When paparazzi photos of pop star Olivia Rodrigo and her actor boyfriend Louis Partridge emerge, fans on social media describe the pair as looking like the protagonists from Twilight, calling them “Bella Swan and Edward Cullen coded.” Fresh off back-to-back Coachella performances and an appearance at the Met Gala, “Espresso” songstress Sabrina Carpenter gets characterized as “Barbie coded,” her blond hair and outfit choices giving a callback to the Mattel doll.
The word isn’t used to describe just celebrities under 30, either. A compilation of clips from Keanu Reeves movies has TikTok calling him “so babygirl coded.” Social media users referred to Jennifer Lopez as “so Maid in Manhattan coded” in her Schiaparelli…
