“I wish I was as effortlessly cool”

“I wish I was as effortlessly cool”

Jake Shane and Sofia Richie Grainge in two photos taken outside near an overpass.

Sofia Richie Grainge, here with podcaster Jake Shane. (TikTok/Jake Shane) (TikTok/Jake Shane)

The internet is having a “chaotic” moment, courtesy of model Sofia Richie Grainge.

Last week, Grainge caused a stir on TikTok when she danced to Lola Young’s song “Messy” alongside her influencer boyfriend Jake Shane. Shane’s video, which now has more than 1.3 million likes, captivated fans – largely due to Grainge’s moves and general cool-girl aesthetic.

“She’s just sooooo sleek with it,” one fan commented about Grainge, who wears sunglasses and slicked-back bangs in the video.

“I immediately searched for this song because of her, she’s so timeless,” another gushed about the new mother.

One reminded the internet of her parentage: “You guys are forgetting she’s Lionel Richie’s daughter,” they commented.

Grainge, the daughter of “Stuck On You” musician and designer Diane Alexander (not to mention sister of 2000s icon Nicole Richie), soon became TikTok’s latest template for dancing to the Young track – although many people joked that they couldn’t. I don’t quite master her effortless charisma.

“I just wish I was as effortlessly cool as her as I watch this video for the thousandth time,” one TikToker joked in the caption of a video of Grainge performing the #MessyDance while hanging out with her baby.

Another fan stopped by over a cup of coffee in another TikTok post and wrote: “There’s something so rich about Sofie Richie’s little dance.”

A third grabbed a pair of sunglasses to recreate Grainge’s video, noting that she and the fashion icon have something in common: “I’ve been dancing alone like Sofia Richie in the corner of the party my whole life,” the TikToker wrote.

Still, not everyone has fully understood Grainge’s current virality. As one TikToker put it: “The girls turned a little random bop Sofia Richie did on this song into a trend and I’m wavering between ‘let people enjoy things’ and cringe at how people say they are.” “Obsessed…and like her brain chemistry has changed since they saw her wobble backwards.”

Another joked that the internet was a little too impressed with “rhythm and just vibe.”

Say what you will about the #MessyDance trend, but this isn’t the first time Grainge has made a splash on TikTok. Grainge, who married record executive Elliot Grainge in 2023, became the face of the “old money” aesthetic and “quiet luxury” on social media in style thanks to public fascination with her star-studded wedding in France and her subsequent transformation. (Think: lots of cream, subtle but expensive accessories, and subtle blonde hair.)

But as Yahoo writer Katie Mather pointed out, Grainge isn’t “old money” at all – and her ultra-luxe wedding was hardly an example of so-called “secret wealth.”

So what’s the fascination with everything Grainge does? Maybe, as the internet puts it, it really is all about the good vibes.

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