I Just Took a DNA Test

About

I Just Took a DNA Test is a series of TikTok video exploitables in which the TikTok user pretends to swab their mouth for a DNA test in sync with the lyrics of artist Lizzo's song "Truth Hurts" and then creates their own conclusion after the lyrics "turns out."

Origin

On February 24th, 2017, Twitter ^[1] user @MinaLioness tweeted, "I did a DNA test and found out I'm 100% that bitch." The tweet received more than 36,000 likes and 26,000 retweets in less than three years (shown below).

Several months later, recording artist Lizzo released the song "Truth Hurts." The song contains the lyrics "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that bitch."^[2][3]

Days later, On September 25th, 2017, Lizzo Music uploaded the official music video for "Truth Hurts" (shown below). The video gained 7.2 million views and 181,000 likes in a year and a half.

Spread

On February 14th, 2019, @reedkavner uploaded one of the first "I Just Took a DNA Test" videos (shown below). The video gained 101,000 likes in three months.

On March 9th, 2019, @devorelol uploaded a variation (shown below). The video gained 356,200 likes and 6,400 shares in a month.

On March 18th, 2019, TikTok user @georgegaraway uploaded his rendition reveal that he's 100% ogre (shown below, left). The video gained 185,100 likes in three weeks. On March 30th, @kayla.cantey3504 of a dog taking the DNA test (shown below, right). The video gained 33,800 likes in two weeks (shown below, right).

That day, YouTuber Red Wasp uploaded a compilation video (shown below). The video garnered 20,150 views in two weeks.

On April 3rd, @coxy.official uploaded a popular rendition that gained 168,600 likes in a week (shown below, left). On April 10th, the iHeartRadio TikTok account uploaded Lizzo participating in the DNA test (shown below, right). The video accumulated 5,200 likes in two days.

Song Writer Credit Controversy

On February 9th, 2019, @MinaLioness and @Lizzo had a brief argument over the lyrics on Twitter^[8] (shown below, left). The Twitter user had been credited by Twitter users to have first said the line "I judt took a DNA test and turns out I'm 100% that bitch." On August 28th, @MinaLioness^[4] continued to tweet about the lyrics saying, "What I cannot get over is how brazen Lizzo and her team have been in ignoring my whole presence. They’re doing it because they know I have no capital to address her. I’m just the poor Black girl from London that don’t have a dog in the fight" (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 1,600 likes and 400 retweets in two months.

On October 23rd, 2019, Lizzo posted a message to Instagram^[5] which gained over 606,335 likes in a day (shown below).

"Hey ya'll… as I've shared before, in 2017, while working on a demo, I saw a meme that resonated with me, a meme that made me feel like 100% that bitch. I sang that line in the demo, and I later used the line in Truth Hurts. The men who now claim a piece of Truth Hurts did not help me write any part of the song. They hd nothing to do with the line or how I chose to sing it. There was no one in the room when I wrote Truth Hurts, except me, Ricky Reed, and my tears. That song is my life, and its words are my truth. I later learned that a tweet inspired the meme. The creator of the tweet is the person I am sharing my success with… not these men. Period. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and my song. Xoxo"

That same day, @MinaLioness tweeted "I just took a DNA Test, turns out I’m a credited writer for the number one song on Billboard" (shown below, left). The tweet garnered over 17,600 likes and 2,800 retweets in a day. @MinoLioness continued by thanking Lizzo and her team (shown below, right).^[6][7]

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