She’s not the only artist embracing cringe. Los Angeles-based writer K. Allado-McDowell’s new novel, Amor Cringe, is a love letter to cringe maximalism. Allado-McDowell set out to write the cringiest ...

Was it the acoustic guitar? The cell phone lights swaying in the background? Or was it the lyrics of the song itself? Whatever it was, the impact was immediate and brutal. According to the internet, ...

There’s no shame in bringing back these sweet, nostalgic classics—or ordering whatever drink you’ll enjoy the most, regardless of its cringe status. We’re sick of the Carrie Bradshaw slander. Say what ...

It's a term that has entered the global, English-speaking lexicon as the Zoomer generation began to gain prominence on the internet and on social media in particular. To be 'cringe' is not just to ...

It’s hard to pinpoint when the “embrace your cringe” discourse sidled its way into popular culture. It could have been last spring, when Taylor Swift told NYU graduates to “learn to live alongside ...

The SXSW breakout stars Patton Oswalt as a desperate father catfishing his son, played by writer-director James Morosini. By Sydney Odman Assistant to the Editorial Director On paper, the premise for ...

From analog bags to phone-free parties, 2025 marked a shift in how much of their time people are willing to spend on the ...

In 2003, Apple released its third-generation iPod with a TV advert of various, anonymous silhouettes dancing like no one was watching against a colourful background. When I asked in the Vogue Business ...

In the race for eyeballs, some brands have found that there’s a surefire way to make their content impossible to look away from—infusing it with "cringe." A healthy dose of unsettling weirdness can ...

Every morning when I go to work, I open my computer and let people’s romantic hopes wash all over me. I run The Cut’s personal ads, where people semi-anonymously advertise themselves to potential ...

“I hated that movie. The love scene was so cringe.” Suddenly, this use of “cringe” seems to be everywhere. And some quasi-scientific evidence shows it’s on the rise. According to Google’s Ngram Viewer ...

Patrick Armstrong is an artist based in the United States, currently working as a list article writer for Game Rant. When not writing or making art, Patrick can be found playing video games, ...