Music challenge memes on TikTok bring users togetherMusic challenge memes on TikTok have taken the internet by storm, allowing users to express themselves and connect with others through music.
by The Conversation
06-04-2023 11:28
in Entertainment
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Spanish millennial users on TikTok claim they are not Spanish if they do not know eight mythical songs from their country's history.
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Japanese users show their passion for anime by singing any opening or ending song upon randomly reading the title of the series on a piece of paper.
One day, users are creating continuous videos with the Corn Kid audio meme. The next, users turn Shakira and BRZP's song love and breakups into a meme satirising relationships.
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These are all examples of music challenge memes on TikTok: resharing and remixing responses to music and sharing personal stories.
In our new research, we wanted to find how these challenges have taken over the internet.
A social activity TikTok music Music has always been a form of expression for humans, even considered as a language itself. It has also been a social activity. Music memes allow this social activity to be global.
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@ange.1901 Quien mas asi? #parati #fyp #forypu #relacion #shakira
Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 Bizarrap & Shakira --
We no longer share our musical interests with just our family, friends or colleagues. We now share it with people we barely know from the internet.
And we're not just sharing the songs, but also the ways we react to them. This gamified angle of sharing music memes on TikTok increases our entertainment value - a competitive element that entices users to participate even more.
Our research looked at the global impact of these memes, collecting music challenges in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. We wanted to know how users used visual, audio, textual and narrative elements to tell stories through music.
@alina.luna_ Sc @chriselgrecoo #foryou #foryoupage #fyp #musicchallengeontiktok #musicchallenge #howtiktokaddictedareyou #2022tiktok #2022tiktokcheck #howaddictedareyoutotiktok #howaddictedareyou #tiktoktrends #trendingsong #trendingsongs #trendingsongontiktok
original sound Chris El Greco --
The users are not just sharing their knowledge of music. Instead, through music they share insights into who they are as people.
The challenges that bring us together on TikTok These memes can be self-referential, like the meme which asks how addicted are you to TikTok?
Using songs which have gone viral on TikTok, the meme asks users to identify how many they recognise. The more you know, the more addicted you are to the app. This challenge has become a game to demonstrate our self-professed love for - or addiction to - TikTok.
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These songs could also represent a certain fandom, asking users to put a finger down for each Disney song they recognise in a playlist, or how many K-pop songs they can name.
@diagon_emily they went too quick #disney #disneyfilms #putafingerdown #disneyadult #wdw #disneyparks #disneyprincess #fyp #foryoupage #tangled #rapunzel
original sound Kristi McKenna --
Other music challenges focus on testing your level of belonging to a group, like how millennial you are by the number of songs you know.
@djgallixc If you're not a Millennial and you know all 10 songs, I give you props if you ARE a Millennial and don't know these, WHAT were you listening to!? #dj #millennial #2000s
original sound Dj GallixC --
Another type of music challenge focuses on users' musical aptitudes. Can they follow the rhythm by sketching the time signature of the song? Can they skillfully lip-sync without missing any words? Can they sing a song just given its title?
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These music challenges can also be a unique form of storytelling: sharing your past heartaches through how many love songs you recognise.
@lando.music How many songs do you know? #songs #heartbroken #foryou #fy #music #songchallenge #musicchallenge
original sound sad_moods06 --
Group connections By closely studying these trends, we learnt music challenge memes are a way for us to move away from egocentric social media based on likes and comments.
Instead of simply aiming for the most likes and the most comments, users participating in TikTok music challenge memes trends focus on identifying with and fostering a sense of community, connected by their collective interests.
TikTok features a For You Page (colloquially known as the FYP) as its main tab: an algorithmically-curated feed programmed uniquely for each user. This algorithm directs us towards subcultures that specifically intersect with our interests, thoughts, tastes and experiences.
Being featured on the FYP is often an accelerated way for users to be noticed by others. As music challenge memes rise in popularity, participating in them is one of the ways to maximise our chances of being algorithmically recommended. And jumping onto viral trends are a way for users to break into other subcultures and genres on TikTok.
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Music challenge memes on TikTok foster community connections that flow across musical genres, languages, racial identities and generations. This transforms the For You Page system into a For Us Network that drives and inspires people through music.
Article by:
Arantxa Vizca no-Verd . Phd Student in Communication, Universidad de Huelva
Crystal Abidin. Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
This article is republished from The C
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Music challenge memes on TikTok bring users togetherMusic challenge memes on TikTok have taken the internet by storm, allowing users to express themselves and connect with others through music.
