#CoreCore compilations showcase TikTok’s deep thoughts in brief compilations  It’s ok if you haven’t heard of #CoreCore, as it’s not even mainstream yet, but it certainly is going viral: the hashtag on TikTok currently has 421M views. We know TikTok is a space where young people leverage legitimate social discourse, and this new trend is an artful way of combining their honed video editing skills with their nuanced thoughts about different social topics. The typical format for the trend is to combine clips from movies, interviews, and in an extremely meta move even other TikToks, with emotional audios, all left up to the interpretation of the viewers—which of course is being discussed in the thousands of comments.   The videos are also being called #NicheTok as they aim to access a specific emotion through the combination of clips and sounds, all purposefully chosen for the creator’s connection between them. Some viral examples include a creator’s impressive “first nichetok post” which poignantly compiles clips from movies all evoking a...