VICE’s “First Date” Interview Series Is Horrible for Everyone

Sunday night I went on the world’s most perfect first date. Then, I returned home to discover my ex had been on a date recently, too. But his “date” was with Carly Rae Jepsen, and it was for work. He’d written a piece for Noisey’s much-maligned “First Date” series about the pop star. Her breathtaking 2015 pop album E•MO•TION was one of the primary records I used to get over him. Being confronted with photos of him, arm suggestively snuck aroun