https://t.co/ruXrBiAizZ
And here is MTV revisiting Redman’s place in 2017 (he stayed at same Staten Island place for decades)…he still had Dollar Box: https://t.co/hpQd0yEE2m https://t.co/0HLFKpu6kt
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the most streamed song on Spotify ever.
Assuming the payout is $0.005 a stream, that song has paid out less ($18.2m) than the deal Harry and Meghan got paid to make 12 podcast episodes ($20m).
If you — or @BillSimmons — is looking for content to fill the Harry and Meghan podcast voice…
…I recommend listening to that time I had 5x Red Bulls and did a 90-minute deep dive on the iPhone: https://t.co/Qp0KrMp80dopen.spotify.com/episode/7hqc1X…
I’m partial to The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” (specifically this performance at the 2021 Billboard awards).