KayraTheodore Hair Art Trend

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About

The KayraTheodore Hair Art Trend, also known as Kayra Theodore's Hair Art Trend, refers to a Twitter / X redraw trend in which artists draw TikToker KayraTheodore (@KayraTheodore) whose hair is shown in elaborate braids. Many also joked about how KayraTheodore looked like a "psychic gym leader" from Pokémon (specifically coinciding with the Pokémon Gym Leader Hairstyle trend) or a Tim Burton character. The art trend started in April 2024 and continued into May 2024.

Origin

On April 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[1] @kayratheodore posted a video that combined multiple selfie videos of herself pictured with various hairdos involving braids. Her braids were shown in spirals, squares and curls, among other shapes. Over eight days, the video received roughly 2.6 million plays and 866,500 likes (shown below).

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Later on April 23rd, 2024, X^[2] user @mother_cathy reposted the video, writing, "Y'all," receiving over 56 million views and 260,000 likes in eight days. The tweet inspired numerous viral quotes, like one shared by X^[3] user @Rattlezziper on April 24th, who said, "She a psychic gym leader," receiving over 308,000 likes in six days (shown below, left).

On April 24th, 2024, X^[4] user @girlyloomis tweeted, "this is crazy good character design inspo," gaining over 11,000 likes in six days (shown below, right).

Art Trend

On April 25th, 2024, X^[5] user @deeecreates tweeted, "They said she looked like a Tim Burton character 💀," captioning an original drawing of KayraTheodore based on the viral video, gaining over 89,000 likes in six days (shown below, left).

Others followed the idea, sharing their own art in tweets and quotes, like X^[6] user @MIHNT_0 on April 26th, 2024, who wrote, "Y’all are saying Tim Burton when you should be saying Jorge R. Gutierrez," earning over 121,000 likes in five days (shown below, right).

The trend continued going into late April 2024, like one drawing shared by X^[7] user @kxrlymiyagi on April 30th, 2024, which followed the idea of KayraTheodore being a "psychic gym leader" from Pokémon, receiving over 8,500 likes in a day (shown below).

Pokémon Gym Leader Hairstyle

Pokémon Gym Leader Hairstyle, also known as Pokemon Types as Hairstyles, refers to a viral trend on Twitter / X in which people pair extravagant hairstyle pictures with Pokémon gym leader designs, which are often aligned with a specific Pokémon type. The trend started in April 2024 after two videos focused on unique and detailed hairstyles went viral on X, sparking fan art and memes comparing Pokémon gym leaders, later paired with an image macro featuring all Pokémon types and their respective hairstyles.