It’s been at least 10 years since the MTV Video Music Awards have produced a program worth talking about. To the detriment of humankind, no one’s stealing trophies, taking off jackets to reveal pregnancies, or twerking on married perverts anymore. Fortunately, an infinitely better show took place on TikTok on Sunday night.
In case you aren’t on the Romy Mars side of the app, the 18-year-old daughter of Sofia Coppola (and granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola) has become beloved for her silly little content—namely, videos from her first year of college at Lehigh University. (But who can forget the cinematic masterpiece that initially introduced her to the internet?) Because she’s most certainly not the average college freshman, followers can also expect a trove of celebrity cameos—the latest being the internet’s boyfriend (and her mom’s former employee), Jacob Elordi.
The video features Mars and Elordi participating in something called the “Biggest Brat” dance trend (I am the first in my bloodline to write this sentence). Together, the pair shimmy, shake, and, most importantly, show that even young, beautiful, and famous people still do duck lips. I, personally, will be pondering Elordi’s for the next three months. But that’s not all. The video concludes with a solo dance break in which Elordi raises his Frankenstein limbs skyward like your most basic friend two espresso martinis deep. Given Elordi isn’t exactly active on the World Wide Web, Mars’ getting him to make this video feels like a contribution to film that’s just as vital as anything her mom or grandpa has made. The comment section concurred.
“u nepo baby correctly,” one user wrote. “I never thought I’d see Jacob Elordi make a tik tok omg,” commented another. As if the girls weren’t already overwhelmed, Mars also posted a selfie with Elordi, who raises a glass of champagne, and—once again—gives us duck lips. Mind you, this man presented her with a cake on her 16th birthday. Some girls really do have it all. Frankly, if I had been given nepo baby status, making the most lusted-after men who’ve worked for my mom tipsy enough to agree to appear in my TikToks is precisely what I’d devote my days to as well.
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