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Hey Y'all, We're Back Doing Giada's Hair or Gianna's Ponytail Meme refers to a series of videos inspired by a viral video of a mother doing her daughter Giada's hair into a ponytail while Gianna cries. The video was uploaded to TikTok as early as June 2021, with the original upload seemingly being deleted. The video became the subject of recreations over the following years, including a notable recreation by TikToker @giannamjoyce that year. The meme experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2024 as users recreated it using Roblox.

Origin

On June 10th, 2021, YouTuber^[1] Tanique Williams reuploaded a reupload of a video of a TikToker putting her daughter Giada's hair into a ponytail while the daughter cries. It is unclear when exactly the original video was uploaded to TikTok and how many views it garnered before it was deleted. On June 13th, TikToker^[2] @user5727860793850 reuploaded it again, garnering over 700,000 views in three years.

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The video's virality inspired TikTokers to post recreations of it in 2021. On June 25th, 2021, TikToker^[3] @giannamjoyce posted a recreation of the video, altering the end by yelling and cursing at her friend to give her the ponytail, garnering over 275,000 likes in three years.

On June 29th, 2021, TikToker^[4] @sunshinenrainbows2020 posted a recreation that gained over 60,000 views in three years.

In late 2024, the audio of @giannamjoyce's video experienced a resurgence in popularity as TikTokers began recreating the video using Roblox. For example, on November 3rd, 2024, TikToker^[5] @cookiebeans2 posted a Roblox recreation of the video that gained over 1.4 million views in a month.

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