No No No Trend / Parents Roasting Teens On TikTok

About

No No No Trend / Parents Roasting Teens On TikTok refers to a series of videos on TikTok set to the original sound, "no no no no no no no no."^[1] The trend has TikTokers give their phone to one of their parents and have them film themselves with the TikToker in the background, as they slowly raise the phone above their head. The TikToker then adds an on-screen caption roasting themselves over the video, making it appear as if their parent is roasting them.

Origin

On March 15th, 2019, Instagrammer Verbalase^[6] uploaded a video to the platform featuring himself beatboxing over Justin Timberlake music using the Voloco app (shown below, re-uploaded to YouTube). The original sound used in the "No No No" trend comes from the 0:27 mark in Verbalase's video. The video gained over 4.1 million views on Instagram and 1.3 million on YouTube in a year and a half.

On October 4th, 2020, TikToker heyoscr^[2] uploaded a video following the described format, featuring the on-screen caption, "Is it possible to get an ab0rtion in the 76th trimester?" (Shown below, left). This is one of the earliest examples of the format, possibly being the first one. It garnered over 219 thousand views and 51 thousand likes in 10 days. A week later on October 6th, heyoscr uploaded another rendition of the trend, this time garnering over 4.2 million views and 1.1 million likes in a week (shown below, right).

Spread

Heyoscr continued to share renditions of the trend throughout October, each one garnering multiple millions of views. On October 7th, one of his videos following the trend gained over 3 million views and 860 thousand likes in 6 days (shown below, left). On October 7th, another rendition garnered over 7.6 million views and 2.2 million likes in 5 days (shown below, right).

The trend continued to pick up steam over the course of October, inspiring many other TikTokers to make versions of it. On October 9th, TikToker darkiieee^[3] uploaded a version of the trend, garnering over 12 million views and 2.7 million likes in 4 days (shown below, left). On October 10th, TikToker drinkingpineapplejuice^[4] uploaded a version of the trend, garnering over 10.2 million views and 2.7 million likes in 3 days (shown below, right).

On October 11th, alexis_cuban,^[5] the daughter of famous Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban, uploaded a version of the trend, gaining over 18.9 million views and 3 million likes in 2 days (shown below). It is the most popular version of the trend as of October 13th, 2020.

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