What makes music stars Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez 'girlies' as opposed to 'huns'?

Echoing through the social media universe right now is the term ‘girlies’, whether it be people posting about events such as ‘brunch with the girlies’ or providing an update to their friendship group about the latest 411.

The term not only highlights the latest clique to take over our Instagram and TikTok feeds with photos of coffee cups, outfit snaps and holiday pics accumulating to over 371 million posts on the topic, but also the mindset that your followers are your friends.

According to the Urban dictionary, ‘girlies’ describes how a girl is and is substituted as a nickname for your friend such as ‘hey girlie’.

While we all may be aware of one or two ‘girlies’ on our For You pages, it may come as no surprise that there are some front-running celebrities who campaign the ‘girlie’ mentality and who embody this new female tribe.

For example, both Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez are number one girlies after they defended one another during some recent feuds.

Although there has been some alleged shade thrown from Hailey Bieber to Selena Gomez before the pair stated there was no drama between them, Selena was on hand to defend her bestie Taylor Swift after a video surfaced of Hailey gagging when someone mentioned Taylor’s name.

Albeit an old video, fans began to throw their arms up in outrage before Selena commented: “So sorry, my best friend is and continues to be one of the best in the game.”

Girlies are those who stick together through the tough times like when Taylor and Selena had one another’s backs but a girly can also be an influencer of sorts as despite Hailey being the antagonist in the Selena/Taylor drama, she is too one of the most popular girlies.

All three fall into the bracket of girlies being under 35-years-old, with beauty tips and tricks to share and their style providing inspiration to millions - think Miss Molly-Mae Hague as an example a little closer to this side of the pond.

Despite being some of the most followed females on social media, a girly doesn’t necessarily have to have a huge following as it could boil down to people who post a lot online, who are seemingly ‘edgy’ or are up to date on all trends be it fashion, food or entertainment.

Name a trend, the girlies are probably all over it.

It must be noted though that a ‘girly’ can easily grow into a ‘hun’ when they take a look at life without rose tinted glasses on or cling on to their adolescent years in the nineties.

However, the sliding door between being classified as a girly and a hun is constantly moving as you can switch habits quite quickly - for example, you could be going to a hen weekend (hun activity) but don your best pastel nails for Easter and oversized jacket while listening to Taylor’s Version (one for the girlies).

I personally identify with both the huns and the girlies, so does that make me a ‘gin’ or a ‘hurlie’? Either one sounds a little like a party!