Have TikTok Aesthetics Replaced Subcultures?

And if they did... is that a bad thing?

Culture commentators love to argue that kids these days are too concerned with “aesthetics” to the exclusion of anything else. To their mind, everything has been subsumed by the almighty Aesthetic: films, music, politics, personalities, and, most recently, subcultures.

The kids have been bodysnatched by vibes. 

In this context, aesthetics means…