Gen Zs respond to \u201cembarrassing\u201d millennial TikTok diss tracks TikTok: Sarah Hester Ross\/Ryan KenThe rivalry between millennials and boomers has been a tale as old as time, but now it looks like there is another cross-generational clash that\u2019s heating up, as millennials are singing their frustrations away at Generation Z TikTokers for \u201ccancelling\u201d things like skinny jeans and side parts. Since millennials got wind of the fact that some Gen Z-ers over on TikTok were less than enthusiastic about their penchant for skin-tight jeans and side parts, they responded in the only way they knew how: with elaborate musical parodies. Bizarrely, dozen of these kinds of parodies have popped up, but one of the most popular is by musician Sarah Hester Ross. In a since-deleted TikTok, she can be seen composing a song on the keyboard, which includes lyrics like \u201cHey Gen Z you can suck it, you can\u2019t tell me what to wear.\u201d Another popular TikTok response aiming to put the Gen Z-ers in their place was by user Brandy Coble. In her video, which has also since been deleted from the platform, she can be seen parodying the song \u2018God Bless the USA,\u2019 with lyrics including the now heavily-memed line: \u201cAnd I\u2019m proud to be a millennial, with my side part and skinny jeans.\u201d Why do these women see one girl who\u2019s younger and hotter than them and immediately turn into weird al yankovic pic.twitter.com\/eWFVaStVgh \u2014 KILLER MEG (Interdimensional entity..) (@horse_feedbag) March 6, 2021 Unfortunately, these parodies didn\u2019t exactly get the reception these millennials were looking for\u2026 How did Gen Z respond to these parodies? A lot of Gen Z-ers appeared to be largely confused about how the beef even started in the first place, with one Twitter user saying in response to Ross\u2019 parody, \u201cliterally no one cares if you have a side part of wear skinny jeans.\u201d Another user added that \u201cno one in Gen Z actually cares about what millennials are doing or wearing, they just like to victimize themselves and have the attention on them all the time.\u201d Other Gen Z-ers were puzzled by the fact that millennials\u2019 response to the beef was to start making musical parodies, with Twitter user Adam Koplick asking: \u201cWhy do millennials always break out into song when they\u2019re upset?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s the High School Musical in them,\u201d another user responded. \u2026\u2026.literally no one not a single person not one vessel of life cares if she has a side part or wears skinny jeans.\u2014 princess bean but kinky (@shutupandhugmee) February 28, 2021 Even fellow millennials were embarrassed by the beef, with several of them refusing to \u201cclaim\u201d the music-makers. A self-described \u201cresident zillennial\u201d on Twitter said that they \u201cwill be identifying as a zoomer until millennials stop being embarrassing,\u201d while one millennial Tweeted: \u201cEven if they are cracking jokes on us, why should we be concerned about kids making jokes on us?\u201d Over on TikTok, some Gen Z-ers decided to get even by making musical parodies of their own. One especially popular parody, which was made by actor and comedian Ryan Ken, begins with insistence that despite being born in 1989, he\u2019s \u201cstill the special baby,\u201d before going into lyrics such as: \u201cI\u2019m a white lady with no business to mind, so I thought that I would go drop some rhymes.\u201d What is the millennial and Gen Z \u201cculture war\u201d? It all started with the humble crying-with-laughter emoji. In a blog post on Emojipedia in late January, Jeremy Burge claimed that the laughing crying emoji was now considered out-of-fashion for members of Generation Z (people who were born on or after 1997) on TikTok. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s common wisdom on TikTok that the laughing crying emoji is for boomers. And by boomers I mean anyone over the age of 35.\u201d From there, word got around on TikTok and Twitter that the popular emoji was now being \u201ccancelled\u201d by Gen Z-ers, which in turn enraged millennials. Adding to their rage, throughout the month of February, several videos by Gen Z TikTokers have gone viral for appearing to mock what they deem to be classical millennial behaviour. One viral TikTok, which was by user \u2018Lady Gleep,\u2019 boldly declared that \u201cthere is not a single person that looks better with a side part than they do with a centre part.\u201d Around the same time, another TikTok, by user \u2018momohkt,\u2019 also went viral. In a mock tutorial where she tells people how to style skinny jeans, she suggests that people throw them out, repurpose them or set them on fire. To each, their own, I guess\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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