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#VibeWithUs is a TikTok trend set to the 2020 song “Funny Thing” by Thundercat. Videos under the hashtag see users playing two characters dancing, or “vibing,” with each other in various fictional situations. Each video ends with the vibe being killed, usually by character two, putting an end to the dancing.

Origin

On September 13th, 2020, TikToker curlyfuq uploaded a video with the on-screen caption, “Vibing With The Bouncer” (shown below). In the video, the user plays both himself (character 1) and the bouncer of a club vibing together. The bouncer then checks curlyfuq’s ID and shakes his head, realizing that he is underage. Both characters stop vibing. The video garnered over 5.5 million views and 947 thousand likes in 12 days.

Spread

On September 14th, 2020, TikToker sa_vannahh uploaded her own rendition of the video, editing herself into the role of character one in curlyfuq’s video (shown below, left). The video garnered over 1.4 million views in 11 days. Curlyfuq continued to upload new versions of his original video, including a sequel to the original on September 19th. This video received over 3.2 million views in six days (shown below, right).



On September 19th, TikToker gianmarcoduin uploaded a version of the trend, garnering over 1.1 million views in six days (shown below). The trend continued to spread across TikTok throughout September, leading #VibeWithUs to TikTok’s trending page on September 25th with over 100 million views attributed to videos under it that same day.

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Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vibewithus

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