**BREAKING: Luke Benward’s New "Deeply Personal" Project Is Just Him Staring Into a Mirror for 45 Minutes**

BREAKING: Luke Benward’s New “Deeply Personal” Project Is Just Him Staring Into A Mirror For 45 Minutes

LOS ANGELES, CA — In a move that has absolutely no one over the age of 25 asking “Wait, who?”, former Disney Channel star Luke Benward has announced his latest passion project: a visual album titled ’Extended Eye Contact.’

Sources confirm the 45-minute piece, premiering exclusively on a platform nobody uses, is a “raw, unflinching exploration of the male gaze”—specifically, his own.

“I’ve spent years being looked at,” Benward said in a press release so pretentious it could be used to wax a surfboard. “Now, I’m choosing to look back. At myself. For 45 minutes. In 4K.”

Early reviews are calling it “the most aggressive case of Main Character Syndrome since Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch,” with one critic noting, “It’s basically a Snapchat filter that lasts the runtime of a feature film.”

Fans are divided. A Change.org petition demands he instead release the deleted scenes from Cloud 9. Meanwhile, his publicist has reportedly filed a restraining order against the word “humble.”

TL;DR: Man who peaked in a direct-to-DVD sequel decides the world really needs to see him having a very long, quiet contest with a bathroom mirror. AITA for thinking this is just an expensive thirst trap for the moms on TikTok?