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Took A Nap refers to a series of TikTok videos set to the song “I Took A Nap” by Gunarolla. The song snippet used in these videos typically features the lyrics, “I had a lot of things to do today, but you know what I did instead? I took a nap. It was a very good nap.” The first half of the videos often feature someone lip-syncing to the song. As Gunarolla sings, “I took a nap” the video cuts to the user napping. This format is frequently applied to animals, showing them active in the first two-thirds of the video, and napping in the last third.

Origin

On April 15th, 2020, musician and influencer Gunnarolla uploaded the official music video for his song “I Took A Nap” to YouTube (shown below). The video starts with Gunnarolla singing along to his song, followed by a cut to him sleeping on the couch. It garnered over 40 thousand views in 5 months. On the same day, he uploaded the video to TikTok, garnering over 644 thousand views and 121 thousand likes over the same period of time.

Spread

On April 19th, 2020, TikToker mushubeans uploaded a video of their kitten playing around the house, then napping, accompanied by Gunnarolla’s original sound (shown below, left). The video garnered over 356 thousand views in 5 months. On April 27th, TikToker kelseycotter3 uploaded a video of her cat drifting to sleep using the same sound and the hashtag #itookanap (shown below, right). The video gained over 669 thousand views and 174 thousand likes in just under 5 months.



Beyond pets, users also frequently act out the trend. On April 29th, TikToker hannahkbrown uploaded a video captioned, “nap queen” following the format without featuring her pet (shown below, left). This video garnered over 2.1 million views in 5 months. On July 27th, TikToker crystal.g.katsini uploaded a version of the trend that garnered over 687 thousand views in 2 months (shown below, right).



As of September 29th, videos under the #TookANap hashtag have been viewed over 71 million times. There are over 72 thousand videos attached to Gunnarolla’s original sound.

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