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Go Meg Challenge, also known as the Wanna Be Challenge, refers to a dance trend popularized on TikTok and set to the song "Wanna Be" by rappers GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion. The trend, which emerged in April 2024, plays on the phrase "Megan knees," and typically features a woman twerking to the line "Go Meg, Go Meg," in the song. Memes about people reacting salaciously to the trend spread after rapper Latto posted a video participating in the challenge.

Origin

Rapper GloRilla posted the official music video for her and fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion's song "Wanna Be" to YouTube^[1] on April 5th, 2024, gathering over 5 million plays in five days (seen below).

On April 7th, Megan Thee Stallion posted a video of herself twerking to the song on her Instagram^[2] @theestallion, gathering over 2 million plays in five days. The post is likely the origin of the "Go Meg Challenge, with the caption of the post reading, "IG after dark lol and nobody better not challenge me bc this the best ass on IG 🤪 or if you think so tag me in your video 😂 stream WANNA BE."

Spread

On April 8th, 2024, rapper Latto posted a video of her twerking to GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion's song "Wanna Be," on X / Twitter^[3] gathering over 7 million plays and 130,000 likes in three days. The video^[4] was also posted to Megan Thee Stallion's Instagram, where it gathered over 1 million likes in two days.

On April 10th, X^[5] user @doctorTeeTee posted a rotoscoped clip showing animated versions of Ice Spice and Drake dancing to the song, gathering over 11,000 likes in a day (seen below).

alright now end the Go Meg Challenge we got a winner already 😭 pic.twitter.com/eVxJ6MWTUg

— Dr TT (@doctorTeeTee) April 11, 2024

Reaction Videos

Various internet users joked about watching people do the "Go Meg Challenge" salaciously, as seen in an April 9th, 2024, post by TikToker^[6] @mezzopski, who showed both him and his dogs licking at their lips. The post gathered over 7 million plays and 1 million likes in two days (seen below, left).

The Go Meg Challenge was largely popularized due to Latto's video, as seen in a post by TikToker^[7] @stargirlzizi, who asked where she could find the infamous clip. Her post gathered over 700,000 plays in a day (seen below, right).

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