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Brock Colyar

Features Writer, New York Magazine

Brock Colyar is a features writer at New York. In 2021, they launched are u coming?, a newsletter all about nightlife. They are also a recipient of the 2023 ASME Next Award for Journalists Under 30.

  1. are u coming?
    Straight-Boy Swooning Over the East Villains TikTok CrewGuess which one’s nickname is “Phantom Smoocher”?
  2. are u coming?
    A Tea-Spilling Lawsuit Upends a Hell’s Kitchen Gay ClubJust how woke can a megaclub hosting underwear parties really ever be?
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    The Monkeypox Vaccine Hunger Games Are OnEverybody’s angry, some are in denial, and … it’s hot out here.
  4. are u coming?
    You’re a Star on thecobrasnake.com!“It feels like 2007 again.”
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    They, Then and NowAsking for pronouns has become a social standard. Who is it serving?
  6. are u coming?
    Dancing for Days in DetroitA dispatch from the Movement Electronic Music Festival and its after-parties.
  7. are u coming?
    Susanne Bartsch Still Likes to FlirtShe has a new night at midtown’s most mega of new megaclubs.
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    Édouard Louis Wants You to Go Protest After Seeing His One-Man ShowThe French writer is frustrated with Americans.
  9. are u coming?
    Rockin’ Out With the Mayor and ‘Late-Night Dorinda’ at the New Hard Rock HotelDon’t expect Sid and Nancy; it’s pretty swanky.
  10. are u coming?
    LaQuan Smith’s Sky-High Popeyes Party Saved the Meh Gala“There’s better looks happening here.”
  11. are u coming?
    Michael R. Jackson Doesn’t Really Care How You React to A Strange LoopBut he’d love Tucker Carlson to come see it.
  12. are u coming?
    Passed Over at the Easter OrgyI finally visit NSFW, that members-only sex club for horny millennials.
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    Ocean Vuong Considers His Work ‘Badass Emo’“I don’t see the fame until it pounces on me, which literally happened the other day.”
  14. are u coming?
    Who Let the Hogs Out?Only March Madness could make grown men squeal like this.
  15. are u coming?
    Three Cosmos and a Poodle Dance With Candace BushnellAnd just like that … she tried to Irish exit.
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    The Bike Brigade on Three-Borough Sunday ‘Ride Out’“People see us two ways. Either Oh, wow, these talented guys wheelie-ing! Or Come on, get out of the way!”
  17. are u coming?
    Aly & AJ Turned Out More Than OkayA hangover-free night on the town with the former Disney pop stars.
  18. are u coming?
    Caroline Calloway’s Final Days in Her West Village StudioGood-bye to all that clout-chasing.
  19. are u coming?
    One Night in the StraightosphereI think Cara Delevingne got me kicked off the stage.
  20. are u coming?
    Marry Me (at the Club)Dateless at a possibly legal Valentine’s Day wedding with Frankie Jonas and Ivy Getty.
  21. are u coming?
    Meg Superstar Princess Wants to Be 2022’s Edie Sedgwick“I’m insufferable, but it’s feminist because it’s being real.”
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    We Spoke to Julia Fox About KanyeShe’s having fun.
  23. are u coming?
    ‘Back That Azz Up,’ Comrade!Partying with Lux magazine’s socialist feminists.
  24. are u coming?
    Making Blackout Content With Dating Influencer Serena KerriganTonight’s mistakes are tomorrow’s posts.
  25. are u coming?
    Tripping ’Til 10 a.m. With Hot Psychonaut-Therapist MommyYeah, I was out of my mind.
  26. are u coming?
    Where the Wild Things (and the Straights) AreOne night at House of X, the very Manhattan alter ego to Bushwick’s House of Yes.
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    Who’s Afraid of Podcast Provocateur Dasha Nekrasova?She’s on a hit HBO show and made a horror movie about Jeffrey Epstein. Are her days of niche fame over?
  28. are u coming?
    It’s an Actual NYC Frat Party“Picture a frat basement if it had an insecurity about being a New Yorker.”
  29. are u coming?
    Cigs Inside With Sebastián Faena and Gray Sorrenti (and Evan Mock)“We call ourselves the perfects.”
  30. are u coming?
    Kim Petras Will Survive Bette Midler’s Halloween GalaJell-O shots and mouthfuls of whipped cream with the pop star.
  31. are u coming?
    My Mingle With the Post-App SinglesIt’s actually kind of hard to flirt in person.
  32. are u coming?
    Sophia Lamar Has Seen the Likes of You BeforeThe nightlife veteran and former club kid is still hosting parties at Paul’s Casablanca.
  33. are u coming?
    Out With Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez, AOC’s Hot Li’l Bro“Sometimes you have to throw yourself to the wolves.”
  34. are u coming?
    It’s ‘It’-Girl Night at Kaitlin Phillips’s ApartmentThe writer–publicist–Twitter personality avoided me all evening.
  35. are u coming?
    Blockchain Bros and Crypto Socialites Came to Party“It’s like Pretty Woman meets The Great Gatsby, but with crypto.”
  36. fast times at tiktok high
    The Grown-up Hysteria Around TikTok’s Devious LicksThe hottest new teen trend is stealing from your school. But not everything you see on the internet is real.
  37. are u coming?
    Peak Fashion Week With Leah McSweeney and Kelly CutroneThings did get a little bit Real Housewives. But no tiki torches were thrown.
  38. are u coming?
    Inside the Boom Boom Room’s Met Gala After-PartyOlivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan, and Lorde let loose. Kinda.
  39. are u coming?
    In Just My Underwear in MidtownI finally made it to that new gay megaclub, the Q.
  40. are u coming?
    Dirty Bathwater at Le BainFrom the launch party to the after-party for the new downtown magazine for “hookers and truants.”
  41. are u coming?
    Finally, a Party for the GirlsAt Hot Honey, high femmes stripped through a hurricane.
  42. are u coming?
    Getting Swarmed by Mediocre Men With Serena ShahidiThe 21-year-old TikToker known as @glamdemon2004 goes barhopping downtown.
  43. the bigger picture
    As Seen on Riis BeachDancing, smoking, and playing all summer long at New York’s queerest seashore.
  44. are u coming?
    Getting Wet for a Good CauseOn a rooftop in Bed-Stuy, “Everybody’s making the rain look real good.”
  45. are u coming?
    Pose’s Jason Rodriguez Serves on the Papi Juice Dance FloorHis moves (and his butt) were the envy of the party.
  46. are u coming?
    12 Hours on the Hunt for Daddies in Fire IslandAn up-all-night trip to the Pines Party with no place to stay and an Instagay I barely knew.
  47. are u coming?
    Raving With Hot Goths in QueensBushwick meets Bridgerton meets Berghain meets the Baroque.
  48. are u coming?
    A Group Date With the Clubhouse-Famous ‘NYU Girls Roasting Tech Guys’On the hunt for post-lockdown love matches (and brand extensions).
  49. are u coming?
    Caroline Calloway Will Paint You at Her PartyIs the Russian Samovar the new China Chalet?
  50. are u coming?
    Symone’s Night With (or At Least Near) MadonnaThe Drag Race winner’s glitzy first Pride in New York.
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