Let’s rewind for a sec. Twitter (now known as X) bought Vine before it even launched in 2012, dropping $30 million on the idea that people would want to make and watch six-second looping videos.

The complicated answer is that this all started back on Vine, the now-defunct, short-form video platform that predated TikTok. SEE ALSO: Vine is dead. Let's keep it that way. But first ...

Listen to VOWER’s new single Deadweight, ahead of the band’s summer festival appearances at the likes of Download and 2000trees. Following last year’s debut EP apricity, VOWER have just ...