TL;DR
- Trends
- “Quotes I Think About Often” sound trend.
- Views
- 4.2M+ combined views from 4 videos listed; the highest-performing one got 2.02M+ views.
- Format
- Trending sound + screenshot of comedic post
- Why It Works
- Creators tweak this trend from the usual trend (emotional, deep quotes) into a screenshot of a comedic post or comments.
- Use It When
- You want to share your favorite internet comedic lore while riding the well-known, trending sound.
What is this trend about
Creators and their creativity, even over small things, never fail to amaze us. Why?
There’s this one sound that always comes back as a TikTok trending audio once in a while. The sound is a woman who says, “There’s this quote that I think about often,” with a melancholic background sound. More than 300K+ videos use that sound to share creators' favorite quotes from books, movies, or even famous people.
But recently, some creators have tweaked this trend and made it 100 percent better. No melancholic quote, just pure internet comedy.
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30.3K 505.1K 20.8K 132.2K 1.5M 32.6K 273.9K The sound instantly hooked the viewers, but the comedic screenshot makes viewers stay and sparks conversation in the comment section.
Not only because it’s funny, but the screenshot brought up a nostalgic moment when the internet drama happened. People began to reminisce about the memories they have with the said screenshot.
This tweaked trend got 4.2M+ combined views from 4 videos listed, and the highest-performing one got 2.02M+ views.
The formula
If you want to recreate the same trend, here are some elements you should have:
- trending format with trend-specific sound
- opposite take of the trend
The key is to become a polar opposite of the trend. The more contrast, the more the content will be highlighted than the existing format.
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