Hundreds of Gen Z singles showed up to a Brooklyn warehouse to wrestle strangers for a first date. Meanwhile, Bumble has lost 90% of its market value, and 77% of singles say dating apps feel more like a marketplace than a love story. So what actually replaces the swipe? In this episode, we unpack "Love Off Script" — the full-scale reinvention of how people meet, why the date itself costs more than the app subscription, and what every brand with a physical space needs to understand about being in the matchmaking business whether they signed up for it or not.

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