{"id":236946,"date":"2023-06-27T04:08:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=295230"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:50:16","slug":"the-most-trend-of-tiktok-in-2023-among-generation-z-franz-kafka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-most-trend-of-tiktok-in-2023-among-generation-z-franz-kafka\/","title":{"rendered":"The most trending thing on TikTok in 2023 among generation Z? Franz Kafka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You never know what the next trend on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tiktok-meta-and-twitter-will-be-witnesses-of-any-child-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> will be<\/strong>, the platform that has popularized forgotten Netflix movies overlooked by the algorithm, books that barely sold in their first edition, more or less absurd songs, and even historical events that the Generation Z wouldn&#8217;t otherwise know about. It&#8217;s a mishmash filled with ideas, memes, trends, youth, and an inexplicable weirdness that millennials (not to mention the Gen X) find hard to comprehend, which has suddenly put Franz Kafka in the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"TikTok\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/25d01a14-3485-42e7-a253-e5050ac51dd1\/3735921813\/tik-tok-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">TikTok<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/c.traktum.com\/?a=69621&amp;c=855409&amp;E=LZ8HsIpCjYo%3d&amp;s1=article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/c.traktum.com\/?a=69621&amp;c=855409&amp;E=LZ8HsIpCjYo%3d&amp;s1=article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Kafkaesque result<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not that suddenly millions of teenagers started reading &#8216;The Metamorphosis&#8217; by pure coincidence or hive mind. Or maybe it&#8217;s a little bit of both. It all started during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-met-gala-had-the-best-moment-of-the-year-with-a-cat-and-a-dog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MET Gala<\/a> when a cockroach made its way onto the red carpet. The initial video made a joke about it, as if it were a tweet: <strong>&#8220;Has the 2023 MET Gala brought Kafka to life!?&#8221;<\/strong> It went viral with over 2,000 comments and 433,000 likes, and the snowball effect began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it didn&#8217;t stop at &#8216;The Metamorphosis.&#8217; Soon, young people started comparing any cheesy teenage <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-latest-whatsapp-feature-is-so-good-it-will-make-you-mute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> message to phrases from &#8216;Letters to Milena&#8217; (&#8220;It&#8217;s never enough of what I have of you in my hands&#8221;), <strong>and memes, profiles, biographies, and real-life comparisons<\/strong>, combining the author&#8217;s cynicism with the everyday life of any young person, have grown exponentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@galadragot\/video\/7184071772520713477\" data-video-id=\"7184071772520713477\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@galadragot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@galadragot?refer=embed\">@galadragot<\/a> <p>? <a title=\"kafka\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kafka?refer=embed\">#kafka<\/a> <a title=\"philosophy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/philosophy?refer=embed\">#philosophy<\/a> <a title=\"literature\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/literature?refer=embed\">#literature<\/a> <a title=\"books\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/books?refer=embed\">#books<\/a> <a title=\"kafkaesque\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kafkaesque?refer=embed\">#kafkaesque<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"tinquiete\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tinquiete?refer=embed\">#tinquiete<\/a> <a title=\"booktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/booktok?refer=embed\">#booktok<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c tinqui\u00e8te by gala dragot slowed - gala dragot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/tinqui\u00e8te-by-gala-dragot-slowed-7178635298492943109?refer=embed\">\u266c tinqui\u00e8te by gala dragot slowed &#8211; gala dragot<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The hashtag #kafka already has a total of 547 million views (quite impressive, right?)<\/strong>, including top quotes from Franz Kafka with hundreds of thousands of likes, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/yours-new-rosalia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">love<\/a> declarations with millions of views, and even parodies that say, &#8220;When he calls you beautiful, but Kafka said, &#8216;In a way, you are material for poetry, you are filled with nebulous subtleties that I want to spend a lifetime deciphering.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the comments are not joking around: <strong>&#8220;I love you, Kafka,&#8221; &#8220;I need a Kafka in my life,&#8221; &#8220;They want a Kafka, but they&#8217;re not a Milena&#8221;<\/strong>\u2026 And no, there&#8217;s no post-irony or attempt to joke; they are completely serious. If you thought <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tiktok-expands-its-own-onlyfans-to-more-regions-and-creators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> was all about dances, copying each other, and leaving originality (and culture, while we&#8217;re at it) behind, it&#8217;s time to stop yelling at a cloud and embrace the booktokers, their love for Kafka, and the absurdity of life. And if you don&#8217;t like it, who knows, maybe the next video will be about cats, right?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"TikTok\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/25d01a14-3485-42e7-a253-e5050ac51dd1\/3735921813\/tik-tok-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">TikTok<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/c.traktum.com\/?a=69621&amp;c=855409&amp;E=LZ8HsIpCjYo%3d&amp;s1=article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/c.traktum.com\/?a=69621&amp;c=855409&amp;E=LZ8HsIpCjYo%3d&amp;s1=article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not that suddenly millions of teenagers have started reading &#8216;The Metamorphosis&#8217; by absolute chance or hive mind. 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