489 "christmas acidjazz" Remix

About

489 refers to a TikTok animation meme soundtracked by a remix of the hhgregg Christmas In July commercial called "christmas acidjazz" by YouTuber rodri. The animations, which began appearing online in May 2024, tend to be psychedelic and feature original characters.

Origin

On December 19th, 2014, YouTuber rodri posted an hhgregg Christmas In July remix called "christmas acidjazz." The video gained over 352,000 views in nine and a half years (shown below).

On May 6th, 2024, TikToker puppypawf^[1] created an animation set to a portion of the remix where the lyric is "489." The animation gained over 800,000 views and 72,000 likes in two weeks (shown below).

Spread

Over the following weeks, numerous TikTokers created animation memes to the "Christmas acidjazz" remix set at varying speeds. For example, on May 12th, 2024, TikToker playcookieer^[2] posted a background for animation memes using the song at a slightly different tempo, gaining over 1.1 million views in 11 days (shown below, left).

On May 21st, TikToker huroko16^[3] posted an animation with the song set at yet another different speed, gaining over 81,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

On May 15th, 2024, TikToker @alivka_cream^[4] posted the original "christmas acidjazz" video to TikTok, identifying it as the source of the trending meme. Their video gained over 6,800 likes in one week (shown below).

Various Examples

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