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How to Get Lucky Girl Syndrome on The Viral List

We round up the most viral moments of the first week of 2023

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team
KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Gen Z are making 2023 their year through the “lucky girl” manifestation technique
  • Alix Earle became TikTok’s latest It girl through her GRWM videos, but a recent hair oil suggestion stirred up some problems
  • Beauty TikToker Mikayla Nuegira put body photoshopping rumors to rest in a video captioned “How to be fabulously fat”
  This week on TikTok: Practicing “Lucky Girl Syndrome” in 2023  Gen Z loves to manifest their perfect future through mantras, and it’s even become a huge wellness trend. Last year, it was all about making affirming videos and claiming financial success with a supposedly lucky audio. This year, the affirmation to recite is “I am so lucky, everything works out for me,” which will supposedly incite “Lucky girl syndrome.” It began with a TikTok of two girls eating takeout in their car, discussing how through manifestation, things have simply gone their way when they need them to. Since they posted their video, the hashtag #LuckyGirlSyndrome has amassed 40.2M views, full of others sharing how the mantra and attitude of believing good things will happen just because has changed their lives.   Many explain it like this: by believing good things will happen to them, the universe matches their positive energy with the opportunities they’re hoping for. Maybe it’s that Gen Z is just that lucky, or maybe their...

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