FKT, WR? NGAF


Nobody gives a fuck about your FKT or World Record.

Nobody gives a fuck about your FKT or World Record.
Seriously. Both are stunts on a continuum.

In Before Times, a John Muir Trail FKT was the Holy Grail. Sometime in the 90s Blake Wood did it out of curiosity, having backpacked it with his dad over ten times as a teen. Fast forward to now. Why anyone would want to race thru spectacular Sierra topography is beyond me. But they do.

There have been some hilarious misfires on JMT FKT's, one noted here.

Actual races, on a defined course, with a disinterested party running the clock is where bullshit gets taken to the woodshed. This is also where the Last Man Standing idea is brutally savage.

World Records are a different animal. Like how many London cabs can you jump over with a pogo stick sort of thing. Things you can argue about while drinking.

The Guardian keeps an eye on this.

Sharp minds have seen ways to game that genre. World Records are a personal obsession that is bent to monetizing a brand. And in today's retardo attention economy, that's all that counts.

Most of us don't have the deep financial resources to pursue this goal. You know-- take time off from work, sideline your family, etc. But if that's what you want to do, to get attention or financial benefit, go ahead. 

Basically you're a bald man scrambling for a comb.

Meanwhile, Shakira blew the doors off the World Record machine. TYVM Rolling Stone.

Guinness World Record Titles Held by Shakira Thanks to “BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 53″:

  • 1. Most streamed Latin track on Spotify in 24 hours
  • 2. Most viewed Latin track on YouTube in 24 hours
  • 3. Fastest Latin track to reach 100 million views on YouTube
  • 4. Most streamed Latin track on Spotify in one week
  • 5. First female vocalist to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with a Spanish-language track
  • 6. Most No.1s on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart by a female artist
  • 7. First female artist to replace herself at No.1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart
  • 8. Most cumulative weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart by a female artist
  • 9. Most Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart by a female artist
  • 10. Most Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart by a female artist
  • 11. Most No.1s on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart by a female artist
  • 12. Most Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart by a female artist
  • 13. Most No.1s on Billboard’s Latin Digital Song Sales chart
  • 14. Most Billboard charts topped by a Spanish-language track by a female artist
 Hips don't lie.
 


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