TikTok’s ‘however there was as soon as a time’ pattern explores our wilder, youthful days

TikTokkers have jumped on a pattern principally used to point out off their youthful, wilder days.

Scrolling by your FYP on TikTok, you have possible seen the “there was a time” pattern. The beats of the pattern are constant: 1) you present somebody or one thing as they’re now, 2) you say “…however there was a time,” 3) you present how they had been. For plenty of people, this implies exhibiting that whereas, sure, they’re now a dad or mum with a 9-5, they had been as soon as a partier (or one thing of that ilk). For others, the posts can tackle a extra melancholy tone, the place they keep in mind one thing they miss. And, in fact, there are some TikToks following the pattern which are simply bizarre and foolish.

Listed here are a couple of about being settled now, however individuals who hit the bars again within the day.

However there are different kinds of posts utilizing the pattern, usually with completely different TikTok sounds. This is one about lacking enjoying hockey.

Or there are dad and mom posting their children rising up.

Or there are jokes about good canine.

Or there are individuals posting their earlier careers.

Or, as these posts trace at, there are some people utilizing it to publish about relationships that ended or individuals they’ve misplaced.

Briefly, the pattern explores all of the methods time modifications us. And for a lot of people, meaning dropping their wild facet.