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Hopelessly Devoted To You (Talkbox Cover) refers to a series of TikTok videos in which participants choreograph and lip dub to a talkbox cover of a song from the movie Grease. The trend began in December 2020.

Origin

The song "Hopelessy Devoted To You" originates from the 1978 film Grease, and is sung by Olivia Newton-John (shown below).

On December 16th, 2020, TikToker^[1] Carson Elliot performed a short cover of the song using a talkbox. The video gained over 69 million views and over 11 million likes in six months (shown below).

Spread

The cover was quickly picked up by the TikTok community and put to various scenes. The most notable variations involve the performer moving in a robotic manner similar to an animatronic. On December 20th, 2020, TikToker^[2] Brody Wellmaker lip dubbed the song while moving in a robotic manner. The video gained over 28 million views and over 4 million likes in six months (shown below).

On December 22nd, 2020, TikToker^[3] @jams3d posted a video of the song using a 3D model of Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location character Funtime Foxy. The video has over 22 million views and over 3.8 million likes (shown below).

On December 22nd, TikToker^[4] Sari Aalto posted a video of the song being lip dubbed by a puppet. The video has over 6 million views and over 870,000 likes (shown below).

On December 26th, 2020, TikToker^[5] @michelo2.0 performed a lip dub of the song using very robotic movements and wearing an LED-covered suit. The video received over 31 million views and 3.8 million likes in six months (reupload shown below).

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