Gen Z Boss and a Mini

About

Gen Z Boss and a Mini, continued Itty Bitty Titties and a Bob, 5'3 and an Attitude, is a viral video posted by the Instagram account tbh skincare (@tbhskincare_) in July 2024 in which several Gen Z women are singing an original song about each of their characteristics. The video followed a then-recent TikTok trend called Boots and a Slick Back Bun of people singing about themselves in a circle, following the same rhythm. The Gen Z Boss and a Mini video was labeled cringe by many Instagram and Twitter / X users when it was reposted with the question, "Is this the longhouse?" Discourse and memes about the video often centered on the Gen Z women exhibiting so-called "Millennial cringe." The girls then responded to the backlash in a viral update video in which they sang negative comments in the same format.

Origin

On July 9th, 2024, the Instagram^[1] page @tbhskincare_ posted a Reel showing, presumably, the company's employees following the "Boots and a Slick Back Bun" song trend. The first woman sings, "Gen Z boss and a mini," followed by verses from others in the circle like "Itty bitty titties and a bob" and "5'3 and an attitude," among others. Over two days, the video received roughly 2 million views and 47,600 likes (shown below).

Gen Z boss and a mini. Gen Z boss and a mini.
Itty bitty titties and a bob. Itty bitty titties and a bob.
5'3 and an attitude. 5'3 and an attitude.
Secret product and a trench. Secret product and a trench.
New Frank Green and a sneaky link. New Frank Green and a sneaky link.
Fake tan hands and a hoop. Fake tan hands and a hoop.

Spread

On July 10th, 2024, X^[2] user @Alkibiades_ reposted the video, captioning it, "Is this the longhouse?" as in the meme concept of The Longhouse, gaining over 1.3 million views and 3,500 likes in a day (shown below).

Is this the longhouse? pic.twitter.com/ZK6FkoF1y3

— Cabana Boy 🌴 (@Alkibiades_) July 10, 2024

The video was then used in memes by others on the app, like X^[3] user @dotnetschizo on July 10th, 2024, who captioned it, "maoist struggle sessions were less humiliating than this," gaining over 3,300 likes in a day (shown below).

maoist struggle sessions were less humiliating than this pic.twitter.com/zm321TMNt9

— des (@dotnetschizo) July 11, 2024

Update / Clapback

On July 12th, 2024, @tbhskincare posted a new video to TikTok^[4] and Instagram^[5] in which they responded to some negative comments from the viral backlash. The video received over 3.5 million plays and 235,300 likes on TikTok in four days (shown below).

The video was reposted by X^[6] user @signulll on July 13th, 2024, captioned, "we should close the internet, like let’s have some times it’s open, from like 9 am to 5 pm, then we should close it, like the stock market," gaining over 4,600 likes in three days (shown below).

we should close the internet, like let’s have some times it’s open, from like 9 am to 5 pm, then we should close it, like the stock market. pic.twitter.com/2hodDImnsy

— signüll (@signulll) July 13, 2024

The abovementioned X video was then used in more viral tweets going into July 2024, like one shared by X^[7] user @growing_daniel on July 13th, who said, "They won. You’re mad and they’re laughing…" further calling their opponents "chuds." The tweet gained over 21,000 likes in three days (shown below).

They won. You’re mad and they’re laughing. pic.twitter.com/LltbCD9qDV

— Daniel (@growing_daniel) July 13, 2024

Various Examples

This is what the demons are doing before Doomguy enters a new area https://t.co/00fhyFwjg4

— ♡ Charlotte Fang 🪲 Crown Prince ❀ LOVE HEALS 💞 (@CharlotteFang77) July 11, 2024

they create more shareholder value than 95% of engineers but y'all are not ready for that conversation.pic.twitter.com/DEb4rqIjlF

— ᐱ ᑎ ᑐ ᒋ ᕮ ᒍ (@Andr3jH) July 11, 2024

the HR department 1h before doing engineering layoffs pic.twitter.com/QcV0JqjgIn

— terminally onλine εngineer 🇺🇦 (@tekbog) July 11, 2024

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