Dominic Fike's "Mama's Boy" Edit Trend

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About

Dominic Fike's "Mama's Boy" Edit Trend refers to an animation meme and TikTok trend of fan edits set to the song "Mama's Boy" by Dominic Fike, centering on the part of the song where it spells out "mama boy" ("m-a-m-a b-o-y"). Each video highlighted a fictional character who's perceived to be a mama's boy. The trend started in late August 2023, spreading into September 2023. The "Mama's Boy" edits also spread across video platforms like YouTube.

Origin

On June 23rd, 2023, Dominic Fike's song "Mama's Boy" released on streaming platforms as the 13th track on his album Sunburn.^[1] On the same day, June 23rd, Fike's YouTube^[2] channel uploaded the music video for the track, gaining roughly 543,500 views and 23,000 likes in three months (shown below).

On July 17th, 2023, TikToker^[3] @dontstareattthesun posted an edit that used footage from the music video and centered on the end of the song where a female voice spells out "mama's boy." @dontstareattthesun's edit used stylized subtitles and gained roughly 73,200 plays and 11,300 likes in two months (shown below, left). On August 24th, 2023, TikToker^[4] @astr9wrld posted an edit that mimicked the stylized subtitles but instead used footage of Miles Morales, gaining roughly 1.6 million plays and 252,000 likes in 18 days (shown below, right).

Spread

Inspired by @astr9wrld's edit, many on the app started to use their TikTok sound^[5] to post similar edits with different characters. For instance, on September 4th, 2023, TikToker^[6] @woneyys posted an edit with Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan, gaining roughly 855,700 plays and 218,600 likes in one week (shown below, left). On September 5th, TikToker^[7] @hearts4tomura posted an edit with Tomura Shigaraki from My Hero Academia, gaining roughly 1.1 million plays and 242,500 likes in six days (shown below, right).

By September 11th, 2023, the trend's primary TikTok sound^[5] had amassed over 30,900 posts. During the same timeframe, creators on YouTube started to post animation memes with the song. For instance, on August 31st, 2023, YouTuber^[8] ~{Aspen Tales}~ posted an animation, gaining roughly 15,100 views and 1,000 likes in 11 days (shown below).

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