Brainrot music, fast food and McBling bedrooms are part of the bad taste counter culture

By Almha Murphy - 04 Sep 2026
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Posted by Almha Murphy in Analysis

1 month ago

Good taste is becoming an oxymoron. In May, writer Emily Segal described the formulaic concept of “good taste” as its own kind of “tasteslop”, which is when the classification of items as good or bad taste stops being “relative, contextual and social”, and instead something rote-learned. Likewise, in May TikToker Melizza Jaune questioned “has taste…

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