Bang On

It’s been another headline filled week, but never fear – Myf and Zan are your cliff notes, and making sense of it all. It’s been a big week in music too, with Björk announcing her first live performances in Australia since 2008! Taylor Swift dropped an album, ICYMI, and Tina Knowles-Lawson is once again leaking all the good stuff re: her daughter on her socials, including a Beyoncé World Tour. Ri...

Myf and Zan are back and oh boy there’s a lot to catch up on. Much of it food related, weirdly; from roast chicken handbags as art, to butter boards (wtaf), and Olivia Wilde’s “special salad dressing”. James Cordern is being banned from eating out, for good measure. More locally, the Bureau of Meteorology caused it’s own storm with an attempt at rebranding this week. And artists across the globe a...

Yeah look it’s a bit of a weird one this week. All good, Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe make sense of it for you as per. The Queen’s funeral has taken place and in amongst the meticulously planned ceremony, some outlier events have all of us talking. Yes, we’re referring to the spider, and that bit of paper on the ground. The end of this long period of mourning, respect, and reflection has been felt in...

Myf and Zan make sense of a week dominated by one news event, but with plenty of pop culture tugging at our attention. The Emmy’s provided plenty of reminders of TV we loved, missed, or clean forgot that we watched in the first place, and a rare magical TV moment as Sheryl Lee Ralph took to the stage. Staying with the screen, the trailer for Disney’s live action remake of The Little Mermaid got a...

What a smorgasbord this week has been. Grab the popcorn, Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe are going in. If you’re confused about all the hullabaloo around Olivia Wilde’s new film Don’t Worry Darling, don’t worry – we were too. We explain it all, and debrief on what’s driving this ferocious hunger for gossip. A Reddit thread on sex soundtracks has the internet heaving, while Kim Kardashian’s bum makes the...

Myf’s back from Bali and she and Zan have a lot to bang on about. Pool times, hanging with the PM, all of it. It’s been a big week for Britney too, with the release of her new Elton John collab, and a 22 minute audio recording detailing her conservatorship. We debrief on the MTV VMA’s too (WTF), and the biggest mic drop of the night; Taylor Swift’s announcement of her new album. And wonder, with s...

Myf and Zan are back to make sense of the week that was, and mourn the unnecessary loss of Freya the 600kg walrus. The Bang Box has been overflowing with your sweet emails, and also some nice surprises from young nudists. Speaking of getting your gear off, Tommy Lee did, but who asked for it? We dissect the double standards of Instagram censorship. And an editorial on our connection to music as we...

Myf and Zan are here to make sense of the week that was in all its lows and highs. We’ve lost some icons of late, and we pay tribute and show thanks. Meanwhile Malcolm Gladwell reckons we need to get back to the office which is frankly a BIT RICH coming from him, Mr Laptop on the Couch. Naturism, or getting in the nuddy, is making a comeback in these pandemic times and we investigate why. And Fran...

Myf and Zan are here to make sense of the week that was in all its lows and highs. We’ve lost some icons of late, and we pay tribute and show thanks. Meanwhile Malcolm Gladwell reckons we need to get back to the office which is frankly a BIT RICH coming from him, Mr Laptop on the Couch. Naturism, or getting in the nuddy, is making a comeback in these pandemic times and we investigate why. And Fran...

Myf and Zan are back and absolutely champing at the bit to bang on this week. Which is a perfect horse reference for Beyoncé’s Renaissance album (see: cover art). We go in deep on all facets of this instant club classic, and some of the backlash it’s received. We also dip into a larger discussion around releasing, then changing an album. Is an album, as a “finished” piece of art, much more malleab...

This is one of those weeks where Bang On truly has it all. Myf and Zan start with a 600kg sun-loving walrus, and end with vagina perfume. In between, we wrap the week that was, including the solving of the mysterious Somerton Man (Zan wants to rewind to when he was a mystery). A teaser for the new Black Panther movie has us in a tizz, particularly cos one of our faves is in it. And a reflection on...

Zan and Myf are back and have lots to catch you up on! It’s a time of celebration too, with J Lo and Ben Affleck hitting Vegas for a quickie wedding (20 years in the making). Meanwhile on the streets of Melbourne an act of “kindness” has gone viral for two very different reasons, and we’re digging into our reactions to performative charity and who it targets. And a piece on the “end of ambition” h...

It’s been a whirlwind coupla weeks and Myf and Zan have heaps to catch up on. TV adventures as the ABC celebrates 90, book deadlines, and what it’s like to be in a trigger ban state when Roe V Wade is overturned. In more joyful news, Rihanna has become the youngest female billionaire, and Only Murders in the Building is back (with a helluva guest cast). The internet is frothing at images emerging...

It’s the return of Queen B, and we are bouncin’ to her new single and how perfectly it captures the moment. Like all things Beyoncé, there are layers and layers, and we dig in. Myf has been hitting the red carpet for the Logies, so we catch up on all the goss from TV’s night of nights. An opinion piece on the popularity of “messy millennial women” on TV has caught our eye; is it becoming a trope?...

Ooh it’s been a big week. Britney got hitched (a dream wedding with a dream reception guestlist), while Lizzo’s new single features a word we weren’t expecting to hear in 2022. The outing of Rebel Wilson by a gossip columnist has dominated discussion; and made for some hot shoe shuffles and stumbles in the apology department. Meanwhile the dress Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala has been returne...

Myf and Zan continue to celebrate Kate Bush’s resurgence into popular consciousness, and rejoice in the discovery of her official website. The iceberg lettuce shortage has us talking leaf, while on the other side of the pond the Platty Jubes is trying to shore up support for the monarchy. Meanwhile the European Union has stepped in to decree that there should only be one charger for all devices (h...

The Zoomers have discovered Kate Bush and while everyone Gen X and older cries “where have you been?!”, we’re revelling in the celebration of one of music’s great icons. The ruling for the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial has just been handed down, and we debrief on what it all means. And the internet is shook by the news that Swedish people don’t feed their guests? Myf and Zan are here...

It’s a new day and a new government in Australia, as Myf and Zan emerge post election. The rise of women’s voices has been heard, and we debrief on the seismic shift in the electorate. Meanwhile new PM Anthony Albanese's dog Toto is getting roasted online, and Kourtney Kardashian has wed Travis Barker but what was served at the reception? A new app called BeReal promises to cure us of our social m...

Myf has literally just landed, and is back to spill the tea on what went down at Eurovision. Kendall Jenner’s cucumber cutting technique has the internet agog, and speaking of online pile ons we take a look at the bizarre meme-ing of the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial. It’s been a busy travel time for Myf and Zan, but of course we’ve made time for consuming culture! The brilliant TV...

It’s fashun Christmas! And we’re real time reacting to the red carpet at the Met Gala as the “gilded age” is revealed. Who nailed it? Who phoned it in? And who wore puffa?? A timely biography on Anna Wintour has us reflecting on her power too, and recommending one helluva fashion doco. Women are increasingly naming their kids after themselves, a la “junior” boys, and a great piece on the patriarch...

We're back after a couple of weeks of adventures, some less pungent than others. And in the time since we last met, Elon Musk has bought Twitter for US$44 billion. We unpack what it might mean for the site, and who benefits from the free speech he touts. A short read on the (hopeful) death of the handshake has us thinking about what we learned and what we’ve left behind in the pandemic. And the pa...

It’s an election free zone, as we wrap our loving arms around you and talk shit about the week that was. Britney has some joy to share too, with the announcement of her pregnancy. And we debrief on the most talked about fashun of the Grammy’s; Justin Bieber’s oversized suit and Balenciaga Crocs. In sad music news, we reflect on the legacy of Chris Bailey of The Saints, and Big Day Out founder Ken...

Well it has been a big week for hot takes. Our heads are spinning, but we’re making sense of all the ways the world reacted to “the slap” at this year’s Oscar ceremony. If you’re wondering what else happened on the night, good news; plenty of good stuff. We’ll wrap on the big highlights and most moving moments. And debrief on the best lewks on the red carpet. The Academy Awards has sucked up a lot...

If you don’t laugh you’ll cry right? And other things we find to say about the ill thought out logo for the government’s Women’s Network. Myf and Zan are weeding through the week to debrief on the most talked about stuff… and we’ve watched all of Byron Baes. We have thoughts. We’re also deeply connected with going full goblin mode. What is goblin mode? Let us explain. Meanwhile a dog performing Sw...

It’s finally here, Netflix’s first locally commissioned show whose mere existence was already divisive. What do Myf and Zan make of Byron Baes? It’s quite the time for reality on Netflix – however that’s constructed – and we’re curious about what it says about us. Are we being wilfully scammed at every turn? International Women’s Day was this week, and a piece on whose voices are being amplified i...