Go Junior, Go Junior
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About
Go Junior, Go Junior is a meme on TikTok in which a Black creator (Chefpierce, @chefpierce) is portraying the "Caucasian friend at an African party" where the family is heard chanting "Go Junior! Go Junior!" while he dances to African or Afrobeat music. The viral video riffs on the Oluwa Mark Dancing meme, also known as "White Guy Dancing To Afrobeat Music." Chefpierce's dancing to the song "Not Responsible" by Amon with "Go Junior! Go Junior!" being chanted became an exploitable in 2024 in which creators object labeled text captions similar to POV captions.
Origin
On November 30th, 2023, TikToker[1] @chefpierce posted a roughly two-minute video that enacted a skit about "Bringing my Caucasian friend to an African party." At the end of the video, @chefpierce is seen dancing to the Oluwa Mark song "Not Responsible" by Amon while the imagined family is chanting "Go Junior! Go Junior!" Over three months, the video received roughly 2.7 million plays and 431,800 likes (shown below).
@chefpierce This is how itโd go if you brought a Conner to an African party. ๐ Itโd be catastrophic BUT IMAGINE HE GOT MOVES DOE. Get to turnin dat entire party up. #fyp โฌ original sound โ ChefPierce ๐จ๐พโ๐ณ
Spread
The video achieved memetic usage in early 2024. For instance, an early viral example was an edit posted by TikToker[2] @gt.linky on January 18th, 2024, gaining over 87,700 plays and 4,800 likes in a month (shown below, left).
Usage of the video went largely viral on February 21st, 2024, when TikToker[3] @thsituan_editz posted the video, adding text captions about a teacher leaving class for a few minutes. The video earned over 2.2 million plays and 388,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).
@gt.linky Quick edit before bed#makeuptransformation #fnaf #doom #4 #fyp #hudabeauty #Disney100 #CapCut โฌ original sound โ linky
@thsituan_editz GO JUNIOR GO JUNIOR ๐ฟ #viral #viralvideo #goviral #trend #trending #tikflop #fyp #xybca #xyzabc โฌ original sound โ Ranvision ่ป่ถด็ฎ
Viral edits and fancams of the video persisted in late February 2024. For instance, TIkToker[4] @k4.vsppfr posted a slightly sped-up edit on February 22nd, 2024, gaining over 1.1 million plays and 144,500 likes in a day (shown below, left).
Soon after, users on the app started to recreate the video, like TikToker[5] @ayeitsthat_eman on February 22nd, 2024, receiving over 474,700 plays and 81,700 likes in one day (shown below, right).
k4.vsppfr</a> Go junior go junior go junior ๐ฃ๏ธ๐๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฅChefPierce ๐จ๐พโ๐ณ #edit #chefpierce โฌ original sound โ K4.Vsp
@ayeitsthat_eman GO JUNIOR ๐ญ#fyp #foryou #fypage #ayeitsthat_eman โฌ original sound โ vsp.cxlstify
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7338388501060177195
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7338163100186692896
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7338279699832900907
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7338608624782019882
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External References
[1] TikTok โ @chefpierce
[3] TikTok โ @thsituan_editz
[4] TikTok โ @k4.vsppfr
[5] TikTok โ @ayeitsthat_eman
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