The Espresso Series

How Romantic is your Romanticisation?

Honor Crean, Grace Volante

We romanticise the individual experience because we are so alienated from the community. We are so lonely we have taken to altering our perspective on life just to bring ourselves a little solace. TikTok's romanticisation trend has become a cultural movement. But what are this movement's real motivations? Is it damaging our mental health? Are we now so lost in our online world we've lost all touch with our reality? Or is this new movement helping us recover from a two-year-long pandemic?  

This episode is co-hosted by Jamie Spillett aka @cubismhater