Ray William Johnson vs. Serbian Dancing Lady

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Ray William Johnson vs. Serbian Dancing Lady refers to a series of TikTok meme videos and photo slideshows that pin Ray William Johnson against the Serbian Dancing Lady, predominantly paired with the Oh When the Saints Go Marching In TikTok sound. Many of the videos used ViggleAI to show Johnson dancing to distract the Serbian lady. The trend stems from Johnson's coverage of the Serbian Dancing Lady story on his TikTok page, explaining why fellow true crime and creepypasta TikToker IdkSterling was also included in some of the memes.

Origin

On May 4th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @rand0m2011 posted a two-photo slideshow with the first image reading, "Oh no is the serbian dancing lady run!!" and the other photo showing Sonic.exe characters poised to challenge her, gaining over 3 million plays and 302,200 likes in a month.

On May 31st, TikToker^[2] @connersamford2 posted a two-photo slideshow that recaptioned and exploited the format, showing three Ray William Johnsons poised to challenge the Serbian Dancing Lady. The slideshow used the 'Oh When the Saints" TikTok sound.^[3] In a month, it gained over 1.2 million plays and 122,700 likes (photos shown below).

Spread

More photo slideshows that referenced Ray William Johnson and the Serbian Dancing Lady surfaced in early June 2024. For instance, on June 5th, TikToker^[4] @stepasclicker posted a long photo slideshow that added multiple versions of Johnson, following the Nothinglikeyallcore trend. Over three weeks, the video slideshow garnered roughly 1.3 million plays and 170,500 likes (recording shown below).

On June 8th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @iaml0ry posted a ViggleAI video that showed Johnson dancing, captioned, "Oh no, it's the Serbian Dancing Lady, Ray William Johnson break it down!" receiving over 3.2 million plays and 398,500 likes in 20 days (shown below, left).

Similar videos continued, like one shared by TikToker^[6] @just_dave57 on June 23rd, receiving over 2.2 million plays and 294,200 likes in five days (shown below, right).

Ray William Johnson's Reaction

On June 24th, 2024, Ray William Johnson posted a TikTok^[7] reacting to the abovementioned videos, saying, "This doesn't even look like me!" Over four days, the video received roughly 10.4 million plays and 1.1 million likes (shown below, left).

Using his statements from the video, creators started making memes that joked about his reaction. For instance, on June 26th, TikToker^[8] @lazlowresolutionnot4k posted a ViggleAI video with an AI Voice, showing Johnson singing the song with text overlay reading, "'What is this song' Ahh video💀🙏🙏." In two days, it received over 1.1 million plays and 128,300 likes (shown below, right).