This new “Bros Being Basic” Instagram account, which was just started two days ago but had already amassed quite the number of posts, is my new favorite thing ever. By the way, if you’re unclear ...

One of the tenants of “basicness” is (apparently) an affinity for stereotypical posts on Instagram of things like Starbucks lattes, nature shots and Healy Hall. For those of you who don’t know, ...

Going “back to basics” used to be a respectable, more simplistic approach to living — but in 2015, ‘basic’ took on a meaning the world had never known before. Suddenly, the five-letter word became a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In our new-age vocabulary, the word “basic” holds so much more meaning that just being something ...

Djo ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart, with his single “Basic Being Basic” climbing two places to the top of the list dated July 26. It marks the first airplay chart reign for ...

Basic bitches are ruining the simple joys of fall for the rest of us. I mean, now I can’t enjoy anything that a basic likes, like Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Lauren Conrad, for fear of being labeled as ...

“A postcard from Ribka’s bedroom” delivers truths — harsh and kind. “Can a truth even be harsh, kind, subjective or objective?” Ribka Desta asks. As she pens in her postcards, perhaps it is impossible ...

There’s a reason the ability to execute the fundamental skills of your trade is a frequent means of separating the wheat from the chaff on competitive reality shows. It’s a lot more challenging to ...

The “basic bitch”—the hypothetical mindless consumer of mass cultural distractions like pumpkin spice lattes, Lululemon, and old Celine bags—has haunted fashion for nearly a decade now, turning ...

“I think you’re scared of being basic,” Joe Keery says on the lead single “Basic Being Basic” from “The Crux,” the latest album from Keery’s musical project Djo. In a highly anticipated release and ...