Joke Is On You
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Joke Is On You is a series of TikTok videos exploiting the lyrics "the joke is on you" in the Niki Watkins song first featured on iCarly in 2010. In September 2019, TikTok users began using the song to illustrates instances when someone has been fooled.
Origin
On September 25th, 2010, The Nickelodeon show iCarly aired their episode "iGet Pranky" which features a musical montage using the song " Joke Is On You" by Niki Watkins (shown below). The lyrics read: "So everybody put your hands in the air/ It’s an all night party that we’re getting into/ If you think it’s all over then the joke is on you."
Spread
On September 21st, 2019, TikTok user @imshooketh used the Watkins song in a video to illustrate being fooled by the promise of colder weather (shown below, left). The video gained over 32,200 likes and 1,000 shares in nine days. On September 25th, TikTokkers @teddythedyslexic and @carrotlmao uploaded variations which garnered over 206,600 likes and 51,200 likes respectively in five days (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6739181363196415237
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6740794599842794757
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6740719366649810182
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https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6740166550734507269
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6739359795922423045
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6739263566383238405
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6740064745883323653
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6740308234214624518
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6738996378732694789
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