Open TikTok and you’ll likely scroll past at least one boy with chipped black nail polish, tearfully syncing to a sad girl anthem, wearing a Scott Pilgrim-adjacent outfit, and telling you he’s “just in his healing era.” Maybe he’s sipping matcha. Maybe he’s reading The Bell Jar. Maybe he’s got a Mitski lyric in his bio. He’s not necessarily trying to be different – he’s just online.