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How TikTok Fell So Deeply in Love With a Janet Jackson Track from 2001
A timeline of how “Someone to Call My Lover” got to its current viral moment.
The remix seems to initially gain traction among K-pop- and anime-fan editors who pair it with transitions between pictures or videos of their faves to create fond showcases like the one above, of K-pop singer Go Won. (Multiple commenters interpret the descriptions as a riff on a since-deleted and widely side-eyed video where a white TikToker praised Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On ” as a “little Black girl confidence bop.”) In a true sign that this is becoming a trending sound, TikTokers of all niches are trying to cash in on the algorithm, whether that means dancingtothesong, roller-skating to it, re-creating its music video, using it to soundtrack everyday moments, or bringing it up via more references to PinkPantheress and “little Black girl” bops.
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