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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Peppa Pig, the Terminator, Caroline Calloway, Chadded George Costanza, and Kai Cenat. This guestlist is even worse than Taylor Swift’s wedding. 

By Adam Christopher Smith

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Welcome to RATED AND SLATED, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be.

I’m sick of being told music journalism doesn’t matter. In what other profession could you ignite a war of words between a cartoon farm animal and a sad girl singer-songwriter? 

Maybe I’m just jealous that, after 15 years in the game, I’ve never had the chance to interview Peppa Pig. Then again, in the interests of our decaying sense of reality, I have to point out that she doesn’t actually exist. That didn’t stop Pitchfork from asking her to dutifully rate and slate PinkPantheress, Sabrina Carpenter, and The Beatles. I’ve checked out her takes and let’s just say I’m not worried about losing my “job” anytime soon. 

Finally, the biggest pop star in the world sits down for Over/Under. Watch Peppa Pig rate the Beatles, pop stars, shoegaze, and more: https://t.co/krpLNw7acf pic.twitter.com/S2d60qPZFM— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) July 7, 2026

Finally, the biggest pop star in the world sits down for Over/Under. Watch Peppa Pig rate the Beatles, pop stars, shoegaze, and more: https://t.co/krpLNw7acf pic.twitter.com/S2d60qPZFM

I guess the push to keep kids off their phones might be working: this four-year-old pig clearly doesn’t have TikTok, because she’s never heard of shoegaze or Clairo. “I don’t know her,” she replied when asked about Clairo, who took this as an affront and soon posted a screenshot of a text from her friend Charli xcx reading “Let’s fuck her up.”

It must be said, I will have a newfound respect for Clairo if she goes and swings the kill hammer at the pig.  

pic.twitter.com/4s4yEnTfKa— claire cottrill (@clairo) July 7, 2026

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You might remember that a few years ago, Pitchfork gave Peppa Pig’s Peppa’s Adventures: The Album a 6.5 out of 10. This is something that touchy online stans are always quick to bring up whenever they’re disappointed about their favorite artist receiving a negative review, like Drake’s ICEMAN (4.8) or Bully by Ye (3.4). Peppa........

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