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(Not) Gen Z’s College Dorm Tour on The Viral List

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Student giving tours of strangers’ dorms, Coach’s The Summer I Turned Pretty sold-out backpack collab, and Gen Z’s nostalgic “rare aesthetics” are going viral…

TL;DR

  • College students are crashing strangers’ dorms and filming surprise room tours, turning awkward encounters into viral moments (and maybe new friendships)
  • Product placement still wins with Gen Z: Coach’s collab backpack with The Summer I Turned Pretty stole the spotlight in a recent episode, selling it out IRL
  • Gen Z is rebranding childhood core memories into “rare aesthetics,” transforming small, oddly specific moments into nostalgic, comfort content
College students are giving prank dorm tours of strangers’ rooms  Across TikTok, college students are racking up millions of views by knocking on random doors for a room tour, barging right in with a camera rolling, and giving a full-on MTV Cribs-style tour of the space as if it’s their own. They walk around the...

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