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Tuesday 8th September 2026

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Music News 🎵

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Taylor Swift Returns To Country Radio's Top Spot

Taylor Swift has landed back at number one on the country radio chart, and it is a proper full circle moment. It has been thirteen years since she first topped that same chart, right back when country music is where her career began. Landing at number one again after all this time shows just how strong those early songs still are. It also proves that sometimes going back to where you started is just as exciting as anything new. A chart record like this does not come around often, especially not over a thirteen year gap. Here's hoping this is the start of Taylor spending a lot more time on the country airwaves again.

via American Songwriter

Olivia Rodrigo Breaks Her Own Chart Record

Olivia Rodrigo has done something only the very best manage, she has broken her own record by returning straight back to the top of the chart. It is not the first time she's hit number one, but doing it again and beating her previous best makes this feel extra special. Breaking your own record means the only person you are really competing with is past you, and Olivia keeps winning that particular battle. It says a lot about how much her music keeps connecting with people, long after it first comes out. Chart records like this do not happen by accident, they take serious staying power. Keep watching the charts, because at this rate Olivia might just keep rewriting her own history book.

via Forbes

KATSEYE Launch Two New Hershey's Chocolate Bars

KATSEYE have swapped the stage for the sweet shop with a brand new team up with Hershey's. The group have launched two new chocolate bars, a salted caramel flavour and an affogato creme one, which brings a coffee shop twist to your snack drawer. It is the kind of collaboration that turns an ordinary chocolate aisle into a proper fan moment, with KATSEYE's name front and centre on the packaging. Food collabs like this are a big deal for artists, because they reach fans in places a song or a tour never could. It shows just how big KATSEYE have become, with brands like Hershey's keen to work with them. Next time you are picking a chocolate bar, keep your eyes peeled, because KATSEYE might just be smiling back at you from the shelf.

via That Eric Alper

🎧 Poppie's Song of the Day Die On This Hill – Sienna Spiro (still the editor's pick!)
Poppie's Gym Class 🤸 · one lesson a day

Today's Lesson: The Needle

real Poppie words

Warm up first

  1. Warm up your legs really well (star jumps or running on the spot) because the needle is a big stretch. Work on a soft mat.
  2. Stand next to a wall or a sturdy chair you can hold on to for balance.

Get the shape

  1. The needle is the scorpion with a straight leg, so get your scorpion first (Lesson 9), then work on straightening that lifted leg all the way up.
  2. It's a standing split: you stand on one leg and lift the other leg up straight behind you, folding your body down toward your standing leg.
  3. Hold your chair or the wall, or put your hands on the floor in front of your standing foot.

Ease into it

  1. Fold forward over your standing leg and float your back leg up behind you, only as high as feels like a gentle stretch, never a sharp pain.
  2. Keep both legs straight and point your toes. Come up slowly, then do the other side. Always both.

Get higher over time

  1. The needle takes weeks and needs strong splits first, so keep working your splits too (that's Lesson 5!).
  2. A tiny bit higher each time is exactly right. Hold on until your balance feels safe, then try letting go for just a moment.

Coach's tip: hold on to something while you learn, do both sides, little and often. And always warm up first! 💜

Yesterday's lesson: The Scorpion. Every lesson stays safe in the archive

Poppie's Kitchen 🍳

Recipe 5: Homemade Burgers

real Poppie words

Before you start

  1. Wash your hands.
  2. Get everything out: beef mince (about a handful and a half per burger), salt and pepper, burger buns, and your favourite fillings: cheese, lettuce, tomato, whatever you like.

Make the patties

  1. Put the mince in a bowl with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Squish it together with your hands just enough to mix it. Don't overwork it or the burgers go tough.
  2. Split it into balls, one per burger, then flatten each into a patty a bit wider than your bun, because they shrink when they cook. Press a little dip in the middle with your thumb so it cooks flat, not like a football.

Cook them

  1. Heat a pan or the barbecue to medium-high. A little oil on the patty, not the pan: same trick as a steak.
  2. Patty on, and now leave it ALONE. Don't press it and don't keep moving it. About 3 to 4 minutes each side until it's cooked all the way through. Burgers need no pink in the middle, that's important.
  3. If you want cheese, lay a slice on top for the last minute so it melts.

Build it

  1. Toast the buns for a few seconds cut-side down in the pan while the burger has a little rest. A warm bun is a happy bun.
  2. Build it up: bottom bun, sauce, burger, cheese, then your salad on top so it doesn't make the bun soggy, and the lid on.

Chef's tip: press a little dip in the middle of each patty and don't squash it in the pan. Squashing pushes all the juice out, and dry burgers are sad burgers. 🍔

Coming soon from Poppie's Kitchen: lasagne · Caesar salad · avocado toast with a sunny-side-up egg

Funny Story of the Day 😄

Teen's Coconut Fungi Cleans Up The Sea

A teenager has discovered that fungi grown on coconuts can filter plastic and sunscreen pollution out of seawater, and it won them a science fair too. Turns out the answer to cleaner oceans might just be a coconut mushroom. Genius.

via www.goodnewsnetwork.org