Angelic Yields Trend
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About
The Angelic Yields Trend or Reverse Devious Lick Trend is a TikTok trend where people film themselves returning stolen items or giving new items to their school after taking part in the banned Devious Licks trend, which saw users steal things from school and upload the proof to TikTok. The trend began in late September 2021 following TikTok's removal of videos following the Devious Licks trend.
Origin
On September 1st, 2021, TikToker @jugg4elias posted a video of himself taking a box of disposable masks from his backpack with the caption "a month into school absolutely devious lick. Should've brought a mask from home," gaining over 239,000 views in a week (shown below). It has since been removed. This began the "devious licks" trend, where TikTokers began similarly stealing items from their schools. Some videos are obvious satire where they steal things like their principal, but many others are legitimate. The trend resulted in significant controversy and was reported on by numerous news outlets in mid-September.[2][3] It was banned on September 16th by TikTok, with all hashtags related to it blocked and all videos taking part in it removed.
On September 17th, TikToker[1] @j.uher7 posted a video where they enter their school bathroom and place a roll of toilet paper on the toilet (shown below). On-screen text reads, "Just hit the most angelic yield." The video gained over 4.1 million views in three days and appears to be the earliest example of it.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7008871663626374405
Spread
The original angelic yield video inspired a trend where TikTokers film themselves giving back to the school they stole from, often under the original sound[4] "Smiling All Day Long." On September 18th, 2021, TikTokers[5][6] @thecountryofsugondesia and @michaelnammour uploaded angelic yield videos giving hand soap back to school washrooms, gaining over 6.7 and 4.7 million views in two days respectively (shown below, left and right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7008962658472955141
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7009159109463264513
On the same day, Twitter[9] user @jarvis posted, "there's a new trend called 'angelic yields' where people atone for their devious licks by giving back to the school" along with a video of TikToker @ssalladd following it, gaining over 4,700 likes and 200 retweets in two days (shown below).
there's a new trend called "angelic yields" where people atone for their devious licks by giving back to the school pic.twitter.com/bH4KODddry
— jarvis johnson (@jarvis) September 18, 2021
Many of the videos show students giving comedic and out-of-place items back to the school, or stacks of money, usually dropping them off in the bathroom. For example, on September 18th, TikToker[7] @glaf posted a video putting a coffee machine in the bathroom, gaining over 1.5 million views in two days (shown below, left). On September 19th, TikToker[8] @nathanmontaque posted a video dropping off $50's in the bathroom, gaining over 3.8 million views in a day (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7008959000800775429
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7009381611833675014
By September 20th, the hashtag "#angelicyield" gained over 21 million total views, and the original sound was used in over 2,500 videos, many following the trend.
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7009094104055287046
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7008970207972658437
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7009000207627177221
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7008967764413140230
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7008975903447403781
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7009007696275885318
Search Interest
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External References
[2] The Guardian – devious licks
[4] TikTok – Smiling All Day Long sound
[5] TikTok – thecountryofsugondesia
[6] TikTok – michaelnammour
[8] TikTok – nathanmontaque
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