Cheugy can describe anything that is untrendy, but is most frequently used to refer to things considered vaguely mainstream in the early Noughties and 2010s - offering a new way for Gen Z to “troll” millennials, reports Vice.
The New York Times (NYT) says the term can be used to describe someone, often a millennial woman, who is “trying too hard”, while the London Evening Standard says to “think Basic Bitch 2.0” to get the idea. The general consensus is that cheugy describes an inoffensive lack of taste.
A 23-year-old software developer is credited by the NYT with coining the term. Gaby Rasson began identifying cheugy trends as a student at Beverly Hills High School in 2013.
TikTok has a new feature which changes your text to a female voice speech within the app. Being able to have an automated text speech over your videos isn’t new, but the voice used for it has changed and has left everyone a little bewildered. Let’s just say, if you lived in a world where everyone spoke like American TV adverts, this is it.
The new feature gives you the option to change on screen captions to be spoken out loud by an American woman. TikTok originally rolled out the text-to-speech feature in late 2020, which allows users to change their captions to automated speech. However, the new voice comes off the back of some controversy, with the actor whose voice has been used previously reportedly suing TikTok’s parent company for using her voice without her permission. But, here’s a guide for how to use it anyway.
Were you at Adrian’s Kickback? At this point, anyone on TikTok could have been.
It’s not often TikTok is dominated by one event, but that happened last week, when buzz about a May 22 birthday party in Huntington Beach titled “Adrian’s Kickback” turned into massive street party that required police presence.
The Adrian’s Kickback hashtag now has more than 300 million views on TikTok, and under the tag are numerous videos from the event, including people running away from fireworks and an alleged appearance from Lil Uzi Vert.
People posted videos claiming they’d traveled hours by car to get to Adrian’s Kickback, or flew in for it.
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Almost 150 people were arrested Saturday night after a huge birthday party in California went viral on TikTok,
BuzzFeed Newsreports.
Huntington Beach Police Department arrested 121 adults and 28 minors on charges ranging from vandalism to setting off illegal fireworks after an event known as “Adrian’s Kickback” drew an estimated 2,500 attendees. The scene could best be described by one user who posted a series of clips with the caption, “Pure chaos.” People could be seen flooding the streets, jumping and dancing on cars, and so much more.
“The majority of the crowd was just focused on having a good time,” Jeryn Anderson told