TL;DR
- Trends
- Ain’t in LA but I know the way around single clip meme trend
- Views
- 4.3M+ combined views from 4 videos in a span of a week.
- Format
- Single clip of a city view + text overlay “Ain’t in LA, but I know the way around” + trend-specific sound
- Why It Works
- It gives the viewers a sense of a nostalgic moment of the city they used to live in, flipping the big-city-aspiration we usually see on the internet.
- Use It When
- You want to create relatable, location-driven content without feeling overly branded.
What is this trend about
Not every flex has to happen in a big city.
alexwarren
Ain't In LA - ADÉLA
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bryannadanielle2020 3w ago
just realized yall have most def trauma bonded🥴🤣
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robertirwin 3w ago
We are BACK 😎
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carleychristina0 3w ago
that’s dad and daddy
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ur_dailymemes101 3w ago
Alex Warren Sticker shop!!!
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keithlukemason 3w ago
Jesus is the truth
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jenwarrenhq 3w ago
does this mean sm… bc you know last time he was on a video a new tour came!!!
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bk194108 3w ago
now we need some content from bindi and kouvr 🔥🔥🔥🥰
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laur.on.tour 3w ago
dead dad clubbbbb
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385.5K This trend turns hometown nostalgia into a small-town flex.
Inspired by Adela – Ain’t in LA, creators show places they know by heart. They show the streets, neighborhoods, landscapes, or spots they know by heart, paired with “Ain’t in LA but I know the way around” copy text and a nostalgic 2016-style Instagram filter.
The appeal comes from flipping the usual big-city-aspiration narrative into a showcase of where they came from. The places that may feel ordinary to everyone else but are deeply familiar to them.
Not only a simple single-clip trend, but this trend also gives you the freedom to recreate your “small-town” flex, just like this trend. The trend would become more relatable since it would remind the viewers of their school days.
_brittsardalla
original sound - 𝕭ritt 𓂀
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tourismphilippines 4w ago
this is modern day revolution
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_brittsardalla 4w ago
IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING???!!!! 😭 OMG, 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪 reposted our video on her official TikTok account, and honestly, we still can’t believe it. No words could ever fully explain how happy, grateful, and overwhelmed we are right now. 🥹 This is such a huge achievement and milestone for us. What may seem like just a repost to others means so much more to us. It feels like a little reminder that dreams really can reach places we never imagined. ✨ “𝓐𝓲𝓷'𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓛𝓐" is more than just a song to us. It’s a song that gave us the confidence and courage to chase our dreams, even when we come from a small town and sometimes feel like the world is too big for us. It reminded us that where we come from should never limit where we can go. To 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪, thank you so much for noticing our video and for sharing it with your community. You may not know how much this moment means to us, but you just gave a group of dreamers from a small town an even bigger reason to keep believing. We will treasure this moment forever. 🥹🤍 And to everyone who watched, liked, commented, shared, and supported our video — THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts. Every single interaction, kind message, and word of encouragement helped this video reach further than we ever expected. And of course, to our amazing 𝕻𝖆𝖉𝖆𝖞𝖆𝖜 — thank you for giving your time, energy, passion, and heart to this. This moment belongs to all of us. We may have started with nothing more than a song, an idea, and a dream, but together, we created something that reached beyond our little corner of the world. 🫶🏻 This is a reminder for us to keep going, keep creating, and keep dreaming — no matter where we come from. Small town. Big dreams. And maybe, just maybe, anything is possible. ✨ We are beyond 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵 ❤️🔥
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cbryyan 4w ago
a monoblock and a big dream
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edgarusse_llimmida_kaguu 3w ago
y'all don't forget
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hahahahabomb 4w ago
yesss
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_brittsardalla 4w ago
omgggg thank you so much everyone. we honestly didn't expect this at all. 🥹
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breadpamn 4w ago
the Philippine flag in the back 🥹
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itzzmeeambiiii 4w ago
don't delete this pls, gagawin ko to 😭😭
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2.3M 25.7K 471.6K This trend got 4.3M+ views combined from 4 videos in less than 2 weeks since the videos were uploaded.
The formula
russel.an
Ain't In LA - ADÉLA
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s.sternocleidomastoid 3w ago
nag request pa talaga yung isa jan sa taas
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rooster19931 3w ago
kia is living her life to the fullest she had a responsible parents anyway😭
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titamommy.199x 3w ago
gandang ganda talaga ako sayo kia😍😍😘
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marievictoriauyla 3w ago
Ganda ng shot mo dito Kia, glowing ka,❤️❤️❤️
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vaselineph 2w ago
holding it down for Baguio girlies 🫶🏻🌲
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cokezer0eee 3w ago
from where yung top ni kia pls AHAHAH
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mii.mryh 3w ago
pwede mag tanong?
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manilynmalenab1 2w ago
helo. ganda
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433.6K 1.0K 69.2K To tap into the trend, this is the formula you can follow:
- memorable location footage of the small town you once lived in
- “Ain’t in LA, but…” text
- 2016 rainbow filter
- trend-specific sound (Adela – Ain’t in LA)
- personal context in the caption if needed.
The magic is in the contrast: while big cities are often framed as the ultimate aspiration, this trend says there’s something worth flexing about where you came from, too.
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