Walk In That Bitch Get Critical

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About

Walk In That Bitch Get Critical, also known as Walk In That B Get Critical, refers to the rap song "Critical" by RXKNephew which gained virality on TikTok in mid-2023, following a dance trend that involved it and its sped-up remix. TikTokers who followed the trend often added text overlay to their videos which outlined a scenario that would prompt them to dance, or "get critical," in which their "dance moves hitting so hard shit crucial."

Origin

On March 10th, 2023, rapper RXKNephew released his album Till I'm Dead which included the track "Critical."^[1] A few months later, on May 18th, 2023, RXKNephew posted a music video for the song to YouTube,^[2] gaining roughly 441,900 views and 18,000 likes in three months (shown below).

On the next day, May 19th, 2023, TikToker^[3] @cyberundergr0und3 posted a sped-up version of the song, using the visuals from the music video. The TikTok gained roughly 1.9 million plays and 126,300 likes in three months (shown below, left). Soon after, TikTokers began using the sound^[4] created by the video. The first known to do so was TikToker^[5] @user_z3ron.com on May 25th, 2023, who posted a video of him walking with the caption, "blinker got me walking funny," gaining roughly 149,600 plays and 34,000 likes in three months (shown below, right).

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Going into late May 2023, other TikTokers started to replicate @user_z3ron.com's walking dance, such as TikToker^[6] @summrscousin on May 28th, 2023, whose video which also referenced the weed slang term "blinker" received roughly 1.1 million plays and 232,600 likes in three months (shown below, left). On May 31st, 2023, TikToker^[7] @adam_bestever posted an edit with the song and some of @user_z3ron.com's videos, gaining roughly 2.1 million plays and 345,200 likes in three months (shown below, right).

Going into June 2023, the sound^[4] became increasingly viral on TikTok. For instance, across the sound's^[4] three month span, TikToker^[8] @malique2k posted the most viral video using it on June 1st, 2023, gaining roughly 9.2 million plays and 2.1 million likes in two months (shown below, left). On June 29th, 2023, TikToker^[9] @kwiin.ava also posted another mega-viral iteration, gaining roughly 9.1 million plays and 1.8 million likes in two months (shown below, right).

By August 14th, 2023, the original TikTok sound^[4] had amassed over 196,500 videos using it. The song's virality ultimately led to RXKNephew reacting to the videos on his Instagram.^[10]^[11]