They Trunna Be Subway Surf

About

They Trunna Be Subway Surf or They Tryna Be Subway Surf refers to a trend on TikTok set to a mashup of "Pissy Pamper (Kid Cudi)" by Young Nudy featuring Playboi Carti and Subway Surfers sound effects where TikTokers strike a variety of poses as the sound effects from the video game come up. The sound was uploaded to TikTok on March 1st, 2022. By March 30th, the sound was used in over a million videos on the platform.

Origin

On March 1st, 2022, TikToker^[1] @fairy.rblxx_ posted a video showing several assets from Subway Surfers over a remix of "Pissy Pamper (Kid Cudi)" with sound effects from the game, each shown asset related to the sound effect (shown below). The video gained over 7.8 million views in a month.

Spread

The original sound went viral over the course of the month, inspiring over a million uses by March 30th, 2022. The majority of the videos follow a trend where TikTokers strike poses with their faces as each sound effect comes up, starting with a growling face, followed by rapid blinking, then moving your tongue across your teeth and finally acting as if you've been punched.

On March 17th, TikToker^[3] @homm9k posted a video following the trend, gaining over 7.9 million views in two weeks (shown below, left). On March 18th, TikToker^[4] @benjikrol posted a video following the trend, gaining over 3.9 million views in two weeks (shown below, right).

On March 21st, TikToker^[2] @girlnamedsilanur posted a video following the trend, gaining over 4.5 million views in a week (shown below).

On March 26th, TikToker^[5] @_vector_ posted a video following the trend, gaining over 12.6 million views in four years (shown below, left). On March 29th, TikToker^[6] @bellapoarch posted a video following the trend, gaining over 9.8 million views in under 24 hours (shown below, right).

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