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Blasting Fetty Wap on the JBL Speaker refers to memes about people playing loud music, especially songs made by rapper Fetty Wap, at inappropriate times from a JBL Bluetooth speaker. The trend originally began gaining traction as a history meme on TikTok in early January 2025, with people joking about the pilgrims playing Fetty Wap in 1738, a reference to the rapper's catchphrase.

Origin

On January 9th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @purelyaesthetic11 posted a TikTok slideshow image set to the song "Again" by Fetty Wap. The text on the post read, "How do you think the pilgrims would react if I pulled up to the Mayflower with my JBL speaker and introduced them to Fetty Wap," gathering over 3 million plays and 600,000 likes in three weeks.

On January 12th, TikToker^[2] @stro_mirrors posted the earliest known video joking about someone playing Fetty Wap from a JBL speaker. The video showed a scene from the 2006 film Apocalypto alongside text that reads, "1492 Christopher Columbus arriving in America with his JBL speaker playing Fetty Wap." The post gathered over 200,000 plays and 34,000 likes in two weeks.

Spread

On January 16th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @hawaiiansweetrollz posted a video with the caption, "Big George and the boys trappin across the Delaware river with his JBL cira December 25, 1776." The video gathered over 2 million plays and 300,000 likes in 10 days.

On January 23rd, TikToker^[4] @history.arena posted a slideshow set to "Again" by Fetty Wap, showing an ancient scene of nomads traveling on camels, alongside text that read, "What the homies and I would play on the JBL speaker on our camels in 130 BC on the Silk Road." The post gathered over 160,000 plays and 30,000 likes in five days.

On January 24th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @darkhubris posted a scene from the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven, gathering over 800,000 plays and 160,000 likes alongside text that read, "Jerusalem pulling up at the Crusades in 1184 blasting that Fetty Wap."

By January 24th, 2025, the trend had evolved to include non-historic scenarios, as seen in a January 25th post by TikToker^[6] @basicallycaleb that read, "Me and the boys pulling up to WW3 blasting Fetty Wap out of our JBL," gathering over 1.9 million plays and 400,000 likes in three days.

On January 27th, TikToker^[7] @momsboyfriend posted a scene from the sitcom, "Eastbound and Down," writing, "POV: Me pulling up to bros funeral with the JBL," gathering over 4 million plays and 1 million likes in a day.

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