Garbage pollutes the internet like a New York curbside nowadays. Social media is devolving into a wasteland of conspiracy theories, ragebait, disinformation, and sponcon. Celebrities are rug-pulling ...

Hopecore is a relatively new meme trend on TikTok where folks are posting feel-good videos of wholesome clips edited together to audio by various popular musicians. The Hopecore meme trend began on ...

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HOPECORE is the TikTok trend that shows no signs of waning. TikTok’s latest trend might just be what we all need right now. But what’s the new hashtag all about and how can you get involved? We could ...

Underdog stories, comeback stories, redemption stories, success stories — we love them all. TikTok is celebrating the most feel-good moments in pop culture history with the new trend called “Hopecore, ...

Hopecore content has taken different forms across various social media platforms since emerging in 2022. There are over 700k posts under #hopecore on TikTok, where the term seems to be most ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

In the past couple of weeks, I have seen a rise of “corecore” or “nichecore” TikToks on my For You page. Though that is not the focus of this article, from these two trends a subcategory of sorts has ...

Wanting was enough. For me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all. If there are any TikToks I am hoping to see at least once on my “For You” page every day, it’s the “Hopecore” videos that have ...

There are a few statements and quotes that crop up a lot in TikTok’s new ‘hopecore’ trend. Life is beautiful. I’m so proud of you. Relax, keep going. Success is on the other side. You’re doing good.