New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz managed to track down the 17-year-old, who said he made the invite on Monday night and “started spreading it out on Snap”. Adrian and his friend created the infamous TikTok on Tuesday morning, which they said “didn’t blow up” straight away.
The event once again reminds us of the (often bizarre) power of social media, which, in 2015, encouraged 50,000 Brits to tune in to an American teenager’s private flute recital, then, in 2019, led hundreds of people to “storm” Area 51. Last year, ahead of the US presidential election, teens on TikTok even organised to sabotage Donald Trump’s IRL campaign.
Working in pastels and oils, Bartolacci’s late-night scenes radiate the phosphorous glow of neon-lit city nights. “444 Club” (2019) is a perfect dancefloor tableau; like a postcard from a time when physical proximity with strangers was unexceptional, and queer spaces like these promised a sense of belonging. “Leftovers” depicts the detritus of partying – two abandoned drinks, bathed in fluorescent light, suggesting either the beginning or the end of a big night. The sense of pulsating music, heat, humidity, and saturated, radiant light is tangible.
James Bartolacci, “444 Club” (2019), Oil, acrylic, flashe on canvas, 48 1/8 x 60 1/8 in.Courtesy of the artist and Taymour Grahne Projects
Now, a senior production source on
And Just Like That has revealed that more famous faces will be returning to our screens. “Viewers will definitely see Big, Aiden, and Steve,” the source tells the
Daily Mail, teasing the comeback of leading men Chris Noth, John Corbett, and David Eigenberg, respectively.
One notable loss for the show’s revival, however, is Patricia Field. The legendary
Sex and the City costume designer was responsible for some of the most iconic on-screen looks of the era, which continue to fill our social media feeds to this day, but won’t be returning due to a Very Important work commitment: