About

I'm Glad You Came refers to the March 2022 TikTok trend in which mothers shared photo montages of their pregnancy, having a baby and then parenting set to the song "I'm Glad You Came" by The Wanted, with the mortgage starting with a dedication to their partner. The choice of the song is sexual innuendo alluding to that the mother is glad her partner impregnated her.

Origin

On March 7th, 2022, TikToker^[1] mamaclaire00 posted a photo montage of her child as a baby and a toddler, which started with a dedication to the father and was set to "I'm Glad You Came" by The Wanted, implying that she was glad that the child's father impregnated her. The post (shown below) gained over 94,800 views and 12,000 likes in 11 days.

Spread

On March 8th, 2022, TIkToker^[2] brianna_llama3 posted a similar TikTok inspired by @mamaclair00's post. The video (shown below, left) gained over 426,000 views on the app in 10 days.

In the following days, other users joined the trend. For example, on March 9th, 2022, TikToker^[3] @chloedurnsx posted a video that gained over 422,000 views and 74,500 likes in eight days (shown below, center). On March 10th, 2022, TIkToker^[4] @georgiemalonee posted a TikTok that gained over 459,400 views in nine days (shown below, right).

By mid-March 2022, the trend reached virality on the app as many more users on TikTok posted their own versions.

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