Corecore has fallen victim to Gen-Z's obsession with self-pity. Credit: Ian Moore - Mashable Composite / Nils Jacobi / Softulka / iStock / R_Type / FOX / James Williamson - AMA / Netty / Gainax / ...

Cottagecore. Fairycore. Balletcore. Clean girl. VSCO girl. Voidcore. Gothcore. Cinnamon girl. If you are a TikTok user in 2023, you’ve heard all of these terms and a myriad more. The aesthetics, items ...

On Jan. 1, 2021, a user with the handle @masonoelle uploaded a video to TikTok. In the video, a compilation of short clips blink by, highlighting the climate crisis (polar ice caps melting, ...

From witchcore to cottagecore to Barbiecore—TikTok has been the birthing canal for a whole slew of aesthetic trends. Now, here’s one more: Corecore, dubbed an “artistic movement“ that captures the ...

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A video-editing style that some have likened to a form of visual poetry is popping up more frequently on some “For You” pages on TikTok. The style, meant to evoke strong, often unnamed feelings in ...

TikTok goes a little overboard when it comes to categorizing every last aesthetic into its own microtrend. You notice it when Spotify Wrapped calls your music taste goblincore, or when you strangely ...

With #corecore blowing up on TikTok, you'll see a new video with the same qualities every few minutes. Poorly edited videos, melancholic music, and a quick mash-up of some random clips are the ...

The format’s roots date back to 2020, when it was originally referenced as an aesthetic on Tumblr before infecting TikTok The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase ...

The other day, I searched “corecore” on TikTok. The first video shows a parade of young women ecstatically unpacking their fast fashion hauls, overlaid with clips of landfills, an ocean filled with ...