About

"1 AM" is a song by Civ, also known by the lyrics, "Pop Out at One In The Morning." Civ began teasing the song on TikTok in mid-January 2025 through videos in which an AI-generated bear sings along to the lyrics of the song. The rapper continued to promote the song throughout January and February 2025 leading up to its February 7th release date, becoming a popular song on the app.

Origin

On January 12th, 2025, rapper Civ posted a video to TikTok^[1] teasing his new song, asking what he should name it, garnering over 212,000 views in a month.

Pop out at 1 in the mornin'
You really wanna know, this kind of life never borin' (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
She bought Dior with her man from the store
But she bring it to my table when the drink start pourin' (Sheesh)
She askin' to come with the crew (Ask, "Who?")
And the accent, it come with a view (That's true)

The rapper continued to post videos promoting the release of the song over the following weeks, with many of them gaining hundreds of thousands of views. For example, on January 24th, Civ posted a video to TikTok^[2] that gained over 324,000 views in two weeks.

Spread

The song became notably popular on TikTok throughout late January and early February 2025 as Civ continued to promote it, with the original sound wracking up over 1,900 uses by February 5th, 2025. For example, on February 2nd, 2025, TikToker^[3] @xojunior posted a meme to the sound that gained over 415,000 views in three days.

On February 4th, TikToker^[4] dad.prod posted a video that begins with the AI bear then transitions to basketball footage, writing, "On everyone's soul this is peak," in the description, garnering over 1.1 million views in a day.

On February 7th, "1 AM" was released on streaming platforms, including Spotify.^[5]

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