The idea of having a zany Feral Girl Summer is being embraced by celebs and regular folk alike. In May, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager discussed the topic on NBC’s Today, announcing that they were “leading the charge.” Kotb added that “this is the summer who doesn’t care, you can go crazy, you can be undone and wild and free.” (And considering Hoda’s painful journey through illness and a broken engagement, she certainly deserves a time to indulge). Hager compared the trend to a poem called “I Worried,” in which the speaker talks of being so concerned about every little thing that she forgets to enjoy life until it’s almost too late.
Co-host Savannah Guthrie also addressed the topic with guest Rebel Wilson. Asked whether she was going to have a “Hot Girl Summer” à la Megan Thee Stallion, Wilson replied, “I heard this thing called Feral Girl Summer was going to be this summer.” She went on to say that being feral was “an Australian thing, because it’s when you don’t care.”
In an ironic twist for a rebel, Wilson is planning to have simply a “fun” time without the wild and crazy vibe. But for those who actually do plan to throw caution to the wind this summer, one TikTok user created an anthem that might just go viral: “It’s a feral girl summer/Table dancing till I’m ded/May the party never end/It’s a feral girl summer/leaving everyone on read/well, except my messy friends.”
