Videos of the so-called ‘Fitzroy Garage Party’ have been watched millions times on TikTok across the English-speaking world, from rural England to snowy Canada.
had by Tuesday morning been watched 3.2 million times on TikTok, and attracted parodies and commentary from as far away as rural England and snowy Canada.It’s hard to pinpoint why this relatively innocuous, slightly cringe montage has taken such a hold of the TikTok algorithm. There is no Project X moment here. They wear silver chains and vintage vests, dance awkwardly, make prayer signs and take videos on their phones.
Confused TikTok users across the English-speaking world have posted about the video. A former Love Island contestant jumped to their defence, while parodies including “Scotland garage sesh”, “Kent garage sesh” and “Pleasantview garage party” have all popped up online. The videos have also migrated to Twitter and Instagram, where the trend has received a second wind from millennials and older generations who are generally perplexed about what is going on.At least initially, the video seems to have become a flashpoint in the discourse about gentrification in Melbourne’s inner-city suburbs.
One user, Aleks Hammo, posted a response saying his family immigrated to the inner suburbs of Melbourne from Eastern Europe in the ’60s, and admitted he was “quite protective” of it.“I feel like it’s this safe, protected space for alternative types to do their thing ... when there are new things happening where you live, that’s what gentrification is.”
It’s hard to know how much someone in Canada, Scotland or New Zealand would care about gentrification in Melbourne inner-city, but they are getting to see it anyway.
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