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It's Corona Time

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About

It's Corona Time is a sound clip used in TikTok vlogs, parodies and lipsync videos referencing the Coronavirus. The sound clip, which includes the 1985 song "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle, parodies Miller beer's commercial slogan "It's Miller Time" with a voiceover saying "It's Corona Time."

Origin

On January 24th, 2020, TikToker @playboierik21 uploaded the original sound clip and used it in a video that garnered over 534,300 likes in two months (shown below). The sound clip uses the song "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle[2] and has been used in over 323,400 videos in two months.


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6785655436361190661

Spread

In January 2020, following @playboierik21's TikTok sound clip upload, various commentator voiced their offense at the sound and the video's contents (shown below).


colby_likethacheez Thank you for this gem of an 200 audio 1-25 Liked by creator namphuuuong IT's offensive. 1-29 6. angeljustwhy_chan Hey I am Chinese and that is 916 offensive 1-26 playboierik21 · Creator 223 Aw did i hurt your feelings? 1-26 _gucci_gracie 101 Reply to playboierik21:She means that there's a lot of deaths and diagnoses in China rn... it's offensive to the people being affected by the virus 1-27

On February 2nd, TikToker @stacyhorta uploaded a video about picking their parents up from the airport using the sound (shown below, left). The video garnered over 155,000 likes in a month. On March 5th, TikToker @kamilfrankow received over 1.8 million likes for a video posted using the sound (shown below, center). On March 9th, TikToker @ninadrama made a video about the toilet paper crisis using the sound (shown below, right). The video accumulated over 1.9 million likes in a day. StayHipp[1] published an article on Coronavirus memes on TikTok.


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6788927765115636998
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6800692214084177157
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6801648211330157830

Various Examples


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6787585419694345478
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6788941797646273798
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6799226545383951622
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6799792092055964934
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6790260731032964357
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6800641023988043014

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