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opinions are mine and probably correct. senior music reporter @thisisinsider @businessinsider 👽🎧 proud member of @insiderunion 🪧🫶🏻

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@callieahlgrim
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2 years
phoebe bridgers brought out arlo parks at coachella to sing “graceland too” (which she called a “love song”) 🥲
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listen i knew i was playing with fire with this one but i stand by it
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2 years
Insider pick “All Up In Your Mind” as the “weakest song” on Beyoncé’s #RENAISSANCE : “but it's still better than anything on 30.”
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3 years
takeaways from the VMA noms yesterday include: rly sick of award shows throwing BTS some scraps and pretending like that's enough! and where tf are tyler's flowers for being one of the most consistently interesting visual artists working today❔❕
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4 years
so many directioners in my DMs like “how dare u have the AUDACITY to PREFER ONE ALBUM OVER ANOTHER” ...it’s incredibly Toxic to think u can’t critique or dislike anything your faves do! i hope y’all find peace! and in the meantime thanks for the clicks xo
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2 years
harry edward styles saying with his whole chest “to boyfriends everywhere: fuck you”
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4 years
lose you to love me.......motivation........watermelon sugar.........you should be sad..........physical.......we were served some ICONIC visuals over the past year and the VMAS said "................anyway, justin bieber deserves artist of the year"
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1 year
she walked so barbie could run
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3 years
not to be a simp but this might be the cutest shit i’ve ever read
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
“what you wrote it’s your personal opinion not FACTS.” yes. correct
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1 year
I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS!!!!!!!
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@swifferupdates
Taylor Swift Updates 🩶
1 year
📲| Michelle Zauner of @Jbrekkie recounts meeting @taylorswift13 in line for a drink at Grammys afterparty! When Zauner asked her if "Isn't that just so pretty to think" in Invisible String is Hemingway reference, Taylor responded "Okay english major!"
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5 years
angel bb ashley 🎨🦋🍊
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5 years
shed real tears tn like it was 2015 again. it really do be like that sometimes 🌈 @halsey
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4 years
halsey's Manic deserves an AOTY nomination but yall aren't ready for that conversation
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
not tryna wade too deep into this discourse but can we at least acknowledge that 90% of the time “you shouldn’t speculate about someone’s sexuality” is just code for “i think straight is the default”
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
bonded over our mutual love of @Harry_Styles wearing floral suits
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
good morning, come down the rabbit hole with me and read my gay analysis of taylor swift's brilliant, nuanced, very deliberately worded music 🪩🏙️👗🏹🤠
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
i just brought this up with my family and when i said timothée chalamet my dad said “good he can use his jawline to cut the turkey”
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If you could have any 4 celebrities over for Thanksgiving dinner, who would you pick and why?
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5 years
@maggierogers @KaceyMusgraves @halsey @HalseyInsiders @ArianaGrande @MarinaDiamandis @theweeknd JUSTICE FOR "RIBS," ALWAYS!!! @lorde thank u for writing a song that raised my generation 🥺
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2 years
i just met taylor swift and she called me beautiful goodbye!!!!!!!!!!
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4 years
thank u
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Callie Ahlgrim
3 years
a little while ago, i had the honor of interviewing @Tinashe after her concert in nyc and we talked about everything from britney spears to multiverses. she's had such an incredible year and i'm so glad for the opportunity to celebrate it!
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
naturally, #positions took its rightful place on my roundup of the best female albums of 2020 (alongside other October releases like BLACKPINK’s The Album and @beamiller ’s Elated!)
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Callie Ahlgrim
3 years
I had the privilege of speaking with Maya Thompson ( @rockstarronan ), whose son inspired Taylor Swift's saddest song maybe ever. "Ronan" has finally received a wide release with #RedTaylorsVersion & I'm so glad more fans will hear this family's story.
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Callie Ahlgrim
3 years
many thanks to @ColinTilley and @jameeranta for telling me about their hard work on 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' (now streaming on @hbomax ) & what it took to bring @halsey 's stunning, complex vision to life❤️‍🔥⚔️
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
back in May, i asked @TAYLAPARX about working on Normani's album, because i want it SO much. it came up again when i spoke to her in Sept, and she seemed to imply it's close to being done... i have decided to torture everyone else w this information too
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1 year
point n shoot photos from last night are giving big manic energy *:・゚✧ @halsey @NJPAC
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6 years
@pottermore pls tell me how dumbledore ages so much in 11 years
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1 year
she literally told us she didn’t want to marry that man like five minutes ago can yall relax
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2 years
here they are singing “i know the end” 🥵
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
love this reader's reaction - so nicely worded. we all love finding connective themes and narratives in taylor's discography, and her queer fans are simply more attuned to certain motifs 💌
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
good morning, come down the rabbit hole with me and read my gay analysis of taylor swift's brilliant, nuanced, very deliberately worded music 🪩🏙️👗🏹🤠
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Callie Ahlgrim
3 years
the feminine urge to drape your jacket over literally any piece of furniture instead of taking the extra five seconds to hang it up in your closet
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
for two powerful men to literally hold taylor swift's music hostage unless she "stops talking about them" means they feel really fucking threatened by her stature and influence, which would be almost cute if it wasn't so gross!
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
pleased to present Insider's best albums of 2022! fair warning this list is for the girlies 💅 🥇 @Beyonce Renaissance 🥈 @maggierogers Surrender 🥉 @rosalia Motomami 4⃣ @florencemachine Dance Fever 5⃣ @sza SOS full ranking here ⬇️
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5 years
spectral bb ashley on shitty disposable film 🛸
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4 years
blackpink? in 𝘮𝘺 area? it’s more likely than u think 🤔 🖤💗 special thanks to @haasch_palmer and @inyoung_choi_ for joining me to review this dizzying, gloriously bitchy album. if ur mad, stay mad! we’re not alike!!!!!!
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
also, obviously no artist deserves to be swindled at a young age by an unfair contract and refused the right to perform their own music, but it feels particularly unfair for taylor swift since her WHOLE THING is deeply personal music that she has always written herself
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2 years
to clarify: if someone has never said “i am straight” and you assume they’re straight then that’s still speculation babe :)
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Callie Ahlgrim
3 years
i had the pleasuring of asking @KianaLede about growth, collaboration, and her new era of music 🤍 "I want this to be the most powerful album that I've made," she said. "I know who I am in this moment."
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Callie Ahlgrim
1 year
a lil more than 3 years ago i was trying to get the music beat at @thisisinsider off the ground and i wrote this essay about my favorite artist. now i am the senior music reporter and omw to coachella to cover his headline performance. feeling very 🫶🏻💫🧿
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
in honor of #manicthealbum I dove deep into the discography of my true luv @halsey 👻💌🍊 agonized over labeling any of her songs "the worst," but did what needed to be done! concluded that "Killing Boys" is a masterpiece and "Sorry" wants what "929" has
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Callie Ahlgrim
3 years
just wanna say i’ve been listening to miley’s “attention” all afternoon and i stand by every word in this article, however, the live versions of “4x4” “bangerz” and “23” are SO MUCH BETTER wtf
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2 years
"beyoncé is stuck in traffic"
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5 years
ASAP rocky with painted nails........it’s a yes from me
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aripalooza on film 👼🏼🌫 @ArianaGrande
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it's nice when the person we've all chose to idolize totally validates that choice
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4 years
the only two times this year I’ve felt pure joy
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
i'm so excited about this series!!!!! @cnlarocca has worked tirelessly to organize this multi-layered love letter to the past decade's defining artists. first up: @Adele by @kevinpokeeffe 💭✨☄️
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
iconic behavior from harry styles and shania twain at coachella. let’s go girls!
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2 years
@poeticdweller “i thought u into my life / woah! look at my mind” - ariana grande
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
i chatted with the lovely @johnlegend about his new music (he always asks @chrissyteigen to weigh in), jason momoa (why not), and any married life advice he gave his fellow professional husband @nickjonas (john said "he seems to respect priyanka so much" and i teared up a lil) 👇🏼
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. @johnlegend says Jason Momoa should be the next #SexiestManAlive because people on Twitter said the 'Aquaman' star should've gotten it instead
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i’m so excited to brag about this deep-dive into tiktok as a tool for music discovery & resurrection. it's fascinating to see creators breathe new life into old songs & @taylotyson worked tirelessly to turn that data into a visual experience 📈💌📲🫧
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What song FEELS like a #1 hit, but isn’t?
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it’s what she deserves!
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. @billboard crowns "Thank u, next" as the best album of 2019
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3 years
i had lunch with the lovely @gusdapperton and we covered everything from his origin story in upstate ny — blasting taylor swift's "love story" in the car, idolizing odd future, creating several stage names — to his upcoming "orca" tour and new album 🍣🌱🎸
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5 years
me: wow so many good movies this decade so hard to pick a favorite my brain: u better lawyer up, asshole me: what my brain: cause i'm not coming back for 50 percent me: my brain: i'm coming back for 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰
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3 years
allow me to present: harry styles teasing a couple who went to harryween together 2 weeks after breaking up
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7 years
me watching my own snapchat story
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8 months
i have no words, just immeasurable grief and respect for all my colleagues laid off today, especially those on my own team. i love this job and i want to believe in the future of media but it's so hard on days like this
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Max Tani
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In an internal email this morning, Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng announced that the company is laying off 8% of its staff
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4 years
if u also forgot about the time john mayer said he wanted to "forcefully sodomize" a magazine editor, or about the time (along w casually throwing out the n-word) he literally compared his dick to the KKK grand wizard david duke, then this one's for you!
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3 years
if ur in the mood to open up the dirty window, feel the rain on ur skin, etc, @natashabdnfield recently told me the whole story behind "unwritten" and how she became pop's favorite positive songwriter. special appearance from genius cowriter @danibris 🌧️🥲
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Callie Ahlgrim
2 years
thrilled to share i’ve been promoted to senior music reporter at @thisisinsider 😊 lots of cool stuff coming down the pike so for now i’ll just say i’m thankful for my editor @cnlarocca & my inspiring colleagues & any musician who’s ever indulged my niche q’s about tracklisting
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Callie Ahlgrim
6 years
this intro paragraph by @sbstryker is ICONIC and speaks to me as a pop culture writer / kardashian enthusiast. buzzfeed is not the devil, WE ALL ARE
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4 years
there’s nothing like a mad woman
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
to me it seems wild there are people who say cancel culture is “out of control” or whatever when chris brown, dr luke, louis ck, tekashi 6ix9ine, and xxxtentacion all still have fans and careers that are truly thriving
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3 years
whether you’re a lifelong all too well stan or a new traveler on this treacherous slope, I hope you’ll enjoy this extensive interactive guide to every song on #RedTaylorsVersion — a huge collab with Insider’s brilliant graphics team 🧣👠🎸🍷🚘💄☎️ ❤️
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5 years
ive been working on this for months and she's finally here! most "best music of the decade" lists have been group efforts so it was a real undertaking writing this all myself. i switched songs around so many times. that being said, i love my own opinions🙃
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Callie Ahlgrim
5 years
i chatted with @LilNasX yesterday about #rodeo and dolly parton and his wholesome version of a splurge and whether or not he honestly expected "old town road" to win a grammy (he did, as did i) 🤠🎳🐎
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
lots and lots and lots going on with this glorious album so i tried to unpack it as best I could 🌿🧚🏼‍♂️🍄 was left with an overwhelming sense of writer’s envy and gratitude that @taylorswift13 gave us her best album yet 😌 #folklore
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3 years
been using "do you read barstool" as my primary 🚩🚩🚩 question on dates for years now, this absolutely tracks
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2 years
very excited to share my interview with @NoahKahan 🍂who has made one of my favorite albums of the year and it's finally out tomorrow!! i can't wait for everyone to hear it and cry during 'come over'
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3 years
“easy on me” snippet!! thank u queen ⁦ @Adele
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3 years
i love my job and i love my 300+ coworkers who have banded together to uplift each other, protect what we've built, and keep getting better every day. @InsiderUnion 4ever and ever!!!! 🥳✊
@InsiderUnion
Insider Union ✊
3 years
✊ The @thisisinsider / @BusinessInsider US editorial staff have organized one of the largest @nyguild union drives for a digital media company to secure what we've built and strengthen it. Here's why 300+ members of our newsroom are taking this step.
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we all know @finneas is a world class producer but i am consistently struck by the confidence and wit of his songwriting, so i wanted to pay homage to that in my Optimist review. “around my neck” is my favorite but “love is pain” made me cry
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8 years
just so we're clear, when Trump says "I want to focus on important issues," he's saying that sexism/violence against women aren't important
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1 year
the cruelty and blatant homophobia in the swiftie fandom is so antithetical to everything taylor expresses in her music. disagreeing with a writer's opinion does not give you the license to harass them, full stop.
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been working on this one for a while - and by that I mean, threw all these songs into a chaotic playlist & listened on a neverending loop & enjoyed every second of it 😌🎧 feat @rinasawayama @chloexhalle @ashemusic @heyamine & more 🏆
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6 years
hi hello I wrote that article and I am .............dead
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3 years
if u mention “work and sacrifices” in an instagram caption about a 1.5 year long relationship i’m just gonna go ahead and assume ur both miserable
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2 years
❤️reading comprehension❤️
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@_dariussimpson ‘i am exhausted, i am exhausted— pillar of white in a blackout of knives. i am the magician's girl who does not flinch.’ (sylvia ❤️)
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Callie Ahlgrim
4 years
the one and only @iamjojo told me all about making her sultry new album #GoodtoKnow and, bts, was kind enough to field all my childhood questions about the iconic lewks in the "Baby It's You" music video 🥺👑 read her @thisisinsider feature here:
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to be clear, I think plastic surgery is a personal thing and no one should question or judge your cosmetic decisions. ... but also HOW did we all collectively decide to let Kendall Jenner slip under the radar w those obvious ass lip injections after giving Kylie so much shit
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lest we forget that Kelly Preston is one of history’s most iconic movie moms & a steady grounding force of early 2000s coming of age cinema. ❤️
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what if your job is to write about taylor swift so you're professionally employed as a swiftie? loophole 🥲
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mirrorball 🪩 TODAY
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you’re either a swiftie or you’re employed, you cannot be both
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i’m begging for a crumb of media comprehension
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1 year
me on the fourth of july: me when the white house stands with @InsiderUnion : 🇺🇸🥳🇺🇸🍾🇺🇸🕺🏻🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🤍🇺🇸💙🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🧎🏻‍♀️
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bryan metzger
1 year
SCOOP for @BizOutsiderPub : The White House has apologized to @InsiderUnion for crossing our picket line — and is offering its support to striking workers at Insider, Gannett, and @ThePUPNews .
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Selena release Dance Again as a single challenge
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