Who the Fuck Dare to Call Me When I'm so Busy

About

Who Da Fack Dare to Call Me When I'm So Busy, alternatively written Who the Fuck Dare to Call Me When I'm So Busy, is a catchphrase taken from a viral video of a blonde woman with an accent receiving a phone call and then declining it in an aggressive and sassy manner. The original video was uploaded to YouTube in mid-2020 by Bulgarian YouTuber Albena Vuleva. In early 2023, it then became a TikTok meme and original sound on the platform used in memes and other humorous skits.

Origin

On September 27th, 2020, Bulgarian YouTuber^[1] Albena Vuleva posted a video called, "GOPRO- първи стъпки, хъ хъ," in which she was sitting down and speaking directly to the camera. At the 12:34-minute mark of the video, Vuleva received a phone call to which she said, "Who the fuck dare to call me when I'm so busy?" Over the course of three years, the video received roughly 3,700 views (shown below).

Who the fuck dare to call me when I'm so busy?

Despite a 2020 origin, the video clip didn't become a prominent meme until early 2023 on TikTok. The buzz started on February 21st, 2023, when TikToker^[2] @ivonikoloff posted the video in a CapCut template and gained roughly 432,700 plays and 62,000 likes in two months (shown below, left). Due to the virality, on March 20th, TikToker^[3] @ivonikoloff posted a cropped version of the video, gaining roughly 509,200 plays and 86,500 likes in 22 days (shown below, right).

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On March 22nd, 2023, TikToker^[4] @stan_s1dney posted a video using the clip, gaining over 10,800 plays and 870 likes in 20 days (shown below, left). Later on March 22nd, TikToker^[5] @stan_s1dney posted their own cropped version of the video for others to use, gaining roughly 304,400 plays and 13,700 likes in 20 days (shown below, right).

Going into April 2023, the video received increased usage, specifically after a video uploaded by TikToker^[6] @livelaughlovelana.delrey on March 28th, 2023, that gained roughly 4.8 million plays and 884,100 likes in two weeks (shown below, left). Various TikTokers started using the TikTok^[7] sound associated with the aforementioned video. Many of the videos went viral, such as one uploaded by TikToker^[8] @barbiebleach on March 31st that gained roughly 520,300 plays and 89,600 likes in 11 days (shown below, right).

Over the course of two weeks, the TikTok^[7] sound amassed over 81,100 videos using it.

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