What is TikTok\u2019s kissing trend? Users go viral kissing their best friend Unsplash: Omesh HiraniTikTok users are garnering millions of likes and views for participating in a challenge that involves them kissing their best friend \u2014 here\u2019s everything you need to know about it. Short-form video platform TikTok has seen a huge range of trends over the years, with some of them harmless, and others a little risky. Users often go viral for participating in these trends, and one that has been popping up on the app intermittently for a while now is the kissing trend. The kissing trend is a challenge that involves someone kissing their best friend on camera, often without prior warning, to see how they react. Reactions of the other party have ranged from shock to happiness, and it\u2019s often the cutest reactions that end up garnering millions of views and likes. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load \u201cThe fact that he leaned in afterward when you both laughed is a GOOD SIGN,\u201d one commenter wrote on a popular video from the \u2018kissyourfriend\u2019 account. \u201cOmg! What happened next?\u201d another wrote. The trend has seen a surge in popularity throughout 2022, but videos participating in the challenge went viral as far back as 2020, so it looks like one that\u2019s going to stick around for a while. However, the \u2018kissing your best friend challenge\u2019 has also received a substantial amount of backlash from viewers who are concerned about the issue of consent when it comes to trends like these. In addition, another form of the challenge is circulating in which two female best friends will post an image or video of them kissing, prompting criticism from people claiming that participants are just \u201cseeking male validation.\u201d Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load \u201cLet\u2019s not make people\u2019s sexuality a trend, j a thought,\u201d said one comment on a video participating in the trend. \u201cThis trend is not it y\u2019all,\u201d read another. However, it looks like this controversial trend will keep popping up on the platform as the months go by, despite the pushback. There\u2019s no predicting which big thing could blow up on TikTok next, with trends from 2022 so far consisting of anything from a viral broccoli \u2018hack\u2019 to an affordable yet stylish Steve Madden bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is TikTok\u2019s kissing trend? Users go viral kissing their best friend Unsplash: Omesh HiraniTikTok users are garnering millions of likes and views for participating in a challenge that involves them kissing their best friend \u2014 here\u2019s everything you need to know about it. Short-form video platform TikTok has seen a huge range of trends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}