Kanye’s name change launched a Radio 1 rebrand
Kanye West had filed to formally change his name to Ye.
Scott and Chris first had to settle the pronunciation.
Was it “yay”?
Or “yee”?
Listeners with extensive Kardashian knowledge quickly supplied the answer.
Then came the more important question.
If Kanye could simply rebrand himself, why could everybody else not do the same for one day?
The programme invited listeners to remove letters, reverse names or create something completely new.
Normal names became increasingly ridiculous
Latoya became La.
Jessica became Ica.
Aaron became Ron.
Greg became Egg.
Thomas became Mass.
Richard reduced himself to an unfortunate final syllable.
Mark was reversed.
Email signatures were changed.
Work colleagues were confused.
The challenge was deliberately pointless but surprisingly popular.
People apparently liked being given permission to rename themselves for one afternoon.
Scott and Chris briefly considered shortening their own identities to match the new Ye-style minimalism.
Thirteen-year-old Millie explained the Nessa Barrett drama
Tune of the Week was Nessa Barrett’s I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead.
Scott knew there was TikTok relationship drama around the artist.
He did not understand it.
So the show found somebody who did.
Millie, aged 13 and almost 14, joined to “spill the tea”.
Her explanation involved Nessa Barrett, Jaden Hossler, Josh Richards and Mads Lewis.
The four TikTok personalities had been connected through relationships and friendships.
Nessa and Jaden then collaborated musically.
According to the online drama Millie described, that collaboration became a relationship and the original couples fell apart.
Scott repeatedly stopped the explanation simply to confirm which person was dating whom.
The manager detail sounded very Scott Mills
Millie’s version of events included the claim that Nessa had involved a manager in delivering some of the awkward relationship communication.
Scott immediately recognised the instinct.
If he had possessed a manager at 19 and needed to have an uncomfortable breakup conversation, he admitted he would absolutely have tried outsourcing it.
Chris pointed out that this was not necessarily the lesson a 13-year-old should take from the situation.
Millie remained far more confident about the entire chronology than either presenter.
Joel Corry: The Musical deserved another listen
The programme also returned to a Lolathon creation.
A group of schoolchildren had made Joel Corry: The Musical for Comic Relief earlier in the year.
Scott and Chris replayed part of the production and realised they may not have given the children enough credit at the time.
The project had been surprisingly elaborate.
Listeners were still requesting it months later.
What had begun as a deliberately silly Lolathon commission had acquired its own fanbase.
Granny Tinder considered a gamer
Lynette returned with another profile.
Ash, a video-game streamer, described himself as somebody who played games for a living but would not play games with your heart.
His interests included getting free products, Fortnite and pranks.
Lynette disliked the prank element.
Scott and Chris tried to sell her on gaming as a proper modern career.
They even promised to teach her Call of Duty over lunch.
Lynette was sceptical but eventually allowed Ash a right swipe.
The grandmother who once needed Tinder explained to her was now discussing gaming-streamer economics on Radio 1.
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