Alt TikTok’s “I Am Lost” Toca Boca Salon trend sees animated characters going through life-changing events while glowing-up.
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Alt TikTok’s “I Am Lost” Toca Boca Salon trend sees animated characters going through life-changing events while glowing-up.
The “Dirty Text Challenge” consists of TikTokers sending risqué texts to their significant others while in public and documenting their reactions.
The 🥶 emoji, also known as the cold face emoji or cold grimace emoji, is used to express extreme discomfort or awkwardness, as well as, extreme support or approval or another who is attractive, cool, or chill.
Chinese street style TikTok videos are going viral. Their spread has inspired new TikTok trends while opening a conversation around anti-Asian sentiment during the COVID era.
“Next caller” is a phrase that signifies disapproval as well as the abrupt ending of a conversation, usually out of annoyance.
TikTok’s Wide Walking trend sees creators putting their own spin on the “Wide Walking Putin” memes using distorted footage. These videos are performed to Piano Fantasia’s “Song For Denise” (Maxi version).
TikTok’s “Pump It” dance by creator @Nathanlust consists of air guitar, the woah, claps, and the mop. It is performed to DJ TVMPO’s (@djtvmpo) mash-up of Black Eyed Peas’ “Pump It” and Lil Nas X’s “Rodeo.”
TikTok’s upgraded duet feature (up and down) allows creators to use the feature horizontally, leading to a new type of trend on the app.
Creators are using TikTok’s upgraded duet feature to superimpose their body on top of Irish dancer @Marypapageorge.
TikTokers are pretending to hit or “bonk” people on the head in order to fix a “malfunction,” usually an emotion or a trait someone else might deem controversial.
TikTokers are using audio of Madison Beer saying she was supposed to be in Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” music video to poke fun at situations where they used an excuse to make up for being rejected or excluded.
The popular “All About Cake” dance on TikTok is by @Mehki (formerly @Mehkivuitton). It consists of the woah and crossing arm motions.