Tiktok Trend - Having Long Hair So I Can Cry - April 2025
The “Crying Like This” trend emerged in April 2025 and quickly swept across TikTok and Instagram Reels, captivating beauty lovers, hair influencers, and sad-girl-aesthetic enjoyers alike.
It’s dramatic, oddly satisfying, and taps into the relatable urge to hide away when emotions overflow — all while looking aesthetically flawless. If your content is visual, emotional, or hair-focused, this trend is made for you.
What’s this trend all about?
This is the “Crying Like This” trend, sometimes tagged as #haircurtain or #cryinglikeaprincess. It features women (usually with extremely long, straight hair) doing a specific, dramatic pose: sitting on the floor, bending forward slowly, and letting their hair cascade over them like a silky curtain — completely hiding their face and upper body.
What makes it pop is the melancholic music (like the instrumental from “Good Looking (Suki Waterhouse)” by Brya) combined with self-aware text like “The real reason I have long hair” or “Crying like a princess.” It’s performative sadness, but beautiful.
What kind of videos people are making
- Example 1: A woman with extremely long dark hair creates the perfect hair curtain as she bends forward, set to dramatic music and the caption “Having long hair so I can look like this when I cry.”
- Example 2: A girl with medium-long hair tries the same pose, but her ponytail flops forward — creating a humorous fail moment.
- Example 3: A woman with waist-length blonde hair showcases her “princess cry” moment — her hair flowing perfectly like a fairytale cloak.
- Example 4: A polished take showing the hair gracefully covering her entire body in slow motion, maximizing the trend’s visual ASMR quality.
Want to use it? Here’s the step-by-step
- Make sure your hair is long (waist length or more), straight, and worn loose. Temporarily straighten or brush it out if needed.
- Set up your phone at a medium-low angle so it captures your full figure as you bend forward.
- Choose a clean, minimal background and make sure lighting is soft but highlights your hair texture and shine.
- Use the trending audio — like the instrumental from “Good Looking (Suki Waterhouse)”.
- Record yourself seated and slowly bend forward, letting your hair fall to cover your face and torso completely.
- Add text like “The real reason I have long hair” or “Crying like this >>> therapy.”
- Use hashtags like #cryinglikethis #haircurtain #longhair #hairtok #skyfalltrend
When it works best (and why)
This trend hits hardest when it’s visually clean and emotionally exaggerated (in a self-aware way).
- Your hair is shiny, smooth, and falls evenly — it’s the centerpiece.
- The movement is slow and fluid — avoid jerky or awkward bending.
- The background is tidy and not distracting.
- The music swells right as you hit the full “hair curtain” pose.
- Your text is playful, melancholic, or both — and easy to read.
When it doesn’t work (and why)
This trend is niche and looks effortless, but it requires precision.
- Your hair isn’t long or thick enough — the curtain effect won’t land.
- The movement is too fast or clumsy — it looks awkward, not dramatic.
- Your hair is frizzy, tangled, or unbrushed — the visual satisfaction drops.
- The background is cluttered — it pulls focus from the hair.
- You skip syncing the pose with the music — timing matters.
- You fake actual crying — the point is the aesthetic, not realism.
More examples
@genesispegueroo ♬ good looking suki waterhouse - ♡brya
@kimxerly.k cry like rapunzel ✨ #longhair #fyp #trendingvideo #hair #cry #rapunzel ♬ good looking suki waterhouse - ♡brya
@lily.rose_j Need a tiktok spam 😔 #fyp #longhair #viralvideos ♬ good looking suki waterhouse - ♡brya