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Living the life of the characters in your favorite television show.

    Have you ever had such a huge obsession over a show that you wanted to live the same lifestyle as the characters in your favorite show? Did you notice that you wanted to dress and act like them? Maybe even started to talk like them even if you didn't notice? Well, this was a viral trend as soon as the first season of Outer Banks came out in 2020. Outer Banks released the first season in prime quarantine and I can speak for myself and everyone else that I talked to that we all binge-watched this show in one night because what else were we supposed to do, we were stuck at home. This show absolutely took over our generation and blew up on Tik Tok and this lead. It gave us this mindset going into summer that we wanted to live just as carefree as our favorite characters did throughout the summer. 

    Outer Banks season two came out in July of 2021 right in the middle of summer. Then season three was released in February 2023 right before the weather was starting to get warmer outside. This started to get fans excited for summer and you started to see more Tik Toks about Outer Banks. People are fixated on the way they dress and the jewelry they wear even the fact that they run around with no shoes on most of the time. They love that they live by the ocean, ride around on boats to get places, and get to be free with their best friends. This leaves fans wanting to live that life with their friends. Nothing will compare to when season one came out in the middle of quarantine and you knew that everyone else had just watched the whole season and it was all you would see on your feed when you scrolled through Tik Tok. When you would scroll through Instagram all of the ads would be Outer Banks-themed jewelry and clothing because it the all the rage. 


    It is very common to see people start to pick up trends from their favorite shows especially if they are going viral. The producers of Outer Banks did a great job of releasing each season right before summer so that they will get their fans hooked right back where they left them. Now that the new Outer Banks season has been released you will start to see Tik Toks about the style and the location. You will also see people going on vacation where the show was filmed simply because they want to feel a part of the lifestyle. Of course, trends will fade out and reality will set in that you don't actually live the same life that they do in the show but it is fun while it lasts. This example shows how fans are molded to the lifestyle in the way they dress, act, and want to live their life based on their favorite show. 


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