The Brief: The Make People Think It's a Picture TikTok trend is marked by creators trying to trick viewers into think they are looking at a photo instead of a video.

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The Make People Think It’s a Picture TikTok trend is marked by creators challenging themselves to stay incredibly still. These videos are performed to Mоя голова винтом “Moya Golova Vintom” by Russian artist Kostromin. The title translates to “My Head Is Spinning Like a Screw.” There are over 632,000 videos linked to the audio which was also part of a popular trend in February 2021.

Creator @giannamor is a pro at this trend.

@giannamor

My eyes hurt

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Popular TikTok stars @anokhinalz and @bellapoarch took a stab at the trend, too.

@anokhinalz

@bellapoarch 💗 did we do everything right?

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Dog account @goldenretrieverlife is some stiff competition.

@goldenretrieverlife

Dogs are taking over this trend #goldenretrieverlife #dog

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Creator @_ehiz took no prisoners with his video that poked fun at creators who weren’t the greatest at pulling this trend off.

@_ehiz

light work 😴

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