It's Corona Time

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About

It's Corona Time is a sound clip used in TikTok vlogs, parodies and lipsync videos referencing the Coronavirus. The sound clip, which includes the 1985 song "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle, parodies Miller beer's commercial slogan "It's Miller Time" with a voiceover saying "It's Corona Time."

Origin

On January 24th, 2020, TikToker @playboierik21 uploaded the original sound clip and used it in a video that garnered over 534,300 likes in two months (shown below). The sound clip uses the song "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle^[2] and has been used in over 323,400 videos in two months.

Spread

In January 2020, following @playboierik21's TikTok sound clip upload, various commentator voiced their offense at the sound and the video's contents (shown below).

On February 2nd, TikToker @stacyhorta uploaded a video about picking their parents up from the airport using the sound (shown below, left). The video garnered over 155,000 likes in a month. On March 5th, TikToker @kamilfrankow received over 1.8 million likes for a video posted using the sound (shown below, center). On March 9th, TikToker @ninadrama made a video about the toilet paper crisis using the sound (shown below, right). The video accumulated over 1.9 million likes in a day. StayHipp^[1] published an article on Coronavirus memes on TikTok.

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