- It's pretty impressive.
(laughter)
- It's so bad.
- [Kelsey] How dare you?
(dramatic music)
- Hey everybody.
I'm Kelsey and today I'm going to be
transformed into an e-girl.
I kinda know what an e-girl is.
I'm assuming it's pretty similar to like an emo girl.
There's like some small differences,
but it's kind of like, you know, cute punk
dark colors, pinks on occasion,
and, like, hearts on your face.
I was like a little emo girl for like a hot minute
before I went full soft girl.
Yeah, I mean I shopped in Hot Topic and Pac Sun
and I had like parachute pants
with all the black pockets and chains.
I wore skater shoes with the bows at the toe.
I wanted to buck society's norms on how to tie my own shoes.
Yes, it was harder to do.
I feel like e-girls today are a variation
of being a scene or emo girl.
Scene girls walked so e-girls could run.
I really like pastels.
I really like light colors, happy things.
It was pointed out to me recently
that you could technically on most days
categorize me as a soft girl.
I didn't think about that as I was
developing my personal style until it had already happened.
I love the e-girl style.
I think it's real creative.
Most of the time I don't have a problem with being
the center of attention, or on display,
but I do think my friends are gonna have
a distinct reaction to my clothes that I'm not used to.
I'll admit, the BuzzFeed offices are pretty chill
with literally any kind of self expression
so I don't think anyone's gonna be rude,
but (stammering)
I don't love walking around
and having everybody comment on how I look.
And that's going to be pretty much most of the day,
is people going "Oh Kelsey, you're wearing that!"
And I'll be like "It me, I am."
(laughs)
Let's transform.
That was a Sailor Moon reference.
(upbeat rock music)
(screams and giggles)
- Oh my god, I love her!
I feel very like I'm expressing my internal vibes
on the outside now.
I'm so excited to see my friends reactions.
Okay, I'm leaving set now.
I can just see myself.
I can't take-
Hi!
- It's pretty impressive.
- [Kelsey] Okay.
- All right.
- [Kelsey] All right, bye!
See you later.
I'm having fun, I think.
Oh my gosh.
Everybody's staring at me.
(laughing)
- [Kelsey] No!
- It's so bad.
- [Kelsey] How dare you?
- That's - you're dressed like me in high school.
- Every time I see myself, I scare myself
because I forget that I look like this.
What do you think?
- Oh (bleep)
(Kelsey laughs)
Oh my God.
- [Kelsey] You seem unhappy.
- I just don't know how I feel.
- I don't know what this is.
(Kelsey laughs)
- It's bringing back really bad high school flashbacks.
(Kelsey laughs)
Don't judge me.
- [Kelsey] I will judge you.
- We were all there.
- [Kelsey] You don't know what I am?
- [Man] She's an e-girl, you're such a dad.
- What are you?
- [Kelsey] I'm an e-girl.
- An e-girl?
- [Kelsey] Yeah.
- I can't keep up with all these.
- I have no problem with this outfit,
I'm just confused.
- [Kelsey] What do you think?
- I didn't even recognize you
when I saw you walking through.
I thought you were someone else.
- [Kelsey] Sick.
- Do you know what an e-girl is?
- [Girl] No I do not.
- [Man] Well at least it's not just me.
- [Kelsey] You all are old, get on Tik Tok you losers.
- I'd like to be removed from this narrative.
- Wow, I didn't recognize you with the hair.
- [Kelsey] Yeah?
- You're giving me a very Black Mirror vibe.
- [Kelsey] Ooh, I like that.
- You should, it's cool.
- I think that it's not you.
I think it's cute, like I would wear that outfit now.
- I still kinda like it.
Like I don't know if I would ever
wear this all together again,
but like, I don't know.
I'm really having a really fun time.
You like it?
- I love it.
- [Kelsey] Thank you.
- Oh I like it.
I like the belt a lot actually.
- [Kelsey] Right?
I sadly haven't really been acting too different.
I jingle now, so that's fun.
I've been very goofy, happy all day,
which is kind of my go-to.
- [Man] I don't think this is e-girl behavior.
- Wait, yeah.
I don't know, I don't...
I'm a soft girl in e-girl's clothes.
However, I have renamed the wig,
and therefore myself, Veronica.
And I just really feel Veronica for us.
It may or may not be inspired by ECW.
Okay, I'm out on the street.
We're going out to get some lunch.
Oh my God, I'm gonna have to talk to people
that don't know this is a video.
(gags)
I think around my friends, I'm feeling pretty confident.
But when it comes to other people that I'm not as close to,
I start kind of like shutting down a little bit
and getting shy and anxious.
No, I don't wanna go in.
I don't wanna go.
But it's making me feel like, you know,
like more bold.
Like I chose this look.
I ordered from this guy but he like looked at me
and I felt like -
I guess it's different with the people that I know.
But I felt like I went under this persona of
being very, like much more stoic.
And he like smiled at me and I kinda wanted to be like...
(laughs)
- [Man] Are e-girls feisty like that?
- I don't know if they're feisty.
- Are you supposed to be feisty?
- I don't know if they're feisty, but I'm like,
my outfit's not a joke!
(laughs)
- He did like double take,
like multiple times when you walked in.
- Yeah.
I feel like whenever I walk around,
people are kind of like - that don't know me
or don't know who I am,
kind of like get an assumption almost.
Like, I don't know.
I feel like people are like avoiding eye contact
or staring, like it's one or the other.
Maybe I'm just self conscious about it.
I don't know, I feel like going out in public like this
kind of like, definitely makes a statement.
I think this statement is not really up to me.
I think it really depends on what people already's
pre-conceived notions of a person
that looks like this would be.
When I'm inside, it's still the same person.
I'm just like expressing myself this way today.
But I think this expression's really fun.
Overall, I had a lot of fun.
I actually really kind of like this outfit,
and I can see me wearing pieces of this together again
and being inspired by this style.
I didn't do a Tik Tok because I got nervous.
But I don't know, maybe this is the start
of my Tik Tok career as an e-girl
and it'll just be my side persona
and no one will know it was me.
(laughs)
(cheery music plays)