Flyana Boss’s ‘Master Plan to Be a Star’

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( going viral [Move Out the Way]( Flyana Boss are running laps around TikTok and the music industry with “You Wish.” They’ve always had a “master plan to be a star.” Photo: Ashley Markle With one of the realest, most debaucherous prayers in 21st-century pop culture — “Hello Christ, I’m ’bout to sin again!” — Flyana Boss’s [opening bars to their hit “You Wish”]( has become the bat signal for Black alt-girls across the internet. The flygirl duo is made up of Bobbi LaNea and Folayan, and they’ve been working the TikTok algorithm to the bone all summer, posting [short clips sprinting through various locations]( — Disney World, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and, recently, [the Google offices]( — spitting the increasingly viral record, inspiring followers old and new to do their own renditions in their schoolyards, workplaces, restaurants, and homes. They got on by tapping into a small team who understood their steez — producer Marky Style and videographer Evan Blum — creating a quasi-quartet that brought their vision to your phone. “You Wish,” with its witty punch lines (“I be Michael Phelps, all the brand deals that I’m swimmin’ in”) and pure coruscation on the clock app, is the product of a dashing approach to brand-building. [read more]( The Latest TV Recaps • The Real Housewives of Atlanta: [Holistic Hell]( • The Real Housewives of New York City: [The Miseducation of Jenna Lyons]( • The Righteous Gemstones: [Hands Hold Hands (Episode 8)](, [Cool Cousins, Again (Episode 9)]( • Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake: [Dairy Queens]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The Best Comedy Shorts of July 2023 Rounding up our favorite funny videos of the month.]( By Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler [‘We Can Choose to Not Create More Damage’ The creators of docuseries Last Call use a true-crime frame to uncover the cycle of hate and violence that stalked queer communities in ’90s New York.]( [Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor and Comedian, Dead at 70 “I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you.”]( By Jason P. Frank [How to Dress a Gemstone There’s “more is more” and then there’s costume designer Christina Flannery’s work on The Righteous Gemstones.]( [Pulling Stunts on the Picket Line Plus Dwayne “The Fellow Worker” Johnson, Radford’s gate shenanigans, and a mini School of Rock reunion.]( By Bethy Squires [The Best Podcasts of 2023 (So Far) The business of podcasts may be in a rough place, but the podcasts themselves are great this year.]( By Nicholas Quah [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 17-Across, Six Letters: Punch-Out!! combo. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved