If you've ever scrolled through TikTok and been hit with a barrage of weird animal mashups spouting Italian gibberish, congrats, you've experienced AI-generated meme brainrot.

We now live in a timeline in which artificial intelligence churns out viral absurdities, and the Tralalero Tralala meme is the pioneer of this new era.

Picture a shark wearing Nike shoes while an AI-generated Italian voice sings nonsense about religion, Fortnite and dinner plans involving purè di cazzi. If that sentence makes no sense, don't worry — neither does this meme.

And yet, it has TikTok seemingly in a chokehold. Here's a recap of the Tralalero Tralala meme that started the whole Italian AI Brainrot TikTok trend.

What is "Tralalero Tralala" and Where Did It Come From?

"Tralalero Tralala" is an AI-generated audio meme that first appeared on TikTok in early 2025. The sound features a robotic Italian voice chanting, "Tralalero Tralala, porco dio e porco Allah," and rambling about his grandma interrupting a Fortnite session. Here's a translation if you're curious:

Trallallero Trallalla, porco dio e porco Allah. Ero con il mio fottuto figlio merdardo a giocare a Fortnite, quando a un punto arriva mia nonna, Ornella Leccacappella, a avvisarci che quello stronzo di Burger ci aveva invitato a cena per mangiare un purè di cazzi.

Trallallero Trallalla, d--- god and d--- Allah. I was with my f------ sh-- kid playing Fortnite, when at one point arrives my grandma, Ornella Leccacappella, to tell us that the piece of sh-- Burger invited us to dinner to eat d--- mash.

It was originally uploaded by TikToker @eZburger401, whose account was later banned, but the sound lived on through other users. One of the earliest notable videos to use the sound came from TikToker @andy.promaxo, who uploaded a video of a toy seemingly making the viral sound, amassing 5 million views.

@andy.promaxo

♬ denme créditos culeros – slow

Then, on January 13th, TikToker @amoamimandy.1a set the audio to a Nike-wearing shark engulfed in a CapCut Flame Explosion filter, racking up 7 million plays since.

There was something about the AI narration mixed with cursed animal mashups like sharks in sneakers and chickens with cat heads that created a perfect storm of viral nonsense.

@amoamimandy.1a Tralalelo tralala🔥 #tralalelo#tralalero#borcoidium#borcala ♬ suono originale – eZburger401

How Did "Tralalero Tralala" Meme Spread?

Once the sound was out in the wild, TikTok ran with it. On January 27th, TikToker @dylaneficaz posted a phonk remix of the Tralalero Tralala sound, gathering over 1 million plays and 60,000 likes in three weeks.

@dylaneficaz tra la la la?#flstudio #djdylanfk #funkbrasil #funk #foryou ♬ TRALALERO TRALALA FUNK DJ RAULIPUES DJDYLANFK – ★☆𝐃𝐉𝐃𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐊🇦🇷🇧🇷🔱

By February 2025, the phonk remix became a prevalent sound for anime and soccer edits, as seen in a Dio Brando edit posted by TikToker^[9] @xsaladagamer on February 8th, 2025, that racked up over 3 million plays and 400,000 likes in just a week.

@xsaladagamer Tralalero Tralala Kono Dio Da 😎 #dio #diobrando #jojo #jojosbizarreadventure #tralalerotralala #fyp ♬ som original – xsalada 愛

What Are Italian Brainrot Memes?

Tralalero Tralala wasn't a standalone meme. It became the catalyst for an entire wave of Italian Brainrot. The trend revolves around AI-generated creatures paired with rhyming Italian text-to-speech narrations.

The formula was simple; take an animal, give it humanlike features (or mash it with an inanimate object) and have an AI voice spew absurd, often blasphemous poetry.

Some notable spawns of this trend include Bombardiro Crocodilo, a crocodile-bomber hybrid, and Brr Brr Patapim, a character that's a hybrid between a tree forest and a monkey with large feet.

@ofuscabreno Brrr brrr patapim #brainrot #tralalerotralala #humor #brrbrrrpatapim ♬ som original – breno

@armenjiharhanyan 🗣️Bombardiro Crocodilo💥🔥 #fyp #tralalerotralala🗣🔥 #tralalerotralara #brainrot ♬ suara asli – Meme Effect Only – panggilajalailaa

By early April 2025, international versions emerged and have also gone viral, such as Indonesia's Tung Tung Tung Sahur, so it's safe to say this whole trend isn't quite over just yet.

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For the full history of Tralalero Tralala, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.