
It might be a stereotype but a “girls' night out” usually consists of several core elements.
These are, according to my professional experience, as follows:
Getting ready (most important stage)
Getting drunk
Getting a taxi
Getting turnt (least important stage)
Getting a kebab (second most important stage)
Getting home (yours or someone else’s)
And now a new TikTok trend is proving that across the world, the concept and execution of a “girls' night out” is… pretty damn similar.
Spotted by Vanity Fair writer Joanna Robinson, TikTok users are making before and after videos where they film themselves prior to a night out and then once (most of them) have returned.
Even better, the song that’s being used to soundtrack the videos is a UK special – X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan’s “Beer Fear”.
Specifically, the lines being cited are “Last night I told you I loved ya/woke up and blamed it on the vodka”. Long live Great Britain!
And Robinson highlighted some of the best girls night out TikToks in a thread, celebrating them for not only being funny, but also… woke!
“One of my fave TikTock [sic] trends is the Before and After night out girl group videos,” she wrote.
Apparently they strike a chord for their “sex positivity, honest beauty [and] awareness of where everyone ended up”.
One of my fave TikTock trends is the Before and After night out girl group videos. Sex Positivity ✅ Honest Beauty… https://t.co/tfZEtd1lyg— Joanna Robinson (@Joanna Robinson) 1582214748
There’s the one where everyone look signifcantly ruffled.
https://t.co/kA028biYlF— Joanna Robinson (@Joanna Robinson) 1582214763
The one where some fared better than others.
https://t.co/JuTdW35C7W— Joanna Robinson (@Joanna Robinson) 1582214755
This absolute masterpiece of documentary making.
https://t.co/S1Hp3G0EYh— Joanna Robinson (@Joanna Robinson) 1582214789
And the trio who were very honest about where one of their compatriots ended up.
https://t.co/pwSpuS53QM— Joanna Robinson (@Joanna Robinson) 1582214770
Viva the girls night out, forever and ever. Amen.