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Hamilton Can’t Escape His Wife on The Viral List

College student-favorite GCals, a 20-part saga between a creator and her psychiatrist, and creators acting out a grumpy Alexander Hamilton are going viral…

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team

Aug 8 2025
North America, Western Europe

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Many college students are using Google Calendar to schedule everything—even their dates
Kendra Hilty is going viral on TikTok for her 20-part series recounting how she “was in love with her psychiatrist and he kept her anyway”
Young creators on TikTok, complete with colonial wear, are mocking a scene from Hamilton by exaggerating him sneaking out of the house

This week on TikTok: Gen Z is reenacting Hamilton songs The Hamilton musical has long been the butt of many internet jokes; many now see it as peak cringe, especially in Gen Z corners of TikTok. But that hasn’t stopped one of its most melodramatic numbers, “Best of Wives and Best of Women,” from turning into full-blown TikTok theater this week. Originally, the scene captures a tense, late-night moment between Alexander and wife Eliza, as he tries to sneak out for his illegal duel with his Aaron Burr. Since this all happens after Hamilton’s infamous cheating scandal is revealed in...