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Smartphone Make Me Dumb, Whiskey Make Me Numb, Women Make Me Hmmm refers to a viral TikTok song created by Canadian singer-songwriter and social media creator JP Saxe. The singer posted a somber black-and-white video featuring him singing the simplistic lyrics of his song in March 2025, with TikTokers and internet users reposting and lip-syncing to the song ironically in subsequent weeks. JP Saxe is best known for making the viral TikTok song, "If the World was Ending."

Origin

TikToker^[1] @jpsaxe posted a video of him debuting a "new song" live on February 12th, 2025, singing, "It's scary in my head / I'm not ready for these interactions / I'll do anything for a distraction / Smartphone make me dumb / Whiskey make me numb / Women make me — mhmmmm" The video gathered over 37,000 plays and 600 likes in three months.

On March 4th, JP Saxe posted a polished version of his song presented alongside a moody black-and-white video to TikTok,^[2] gathering over 1 million plays and 47,000 likes in three weeks.

Spread

Several TikTokers began posting videos using JP Saxe's "Smartphone Make Me Dumb" song, including TikToker^[3] @rubysjeans, who posted a video lip-syncing to the song in her bedroom on March 12th, 2025, gathering over 7 million plays and 1.1 million likes in two months.

On March 13th, TikToker^[4] @ihavementalillness69 posted a video holding a pear phone and lip-syncing to the song as well, gathering over 1 million plays and 180,000 likes in two months.

On March 14th, Billie Eilish's brother and frequent collaborator, Finneas, posted a video set to the song to his TikTok,^[5] @Finneas, showing his face with a digital cat mask superimposed on it. The video gathered over 2 million plays and 400,000 likes in two months.

On March 15th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @mikeydavis__ posted a skit joking about the song, showing himself planking and gritting his teeth to the lyrics, "Women make me mhmmm." The post gathered over 1.4 million plays and 240,000 likes in two months.

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