About

"Are You Emo?" Bully TikToks refers to a series of TikTok videos by user @liiias._ which gained notoriety for being an accurate representation of the type of mean behavior one might experience in middle and high school. Though several of the videos grew popular, Giordano's "Are You Emo?" video helped her gain notoriety and was in itself parodied on the platform and elsewhere.

Origin

On April 22nd, 2019, Giordano posted her "Are You Emo?" TikTok, acting like a teenager asking someone if they were emo and depressed because they wear all black. The video gained over 56,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

The video soon became well known on Twitter, as people commented on how accurate it was to their lived experiences. Twitter user @lolitasdead^[1] commented they were "so traumatized" after seeing the video (shown below, left). Twitter user joked about Super Smash Brothers player Tamim by turning the text of the TikTok into a copypasta (shown below, right).

Giordano created several other videos where she acted out relatable school experiences, often playing the role of the bully. Other popular videos include one titled "POV: We are talking to our group of friends & I brought up the GC we purposely didn’t add u to" (shown below, left), which gained over 63,000 likes on TikTok, and "POV: someone’s complimenting your appearance and I’m mad about it so I humble you," which gained over 42,000 likes (shown below, right).

Giordano's TikToks were covered by Daily Dot^[2] and Popbuzz.^[3]

Various Examples

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