Babycore

Babycore is an aesthetic centered on soft, muted colors and imagery associated with infants and toddlers, emphasizing childlike innocence. It uses lighter colors and visuals typically reserved for babies and toddlers, distinguishing it from Kidcore, which focuses on school-aged children. Unlike the "Babygirl" aesthetic, Babycore avoids sexually suggestive undertones. The terms Babycore and Softette are sometimes used interchangeably, although Babycore often emphasizes baby-like visuals whereas the term Softette generally refers to girly Babycore fashion inspired by Delicate Sweet and Kawaii.

It is important to note that Babycore is not interchangeable with ABDL (Adult Baby/Diaper Lover) or the adult baby community. While Babycore is often associated with age regression or littlespace, not everyone who enjoys this aesthetic uses it to enter a younger headspace, and not everyone who engages in age regression or ageplay adopts this aesthetic.

Visual[]

There is a small but significant divide in the babycore aesthetic community between hyperfeminine, soft, vintage, very light-colored visuals more aligned with Delicate Sweet and Vintage Toycore, and more modern, plastic, cluttered, colorful (but still soft) visuals, more inspired by Yume Kawaii/Jojifuku. Some visuals may also be more inspired by Mizuiro, especially for more boyish looks since light blue is traditionally associated with baby boys. These sections of the community can often overlap and are not different enough to become their own unique aesthetics; they are united as a community by their shared values of childlikeness, innocence, and "cuteness", and visually by the use of pastels and infants'/young children's items. Babycore visuals include:

Lots of frills
Pastels, especially baby pink and blue
Baby soaps, wash, shampoo, and lotion, similar to Low Cleancore
Sippy cups and bottles
Pacifiers
Kawaii Band-Aids
Babyish charms, beads, and stickers
Blankets
Sweet and innocent relationship motifs like handholding, knee sitting, etc.
Kawaii Gamer visuals (especially with games meant for children)
Cute animals (especially baby ones) and nature imagery similar to a cutesier version of Cottagecore
Baby fairies and cherubs
Foods, especially desserts
- Cupcakes
- Cake
- Ice cream
- Cookies
- Candy
- Fruit
Children's toys
- Stuffed animals
  - Unicorns
  - Elephants
  - Bears
  - Bunnies
  - Kittens
  - Dogs
  - Lambs
- Toy dinosaurs
- Sea animals, such as seals, penguins, and axolotls
- Bath toys like rubber duckies
- Alphabet blocks
- Calico Critters (aka Sylvanian Families)
Characters from cartoons and TV shows and movies for young children, often "baby spinoff"/baby counterparts
- Hello Kitty/Sanrio characters
- Rilakkuma
- Care Bears
- Child anime characters
- My Little Pony
- LazyTown
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Molang
- Tamagotchi
- Kirby
- Sesame Street
- Go! Go! Tamagotchi
- Let's Go! Tamagotchi!
- Pororo the Little Penguin
- Gabby's Dollhouse
- Miffy
- Puniruines
- Jewelpet
- Mewkledreamy
- Disney/Disney Junior characters
- Paw Patrol
- Dora the Explorer

Personality traits that can represent childlike behavior are as follows:

Childish
Sweet
Crybaby
Emotional
Innocence
Shy

Fashion[]

Photo of a girl in a soft dress, the dress has pastel-coloured stars and resembles children's clothing. She is holding a pink and purple stuffed animal horse. She is taking the photo with her phone in front of a mirror, the phone is right in front of her face. — Example of Babycore clothes

Since babycore is an aesthetic rather than a specific fashion style, fashion can take inspiration from any soft, babyish, and/or kawaii styles. Fashion inspired by Melanie Martinez Crybaby era is popular. Although some may choose to wear adult baby onesies, babycore does not necessarily focus on infant-like style. It leans more towards "girly" toddler fashion, such as:

Ruffled dresses
Sweet Lolita dresses and shoes
Mary Janes
Platform sneakers
Barrettes
Frilly socks
Thigh highs
Character/animal onesies
Bonnets
Loose sweaters
Overalls and pinafores
Ribbons and bows
Miniskirts
Suspender skirts and shorts
Frilly bloomers and co-ords
Childlike jewelry such as chokers, necklaces, charm bracelets, etc.
Girly character T-shirts

Compilation of various clothing and items relating to babycore. There is a baby blue sweater and black overalls. There is also a baby blue pacifier, knitted hat, folded blanket, and teddy bear. There are various blue baby bottles and there is a container of Oreos and Dum Dum lollipops. — Boyish babycore clothes

Apart from being leaned towards "girly-like features", there are baby boy outfits out there:

Ribbed socks
Character onesies
Sweaters
Overalls
Suspender shorts
Jeans
Character T-shirts
Pastel blue instead of pink clothing

Music[]

Artists[]

Melanie Martinez
fcj
Oomie
Aylex
Scandinavianz
Jay Someday
Bravelion
Broken in Summer
luvbryd
Dalkom Sound
Morninglightmusic
Little Twin Stars
Bensound
Onda Norte
Dance Fruits
The Floating Whale
Oshóva
Hotham
Lucjo
TutoTOONs
Couple N
Extenz
Kevin MacLeod
Waesto
Aftertune
AXM Music
Tobu
Spring Gang
Justhea
Mehul Sharma
Mehul Choudhary
Beau Walker
KV
Nextroute
Tubebackr
Minlee
Myra Grandberg
Gampers & Dadoni
AugusAlvarez
Joankim Karud
Kuromi
Summer Sax
Hobismorning
Hallman
LVLY
Molang
frad
Elita
Sandrah Araja
Rainych
Prod by Rose
dark cat
Declan DP
KODOMOI
Anime Maxwell
Soyb
Balynt
Lukrembo
OFMG
HungNgo
demon gummies
KONNA
King - NDK
Snail's House
Deep Chills

Albums[]

Crybaby by Melanie Martinez
Anxiety Angel by Elita
Reverie by Sandrah Araja
Micropop by Jack Stauber's Micropop
Just LVLY by LVLY

Songs[]

First Date by frad
Say So (Japanese Cover) by Rainych
Anxiety Angel by Elita
Strawberry by Prod by Rose
Alphabet Boy by Melanie Martinez
and then, i found you by fcj
UWU by Chevy
Cotton Candy Skies by Esthie
Bubble Tea by dark cat
Baby Doll by Lovelyz
Destiny by Onda Norte
Candyland by Tobu
Dreamer by Declan DP
Coming to Get You by LVLY
Hey Soul Sister by Minlee

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