At the Chip Shop, Looking Like a Slag / "Chip Shop" by kkbutterfly27xx

About

At the Chip Shop, Looking Like a Slag are the opening lyrics to "Chip Shop" by British TikToker and musician kkbutterfly27xx that went viral on the platform in August 2022. The song begins with an audio clip of Nikki Grahame having a tantrum on Big Brother, yelling, "Who is she? Where did you find her?" The song was previewed on TikTok in July 2022 and was officially released on August 4th, going viral that month in dance and lip-dub videos.

Origin

On July 21st, 2022, TikToker^[1] @kkbutterfly27xxlives posted a preview of her song "Chip Shop," garnering over 3.3 million views in a month (shown below). The song begins with a clip from Big Brother UK where the contestant Nikki Grahame complains about another contestant, yelling at the camera, "Who is she? Where did you find her?" before kkbutterfly27xx sings, "In the chip shop, looking like a slag."^[2]

The original sound saw some use in lip-dub videos in the following days. On August 4th, kkbutterfly27xx posted a more complete version of the song to YouTube,^[3] consisting of videos where TikTokers used the sound, garnering over 91,900 views in three weeks (shown below).

At the chip shop (Binley), lookin' like a slag
Sucking on thе manager's dick for a fag
You got ten quid, lemme give you a shag
I'm looking for a dealer, I'mma need a ten bag

Spread

The preview's original sound went viral and was used over 200,000 times in the next month. The sound started to gain notable virality in lip-dub and dance videos around August 15th, 2022. For example, on that day, TikToker^[4] @geminihustlerrrr posted a video dancing to the song, garnering over 2.1 million views in a week (shown below, left). On August 16th, TikToker^[5] @estee.norman posted a video dancing to the song with her mother, garnering over 8.5 million views in six days (shown below, right).

On August 19th, TikToker^[6] @benjikrol posted a video where he and a friend danced to the song on the train, garnering over 3.8 million views in three days (shown below).

Various Examples

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