Example 10:09
View on TikTokSummer Paula Abdul
What is the Summer Paula Abdul trend?
A trend set to the intro of Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl," pairing bubbly late-80s pop with summer beauty and skincare content. The overlay opens with "POV:" and narrates a product discovery moment while the footage shows the product actually being used, glossy application shots, swatches, and glowy results.
Origin
"Forever Your Girl" is the title track from Paula Abdul's 1988 debut album, a bright pop-funk hit that topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989. Its punchy, instantly sunny intro fits the broader 80s audio revival on TikTok, where retro pop reads as playful and feel-good rather than dated. Beauty creators picked it up for summer content because the energy matches the payoff of a good product moment: upbeat, a little theatrical, and unmistakably fun.
Great for
- Close-up application footage, lip gloss or lip oil going on, cream blush blending, SPF smoothing over skin
- Swatch and texture shots, product being squeezed, swiped, or dolloped in good light
- Glowy results reveal, model turning to camera, lips or skin catching the sun
- Summer-coded b-roll, getting ready outdoors, poolside vanity setup, product in a beach bag
Examples
- POV: you try out a new australian makeup brand and discover the juiciest lips of your life
- POV: you finally find the SPF that doesn't pill under makeup and now you're insufferable about it
- POV: one pump of this body oil and you're glowing like it's golden hour all day
- POV: you swipe on the summer blush shade everyone gatekept and understand the hype immediately
Turn a trend into an on-brand short from footage you already have.
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