Joker Open Verse Challenge

About

Joker Open Verse Challenge refers to a TikTok Duets trend created by TikToker @thatsdax, where creators are encouraged to make a rap song based on a beat made by him. The trend was popularized in early December 2022 after a series of sincere duets went viral for being cringe, inspiring parody-style copycats.

Origin

On November 29th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @thatsdax posted a video dressed as the Joker. He recites the lines, "You're insane, you're in pain, I can tell by what you're sayin' but-" before gesturing a bottle of hot sauce meant to be a makeshift mic towards the viewer. The video was made to inspire other creators to duet him, and it gathered over 6 million plays and 300,000 likes in nearly two weeks (seen below).

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On November 29th, 2022 several TikTokers duetted @thatsdax in an attempt to complete his "Joker Open Verse Challenge." TikToker^[2] @apaintedrose posted a video duetting the creator, gathering over 400,000 plays and 35,000 likes in nearly two weeks (seen below, left). Also on November 29th, TikToker^[3] @apollyonsteel posted a duet to @ThatsDax, gathering over 1 million plays and over 100,000 likes in nearly two weeks as well (seen below, right).

The video continued to be duetted by other creators at the start of December 2022. On December 5th, 2022, TikToker^[4] @simply_jacob__ posted a video duetting @thatsdax, gathering over 1 million plays and 95,000 likes in a week (seen below, left). On December 9th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @nottclay posted a video parodying the duets, gathering over 2.9 million plays and 400,000 likes in nearly three days (seen below, right).

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