When the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce discourse peaked, Dez posted a 45-second vertical video stitching together clips of Friday Night Lights and Reputation era interviews, concluding: "It’s not a romance. It’s a soft launch of the American pastoral myth. Next."
When the Barbie Oscars snubs happened, the LANewGirl account posted: "Dez Hansen says: 'The Academy chose toxic masculinity over plastic. We have to study this.'" LANewGirl 24 12 17 Episode 405 Dez Hansen XXX 4...
Whether you’re here for the plot or the criticism, one thing is clear: In the crowded landscape of popular media, Dez Hansen has become the voice we didn’t know we needed. When the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce discourse peaked, Dez
If you’ve been doom-scrolling through TikTok or X (formerly Twitter) lately, you’ve probably seen the split-screen edits: on one side, a clip of a glamorous, chaotic dinner party in Los Angeles; on the other, a talking head named breaking down exactly why that dinner party is a metaphor for late-stage capitalism. We have to study this
And no one does this better than Dez Hansen. Dez Hansen plays a fictionalized version of themself: a struggling pop culture podcaster who is too online for their own good but too brilliant to ignore. While the other characters are fighting about rent control or dating app algorithms, Dez is the one in the corner muttering about how the fight mirrors the third-act conflict in Bottoms (2023) or how the lighting in the kitchen is a direct homage to Euphoria .
Dez loves movies, TV, and internet culture too much to hate them, but is too smart to consume them passively. For Gen Z and Millennials who grew up with CinemaSins and The Rewatchables , Dez feels like a friend who can explain why you cried during Past Lives while also helping you pack for a move. As LANewGirl heads into its second season (premiering next month on the platform’s free tier), all eyes are on Dez Hansen. Rumors are swirling about a potential spinoff podcast—tentatively titled Hansen on Hansen —where the character will review entertainment news while also going to therapy.