Anything Goes With Emma Chamberlain

this is the first episode of anything goes of 2025, and in honor of the year ahead of us, today i'm going to be sharing what i think is going to be “in” this year, and what i think is going to be “out” this year.

about a year ago, i predicted the boat shoe trend. since then, i've been chasing that feeling - the feeling of predicting a trend and then seeing it in the real world. so today i’m going to share with you my 2025 fashion trend predictions.

recently, i've found myself obsessing over a hypothesis i have. i hypothesize that people hate famous people now more than ever in history. let me share with you what i've observed in the world, and what brought me here.

hello and welcome back to advice session, a series on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today’s topic is what to do when you’re stuck in a rut.

every few months, i get a craving to sit down and discuss the stuff that i like, because my opinions are constantly changing. every few months i have a brand new list of things that i like. so without further ado, let me share this list with you.

today i'm going to tell you a story about something that happened to me a few weeks ago. it was so traumatic that i completely blocked it out, up until today. you're going to judge me, because this story is mortifying.

i’ve noticed something about us as a society: we really know how to ruin a good thing. i have a list of approximately 20 things that actually are good that have been completely destroyed by us, and today i’m going to go through that list.

welcome back to advice session, a series on anything goes where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today’s topic is standards. sometimes our standards are too high, sometimes they’re too low, and when we’re lucky, sometimes they fall somewhere in between.

welcome back to another edition of trendy or timeless. over the past week, i've gotten caught up in current fashion and i've noticed a lot of trends. so today, i want to analyze the trends that are on the runway now and discuss whether i think they're trendy or timeless.

i'm a closeted hater. no one knows how much of a hater i am. in fact, the majority of the hating goes on in the privacy of my own mind, and no one even knows it's happening. it's starting to bum me out, and it's just not a good head space to exist in. so i've decided that today, i'm gonna go on the internet, and i'm gonna figure out how to stop being a hater.

in the last episode, we discussed how sometimes i can be a little bit of a hater. so today i had an idea to retrain my brain - find things that i hate unfairly, and then find something nice to say about them.

hello and welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. and today's topic is sex. which means if you're one of my family members, turn this off.

a few months ago, i cut my hair really, really short - shorter than i ever have before. since then, one of my favorite topics of conversation has been my haircut. but unfortunately, i don’t get to talk about it that much. today i’m going to let myself indulge.

quitting nicotine has made me realize just how intense my oral fixation is - i might have the worst one i’ve ever seen. so today, i thought it’d be fun to go through every single oral fixation i’ve had throughout my life and break them down with you.

about two years ago, i made an episode where i explained my daily routine. my routine has changed a bit and i think it’s time to do it again. so today, i’m going to share my current routine in unnecessary detail.

welcome back to "advice session", a series here on anything goes where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today’s topic is how to face moral dilemmas.

you want to know what absolutely terrifies me? the permanence of the internet. i am tortured by it. but at the same time, i know it’s just something i have to deal with as a public figure who documents their life online. maybe it affects me more than the average person, but i really think this is something most people in the 21st century - especially my generation - struggle with. let me tell you why the permanence of the internet keeps me up at night.

i have been a bit too nice for a bit too long, you guys, so today i’m gonna be a hater. i won’t be hating on people today though, i'm hating on fashion. today, i'm gonna be sharing with you my fashion pet peeves.

how do you feel when you see an inspirational quote? let me guess: uninspired. they’re cringe, overplayed, pretentious, cliché. but i think we need inspirational quotes. today, i’m going to go on pinterest and analyze some inspirational quotes with fresh eyes.

hey there and welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and I give you my unprofessional advice. today’s topics are failure, work ethic and perfectionism.

the moral dilemma that i'm faced with most often is whether or not to choose convenience. i started to notice that the hyper-convenient choices that used to be my default were actually making me feel depressed, isolated, and unhealthy. so i decided to reintroduce inconvenience into my life, and today i'm going to share some examples with you.

i’m someone who absolutely loves hacking my life. i’m always on the lookout for ways to be more efficient with my time - it’s basically a hobby at this point. so today i’m sharing some of my favorite life hacks - the ones that actually work and make a difference in my life.

today i’m going to be sharing with you what i think are the greatest songs of all time. music is very polarizing, and i know i might sound pretentious, i might sound cringe, and i might change my mind, but i’m going to share my list anyway.

hello and welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today, we're gonna be discussing very complex figures in our lives: our exes.

it was announced about a month ago that i’m going to be acting in my first movie, and this is a massive plot twist in my life. i was so closed off to the idea of acting that i said i’d never do it. so what happened? today we’re going to discuss how i went from saying “never”, to saying “yes”.

today we’re discussing one of my favorite art forms: the art of subtle, yet impactful, accessorizing - specifically within the context of fashion.

i’ve always struggled with finding hobbies. even the hobbies that really have been satisfying to me always come to some sort of tragic end. to fully paint this picture for you, let me tell you about every single hobby i’ve ever had throughout my life.

welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes where you send in your dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today’s topic is friendship - specifically, the conflicts, frustrations, and challenges that can come up.

in honor of the upcoming met gala, we’re doing a trendy or timeless: red carpet edition. trendy or timeless is a regular series on anything goes where we discuss what’s just a trend and what’s really timeless (imo).

In honor of the Met Gala tomorrow, I’m sharing my red carpet routine and what it takes for me to get ready for fashion’s biggest night.

i recently discovered that one of the most significant causes of emotional instability for me is being under the wrong kinds of pressure. i can think of many instances of pressure being beneficial, but the wrong kind of pressure can cause us to crumble.

welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today's topic is people pleasing.

for the last few years, i’ve been trying to quit nicotine. i know it sounds cliche, but it is one of the hardest things i’ve ever done in my life. unfortunately, i’m here today with the story of my relapse.

this past weekend i found myself with a dilemma. i had a lot of work to get done. and then, two of my loved ones asked me to hang out. do i choose to be selfish and get stuff done? or do i neglect my work and spend quality time with my loved ones? this really brought to my attention how challenging it is to choose between selflishness and selflessness.

it’s my birthday. i’m 24, which means i’m almost 25. which means my prefrontal cortex is almost done developing. in honor of my 24th birthday, i thought it'd be kind of fun to discuss all of the evidence of my prefrontal cortex nearing its final stages of development.

welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today's topic is the complicated relationship between romance and friendship.

i’ve spent the majority of my life soul-searching, and at this point, i think i have a pretty strong sense of self. but there’s always more to discover. so today, i thought i’d take some unreliable personality tests that i found online to learn a little bit more about myself.

in my opinion, summer is the most challenging season to style fashion-wise, because we don’t want to wear clothes since it’s so hot. and that’s why today, i’m going to walk you all through my guide to summer clothing.

for the most part my life is very mundane. but today, i have stories to tell. all of these stories are true, real, and mediocre at best. but today, i’m going to try to make them interesting.

welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today's topic is distrust in love.

i’ve recently been a glass-half-full kinda girl. but for the sake of balance, i’m going to let myself be a little negative today. today i’m going to be sharing some of my recent pet peeves.

i just did an episode about pet peeves. but today it’s time to be positive and do the opposite. i’m going to be sharing mundane things that bring me joy.

for many years, i was a terribly irresponsible shopper. i’d often buy clothes and then never wear them. but about a year or two ago, i decided something’s gotta change. so today i’m going to share with you how to be a responsible shopper.

welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today's topic is motivation.

today we’re keeping it simple. i’m going to be sharing with you some of the things that have recently been bringing me joy.

i got into my first real relationship when i was 17, and since then i’ve been dating pretty consistently. so today i’m going to share all the underestimated relationship red flags i’ve learned over the years.

a few months ago i made an episode about my favorite songs of all time. conversations about music can be complicated, but nothing bad happened, so i feel ready to talk about music some more. today, i’m sharing my favorite albums of all time.

welcome back to advice session, a series here on anything goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything you want advice on, and i give you my unprofessional advice. today's topic is the unfortunate reality that not everyone is going to like you.

i have a creative job - creating podcast episodes, making youtube videos and coming up with ideas for my coffee company. since i started my career, i’ve had to learn how to stay in a creative mindset and not burn out. today i’m sharing all the things i do to maximize my creativity.

it’s safe to say that doom scrolling is a pretty universal experience, and it makes us feel like shit. today i’m going to be giving you some inspiration for how to pivot when you want to doom scroll.