Trending February
February saw a mix of nostalgia, humour and heartfelt storytelling take over TikTok, with trends that balance comedy sketches, emotional connections and early-2000’s throwbacks.
https://www.tiktok.com/@agnickell/video/7601264858939624759
Shut up mom, silence from you
This trend stems from a comedy sketch show Key & Peele, from the ‘Sibling Rivalry’ sketch. In which Jordan Peele’s character Clive yells at his mother: ‘Shut up, Mom! Silence from you! You’re cut off!’. With this, creators have created a viral trend, lip syncing to the audio, whilst adding a scenario often reasonable, but the child is overreacting. For example – ‘POV: your trying to get extra sleep on a school morning but your mum keeps shouting for me to get up’. Although some of them are more extreme.
https://www.tiktok.com/@lianajadee/video/7601861232710126870
When it’s cold outside
The ‘When it’s cool outside’ trend focuses on the people around the creator that makes them happy, and have a close bond to – whether that’s family, friends, a partner or even a pet.
The creators lay their heads on top of one another, as the music plays, creating a heart warming image, of the creator surrounded by their loved ones, usually with the end image being as the song plays ‘it’s always warm right here’.
https://www.tiktok.com/@aesponi/video/7602562262305475858
Bebot Makeup
The 90’s and early 2000’s are still massively inspiring fashion and makeup trends in today’s climate. Which is why there is no surprise of this makeup look and song began trending again. The term ‘Bebot’ came from the Filipino slang for ‘babe’ or ‘hot girl’ being popularized by the 2000’s song ‘Bebot’ by the Black Eyed Peas.
Using this song creators are ‘transforming’ by re-creating the iconic 90’s-early 2000’s makeup. With thin eyebrows, light blue eyeshadow and dark eyeliner. Which seems extreme in comparison to today’s ‘clean girl’ make-up trends and aesthetics. But also brings nostalgia to those that remember living through those times.
Singing in the shower
The ‘singing in the shower’ trend on TikTok uses the 2014 pop hit ‘Shower’ (Becky G) to encourage people to be playful, and comical with the lyrics. It often starts off with one person being seen ‘singing in the mirror’ as the lyrics state, panning to the creator or a friend of the creators being stood fully clothed in the shower, with the water running. With the song stating, ‘dancing in the shower’. It then cuts back and forth from the person in the mirror to the one in the shower, as they get more and more drenched being stood underneath the running shower. Although, even though the creator is fully clothes drenched, they seem to be getting more and more into it, which is why the trend continued, and took off so rapidly.
Stateside – Ice Skating
After the world had watched the Winter Olympics, many people picked up on things they say and began talking about it, including Alysa Liu. Alysa Liu won Gold for the American Ice Skating team, and at the Olympic’s gala she performed a routine to Zara Larsons ‘Stateside’. Mixing the world famous song, with an Olympic gold medalist made TikTok crazy, with creators recreating the beginning of her routine, therefore creating the Stateside dance trend.
This trend would not have been possible without Alysa Lui, becoming an inspiration to many people as a result of her story, and her return to the winter Olympics.
This is who you’re asking to….
This is a heart-warming trend, focusing on companies highlighting their team members, by showing them as children. Showing users that there is a real person behind their job title or social media presence.
Some influencers and celebrities have also used this trend by stating things they have to do as part of their job, for example a musician having to play a stadium. Adding a more comedic element to this trend.
