1950s Selfie Stick Couple / @brendanmurrayy TikTok

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1950s Selfie Stick Couple refers to a viral video originally posted by TikTok user Brendan Murray (@brendanmurrayy) showing himself and his female partner dressed in vintage, old-fashioned clothing from the early 20th century walking around York, England with a selfie stick filming them. The video was reposted to Twitter / X by user The cooking lady (@wolffdew) in December 2024, who wrote, "I wish this was still the standard, now people are wearing pajamas outside," inferring that people should return to traditional (trad) value systems. The tweet sparked anti-trad discourse on X in the following days, centered on the vintage fashion influencer couple.

Origin

On November 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[1] @brendanmurrayy posted a video of him and his partner walking around in York, England, dressed in vintage clothing. The video was filmed from a selfie stick. The song chosen was "You Make Me Feel So Young" by Frank Sinatra. Over 19 days, the video received roughly 2.2 million plays and 222,000 likes (shown below). The couple had posted similar TikToks^[2] earlier in the month.

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The video received viral reactions when it was reposted to X^[3] by user @wolffdew on December 11th, 2024, who captioned it, "I wish this was still the standard… now people are wearing pajamas outside," receiving over 18.9 million views and 35,000 likes in a day (shown below).

In the following days, viral quote tweets of the abovementioned post spread discourse about the video. For instance, on December 11th, X^[4] user @ginfantasy wrote, "Maybe I'm being harsh but I think dressing up in 1950s cosplay and filming it with a selfie stick is gayer than actual sodomy," gaining over 81,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Similarly, on December 11th, 2024, X^[5] user @justinboldaji, who wrote, "Zero confidence or swag, like a child wearing their parent's clothing," receiving over 290,000 likes in a day (shown below).

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