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Okay I Like It, Picasso refers to a viral video where a man walks by two people decorating a car and asks "what's this?" to which one responds "it's an art project," the man answering, "okay I like it, Picasso. Yeah, that way." The video was uploaded to TikTok in January 2022 and went viral alongside its original sound, which became popular in lip dubs.

Origin

On January 12th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @itsreefa posted a video where the camera operator walks by two people, one dressed in what appears to be drag, decorating a car for what they claim is an art project. The man says, "okay I like it, Picasso." The video gained over 32.5 million views in just under a month (shown below).

On January 13th, TikToker^[6] @fears____ posted a video of the same car driving away with one of the artists on top of it chanting, another person chasing behind the car with a flare (shown below).

Spread

The video's original sound^[2] became popularized in lip-dub videos that month, inspiring over 120,000 videos in just under a month. For example, on January 26th, 2022, TikToker^[7] @menecisandbrody posted a skit where a man steals his girlfriend's legs, gaining over 33.3 million views in two weeks (shown below, left). On February 3rd, TikToker^[8] @thesorrygirls posted a video of a unique bookshelf using the sound, gaining over 12 million views in four days (shown below, right).

A reupload of the video, posted on January 16th, 2022 by TikToker^[1] @betch also went viral, gaining over 1.1 million views in just under a month. The video's original sound became popularized on TikTok^[3][4] that month, inspiring over 21,700 videos by February. The highest engagement videos make references to art (examples shown below).

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