The Brief: The "Peace Up A-Town Down" TikTok dance is marked by creators dragging one arm across the other, before they throw up a peace sign. It is by @trevorduvenage.

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The “Peace Up A-Town Down” TikTok dance consists of creators dragging one arm across the other (as if pulling back on a sling shot) before throwing up a peace sign. Others also top off the dance by nodding their head in order to slide their sunglasses onto their face.

The hand choreo is by creator @Trevorduvenage and is performed to Usher’s “Yeah!” He shared the video on June 7 and it received over 152,000 likes and 2.8 million views. It began growing in popularity on the app on July 26. There are over 778,000 videos linked to the audio.

@trevorduvenage

♬ Trev Peace and Love for all – Trevor Duvenage

Lyrics:

Peace up, A-Town down
Yeah! Okay

The dance has been performed by some of the app’s top creators including @JustMaiko, Addison Rae, and Jason DeRulo.

One of the most entertaining takes is by @ailani.j who really gets into the groove while in her car. The video received over 817,000 likes and 6.7 million views.

@ailani.j

You can basically call me Katniss Everdeen…or @usher. Either or πŸ€·πŸΎβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ #fyp #carchronicles part seisοΏΌοΏΌ

♬ Trev Peace and Love for all – trevorduvenage

@Riley.cahill is known for her videos filmed on a paddle board. Her TikTok garnered over 1.2 million likes and 6.3 million views.

@riley.cahill

So I heard you liked my paddle board video πŸ’›βœ¨ #GreekFreakOut #FashionEssentials #fyp #foryou #viral #vibes #thankyou

♬ Trev Peace and Love for all – trevorduvenage

Other takes:

@ingratax

@soymialu 😎

♬ Trev Peace and Love for all – trevorduvenage

@jasminechiswell

OMG πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ WE TRIED! @maverickmcneilly

♬ Trev Peace and Love for all – trevorduvenage

@analisseworld

Let’s get the band back together 😁❀️πŸ”₯ @rafirod__ @katttrod

♬ Trev Peace and Love for all – trevorduvenage