Life & Culture / NewsLife & Culture / NewsDimes Square is getting its own reality showRIPShareLink copied ✔️August 31, 2022August 31, 2022Text Günseli Yalcinkaya Dimes Square, the area that launched a thousand thinkpieces, has officially got its very own reality show. Dubbed the first-ever meme neighbourhood, it gained traction online earlier this year as the meeting place for the downtown New York scene, as well as a space for Extremely Online tastemakers and the ironic (or not) anti-woke intellectual movement. In the months since its stratospheric ascent, it spurred an eponymous theatre production and countless more thinkpieces, eventually landing its own location on Google Maps. As with all online trends, the cycle burns short and fast – and Dime Square’s latest dispatch, The Come Up, is perhaps the final nail in the coffin. Or is it? The show, which premieres in September, is described as an unscripted docuseries about six Gen Z New Yorkers who hustle and flirt and all the other things you’d expect from a reality show. Not to mention romantic shots of the cityscape and local hot spot Clandestino. The cast features model-performer Fernando Casablancas, fashion designer Taofeek Abijako, photographer Sophia Wilson, nightlife personality Ebon Gore, and actors Claude Shwartz and Ben Hard. We’re yet to see a trailer for the series, but if The Cut’s exclusive is anything to go by, we can expect to see a group “enchanted by naïve self-belief and serendipity” – a bizarre take on a location that’s so rooted in internet culture and post-irony. The Come Up will premiere on Freeform and Hulu in September Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThe internet wants women to stop acting like ‘birds’On TikTok, the word has become shorthand for being male-centred, prompting women to share their dating horror stories and unlearn their ‘bird’ behaviour before summertimeLife & CultureArts+CultureHow Prince almost ended up in The Fifth ElementOnFashionHow On and Loewe are shaping the future of footwear MusicThe 5 best songs from Drake’s new albums (plural) Film & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workFashionWhy is Americana everywhere right now?FashionThis subculture archive is fashion’s best kept secretLife & CultureIs veganism a privilege? BeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy