He Was Running From A Cop Car

About

He Was Running From A Cop Car, continued Jumpin' Over That Thang Gon' Leave A Big Scar, refers to a viral video posted to TikTok in 2021 in which a man (TikToker @iamjoseribalta) is singing a parody of Mooski's "Track Star" about a guy getting arrested. The song became a notable sound effect used in hood irony videos in early 2023, specifically in silhouette irony videos and hood irony dramatizations (also known as "Bro you should X / X:"). A main proponent of the sound's hood irony usage was a TikToker known as @illegalbugtrader.

Origin

On February 20th, 2021, TikToker^[1] @iamjoseribalta uploaded a video in which he was filming a police scene in the distance and singing a parody of Mooski's song "Track Star,"^[2] known for the lyrics, "She's a runner. She's a track star." TikToker @iamjoseribalta was instead singing, "He was running from a cop car," among other similar-sounding lyrics about the situation. Over the course of two years, the video gained roughly 2.1 million plays and 461,500 likes (shown below).

Spread

Soon after the video's upload, others on the app started using the TikTok^[3] sound from @iamjoseribalta's video for videos that were cop-related, mostly showing others running away from the police. For instance, on February 22nd, 2021, TikToker^[4] @ods_dirtymikefromda4 uploaded a video that used the sound, gaining roughly 7.3 million plays and 941,900 likes in two years (shown below, left). Also on February 22nd, 2021, TikToker^[5] @hoodboyzah uploaded a video, gaining roughly 4.1 million plays and 910,900 likes in two years (shown below, right).

Usage In Hood Irony Videos

On March 17th, 2023, TikToker^[6] @illegalbugtrader posted a video that used a slowed version of "He Was Running From A Cop Car," among other hood irony-adjacent sound effects like GTA ringtones, to show a silhouette running, among other hood irony visuals. The video gained roughly 2.8 million plays and 436,400 likes in two months (shown below, left). On April 16th, 2023, TikToker^[7] @illegalbugtrader posted another video that used the same sound, gaining roughly 834,900 plays and 155,000 likes in one month (shown below, right).

Going into May 2023, the usage of both @illegalbugtrader's TikTok^[8][9] sounds became commonplace on the app for creators who added to the growing Greenscreen Silhouette Hood Irony trend. For instance, @illegalbugtrader's second TikTok^[9] sound amassed roughly 9,100 videos in one month, many of which were hood irony dramatizations.

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