#NotAPerfectPerson
Part of a series on TikTok. [View Related Entries]
This submission is currently being researched & evaluated!
You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation.
About
#NotAPerfectPerson is a hashtag on TikTok that started trending on the platform in February of 2021 in relation to a trend set to 2004's "The Reason"[1] by Hoobastank in which TikTokers recall an often comical, occasionally serious, moment of imperfection in their lives.
Origin
It's unknown who started the "NotAPerfectPerson" trend, but the earliest videos following it go back to January 16th, 2021.
On that day, for example, @auggiegrro and @soul4sxle2 posted videos to TikTok[2][3] set to "The Reason" in which they recall a momemts of imperfection (the former upload more comical, the latter more serious) through on-screen-text and film themselves being exaggeratedly upset, garnering over 110,000 views on the former upload and 1.4 million on the latter (shown below, left and right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6918360935941836038
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6918501987143240965
Spread
The trend quickly caught on under the sound for "The Reason," with many TikTokers gaining millions of views by following the trend. On January 19th, 2021, @ido_coke uploaded a video to TikTok[8] following the trend, garnering over 9.1 million views in 2 weeks (shown below).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6919592780293475590
On January 22nd, Trisha Paytas uploaded a video to TikTok[10] following the trend referencing drama with Shane Dawson, garnering over 1.2 million views in just over a week (shown below, left). On January 25th, @aidan_langford uploaded a similar video,[9] garnering over 2.6 million views in a week (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6920744047732706566
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6921863503158480133
On January 27th, the lead singer of Hoobastank posted his first video to TikTok,[4] taking part in the trend with a video joking that they he regrets naming the band "Hoobastank," garnering over 2.3 million views in a week (shown below). On January 29th, Daily Dot[7] published an article on the trend.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6922585896223132933
On February 4th, TikTok's Newsroom[6] reported on the hashtag "#NotAPerfectPerson" as a top trend. Variety [5]reported on Hoobastank's song going viral on TikTok on the same day, including a brief interview with lead singer Doug Robb who expresses his gratitude for the trend.
As of February 5th, videos using the hashtag have garnered over 463 million combined views. There are over 67,000 videos using the original sound for "The Reason."
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6919700798620372230
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6918828370809883909
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6919272510521478406
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6919659755057188101
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6919647438731005190
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6919519785747352838
Search Interest
N/A
External References
[1] YouTube – Hoobastank – The Reason
[2] TikTok – it be like that sometimes
[4] TikTok – #notaperfectperson
[5] Variety – Hoobastank Delighted by TikTok Popularity as ‘The Reason’ Goes Viral, Signaling Resurgence of ’00s Hits
[6] TikTok Newsroom – Trending on TikTok: Nobody's a perfect person
[7] Daily Dot – Hoobastank’s ‘The Reason’ is a new TikTok meme for calling out your most embarrassing moments
[8] TikTok – i just found this out like 3 months ago
[9] TikTok – I just found this out like a week ago….
[10] TikTok – trishlikefish88
Related Entries 1210 total
Recent Videos 13 total
Recent Images
There are no images currently available.
