"Tweaker" by LiAngelo Ball
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About
"Tweaker" by LiAngelo Ball refers to a song released by NBA G League basketball player LiAngelo Ball that became a viral hit in NBA and NFL circles in January 2025, spawning numerous memes referencing it. LiAngelo Ball first released the track on a N3on Kick stream in late December 2024. The full song was then released on January 3rd, 2025, after which it was promoted by the Chicago Bulls, the Charlotte Hornets and Shaq. Several internet users posted about enjoying the song's Y2K appeal, joking about using older electronics to properly enjoy it.
Origin
LiAngelo Ball first teased his song "Tweaker" on a N3on Kick livestream on December 30th, 2024, as seen in a repost to X[1] by @FearedBuck on the same date. The post gathered over 3,000 likes in two weeks.
LiAngelo Ball released the song under his stage name G3 on WORLDSTARHIPHOP's YouTube[2] channel on January 3rd, 2025, gathering over 6 million views in a week.
Spread
People began sharing snippets of the song and expressing how much of a guilty pleasure it was to them as early as January 1st, 2025, as seen in a post by X[8] user @Brosnan_in_1997 that gathered over 35,000 likes in 10 days.
On January 5th, Detroit Lions player Amon-Ra St. Brown posted a video to his Instagram[5] Story showing him and his NFL teammates jamming to the song, with a repost to X[6] by @IAmEricVincent gathering over 2,000 likes in five days.
The #Lions partying in the locker room to Tweaker 😂🙌🏾 #OnePride pic.twitter.com/MOb9PAdYtA
— Eric Vincent (@IAmEricVincent) January 6, 2025
On January 6th, 2025, a weather reporter on West Virginia news channel WSAZ quoted the song, gesturing to an icy road and saying, "You might swerve bend the corner whoa." A Twitter[7] repost of the scene gathered over 1,000 likes in four days.
I MIGHT SWERVE IN THE CORNER WHOA pic.twitter.com/llGlSM7dNS
— Rak (@vvsrak) January 6, 2025
On January 7th, South Carolina Women’s Basketball head coach Dawn Staley posted a video dancing to the song on her Instagram[4] @staley05, gathering over 15,000 likes in three days.
On January 8th, 2025, YouTuber[3] Chaz NBA posted a clip titled, "Shaq can't stop dancing to LiAngelo Ball's song 'Tweaker' 😂" gathering over 300,000 views in two days.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter / X – FearedBuck
[2] YouTube – WORLDSTARHIPHOP
[5] Instagram – @amonra_stbrown
[6] Twitter / X – IAmEricVincent
[8] Twitter / X – Brosnan_in_1997
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