I will be FOREVER blowing bubbles, till I fade and die 🫶🏼⚒️
Now it hurts but I am 💯 percent sure first game of new season fans will be here again, London stadium will be full cheering for Claret and Blue army.
COYI
14 years ago today, Odd Future (@ofwgkta) dropped "Oldie"—one of their most iconic videos that almost didn't happen. It only did because @tylerthecreator refused to let anyone turn the camera off.
The members of the group told the story of that day in an oral history published by The Ringer in 2022. When Odd Future descended on Milk Studios in Chelsea, the session unraveled fast. The XXL staff "were understandably trying to contain a group of rowdy kids," Mike G recalled, "but we weren't having it."
Someone plugged in an iPhone, "Oldie" came through the speakers, and director Lance Bangs kept his camera rolling over objections from the room. The moment Tyler realized what was happening, he called the shots: "No, f*ck that, Lance, keep shooting this sh*t.” What followed was a single, unedited take of the entire 10-minute posse cut performed live.
For @earlxsweat, freshly back from Samoa and still finding his footing, the whole day had a surreal quality: "It just felt like a cartoon, in the sense that n****s just was doin' whatever they wanted to do." For Tyler, zooming out in real time, the stakes were clearer: “I’ve seen music documentaries, this might be the last time everyone's together so we need to document this."
He was right. "A f*ckin' balloon popped that night, and we all went in our own directions. That was the last time we was all together like that. Still,” Tyler explained. Frank, looking back, arrived at the same place: "The atmosphere reminds me of how it feels to be in a room full of musicians where everyone is improvising and for a brief period it's pure magic. It's the same rush."
Bangs edited the footage on a laptop during a red-eye to Portland. It now sits at over 56 million views. It cost nothing.
Weird it’s taking a relegation for the media to finally see what fans have been saying for years.
Prior to this we were just ungrateful and entitled.
It was always just a matter of time.
Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 and a Freddo was 10p. Meaning that one hour of work got you 50 Freddos.
Fast forward to 2025, minimum wage is £12.21 and a Freddo is 35p. Now one hour of work will only get you 34 of them.
That's a 142% rise in pay but a 250% rise in frog shaped chocolate bars.
If wages had kept up with the price Freddos, the minimum wage would be £17.50 an hour.
The economy’s in shambles and yes I’m measuring it in chocolate frogs. But this post is about more than that. Too many people are working full time and struggling to survive because absolutely everything is increasing faster than wages.
Something needs to change.
To be in the top 50% of earners in the UK, do you know how much you need to earn? It’s shocking. You need to make £26,000 a year
That is only slightly above minimum wage
And you’ll net about the same as someone on top tier benefits
To be in the top 25%, do you know what your salary needs to be? Just £41,000
To reach the top 10%, you need £63,000 a year
Some people think being in the top 10% makes you rich, but £63,000 is not a lot when the govt. tax you two thirds of what you earn & spend because you are ‘considered rich’
Inflation is continuing to rise & what used to be enough money simply isn’t enough anymore
And it’s only going to get worse
West Ham United proudly supports ‘Heirlooms’, a film raising awareness about suicide bereavement and highlighting the incredible work of @suicideandco
Together, we can break the stigma surrounding suicide and provide the support those experiencing loss truly need.
“If you put red ants & black ants in a glass jar, nothing happens. But if the jar is shaken, the two sets of ants will fight each other. But the real enemy is the person who shook the jar. The same is true in society. Before we fight each other, we must ask: Who shook the jar?”