Even Scorsese Isn’t Safe: The ‘Good Night’ TikTok Trend Is Here to Tuck You In (Whether You Like It Or Not)
Ah, the internet. Just when you think you’ve seen it all – dancing toddlers, questionable life hacks, cats doing… well, everything – a new trend emerges from the digital ether to remind you that creativity knows no bounds, and sometimes, neither does pure, unadulterated randomness.
The latest digital weirdness to infiltrate your feeds? The “Good Night, Sleep Well Dear” TikTok trend. On the surface, it’s simple: someone records themselves giving a slightly unsettlingly polite, almost robotic “good night, sleep well dear” to an unsuspecting person (often via video call), who is usually left utterly bewildered. Why? Don’t ask. It’s the internet. “Why?” is irrelevant.
But this week, things escalated. This isn’t just your cousin messing with your aunt anymore. This trend has reached the cinematic stratosphere. Yes, folks, none other than *Robert De Niro* decided it would be peak internet to pull this stunt on the legendary *Martin Scorsese*. That’s right. The director of *Goodfellas* and *The Irishman* is now a participant, albeit an unwitting one, in a viral TikTok meme.
The sheer absurdity of it is what makes it pure gold. These are titans of cinema, the men who brought us some of the most iconic, gritty, and intense moments on film. And now? They’re the unwitting stars of a trend that feels like it was spawned in a fever dream after consuming too many energy drinks and watching infomercials backwards. It perfectly encapsulates the internet’s ability to take anything, no matter how esteemed, and filter it through a lens of utter, glorious silliness. If De Niro can do it to Scorsese, truly, no one is safe from the digital sandman wishing them well tonight. Sleep well, dear readers. Sleep well.
