Crazy How the Very First Sin Was a Woman Who Ate / Jane Bell's "Mother Ate"

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About

Crazy How the Very First Sin Was a Woman Who Ate is a catchphrase derived from the lyrics of Jane Bell's "Mother Ate." In the phrase, the term "ate" references the slang term "ate," which is used similarly to the term "slay." Bell started promoting the song with previews in early March 2024 and was fully released on March 22nd. The song became a prevalent lip dub track on TikTok surrounding its release, with the phrase "crazy how the very first sin was a woman who ate" spreading independently online as a caption on various posts.

Origin

On March 9th, 2024, TikToker^[1] and musician Jane Bell (@janebellsucks) posted a video in which she sings the chorus of a then-unreleased song, "Mother Ate," explaining her rationale behind the lyrics before singing, garnering over 34,000 views in a month (shown below). She continued to tease and lip dub to the song throughout the month, with a TikTok^[2] video on March 10th singing the chorus gaining over 800,000 views in a month (shown below, right).

On March 21st, Bell released the song on streaming platforms, including Spotify,^[3] garnering over 70,000 plays in three weeks. It was also posted to YouTube,^[4] garnering over 20,000 views in the same span of time (shown below).

Crazy how the very first sin was a woman who ate
A woman who ate
She served and licked the plate

Crazy how the very first sin was a woman who ate
She chose her fate
And she said no to heaven's gate

She's mother and mother fucking ate

Spread

The original sound for the song became notably popularized on TikTok in early April 2024 as a source for lip dub videos. For example, on April 5th, 2024, TikTokers^[5]^[6] @angelmonnroe and @gourdgurl posted videos using the audio, garnering over 4 million views and 300,000 views, respectively, in three days (shown below).

On April 6th, TikToker^[7] @andrewnucatola posted a video reacting to the song that gained over 10 million views in two days. On April 7th, X^[8] user @kaylaadempsey made a post consisting of the lyrics, garnering over 1,900 likes in a day. Later that day, X^[9] user @damnostalgia posted the phrase over a video of Dua Lipa performing "Houdini," garnering over 3,300 likes in a day (shown below).

That same day, Instagram^[10]^[11] influencers dear.simm and katyaelisehenry posted modeling photographs and selfies using the lyrics in the description, garnering over 1,700 likes and 40,000 likes, respectively, in a day.