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This summer, the real villa isn’t in Fiji — it’s in a Brooklyn brownstone, a Midtown sports bar and a West Village comedy club.Love Island USA, which premiered its new season June 11 on Peacock, has officially taken over New York City nightlife.Fans across the boroughs are ditching the couch for themed cocktails, sliders and full-blown screaming matches at watch parties from Manhattan to Brooklyn.The hit reality show features a rotating cast of sexy singles in a luxury villa, where they must “couple up” or risk getting dumped — not just by each other, but by the American public.Viewers vote in real time to split couples, send in new “bombshells” and ultimately crown the winning pair, turning the show into a chaotic dating Olympics with six episodes a week and near-constant drama.Now in its seventh season, the series has become a cultural obsession among Gen Z, thanks to its meme-worthy moments, messy recouplings and signature catchphrases like “I’ve got a text!”In Greenwich Village, The Comedy Shop is running Love Island episodes almost every night of the week, with Sunday turning into an all-day binge.
The bar starts replaying the season at 11 a.m.and ends with the latest episode at 9 p.m.
on the venue’s five flatscreens.“It’s the girls’ version of sports,” Comedy Shop TikTok manager and bartender Ana Reyes said.“Everyone comes together and can all catch up on the episodes.” The event went viral after The Comedy Shop posted a TikTok that drew more than 200,000 views.
Reyes, 25, was inspired by a viral post of someone wishing Love Island would play at NYC bars.So she made it happen.The show has been a hit for its business, especially midweek, with more than a hundred fans turning out for Tuesday’s episode alone. Guests have started making reservations days in advance.
One woman even booked a table for her husband’s birthday — because all he wanted was to spend it watching Love Island at their bar, Reyes said.Anot...