2025 Cultural Hits and Misses

Our final Boston Matrix of the year!

Dec 17, 2025

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Welcome to our final Boston Matrix of the year. We were tempted to do a Boston Matrix mapping all of our Boston Matrixes but thought that might be a bit too gaze-y!! But we couldn’t end 2025 without pulling together the ultimate cultural matrix; mapping everything from the Labubu craze and the West End Girl shocker, to the frankly dystopian Katy Perry space trip, the fever dream of And Just Like That, Flag-Gate, Alan Carr winning Celebrity Traitors and much, much more.

And because this isn’t just about us, we didn’t rely on instinct alone. We spoke to cultural experts across media, fashion and youth culture to pressure-test the matrix and share the moments they couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

Thanks for joining us on our Substack journey this year! Can’t wait for more in 2026!

Lucinda and Nina x

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