The next YouTube phenomenon hitting the big screen

June 6, 2026 David Pierce

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 131, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy last week of productivity before the World Cup starts, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I've been reading about the World Cup and peptides and parasocial media, catching up on Clarkson's Farm ahead of the new season, buying literally every single new item in The Verge Shop, watching so so so many BTS concert clips on my social feeds, brainstorming ways to resurrect my old Facebook Portal, testing Spokenly to see if it's the dictation app for me, and ponying …

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