The Brief: "Mi pan su su sum" TikToks began spreading on TikTok after a video of a llama dancing went viral.
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“Mi pan su su sum” videos began growing in popularity on Alt/Elite TikTok after creator @isterrrrika shared a video of two animated characters dancing to an individual singing “Mi pan su su sum” in a Capella on June 1. The video received over 624,000 likes and 10.3 million views.
@isterrrrika Теперь я пчёлка мильпопс 🐝 Не смейте воровать мой старый Ник, я уже изменила его на другом аккаунте. В дискорде ОЧЕНЬ много информации, загляни в ком
On July 13, accounts @awa_de_horchata_u and @yos_uwu shared a video of an animated llama dancing to the same song. The accounts appear to be linked, according to the name and bio information listed in both accounts. The video itself has a TikTok stamp attributed to defunct account @Edithortiz113 . According to memes spurred from the dancing llama, it appears to have originally been white and vibin’ against a blue sky. The two previously mentioned accounts shared red videos on July 13.
@awa_de_horchata_uwu Mi😳pan🧟♀️su😎su🥳sum😡su👺su☠️su🤒mi😈pan💩yakakus🤖ñam👄ñam🙇🏼ñam
The video under account @awa_de_horchata_uwu was a viral hit. At the time of publication, it has garnered over 5.5 million likes and 34.6 million views.
There are over 700,000 video linked to the audio under the name “This song isn’t about bread.” This trend appears to be an social media phenomenon among Spanish speakers.
Many of the top ranked videos, involve creators eating and dancing with bread. There are also plenty of videos celebrating the dancing llama.
@jaimermb Esta canción esta las 24/7 en mi cabeza 😔🦙 #parati #makeup #mipan #barranquilla #venezuela #llama
@her.earth Me when I discovered alt TikTok moments ago 🤯#alpacas
@jashlem Nuestro pan 🥖 @kimberly.loaiza
What Does Mi Pan Su Su Sum Mean?
Interestingly enough, music attribution website Genius shared the Spanish lyrics below, which translates to a song about bread.
Lyrics:
Mi pan su su sum
Su su su
Mi pan yakakus
Ñam ñam ñam
Mi pan
Su su su su su su sum
Mi pan su su sum
Su su su
Mi pan yakakus
Ñam ñam ñam
Mi pan
Su su su su su su sum
English translation:
My bread its your sum
Its its its
My yakakus bread
Yum Yum Yum
My bread
Its its its its its its sum
My bread its your sum
Its its its
My yakakus bread
Yum Yum Yum
My bread
Its its its its its its sum