Top 13 Strangest and Most Bizarre Trends Among Youth in 2019

Following the 'Mazda lips' or 'Kylie Jenner-style lips', netizens continue to be intrigued by the peculiar beauty trend - 'gear lips' or 'chicken beak lips for Tet celebration' at the end of 2019. A series of images featuring the new beauty style called 'gear lips' have appeared on various forums and groups, attracting attention from netizens.

Those following this trend will apply lipstick generously to create lips resembling gear teeth, chicken beaks. As soon as it appeared, the trend was embraced by young people, and even celebrities in the showbiz industry. Prior to the 'gear lips', the 'Mazda lips' beauty trend also perplexed netizens.

According to netizens, 'Mazda lips' refer to lips that are curved upwards at both corners and pointed at the lip's edge. The term 'Mazda' is inspired by the widespread wings logo of the famous Japanese automobile brand. This beauty style has appeared on various forums and groups, attracting attention.

With just a sun protection outfit covering from head to toe, many young people can easily capture stylish travel photos without spending much time or worrying about getting a tan. This trend is enthusiastically embraced by the online community, especially during peak sunny days.

The trend of taking travel photos in a “ninja-grade” style began to emerge in mid-May during the peak sunny days. Individuals or groups of young travelers would wear sun protection clothing, covering themselves up completely, then strike super cool poses for photos. With this trend, you don't need to carry many changes of clothes, you don't spend much time posing, and you don't even need makeup, yet you can confidently have a set of super stylish travel photos. This trend has been enthusiastically embraced by the online community, especially during the peak hot days of summer in 2019.

The trend with creative ideas to 'makeover' their rooms was enthusiastically embraced by young people in 2019. In just a short period of time, young people could completely transform the appearance of their rooms with minimal cost and still look beautiful.

Without spending too much money, they could decorate their rooms in their own style, becoming a trend that young people have been passing on to each other in recent days, and these are the highlights of this trend.

This trend emerged in early April 2019, thanks to its spread on social media and quickly garnered enthusiastic responses. Specifically, with the call “Share photos of your old friends then and now,” thousands of people shared beautiful moments of their friendship.

The trend carries a gentle message: Over the years, only the sincere ones can stay together. Everyone grows up eventually, that's the law of nature, so be content with what you have. Genuine friendships will last.

Considered one of the craziest challenges to hit social media around May 2019, bearing the name “selfie with a cockroach on the face challenge.”

According to some sources, this insane trend surfaced when Alex Aung, a young man from Myanmar, posted a selfie with a large cockroach on his face on his personal Facebook account. Captioning the photo, Alex Aung wrote: “New challenge, can you do this?”

This became the most talked-about phrase in February 2019, stemming from the divorce case of the Trung Nguyen coffee couple. The phrase 'What to do with too much money?' suddenly became a hot trend on social media.

Let's see how netizens answer the most burning question today 'What to do with too much money?':

'What to do with too much money?' So you won't have to eat instant noodles at the end of the month. So you can try crying in a Ferrari,' answered Hoan Toan Vu. Netizens buzzed around asking each other on FB: “What to do with too much money?” No one had a thorough answer. Netizens then climbed up to ask the heavens. And here is the answer they got: “You guys just go and make a lot of money then you'll understand”...

The phrase by singer Huong Giang in the MV “Em đã thấy anh cùng người ấy” (I've Seen Him with Someone Else) kicked off a very popular trend on social media at the beginning of the year: “The first time is A's fault, the second time is B's fault”, “the fault of destiny”... In this MV, Huong Giang, playing the role of a betrayed girl, said: 'Betrayal for the first time is his fault, but if he betrays me again, it's my fault'.

From this phrase, netizens are creating many versions of 'whose fault it is'. Many of these versions are very humorous, and some are full of profound philosophical meanings. From music fans to football fans, young people in general to advertising content, job hunting on social media... all quickly follow this catchy phrase.

Not too elaborate in execution but the star-shaped photo challenge trend was highly embraced by young people at the beginning of 2019, becoming a popular posing style among students nationwide.

Compared to photo trends like the 'pencil photo', posing for photos sitting on each other's backs, 'hand on the waist' or the challenging Dele Challenge... the trend of taking star-shaped photos is considered relatively easy to do, just look and mimic to succeed.

Back in March 2019, social media exploded with the trend of sharing throwback photos of moms, enthusiastically embraced by a large number of netizens. Looking at those simple images, perhaps everyone feels the warmth and nostalgia for their mother's youth.

The one who initiated this trend was an account with the nickname Nhật Minh. They posted a picture of their mom with the caption: 'Sharing a throwback photo of mom when she was young' and quickly received enthusiastic responses from netizens.

The '10-Year Challenge' or #10yearschallenge is the name of a trend where people share comparison photos taken in 2009 and 2019, which has been widely embraced by young people worldwide in the early days of the year. This trend is not only a simple fad but also an opportunity for everyone to revisit their own past.

For the '90s generation, 2009 was the time when we were still sitting in the school desks, still mischievous teenagers causing trouble in class. When there's a trend like 'take me back to my youth', people often eagerly participate. Therefore, in the early days of 2019, Facebook once again flooded with images recounting the 10-year journey of netizens inside and outside the country.

This trend emerged in early 2019 and spread rapidly. It is known that this trend appeared after some accidents caused by reckless driving, which shocked the online community.

Concerned about similar accidents and aiming to draw attention, some young people initiated the 'empty car waiting at red lights' trend. However, despite some supportive opinions suggesting that this might be a way to reduce danger when participating in traffic, the majority of people disagreed, even fearing it would cause traffic chaos.

Originating from a playful remark by Ánh Dương (Bảo Hân) in the hit Vietnamese television series that has stirred up the online community lately, 'youth like a cup of tea...' with its catchy and memorable rhythm has quickly become a 'hot trend' used by many people. Fan pages and businesses have also cleverly adapted it to attract online users.

The full statement made by Ánh Dương in that dialogue is as follows: 'Youth is like a cup of tea. Eating a few pieces of cake and youth is gone.' This remark, seemingly spontaneous from the witty, intelligent, and mischievous character, was immediately embraced and loved by many.

The craze for 'Youth Like a Cup of Tea...' after just one episode of a series is not only loved by the online community but also by 'hot Facebook-ers' and Vietnamese celebrities who quickly 'catch the trend' to create new, extremely humorous and adorable versions, making the statement even 'hotter' on social media.

The trash cleanup challenge, originally known as #trashtag, emerged on social media in the past year, initiated by a Facebook user living in Romania named Byron Román. He posted a photo of himself sitting on a pile of trash and another photo after he had cleaned up the entire pile, along with the message: “This is a new challenge for all bored teenagers.'

Take a photo of an area that needs cleaning, then take a photo after you've done something about it and post it on social media. Unlike previous challenges that were considered pointless, the trash cleanup challenge received praise as it called on netizens to join in cleaning up parks, beaches... as a way to overcome the challenge.