{"id":2341,"date":"2025-06-06T00:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/lurker-trailer-zack-fox-kenny-beats-music-1235990702\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:50:23","slug":"lurker-trailer-zack-fox-kenny-beats-music-1235990702","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/lurker-trailer-zack-fox-kenny-beats-music-1235990702\/","title":{"rendered":"When Standom Goes Wrong: Watch First Trailer for \u2018Lurker,\u2019 Following One Pop Star\u2019s Obsessed\u00a0Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\u201cWhat\u2019s the difference between love and obsession?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStans\u201d have become a source of heated discussion over recent years, as some fan accounts on social media have infamously harassed, stalked or doxxed whoever dares go against their faves. Eminem, who invented the term with his 2000 hit of the same name, premiered<\/a> the documentary STANS<\/em> at SXSW London earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd now there\u2019s a film about standom in the digital age. Written and directed by former music journalist Alex Russell (The Bear,<\/em> Beef<\/em>) in his directorial debut, and starring Archie Madekwe (Saltburn<\/em>, Midsommar<\/em>), Th\u00e9odore Pellerin (Becoming Karl Lagerfeld<\/em>, Beau is Afraid<\/em>), Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms<\/em>), Daniel Zolghadri (Y2K<\/em>),\u00a0Sunny Suljic (mid90s<\/em>) and Zack Fox<\/a> (Abbott Elementary<\/em>) \u2014 with original songs composed by Kenny Beats<\/a> \u2014 Lurker<\/em> is a psychological thriller about a retail clerk loner who jumps at the chance to befriend a rising pop star. But as Oliver (Madekwe) starts to blow up and go mainstream, his circle grows smaller, leading to Matthew (Pellerin) finding himself on the outside looking in and having to prove himself as more than just a hanger-on.<\/p>\n

\n\tRussell told Variety<\/a><\/em> that he wrote the film during the COVID lockdown of 2020 and admitted that he didn\u2019t know what he was doing in terms of figuring out how to direct the movie, but he\u2019s happy with the results. He also said he pulled inspiration from the clout-chasing that goes on in places like L.A., where people are thirsty to be part of celebrity entourages.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s the large joke of the movie,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cWhat is the point of this sort of inter-competitive nature in this hierarchy of boys? Obviously this is dramatized, and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve actually seen any of the stuff in this movie [happen], but it\u2019s within the realm of possibility. I\u2019ve heard people say, \u2018This is the realest thing ever,\u2019 and I\u2019ve also heard, \u2018This is so unbelievable.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, then you don\u2019t know this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYou can check out the trailer below before the film hits theaters on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n

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