Things I do not feel guilty about

The "things I do not feel guilty about" trend is a format-plus-audio trend on TikTok and Instagram Reels in which creators post aesthetically shot footage of their everyday lives overlaid with a first-person text list of life choices made without apology, typically including decisions about relationships, money, leisure, or lifestyle. The audio anchor is Candi Staton's 1976 disco single "Young Hearts Run Free," written and produced by David Crawford. Staton wrote the song drawing on her experience of an abusive marriage. It reached number one on the US Hot Soul Singles chart and number two in the UK. The song resurfaced on TikTok in a major wave in late 2024, partly driven by widespread sharing of Staton's account of the song's backstory, including her interview in the 2024 PBS documentary Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution, which gave the track an additional layer of emotional resonance as a survival and freedom anthem. Creators adopted it as background audio for the "no guilt" list format, pairing the song's energy with text captions enumerating personal freedoms. A Kym Mazelle cover recorded for the 1996 Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet soundtrack also circulates on TikTok and contributes to the sound's cross-generational familiarity.