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Itzy Cake Dance

First Seen: August 2023 

Platform: Douyin

Hashtag: #itzy, #cake

Description: Itzy is a well-known K-pop girl group with five members. This year at the end of July, they released a new song called “Cake”, which went viral on Douyin and attracted dancers and K-pop lovers learn their moves. The hook “cake, cake, cake, cake, cake” was brainwashing and the dance moves can be easily remembered. Vides are of the specific dance in the Douyin trend, or of people making cake.

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I Can Only Leave / 我只能离开

First seen: July 2023

Platform: Douyin

Hashtag: #我只能离开

Description: Sad situations with a sad song to accompany. “I Can Only Leave” is for a time when you’re so upset, the only thing you can do is walk away. Videos usually have someone running, from a loved one or rough situation, or even just photos of someone looking down. Don’t be afraid to meme it.

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Music Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZH3sD-FfE

Bombastic Side Eye

First Seen: June 2023

Platform: Douyin

Hashtag: #bombasticsideeyes

Description: This trend initially started in the West, but has been picked up by Chinese users on Douyin. As the name suggests, the consists of giving a fierce side-eye look. Videos usually start with a smile, and with either a situation change or camera angle change, switch to a side eye and a frown. The song used is not an official release, but a mashup popularized by this trend with an in-app sound.

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Apple Cat

First Seen: May 2023

Platform: Bilibili

Description:

  • This is a genre of video seemingly exclusively found on Bilibili, where some weird song and visual combo takes off and is memed by other users to massive reach, but with little awareness off-platform. ‘Apple Cat’ is literally a video of fruit with cat faces photoshopped onto them. In the background “My Ordinary Life” by The Living Tombstone plays. That’s it, don’t ask me to explain its popularity. Users are creating new videos on the theme, or remixing the song for added effect.

Hashtag:

  • #苹果猫

Content Examples

Music:

  • https://open.spotify.com/track/59MS3Yfgt2vHJeWMY1vElf

Fast & Furious 10 Layout Challenge

First Seen: May 2023

Platform: Douyin

Description:

  • The Fast & Furious movies are always a hit in China, and movie number ten this year was no different. This trend uses the layout from an iconic scene, where the camera zooms out through several cars. User videos are added in the final scene. Artists can use this trend (a) to show off their car or (b) to make a joke, i.e. being on a bicycle, horse, etc.

Hashtag:

  • #速10车窗运镜挑战 

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Look At My Motorcycle

First seen:

  • May 2023

Platform

  • Douyin

Description

  • The music is reworked from an Indian song, meant to be funny, not serious. Video should show people dancing on a (parked) motorbike. Content is often done as a ‘duet’ with the original video.

Hashtag

  • #看我的摩托哒哒哒

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JISOO – Flower Dance Challenge

First seen:

  • April 2023

Platform

  • Douyin

Hashtag

  • #Flower手势舞

Description

  • JISOO from KPOP group BLACKPINK had her first solo release called ‘Flower’, this campaign has an official dance challenge that’s quite popular both on TikTok and Douyin.

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Clap Spot Relay

First seen:

  • April 2023

Platform

  • Douyin

Hashtag

  • #拍手卡点接力

Description

  • Dance where people move past the camera one by one, tagging each other. You can dance or do something silly as you pass the camera.

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Oiiaioooooiai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2exgod2F84

First seen:

  • March 2023

Platform

  • Bilibili

Description

  • The video is a rotating cat in a white space, with a strange vocal melody in the background “Oiiaioooooiai”. This has been sampled, remixed, and changed in many many ways.

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Ai Ru Huo

First Seen:

  • February 2023

Description

  • This is a ‘square dance’ style song released in 2022 and went viral recently. The song is being used to do a lot of covers, dance challenges or creative videos.
  • Artists can get creative with the track. (E.g. Do dance challenges as below, do an EDM remix or use this song to a live performance video etc.)

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