{"id":1760385,"date":"2026-02-10T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1760385"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:51:00","slug":"chanel-beads-is-searching-for-meaning-in-this-big-old-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1760385","title":{"rendered":"Chanel Beads is searching for meaning in \u201cthis big old world\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/112-0-1603-1068\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436776.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69594\/1\/chanel-beads-is-searching-for-meaning-in-this-big-old-world\" data-article-id=\"69594\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.92\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC290_S06_SoundOn_ChanelBeads_KendalWalker_02\" class=\"img\" height=\"1068\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436776.jpg\" width=\"2048\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Kendal Walker<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-10T14:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"10 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"10\">10,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-winter-2025-issue\">The Winter 2025 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-winter-2025-issue\">The Winter 2025 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Chanel Beads is searching for meaning in \u201cthis big <span class=\"nowrap\">old world\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>For our winter issue, we spoke with musician Shane Lavers about Minnesota, touring with Lorde, \u2018humiliation ritual\u2019 gigs on college campuses, and what\u2019s next for his <span class=\"nowrap\">hypnagogic-pop project<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-10T14:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"10 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"10\">10,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-10T14:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"10 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"10\">10,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/TiarnaMeehan\">Tiarna<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em><span>This article is partly taken from the winter 2025 issue of Dazed. Buy a copy of the magazine\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutiquemags.com\/dazed.html\"><em><span>here<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The day after we speak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chanel_beads\/?hl=en\">Chanel Beads<\/a> shares a video on Instagram: in it, fans line the roof ledge of a suburban house, others scale trees, tangling themselves in the branches to catch a view of Shane Lavers, alongside collaborators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/c0ll3\/?hl=en\">Maya McGrory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ibelieveinsound\/?hl=en\">Zachary Paul<\/a>, performing below. As the crowd packs out the picket-fenced backyard, a kid hunches over a white folding table, juggling sound tech and sending swelling hypnagogic-pop into the mass. It\u2019s a small-town band scene lifted straight from a low-budget cult indie film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s not so far from the real beginnings of Chanel Beads. Starting as a series of voice memo collages and small experiments for Minnesota-born Shane Lavers, who cut his teeth on basement shows in Seattle\u2019s DIY scene after college. Since then, the project has mined \u201cthis big old world\u201d for inspiration. Last year\u2019s debut album, <\/span><em><span>Your Day Will Come<\/span><\/em><span>, laid the blueprint for Lavers\u2019 sound: layered guitars, programmed drums, and warped samples that pull memory and emotion into the same strange orbit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the road, the band\u2019s shows have gained a kind of mythology. Their name has become shorthand for <\/span><em><span>iykyk<\/span><\/em><span> within the art-school Brooklyn scene: from playing a show in a drugstore&#8217;s lotion aisle or, more notoriously, in a train tunnel at a show organised by their friends, GodCaster and YHWH Nailgun. But even as they move between sticky-floored basements to larger stages, like opening for Lorde on her <\/span><em><span>Ultrasound<\/span><\/em><span> tour, their DIY spirit remains unflinching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, we talk to Lavers about Minnesota, the online world and what\u2019s coming next for Chanel Beads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"d8ejuvP0Z9o\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d8ejuvP0Z9o\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>What have you been up to recently?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers:<\/strong><span>I just finished an album in terms of masters, and I kind of went crazy during it. I mixed it all myself, for the most part, and I just drove myself insane in a little room in Brooklyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You recently opened for Lorde \u2013 what was that experience like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>It was really cool. It was definitely an insane experience. It\u2019s such a different way of touring and performing music than anything we\u2019ve done before. I feel like we\u2019ve toured in dozens of different ways \u2013 super DIY bootstrap tours, more proper headline tours, and other support tours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was really cool to see her set, because she commanded that room. Her set is just so immediate and earned and amazing. It was really inspiring. It never dawned on me that something like this was possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned being used to unusual spaces \u2013 what kind of venues or shows have you played that shaped that experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>We\u2019ve played so many different spaces not really intended for live music. Some college shows are amazing \u2013 excited people, have a budget, and can put on a real show \u2013 and then sometimes, you\u2019re at a school function where a few people are doing homework with headphones on. We call those humiliation rituals, because you\u2019re singing about an intense part of your life and people are just\u2026 doing essays or something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s weird, it\u2019s bizarre, but it\u2019s also part of learning to play in different spaces. You adapt, you learn, and sometimes it\u2019s really fun \u2013 other times, it\u2019s really awkward. That\u2019s part of touring in a DIY and support capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span>When the Israeli genocide really started, I didn\u2019t want to pop the bubble of what the music meant to people. The songs are personal \u2013 about grief and consciousness. But it feels so stupid not to talk about what\u2019s happening\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>People often describe your music as dreamy or nostalgic. Do those labels resonate with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>There\u2019s a big difference between dreamy and dream-like. The music has dream logic, but it\u2019s not chill or vibey to me. If someone thinks it\u2019s dreamy, then good on you, but you might get disappointed. To me, it feels more like you took an edible and you\u2019re trying to fall asleep and every memory you have is rushing in and it\u2019s not really pleasant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A lot of people discover your music online. What\u2019s your own relationship with social media and the internet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m super addicted to cooking YouTube videos. That\u2019s mostly what I spend time on. I don\u2019t have TikTok. I think it\u2019s cool to let the music live over there while I do my own thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you communicate that feeling to collaborators when performing live?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>The direction I give a lot is: you\u2019re on the verge of having a panic attack, but the thing you\u2019re trying desperately to do is make sure no one can tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"e494dfd2-8035-4862-acc7-b3ed00b352cd\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436777.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.87\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chanel Beads\/ Shane Lavers\" class=\"img\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436777.jpg\" width=\"2048\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Kendal Walker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve spoken out about political issues. What do you think about using your music or platform for activism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m from Minnesota, and right now ICE has invaded. They\u2019re detaining people for no reason. I don\u2019t know what my reach is, I just think you have to try to be involved in your life and stand on principle. That\u2019s the only thing you can do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a really bizarre moment to talk about certain things. Everybody\u2019s at a different level of exposure and backlash and understanding. When the Israeli genocide really started, I didn\u2019t want to pop the bubble of what the music meant to people. The songs are personal \u2013 about grief and consciousness. But it feels so stupid not to talk about what\u2019s happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Buy a copy of the magazine\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutiquemags.com\/dazed.html\"><em><span>here<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The day after we speak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chanel_beads\/?hl=en\">Chanel Beads<\/a> shares a video on Instagram: in it, fans line the roof ledge of a suburban house, others scale trees, tangling themselves in the branches to catch a view of Shane Lavers, alongside collaborators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/c0ll3\/?hl=en\">Maya McGrory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ibelieveinsound\/?hl=en\">Zachary Paul<\/a>, performing below. As the crowd packs out the picket-fenced backyard, a kid hunches over a white folding table, juggling sound tech and sending swelling hypnagogic-pop into the mass. It\u2019s a small-town band scene lifted straight from a low-budget cult indie film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s not so far from the real beginnings of Chanel Beads. Starting as a series of voice memo collages and small experiments for Minnesota-born Shane Lavers, who cut his teeth on basement shows in Seattle\u2019s DIY scene after college. Since then, the project has mined \u201cthis big old world\u201d for inspiration. Last year\u2019s debut album, <\/span><em><span>Your Day Will Come<\/span><\/em><span>, laid the blueprint for Lavers\u2019 sound: layered guitars, programmed drums, and warped samples that pull memory and emotion into the same strange orbit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the road, the band\u2019s shows have gained a kind of mythology. Their name has become shorthand for <\/span><em><span>iykyk<\/span><\/em><span> within the art-school Brooklyn scene: from playing a show in a drugstore&#8217;s lotion aisle or, more notoriously, in a train tunnel at a show organised by their friends, GodCaster and YHWH Nailgun. But even as they move between sticky-floored basements to larger stages, like opening for Lorde on her <\/span><em><span>Ultrasound<\/span><\/em><span> tour, their DIY spirit remains unflinching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, we talk to Lavers about Minnesota, the online world and what\u2019s coming next for Chanel Beads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"d8ejuvP0Z9o\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d8ejuvP0Z9o\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>What have you been up to recently?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers:<\/strong><span>I just finished an album in terms of masters, and I kind of went crazy during it. I mixed it all myself, for the most part, and I just drove myself insane in a little room in Brooklyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You recently opened for Lorde \u2013 what was that experience like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>It was really cool. It was definitely an insane experience. It\u2019s such a different way of touring and performing music than anything we\u2019ve done before. I feel like we\u2019ve toured in dozens of different ways \u2013 super DIY bootstrap tours, more proper headline tours, and other support tours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was really cool to see her set, because she commanded that room. Her set is just so immediate and earned and amazing. It was really inspiring. It never dawned on me that something like this was possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned being used to unusual spaces \u2013 what kind of venues or shows have you played that shaped that experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>We\u2019ve played so many different spaces not really intended for live music. Some college shows are amazing \u2013 excited people, have a budget, and can put on a real show \u2013 and then sometimes, you\u2019re at a school function where a few people are doing homework with headphones on. We call those humiliation rituals, because you\u2019re singing about an intense part of your life and people are just\u2026 doing essays or something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s weird, it\u2019s bizarre, but it\u2019s also part of learning to play in different spaces. You adapt, you learn, and sometimes it\u2019s really fun \u2013 other times, it\u2019s really awkward. That\u2019s part of touring in a DIY and support capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span>When the Israeli genocide really started, I didn\u2019t want to pop the bubble of what the music meant to people. The songs are personal \u2013 about grief and consciousness. But it feels so stupid not to talk about what\u2019s happening\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>People often describe your music as dreamy or nostalgic. Do those labels resonate with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>There\u2019s a big difference between dreamy and dream-like. The music has dream logic, but it\u2019s not chill or vibey to me. If someone thinks it\u2019s dreamy, then good on you, but you might get disappointed. To me, it feels more like you took an edible and you\u2019re trying to fall asleep and every memory you have is rushing in and it\u2019s not really pleasant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A lot of people discover your music online. What\u2019s your own relationship with social media and the internet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m super addicted to cooking YouTube videos. That\u2019s mostly what I spend time on. I don\u2019t have TikTok. I think it\u2019s cool to let the music live over there while I do my own thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you communicate that feeling to collaborators when performing live?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>The direction I give a lot is: you\u2019re on the verge of having a panic attack, but the thing you\u2019re trying desperately to do is make sure no one can tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"e494dfd2-8035-4862-acc7-b3ed00b352cd\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436777.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.87\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chanel Beads\/ Shane Lavers\" class=\"img\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436777.jpg\" width=\"2048\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Kendal Walker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve spoken out about political issues. What do you think about using your music or platform for activism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Lavers: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m from Minnesota, and right now ICE has invaded. They\u2019re detaining people for no reason. I don\u2019t know what my reach is, I just think you have to try to be involved in your life and stand on principle. That\u2019s the only thing you can do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a really bizarre moment to talk about certain things. Everybody\u2019s at a different level of exposure and backlash and understanding. When the Israeli genocide really started, I didn\u2019t want to pop the bubble of what the music meant to people. The songs are personal \u2013 about grief and consciousness. But it feels so stupid not to talk about what\u2019s happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Buy a copy of the magazine\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutiquemags.com\/dazed.html\"><em><span>here<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69594\/1\/chanel-beads-is-searching-for-meaning-in-this-big-old-world&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/112-0-1603-1068\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/6\/1436776.jpg&#8221;] Photography Kendal Walker February\u00a0 10,\u00a0 2026 Music \/ The Winter 2025 Issue Music \/ The Winter 2025 Issue Chanel Beads is searching for meaning in \u201cthis big old world\u201d For our winter issue, we spoke with musician Shane Lavers about Minnesota, touring with Lorde, \u2018humiliation ritual\u2019 gigs on college campuses, and what\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,76],"class_list":["post-1760385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dazeddigital-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1760385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1760385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1760385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1760385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}