“Gen Z’s Political Revolution” is going ironically viral once again. Originally viral in 2020, a user posted this playlist with the description, “we grew up reading the hunger games and percy jackson, what did yall expect?” as a nod to Gen Z being politically rebellious. But this week, amid tons of political news, X users brought it back for a laugh at the song selection, because it’s more pop than anything particularly revolutionary. One post with a screenshot of the playlist featuring Taylor Swift’s “You Need To Calm Down” as the first song captioned “streaming this today 💔” on Jan. 20 kicked it all off, garnering over 117K likes and 1M views. Young people are also crafting new versions, featuring artists like Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga, and Mitski to mirror the original tone of the “Gen Z political revolution.” (Soap Central)
