Why Are Cats Singing 'What Color Is The Sky? Ay Mi Amor' On TikTok? The 'Un Poco Loco' Meme Explained

The latest sped-up audio to go viral on TikTok is "Un Poco Loco" from Disney's Coco, and with it has come an interesting trend involving cats.

The "What color is the sky? Cat meme" has TikTokers sending the lyrics of the song to unsuspecting victims one line at a time via image macros and it's confusing and delighting users across the platform. Here's how it started.

What Is The 'What Color Is The Sky? Ay Mi Amor' Cat Meme?

A sped-up version of "Un Poco Loco" started going viral on TikTok around May 2022. Something about the ramped-up speed of the song stuck with TikTokers, as it often does, and they began using it in lip dub videos and skits. Pretty basic TikTok stuff.

Then, in October, TikToker @catfurr_ posted a video where they send each line of the song's lyrics to someone over text, only the lyrics have been added as captions to cat memes. Some of the memes are Photoshops of the famous TikTok cat el gato while others are various crying cats and more random cats. The video quickly gained over a million views and sparked a trend.

How Is The 'What Color Is The Sky? Ay Mi Amor' Cat Meme Used In Memes?

Ever since the original video went viral, TikTokers have been replicating it by sending their friends the lyrics of "Un Poco Loco" with cat memes. Sometimes they use the same cat memes, and other times they make their own cat memes, often pasting the face, arms and legs of a cat to a piece of food or another random object. The reactions that users get from their victims adds a hilarious layer to the meme.

Some TikTokers are also cropping the cat memes and posting them on their own for users to screenshot. Basically, the trend is producing a lot of new cat memes and that's always a good thing.

How Else Is 'Un Poco Loco (Sped-Up)' Used In Memes?

The cat meme has inspired a lot of TikTokers to post slideshows of their cats to TikTok under the same sound, not following the texting trend but offering up funny and cute photos of their cats regardless. The sound is also being used in dancing and lip dub videos and proving popular with both Spanish and English speakers. Rest assured, if you're not a cat person, you can still get in on the memes.

For the full details on the What color is the sky? Ay mi amor cat meme, be sure to check out our entry on the meme here for even more information.