The Brief: The "What's Gibby Thinking About?" TikTok trend sees creators recreating the iCarly segment "What's Gibby Thinking About?" with funny memes and bizarre videos.
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“What’s Gibby Thinking About?” was part of a mini-series based on a sketch from iCarly. The series was known for opening with a jingle that followed with a bizarre video. TikTokers are now creating their own version of the iCarly segment by using the audio of the jingle along with a close-up shot of their faces, before the music cuts to George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” and a random video or funny meme. The audio is linked to over 251,000 videos. The trend is on TikTok’s “Discover” page under the associated hashtag #ThinkingAbout which has over 1.2 billion views.
One of the most popular videos in the trend is @z25richter’s video that questioned whether soy milk is just regular milk introducing itself in Spanish. The video received over 430,000 likes and 1.9 million views.
@z25richter Soy milk 👋 #notokay #no #milk #stop #fyp #foryou #GiftOfGame #help #sad #lies
Another popular take comes from @the.jumpinghamster. The daredevil pet apparently dreams about his previous death-defying stunts. The TikTok garnered over 375,000 likes and 1.4 million views.
@the.jumpinghamster i would actually like to know what he thinks about when he jumps #foryoupage #fyp #foryou #hamster #ForYou // inspiration: @christian._.mf
Celebs hopped on the trend, too. Wiz Khalifa’s video about crispy hash browns garnered over 1.2 million likes and 4.5 million views within one day.
@wizkhalifa These are so fire #thinkingabout #airfryer #stoner
Other takes:
@sonasiva2001 @sutherlandphys please help me with quantum 😭😭😭😭#ColorCustomizer #physics #fyp #foru #foryou #stem #2020Wrapped
@douxfairy i want one of the tattoos so bad!! 🥺💖 bye i’m obsessed #greenscreen