TRENDS HUB
Trends Right Now
What your teen is doing, buying and filming this month, and what it means.
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Tide Pod Challenge (2018)
In early 2018, teens filmed themselves biting into Tide Pods (laundry detergent pods) as a dare.
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Chicken Jockey Chaos (2025)
When the Minecraft movie came out in spring 2025, teens turned theaters into chaos: throwing popcorn, screaming, standing on seats, the second the "chicken jockey" scene hit.
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Barbenheimer (2023)
Barbie and Oppenheimer opened the same weekend in July 2023, and the internet turned it into a double-feature event: pink outfits for one, solemn suits for the other, memes for months.
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The Grimace Shake (2023)
McDonald's released a purple Grimace birthday shake, and TikTok turned it into horror-comedy: teens filming themselves "dying" after one sip, collapsing in parking lots, purple shake everywhere.
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The Harlem Shake (2013)
Thirty seconds of total stillness. Then the bass drops and everyone convulses.
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There's a new one every week. We'll explain it before you have to ask.
Lowkey explains what’s new every week, free, in five minutes.