A new TikTok trend has gained popularity with men over forty and anyone suffering under late-stage capitalism. The #poemsbywillieloman trend went viral after account posted a series of videos of him speeding home while violently shaking his head to the beat of Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO, with this poem written in the caption:
On Tuesday evening, Eddie Van Halen’s son announced his father’s death to the world via a heartfelt Instagram post. Several hours later, the news (accompanied by a trendy dance) made its way to Tiktok, where it was completely ignored. The Flipside reached out to several popular Tiktokers for comment, who, unaware of Van Halen’s fame, reached out to their followers for information on the singer. This started a trend of what analysts are calling the fourth-largest increase in google searches
“Wouldn’t you rather listen to a two-hour-long thorough analysis of the silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari than watch a fifteen second video of a tween doing the woah?”