How Far Would You Drive For The Girl Of Your Dreams?

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How Far Would You Drive For The Girl Of Your Dreams? refers to a viral sound on TikTok in which an interviewer asks an interviewee how far he would drive for the girl of his dreams, who answers, "I would drive anywhere," followed by the interviewer asking if he would drive to Nebraska, and the interviewee saying, "oh fuck no." The original video was uploaded in May 2021, inspiring over 100,000 TikTokers to use the sound over the course of June in a lip-dub trend.

Origin

On May 25th, 2021, TikTokers^[1] @speedyandtheg posted a skit in which an interviewer asks an interviewee, "How far would you drive for the girl of your dreams?" The interviewee answers, "I would drive anywhere." The interviewer asks, "What about Nebraska?" The interviewee suddenly changes his tune, saying, "Oh fuck no," followed by a cut to the two high fiving (shown below). The video gained over 13 million views in three weeks.

Spread

The video inspired numerous TikTokers to use the sound in lip-dub skits, often using dialogue in the original as a snowclone, changing the words and phrasing but using the same general structure to alter the context. For example, on May 28th, TikTokers^[2][3] @kaylynwinkler and @marymullaneee posted videos following this format, garnering over 1.8 and 1.3 million views in two weeks (shown below, left and right).

On June 1st, YouTuber^[6] cute tiktok posted a compilation of videos following the trend, garnering over 14,000 views in a week (shown below).

On June 3rd, TikToker^[4] @corinabigail posted a video following the format, garnering over 4.6 million views in just over a week (shown below, left). On June 4th, the TikTok^[5] page for the Ryanair airline posted a video following the trend, garnering over 5.1 million views in a comparable span of time (shown below, right). As of June 14th, these are the two most popular videos following the trend. The sound has been used over 107,000 times as of the same date.

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