Ceiling Challenge (TikTok)
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About
The Ceiling Challenge or Phone On Ceiling Trend is a TikTok challenge in which participants tape or secure their phone to the ceiling and film themselves dancing, posing and twerking from a bird-eye-view perspective. The trend is set to J.I.D's "Surround Sound" and was popularized on the app in October and November 2023. In November, a student at Madonna University in Nigeria was purportedly expelled for doing the challenge.
Origin
On October 6th, 2023, TikToker[1] @michaelfirshort posted a video where one person tapes their phone to the ceiling then films themselves and several friends dancing from a birds-eye-view perspective set to "Surround Sound" by J.I.D, garnering over 1.4 million views in a month (shown below).
@michaelfirshort #LearnItOnTikTok #CapCut #phoneonceiling #funny #foryoupage #teacherday #fypシ゚viral ♬ original sound – Michael_jk
Spread
The trend spread over the course of October and November under several original sounds for "Surround Sound." On October 28th, TikToker[2] @arcsteelandconcrete posted a version of the challenge that gained over 12 million views in a week (shown below, left). On October 29th, TikToker[3] @retirementhouse posted a version of the challenge that gained over 9.7 million views in a week (shown below, right).
@arcsteelandconcrete All in a days work
@retirementhouse GANGGGG
On November 8th, TikToker[4] @screech.vibes posted a video doing the challenge, garnering over 480,000 views in a day (shown below). On November 9th, The Genius Media[5] reported that a student was purportedly expelled for doing the trend. That day, X[6] user @juststeph001 posted the alleged clip that got the student expelled, claiming she was from Madonna University in Nigeria. These claims are unconfirmed.
@screech.vibes Ceiling challenge, I soo love it love this Surround sound challenge. Shoutout to one of our fav @Boogie #capcut #surroundsound #surroundsoundchallenge #ceilingchallnge #bathroomchallange #screech_vibes #theafawuahs #fyp #trend #viral ♬ Surround Sound – JID
Various Examples
@lootlove2 😂❤️ This was fun to do! Although i got a side-eye for the “bad word” in the sound… #SurroundSound #MamaLoot #SnZ ♬ original sound – Michael_jk
@fruitypoppin This #trend but your household don’t believe in dishwashers 😜 #viral #fyp #trendingvideo ♬ Surround Sound – JID
@haha_official ceiling trend 😎 #하하 #haha #키위랩 #kiwelab #ceilingtrend ♬ Surround Sound – JID
@gwenmanere_ genggeng stem 1 #slmcsi #stem ♬ Surround Sound – JID
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – michaelfirshort
[2] TikTok – arcsteelandconcrete
[3] TikTok – retirementhouse
[4] TikTok – screech.vibes
[5] The Genius Media – University Student Expelled For Joining Popular Tiktok Ceiling Challenge
[6] X – juststeph001
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Nov 11, 2023 at 11:53PM EST
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