The best pop culture costumes to wear for Halloween 2024

You can say what you like about 2024, but it’s a great year for costume-worthy pop culture moments. From the characters of Dune 2 to Charli XCX’s brat, there is a wealth of things to dress up as this Halloween while still apparently ultra relevant.

So say goodbye to Paris bugs and lots of barbies and Kens in 2023, because Halloween 2024 is here, and your costume needs a little of that new bias.

From Drake and Kendrick, to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s much-memed romance, here are the top picks for potential Halloween pop culture costumes.

At the Met Gala a little strange that get-ups or in her Espresso equipment. Or even just a Man United shirt and an Irish accent for Barry if you’re lazy. Just remember that the Joker is a “sart like an evil porson”.

Rats, but make a brat. More interesting than wearing your own overworn brat green. Brings rodent elements. Spice it up.

Clothing made from cigarettes, a reference to the ban on outdoor smoking. PS do not make yourself from original tobacco, it will be prohibitively expensive. This isn’t a Lady Gaga meat dress situation, you’re going to smell bad for no good reason and you’re going to be incredibly, flammable.

It may come out in 2023, but the real thing is that it will take until early 2024 for Saltburn to really blow. Plus, it’s ripe for costumes: suits of armor, deer ears, angel wings, spider web dresses. You have a choice.

Their costumes and theirs: a Turkish Olympic shooter with one hand in his pocket, and a rascally South Korean shooter with a tiny eye device. (NB ‘Olympic shooter’ also includes Raygun, on account of his name).

A good reason to wear your Eras tour costume again and a good reason for your boyfriend or girlfriend to wear shoulder pads. You are welcome!

Bonus points if at least one of you is in a relationship. You win Halloween if you have three people.

Move over, Carmy, it’s Luca’s year. Although people certainly can’t tell the two apart, this is The Bear’s hot costume in 2024.

The sequel to Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, has given us a good reason to raise Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice costumes from the dead. If you don’t separate the edges correctly, it doesn’t count!

Well, you can be a Fremen, or as Florence Pugh’s princess character with a fabulous chainmail wig. Or you can go the whole hog, whack out the bald cap and paint your teeth black. Welcome Feyd-Rautha.

Good news for blonde women everywhere, it’s officially acceptable to be Harley Quinn again – this time you just have to go a little Gaga. Also, Folie à Deux comes out on October 4th, making it the most relevant.

Think: provide good teachers. Then pair it with the Bible and some spontaneous songs. Congratulations, you have become Barbara Howard.

Wear a coat and a small American flag pin, but every time someone asks you a question you have to pause for three minutes or answer as if they’ve asked a different question. Walk into some walls. Job was a good man.

Once again, coats, flags – and bloody ears. Watch out if you’re red, though, it can start to get a bit Van Gogh-y.

What better way to protest Keir’s ban than to dress up as this icon? Especially if you’re going to a party with costume advice No.

The running conspiracy of the year is that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are in love. This can be a bit tricky unless you look very similar, or maybe print “I’m with Matt” and “I’m with Ben” t-shirts. Jennifer Lopez is optional.

Need I say more? This costume must have been originally purchased from a cheap Halloween costume store so it can be replicated.

Lots of jewelry, flat caps, drips, and more. Then it randomly explodes into a Halloween party.

You will need a ballgown to look sleek and expensive, a fake pregnant belly, a whisk and a bowl. This is the perfect Halloween costume for if you also want to look hot.

A practical musical persona begs to be a costume, get ready for lots of Chappell Roans for Halloween 2024.