Stank Walk TikToks

About

Stank Walk TikToks refers to a series of TikTok videos set to the 2018 song "Jus Know" by Black Mayo^[3] in which TikTokers walk in through a door and then back out paired with text describing why. The trend, featuring stank walks, became popular in April 2020.

Origin

On November 22nd, 2009, Urban Dictionary^[1] user JamzIReal defined "Stank Walk" as "The way a female walks, when she walks with the small of her back sticking out or lets just say she walking with her ass sticking out, putting emphasis on her booty. Really attractive to guys." On April 16th, 2020, TikToker crayzrah uploaded a video using the sound "Black Mayo Jus Know bryansanon – bryansanon" to walk in and out the door with captions reading: "when he has an iPhone" and "when he has an Android" (shown below). The video gained over 140,600 likes in a month.

Spread

On April 23rd, 2020, TikToker kamtunechii used the format in another video which accumulated over 24,700 likes in three weeks (shown below, left). On May 9th, TikToker jordyncarterjc uploaded another using the caption "when he's fine" and "he 5'3''" (shown below, center). The video gained over 179,700 likes in six days. On May 15th, TikToker nene_la_shiro uploaded another example with his mother referencing free crab legs (shown below, right). The video received over 277,000 likes in a day. StayHipp^[2] published an article on the trend.

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