14 05.08.20 titan scroll Four years of change

Mckenna Bell it was revealed that she was going to A lot has come and gone in the past be headlining Coachella that summer, four years, especially when it comes to and nearly a month later posted what, fashion trends and online challenges. according to , became the We’re taking a look back at some of the most liked photo of the year on the biggest trends that made up the class of platform - announcing to fans that 2020’s high school days. she was pregnant with twins. This post 2016 was a big year for viral inter- currently sits at 11.2 million likes on net trends and challenges. This was the platform. the breakout year for many that are According to Business Insider, still popular in 2020. This year marked “binge-watching” had hit an all time the beginning of the bottle flipping high in 2017, as streaming services challenge and dabbing, and also intro- like Netflix and Hulu began gaining duced us to the iconic “evil Kermit the popularity over live television and Frog” meme, according to the Odys- cable. Although the original term sey. However, 2016 was also the year was brought to our attention in 2013, of the gorilla Harambe’s death, which the action of actively binge-watching sparked outcry and controversy, as shows became a trend in 2017. well as inspiration for more memes. 2018 was a big year for hair and Another viral trend in 2016 was the makeup. Teen Vogue wrote that some mannequin challenge. This video chal- of the biggest beauty trends of this lenge was a big hit on social network- year included neon hair colors, glitter, ing sites, mainly , and caught and bold eyebrows. 2018 also brought the attention of many celebrities who back many hair and makeup trends participated as well. from the nineties - scrunchies, blue The mannequin challenge was a vi- and purple eyeshadow, and lips lined ral video trend that involved groups of in a chocolate brown color. people freezing in often elaborate posi- 2018 was also a big year for enter- tions, while one person records, often tainment. Beyoncé became the first focusing closely on a few participants. African-American woman to headline These videos are set to the song “Black Coachella, we got a Queer Eye reboot Beatles” by . on Netflix, and there was the short 2017 was an interesting year in lived revival of the sitcom Roseanne. terms of trends. The in- 2018 also marked the year of the Os- famous #MeToo movement began on car’s mishap, when the award for Best Twitter, where women would discuss Picture was given to Lala Land, when cases of sexual assault and harassment it was intended for Moonlight. that they have experienced in their ev- 2019 was an interesting year for eryday lives, celebrities included. technology and fashion. The world This movement began with female became familiarized with driverless celebrities calling out Harvey Wein- cars, Disney+, and the reality of data stein for cases of sexual assault and monetization. harassment while working together Although this year, and decade, on set of movies and television shows. has only just begun, there are already This social justice movement has only trends from this year that are going to increased in popularity and frequen- remain popular for the rest of this year. cy in the years since it began, and has Brandastic reports that TikTok is the given women around the world a plat- most popular social networking app form to share their stories as well. in 2020, with over 800 million users as 2017 was also a big year for Be- of late 2019, and a total of over 1.5 bil- yoncé. At the beginning of the year, lion downloads of the app worldwide.