What’s Trending: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
#Halsey
o We told you last week that the singer said her label was preventing her from releasing a new song until they achieved a viral marketing moment.
o Her video talking about the issue went viral and Halsey asked if they planned on releasing the single now.
o Looks like Halsey got what she wanted as her new single “So Good” will come out next week.
o Her label, Capitol Records posted on social media yesterday saying, “@halsey, we love you and are here to support you. We are committing to a release of ‘So Good’ on June 9th, 2022.”
o They added “We are an artist first company that encourages open dialogue. We have nothing but a desire to help each one of our artists succeed, and hope that we can continue to have these critical conversations."
#Coffee
o Study: A spoonful of sugar to a cup of coffee could be the key to a longer life.
o Scientists have found coffee-drinkers are at a lower risk of death than non-coffee drinkers, but those who like the drink sweet are even less likely to die.
o Researchers followed a group of adults for an average of seven years found people who drank between one and a half to three and a half cups of caffeinated coffee were less likely to die during that time in comparison to those who did not take sugar or those who do did drink coffee at all.
o People who drank any amount of unsweetened coffee were up to 21 percent less likely to die than those who did not drink coffee.
o Those who like their coffee sweet were up to 31 percent less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers in the follow-up period as long as they kept their coffee consumption between 1 ½ and 3 cups daily and only added one spoonful on average.
#MountainDew
o We’ve talked about the dedication of Mountain Dew fans but are you THIS dedicated?
o Would you be willing to try their latest concoction which is pickle-flavored?
o There aren't many details yet, other than that it's supposedly a "sour-sweet complement to Southern BBQ."
o It’s one of several new flavors that are being tested at Mountain Dew's new “outpost’ in Tennessee.
o If it does do well, it could be released nationwide.
o Other Mountain Dew flavors being tested there include apple cinnamon, elderberry, huckleberry and S'MORES.