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Photography by Aaron Idelson
Yesterday,Katie Fangwas posing in front of a 40-foot billboard of herself in the heart of Times Square.
We are atJinSoon Nail Spagetting pedicures.
Shes spoken with other media outlets, she tells me, but always via Zoom.
(She also squeezed in a trip to Rome and Milan, just for fun.)
Somewhere in between, she took her drivers license test.
She goes on to expound on how nervous she is (My heart is pounding right now.)
before signing off: Wish me luck, guys!
Its that sort of vulnerability that has won Fang the heartsand viewsof Gen Alpha.
It’s important to foster good communication with your children, she says.
This usually means even more problems and doesn’t encourage a trusting relationship with their kids.
Be a positive role model in your own social media use, and demonstrate healthy habits, she says.
Ive never used retinol, says Fang.
I stick strictly to [promoting] moisture.
I recommend hyaluronic acid for hydration and niacinamide for oily skin, which is the opposite of mine.
So proud of you katie , commented one on the video in which Fang revealed her Kosas billboard.
I was having a bad day.
But I was like, Okay, its rainy.
Theyre definitely really slow; they wont need me, Of course, they called, she says.
So, as teenagers do, she decided to document it.
The views were in the millions already.
So what did she do next?
I didn’t post for a whole week, she says.
By school she means high schoolFang was a senior at the time.
She had already applied to college and decided on her majorjournalismbefore her TikTok following suddenly ballooned.
Because I’m such a city girl, moving to an island…
I mean it was a gorgeous island, don’t get me wrong, says Fang.
But if I wasn’t in class, I was just in my dorm.
If she could turn back time, would she have done anything differently?
Im going through the process now, she says.
Nothings confirmed yet… but its happening.
The food here is so good.
Every time I come here, I get Wingstop at 1 am.
It was when I signed with my team that I realized this could be a career, she says.
Before that, it was just about making silly TikToks for funsies.
I feel like I was more into fashion before beauty, even, says Fang.
Seeing her so happy was amazing, Fang says.
Itll be a new chapter in my life, she says.
That might be what I like most about her: Fang is not trying to play it cool.
Im still normal Katie, she says.
Im still freaking out about it.
Im not becoming jaded.
Like the Taylor Swift song!
Fang squeals when she realizes.
I ask her if she went to the Eras Tour.
Of course I did, I say with a smile.
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