About

Awkward Texts is a series of TikTok videos in which users dance in front of a screenshot of uncomfortable text message conversations set to the Minion Rush "Whistling Theme Song." The videos became popular in October 2019 after one user danced in front of a text from his teacher.

Origin

On October 8th, TikTok^[2] user @Evanmungo uploaded the Minion Rush^[1] audio to TikTok. On October 20th, 2019, @graylewis1 posted a video using @evanmungo's sound which featured a text message from his history teacher which gained over 371,500 likes and 11,700 shares in eight days.

Spread

On October 21st, 2019. TikTok user @bo.siah posted a "awkward text" video using another screenshot of a teacher's text (shown below, left). The video received over 269,800 likes and 11,500 shares in a week. The next day, TikTok user @bloodytampons posted another variation which accumulated over 269,500 likes and 5,200 shares in six days (shown below, center). On October 24th, TikToker @bbotkin shared a text from his mother in a dancing video (shown below, right). The video gained over 258,900 likes and 6,000 shares in four days.

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