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Indrabati Lahiri

AI slop, clean girl aesthetic and clutter: 2025's biggest cultural trends

This year has seen a number of global cultural changes and trends. We’ve experienced more blending of genres, fragmentation of traditional media and an ongoing shift from broad mainstream culture to niche subcultures, short-lived “eras” and algorithm-driven scenes.

From Gen Alpha’s 6-7 meme to the rise of aesthetics like clean girl and corporate girlie, social media platforms like TikTok have been on fire this year. But what have cultural trends have had the biggest impact?

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