The Brief: The "He Liked My... So I Changed" TikTok trend typically sees creators playfully joking about racial stereotypes, fetishes, and the physical features men like about them.
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The “He Liked My… So I Changed” trend typically consists of young women creators poking fun at racial stereotypes, fetishes, and the physical features men like about them. These videos usually see a creator sharing videos and pictures of herself, before delivering the punchline about what she changed.
The trend is performed to a slowed version of of Ariana Grande’s “Let Me Love You” (Remix) ft. Lil Wayne. There are over 190,000 videos linked to the sound.
I just broke up with my ex
Now I’m out here single, I don’t really know what’s next
But I ain’t even trippin’, I’ma chill and sit back
And I know they will be coming from the right
And the left, left, left
One of the most popular videos is by @Sierramontoya, aka the one-handed wonder. She poked fun at herself in the video, claiming “he liked her fingers, so she cut them off.” The video received over 17 million views and 3.6 million views.
@sie.montoya free yourself from him sis✨
@Osuyee0’s TikTok teased the fact that a guy liked that she is Chinese, so she ate his dog. The TikTok amassed over 1.6 million likes.
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@Iconiccpink’s video was about her hijab. The surprise ending garnered over 1.6 million likes.
@iconiccpinkk Gotta do what you gotta do
Other takes:
@liilozz Out of pocket? Habibi never 😭😭
@kelsey.afff it was funnier in my head😂 #fyp