Bro Is Not Going Back Home
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About
Bro Is Not Going Back Home refers to a viral video of people guessing the Ukrainian flag in which one male contestant says, "Ukraine," faster than a girl who's from the country. The girl then says, "I'm Ukrainian," afterward, making the guy joke, "Bro is not going back home." The guy is wearing black sunglasses and a grey sweatshirt in the video. It was first posted on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram as a Reel by video creator BradyYourTutor in early 2025. In the following months, it was reposted across social media and became an exploitable meme via re-edits and '99.99% Accuracy' Meme Reenactments. The overall perception was that the video was cringe because the guy was speaking like a TikTok comment section.
Origin
Sometime on or before January 28th, 2025, content creator BradyYourTutor (@bradyyourtutor) shared a video to TikTok with four college students who were answering "pop quiz" style questions. One of the questions concerned the flag of Ukraine. The video has since been deleted. However, a different video featuring the same group of students was shared on his TikTok[1] on January 28th and on his Instagram[2] on February 2nd.
The original video was screenrecorded and reposted by TikToker[4] @king_gink15 on January 28th, including an edit after the kid says, "Bro is not going back home," to the Ukrainian girl. @king_gink15's video was a screen recording of an unknown Instagram Reel created by a currently unknown Instagram user (shown below).
@king_gink15 Bro is not going back home 🤓 #fyp ♬ QKThr – Aphex Twin
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On February 4th, 2025, Instagram[3] user @leanopp posted a trimmed version of the abovementioned edit, receiving over 229,300 likes in two weeks (shown below).
On February 12th, TikToker[5] @stoic_balkan posted an edit of the video that added a photo of a shirtless man at the end, gaining over 22,100 likes in six days (shown below).
@stoic_balkan Fluent in TikTok💀 #ts #pmo #broisnotgoingbackhome #ukraine ♬ originalljud – stoic_balkan
On February 16th, 2025, TikToker[6] @interglobalizationizing posted an Anti-Piracy Screen version of the original video, gaining over 84,100 likes in two days (shown below).
@interglobalizationizing bro is not going back home bro is not going back home #broisnotgoingbackhome #trivia #corny #whatsafather #antipiracy #foryoupage #fyp ♬ original sound – ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ
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https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7472468180217335086
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7472048765591883030
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7470652625537535278
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7472209909900184874
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External References
[1] TikTok – @bradyyourtutor
[2] Instagram – @bradyyourtutor
[4] TikTok – @king_gink15
[5] TikTok – @stoic_balkan
[6] TikTok – @interglobalizationizing
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