Genie In a Bottle

About

Genie In a Bottle refers to a series of TikTok videos in which people pretend to step into a bottle using a distance illusion to the 1999 Christina Aguilera song "Genie in a Bottle."^[1] The videos became popular on TikTok in December 2019 and later that month, Christina Aguilera participated in the trend.

Origin

On December 14th, 2019, TikTok user @queenofthepunk9 uploaded a video in which she pretended to disappear into a water bottle using the song "Genie in a Bottle" (shown below). The video garnered over 359,500 likes and 7,500 shares in nine days.

Spread

On December 18th, 2019, TikTok user @graceelizabethr her own iteration which gained over 502,400 likes and 5,000 shares in five days. The next day, TikToker @therealtomkai uploaded a video in which they mock people on the app in yoga pants performing the trend (shown below, right). The video received over 462,000 likes and 6,000 shares in four days.

On December 21st, Christina Aguilera posted her first TikTok video of herself performing the trend to Twitter (shown below). The post accumulated over 12,400 likesa and 2,100 shares in two days.

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