About

I'm The Main Character refers to a series of TikTok videos referencing or parodying cliche movie montages or scenes that typically feature the main character. The videos, which began trending on TikTok in May 2020, use a wide variety of sound clips but almost always feature the TikToker calling themself the main character and performing some type of cinematic cliche like dancing along in their room.

Origin

The first main character TikTok video is unknown. On May 11th, 2020, Twitter user and TikToker @lexapro_lesbian posted the first known main character TikTok that sparked the surge in the trend. @lexapro_lesbian reposted her original TikTok video of herself singing about how it's time to walk around her neighborhood because she's the main character (shown below). The video gained over 6,300 views and 490 likes in three weeks.

Spread

On May 12th, 2020, TikToker @laurenisoversharing uploaded a video herself being the main character by walking out to her balcony to take a sip of wine (shown below, left). The video garnered over 20,100 likes in three weeks. On May 14, TikToker @cornholequeen69 used @lexapro_lesbian's sound clip to skateboard through her neighborhood (shown below, right). The video received over 131,600 likes in two weeks.

On May 27th, TikToker @ashlaward uploaded a more sincere audio clip about imagining themself as the main character and gained over 236,200 likes in five days (shown below, left). On May 29th, TikToker princessbutterfluff used @ashlaward's sound to make a montage that accumulated over 46,900 likes in three days (shown below, right). Stay Hipp^[1] published an article on the trend.

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