Feed The Fangirl

Ella and Victoria
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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. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl!

  1. 2d ago

    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 from The Guardian, Audrey Hobert Is Pop’s Funniest Newcomer from Junkee, How Gracie Abrams turned an ‘insatiable’ crush into a No. 1 album from Dazed, Gracie Abrams - That's So True (Story of My Song) from American Express and Pop music's funniest newcomer is Audrey Hobert from NPR. We also referenced the Popcast episode Audrey Hobert on ‘Sue Me’ Success, Gracie Abrams, Malcolm Todd & Her Next Album and Audrey Hobert’s Web Archive. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

  2. Oct 1

    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 from Deadline. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

  3. Sep 24

    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 from Cosmopolitan, Barbie Is a Movie About Male Fragility. Let's Dig In from Time and How hilarious ‘Barbie’ earworm ‘I’m Just Ken’ brings toxic masculinity to its knees from LA Times Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

  4. Sep 17

    Adults Season 2 and The Hangout Sitcom in the Streaming Era

    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! Today we break down season 2 of one of our favourite shows Adults episode by episode. We chat about the comparison to Friends and explore what we think makes a great Hangout Sitcom. We also discuss how the sitcom format has changed in the streaming era and why we want longer seasons and more time for filler episodes! We also chat about how debut comedies can feel stunted in their growth and are often not given the chance to find their footing due to early cancellation. Plus, we discuss the interesting choice Adults made to create a new pilot episode in an attempt to find a new audience. (Also we need to talk about the flight that emergency landed in Albuquerque! We kinda wish we were there.) In today’s episode we referenced: ‘Adults’ Starts to Figure It Out in a More Mature Season 2: TV Review from Variety, In “Adults,” Gen Z Gets the Hangout Sitcom It Deserves from The New Yorker, Adults’ Creators Break Down Season 2’s Most Shocking Moments and Tease a Potential Season 3 from Collider and Maybe You'll Like the Second Try at the First Episode? from the New York Times. We also referenced Friends: The Reunion (2021) and this video from @hannahzookpop on TikTok. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

  5. Sep 10

    PRIMA: Adéla has Studied the Pop Star Playbook!

    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! There’s a new pop star on the rise and we want to talk about her. You may have heard of the global girl group KATSEYE, formed through the Hybe x Geffen training program and survival show Dream Academy. But in today's episode we talk about Adéla, the very first contestant to be eliminated. We reflect on Adéla’s rise to fame from her EP The Provocateur, to her brilliant Lollapalooza performance. Plus we discuss why there is a renewed appetite for pop stars who dance on stage and make songs audiences can dance to as well. Of course we also break down PRIMA track by track and unpack how Adéla has studied the pop music bible and invites the audience to feel empowered by her music alongside her. (It’s true! The baddest bitches ain’t in LA). In today’s episode we referenced: Adéla Shuffles Her Music Library: Beyoncé, Nelly Furtado, A$AP Rocky and more | Song Shuffle from Rolling Stone, What's On Adéla's Playlist? from Teen Vogue, Adéla: Prima review – Slovakian star smashes the fourth wall to bask in pop’s cynicism and seduction from The Guardian, Album Review: Adéla’s Risk-Taking Pays Off on ‘Prima’ from Rolling Stone and Missing out on Katseye was the best thing to happen to this rising pop star from The Sydney Morning Herald Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you next Friday! xoxo

  6. Season 3 Trailer

    We're Back For Season 3!

    Hey Fangirls! Guess what? We're back on Friday with Season 3 of Feed The Fangirl! As per usual we’re going to be bringing you deep dives on all things TV, movies, music, books and celebrity. Starting this week on September 11, we’re bringing you 6 fresh episodes every Friday. So now's your chance to get up to date and catch up on listening to all our season 1 and 2 episodes if you haven’t already. In the meantime, don’t forget to hit follow wherever you listen to your podcasts so you can be the first to know when our new episodes drop. You can also keep up with us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl See you soon! xoxo

  7. Aug 13 ·  Bonus

    Snack Break: Hobama, Zendaya Hat Theory and Other Silly Internet Rumours

    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! We’re back with another Snack Break, a Feed the Fangirl bonus episode! This is a bite sized episode that doesn’t quite fit on the main menu.  In today’s bonus episode we cover one of the strangest (and funniest) celebrity rumours that have come across our desk in our time as fangirls: Hobama. Aka, the crackship between Harry Styles and former US president Barack Obama. Plus we unpack another fabricated internet ship between Tom Holland and Nicki Minaj. We also cover the ‘Zendaya Hat Theory’ and how Zendaya and Tom Holland are always at the scene of the crime when it comes to wild internet bits.  This is our final episode of Season 2! Thanks so much for listening. We will back in September! Today we referenced the following videos: Harry Styles addresses Barack Obama dating rumours at the BBC Music Awards 2014 from SugarScape, Harry Styles reveals whether rumours about him are true from The Graham Norton Show, Team USA v. Team UK - Dodgeball w/ Michelle Obama, Harry Styles & More from The Late Late Show with James Corden and Tom Holland on Zendaya, Robert Pattinson & His Career | Explain This from Esquire. These articles also helped inform our research: Obama, his gay accuser and the lawyer in a kilt from The Sydney Morning Herald and Tom Holland fans explain ‘joke’ as Spider-Man actor trends following Nicki Minaj pregnancy announcement from The Independent and Zendaya Hat Theory Explained: TikTok’s Met Gala 2025 Obsession from Teen Vogue. Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya in September for Season 3 xoxo

  8. Aug 6 ·  Bonus

    Snack Break: Our Favourite Needle Drops

    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! We’re back with another Snack Break, a Feed the Fangirl bonus episode! This is a bite sized episode that doesn’t quite fit on the main menu.  Anyone who’s been keeping up with the pod so far would know that we loveeee a great musical moment in TV or film. So in today’s episode, we discuss our favourite needle drops - those moments when a song plays at the perfect moment in a scene, elevates the story, or even when the music hits you in an unexpected way.  Love our show? If you’d like to support us by leaving a 5 star review and clicking ‘follow’ where you listen to your podcasts, we would be very grateful! Keep up with us! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @feedthefangirl Cya next Friday! xoxo

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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. Food for thought - it feeds the inner fangirl!

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  • Creator
    Ella and Victoria
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ella and Victoria
  • Show Website
    Feed The Fangirl

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