All the Boys

About

All The Boys refers to a series of TikTok videos in which users create a video mimicking the lyrics of American Singer Lizzo's song "Boys."

Origin

On June 22nd, 2018, Lizzo released the song "Boys" containing the lyrics "“I like big boys, itty bitty boys/ Mississippi boys, inner city boys /I like the pretty boys with the bow tie /Get your nails did, let it blow dry/ I like a big beard, I like a clean face/ I don’t discriminate, come and get a taste.” The official music video (shown below) has gained over 5.3 million views in a year.

On May 23rd, 2019, TikTok user @kevboyperry uploaded one of the first "All the Boys" videos (shown below). The video has gained over 442,600 likes and 12,500 shares in two weeks.

Spread

On May 25th, 2019, @TootyMcNooty uploaded an animation using the song (shown below, left). The video gained over 885,600 likes and 49,400 shares in two weeks. The next day, @nickaufman uploaded a typical rendition of the series where he himself acts out all the different boys listed in the video (shown below, center). On May 27th, @?.? uploaded an edited video featuring popular cartoon characters representing all the boy types of boys listed in the lyrics (shown below, right). The video gained over 16,600 likes and 500 shares in a week.

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