A couple of years ago, the end of summer’s hottest social-media trend was watching a bunch of teenage girls navigate the intricacies, heartbreaks, and joys of rush week at the University of Alabama . While Bama Rush still plays out on the FYP, it’s become a little passé. However, if you’re still in the market to watch a young woman document her transition to college, I have just the person for you: Romy Mars.

Mars, the daughter of Sofia Coppola and Phoenix front man Thomas Mars, has spent the last two weeks making TikToks about starting her first year at Lehigh University. While it seems like this is what most college freshmen do now, Mars is not most college freshmen. She first gained notoriety in 2023, when she made a TikTok about getting grounded after trying to use her father’s

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