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SZA’s Trending TikTok Song Isn’t Even on Her New Album on The Viral List

We round up the most viral moments of the week… 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Mirroring Spotify Wrapped, TikTokers are ending the year with a slideshow of their dating life statistics
  • The SZA song sweeping TikTok isn’t even from her new album—it’s a skit from SNL
  • The White Lotus has a huge Gen Z and Millennial fandom on social media, with a special focus on their Gen Z fashion
  • Chinese takeout is all over Western Europe’s For You Page
This week on TikTok: SZA’s SNL song “Big Boys” Gen Z’s favorite social platform is going back to its roots by making yet another song (and accompanying dance) go viral. SZA’s Saturday Night Live appearance helped boost excitement for her new album SOS, but fans have been making the song “Big Boys,” from one of the show’s skits, go viral alongside her album’s release. It’s grown so popular on TikTok that fans have even admitted searching for the song in the SOS track list until realizing it’s from SNL.   The hype is real and TikTokers can’t get enough: they’ve made #SZA, #SOS, and #BigBoy all appear under this week’s top trending hashtags on the app. Videos are covering an array of love for the artist with all sorts of subcultures hopping on the audio. There are those reacting to her lyrics (by either crying or dancing) and analyzing each word, and those who are making fan edits and thirst traps with their favorite “big boys” like Hopper from Stranger Things,...

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