A normal conversation between teenagers currently consists of talking about trendy clothes or TikToks that they see all their friends and influencers making. Trends are often fun and popular things that people are watching, wearing or listening to. These can range from social media trends to music and fashion.

“I think there’s one person who’s not really famous, who does [TikTok],” sophomore Tabitha Hickman said. “But then someone else who is famous does it, and then it kind of becomes a big thing.”

People often follow trends because they see them over and over again. When seeing them, people start to like them and do or listen to them themselves.

“I think trends are just kind of fun,” Hickman said. “Sometimes, I think that being able to do them is kind of exciting because it’ll be something really cute or it will be kind of funny.”

With so many different types of trends, there is often something for everyone.

“I really like online shopping,” freshman Victoria Avila said. “Like New Balance shoes, it’s one of the better recent shoe brands, and I think they look good but they’re also really comfortable.”

With so many different types of trends, there is often something for everyone. Sometimes trends can also be over-used. This often happens when a trend lasts a longer time or people see too much of the trend.

“I don’t know if I really hope anything will be trendy in the future,” Hickman said. “Because I feel like a lot of the time, trends can get awkward.”

Regardless of trends being liked after the fact, many people enjoy them while they are happening. They also hope to get them done before the trend goes out of style, as trends are always evolving and changing.

“I did one of the Gracie Abrams trends,” Hickman said. “It was the ‘I didn’t see the look in your eye’ one. I thought it was really cute, but I don’t know if it stopped yet. I just think that by the time that I’ll have wanted to actually do it, it’ll have been too late.”