After a regrettable incident when he clicked a link that included the word ‘hardcore’ while allegedly “researching a solid sub-base for his garden shed,” UTC was understandably twitchy when he received news of a new craze called Barbiecore.
There was no need for him to reach for his high blood pressure pills, though. It turns out Barbiecore is just a trend for all things pink – the hotter the better, apparently – and is all the fault of a new live action movie hitting cinemas this month based on Mattel’s fashion doll, Barbie. You may have heard about it.
It is also, as Under The Counter discovered after a concerted bout of googling, “a more kid-friendly version of its adult, jaded sister Bubblegum Bitch”. Which is itself not to be confused with Bimbocore. The Auld Boy could sense he was now very close to getting in a spot of Barbie-related bother, and not for the first time.
You see, UTC’s big sister was a proud Barbie owner when he was a nipper and she handed (or indeed footed) the young Auld Boy a righteous scheme booting after he inserted said doll into an oven, which – at gas mark seven – was hotter than the hottest pink. On the plus side, the doll’s demise secretly pleased UTC’s mother no end, as she prudishly disapproved of Barbie’s somewhat shapely figure.
At any rate, Under The Counter was in no rush to book tickets for Barbie the movie – until he discovered Margot Robbie was starring. However, it transpired that Mrs UTC had already arranged a trip to the cinema – after she found out Ryan Gosling was playing Ken.
