3 internet stories that melted our brains this week

Culture writers Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Angelo Muredda and Jackson Weaver discuss what's broken the internet

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Caption: Lisa attends the 2025 Met Gala celebrating Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Is papal content becoming a regular fixture online? Who is Ballerina Cappuccina? And did someone wear Rosa Parks-themed underwear to the Met Gala this week?
These are just some of the questions we have after being online in a very, let's say, interesting week.
Today on Commotion, culture writer Ellen O'Connell Whittet(external link), film critic Angelo Muredda(external link) and CBC reporter Jackson Weaver join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss how the conclave for the new pope has played out on social media, the inexplicable popularity of "Italian brain rot" content among young internet users, and the latest developments in the Met Gala controversy surrounding Blackpink singer Lisa.
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Panel produced by Stuart Berman.

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