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One of the many great joys of Industry Season 3 is the soundtrack. The series dips not once but twice into the discography of the Pet Shop Boys, with both needle drops delivering standout musical moments.
SEE ALSO: 'Industry' stars Myha'la and Marisa Abela break down Harper and Yasmin's big fight: 'This is the end for them'The first instance comes at the end of episode 1, with "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" playfully undercutting Lumi's disastrous IPO. (Lumi did not, in fact, make lots of money.) Then, in episode 6, the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Always on My Mind" accompanies a tender flashback to Harper Stern (Myha'la) helping Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela) handle the complicated aftermath of her father Charles' (Adam Levy) death.
The desire for Industry to include a double whammy of Pet Shop Boys — triple, if you count episode 6's use of Electronic's "Getting Away With It," featuring vocals from Neil Tennant and a bass line performed by Chris Lowe — began with the duo's 2022 Glastonbury set. Industry creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay were in attendance, along with Industry music supervisor Ollie White.
"They did the most amazing headline set on one of the smaller stages there. It was so explosive," White told Mashable. "We were like, 'They've still got it. They're still relevant. We can get them on Industry. Let's do it.'"
"Let's make lots of money." Credit: Simon Ridgway / HBOIn addition to still performing live around the globe, the decades-spanning group's music is more ubiquitous in film and TV than ever. Limited series It's a Sin took its name from the band's 1987 hit. Saltburn positioned "Rent" as a classist karaoke putdown, while All of Us Strangers employed "Always on My Mind" in devastating fashion. In Industry, the Pet Shop Boys' electro-pop sounds find a perfect home, fitting right in with composer Nathan Micay's synth-heavy score. It's almost a surprise their work hasn't popped up on the show before, but that's due in part to the show's own musical journey.
"For Season 1, the main aim of the music was to set up the youngsters living in London, what it's like for them to be in London, and also represent what music they would be listening to as well," White said. "As we've gone through Season 2 and 3, the older characters are playing a much more prominent role, so we're finding music that can represent them as well. "
Following the heavier, COVID-centric Season 2, Down and Kay also wanted the show to feel more "fun, effervescent, and bombastic," Down told Mashable. Pet Shop Boys and many of the show's other music selections — from Wu-Tang Clan to Duran Duran — fit the bill.
SEE ALSO: 'Industry's Harry Lawtey breaks down Robert's ayahuasca trip: 'This is a big swing'"These are songs that make you want to punch the air," Down told Mashable of the Pet Shop Boys tracks that made it into the show. "They're songs that I've listened to thousands of times each."
Down and Kay always knew they wanted to include "Opportunities" and "Always on My Mind" at these specific moments in Season 3. However, getting the rights to the latter proved a bit more challenging, as more people own it. (Originally recorded by Brenda Lee, the song has been covered by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson, in addition to the Pet Shop Boys.)
Since Industry doesn't have the highest music budget on TV, White wasn't sure he would be able to clear it. He chose a backup song for the end credits instead: Electronic's "Getting Away With It," which still plays in the episode following Harper and Yasmin's blowout argument. However, towards the end of the editing process, Industry was able to find the budget to include "Always on My Mind," making it the final song cleared for the season.
"You were always on my mind." Credit: Nick Strasburg / HBOThe last sequence of episode 6 is already a knockout, as we transition from Harper and Yasmin's fight to a flashback of one of their closest moments. But the music choices here elevate it even further, with Down calling them "the best six minutes of music the show has done." "Getting Away With It" — a nod to Yasmin and Harper covering up Charles' death — kicks in right as Yasmin slaps Harper, punctuating a painful beat with a bit of a wry twist. The song accompanies us as we transition to the flashback on Charles' yacht, where it plays as part of a diegetic DJ set onboard the boat.
Most of the yacht scenes forgo Micay's score completely, instead using a set mixed by White and Industry music editor Dan Elms in order to evoke the atmosphere of nonstop partying onboard. When you hear "Getting Away With It" fading into "Always on My Mind," you get the exact same rush of excitement you'd feel if a DJ played a song you really loved at a party. "That's right," Industry seems to be saying, "you're getting even more Pet Shop Boys goodness!"
On top of just being a great song — Kay described it as a "desert island disc" of his — "Always on My Mind" serves as the perfect wrap-up to an episode that puts Yasmin through the ringer.
"'Always on My Mind' is a song about not expressing your love when you could have expressed it, and that person being gone," Kay told Mashable. "Obviously, Yasmin has a very fraught relationship with her dad, and he's a monster. But one of the disgusting ironies and true human ironies is that she also loves him, and he's dead."
Overall, though, Industry's use of "Always on My Mind" really comes back to the push and pull between Harper and Yasmin. These are two women who have helped one another through some of the worst times in their lives, but who have also used each other and cut each other to pieces time and time again. Episode 6 sees them at their closest and most distant, and "Always on My Mind" captures both the love they once had for each other and the fact that they may never express that love again.
"It's an elegy for Yasmin's friendship with Harper," Kay said. "And after that argument, it all goes to a pretty irrevocable place."
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for September 16's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections?The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
Tweet may have been deletedEach puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
Tweet may have been deletedPlayers can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for September 16 Here's a hint for today's Connections categoriesWant a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Yellow: Leading expert
Green: Has a sharp point
Blue: Corny
Purple: Things with limits
Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Foremost
Green: Spiky Things
Blue: Overly Sentimental Work
Purple: Things that are Capped
Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections #463 is...
What is the answer to Connections todayForemost: CHIEF, PREMIER, PRINCIPAL, SUPREME
Spiky Things: CACTUS, HEDGEHOG, MACE, PINEAPPLE
Overly Sentimental Work: CHEESE, CORN, MUSH, PAP
Things that are Capped: BOTTLE, GRADUATE, MUSHROOM, SALARY
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.
Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Connections.
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Don't forget to peep the best Target deals of the week we gathered on Sept. 13 as well — many are still live.
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For once, the term of the week on Beauty TikTok isn't the name of an algorithmically promoted physical insecurity. Instead, it's a rare trend that celebrates the imperfections of an unmodified lip: It's a Beetlejuice lip.
But what, exactly, is a Beetlejuice lip? In a video that's garnered over 41 million views and 4 million likes, beauty creator Adrianna Kalisz introduces the two-toned lipstick look. As "Say My Name" from Beetlejuice The Musical plays in the background, Kalisz applies chartreuse green eye paint to her lips. Then she scrunches up her mouth and carefully dusts black eyeshadow powder into the creases. She quirks up her lips in a smile, revealing a black-on-green zebra pattern — an application method previously posted and coined "zebra lips" by Portuguese beauty creator Luara Reisinger — and celebrates the success of the look, crediting Reisinger in her caption.
SEE ALSO: TikTok is criticizing young girls who shop at Sephora. They're missing the point.The bold look caught on. A flurry of other beauty creators replicated Kalisz's video, but something quickly became clear: If a creator has lip filler, the technique either turns out sloppy or doesn't work at all. The creator needs deep, natural lip creases for the eye shadow to settle around and create defined contrast. Lip filler smooths out those necessary creases.
The most popular example of Beetlejuice lips gone wrong is makeup influencer Jeffree Star's attempt, which received over 25 million views and nearly 2 million likes. Rather than creating dramatic stripes, his lips remained a powdery black. After the method didn't work for him, Star said, "Um, have we been duped? What the fuck." The top comment on his post reads, "I think it's cuz you have lip filler so your lip creases aren't as deep and obvious!" Star replied, "Hahaha facts."
Tweet may have been deletedViewers used to seeing creators normalize fillers and injectables — and promote an unattainable beauty standard — relished this turning of the tables. A London-based makeup artist posted a video stating, "My new guilty pleasure is watching beauty influencers with too much lip filler try Beetlejuice lips." It racked up nearly 9 million views and over 1 million likes, suggesting a dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Robbie Roe, a 28-year-old graphic designer and touring musician, decided to post a similar video after seeing Star's video. "Over the last year especially, I've been noticing a lot more beauty influencers getting a lot of work done, and creating this unattainable look, and then using it to sell products to people," Roe told Mashable.
In the video they say, "There's something kind of beautiful about there being a beauty trend that's only for people who don't have fillers … Maybe this lays the groundwork for more beauty trends that utilize the totally natural creases and lines of our faces." It received nearly 4 million views and over 430,000 likes.
Roe is right. Minimally invasive procedures, including Botox and filler, are on the rise. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, minimally invasive procedures grew by 7 percent in 2023, with over 25 million procedures performed. Dermal fillers grew by 4 percent, to 3.2 million. The report notes that Botox is so normalized in American culture that "patients mention it as casually as running an errand to the store or post office."
It's the "weird" beauty trends embracing the natural folds and contours of the face that push back against the suffocating norms.The normalization of these procedures is due in part to influencers documenting their surgical journeys on platforms like TikTok. In 2022, NBC News uncovered that influencers, including those on TikTok, are offered cheap cosmetic procedures in exchange for promotion, creating a dangerous plastic surgery feedback loop. Business of Fashion recently cautioned against the "casualizing" of injectables that happens on the platform, citing the dangers of unlicensed practitioners, counterfeit Botox, and botched procedures.
The surge in injectables and fillers isn't just risky from a medical perspective, it's also creating an unrealistic standard of "natural beauty," where the bulk of public-facing figure's beauty maintenance happens under the needle or knife rather than with the products they hawk on TikTok.
But in this moment, the "weird" beauty trends embracing the natural folds and contours of the face push back against the suffocating norms. Beetlejuice lips treat makeup as an art form rather than an obligation.
Tweet may have been deletedLast year, makeup artist Netta Szekely dusted gold eyeshadow over the wrinkles surrounding a model's eyes to the tune of 7.8 million views. Similarly, viral makeup creator Mei Pang experimented with layering color over the crinkles on her nose, earning nearly 16 million views and 2 million likes. Kalisz reposted her own version of the "Botox-repellent" eye makeup. Just last week, TikTok creator Buket Berçe Kobal pushed Beetlejuice lips even further, adding their own nose scrunch component.
"[The ubiquity of plastic surgery on TikTok] upsets me, because people have such unique features," said Roe. But Kalisz's corner of TikTok gives them hope. "There's another subset of makeup TikTok that's specific to those unique features, whether that is creases, acne, or hooded eyes. There's a lot of creators who do things you can aspire to because they look like you."
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The NFL began with a bang in the first round, and we're expecting more of the same in round two. The Minnesota Vikings were one of the most impressive sides from the first round of fixtures, beating the New York Giants comfortably. Can they secure another win against San Francisco 49ers?
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When is Vikings vs. 49ers?Minnesota Vikings vs. San Francisco 49ers starts at 1 p.m. ET on Sept. 15. This fixture takes place at the U.S. Bank Stadium.
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The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks both started the new NFL season with a victory, but the winning run can't continue into the second week of fixtures. Which side will secure their second win of the campaign? You can find out without spending anything.
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When is Patriots vs. Seahawks?New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks starts at 1 p.m. ET on Sept. 15. This fixture takes place at Gillette Stadium.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to gain momentum after their first-round victory, as they seek a historic Super Bowl three-peat. The problem with this mission is that every other NFL team will be desperate to overcome the defending champs, including the Cincinnati Bengals.
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When is Chiefs vs. Bengals?Kansas City Chiefs vs. Cincinnati Bengals starts at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sept. 15. This fixture takes place at Arrowhead Stadium.
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A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $99.95, saving you 49% on list price. With this limited-time deal you'll also get an extra three months at no additional cost, a whole year of unlimited cloud backup for free, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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The second round of NFL fixtures includes some really interesting matchups, including Denver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers. The Broncos lost in round one, but the Steelers looked strong in a win over the Falcons. Can they secure a second win of the season in Denver?
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When is Broncos vs. Steelers?Denver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers starts at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sept. 15. This fixture takes place at the Empower Field at Mile High.
How to watch Broncos vs. Steelers for freeDenver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers is available to live stream for free on 7plus.
7plus is geo-restricted to Australia, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Australia, meaning you can bypass geo-restrictions to access 7plus from anywhere in the world.
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There are a bunch of exciting Premier League fixtures this weekend, but Tottenham Hotspur vs. Arsenal is the standout game. The North London derby is always entertaining, and we're expecting a close contest between two strong sides.
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The Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams are both looking for their first win of the new NFL season. Both teams suffered disappointing defeats in the opening round of fixtures, but that's in the past. All that matters is the next game, and we're expecting an entertaining battle between two interesting teams.
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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.
Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on MashableBy providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for September 15 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for September 15 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: On the rocksThese words are served with ice.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explainedThe answers all relate to the Old Fashioned cocktail.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer todayToday's spangram is Oldfashioned.
Featured Video For You Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game NYT Strands word list for September 15Whiskey
Bitters
Oldfashioned
Sugar
Cherry
Water
Orange
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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.
If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for September 15's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once.
Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.
What's the best Wordle starting word?The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.
What happened to the Wordle archive?The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles used to be available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it. Unfortunately, it has since been taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times.
Is Wordle getting harder?It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.
SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for September 15 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:To occur again and again.
Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?There is one letter that appears twice.
Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...Today's Wordle starts with the letter R.
SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.
Drumroll please!
The solution to today's Wordle is...
RECUR.
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.
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