Frances Millar

MY FASCINATION with Gen Z culture knows no bounds. I am obsessed with these fresh-faced weirdos.

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They don't binge-drink, they socialise in video games, they own little fridges solely for skincare. Most intriguing is that they seem to revel in the aesthetic-ification of the ordinary, turning even the dullest of activities into viral content. Like modern-day Rumpelstiltskins, spinning straw into gold.

Nothing is too dreary. In fact, the drearier the better. Eating cheese slices in your pants watching Tipping Point on catch-up can be shared on social media as a self-care moment.

But the latest Gen Z mundanity to trend is "having a normal job". Yep, simply "getting up and going to work" is now a TikTok sensation. Morning routines are meticulously documented, time-stamped, and labeled with hashtags such as #9ToThrive and #CorporateGirly.