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Who Wants a ‘Man in Finance’? - The Atlantic

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This year’s “Song of the Summer” is highly contested; artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, and Sabrina Carpenter have been duking it out at the top of the charts. But an unexpected hit has emerged from TikTok. You may have heard it yourself: “I’m looking for a man in finance. Trust fund. Six-five. Blue eyes.” Repeat, until the man himself appears—or the ghost of Andrea Dworkin rises up to roll her eyes. Megan Boni, a video creator also known as Girl on Couch, shared the sample in April with a prescient caption: “Did I just write the song of the summer?” Her 19-second clip has gone on to collect nearly 60 million views and inspire hundreds of parodies and remixes—including by music-industry superstars such as Diplo and David Guetta. Investment-banker bros have played it at parties across New York. Costumed dancers (in the requisite banker uniform of a blue button-down and zippered vest) have performed it in flash mobs around London. “Man in Finance” even slipped into the Kamala H

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 7:01 This year’s “Song of the Summer” is highly contested ; artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, and Sabrina Carpenter have been duking it out at the top of the charts. But an unexpected hit has emerged from TikTok. You may have heard it yourself: “I’m looking for a man in finance. Trust fund. Six-five. Blue eyes.” Repeat, until the man himself appears—or the ghost of Andrea Dworkin rises up to roll her eyes. Megan Boni, a video creator also known as Girl on Couch, shared the sample in April with a prescient caption: “Did I just write the song of the summer?”

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