Explaining corecore: How TikTok's newest trend may be a genuine Gen-Z art form

Infinitely doom-scrolling on TikTok at 2 a.m. has become a common experience for a lot of people these days, and if you're one of those people (me included), you've probably seen a video like this:





"Okay," you say to yourself. "That's kind of sad, but also, same." You keep scrolling and then you find another one. And...