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If I Can Prove That I Never Touched Me Balls refers to a parody of Hamilton actor Lin-Manuel Miranda sung by a TikToker. After the video gained traction on the platform, other internet users edited the sound into Hamilton.

Origin

On August 18th, 2020, TikTok user @manlyhotdog posted a video of himself singing as Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton, parodying a lyric from the song "We Know." In the musical, Miranda sings, "If I can prove that I never broke the law, do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?" @manlyhotdog's version goes "If I can prove that I never touched my balls…" @manlyhotdog's account is locked, but the video was reuploaded to YouTube on September 22nd, 2020 by YouTuber Pandroid (shown below).

Spread

Shortly after @manlyhotdog posted his audio, an anonymous TikTok user posted an edit of the sound which included the portion of the musical before @manlyhotdog's parody. This was used in over 5,500 videos on the platform^[2] (example shown below, left). On June 23rd, 2021, TikTok user @mik posted a remixed version of @manlyhotdog's audio with the appropriate music, gaining over 100,000 likes (shown below, right). The sound was used in over 24,000 videos.^[1]

In September of 2021, video edits that included footage from the filmed Hamilton musical performance began appearing on YouTube. On September 12th, user Gwinch posted an edit that gained over 1.3 million views in less than one month (shown below, left). On September 20th, YouTuber JedrickGP YT posted an edit which included more of the preceding scene, gaining over 472,000 views (shown below, right).

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