"Chin Up High" Ame Bibabi

About

"Chin Up High" is a 2021 song by world music artist Ame Bibabi that went viral on TikTok in late 2021, largely for the way Bibabi sings the words "twerk" and "party" with a stutter and for the amateurish quality of the production in general. The song is both praised as a "so bad it's good" track for its unintentionally humorous qualities, as well as criticized for simply being perceived as "bad" by many online.

Origin

On August 30th, 2021, the Holliwood Records YouTube channel posted the music video for Ame Bibabi's song "Chin Up High," gaining over 2.4 million views in five months (shown below). Bibabi uploaded the video to her YouTube^[1] channel on September 3rd, gaining over 426,000 views in a comparable span of time.

P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-party 'til I die
With my chin up high
Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em by
T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-twerk
Like it's my last day on this earth
Let that dollar make her work, work

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On September 8th, 2021, the video was shared on /r/cringe.^[4] On September 18th, 2021, YouTuber No Life Shaq posted a video reacting to the song and music video, calling it the "worst best song ever" in the title (shown below). The video gained over 267,000 views in four months.

In October 2021, a now-deleted TikToker uploaded a video using the stuttering portion of the song, creating a viral original sound that month as TikTokers began using it in skit and dance videos (examples shown below, left and right). On October 27th, YouTuber^[2] cute tiktok posted a compilation of videos using this sound, gaining over 15,200 views in three months.

On November 5th, the H3 Podcast reacted to the music video, calling Ame Bibabi the "female Island Boys," (shown below). The isolated clip gained over 79,000 views on the H3 Podcast Highlights YouTube channel.

On November 18th, 2021, YouTuber DAVE OG fans posted an edit of a scene from R.E.D. 2 placing Bibabi's face over someone on a mini-gun and adding the stuttering section of the song, as if it's the sound of the mini-gun, gaining over 16,400 views in two months (shown below).

On TikTok, the official original sound^[3] for the song has been used in over 32,000 videos as of January 2022 and remains prominent on the platform. There is no specific trend that dominates the sound, although some videos are used to joke about the song (notable examples shown below, left and right).

Various Examples

Search Interest

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