If you spot Killian Weston and Jack Couey out and about, you may not notice anything other than average University of Wisconsin students going about their day. While this is true, they also have amassed a collective following of 327,000 followers on TikTok, and they are not stopping anytime soon. Both are freshmen at UW and are cementing themselves as campus micro-celebrities. I spent an afternoon with Weston and Couey to learn about the method behind their TikTok madness.
Weston — better known as “K West” — first gained popularity in late 2021 from creating videos humorously mocking the difference between how girls and guys go about everyday activities. While the videos are heavily based upon gender stereotypes, the two inject a sense of ridiculousness that seems to perfectly encapsulates Gen Z’s humor and life at UW.
