Av33ry / Rowan Do the Thug Shake
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Overview
Av33ry is a TikToker who went viral for a video known as Rowan Do the Thug Shake, where he asks a girl in class to do the thug shake, then pushes his hair back and reveals his large forehead and bleached eyebrows. The TikToker continued to flash his forehead in future videos for further viral success, also doing several fake face reveals on Twitter.
Online History
On April 27th, 2023, TikToker[1] @av33ry posted a video where he films a girl in class while asking her, "Rowan, do the thug shake." She says she doesn't know what that is, then he flips the camera to himself and pushes back his hair to reveal his forehead and bleached eyebrows, garnering over 12 million views in five days (shown below). This is the user's earliest available video.
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Several more of av33ry's videos featuring his forehead went viral over the following days. On April 29th, he posted a video to TikTok[7] that gained over 3.2 million views in three days (shown below, left). On April 30th, he posted a video to TikTok[8] that gained over a million views in two days (shown below, right).
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Online Presence
Av33ry is active on TikTok[9] @av33ry, Twitter[10] @Av33ry_ and Twitch[11] @av33ry.
The "Rowan Do the Thug Shake" video gained viral spread online in late April throughout early May 2023. For example, on April 27th, 2023, Twitter[2] user @swagbbyhitler shared the video, gaining over 28,000 likes in five days. On April 28th, Twitter[3] user @upblissed retweeted it, writing, "i was NOT ready for that camera flip holy shit," garnering over 102,000 likes in four days. That day, Twitter[6] user @Av33ry_ posted a selfie, writing, "Yes hello Hi. I am that guy who posted his forehead and it blew up sadly. Anyways. I have other socials I think go check em out," garnering over 11,000 likes in four days (shown below).
On April 29th, Twitter[4] user @60404 posted a fake face reveal where they lift a helmet to reveal Av33ry, garnering over 60,400 likes in three days (shown below). On April 30th, Twitter[5] user @dinosaurs1969 posted a similar fake face reveal video, garnering over 4,900 likes in two days.
fuck it, face reveal. pic.twitter.com/0ffmF38Not
— 🕸 (@60404) April 29, 2023
