Baka In Our Own Voice
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About
Baka In Our Own Voice refers to a series of videos featuring TikTokers inserting audio of themselves saying the Japanese word "baka" into a clip of the 2017 hip hop track "20 Min" by Lil Uzi Vert. The trend, which was inspired by previous anime edits of the word being used, became popular in late August 2020.
Origin
On August 19th, 2020, TikToker devinbui uploaded the earliest example of adding a TikTokers own voice to the song "20 Min" (shown below). The video gained over 603,800 likes in a week.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862493091266415877
Precursor
In early July 2020, TikTokers began adding anime edits to the Lil Uzi Vert song which included a character saying the word "baka" (shown below). Baka means "fool" or "idiot" in Japanese and is a common anime trope.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6846616070443306245
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6847609932712381701
Spread
On August 19th, 2020, TikTokers abbyisarodent and isenpaai uploaded popular versions of the Baka trend (shown below, left). The video garnered over 698,000 likes and 1.1 million likes respectively in a week. The next day, TikToker wh0.nia uploaded comedic take on the trend and accumulated over 880,500 likes in six days (shown below). StayHipp[1] published an article on the trend.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862443702334262534
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862449919626595590
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862815620388441349
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862806835557158150
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862446098720509189
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862900388530572549
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6863272382438591749
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6863273165414468870
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6862870024114375941
External References
[1] StayHipp – Baka Were Doing This In Our Own Voice
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