Meanings
- uncountableaestheticAn Internet aesthetic and artistic movement aiming to capture post-2020 sensibilities, juxtaposing various video clips with emotional music.
John Rising, known on TikTok as @HighEnquiries, started making corecore-like videos two years ago, and is generally credited as one of the originators of the genre.
2023 January 24, Ella Glossop, “An Explanation of TikTok's Latest Trend, #Corecore”, in VICE, archived from the original on 05 Apr 20241 more example
It's fairly obvious why Gen Z would enjoy corecore. You can be moved by these videos without knowing the sources of the clips but if you understand the pop, cultural and internet culture references, you feel special. Like most internet humour, if you get it, you get it.
2023 March 30, Hannah Ewens, “'Why am I crying over this?': how corecore TikTok videos caught the mood of Gen Z”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2023
Origin
From core (“an aesthetic ending in the suffix -core”) + -core. The term was popularized on TikTok in late 2022.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
corecore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corecore
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