The List
What's out and what's in for
JournoAI
How can I help you today?
Write a list of what will be out and in for 2024.
JournoAI
It can be difficult to predict cultural trends in advance, but I think the biggest “in” for 2024 will be: AI.
Are you just saying that because you’re AI?
JournoAI
I can provide evidence: the Balenciaga Pope that went viral in March. The fake photos of Gaza. The numerous Donald Trump voice generators.
Can you write a list in the style of The List, The Washington Post Style section’s annual pronouncement of what’s in and what’s out? With actual cultural trends — wry, empiric, conceptual, inscrutable — instead of just AI?
JournoAI
Fine.
Out
In
OUT: Pregnancy announcements
IN: Baby reveals
OUT: Energy healers
OUT: Roman Empire
IN: Mayan Empire
OUT: Jacob Elordi
IN: Harris Dickinson
OUT: Chartreuse
IN: Sotol
OUT: Hard launches
IN: Soft failure
OUT: Bill Belichick
IN: Mike McDaniel
OUT: Lofi
IN: Jazz
OUT: Curvy couches
IN: Curvy kitchens
OUT: Abandoning X
IN: Ignoring Threads
OUT: Prebiotic soda
OUT: Paris for the Olympics
OUT: “Skibidi Toilet”
IN: Bathroom fridges
OUT: Sabrina Carpenter
IN: Reneé Rapp
OUT: Messi
IN: Recluttering
OUT: CosMc’s
IN: Solar maximum
OUT: Shopping on TikTok
OUT: AirTagging your car
IN: The Club
OUT: Robot newspapers
IN: Ghost newspapers
OUT: Gerontocracy
IN: State funerals
OUT: PlAIgiarism
IN: ReplAIcement
OUT: Gentle parenting
IN: Benign neglect
OUT: Cottage cheese
IN: Labneh
OUT: Tabi feet
IN: Kitten heels
OUT: Football boyfriend
IN: Tennis husband
OUT: Vampire facials
IN: Morpheus8
OUT: Jeremy Allen White
IN: Ayo Edebiri
OUT: Mega yachts
IN: Mega gyatt
OUT: Consumer confidence
OUT: Disco silver
IN: Basic brown
OUT: War
IN: Peace
OUT: Situationship
IN: NATO dating
OUT: Russian Olympians
OUT: Ephemeral tattoos
OUT: TJ Mack
OUT: Kennedy Jr.
IN: Cheney Jr.
OUT: “Vanderpump Rules”
IN: “Summer House”
OUT: Panda diplomacy
IN: Qatar
OUT: Georgia & Arizona
About this story
The Washington Post’s Style section has published a New Year’s in/out list every year since 1978, gathering ideas and contributions from Post staffers and outside observers. Burning questions about the items mentioned in The List can usually be answered by clicking the included link.
This year’s List includes a satire of artificial intelligence. No AI program was used in writing or editing any part of it. Editing by Hank Stuever and Dan Zak. Photo Illustrations by Pablo Delcán and Danielle Del Plato. by Art direction by Brandon Ferrill. Design and development by Audrey Valbuena and Yutao Chen. Design editing by Eddie Alvarez and Matt Callahan. Copy editing by Anjelica Tan.