Virality moves quick—as Tyra Banks said, “One day you’re in, and the next, you’re out.” In the age of social media, even a day is sometimes longer than the life of a viral trend. And though YPulse keeps our readers up to date with our weekly Viral List, we’ve collected the viral trends that made year-long impacts. From TikTok to Gen Z activism to crypto, these are some of the most viral stories Gen Z and Millennials were part of in 2022: On TikTok, sped-up songs were the backbone of viral trends Sped up versions of songs took over TikTok, creating their own genre of music popular with Gen Z. TikTok’s appeal to young users has a lot to do with how they have the freedom to upload all kinds of content that can be posted under trending audios. Memes, dance challenges, and “get ready with me” videos can all fall under whichever songs are going viral at the moment—and for months it’s been sped up songs: the hashtag #SpedUpSounds...
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