Long gone are the days when music fans passively listened to the songs of their favorite artists. Now, with platforms like TikTok, audiences are remixing and transforming music in novel ways. AÅ The most recent example is Skepta’s ‘Take Me Back’. Released over seven years ago, the song has begun to resurface as fans have swapped…
The end of summer and the start of the last quarter of the year also means it’s time for Lyst’s quarterly analytical trend report. Since 2018 the London-based fashion technology company has released quarterly reports analysing and ranking different fashion brands and products. The Index is formulated by taking into account Lyst shoppers’ behaviour on…
In an era where one can make a living from sharing your life, the outward representation of self has never been more commercialised. From fashion influencers to podcast hosts, more and more people are using social media to curate a persona for financial gain. This has produced a new revenue stream for a generation that…
Aliyah Core is a style aesthetic coined by the creator @aliyahsinterlude1 on TikTok. Aliyah is a fashion creator with over 2.4 million followers. Her style can be described as girlie, alternative, cyber y2k with a splash of Decora and Harajuku fashion. Moonboots, fishnets, and micro minis are her holy trinity. Accessories are a big deal…
There’s not much on beauty TikTok that can surprise us anymore. From bizarre eyebrow trends to unbelievable transformations, viewers scream sorcery, positively and negatively, in disbelief at the insane talent creators showcase. Makeup has often been labelled as sorcery, but one trend has put a different spin on the label. People are now placing four…
Meet YAZ – the 19 year old influencer and content creator finding her feet within Music with her debut preppy, garage infused single ‘Mr Valentine’. In a cosy, eclectic home in Peckham, we sat down with her to dig deep into where she wants to take her career, her start on YouTube and more.
If you love scrolling through your TikTok For You Page for hours than you’re bound to have come across Sage, more widely known by her account name KerboodleMyNoodle. When she’s not doing poetry the hilarious student spends her time making satirical content reflective of her experiences as a Black British girl living and going to…
Online, people are discussing what point self care methods like skin, makeup and surgery become less about care and more about control. So which is it?
“Activate your Goddess energy (Get everything you want)”. “How to make him want you.” “Masculine behaviours to STOP NOW!” As with many things, it all started with a deep dive on TikTok. I found myself scrolling through #divinefeminine,#hypergamy, #feminineenergy, #goddess and finding an overrepresentation of Black women making content underneath these hashtags. TikTok now seems…
If you buy into the eye-popping colour palettes, childlike graphics, clashing prints, circus-like collars, childlike accessories, checkerboard, rainbow, harlequin prints, and dramatic face makeup finished with a cherry red nose, then that’s great. If you’re less than enchanted by the former, you can opt for pastoral frills, nap dresses, and cute glitter noses, merging clowncore…