How Can I Be Homophobic? My Bitch Is Gay

About

How Can I Be Homophobic? My Bitch Is Gay are the opening lyrics to Central Cee's song "Doja," released in July 2022. The song went viral on TikTok the month it was released, most often as the subject of lip dubs and skit or vlog-style videos featuring references to the LGBTQ+ community.

Origin

On July 18th, 2022, Central Cee posted a dance video to TikTok^[1] under a preview of his song "Doja," gaining over 9 million views in a week (shown below).

On July 21st, Central Cee officially released the song alongside a music video.^[2] The song features lyrics about how Central Cee wants to hook up with Doja Cat. The music video was uploaded to YouTube^[3] that day, gaining over 9.9 million views in a week (shown below).

How can I be homophobic? My bitch is gay
Hit man in the top, try see a man topless, even the stick is gay
Huggin' my bruddas and say that I love them, but I don't swing that way
The mandem celebrate Eid, the trap still runnin' on Christmas day

Spread

The original sound^[4] from Central Cee's upload and another official upload of the song^[5] went viral on TikTok on July 20th, 2022, inspiring over 219,000 videos and 40,000 videos, respectively, in a week. Some of the earliest high engagement videos to use the song were uploaded to TikTok on July 20th, including uploads by TikTokers^[6][7] @usernamekeo and @ogee_off, gaining over 1.5 million and 1.9 million views, respectively, in a week (shown below, left and right).

On July 24th, 2022, TikToker^[8] @tillswils used the sound in a lip-dub video where her dad shows off his LGBTQ+-themed rat tattoo, gaining over 5.8 million views in three days (shown below).

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