Either you get it or you don’t. Sofia Richie Grainge, a bona fide Gen Z It Girl associated with the old money aesthetic after her lavish wedding (Did we all cheer and clap for her when she married an age-appropriate peer after dating Scott Disick as a teen? We did) is now going viral for…being…chill? Yeah, no, totally.
Here’s what’s going on: The Notorious S.R.G. linked up with influencer Jake Shane some time ago for his podcast, and for friendship, probably. On Thanksgiving they made a TikTok together that is literally 14 seconds of them dancing (well, bopping around) to the song “Messy” by Lola Young at an outdoor mansion and posted it to Shane’s account.
In the video Sophia Richie Grainge wears a camel-colour sweater and skirt, metallic earrings, and sunglasses. She looks happy, relaxed, confident, glowing, the whole vibe. And the internet is obsessed with it.
“This feels ICONIC,” reads one of the top comments on TikTok. Many praise her smooth, shiny hair and smooth, shiny personality. Others note that they’ve watched the video every day since it’s been up. As of this writing, it has 1.5 million likes. Check it out for yourself…
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I do find the app’s ability to build an entire movement around the smallest of moments impressive!
So…what’s…going on? Why is this suddenly THE video? From the comments, it seems a good amount of the virality came from Richie Grainge’s dancing, which reminded (or taught) people that she is, in fact, crooner Lionel Richie’s daughter and thus predisposed to just, like, having swag. Her mum is dancer Diane Alexander, who appeared in Richie’s video for the hit song “Dancing on the Ceiling.”
The video then went viral again as people wanted to know what all the fuss was about, and a number of the top comments are now along the lines of, “This is the dance?”
Which is not to say that Sofia Richie Grainge isn’t as smooth as silk in this 14-second clip listening to music with her friend, only that it is a 14-second clip of her listening to music with her friend and it has started quite the conversation.
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Nay, movement?
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“I just spit out my drink!” Richie Grainge herself commented on one TikTok about the discovery that she is Black.
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Girlie was just hanging out and started a dance trend!
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Some are confused…
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Others are fully annoyed about it…
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But me, myself? I totally get it and it doesn’t make me feel old or out of touch at all. At all.
