About

I'm Allowed To Switch is a TikTok trend inspired by the lyrics of rapper Zeddy Will's song "Can't Go Broke," with TikTokers posting videos set to the lyrics, "Matter fact, I want your friend, I'm allowed to switch." The trend began with TikTokers posting sports edits or fancam style video remixes in late June 2025. By early July, the trend evolved into videos in which TikTokers stand back-to-back and slowly turn to take turns and dance in front of the camera.

Origin

Rapper Zeddy Wills first released his song "Can't Go Broke" on July 6th, 2024, gathering over 300,000 views on the YouTube^[1] upload in a year. However, the song only went viral on TikTok^[2] when Zeddy Wills released a video on June 20th, 2025, gathering over 3.5 million views and 300,000 likes in a month.

The clip notably featured the lyrics, "You really good at everything but head, I don't want your throat. I don't want that shit. Matter fact, I want your friend, I'm allowed to switch."

The earliest known TikToker^[3] to participate in the "I'm allowed to switch" trend is @elijxhmixes, who posted a sports edit featuring LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. The video gathered over 3 million plays and 500,000 likes in three weeks.

Spread

Other internet users participated in the "I'm Allowed To Switch" TikTok trend in late June into July 2025, as seen in a June 28th, 2025, post by TikToker^[4] @ballikeirving, who used a Grab The Camera clip to post a sports edit that gathered over 17 million views and 3 million likes in three weeks.

By early July 2025, TikTokers^[5] had begun posting videos of themselves and their friends dancing to the song, as seen in a July 3rd, 2025, video posted by @serenapagee, showing her and her boyfriend going back-to-back and slowly turning around. The video gathered over 17 million views and 2.9 million likes in two weeks.

On July 6th, TikToker^[6] @nutdefender09 posted a video showing a fan edit of the characters Yuji and Todo from the anime Jujutsu Kaisen, gathering over 400,000 plays and 100,000 likes in 10 days.

On July 12th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @mym0mshouldveswallowed posted a video showing her and her friends dancing to the song, gathering over 9 million views and 1.2 million likes in five days.

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