About

Chili Mac or Chilli Mac is a lip dub audio meme based on a viral video of TikToker @girl.idk393 recording herself while her mother talks on the phone in the background, exclaiming, "chili mac!" and laughing. The video was posted in late December 2025 and became the subject of lip dubs over the following weeks, in which the exclamation "chili mac!" is often used to represent an inside joke between friends, the act of laughing at something dumb or talking with your friends.

Origin

On December 26th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @girl.idk393 posted a selfie video captioned, "POV: You trying to record your hair while your mom otp wit her hgs," garnering over 6.1 million views in just over two weeks.

In the video, her mother can be heard on the phone. The person on the other end of the phone says what sounds like, "Sloppy's your thing," followed by the TikToker's mother laughing and exclaiming, "Chili mac!"

Spread

The audio for @girl.idk393's video was used over 7,300 times in the next two weeks, mostly for lip dub videos that use it to represent inside jokes, talking with your friends and laughing at something dumb.

On December 29th, 2025, TikToker^[2] @punanislimedout posted a video set to the audio, captioned, "When I get off work, change into my robe, and start hollering otp w my homegirls so I realize I really am just like my mama," garnering over 3.6 million views in about two weeks.

On January 3rd, 2026, TikToker^[3] @its.malii2 posted a video using the audio captioned, "How I still be laughing at Spongebob today cause he be frying the hell outta me," garnering over 3.4 million views in a week.

On January 7th, TikToker^[4] @typicallon posted a video with the audio, captioned, "when u n ur friends rediscover an old joke you haven't said in a while," garnering over 5.5 million views in five days.

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