Students in Singapore are rating their teachers based on whether they cause “high cortisol” or “low cortisol”, complete with photos, stress meters, and viral TikTok edits. Harmless school humour or public shaming that’s gone too far?

At the same time, a shocking case out of South Korea is raising uncomfortable questions about beauty, bias, and social media obsession. A young woman arrested in a suspected drug-laced killing case saw her online following explode, with strangers praising her looks despite the serious allegations.

On What's Trending, Hongbin Jeong and Nadiah Koh discuss whether we are witnessing something deeper about how Gen Z talks about stress… and how society reacts to attractiveness, even in extreme situations.