0:00 the internet from 2014 to 2015 was quite an interesting time we had the ice bucket challenge which I refused to participate but it was for a good cause so there's that then also Kim Kardashian's butt broke the internet and Instagram also exploded and popularity becoming the second most popular social media app in the world it was just one of those moments where you just had to be there and there's so many Trends to go over I can't even go through all of them but with the growth of Instagram another Trend started to grow as well and it was quite concerning it was the IG baddy Trend this aesthetic really had the girls in a Chokehold because if you weren't an IG BD in 2015 or 2014 or even 2016 what were you doing with your life we saw a lot of celebrities embracing
0:45 this aesthetic which further contributed to its popularity among the younger population there are so many tutorials on how to dress like an IG bdy how to act like one how to do your makeup like one because makeup was a big part of the whole aesthetic the baddy look is characterized by attractive and bold styles that are often associated with a curvy figure full lips and heavy makeup and I know that was quite a broad definition don't worry I'm going to go more into depth on what it means to be a baddie but just think of Kylie Jenner from what 2015 to 2018 or 2019 if you are having a hard time picturing what a baddie is just think of that for now and I'm not saying that Kylie is like the ultimate baddy the it girl whatever I'm not saying that she's just one of the most popular so that's why I used her as an example cuz I know on Instagram when I put Kylie dinner on my poll y'all were
1:31 like she's not a bad she's not a Badd she's not a Badd just hold up hold it up a little bit she was the most po not most popular but one of the most popular so now if we fast forward to 2024 it's quite evident that the baddy culture does not have a strong grip on us like it used to it's still there but more Aesthetics are starting to be praised more and we're seeing a lot of celebrities start to embrace different Aesthetics such as the clean girl aesthetic quiet luxury or just minimalism we are moving away from the super curvy BBL baddy look the extremely caked face and the dressing like a fashion Nova model less is starting to become more and I'll be honest I'm happy because I'm not really into the bad aesthetic let me not say I don't like it if you think about it the baddy fashion look was mostly associated with woman who had the BBL bodies and because their bodies were considered desirable at the
2:18 time it didn't matter what they wore as long as they had a nice body people thought it was fashion they thought it was cute and they thought it was trendy I will say though that the bad aesthetic is not as popular as it once was so now we have people scrambling to reduce their curves ditching the over-the-top makeup and embracing a more natural look even though it's really not that natural in the first place but the biggest problem that the bad culture has left us with is 30-year-old teenagers that might not make sense now but it will make sense as I go throughout this video so think of this video as a continuation of my if you're under 18 you should not look like this video because I was rewatching it I'm surprised I even was able to rewatch it despite all the cringiness but I rewatched it and I realized that I could have gone way harder so this video we're going to go harder and we are going to talk about the bad aesthetic to be specific because
3:03 this is really one of the major roots of this problem it was a problem then and it's still a problem now so we going to talk about it just because the bad aesthetic is not as popular as it once was there are still many women who continue to benefit from this aesthetic and there also are a lot of minors and baby adults who continue to sexualize themselves and get rewarded for doing so so we have a lot to talk about in today's video so buckle up cuz it gonna be a big one let's just get into a child but before we get into this mess child I have a question for you have you been bombarded with a bunch of phone calls within a single day I'm talking like every 2.5 seconds a new number is calling you and you don't even know where these numbers are coming from well that has been my experience these last couple of weeks and I don't even know where these numbers are coming from I'm so tempted to answer the phone and be like yo what's good I tried blocking
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5:19 your online protection starts today but anyways let's get into this messy video ch [Music] part one what is the baddy culture to kick this video off let's start with an in-depth explanation of the baddy aesthetic since it is the focus of today's video it's a phenomenon that has taken the digital world by storm and left a lasting imprint on contemporary fashion and beauty standards especially on the impressionable youth whether you've seen it on Instagram Tik Tok or across various social media platforms the baddy aesthetic is hard to miss in this section we'll break down what Badd culture really is its Origins and why it has become such a powerful force in modern society let's get into it yeah
6:05 the baddy aesthetic actually dates back to the early 2010s when it emerged on the internet as a distinct subculture of fashion and style rooted in urban street style and Hip-Hop culture the bad aesthetic merged elements of sporty fashion with glamorous and edgy touches it was a blend of relaxed yet provocative clothing characterized by crop tops cargo pants chunky sneakers bodycon dresses and really just anything I showed off your curves the look was all about making a statement providing comfort with sex appeal in a way that was supposed to look effortless but it was actually meticulously curated social media platforms especially Instagram played a crucial role in spreading the bad aesthetic the visual nature of these platforms allowed influencers and Beauty gurus to Showcase their interpretations of style which in turn inspired a global
6:51 following hashtags like baddy became essential to creating content allowing users to connect to those who share the same aesthetic sensibilities if you go on Instagram you're going to see that the baddy hashtag has over 5 million posts and it probably had way more but you know Instagram loves to delete pictures randomly so there's that and there's also many different variations of this hashtag such as baddy edits baddy outfits baddy Nails baddy audios whatever you name it I can assure you that there is a hashtag for how to be a baddy you know it's also funny too when I was searching a baddy on Instagram tell me why I was seeing a bunch of booties just like clapping I saw a bunch of cheeks clapping on my feet and I was like wait is this what it means to be a baddie actually I'm not surprised though but I'm just surprised that Instagram allows that cuz Hil noticed Instagram is so picky like they'll suspend your account for such a stupid reason but
7:38 then there's people who are literally half naked on the app and they have a following of over a million does that make sense like y'all be picking and choosing who you want on the app like just say you're racist the rise of this trend was further propelled by important cultural figures like Rihanna and Ariana Grande who really embraced it during her Seven Rings era a lot of people have called Ariana out though for culture appropriation during this time and y'all said that Drake be switching his accent but I don't think you've heard Ariana be switching her accent let me show you I'm like that's my cookie is my juice okay thank you next that's what this baby picture says the dancing scene in this video is actually inspired by sweet charity and the Wardrobe you know I love my Mac lipstick this is the Mac I'm here to
8:23 talk about today girl come on K me get your ass in here come on girl did y'all PE accent change cuz I know you peeped it but I'm not about to get into Miss Ariana Grande last time I even mentioned her name her stands were ready to fight me so you know I'll sit this one out for now anyways I would say the biggest figures who have made this aesthetic popular and mainstream was the Kardashians and to be specific I would say Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner and also Khloe Kardashian too but they often embody the Badd look in their public appearances and social media post and if we focus on Kylie for a second there are so many pictures of her and figure hugging bodysuits that show off her curves her hair is long and Sleek down like the body is bodying like during this time Kylie was definitely establishing herself as the IG baddy and
9:10 as I said she was very popular so she did help popularize the style and just make it mainstream because like the real baddies like the previous baddies like if we're going to talk about baddies which we're going to talk about later but like let's say black China like she was popular but the Kardashian just made it more popular and mainstream so Kylie's endorsement along with the other ladies I mentioned to solidify the Badd aesthetic as a mainstream popular aesthetic it became more than just a social media Trend in fact it involved into a significant influence on the fashion industry these ladies influence made this style a go-to look for many Bridging the Gap between online Trends and real world fashion and leaving a lasting impact on how Beauty and style are perceived I am not saying that the Kardashian started the bad aesthetic because that would be incorrect it'll be a lie it was all a lie guys I'm telling
9:56 you it was all a lie I don't know who exactly started it but I do know for a fact that the bad aesthetic originated in Black and Hispanic communities Urban fashion in the 2000s was all about a baggier fit the focus was more on the overall Vibe and style rather than the body shape however the bad aesthetic in the 2010s shifted this Focus dramatically it became all about showcasing your body particularly with the rise of cosmetic enhancements like the BBL in this aesthetic the clothing itself was secondary to the body it was draped on as long as you have that hourglass figure that like doop doop like that you know the hourglass figure as long as you had it you were considered a baddy just because like your body fit the ideal body type that was praised in the baddy aesthetic I talked about this in my previous video where I said that the BBL culture is
10:41 dying down and since the BBL culture is synonymous with the bad aesthetic I would say the bad aesthetic is dying out too but I feel like the bad aesthetic is just changing I don't know if it's necessarily dying out but I feel like people are not really mesmerized by it as much they don't really care for it as much like a lot of girls have to incorporate different ath into their look to be considered different or just more interesting let's take Meg the stallion for example so she definitely does have that baddy look the baddy aesthetic however I feel like people are over that bad athetic like the you know I'm going to f your man get money blah blah blah like they're kind of over that cuz like that has just been done out for such a long time so it's interesting to see that her song with I can't say his name Yuki you know her song mamushi Watashi like that song like it has a different aesthetic to it a different vibe so I feel like that's also a reason
11:27 why it popped off compared to to her other songs but the beat's a little bit different also like she's incorporating Japanese culture into the song as well so I feel like all those reasons made it stand out does that make sense it does make sense period and also a lot of the women that I mentioned earlier do not embrace the bad aesthetic at all anymore Karli does not Kim not really Ariana not at all like a lot of people who used to embrace it so freely don't embrace it as much anymore I mean it's because they don't have to anymore they got their popularity they're popular now they're solidified so they don't have to act Urban to to get popular because let's be honest embracing this aesthetic when it was hot when it was at its peak like the at its height of popularity was smart for a lot of these women because they were able to appeal to a more urban audience while also still appealing to
12:13 like their core audience or a non-urban audience because you know they could go back and forth you know cuz they weren't black but they could appeal to like the urban Side by adopting these mannerisms to be considered hip cool or yeah just like hip and that's why I like Taylor swi because despite anything despite any aesthetic or whatever she stayed true to herself like she remained who she was like Taylor's not like a baddie that's great like she did not change her accent she did not tan herself 10 Shades Darker to be considered trendy she just stayed herself and period now look she's one of the biggest artists in the world in fact maybe I should buy her ticket to her concert right now because yeah I'm happy that she stayed true to herself anyways let's dive deep into what actually makes you a baddy because there are so many aspects to it so let's get into it yeah at the heart of the baddiest is makeup
13:01 lots of it the Badd look is all about a full face Glam featuring heavily contoured cheeks sculpted brows dramatic winged liner and voluminous lashes Kim Kardashian was literally known as the Contour queen during this time I believe she was even selling Contour product so she was definitely capitalizing on the hype of the baddy look also we cannot forget about the IG brows like oh my God I used to think the IG brows were so cool but when I look back I'm just like they were doing a lot they definitely needed to pipe down cuz it was giving scary I wanted IG brows so badly though when I was younger but I just had no concept of makeup and like my face so I would fill it in and it would just not look cute like it was not giving what it's supposed to give and I never knew you had to shape your eyebrows before doing makeup I literally would let my eyebrows grow I didn't pluck it I didn't shave nothing I just let it grow and I
13:47 would try to fill it in and I would think that concealer if I concealed underneath it would look good but girl I looked crazy like yeah I thought I was looking cute but realistically my eyebrows needed some uh plucking immediately also highlighted cheekbones perfectly lined lips and a matte or glossy finish completed the baddy look the goal was to achieve a face that looks airbrush and Camera ready at all times which if you think about it is impossible to have fashion and Badd culture is meant to make a statement and accentuate curves so think figure hugging dresses crop tops paired with high-waisted jeans that blends comfort with sex appeal and the sex appeal part of this aesthetic is my issue but I'm going to talk about that later clothes that emphasize The Hourglass silhouette W has become synonymous with the Badd aesthetic and Brands like fashion Nova
14:33 have capitalized on this trend offering affordable yet trendy pieces that cater to the baddy Market I even wanted to make a video on fashion Nova and how they influenced the way women were dressing during the 2010s because they definitely were quite influential and all that so maybe I'll make that I don't know but but fashion Nova was able to make the bad aesthetic accessible to the masses because their prices were cheap and so was the quality te and when I think of fashion NOA I think of their most popular model I believe her name is jod Joe well her actual name is yodit Yamin and she is known for having crazy proportions she has a super slim waist and wide hips which was and still is seen as desirable but she was the poster girl for fashion Nova and she even became so popular to the point where she actually collaborated with the brand and
15:19 created her own line I looked at her clothing line with fashion Nova and it was cute but it wasn't really anything revolutionary and I'm sure the quality of the clothes will match the price of the clothes it's also funny too because there is a running joke about jod Joe they're like don't buy any clothes that you see her modeling because her proportions are crazy so it's not going to fit you the same way if it'ss her so don't buy it the ideal baddy body is curvaceous and this is typically achieved through surgery such as a BBL hip fillers whatever you name it but a lot of women do have this figure naturally but it's funny because the ones who had to get a cosmetic surgery to get this body type are or were the most popular baddies and also can I say how problem atic it is to have a body type as an aesthetic this aesthetic also further tied the idea that black women
16:05 naturally have big booties like this is a natural shape for a lot of us but if you have common sense you know that not every black lady got a big booty the emphasis on this body shape has influenced countless of women to try to acquire this look whether it's through fashion choices or just getting Cosmetics procedures but also it's just very interesting to see that a lot of people now are reversing their surgeries I mentioned this in my previous video they're reversing their booty their boobies all of that they're reversing it because it's no longer considered trendy that's something else we got to talk about but before we talk about that let's talk about how hair styles as well are super important in the baddy aesthetic hairstyles in the bad aesthetic are sleek and often long flowy hair the hair can be straighten curled or styled into high ponytails also wigs extensions and braids are common
16:50 allowing for versatility and the ability to change looks frequently the two cornrows look to was very popular as well and I swear I got more attention whenever Kylie Kim or Chloe would wear the hairstyle because people would call them out for culture appropriation and at this point when you look back you just realize that the Kardashians used culture appropriation or rage baiting as a marketing tool and y'all fell for it every single time but after a while I was like girl I do not care like if these people wear corn Ros or whatever I do not care it's literally just to market whatever they need to Market and then we're going to forget about it the next second but the most important part of your IG body hairstyle was your edges your baby hair the way you laid your baby hairs elevated your hairstyle it just made it look like a bad Gale look and I wanted to be bad Gale and Cas so I tried to even to this day i' be trying
17:36 to lay my edges and they last for 2.5 seconds and they shrivel up again so at this point I'm tired like I don't know what more I have to do beyond the physical attributes the body culture also thrives on social media the body Persona is carefully crafted through curated Instagram fees perfectly posed selfies and a consistent online presence that reflects a glamorous lifestyle baddies are posting getting their nails done what new clothes they got and if they really got money they're posting up their new cars like it's a very glamorous Lifestyle the baddy lifestyle was associated with bouges and luxury which fit perfectly into the Kardashian brand because they got a lot of money so they're able to have the baddy lifestyle that's created on Instagram cuz they can afford to have elaborate birthday parties they don't they have their Christmas party every year that's super huge they travel the world they have
18:22 closets that are as big as my house they got the money well they do have the money to have this lifestyle and that's why they were also so successful with promoting the baddy aesthetic because they got the money to back it up the Badd Persona is about projecting confidence Independence and an aspirational way of life often blurring the lines between reality and the edited filtered world of social media which makes this aesthetic even more problematic and unrealistic like the lifestyle is crafted to the teeth people before they post they have so much time to edit their photo or just to take the best possible photo to make sure that I don't know it looks like they're on a private plane when they're actually not or they're just renting out the seat like you never really know so you just have to be very careful when you go on social media not to compare yourself to other people because life can be easily created by a feed like an Instagram feed
19:09 especially the Badd aesthetic a lot of y'all baddies y'all don't got the funds to back it up but if we went on your Instagram you would think that you guys are like business owners of like multiple successful businesses because it seems like you live a very lavish lifestyle realistically you're probably just renting half those things Instagram really brought this aesthetic to life and inspired millions of young women to emulate this this look with hopes that they'll blow up and become an Instagram model or just have the lifestyle that these baddies have I also want to mention too that a lot of the popping male rappers baby mamas or girlfriends emulated this look had Ari Fletcher who was with G herbo and Jada waa who was with Lil Baby both ladies are extremely well off and radiate baddy energy from their hair to their body to their career everything just screams bad they were not as mainstream as the Kardashians at
19:55 the height of the Badd epidemic but still influential nonetheless it felt like if you wanted to capture any of these male rappers attention you had to look like Ari or Jada and if you wanted to live how these ladies were living then you had to look like a baddy which of course influenced many women to seek out this aesthetic so they could live like Jada and Ari like their man was spoiling them they look like they had a lot of money like they were cool like that's the lifestyle that a lot of people crave to have I mean who wouldn't want a partner that is extremely wealthy to the point where you don't have to work or you can at least follow your dreams and not have to worry about the financial struggles because your person got money a lot of y'all would want that like don't lie you are not brought on this Earth to suffer so as you can see the Badd aesthetic popped off on Instagram and was closely tied to BBL
20:41 culture and just plastic surgery in general and it influenced millions of young woman including myself I tried to be a Badd I really tried but it just wasn't working cuz the funds weren't there the looks weren't there the makeup skills weren't there the hair wasn't there too so yeah it just never worked out but at least I tried a for effort baby Jersy I don't necessarily hate the bad aesthetic but I don't love it for sure and I strongly dislike it because it came and left us with 30-year-old teenagers so let's talk about that part two the impact of baddy culture on the youth it's no secret that the Badd aesthetic makes you look older the emphasis on excessive surgery makeup and elaborate hairstyles plays a crucial
21:26 role in making you look older well depending on your age of course when you appear polished and like you have your life together it naturally adds years to your look because we typically don't expect younger people to have such a refined appearance I certainly did not look polished when I was younger but as they say you grow and you learn but where do we draw the line of looking and acting too grown this aesthetic is being celebrated when we actually need to stop and reflect why we are celebrating minors or a barely legal woman over sexualizing themselves let's talk a ten Jolly is a social media influencer and content creator who has gained popularity on Tik Tok she became well known for her dance videos lip syncs and comedic content and also her curly hair she has a mass 7 million followers on
22:12 Tik Tok and 1 million on Instagram so she's quite popular and she does have a YouTube channel as well I believe she has over 100k now maybe probably does but if you look at what she posts it is quite concerning because her poses are sexually suggestive and she is only 17 years old where are the parents and what makes everything worse is the fact that she turned 17 years old this year so most of the pictures that I'm showing or the footage is from when she was like 15 16 like it's not it's not good it's quite concerning that she is able to post that type of content as a minor but if you look at her post it's clear to see that she does embody the baddy aesthetic her hair is always done she got them baby hairs late her outfits are figure hugging and her nails are done
22:57 okay so so yeah I would consider her body she fits into the aesthetic however she's 17 years old she is a minor and she's already resorting to sexualizing herself to get popularity and to you know have a career and it is working because she is getting praised and rewarded by the people around her it's just really disheartening for me to see young girls feel the need to have to sexualize themselves in order to get attention would we actually want to do it like if I'm not her age though but like when you grow up and you kind of look back you're like did I actually want want to show my body in that way did I actually want to pose that way did I actually like being treated like an object no like the answer would be no because no one actually wants that but that's kind of like a whole discussion and I think I'm getting ahead of myself and when I say that she's getting rewarded she has been able to grow her
23:44 accounts to have millions of followers based on this fad look and it is disheartening because it's just her objectifying herself and with millions of followers you can make great money so she's probably making pretty good money so she is being rewarded for the behavior that she's doing doing and also even miss ice spice is rewarding this girl in fact the way I found out about Aya tenali is through ice spice because ice spice had a music video for her song Deli yeah I believe it was Deli and ya was in the background twerking in the music video why on Earth would y'all have a 16-year-old in your music video scene like the set it's already not for a 16-year-old so why do you have her twerking in your music video like this type of behavior should not be normalized or rewarded in young girls like I just hate this idea of pushing
24:30 like to be super sexual on young girls like that's the only thing we have to offer that's the only thing they want to do cuz it's not but if you go on the internet you see a lot of young girls who go that route getting rewarded and it's financially with popularity like just different ways of getting rewarded and it is unfortunate because let's push let's push something else y'all just please stop rewarding this type of behavior because when it's rewarded it's continued and we do not need a cycle of girls who keep doing this like yes it's always going to happen but but the baddy aesthetic really heightened this because being a Badd was all about being hot curvaceous looking good being confident and yes the confidence is an important aspect of it but all the other aspects were just so unrealistic and just so objectifying to the point where it is not a good aesthetic for a young woman
25:15 to Aspire to fit into the bad aesthetic specifically promotes the idea of using your looks and body as a way to make money or get attention and the truth is that sex cells like I do understand that but this message should not be promoted to minors Who brain is barely developed yet in general I do hate the overt sexuality that is pushed down our faces as mainstream being sexual being hot is literally the main thing and I just want to say too I've said this before that I'm not like a super modest person I'm not a grandma like I'm not like oh my God everyone has to be covered up to the tea like that's not who I am but
26:01 but it hurts me even more to see miners in particular emulating this aesthetic thinking that it's cool that it's cute it's really not especially when you don't really understand what you're doing it's really not and I'm not saying to be covered from head to toe and cover your body like girl I'm not going to do that there's a time and a place for everything and I just don't like the idea how we promote this Jezebel stereotype to the masses to a bunch of young women like confidence does not need to equate you to being naked like let's keep it a stack you can show your confidence in so much different areas not just through your body and that's what's being promoted and that's what I don't like especially in the Badd aesthetic but even if we're not talking about the bad aesthetic in general it definitely is still a problem and the people who do promote this in their music I Still listen to it because there's definitely a time in a place for everything yeah if you want to go to
26:46 work go to work like I'm not saying not to but there's just levels to it and when you make your whole brand your body to me that is just just I guess disheartening to see because we're so much more than that we are just so much more than our B days I say we like I'm the same age as a but I'm not the same age as her though but I can relate to doing dumb stuff when I was 17 years old things that I probably should not have done because I thought that's what people wanted to see and that's what the older people were doing so I can relate to that that's why I'm really not into it I'm not going to say what I did because my parents watch these videos but just like it wasn't cute stuff and you honestly you live and you learn and you grow I'm still young though so I am still learning still growing but I'm just not into the overt sexuality pushed in our faces there's a time and a place
27:32 for all that there are a lot of girls like a out there and Alabama Barker is definitely one of them she might even be the most popular out of all of them I talked about her in my if you're under 18 you should not look like this video because at the time she was a minor but now she is 18 years old so she's not a minor anymore but like 17 18 really what's the difference like you still can't drink so and from the age 17 to 18 your frontal lobe which is is a part of your brain responsible for decision making and impulse control is still developing so you're not always making the best choices I'll tell you right now for a fact when I was 17 I was not making smart choices like I wasn't stupid though but I definitely you know there's some things I cringe at I'm like did I really like should I have done that no but you know you live and you learn the bad aesthetic as a whole should not be an aesthetic that miners
28:19 are embody sure there are ways to do it that are kid appropriate but we don't see it they're not the ones being pushed in our faces it's the ones who are bending over over and posing with their tongue out that's what we're seeing at the young age of 16 17 or even 18 there's no way young woman actually want to objectify themselves to millions of people like it's one thing to think you're cute like with your friends like going to a little Halloween party and stuff like to me that's different but like to millions of people and making out your whole brand that is quite concerning when Alabama looked the way she looked before where she's just like a normal girl or whatever no one was really checking for her it wasn't until she became a certified bdy that she started getting more attention people started talking about her and noticing her and this is the same thing with Kylie too Kylie before all the surgeries no one really paid much attention to her
29:05 but after she got these cosmetic enhancements started dating tiger and embodi the bad aesthetic that's when she got way more attention and was able to build almost a billion dollar Empire based on her looks alone but speaking of Kylie dating tiger that relationship was hella problematic when you think about it cuz apparently they started dating when she was 17 and he was 24 years old all although I did see some reports that said that they met when Kylie was 16 years old so if that's the case that's even worse dating a 17-year-old at your big age of 24 is so weird cuz can we think about it at my age I'm not 24 though my age is a mystery but at my age I would never even consider talking to someone who is 16 or 17 years old what the hell would I have in common with
29:52 them like just let me know we are at two different places in our lives I can't understand that that is really odd especially at the age of 24 to be interested in a 17-year-old the 7-year age Gap itself is not an issue I don't think that's a problem but the fact that she is 17 and he's 24 that's the issue plus she is considered a minor so by law like that's already wrong being 30 dating a 37-year-old that's whatever as long as y'all's frontal loes are developed there shouldn't be a issue but 17 and 24 is odd but since we're on the topic of relationships let's keep on going the bad aesthetic does not only objectify young girls but also promotes this toxic Hood love romance type is if you know what I mean let me break it down for you so Kylie Kylie she's known for dating tiger and Travis Scott like
30:37 right now she's with Timothy sham I believe but like during the bad aesthetic time she was with tiger and Travis Scott Kylie dating tigga was already an issue because he's way too old for her 17 and 24 disgusting but at the age of 17 dating an older guy seems cool especially when they're a popular rapper and they have like Street credit or whatever it's appealing at that age because you're like wow like they're so cool like and he wants me like I must be so cool baby no if a man is in his 20s seeking out a teenager or in fact any age 20s 30s whatever seeking out a teenager you're weird he's not cool sis he's weird as for Travis Scott there have been some allegations that he did cheat on Kylie but I don't believe anything has been confirmed but either way they never gave me like relationship goals in the first place but I wouldn't
31:24 be surprised if he actually did cheat on her then we also had Jay waa and little baby and I don't even know if I can call it the relationship a relationship cuz it was on and off and honestly it's hard to keep up with to be honest but there were a lot of cheating allegations and they do have a son together but it was just very much toxic and it was a mess no relationship goals there whatsoever there's a lot of relationships that I could talk about but the one that has been recently pissing me off a lot is bad baby and her new boo or whatever her baby daddy her situation pisses me off even more because she's so young she's only 21 and she already has as a kid and this toxic man why do y'all keep bringing kids into this toxic environment it's not cute please like sort out your issues before you bring a child into this Earth but let me just give you a quick rundown bad baby is the
32:10 girl who went viral for saying catch me how about on the Dr Phil show so after that she became viral she embarked on a rap career then she became rich and famous and I don't know what she's doing right now so about a month ago she accused her baby daddy of assaulting her and she posted the footage to her Instagram story and she also showed us her injuries after she made the allegations public she did Express that she still loves him and revealed that he was seeking help for his issues she did downplay the severity of their abuse stating that it wasn't a frequent occurrence but acknowledged that he needed to take accountability and make real changes however their relationship continues to be volatile days after being spotted together in Beverly Hills bad baby accused him of being a gold digger in a social media post and in the next photo she posted they were looking in love so it's very just a toxic
32:56 environment and toxic relationship ship I've never been in a situation like this in my life and God forbid I will ever go through it but I do understand that it is hard to leave abusive relationships but it's really sad to see because she is young only 21 and she already has a kid in this toxic environment so she's with this man for life because they have a kid together these types of toxic relationships should not be normalized but this Hood Gangsta love romance is what's praise in the Badd aesthetic you get cool points for being associated with these influential men in Urban spaces this even connects to the baby mama and baby daddy culture well I don't know if I would say that the Badd aesthetic promotes the baby mama or baby daddy culture let me know do you think it promotes that like I feel like it's closely aligned though because a lot of these rappers baby mamas they are
33:43 considered baddies so that's some Food For Thoughts the baddy culture overall does not promote healthy normal relationship they promote toxicity and that itself is an issue I don't think I need to really elaborate on that and what's even worse is that kids are being popped out left Center and right like it's nothing like kids are purses like that's what it feels like and that's even more of an issue because when you have a kid you're bonded together for life so you have that shared responsibility of taking care of that kid so that's why I will never understand why people think marriage is a big deal but having a kid is not with marriage at least you can get married divorced move on with your life but if you have a kid like you're tied together for life so I don't understand why y'all think that a baby is less of a commitment than marriage I remember this guy I was talking talking to last year I
34:29 believe I actually talked about him in my aging video and he told me that he does not want to get married but he wants six to seven kids does that make sense so you don't want to get married you don't want to propose to your girl but you want her to Bear six to seven children like and he's like yeah it has to be all natural no surrogacy no nothing like I was like yeah this man's on because it's not me and you before I get into the last problematic issue with a bad aesthetic I want to read y'all's opinion on this issue because as always I R on Instagram to ask you guys what's the tea like what is the tea what is the facts so let me read what you guys have to say first question is do you think the bad aesthetic is dying 30% said yes
35:14 25% said no it's still popping 45% said kind of I expected more yeses not even going to lie just because I don't see like the main people promoting the bad aesthetic but if you go online you still do see the aesthetic one of my friends actually swiped up so I wanted to read what she said as well this topic comes up at least once a year it's so jarring people pretend like these things are going out and then it never falls through I will say though a lot of the people that had us getting these injections and fillers in the first place are becoming mothers and because of that they're taking their health seriously I think all that has to happen is the new generation of baddies step in and carry the torch the baddies will not die according to her the baddies will not die so she does have a point everyone's growing up they got to to do their things their mother so they're trying to you know take care of their
36:00 children but I guess we could say the new baddies are Alabama Jodie Woods um bad baby Haya talii like I guess they're the new baddies even though half of them are minors next question is when you think of Baddie who do you think of I gave yall four options and it was cardi B Jada Chiefs Amber Rose and Kylie Jenner cardi B was the winner with 52% of y'all voting for her and Jada was second there are so many baddies to choose from but I just wanted to keep my list to four people so I asked you guys I'm like if there's any other baddy you can think of just you know send me a message and let's see like who I'm missing a lot of y'all did mention Arya Fletcher and I did want to include it but I just did not have space so was Arya Fletcher also got a lot of Natalie nuns who else did I get Oh Black China as well I got black China quite a bit
36:46 and I also got siza and I was like really like siza is cute but I don't know if I would consider her like a baddy like a Badd baddy you know what I mean like when I think of baddy like s does not come to my head okay next question is what do you think social media platforms like Instagram have played in popularizing the baddy aesthetic so this was a close one but the answer was they've been crucial in spreading the trend this was definitely more of the obvious answer because the baddy look is sometimes called the Instagram baddy look or the IG baddy look so as you can see it's already closely tied with social media in general so when you think about it social media has been very influential in making the baddy aesthetic a prominent aesthetic in the mainstream and the last question was do you think the Badd aesthetic has a positive or negative impact on young girls so the
37:31 two major answers were negative there's a strong pressure to conform the other one was neutral depends how it's interpreted for those who answer negative it's clear that many of you see the darker side of the bad aesthetic the emphasis on specific beauty standards can create a toxic environment where young girls feel pressure to meet an often unattainable ideal this can lead to issues with self-esteem body image and even prompt jurassics measures like cosmetic surgery at a young age it's a reflection on how powerful societal influence can be especially when it's broadcasted on social media 24/7 on the other hand a lot of you chose neutral depends how it's interpreted and this response also highlights an interesting point the B aesthetic isn't necessarily good or bad for some it's a way to
38:17 express creativity confidence and individuality but the impact it has on young girls really comes down to how it's presented and perceived if the focus is on self-love and empower m without the need for Extreme Measures it could be seen as a positive influence however when it turns into a competition or a means to fit in it can quickly become harmful but as always thank you so much for participating in these polls I appreciate your opinions you know y'all be giving me the tea and I love the tea so if you ever want to be in a video and get your opinion out there make sure you go on Instagram so you can always be ready to catch the next poll period so the last issue I wanted to talk about is materialism which is a rampant problem in the bad aesthetic matal listen money is nice being able to afford quality items and just have a
39:03 good life is very nice and it's it's crucial to having a good life for sure but the Badd aesthetic definitely overdoes it a lot of baddies like to flex the clothes they have their jewelry their lifestyle really anything to be honest and this does promote a culture of materialism flexing and hustling we always see the baddies on vacation getting their nails done their hair done or their man is gifting them a bust down for their birthday or something the Badd lifestyle is full of flexing materialism and fast money while most of the popping baddies got stable money because their man like actually makes money or they actually make money for the majority or a lot of people like y'all money is fast money it's not actual stabil like it's not stability like it's just scam scam scam and go because you're so concerned reflexing that you're not actually trying to create a good financial situation for
39:49 yourself in the future you would be surprised at how many people scam their way to afford the lifestyles that they have please don't believe everything you see on the gram I cannot tell you guys how many times people are scamming out here and you don't even know like you think their life is amazing they got money but no whole time it was all a lie guys it was all a she they might be flexing a $5,000 purse or a $5,000 belt on the gram but whole time they only have $5 in their bank account make it make sense it's funny too because this actually reminds me of a guy who I used to talk to and when I say talk I don't even consider talking cuz it was for such a short period of time but what had happened is that I posted a story of myself on Instagram then he swiped up complimenting me and I was like oh my God thank you so much and then we just continued the conversation from there and he was like you're so beautiful I
40:34 would love to take you out sometime and he was saying that he wanted to take me to all these expensive ass places the restaurants were expensive the activities were expensive like it was just very expensive and I was like damn so you got money to spend that but when I went on his page to stalk him he was already not my type because it was just full of flexing like you know when they have like money like spread out on their hand like I don't have money right now but like they have money spread out they they got money like this they spread it on in their hand he was that type of person like flexing too much flexing their chains like their belts like not my type at all so he was just doing too much flexing and too much talking so I was like yeah sure this is not going to work but you know when you're like whatever I'll just talk to Talking eventually it's going to fizzle out right so that's what that was the team but then he started actually planning the dates he was like yeah like this day August 27 we're going to go out do this
41:21 this this I was like you know what it would be nice to just go to an expensive restaurant and not have to pay so I was like M like whatever and before you say I'm using him for money no like I honestly did not care he was nice enough to go out with so I was like okay like I don't mind going out with him we had nice conversations but he was just flexing too much and that's what I didn't like that's really the only reason why I was like I don't really care for him but a free meal is a free meal so I'm going to take it no that's right but as time went on he stopped replying and honestly I didn't think much of it I don't really care men love to go so it's honestly nothing new to me so I didn't care I went on with my life but then a while after like months after maybe even a year after he hits me up and he's like hey I'm so sorry for not getting back to you they got me I was like who got you like what he was like
42:08 the feds they got me the feds got you I was like wait a damn minute so turns out this man went to jail for like scamming or trapping something like that that's why he didn't contact me for like what almost a year and he wanted to rekindle things back up and take me out on that date you should seen how fast I blocked that man for what so you see me and you see yourself and you think I'm going to go on a date with you after you just came out of jail for scamming count me out one thing y'all need to know about me is that I am not a ride or die if you do dumb and get caught keep me out of it I'm not going to ride for you in fact I'm going ride the other way cuz I'm not doing that I have seen too many women take the fall for their man or just go to jail for a man like that will never be me ever you
42:55 dig crazy I don't know if I look like a ride or die but I'm not I am not a ride or die babe life is too short to be with a man who has to wear orange jumpsuits I am so sorry but he was doing all of that flexing to me saying he's going to take me out d d d and the whole time the money wasn't even his it was just fast money it wasn't ethical or good money and listen I know the economy is messed up inflation all that like that's not cute but what's the point of scamming and doing all this to make money when you can't even enjoy your money like it's really no point of doing that I know it's not easy like 9 to5 they don't pay well but I just really don't see the purpose of making all this money and then you get caught and you can't even enjoy your money if you have a differing opinion let me know I would love to Kik it up with you as well period anyways the bad aesthetic overall is just terrible for young girls the fashion is
43:42 too grown for teens to be embracing and it just results in the over sexualization of a young woman and I am not with it some have argued that the bad aesthetic is dying While others have said it's well and it's alive so whether it's dying or not let's talk about the mess it has left behind part three the aftermath of the baddy culture as with any cultural movement the baddy culture has left a significant impact on society especially the younger generation while it has undoubtedly empowered many to embrace their confidence and individuality by wearing clothing and accessories that were once deemed ratchet and ghetto in the past it has also had negative and complex consequences the main girlies who used to proudly embrace the Badd aesthetic such as Rihanna Kylie and Kim don't embrace it anymore but they still have
44:29 influenced a generation of much younger baddies so what's next the aftermath of the baddy culture presents a mixed Legacy on one hand it shattered outdated beauty standards allowing women to reclaim and redefine what it means to be sexy and confident to a certain extent though because the baddy look was only praised on some people let's keep it a stack and also Miners and teenagers do not need to be objectifying themselves so let's stop praising that as well but on the other hand of the bad aesthetic it also perpetuates a narrow definition of beauty that many felt compelled to adhere to leading to a surge in cosmetic procedures and a focus on appearance over substance one of the most significant impacts of the baddy culture is BBL culture we have said this multiple times as influencers and
45:15 celebrities and really Ordinary People showcase them getting these enhancements they rapidly became more mainstream creating a ripple effect among young women who felt pressure to modify their bodies to align with the bad ideal as it was popping during this time and I also want to mention too that women didn't just want a big booty they wanted what came with the big booty as I said before a lot of these rappers baby mamas they were baddies and they had the BBL look they looked really good and it seemed like having a nice body and having that baddy look and having a BBL came with the lifestyle that a lot of these women have such as Ari Fletcher Jada waa and um what's her name India rose is it India rose I forget her name but little Dirks girl like all of them they have very luxurious bougie Lifestyles so it was easy to equate having a big butt to
46:01 having a lavish lifestyle and even in these music videos we see like the video vixens they have bbls they have the hourglass figure they have it and it looks like they're having the time of their Liv that they're getting paid well so it's very easy to equate a big booty with a good lifestyle so that's something that I also wanted to mention too it's not necessarily the big butt they wanted it's the lifestyle that they wanted now we're seeing a shift in the ideal body that was once considered the Badd look now being slim thick is what's in smaller booty is being more praised now and I talked about this in my previous video where some people want to even reduce their surgeries or reverse it completely because having a big booty is not as trendy as it once was and when I think of slim thick I think of Megan the stallion and Ice spice as well because they recently did lose some
46:47 weight and a lot of people have been praising them for losing their weight some people I've seen criticize them for losing their butts or whatever but most people have been saying that they look good they look snatched that they want to look skinny themselves as well so they are getting praised and I think it's also helping make the slim thick era like the new thing but y'all I've said this before and I'll say this again our bodies are not meant to be cut up every 2.5 seconds when a new trend is arising like y'all need to pipe down with that like just because bbls are trending you get a BBL now BBL is not trending you want to reverse it your body is not supposed to go through all that changes people are not considering the cost and also the recovery time too always being in pain and recovering from that I don't know what that would do to your mental so it's not something that
47:32 we should be taking lightly don't feel the need to always chase the new trends cuz girl you going to be running for a long ass time and as I said before we have been left with 30-year-old teenagers but girlies look way older than their age and it's it's a problem a lot of young girls and women have been on their quest to maintain a youthful bad like appearance so they resort to cosmetic procedures like Botox and fillers far too early like if you're 17 why are you getting filler why are you getting Botox you are already young like how young are you trying to look but this trend does reflect a broader issue where altering one's appearance and body and face is seen as standard it seem as normal and in fact it seen like it's expected now that these young girls should be doing this to look like a baddy or to look cute or just to be considered attractive if you have small
48:19 lips you're expected to get lip filler if you have let's say a flat booty you're expected to get a BBL or a skinny BBL now they call it a skinny BBL cuz a smaller booty so yeah you're expected to get a little lift now if you have a flat booty while plastic surgery can be a personal choice and even a confidence booster there has to be a limit the risk of addiction to these procedures is so real what starts as a desire to fix one perceived flaw such as a nose job can quickly spiral into an endless cycle of enhancements blbe jobs butt lifts tummy tucks and lipos suction leaving people chasing an Ever elusive standard of perfection because they are never satisfied with how they look they have that idea in their head that they can always look better and having this mindset is detrimental because you're really just going to be running for a
49:05 very long time not only does plastic surgery age these women but also their clothing choices makeup choices and hair choices I mentioned a earlier in this video and she 100% does dress way way too mature for her age my question is were her parents her Guardians isn't anyone going to step in and be like hey you don't have to do this or this is just straight up inappropriate because I never blame the young girls for doing so I'm mostly just looking at her Guardians and her parents and like where are the role models where are these people who should be guiding her down a different path but I will say this I have seen a lot of situations where the family doesn't come from a lot of money but when these girls start posting themselves online and posting themselves suggestively they start getting popularity they start getting money and
49:52 then they become the bread winner of the family and then it becomes a thing where the parents don't say anything because the kid is bringing in most of the money so they're just letting their kid do what they got to do to make them have money and this was evident with Malu trogo I'm pretty sure I'm pronouncing it wrong though I know she's had some Financial issues with her mother as well like I don't know too much but I do know like her mom ask her for money a lot but it happened in Malu also with bad baby as well but I don't know Aya's family situation but I just have a feeling it's maybe it could be similar to that they say money is the root of all evil and in situations like this it's hard not to to agree in the end the baddy culture may have started as a form of empowerment but its aftermath is complex and troubling we must also recognize the importance of fostering self-love and
50:37 self-acceptance particularly among younger Generations who are the most vulnerable to the pressures of social media and cultural Trends instead of encouraging them to change who they are to fit a certain image we should be promoting the idea that their worth is not defined by how closely they align themselves with the particular aesthetic especially when that aesthetic over sexualizes them and puts them in spaces that they should not be in despite the criticisms the baddy culture has undoubtedly influenced future Trends and Fashion Beauty and social media as the baddy era continues to wne it leaves behind a legacy that will continue to inform how we understand and navigate self-expression and identity in the digital age anyways thank you so much for making it to the end of this video period let me know your thoughts on this topic I'm super super interested and you
51:24 can also check out other videos that are similar to this topic Toc because there's just so much to say about this topic you can't get it all in one video yeah period I'm going see you next time you know the Vibes bye
