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My Nans a Hotel is a misheard song lyric that defines a series of memes about the ending scene in the music video for U.K. rapper Mansa's song "Hold Back," in which he and three friends are seen approaching an Audi car and, as they're about to open the doors, the video fades to black. Many believed that the men did not own the car, explaining why getting into it was not shown.

The My Nans a Hotel clip went viral on TikTok in early 2025, and later in the year, predominantly in November 2025, TikTokers riffed on the scene by playing with the idea of fading to black before proving something, like studying or working out. The video skits largely reenact the My Nans a Hotel scene, showing the subject(s) walking with their backs turned towards the camera, fading to black before the end.

Origin

On April 24th, 2018, rapper Mansa released the song "Hold Back."^[1] At some point after that, Mansa filmed and released a music video for the song, which has since been deleted. The video was reuploaded by YouTuber^[2] MT Head on February 4th, 2024, gaining over 60,600 views in a year.

At the video's 2:27 timestamp, Mansa raps, "Man, I'm in the hotel," which sounds like "My nans a hotel." He and his friends are then seen approaching an Audi car, and the video fades to black before the car doors are opened.

Spread

On March 1st, 2024, TikToker^[4] @fut__sideways reposted the music video, calling it one of the "best music videos of all time" in the text overlay caption. The video received over 18,600 likes in a year.

On December 30th, TikToker^[5] @nbasantan posted a video of him recreating the ending scene of the "Hold Back" video, captioned, "Only real ones get the reference." Over 11 months, the video gained over 33,200 likes. Notably, @nbasantan used a TikTok sound^[6] from a user named @bashxar, who seemingly deleted their video that created the sound.

On February 24th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @thevibecon reposted the "Hold Back" clip, writing the misheard lyric, "My nans a hotel" in the text overlay caption. Over nine months, the post received over 161,000 likes.

On February 28th, TikToker^[7] @najma8x posted a video of her and a friend parodying the clip by walking up to a display car in a mall, set to the original audio. Over nine months, the video received over 6,500 likes.

In November 2025, the My Nans a Hotel trend resurfaced en masse.

For instance, on November 11th, TikToker^[8] @sinalifts posted a POV video skit about when "she asks for proof of benching 3 plates." The video fades to black before he starts the bench press. Over 10 days, his TikTok gained over 222,900 likes.

On November 18th, 2025, TikToker^[9] @j1er02 posted a similar skit that followed the same format, instead captioned, "Me when I say I'm going to wash the plates." Over three days, his video received roughly 207,400 likes.

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