About

Lucid Dreams Challenge is a series of TikTok videos in which users dance to Juice Wrld's song "Lucid Dreams" but pretend to have a seizure halfway through the dance. The dance, which became popular in November 2019, circulated before Juice Wrld's death in December. After his death, TikTok users commented on the coincidence between the trend and the cause of his death.

Origin

In Early November 2019, TikToker @joealbanese uploaded a TikTok video in which he dances to "Lucid Dream" (shown below). The video has since been deleted.

Spread

On November 3rd, 2019, TikTok user @mattyy_iceee uploaded a variation of the Lucid Dream Challenge which garnered over 17,400 likes in a month. Two days later, TikToker @eliottbrown uploaded another variation which gained over 3.5 million likes in a month.

Following Juice Wrld's death due to seizure on December 8th, TikTok users began commenting on the coincidence. That day, TikTok user @goodbye.college uploaded a conspiracy video using the sound clip which gained over 1.3 million likes in four days. TikToker @jenaye.k uploaded a video regarding his death (shown below, right).

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