As Charli herself explained in a TikTok video, “You are just that girl who is a little messy and maybe says dumb things sometimes, who feels herself but then also maybe has a breakdown but ...

Many of her recent purchases had already gone out of style, at least by TikTok’s volatile ... Or should she opt for more of a “clean girl” look, which would involve slicking back her hair ...

“TikTok may be temporary but TiK ToK is forever,” she wrote over the selfie-style clip ... into the way I saw the world at the time. That girl was naive and wild and playful.