SINGAPORE – Teva sandals, aviator glasses, a mullet and a Yamaha C40 guitar – peak 90s energy.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on March 24 joined the viral “What were you like in the 90s?” trend on Instagram and TikTok, offering a glimpse of his younger days and a notably different hairstyle.
He wrote: “Flashback to the 90s – university days, music, NS, that first job. Somehow it all went by so quickly!”
The 20-second video was set to American rock band Goo Goo Dolls’ 1998 hit Iris.
The trend is part of a wider TikTok and Instagram Reels trend, which consists firstly of on-screen text that says, “Mum or Dad, what were you like in the 90s?” before cutting to a slideshow of the users in their younger days.
In the clip, PM Wong, then probably in his early 20s, appears with a mullet and aviator glasses as he plays a Yamaha C40 guitar.
He can also be seen beaming and posing with a motorcycle in another photo, and posing in a denim top, dark shorts and Teva sandals at a park.
