Four Loko
Every Generation Gets the Alcoholic Novelty Beverage It Deserves
Millennials had Four Loko. Gen Z—thanks to TikTok and the mechanics of accidental virality–has BuzzBallz.
I Tried to Recreate the Original Four Loko to Prepare for a Summer of Chaos
Using no more than three readily available ingredients, because Faux Loko is about living in the moment.
Bootleg Four Loko Is Being Sold in China as 'Lose Virginity Liquor'
Vendors and sellers operating on online shopping portals are marketing Loko under some pretty enticing logos: “Blackout in a can,” “deflowered wine”, and shi shen jiu, meaning “lose virginity liquor.”
Buckfast Easter Eggs Have Pissed Off the Church of Scotland
Buckfast is a tonic wine which, despite being made by monks, has essentially become Scotland’s equivalent of Four Loko, and is synonymous with teen binge-drinking and puking.
This Bartender Is Leading the Energy Drink Cocktail Revolution
The book has some super fucking crazy cocktail ingredients like placenta, breast milk, Adderall, antacid tablets, cough syrup, tabs of acid, poppers, and a delicate garnish of Pepto-Bismol, to name just a few.
Energy Drink-Guzzling Teens Are More Likely to Experience Brain Injuries
Researchers found that teenagers who had experienced a traumatic brain injury in the past year were seven times more likely to have consumed five or more energy drinks in the past week than teens who hadn’t had such injuries.
Watch Bowl Ethereal's "The Last Minute," Featuring Art-Metal Badass Pen Rollings
We talked to "math rock" OG Pen Rollings and his new partner Brian Metz about their new project Bowl Ethereal, drinking Four Loko for promo pics, and how defining yourself by your sexuality is dumb.
The Best Songs About Four Loko Ever of All Time
After yesterday's "FOUR LOKO IS GETTING BANNED" scare, we look back.
A Close Reading of DJ Khaled's Short Film 'No New Friends'
DJ Khaled has finally broken into the world of film, and it's nothing if not crazy and delusional.