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Gen Z Are Losing Their Minds Over Young Jennifer Connelly

Gen Z Are Losing Their Minds Over Young Jennifer Connelly
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Oh, the discoveries of those who did not get to live through the 1980s.

Just this spring it was Kate Bush, the iconic British singer and songwriter, who sent zoomers into frenzy as they happened to listen to her 1985 song Running Up That Hill in Netflix 's Stranger Things show Season 4 Episode 4. The track quickly got to the top of the US iTunes charts and took TikTok and Twitter by storm.

And now generation Z has made another fantastic discovery – one that Jennifer Connelly of the 1990s is extremely hot. Oh, well, congrats! We've known that for ages!

Zoomers have apparently stumbled on several YouTube videos showing the Requiem for a Dream actress as a young and very gorgeous girl. The most popular video that features a young Jennifer Connelly, is a clip by Diana Darkangel with bits from the 1991 movie Career Opportunities and Mr. Kitty's (Forrest LeMarie) synth-pop track After Dark.

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Posted in 2019, the video with a young Connelly was viewed almost 90 million times and got some 45 thousand comments. It also became a great monetization vehicle for the song's author. The video is clearly viral and captured the imagination of redditors and youtubers – just read the comments section.

Connelly is the embodiment of "the teenage experience we all wished we'd had," one of the YouTube comments reads. Another commenter echoed the sentiment saying that the clip feels like when you dream about the perfect girl only to wake up and forget everything about her and even what she looks like but you know she existed in your dream.

"Young Jennifer Connelly is immaculate. She's the type where you watch her do her thing and you fall in love and don't know why. My God...," reads another comment. The rest agree that the song and the video make them feel nostalgic for something that never happened and gets them into a very pleasant dreamy state.

Another popular video titled Jennifer Connelly Evolution (1984-2022) has so far gained some 1.2 million views. It was uploaded by Jennifer Connolly's fan from China and it shows how a young and beautiful girl has turned into a mature and beautiful woman. It certainly got the attention of the actress' fans.

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"She was impossibly beautiful in her 20s – still holding her own," says one of the comments. Another fan adds that Connelly's beauty is the definition of 80s and 90s era. Others believe that she is 100% the most naturally beautiful Woman (with capital W) ever to grace the screen and that she is seriously looking great for her age because her beauty is timeless.

So, who will be the next old school celebrity zoomers gonna rediscover?