Life & Culture / NewsLife & Culture / NewsDimes Square is getting its own reality showRIPShareLink copied ✔️August 31, 2022August 31, 2022TextGünseli 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.READ MOREIs a new gambling trend driving us toward armageddon?The new relationship dealbreaker: using ChatGPT Dsquared2Dsquared2 turns up the Heated Rivalry at Milan Fashion WeekListen to Tilda Swinton, Mark Ronson and more on Jefferson Hack’s podcastOpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s plan to put AI inside our mindsWant to take a stand against ICE? Here’s how to minimise risk How to date when... you’re chasing your dreamsYoung people are leading a snail mail revivalGrok: Is it possible to escape getting ‘undressed’ by Elon Musk’s AI?Björk slams Trump, Denmark and colonialismA list of very serious pop culture predictions for 2026Our most-read sex and relationships stories of 2025Escape 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