If You Scratch X Into Your Pillow It Sounds Like Y

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About

If You Scratch X Into Your Pillow It Sounds Like Y is a TikTok trend and phrasal template in which users share combinations of numbers and symbols that can be scratched into a pillow with your finger to make a song. The trend was popularized in mid-December 2024 by TikToker @jenifersanandres3.

Origin

On December 11th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @jenifersanandres3 posted a video captioned, "If you draw '-2-2+='on your pillow with your finger it will sound like chim chimney from Mary Poppins," garnering over 7.2 million views in five days.

Spread

The trend continued to spread over the following days as users shared other combinations of symbols you can supposedly scratch or draw into a pillow to sound like a song. On December 13th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @thrivingonmysecretacc posted a version of the trend giving the code for "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars, garnering over 7 million views in three days.

On December 14th, TikToker^[3] @james_hagen posted a version of the video telling people about a code they can scratch into their pillows that sounds like "We Will Rock You" by Queen, garnering over 1.2 million views in two days.

On December 15th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @davidhumespam posted a video following the trend on how to play "Here Comes Santa Claus" by Gene Autry, which garnered over 7.9 million views in a day.