The Brief: The #LaughingDuet video on TikTok is being used to prank parents and gandparents on the app.
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Creators are pranking their parents by using a popular video on TikTok. The viral video by @hi_bre features two young women staring in silence before they burst into laughter. When used with TikTok’s duet feature, the video appears as a reaction to something happening in another video making for a humorous result.
These are trending on the app. The associated hashtag #LaughingDuet has accrued over 341 million views.
@hi_bre when you realize you didn’t click the sound🥴
A trend emerging withing this trend sees creators telling their parents their friends (the women in the pre-recorded TikTok) want to meet them and/or see what they look like. Most parents are open to meeting them, but their mood changes drastically when the young women begin laughing hysterically.
Many parents and grandparents were disgruntled:
@otakoyakisoba
@lance210 #duet with @hi_bre she actually got heated 🤣
@poodiem116
@jessidadoesntexist #duet with @hi_bre
This guy wasn’t impressed.
@kaibrynlol #duet with @hi_bre LMFAOOO THE WAVE BUT I FEEL SO BAD THE WAY HE WAS JUST LOOKING
Some TikTokers are taking the joke to another level and pranking their significant others.
@katie_lalinde #duet with @hi_bre the fact that he doesn’t have tik tok is amazing lmaooo #babydaddy #pregnant #coworker #workdrama #fyp