For the witch aesthetic, it’s New Zealand pop star Lorde, whose sophomore album Melodrama is up for Album of the Year at this Sunday’s Grammys.

Description: Of all the microtrends, this strange mix of "bloke core" (masculine, sporty) and "coquette" (feminine, delicate) ...

The sea witch aesthetic is essentially mermaidcore 2.0. Except, instead of solely focusing on shiny scales and baubles, it’s a grittier, somewhat darker take on the merfolk vibe.

Instead of being depraved and chaotic, the goblincore aesthetic is actually rather thoughtful. It’s pretty popular, too — the hashtag #goblincore has 1.2 billion views on TikTok.

Sometimes a "-core" can be hyper-specific, relating to a particular celebrity versus a more general vibe. A "Harry Styles-core" aesthetic might include cherries, pearls and Pleasing merchandise.

The Vampire's Wife x H&M range captures the aesthetic perfectly and proved a hit with shoppers desperate to get their hands on the cult label at a far more reasonable price point.

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Taskrabbit analyzed thousands of bookings to find these trends. Hyper-personalization has taken center stage during 2024 in the form of niche 'core' aesthetics, think clustercore, regencycore ...

True to form, on Older Terrors, Esben and the Witch make a characteristically bold aesthetic leap. Throughout their career thus far, EATW have demonstrated an admirable ability to contain and ...