by Mat Janson Blanchet

- What Goes In ... | -hightide-video- Betty- Friends

Meta-commentary: The Hightide video went viral precisely because viewers began “throwing” their interpretations into the comments section. BETTY encouraged this by releasing the video with an open-source license. The final line of the manifesto reads: “What goes into the comments… becomes the canon.”

The most prominent contemporary association for these terms is the narrative trilogy within Taylor Swift’s album folklore . The song is central to this storytelling experiment. Perspectives and Songs: -Hightide-Video- BETTY- FRIENDS - WHAT GOES IN ...

or social media trends, often associated with a "high tide" and "windy" video aesthetic -Hightide-Video- BETTY- FRIENDS - WHAT GOES IN ...

: High-SPF sunscreen and polarized sunglasses. -Hightide-Video- BETTY- FRIENDS - WHAT GOES IN ...

The three friends in the video are not named characters but archetypes: