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Caught In a Chicago Drill Reverse Edit is a TikTok meme trend in which users act out skits about being stuck in a Chicago drill reverse edit at the worst possible moment, resulting in them getting stuck in a loop. In the context of the memes, a Chicago reverse edit is a type of video edit set to a drill rap song where one scene loops multiple times. The meme was popularized in November 2025 and is largely set to the song "Marathon" by Chuckyy. Many of the memes notably use the phrasal template "When X but you get stuck in a Chicago drill reverse edit so you genuinely Y."

Origin

A Chicago drill reverse edit is a type of video edit set to a Chicago drill song where scenes play on loop. For example, on July 2nd, 2025, TikToker^[1] @jahebk08 posted a Chicago reverse edit that gained over 56,000 likes in four months.

In November 2025, TikTokers began posting comedy videos where they act out getting stuck in Chicago drill reverse edits at inconvenient moments.

One of the earliest known examples was posted by TikToker^[2] @lortuarn on November 11th, 2025, captioned, "When you was finna beat your shi but you get put in a Chicago reverse edit," showing him looping while bringing toilet paper and lotion to his room, garnering over 590,000 views in about two weeks.

Spread

The Caught In a Chicago Drill Reverse Edit trend continued to spread over the following weeks in mid-to-late November 2025 on TikTok.

On November 17th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @funnyboringdude posted a version of the meme where he gets caught in a Chicago reverse edit while running from fine shyt's dad, garnering over 1.3 million views in a week.

On November 20th, TikToker^[4] @thelundyshow posted a version of the meme reading, "When you trolling the quiet kid in class by asking if he is throwing 'Trump and Kirkos' but then he gets mad and genuinely goes John Wilkes Booth on the whole class so you try to run but you genuinely get stuck in a Chicago reverse edit," garnering over 618,000 views in four days.

On November 21st, 2025, TikToker^[5] @ali.105_ posted a video following the trend captioned, "When fine shyt pull out the strap so you try to run but you get stuck in a Chicago drill reverse edit so you genuinely get pegged," garnering over 297,000 views in three days.

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